CONTEST CURRENTLY ON HOLD. WILL RESUME IF WE EVER GET SOME ARTICLES GOING AGAIN.

It’s become clear to me that this site needs a serious kick in the ribs to get it going again. We’re pretty much we are out of articles, so drastic action is needed to keep this place from going belly up.  So, to cut right to the point, I’ve decided to have another contest.  Nothing lame this time though, I’m giving away one of these:

No, not a jpeg. An Xbox 360 Pro.

Yep, a brand new XBox 360 Pro.  Don’t look at me like that, I know I haven’t gone out and bought it yet (you’ll get a real picture when I do).  I want to make sure that people actually participate this time before buying the prize.  Also, I’m afraid this contest will be limited to participants in the US and Canada only (sorry guys, it’s expensive to ship overseas).

If you already own a 360 and you end up winning the contest, you can choose to receive a Wii instead (if I can actually find one, that is).  I honestly don’t know why anybody would want one though (that’s coming from someone who owns one).

So, how do you go about winning?  Here are the rules:

• Contest will run all throughout the month of March.
• Winner will be determined by a raffle ticket system.
• Create a new topic on a forum plugging this contest, get one ticket (please leave a comment on this post with a link to the post).  Limit one ticket per forum.
• Create a 100+ word blog post linking to this contest, get one ticket (please leave a comment on this post with a link to the post).  Limit one ticket per blog.
• Get an article published in March, get five tickets per article (that’s published, not submitted).
• I will contact the winner sometime in early April.  You have 5 days to answer me, or I will pick a new winner.  Once I’ve gotten things squared away with the winner, I will send them the prize.

So yeah, get the word out about the contest and write me some articles.  You may end up with a new console.

What are bead sprites? These are bead sprites (hanging on my fridge):

I got them from my friend Sage, who incidentally provides us with weekly Rock Band DLC updates. Sage happens to run BeadSprites.com, and he’s generously providing this month’s contest prize – Five sprites of your choice. Just go on his site and look around, he’s got plenty to choose from.

Now, how to enter? Well, if you listened to our first Podcast, we discussed how much this site needs more advertising and exposure. To that end, there are two ways you can enter into this month’s contest:

• Just like in the last contest, you can stick a link to the site in your forum signatures.
• If you actively play any games online like TF2 or Left 4 Dead, add [Giant Enemy Blog] to the beginning of your nickname. You’re only required to leave it there for a month. Be sure to send me a screenshot too.

So yeah. Do either (or both) of those, and you’ll get entries into the contest. On top of that, you’ll help Giant Enemy Blog grow. Everybody wins.

Congratulations to Arcadia for winning our first contributor contest. I’ll be sure to stick your prizes in the mail on Monday.

As for everybody else, stay tuned, because I’m going to announce another contest soon. Hint – The prizes are coming from here.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and received many vidya related items. I didn’t get a single game, but I’m more than ready to turn this Wal-Mart gift card into a copy of Chrono Tigger DS (or maybe Wrath of the Lich King? I dunno if I want to go back down that path).

Just a little reminder that there’s still a chance for you to receive a few belated presents, namely Final Fantasy 4, 5, and 6 for the Super Famicom. I’ve still got 24 more articles to publish between now and the contest end date, and you can always receive entries by plugging Gamer Blag in your forum signatures.

As always, you can contact me with any questions.

Just a quick update on the contest:

If you don’t have any entries yet, there’s still two weeks left. Also, remember: Even if you don’t get any articles published this month, you can still receive entries if you post a link to this site in your signature on a gaming forum. See this post for more details.

Best of luck to everyone.

Hey guys, it’s me.

You know, I’m really happy with how this site is coming along. What started as a random idea in my head in the middle of the night has turned into a fantastic blag with dozens of articles, over a hundred contributors, and a slowly growing forum that I’m sure will take off at some point. I’m convinced that this site has the potential to really grow into something amazing, and it’s all thanks to you.

So, to show my appreciation, I’ve decided to have a little contest. For the entire month of December, any time a writer gets an article published, he will receive one entry into the contest. At the end of the month, I’ll pick one of those entries (using a random number generator of course) and declare a winner.

Addendum: If you’d like to enter this contest, but can’t seem to get an article published, you can get entries in one other way. If you’re an active member of a gaming-related forum, all you have to do is stick this in your signature:

Gamer Blag! – For Gamers, by Gamers

Once you’ve done that, contact me with a link to one of your posts. After I confirm, you’ll get an entry into the contest.

Here’s the prize:

Those are boxed copies of Final Fantasy 4, 5, and 6 for the Super Famicom. Dunno if we have any collectors out there, but hopefully someone will think this is cool.

Anyway, keep up the good work. I’ll declare a winner on January 1st.