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[yoda_blues]

Contest one is an overclocking test where you can win $2,500 and some serious gear!

Prizes:
The top five contestants from phase 1 of the competition will each receive:
1 AMD X3 720 Phenom II processor
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15917,00.html
1 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard
http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=3007
1 OCZ 2X2GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum AMD Edition memory
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_12800_platinum_amd_edition

These top 5 winners will then overclock these components to compete for US$2,500.
First place: US$1,500
Second place: US$700
Third place: US$300

Check the Matrix for more details!

Contest two is for some fabulous Dawn of War 2 shirts, as well as a copy of the excellent game itself. What must you do you say? Why, write a simple Haiku or Limerick telling us what you think war in the 41st century may consist of. Creativity counts, so just have fun.

Daw of War II Contest

For specific contest questions, hit up the matrix links above and post there and Skip will get back to you ASAP. Otherwise, get in there and win that stuff!

Message Edited by yoda_blues on 05-04-2009 07:36 PM

Message Edited by yoda_blues on 06-03-2009 08:58 PM

[Skippy989]

Hey everybody! Just wanted to introduce myself and let you know that I will be running the two contests that have been posted! Also, keep an eye out for future contests and we invite everybody to join and have some fun! Thanks!

[Kessandra]

We should have FORUM exclusive contests. >=)

[yoda_blues]

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Kessandra wrote:
We should have FORUM exclusive contests. >=)

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Hehe, I'm working on something special for the forumites, Kess trust me. All the big contributers deserve free crap as far as I'm concerned. But its a tad out of my hands. In the mean time, get over there and win some free crap! 

[powwow71]

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Skippy989 wrote:
Hey everybody! Just wanted to introduce myself and let you know that I will be running the two contests that have been posted! Also, keep an eye out for future contests and we invite everybody to join and have some fun! Thanks!

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hey Skippy! welcome!

[Callred]

Skippy, welcome aboard... If I win, can I have Powwow's computer?

[powwow71]

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Callred wrote:
Skippy, welcome aboard... If I win, can I have Powwow's computer?

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ok Red...I'll trade ya...my computer for one night with your wife.

[DoomTrooper]

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powwow71 wrote:

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Callred wrote:
Skippy, welcome aboard... If I win, can I have Powwow's computer?

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ok Red...I'll trade ya...my computer for one night with your wife.

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Oh SNAP!

[Callred]

LoL ... tell you what Pow, get your wife to agree to it first and we'll talk.

[ZeroGuardian]

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Callred wrote:
LoL ... tell you what Pow, get your wife to agree to it first and we'll talk.

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LOL

[Squiddy]

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yoda_blues wrote:

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Kessandra wrote:
We should have FORUM exclusive contests. >=)

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Hehe, I'm working on something special for the forumites, Kess trust me. All the big contributers deserve free crap as far as I'm concerned. But its a tad out of my hands. In the mean time, get over there and win some free crap! 

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Free crap?  That's not very nice!

[Samuel71]

Neat, I'll have to do one.

ICDP's EVGA entry is pretty awesome.

[PS2Fish]

Just added two of my own entries.  Give me some ratings!

[powwow71]

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Callred wrote:
LoL ... tell you what Pow, get your wife to agree to it first and we'll talk.

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well, Red,

I asked and she said... "wouldn't it be cheaper if you just hired a call girl?"

...she then punched me in the arm

...she does have a point LOL

[Callred]

^ ROFLMAO

[PS2Fish]

Things are getting a little too Robert Redford in here. 

[powwow71]

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PS2Fish wrote:
Things are getting a little too Robert Redford in here. 

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LOL...I can totally see the scene. Red (as in CallRed) and I are playing pool with his wife in the room, and I make the offer...my computer for one night with your wife.

Then later, I can see Red taking that computer and destroying it Office Space style LOL

 (ok...things are getting geeky in here lol)

Message Edited by powwow71 on 04-14-2009 11:19 AM

[PS2Fish]

BTW, great looking rig you got there, Powwow.  Great choices into that.

[powwow71]

Thanks Fish!

[chemgeek]

You guys (the companies hosting the contests, EVGA, etc..) need to be careful becuase many of the images for which the entries are based on are, more likely than not, legally protected. 

[qmakowski]

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chemgeek wrote:
You guys (the companies hosting the contests, EVGA, etc..) need to be careful becuase many of the images for which the entries are based on are, more likely than not, legally protected. 

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There you go again.... ruining everyone's fun

[Skippy989]

Indecent Proposal for computer equipment? I smell another contest theme! :-D

[Samuel71]

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PS2Fish wrote:
Just added two of my own entries.  Give me some ratings!

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Well done... but, the picture with your little girl looks like she had her hands mutilated and branded with the EVGA logo.  Is that really the kind of attention EVGA wants?    

[powwow71]

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Skippy989 wrote:
Indecent Proposal for computer equipment? I smell another contest theme! :-D

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LOL...there are some sick people here

[Samuel71]

My entry's up.

[powwow71]

i was going to do an EVGA logo...but in the end I didn't do it because it was PG.

I will give you guys the idea though...take a girl with giant boobs, slightly squeezing the letters EVGA between them. You can make it clean, meaning no nipples showing or other body parts lol

[darkportal_4]

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Callred wrote:
LoL ... tell you what Pow, get your wife to agree to it first and we'll talk.

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Oh man, this place is a swinger's club now? Hot damn!

[darkportal_4]

I expect you all to up-rate my DoWII haiku. Or I will kill you!

[Gh3tTo5oLdIeR]

 Do we have to add all our entrys at once?

[Gh3tTo5oLdIeR]

Ok got mines in. Had a little trouble posting them..lol

[chemgeek]

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qmakowski wrote:

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chemgeek wrote:
You guys (the companies hosting the contests, EVGA, etc..) need to be careful becuase many of the images for which the entries are based on are, more likely than not, legally protected. 

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There you go again.... ruining everyone's fun

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I am just saying...if you want to win a contest wherein the company sponsoring the contest is going to use the winning entry in an advertisement, you probably don't want to use legally protected material (from another company) in your entry as they are probably not going to pick it.  I see some really good stuff, but I begin to wonder if some of it is even going to be considered.

[Callred]

Can we shrink that big white announcement banner on each forum's page just a little? It really stands out (what you wanted) and pushes everything down a bit too much .. thanks for the consideration.

Cec

Message Edited by Callred on 05-01-2009 02:58 PM

[ICDP]

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Callred wrote:
Can we shrink that big white announcement banner on each forum's page just a little? It really stands out (what you wanted) and pushes everything down a bit too much .. thanks for the consideration.

Cec

Message Edited by Callred on 05-01-2009 02:58 PM

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As long as it's kept current (which may be questionable now, since one of the contests is over) I don't mind it. I'm more concerned about the forced sticky topics being kept to a relevant minimum.

[stuffedewok19]

Awww, no sonnets? =P

[stuffedewok19]

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Samuel71 wrote:

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PS2Fish wrote:
Just added two of my own entries.  Give me some ratings!

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Well done... but, the picture with your little girl looks like she had her hands mutilated and branded with the EVGA logo.  Is that really the kind of attention EVGA wants?    

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By the way, LMAO.

[supercharge]

For the latest contest, the AMD Gigabyte OCZ one, I didn't understand this:

"Round 1: May 20th – June 1st 2009
Written essay, posted as a media blog in the AMD cluster in the FiringSquad Matrix, “How to Overclock Guide.”

http://firingsquad.com/matrix/cluster.asp/35

I don't see any "How to Overclock Guide" anywhere. Is where you're suppose to post the entry not up yet?

[Samuel71]

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SuperCharge wrote:

For the latest contest, the AMD Gigabyte OCZ one, I didn't understand this:

"Round 1: May 20th – June 1st 2009
Written essay, posted as a media blog in the AMD cluster in the FiringSquad Matrix, “How to Overclock Guide.”

http://firingsquad.com/matrix/cluster.asp/35

I don't see any "How to Overclock Guide" anywhere. Is where you're suppose to post the entry not up yet?

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You write the guide, and post it there.

[supercharge]

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Samuel71 wrote:

You write the guide, and post it there.

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So in the AMD cluster then? The reason why I wasn't sure is that I see there are a lot of entries from an old contest or contests there. If you mean a "How to Overclock Guide" cluster, I didn't see one.

[Samuel71]

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SuperCharge wrote:

So in the AMD cluster then?

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Yeah, in the AMD cluster.  That's what I think, anyway.

[stuffedewok19]

Don't post it yet, though.  Other people will just copy and improve upon what you said.