Whew! We've finally surfaced, gasping for oxygen, from the deluge of responses to our challenge to Create a sign for us to post around the new Woot building. What year is it now? Does my wife still remember me? Is Brooklyn still in the league? We should explain how we judged this one, because it's a little different. Instead of honoring the very best entries from the whole contest, first we picked the best one in each category that we needed signage for, and then ranked those best-in-category ones to arrive at our final four money-winners. So some of the HMs may actually be better than some of the money-winners, which has never, ever happened before. (No, we didn't really like any of the proximity-card entries, so no winner there.) Now, while we readjust to life outside the Contest 118 bubble, behold your new gods:
First Prize for Best Restroom Sign - $100
plinth - Plugth
plinth, we're glad you've found a creative outlet.
Second Prize for Best Miscellaneous Sign - $50
tgentry - Immaculate Reception
Mind if we steal this motif for a web site we're working on? Click for full size.
Third Prize for Best Video Surveillance Sign - $20
joshf52 - Don't Touch Our Crap
A little broccoli 'n' carrots goes a long way.
Third Prize for Employee Escort Sign - $20
toby8915 - Woot Employees Are Levitating, Hook-Handed Monkeys
More fun than a barrel of universal symbols.
Honorable Mention
tgentry again - Keeping Tabs On Restroom Use
We'll
start off the discussion so you don't have to: THIS ONE SHOULDA WON!!!
JUDGES, YOU ARE RETARDED AND YOU SMOKE NAZI CRACK!!! TGENTRY WUZ
ROBBED!!! ETC., ETC.!!!
shan24 - Get Noticed
Take that, shans 1 through 23!
schwanjoe - Is Back With A Brand New Edition
True
fun fact: the founder/CEO of a certain deal-a-day web site went to the
same high school as Robert "Don't Call Me Rip" Van Winkle, BKA Vanilla
Ice.
wizard7926 - Orange Alert
In our defense, we've lost very few employees to server explosions.
ChirdXtreme - Yet Another Veiled Reference To Genitalia
We find this kind of humor Xtremely Chirdish.
toby8915 again - Universal Serial Bathroom
Is it just us, or does this give off a weird, creepy kinda SLA '70's cult vibe? OK, maybe that's just us.
ams2d - The Toilet Paper Chase
Sometimes, the difference between clip art and hand-drawn art is the difference between money and an Honorable Mention.
bzltyrfn - All Up In Your Gorilla
If you make him say his name backward, bzltyrfn must return to his home in the 7th dimension.
Reverend Pete - Monitore Up
Never
doubt that one passionate, committed contest judge can bully his peers
into going along with one of his choices, if only to shut him up.
LKK - Trite Bromides For Success
Individually,
LKK's deconstructed motivational efforts missed the cut. Then she
posted them all together, and squeaked in. It's all about the
packaging.
heather8 - Outside The Beltway
Strictly hella awesome, you mean!
BlueGeek - Frog Warning
Somehow, LeakFrog is even more magnificent in silhouette.
McGuffy - No Smoking In The Server Room
Next, we've got to get our servers to stop eating so much trans fat.
zilla81 - Well And Truly Forked
Funniest impalement we've seen all day!
donaldgelman - Plain Brown Theft
Who are you, donaldgelman, and how do you know our trade secrets? Oh, wait...his posts are coming from inside the building!
McGuffy again - L8er, Wooter
There's no reason to ever make a physical copy of this one, but still, we appreciate the sentiment.
Champions' Championship Champion
wizard7926 - Panel of Geniuses
Guess we hit the black ring this time. Click to see it in full, lifelike detail.
Perhaps the most grueling leg of this forced march was the hunt for a suitable Monkey Prize winner. Ultimately, we could not deny the eyeball-shattering atrocity lurking below. Thank your chosen deity that hipbabybob doesn't know how to make animated GIFs.
That's
it. Like we said in our original announcement, we'll actually have the
money-winning entries produced and posted in appropriate places around
our workspace. We may even hit up a few of you HM winners for
permission to do so with yours, as well. So make extra sure, money
winners, that youplease email your Paypal info to jtoon@woot.com. Monkey Prize winner, send your mailing address to the same. Honorable Mentioneers may use coupon code HONMEN-FS
for free shipping on a future order. Until next time, remember: the
sign says Comic Sans users will be shot on sight. Or it should, anyway.
