WoW Insider's Brewfest Giveaway!

Posted Oct 10th 2007 3:00PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

It's Brewfest time-- the Dwarves of Azeroth are completely soused (oh no wait, that's every week), and we're also partaking in the drinking activities here at WoW Insider-- don't worry, we're all above 21. Well, level 21 anyway.

The crew at DC Unlimited also want to join the fun, and they've sent us this terrific Thargas Anvilmar, one of their Warcraft action figures, to give to one of you lucky readers. He's a striking Dwarf Warrior wielding a mean two hander and wearing a full set of Tier 5. It's the perfect piece to add to your Warcraft toy-- whoops, excuse me-- collectible collection. And it's not even set to be released until October 24th, so you get a chance to win it early!

To enter, just throw a comment on this post by Friday, October 12th, telling us what your favorite drink is for Brewfest. It doesn't have to be an alcohol of some kind-- tea is brewed, but then again, only sissy-pants High Elves drink tea. Whatever your drink is, put it in a comment on this post (one comment per reader, US only-- sorry, we've got to ship it to you, age 18 and up), and we'll choose one randomly on Friday to win this great toy-- sorry again, Action Figure. The comment must be left by Friday at 3pm EST. You can enter only once and only one winner will be selected randomly to win the figure (valued at $30). Official rules are here. Good luck!

The Fabled Few machinima contest

Posted Oct 9th 2007 4:30PM by Amanda Rivera
Filed under: Machinima, Contests

Do you love creating machinima but lack the motivation to publish your own films? You're in luck. Warcraftmovies.com has just announced the opening of The Fabled Few contest. With $2000.00 in cash and prizes to be won, there is plenty of incentive to get your movies made.

The contest submissions begin today and go through November 12th, so if you haven't gotten your magnum opus finished you still have a bit of time. There are three categories you can compete in: Drama, Comedy, and Music. The first prize is $1000 in cash. That's a lot of tacos, my friend. Should you win the grand prize your film will also be featured for an entire weekend on WarcraftMovies.com. Most importantly, make sure you send us info on your submission here at WoW Insider so we can Moviewatch that triumph I'm sure your work will be.

Blizzard's 5th annual Pumpkin Carving Contest has begun

Posted Oct 5th 2007 9:30AM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Blizzard, Contests

Time to sharpen those knives and carefully study your favorite raid boss. Blizzard has announced the beginning of their annual Pumpkin Carving Contest.

Carve an image from any Warcraft, Starcraft or Diablo into a pumpkin, light it, take a picture and send it in to Blizzard before Monday, October 29. The top ten submissions will win some sweet surround sound speakers. Humor gets extra points.

The competition should be fierce. Don't believe me? Check out the winners from the last four years:

• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006

Before you start ripping into to the closest gourd, be sure to check out the complete rules on the Warcraft site.

EDIT: Updated title. Thanks Bondye, that's what I get for writing articles at the wee hours of the morning.

Caption This: Vote for winners!

Posted Oct 5th 2007 9:00AM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Well, I'm afraid you've missed the deadline for entering this week's caption contest. (But never fear -- there will be another chance to win soon!) But you still have a chance to voice your opinion on which of this bunch of captions are the best! The WoW Insider staff has carefully examined every entry and narrowed the list down to ten finalists. And now your votes will determine which of them walks away with a 60-day gamecard or a class t-shirt of your choice from J!NX! For those curious about the contest's official rules, please read them here. As usual, we have the requisite Fight Club reference, but new to the mix was a number of Pokemon references. (I wouldn't have thought those two genres would cross much -- but these entries have proven me wrong!) And while the WoW Insider staff has a clear favorite in the mix, it's your turn to make the decision about who walks away a winner.

And remember, voting closes on Sunday at 11:59 AM EST, so if you have an opinion, be sure to make your vote count!

Who's the winner of our caption contest?

"My name is Mmlglrgrlmlrm. You killed my father. Prepare to die." by CascadeYeah... you think you're special now... but wait until Wrath of the Lich King. Then you'll know how it feels. by WillA screenshot of the next WOW expansion. World of Warcraft: Pokemon Edition. Gotta catch 'em all! by AntipholusAll of their friends said their forbidden love could never succeed. . . by HeracleaSo tonight, when that idiot Orc is asleep, we'll make a break for it... by jlpknights82"The time has come," the Murloc said, / "To talk of many things: / Of trolls -- and ships -- and netherwhelps -- / Of Trias' Cheese -- and kings -- / And why old Thrall is lonely -- / And whether Jaina sings." by StonehelmTHERE CAN ONLY BE ONE! by RaisCalonJust because Master jumped down there and took damage doesn't mean that I will. I'm going the long way around. by tylan.limbThe first rule about Insanely Cute Fight Club is "Don't talk about Insanely Cute Fight Club." by AngusSo what are we going to do tonight Murky? / The same thing we do every night Whelpy... / Try to take over the world! (of Warcraft) by tool03Vote

Reminder! Caption This contest ends tonight!

Posted Oct 3rd 2007 9:00AM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Happy Wednesday, everyone! This is just a friendly reminder that our Caption This contest is ending tonight at 11:59 PM EST. So if you wanting to enter, all you have to do is check out our contest announcement and leave a brilliant caption to the above screenshot in the comments. If our readers vote your entry as their favorite, you could walk away with a free 60-day gamecard or a class t-shirt of your choice from J!NX!

So what are you waiting for? Check out the official contest rules and then get to captioning!

Caption This!

Posted Oct 1st 2007 9:00AM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Over at WoW Insider we welcome the arrival of the new week in our own unique way -- with contests! We're giving away a 60-day gamecard (first place) and a World of Warcraft class shirt of your choice (warrior, warlock, mage, rogue, priest, paladin, druid, hunter, or shaman) from J!NX (second place). All you have to do to win is to give us the best caption to the above screenshot in our comments before Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST. On Friday, we'll present the best captions for you to vote on.

But now for the official stuff: this contest is only open to US residents of age 13 and up. I'm very sorry if this excludes you, but legal restrictions make it very difficult for us to run a more inclusive contest. Before you enter your caption, you'll want to read through the official rules.

Legal business concluded, what are you waiting for? Get to captioning!

Congratulations to our Upper Deck Art Card winners!

Posted Sep 22nd 2007 3:16PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests, Fan art

WoW Insider's Art Card contest is over, and we have to sincerely thank every one of you that sent your fan art in. There were some really incredible entries, and every piece sent in looked really good-- we had a tough time choosing the winners.

But we had to, and so, as planned, we picked one Alliance piece and one Horde piece to each receive their version of Upper Deck's exclusive WoW TCG Art Card set. Each winner will get their faction's copy of the set, which includes 8x10 art cards by your favorite Warcraft artists, 1000 UDE points, redeemable online for ingame items, and a special playable foil card. If you didn't win (or just want a set), we're told they are exclusively available at Gamestop and EB Games. A huge thanks to Upper Deck for helping us with the contest!

And without further ado, the winners. Our winning Alliance piece is the one you see above, put together by Bernadette V. It's her hunter, Jynxiee, in her Tier 6 armor-- just as with all this art we're posting, please do click the pic to see it big. Congrats, Bernadette! More art, including our Horde winner and a few Honorable Mentions, after the jump.

Continue reading Congratulations to our Upper Deck Art Card winners!

Caption This: Vote for winners!

Posted Sep 21st 2007 9:00AM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Well, I'm afraid you've missed the deadline for entering this week's caption contest. (But never fear -- there will be another chance to win soon!) But you still have a chance to voice your opinion on which of this bunch of captions are the best! The WoW Insider staff has carefully examined every entry and narrowed the list down to ten finalists. And now your votes will determine which of them walks away with a 60-day gamecard or a class t-shirt of your choice from J!NX! For those curious about the contest's official rules, please read them here.

And remember, voting closes on Monday at 9:00 AM EST, so if you have an opinion, be sure to make your vote count!

Who's the winner of our caption contest?

We'll find that lobster and we'll make him turn you back, Steve, you'll see. by SeppeNothing quite like a day at the beach with a cute chick! by PapaSmurphThis was an egg when I started fishing. by baudkarmaHorace decided to give up on levelling his fishing after the egg he brought for breakfast hatched before he even made any significant progress... by LeoTell me if you have heard this one.......Why did the Gnome cross the road? by Proto_1Johnny Newb quickly learned that, while he can not mine for fish, he can fish for chicken. by DJScythe17A gnome walks into a bar with a chicken. The bartender says, "where did you get that thing?" The Chicken says "Gnomergon. They've got tons of them all over the place." by JessAs the gnome sat there with his trusty chicken, peacefully fishing, the killer plant got ready to strike. This would be the plant's biggest catch to date, and he would surely win the gnome-eating contest. by CalIn the jungle, the mighty jungle, the gnome... fishes tonight. by CaffeineRageFirst rule of chicken fishing club, don't talk about chicken fishing club! by PawVote

Last day for the WoW Insider Art Card Contest!

Posted Sep 20th 2007 9:00AM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Horde, Alliance, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Contests

Don't forget: today is your absolute last chance to submit your artwork for our huge Art Card contest-- we're giving away two very exclusive Upper Deck WoW TCG Art Card sets to two different artist. Just send us a JPEG of your Horde or Alliance fan art to wowinsidercontests@gmail.com, and the best Horde art wins the Horde set, and the best Alliance artist wins the Alliance set.

Each set has 35 8x10 art cards (including art by all your favorite Blizzard artists), a special playable foil card, and a card redeemable for 1000 UDE points (which you can use to buy ingame items like the Ogre suit!). These sets are super exclusive, and all you have to do to win one is send us your best original WoW fan art. If your art is chosen as our Horde or Alliance winner, the Art Card set is yours.

But act fast-- today is the last day. Email us a JPEG at wowinsidercontests@gmail.com to enter, and please include your name, age, mailing address, and email address-- that'll make things easier later when we mail out the winners. Official rules are right here. Good luck! Get that art in quick!

Reminder! Caption This contest ends tomorrow!

Posted Sep 19th 2007 9:00PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Happy Wednesday, everyone! This is just a friendly reminder that our Caption This contest is ending tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM EST. So if you wanting to enter, all you have to do is check out our contest announcement and leave a brilliant caption to the above screenshot in the comments. If our readers vote your entry as their favorite, you could walk away with a free 60-day gamecard or a class t-shirt of your choice from J!NX!

So what are you waiting for? Check out the official contest rules and then get to captioning!

Machinima Europe nominees announced

Posted Sep 18th 2007 9:20AM by Krystalle Voecks
Filed under: Machinima, News items, Contests

Lots of good news recently on the WoW Machinima front -- both for fans and artists. First, we had Blizzard's recent "open letter" to the machinimators of Warcraft letting them know just what they can and can't get away with. In that, they also offered a contact to the artists on how to get more information if the letter wasn't good enough to codify things. Follow that with some fabulous new machinima out recently from Oxhorn, Baron Soosdon, and many others.

And then we see on the Machinima for Dummies blog, and in a great tip mail from Hugh, that Machinima Europe has announced their nominees for this year. Among the many entries from all across the world are a few solid entries from WoW! In the "Best Commercial/Game" category, we have 4 commercials for MtvU by Oxhorn. Later down the page we see that Oxhorn has received another nomination for yet another machinima -- Hark! Hear the Wails in the "Best Sound" category. Further down we see the third and final WoW nomination into this years' Machinima Europe awards, Azerothian Super Villains (Episode 3) by Ian Beckman. Hopefully they both will come away with awards and even more recognition for their fabulous creativity.

Best of luck to all of the nominees this year, but especially to our WoW machinimators -- without whom, WoW Moviewatch (and many lunch-hour viewings) wouldn't be possible.

[Thanks, Hugh!]

Caption This!

Posted Sep 17th 2007 2:00PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests

Over at WoW Insider we welcome the arrival of the new week in our own unique way -- with contests! We're giving away a 60-day gamecard (first place) and a World of Warcraft class shirt of your choice (warrior, warlock, mage, rogue, priest, paladin, druid, hunter, or shaman) from J!NX (second place). All you have to do to win is to give us the best caption to the above screenshot in our comments before Thursday at 9:00 AM EST. On Friday, we'll present the best captions for you to vote on.

But now for the official stuff: this contest is only open to US residents of age 13 and up. I'm very sorry if this excludes you, but legal restrictions make it very difficult for us to run a more inclusive contest. Before you enter your caption, you'll want to read through the official rules.

Legal business concluded, what are you waiting for? Get to captioning!

One week left for the WoW Insider Fan Art Contest

Posted Sep 13th 2007 9:30PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Contests, Factions

Don't forget! There is just under a week left in our fan art contest-- we're giving away an Upper Deck WoW TCG Art Card set to artists who send us their best Alliance and Horde fan art. You can read all the official rules on the previous post, but all you have to do is send us of some original WoW fan art you've created, and the best Alliance piece will get an Alliance Art Card set, and the best Horde piece will get the Horde version.

And there's only a week left! You've got to send us your piece by September 20th at wowinsidercontests@gmail.com. Did we mention that each Art Card pack contains 1000 UDE loot points, which can be redeemed for ingame items like the Ogre Suit? We did?

Well get drawing then! (or painting, or modeling, or sculpting, or whatever it is you artists do!) Send us your fan art by next week for a chance at these bee-yoo-tiful art card sets!

Make some great WoW art, win TCG Art Cards from WoW Insider

Posted Sep 6th 2007 2:54PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Virtual selves, Blizzard, Contests

We've seen some amazing World of Warcraft fan art out there, and considering what fans we at WoW Insider are not only of WoW, but of what its community is capable of, we're holding a contest to find two amazing art pieces. Upper Deck has provided us with two Art Card sets (one Alliance and one Horde, pictured above), including 35 8x10" art cards, a special playable foil card, and a card redeemable for 1,000 points at Upper Deck's UDE rewards site (where you can get actual in-game items as well, including an Ogre Suit!).

To win, just submit a digital scan of an original piece of WoW fan art to our contests email, wowinsidercontests@gmail.com, before September 20th (so two weeks from today). It can be whatever you want-- an ingame NPC, your own character, a scene from Azeroth or its history-- just as long as it's original and it's yours. Then, on September 20th, we'll post the winners, and the best Horde piece will win the Horde Art Card set, and the best Alliance piece will win the Alliance version.

We're rewarding art for art's sake here at WoW Insider, so get out those pencils, crayons, paints, or whatever other medium you want to use, and send us a copy of your piece at wowinsidercontests@gmail.com, and you could be chosen as the best Horde or Alliance artist around.

A few rules apply (as always), and they are found right here. The short version: must be over 17 (13 with parents' permission), and must be a US resident (sorry, EU folks, legal's decision on this one). To make things easy, please include your name, age, mailing address, and email address in your email to us, and you can attach your art as a JPG file in your email.

That's it-- good luck! Get us your art by September 20th to win the rare Art Card set!

Reminder: The WoW Insider Show premieres tomorrow!

Posted Aug 31st 2007 2:30PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, WoW Insider Business, Contests

Just in case you missed it earlier this week, set your clocks for 3:30 EST tomorrow afternoon, Saturday the 1st, because WoW Insider and WoW Radio are making history. We're premiering The WoW Insider Show, a brand new podcast that combines the audio genius of Totalbiscuit and his gang at WoW Radio with the vast knowledge (and witty asides) of all the staff here at WoW Insider. Every week, we're going to take a look at what's happened in Azeroth the past week, as well as give you a chance to share your input and ask us what we think about the World of Warcraft.

Oh, and there'll be prizes! We're kicking it off right by giving away a Murloc suit, straight from BlizzCon. To win, all you have to do is listen-- during the show, we'll give out a secret phrase and ask you to email it to us before Saturday at midnight, and then we'll chose one person who does that to get a code for a Murloc suit. It's your chance to win one of the hottest items in the game, just for listening!

So check us out over at WoW Radio tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 EST. We'll also have a downloadable mp3 of the show available next week, and the show should appear on iTunes soon (as soon as we record it, that is). But if you listen later, you can't win the Murloc suit, so if you're available, check in and listen live with us tomorrow afternoon. Be there as WoW Insider and WoW Radio make some history, and bring you the ultimate World of Warcraft podcast.

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