contests – AFK Gamer

Beowulf

Foton — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:43:49 +0000

The latest in the marketing campaigns by World of Warcraft for others, the upcoming movie, Beowulf:

We are happy to announce our latest contest, Legendary Tales, inspired by the upcoming Paramount Pictures movie Beowulf. In the style of a graphic novel, tell us your story of overcoming a seemingly insurmountable foe in World of Warcraft. Simply create and submit a screenshot-based photo journal of your in-game exploits, and you could win! Whether you held off the fel orcs of Hellfire Citadel or overcame the chicken scourge of Goldshire, your story should dazzle and amaze.

Five winners will be chosen to receive a one-year subscription to World of Warcraft!

(WoW page for submissions and other details.)

Which sounds lovely, but I doubt very much that this contest was “inspired” by Beowulf, but rather was *paid* by Beowulf. There is a difference.

And I think it would be nice if we just called it like it is instead of pretending the Blizz dudes were “inspired” to create a Beowulf-like contest because it seems like a really cool movie.

Azeroth Exposed

Foton — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:12:05 +0000

Intel and YouTube are sponsoring a video contest of the funniest moments in World of Warcraft. Submissions are accepted beginning March 1, 2007 through March 21, 2007; voting takes place April 1, 2007 through April 15, 2007; and the winner will be announced on April 26th. The winner will receive “… an unbelievable gaming rig powered by the new IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢2 Extreme quad-core processor.” (Link to contest page)

Nice production values on the Intel teaser vid, UNFORTUNATELY, his name is spelled Nefarian, not Nefarion.

Common noob mistake, mrmintel, don’t beat yourself up over it.

(UPDATE: The embedded player may not appear at times thanks to the 8 million WoW locusts chewing up YouTube resources. The contest trailer can always be viewed on the contest page linked above.)

Warcraft Test Realm Contests

Foton — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:16:49 +0000

Blizzard is running the latest edition of the Warcraft Public Test Realm at its new data center — ” … the more people playing on them, the better” — although with 5000+ player queues, mostly they’re testing player tenacity. To ensure ~~overbooking~~ participation on the test realms, there are contest realms available for play. The contest realms opened today and will shut down on March 27th. There are three catass competitions, bla bla bla, winners get to beta test the someday-we-promise Burning Crusade expansion, bla bla bla, few thousand winners will be chosen, bla bla bla, the contests are: fastest characters to level 50, highest honor totals earned in Warsong Gulch, and most characters leveled to level 25. Yawn. Here’s three contests with more imagination that require more player skill: most times logged in without hitting a queue, most instances completed without a server crash and highest real-life-cash bid on a Burning Crusade beta position. (Because CMON, we all know that’s how this story is going to end.)

60 Minutes Fatal1ty

Foton — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:51:13 +0000

Yesterday, 60 Minutes ran an interesting piece on the world of professional video gaming and the number one U.S. gamer, Johnathan Wendel, aka Cyber Athlete ‘Fatal1ty’. If you like to watch, the video segments are linked there also. Edward Castronova, the Indiana University professor who goes on the record for every piece of industry journalism ever produced … goes on the record here too. (what. a. shock.) Isn’t it about time we elect another industry spokesperson? I mean, what if Castronova gets sick or goes into rehab? Shouldn’t we have a backup go-to guy? (EDIT: Here’s the YouTube link for the report.)

Lil Runnerup

Foton — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:06:51 +0000

Remember how you could purchase private Halo lessons from seven-year-old Lil Poison? The lil tyke won second place in the recent Halo 2 LCQ FFA in Chicago; his uncle, Poison, won first place. … (Imagine that ellipsis is all the things that I’m leaving unsaid.)

Guild Wars 2006 World Championship

Foton — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:34:27 +0000

Now this is a contest! No fruity noncombat pet rewards or fancy schmancy guild tabards, first prize is $50,000. I don’t need to tell you, $50k would buy a lot of Warcraft gold on the open market. Guild Wars 2006 … Continue reading →

World of Warcraft Leveling Tournament

Foton — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:27:50 +0000

Are you the fastest leveling Warcraft noob you know? And do you live near Virginia Beach? East Coast LAN is sponsoring a World of Warcraft Leveling Tournament on December 16 – 18, 2005. $35 at the door, $30 with 3 cans of food to donate, like baked beans, salmon or Chunky Soup. (More details on their home page and here.) Poke around their site a bit, impressive organization.

Earn up to $500 for TShirt Ideas

Foton — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:17:12 +0000

J!NX, clothier for gamers, geeks and hackers, is offering up to $500 for TShirt ideas and artwork. Submission rules at above link: $100 for tshirt concept, extra $400 for the accompanying artwork. (Yes, you can do AFK Gamer fan art. See all the AFK Gamer fans with their hats? It’s catching on.)

FAQ Bounties

Foton — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:56:12 +0000

FAQ Bounties — write a walkthrough for one of the listed games, get paid. Did I say with cash? No, I didn’t. Bounties are paid with online gift certificates which can be used for … whoknows.

Boo

Foton — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:33:36 +0000

And I had thought the internet was exhausted of Leeroy Jenkins links!

The judging has been completed for the World of Warcraft Wanted Poster contest. The five winning entries, plus some honorable mentions, can be seen here. Submissions included the usual suspects — murlocs and infamous Warcraft NPCs — as well as everyone’s nemeses: the ninja looter, the spawn stealer and the professional gold farmer.

New contests have been announced, Halloween-themed of course: Pumpkin carving and Halloween screenshots. Winners get a copy of WoW plus six-months game time added to the account of their choice.

If they’re looking for scary, I’ll tell you what’s scary: it’s almost the one-year anniversary for World of Warcraft and time to look back at how far we’ve come. Or haven’t.

It’s going to get LOUD.