You May Already be a Winner!

So you may have seen the Dell Computer contest. It's unique because you don't really have to submit your name anywhere to win. You just have to complete 25 quests. And apparently it's any 25 quests (not like there's a Dell NPC somewhere waiting to give you a quest to kill 10 viruses).

A number of posters in the forums are concerned about their information's going to Dell. I'm not too concerned about that; I've seen these kinds of things before (famous last words, I know).

The take I have on it is Woohoo! I can do 25 quests in a weekend (sometimes a day). Of course doing it on a single character for an Alt-Aholic like me might be tough. But since I just started 2 new priests it should be easy.

Part of me does wonder if it was designed to incent a behavior on the part of players. Maybe to start new characters (where it's easy to complete quests). To get players to level stagnant characters? To reenergize people by reminding them of the fulfillment of finishing quests?

In the end I'm okay whatever the reason. It'll be fun to think I might win. I'm just glad it's something that I don't have to raid a dungeon for. It's something a solo-gamer can participate in.

For reference - here's the section of the rules on how to enter:

5. How to Enter. To qualify for the Contest, eligible entrants may: (i) complete twenty five (25) "in game" quests while playing World of Warcraft during the Contest Period; or in the alternative (ii) send a postcard including your name, address and age to the following address:

World of Warcraft "Quest for the Ultimate PC" Contest – Mail in entry
c/o Blizzard Entertainment
P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623

And somewhere up in section one it says that there is a limit of one entry per household.

More Links:

Dell Contest Page

Official Rules

FAQ from the Forums (if you can get it to load)

Win a New Computer by Doing What Again? by wowinsider

Stratics Caption Contest - Through June 11

WoW News network pointed out this Stratics Caption Contest.

There are four screenshots and you submit your captions conveniently through the online form. You can submit entries until June 11th then Stratics users will vote until June 25th. Prizes include branded t-shirts and hats.

Update: Check here to vote on the responses.

CD Cover Contest Winners

Blizzard announced the winners of the CD Cover contest.

These were so well done I have to give some commentary to point out some of the best stuff I saw:

Best Photoshopping:

• James Bind gets kudos for all those typical spy activities (like the sub and the shark and the tux) in the cover.


• Feastie Boys. In a tough, tough decision, I had to pick this as the best in photoshopping. Just look at that detail with the watches and the hand's gripping the radio.

Favorite Song Titles

• Great Paladin Love Songs cracked me up for "You Still Crit Me."


• DeadZeppelin for "Hot for Trainer."


• James Bind for "Goldtooth."


• The Who for "Gnomeragan Woman" and "Magic Griffon Ride."

Cover Emulations:
WoWVana and Meet the Horde! get credit in my book for the comparisons to the titles they emulated.

Blizzard Engraved iPod Nano

You may have seen that Blizzard is sponsoring a Comic Contest (Rules, Submission Page). But did you see the kinda cool prize?

"Each month during the Contest one (1) qualified entrant will be chosen by Sponsor to receive a prize package consisting of: One (1) Apple Nano 2GB iPod with an approximate retail value of $199.99; one (1) copy of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy Volume 1 Mangawith an approximate retail value of $9.99; and one (1) copy of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy Volume 2 Mangawith an approximate retail value of $9.99."

But if you don't catch the picture of the iPod you might not see the cool engraving on the back. It's not what we might call "Epic" but it is certainly cool. I'm going to have to read these contest rules and see if I can Photoshop my way into it (since I can't draw to save my life).

And the sooner the better because:

"Original Comics, once submitted, will be considered for all successive monthly prizes during the remainder of the Contest Period."

(The emphasis is mine on both quotes from the contest rules.)

Movie Contests

Yup. I love finding WoW movies. I will continue to pass on my best finds to you. But if you want some great movies right now, check out these Contest Winners:

• The Blizzcon Contest Winners: here


• The recently announced XFire Winners here (more on the Xfire WoW Movie Channel)

Want more, eh?

• Here are the 2005 Winners at Warcraftmovies.com


• A very un-fun looking contest at Blizzplanet just ended January 31, 2006

Caption Game

While you're flexing those caption muscles to participate in the Caption contest, surf on over to OGaming's Caption game room. (Unfortunately the picture this week is from the contest but there are other pictures there to practice on plus polls on how people liked the submissions.)

Screenshot Caption Contest

Check out the caption contest here. In summary:

"From Friday, February 27 to March 15, players can submit clever captions for any of the past RPSA winners pictured below -- we'll pick the best one for each picture! The winners of this contest will each receive a prize package consisting of a Sony PSP handheld gaming system and a SanDisk's Memory Stick PRO Duo™. Take out your rubber chickens and clown shoes -- it's time to make us laugh!"

More Information:

• Official Rules


• The contest is not open to Minors under the age of thirteen (13). UPDATE: (thanks to this post at WoWInsider for highlighting these excluded states) It is also not open to residents of Rhode Island or Florida.


• Prizes: A. Grand Prize Winner. Five (5) qualified entrants will be chosen by Sponsor to receive a prize package consisting of a Sony PSP handheld gaming system with an approximate retail value of $249.99; a SanDisk's Memory Stick PRO Duo™ with an approximate value of $79.00.