Good Gamery » contest http://goodgamery.com A web site & community for mature gamers (with attitude!) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:02:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Summer of Emilevin’ (contest) http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2010/07/17/summer-of-emilevin-contest/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2010/07/17/summer-of-emilevin-contest/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:41:06 +0000 paz http://goodgamery.com/?p=3725 Emilevin’, \ˌěm-əl-’ěv-ən\ (n.)

  1. Hanging out while playing the Magic 2011 Core set.

  2. Relaxin’. Chillaxin’. Warlord’s Axein’.

  3. Friends, Magic cards, and 40s of 211.
People employ many different strategies to beat the summer heat. But nothing’s more refreshing than popping open a crisp, ice-cold booster pack of M11. To celebrate the great tasting, less filling new Core set, we’re having another content contest.

Contest

Every piece of humorous and/or awesome content you submit between now and the end of AUGUST is automatically entered, whether it be fake cards, funny articles, or even set reviews and tournament reports.
  • Submitted content doesn’t have to be about M11 stuff!
  • You can submit multiple items over the duration of the contest!
Wow!

How Do I Submit an Entry?

I’m pleased you asked. Please take a look at these instructions.

Two Ways to Win!

The total prize pool consists of a BOOSTER BOX of M11 and a BOOSTER BOX of Rise of the Eldrazi. There are two ways to win packs from this pool: weekly Best Content Item awards, and final Best Overall Contributor awards.


FIRST WAY TO WIN: Weekly Awards

Each week during the contest, the Good Gamery community will vote on which single ITEM was the best ITEM of the week.

Week 1 (July 18-24): 3 booster packs
Week 2 (July 25-31): 3 booster packs
Week 3 (August 1-7): 3 booster packs
Week 4 (August 8-14): 3 booster packs
Week 5 (August 15-21): 3 booster packs
Week 6 (August 22+): 3 booster packs

Each winner may decide his or her ratio of M11 to RoE packs.

SECOND WAY TO WIN: Final Awards

At the end of the contest, the Good Gamery community will vote on who were the best CONTRIBUTORS to the overall contest. In the past, this has generally been determined by quality, but quantity can help, too.

First, we’ll have a vote that narrows it down to the top 3. Then, we’ll have a run-off vote to determine the order of the top 3.

1st place: 24 booster packs
2nd place: 18 booster packs
3rd place: 12 booster packs

Each winner may decide his or her ratio of M11 to RoE packs from the remaining prize pool (1st picks first, etc.).

Get involved! Team up!

Need ideas? Don’t know how to make cards? Want to collaborate on one or more items (and work out any prize splits for the weeklies yourselves)? Get on Java chat! Get into the contest thread and post! Everyone is welcome to participate. And even if you don’t win, you’ll always get constructive feedback to help you for next time.

How Do I Submit an Entry, Again?

Alright, one more time. Please take a look at these instructions.

The Ultimate Emilevin’


Soon after the contest ends, the biggest event of the summer begins: GGC 2010! Make your way to Portland, OR USA to attend GP Portland on the weekend of September 11, 2010, and you’ll simultaneously attend the Good Gamery Convocation!

GP events during the day, tabletop gaming and partying at night.

M11. 211. September 11.

(remember to snag a shirt in time for the event)]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2010/07/17/summer-of-emilevin-contest/feed/ 0 Zendikar Release Contest – VOTE! http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/11/11/zendikar-release-contest-vote/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/11/11/zendikar-release-contest-vote/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:33:32 +0000 paz http://goodgamery.com/?p=2381 GO HERE and vote for your favorite FOUR contributors from among the following...]]> GO HERE and vote for your favorite FOUR contributors from among the following…

Basilisk
The Kor Outfitters
‘Chop: Unstable Ford Expedition (w/ TheStu)
‘Chop: Rise from your Grave
Dominion Comix #15
Dominion Comix #16

Falco
New Set Continues Alarming Rare Trend

Indie McEmopants
‘Chop: Hard Kor Badass

JSexton
Tournament Report: Spirit Mountain Vintage Open – *Winner*

Llarack (Jarvis Yu)
PTQ San Diego Tournament Report

Mobiusman
My Zendikar Midnight Draft of the Damned

paz
‘Chop: Nominal Lightcaster
Announcing: Magic: The Gathering: Dice Game
‘Chop: Ancestor
Lighthouse Scientists Prepare Large Hedron Collider

Pterrus
Fall 2010 Preview: Pirates and Wenches and Rum

Tristal
A Guide to Trading

TheStu
‘Chop: Unstable Ford Expedition (w/ Basilisk)
]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/11/11/zendikar-release-contest-vote/feed/ 0 Good Gamery Zendikar Release Contest http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/09/28/good-gamery-zendikar-release-contest/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/09/28/good-gamery-zendikar-release-contest/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:00:42 +0000 paz http://goodgamery.com/?p=2088 lol

Deadly perils, priceless treasures, floating coconuts!

The new Magic: The Gathering set, Zendikar, is pouring one out for its homies . . . and for High Adventure!!

lol


Contest
To start an adventure of our own, we are holding a contest. Every Officially Acknowledged Content you create and submit between now and the end of OCTOBER is automatically entered, and every participant is eligible to receive prizes. At the end of OCTOBER, everyone on the GoodGamery.com forums will vote for their four favorite contributors, whether they contributed fake cards, funny articles, or even set reviews and tournament reports. Once a top four is decided, there will be a runoff to determine which of the four top contributors gets the top prizes.

Prizes
  • 1st place: 18 Zendikar boosters
  • 2nd place: 9 Zendikar boosters
  • 3rd place: 6 Zendikar boosters
  • 4th place: 3 Zendikar boosters
Priceless Prizes for Participation (P3)
In addition to this, every participant who creates at least one piece of Officially Acknowledged Content will receive Legendary, Priceless Hidden Treasures! These may or may not be 2 packs of random sets from Magic’s mysterious history, and they may or may not be available while supplies last. The Peril!

How do I submit an entry?
Please take a look at these instructions.

Tips
Here is a link to the Zendikar Visual Spoiler, which will aid you in your quest to create Officially Acknowledged Content. It has all the Equipment you’ll need to complete your quest (plus Lands, Creatures, Enchantments, Instants, Sorceries, etc. etc.).

Your adventure begins now! The Zendikards await!]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/09/28/good-gamery-zendikar-release-contest/feed/ 0 Alara Reborn Contest: Voting http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/06/03/alara-reborn-contest-voting/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/06/03/alara-reborn-contest-voting/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:05:55 +0000 basilisk http://goodgamery.com/?p=1547

( Contest anouncement – All contest entries )

The Alara Reborn contest is now over! Take a look over the submissions to remember the good times, and then head into the discussion thread to vote for your favorites. If you were a participant, remember to contact me so that you may claim your participation packs.

And now, on with the contestants (in alphabetic order):

Basilisk:
Wizard Energy Beverages by Basilisk

Ein:
Oil // Emulsion // Water by Ein
Encrypted Command by Ein
Metrognomes by Ein

Gasface:
Breaking Triple ARB Draft: Aggro Jund Cascade by Gasface

GyantSpyder:
Lord of Jund to Nationalize Dragons by GyantSpyder

JSexton:
Unbelievable News by JSexton with images by Basilisk

NicotineJones:
NJ’s Alara Reborn Capsule Review by NicotineJones

Ozymandias:
Uril, the Miststalker: A Creepy Thing Not from Grixis by ozymandias

Paz:
What Magic Color are You, You Moron? by Paz
Regionals Turbo Fog Players Regret Decision by Paz
Choose Your Own Alara by Paz

Prolepsis:
Hypergenesis Combo in Classic by Prolepsis

Sam111111:
Dr. Hisoka: “Magic Players are Losers” by Sam111111

Slearch:
Magical Cards Facebook Feed by slearch with contributions from Basilisk and Skeletor

Skeletor:
GoodGamery News – May 2009 by Skeletor
GoodGamery News – The Unexpected Malfegor Paradox by Skeletor


Click on the link below to go vote for your favorites.]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/06/03/alara-reborn-contest-voting/feed/ 0 Alara Reborn Contest http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/04/24/alara-reborn-contest/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/04/24/alara-reborn-contest/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:22:54 +0000 basilisk http://goodgamery.com/?p=1113 What happens when a plane of predators collides with four planes of prey?

This is a question you might ask yourself, if you are reading aloud the flavor text for the new Magic: The Gathering set, Alara Reborn!]]> What happens when a plane of predators collides with four planes of prey?

This is a question you might ask yourself, if you are reading aloud the flavor text for the new Magic: The Gathering set, Alara Reborn!



Contest
To commemorate this rebirth, we are holding a contest. Every Officially Acknowledged Content you create and submit starting now and during the month of May, 2009 is automatically entered in the contest, and every participant is eligible to receive valuable prizes. At the end of May, everyone on the GoodGamery.com forums will vote for their four favorite contributors, whether they contributed fake cards, funny articles, or even set reviews and tournament reports. Once a top four is decided, there will be a runoff to determine which of the four top contributors gets the top prizes.

Prizes
1st place: 18 Alara Reborn boosters
2nd place: 9 Alara Reborn boosters
3rd place: 6 Alara Reborn boosters
4th place: 3 Alara Reborn boosters

In addition to this, every participant who creates at least one piece of Officially Acknowledged Content will recieve 2 Alara Reborn boosters, as long as supplies last. This includes the top 4 winners!

How do I submit an entry?
Please take a look at these instructions.

Tips
Here is a link to the Alara Reborn Visual Spoiler, which will aid you in your quest to create Officially Acknowledged Content. There are plenty of good ideas in there!

]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/04/24/alara-reborn-contest/feed/ 0 Good Gamery St. Patrick’s Day Contest Endgame http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/03/23/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest-endgame/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/03/23/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest-endgame/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:23:51 +0000 basilisk http://goodgamery.com/wordpress/?p=32

Greetings :vulcan hand greeting:. The contest is almost finished. The window for submissions is closed, and now you must do you duties as Starfleet officers and vote for the four entrants whom you think did best.

Here’s how it went down, logically:

avatarofdumb
AoD’s Kyoto Survival Guide

Basilisk
Let’s Talk About Wizard Fashion

BossHoggAtog
‘Chop idea: Yawgmoth, Father of Machines

ein
Designing While Asleep at the Wheel?
‘Chop: Kaleidostoned
‘Chop: Restore Balance
‘Chop: Christopher, Planeswalken
‘Chop execution: Yawgmoth, Father of Machines

FalseNipple
ExpertVillage.com Faces Accusasions of Extortion

GyantSpyder
A Letter from Grizzly Bears
Economic Crisis Breaks 13-Year Stasis Lock

hiryu
‘Chop: Exile

paz
PT Kyoto Round 2 Report: Destiny Unveiled

Pterrus
A Delicious New Plane Awaits

Slearch
‘Chop: Keeper of Three Fifths of Progenitus
‘Chop: Skerrious Striffle

Tristal
Gwafa Hazid Convicted on Charges of Bribery and Treason


May the Force be with you.



(Cast your votes here!)]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/03/23/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest-endgame/feed/ 0 Good Gamery St. Patrick’s Day Contest http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/02/17/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/02/17/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:17 +0000 basilisk http://goodgamery.com/wordpress/?p=71
Greetings :vulcan hand greeting:. My name is Spock, of the Vulcan race. I am from the 23rd century — the Year of Our Lord 2295, to be exact. That’s correct. I am… from the future.

I have boldly come to this time, in the distant past, for I am on a mission. That mission is to travel to 1930s Dublin, to be painted by Harry Kernoff in a piece entitled “A Bird Never Flew on One Wing.” If I do not create a casual explanation for this anomalous painting, we’ll be stuck in a doomed tangent universe a la Donnie Darko. It also, logically, sounds like a raging fun way to spend St. Patrick’s Day.

Along the way, however, I intend to help Good Gamery spoil the contents of this fall’s Magic: The Gathering block, nicknamed “Live/Long/Prosper.”

See that temporal anomaly over there? Right there :points at the wall:. I invite all to enter into it and travel to the future, for this anomaly is a portal into the future. There you will extract information about this fall’s block. You may write your own report. Or you might brave the labyrinthine depths of magicthegathering.com to extract articles. Either way, you will return and submit this content to he who is the head administrator at Good Gamery, via forum PM (“paz”) or via gmail (“extremestan”). Logically, you may even submit multiple items.

(In other words, this contest asks that you submit humorous content regarding the cards, flavor, or development of this fall’s block, currently known only as “Live/Long/Prosper.”

Or, you know, you can write about something else that’s funny or strategic. That’ll count too.)

The persons who accomplish this task most excellently, as voted upon by their peers, will receive material compensation. This is, I hear, what compels people in this primitive age.

  • 1st place: Three “Shards of Alara” boosters and one of “Tezzeret, the Seeker,” “Birds of Paradise,” “Burning Wish,” or “Living Wish“
  • 2nd place: Three “Shards of Alara” boosters and one of the remaining three of the above cards
  • 3rd place: Three “Shards of Alara” boosters and one of the remaining two of the above cards
  • 4rd place: Three “Shards of Alara” boosters and the remaining card of the above cards
There’s one catch. Logically, every time this content is published, the future will be altered. Thus, published items may not be consistent with one another. And this content is not predestined to be related to your science fiction mythos “Star Trek,” of which I know nothing. Though it can possibly be related. I am uncertain.

Logically, it’s time for you to enter the temporal anomaly and submit some content. The contest will end around St. Patrick’s Day, with submitted content being published all along the way. Take heed when I say that the state of the universe is depending on you taking part, for better or for worse, logically.


(Discuss this item in the forum!)]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2009/02/17/good-gamery-st-patricks-day-contest/feed/ 0 Shards Contest Endgame http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/10/09/shards-contest-endgame/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/10/09/shards-contest-endgame/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:39:41 +0000 ein http://goodgamery.com/wordpress/?p=236
Everyone’s been talking about the most important election the world has ever known. And now it’s here. It is your duty as a Good Gamery member to vote for the best contributor to the Shards of Good Gamery Preview Month Contest! Here’s how it went down:

llarack
To Mulligan or Not to Mulligan
GP Denver Report – Kithkin Yu

Dr. Magic Cards
Chandra Nalaar for Planeswalker

Vandermonde
It’s Been a Shard Day’s Night
Jumping Through ‘Hoops’

slugworm
Wizards Cuts Numerous Magic: The Gathering Tournaments

alfred
Dog Eats Magic: The Gathering Deck, Dies

xepel
Rogue Band of Planeswalkers Destroys Plane for Fun and Profit
‘Chop: Hell’s Angel
New Website Design a ‘Great Success’

Pterrus
‘Chop: Sarah Palin

slearch
Boy’s Suicide Possibly Caused by Game; Manufacturer Denies Responsibility
‘Chop: Blarbed Blightning

ein
Mad Libs: Choosing a New Magic Set!

Some of the contributors didn’t necessarily qualify but I said, “eh, mise.” The time has come for VOTE #1. Vote for the four people you think should be in the top 4. You must be a registered and non-bot member of the forum to vote.


(Discuss this item in the forum!) ]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/10/09/shards-contest-endgame/feed/ 0 Shards Preview Month Contest http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/08/18/shards-preview-month-contest/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/08/18/shards-preview-month-contest/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:26:53 +0000 ein http://goodgamery.com/wordpress/?p=515
What’s this “Alara” business I keep hearing about? “Alara?” What is that, some fantasy mumbo-jumbo? I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the next set “Shards,” the newest set with the one word name.

“Alara was whole once. But that was milennia ago. Where once there was a plane, now there are five: the Shards. The plane of Alara was a world rich with mana, a world in balance… until the Sundering. In a cataclysm of unimaginable proportions, Alara was rent asunder into five saparate worlds, each a refraction of the others.” – Nizzerds of the Coast

Ugh! What can we do in order to fix this trainwreck of nerdiness and transform it into a train-creation of awesomeness? The only sufficient response is an AMAZING HUMOROUS CONTENT SUBMISSION CONTEST.

I literally hear you asking, “How will this contest work?” Every piece of Officially Acknowledged Content you create during August and September counts toward your standing in the contest, as long as at least one of those pieces of content is a Shards-related humor article. When this time period ends, everyone will vote for which person deserves to win the contest based on the quantity and/or quality of his or her submissions over the course of the submission period. One fantastic article could win it. A dozen “pretty funny” items could win it. Even non-funny content, like tournament reports and strategy articles, can contribute to your victory. It’s up to the plebes!

The person who wins first place in the vote wins an 18 Shards booster packs, which constitutes 0.5 times (!!) a box! Second place wins 9 Shards booster packs. Third place wins 6 Shards booster packs. Fourth place wins 3 Shards booster packs. These prizes have been made possible by donations from our benefactors, an elite group, but not elite to the point of exclusivity!

So what’s the hold-up, jabroni? I’ve called your boss — he/she says you can put off your tasks for as long as it takes.

(“How do I submit articles?”) (Discuss this item in the forum!) ]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/08/18/shards-preview-month-contest/feed/ 0 Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest: END! http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/05/14/shadowmoor-preview-month-contest-end/ http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/05/14/shadowmoor-preview-month-contest-end/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 16:25:06 +0000 ein http://goodgamery.com/wordpress/?p=788 In first place:
SKELETOR!
He wins a box of Shadowmoor!

In second place:
DR. MAGIC CARDS!
He wins 18 Shadowmoor packs!

In third place:
SLEARCH!
He wins 9 Shadowmoor packs!

In fourth place:
NICOTINEJONES!
He wins 3 Shadowmoor packs!

Here are links to all the article entries: http://www.goodgamery.com/articles/shmcontestend.html

Thanks to everyone for participating! With your help, we had the biggest GG month ever (0.obv…). Awesome! happy.gif ]]> http://goodgamery.com/index.php/2008/05/14/shadowmoor-preview-month-contest-end/feed/ 0