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contest on 6/10/2011 10:00:00 AM by Matt Warren
Hot on the heels of last week's National Donut Day, today marks yet another charmingly inane "holiday" celebrating yet another piece of contemporary bric-a-brac. I'm talking, or course, about National Ball Point Pen Day! So fire up your out-of-office reply function, put on your party shirt, and cut out of work early. You don't want to be late for the parade, and besides, those Bic-themed cocktails down at the National Ball Point Pen Day barbeque aren't gonna drink themselves. Just be safe out there. You know how drivers are on BPP Day.
And in the spirit of the season, we're giving away some free My Damn Channel promotional pens over on our Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. Nothing to scoff at, especially since it's been well-established that pen > sword = mightier. Click the links for a chance to win. What's that you say? How DARE you insinuate that this is all just a cheap ploy to unload the huge surplus of pens we ordered to give away at our 4th birthday party on Monday. Who cares that there are boxes full of My Damn Channel pens piled floor-to-ceiling in our offices, creating a fire hazard that will likely kill us all. That's no reason to read anything duplicitous into this whole free pen giveaway thing. You guys are acting crazy.
So happy holidays. Don't forget to send your mom a card.
The Winners of the My Damn Channel Third Birthday 3Some Video Challenge!
Grace has done a special Winners Vlog, but for those of you who hate watching online video, here's a list:
3rd Place: Three's A Crowd submitted by Ray Holleb
2nd Place: Who My Daddy is? submitted by Mr. Jotz aka Joshua Nicholson
1st Place: The Piña Colada Song submitted by Frank Bullington, Chance McClain and Kevin Ryan
Congratulations to all of our winners, and huge thanks to everyone who submitted a video! You're all winners in our book. It's just that some of you will receive actual prizes as proof that you're winners and some of you will not.
*Wil Wheaton does not endorse this contest as he probably had no idea it was going on. Original image badly photoshopped by me via w00tstock.
3Some: Presenting the My Damn Channel 3rd Birthday Video Challenge
What are the rules?
- Email info at MyDamnChannel dot com with the subject heading "3Some" for rules, regulations, video specs and instructions for getting your video to us.
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Find some creative way to connect it to the 3Some theme.
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Keep it under 3 minutes. We love you, but we have trains to catch at 5:42pm to get to our Mom's place by dinner.
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Don't plug My Damn Channel shamelessly. That's what I'm for, not you.
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We are judging overall quality, talent, originality, performance and intelligence. So don't just shoot something and say "Whatevs, this will do." Because it won't. Give us your best.
Timeline
- Get it to us by Friday, August 13th. You should probably have your first draft done by the time you finish reading this post.
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Winners will be announced Wednesday, August 18th, which will be SOMEONE'S LUCKY DAY.
Why should you do this?
- You are creative and witty and wise and you realize that withholding your gifts from the online video world is a crime against humanity. This goes for all of you. Or maybe you're just bored.
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All winners will be featured heavily on My Damn Channel.
- 3rd Prize: You will be featured for 3 Days on the My Damn Channel homepage. Go there now. Tell me who you see. Imagine your mug featured next to those guys. Sweet, right? How awesome is the Facebook photo album you create from those screencaps gonna be?
- 2nd Prize: 8GB iPod touch. For realz, yo. Have you been walking around wishing you could experience the joy of touchscreen technology and the millions of apps in that damn app store? This is for you.
- 1st Prize: 16GB iPad 3G. For realz, also. Touchscreen technology, the app store apps, plus books and Flipboard and the cure for cancer. What? Oh. Scratch that last thing. But AN IPAD. For you.
We want our birthday to be a good one, so we need as many people as possible to give us presents. Thank you, and good luck!