Capture their minds and their hard drives will follow. Our challenge to you, quoted from last Friday: Modify a classic propaganda poster (or create a new one) for one side or the other in the pro- and anti-Microsoft conflict. And boy, did you. Our first pass through your submissions yielded about 30 finalists - by comparison, in a typical contest, 12-15 entries will make the first-round cut. Somehow, we managed to whittle it down to these 10 favorites. Just for Schiltz and grins, whaddya say we use the results of this contest to determine, once and for all, which lifestyle is superior, Apple or MS? Then we can all move our attention to more pressing issues, like whether the Toronto Blue Jays should wear gray or black caps. Start the tallying:
First prize - $100
KMA2 - OS X Forever
Apple 1, MS 0.
Second prize - $50
zjr - Think
Apple 2, MS 0.
Third prize - $20 (tie)
shan24 - Pitch in and Help!
Apple 3, MS 0.
Third prize - $20 (tie)
Crackerers - Nyet!
Apple 3, MS 1.
Honorable Mentions
kingsteel - Would You Like Help With That?
Apple 4, MS 1.
HecticDMC - Why Aren't You?
Apple 5, MS 1.
taipan - Silence
Apple 5, MS 2.
GEG2 - Destroy This Mad Brute
Apple 6, MS 2.
WetsRedNow - ChePod
Apple 7, MS 2.
bige602 - Tom Cruise Prefers OS X
Apple 7, MS 3.
OK, then, it's settled. Spread the word. I guess I have to learn how to use a Mac now. The Monkey Prize for "Most Popular Entry That Didn't Win" goes to bluebledthesea for his Billy the Riveter remix. Yeah, the integration of the face is excellent, but those typefaces are just plain wrong for the period, and if there's a joke in "Buy or die you little bitch", we're having trouble seeing it. Still, a lot of people liked it, so we'll reproduce it here to score a few cheap points from the peanut gallery. This oughtta hold the little SOBs for a while:
Cash winners are invited to email their Paypal info to jtoon@woot.com, the Monkey winners should send their mailing addresses to the same, and Honorable Mentioneers may use coupon code HONMEN-FS for free shipping on a future order. Until next time, remember: when you dance onstage at an industry convention, you dance with Steve Ballmer.
