GamerNode: Contests - Holiday Contest 2: Orange Box

Holiday Contest 2: Orange Box

Category: Industry, Posted: 11/25/2007 at 05:28PM EST by Brendon Lindsey, GN Director

"On the second day of Christmas, Valve gave to me, the Orange Box on Stee-eam!"

Our next contest is for five copies of Orange Box on Steam. Rather than blow my Orange Box load all at once, I thought I'd spread the loving out a little bit over the course of the next few weeks. What that means is this week, one winner will get Orange Box. Next week, two winners will get Orange Box. The final week, two winners will get Orange Box and an additional prize which will be revealed sometime closer to then.

For the first two weeks, the contest is a simple throwback to our "Just be active!" contest mixed with a little Photoshop action and some poetry fun. All you have to do is post comments on news stories, reviews, and all the stuff on the frontpage (not the forums, this time) and you'll be entered for most of it (see below for specifics). Much like then, I have a Super Secret Number in mind (more than 1, less than 7). Reach that in a day, and you get a single e-ticket in the e-drawing for the e-prize.

(In addition, if you refer anyone to register on the site and they get to at least 10 posts in the forums, you get an extra chance to win each week. So drag your friends to the Node, and they'll have a chance at winning OB, too. Just don't tell them that your chance will be bigger!)

In week two and three, there will be additional chances to win outside of just posting. In week 2, the person with the best Photoshop involving the Companion Cube will also get a copy of Orange Box. In week 3, the person who has submitted the best Orange Box-inspired poem will win a copy. It can be about the Cube, Gordon, crowbars, headcrabs or even science. As long as it's related to the OB in some way, it's legit.

If you don't have Orange Box, this is a great chance to see what you've been missing out on. If you already have Orange Box, this is a good chance to win an awesome Christmas present to give to your friends.

How to Win Each Week:

Week 1:

One copy: post in articles

Week 2:

One copy: post in articles

One copy: Photoshop Companion Cube into an image. (Funniest or most clever wins)

Week 3:

One copy: post in articles

One copy: write an Orange Box-inspired poem. Whether it's about Portal, cake, Gordon, or crowbars, if it's related to anything in the Orange Box, it's allowed.

If you have any questions or want to discuss entries/ideas/other related issues, here's the official contest forum thread.

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Posted by Sersoft.corp on 11/25/2007 at 05:32PM

Does posting in this article count for entering the contest?

anyway I'm in!

Posted by lskennedy on 11/25/2007 at 05:43PM

OMGZ OMGZ OMGZ!! i am like one of the few who doesent have this yet! i am SOOOO in.

Posted by Killer_Within on 11/25/2007 at 09:13PM

Cakes O.o alrighty.

Posted by hoboman725 on 11/25/2007 at 11:21PM

I yearn to snatch the prize away from lskennedy!

Posted by goatlinks on 11/26/2007 at 08:36AM

Oh, I am so totally in!!!!! Hooray!

Posted by Dr.Aaron on 11/26/2007 at 11:23AM

I'm not too bothered, as I'll get the real thing in a real box sometime next sometime...

Posted by Vincent on 11/26/2007 at 04:57PM

I hope I win a plushie thing.

Posted by sudpuzzer on 11/26/2007 at 06:56PM

Oooohh yay! I'm definitely in on this one...

Posted by cowfish13 on 11/27/2007 at 11:45PM

Holy crap, did Gordon wink at me?

Posted by lskennedy on 12/01/2007 at 12:34AM

Hoboman! HOW DARE YE!!! it is now a full on competition!!! LETS DO THIS!!!

Posted by lostcoaster on 12/08/2007 at 09:15PM

Take a chance ...
Well , it forces me to review my poor English~~~~为什么不能
说中文啊~~~~= =

Posted by Sersoft.corp on 12/11/2007 at 08:31PM

I am winrar ololz

in other words, I won.

Posted by lskennedy on 12/12/2007 at 08:56PM

I won too?!?!

Posted by silkmonkey on 12/13/2007 at 04:02AM

Yay winning!

Posted by flame on 12/15/2007 at 05:33PM

If i win, and there's somebody who doesn't have it already, can i give it to them but keep the WCC?

Posted by Bishman on 12/15/2007 at 06:31PM

I AM IN CAUSE I DONT WANNA WAIT TILL I GET IT FROM SOMEPERSON I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( U DONT WaNt To GeT mE mAd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Posted by Bishman on 12/15/2007 at 06:34PM

i like wining yay (my crayon sandwich didnt turn out so good) :( p.s. the floor tastes funny

Posted by lskennedy on 12/16/2007 at 01:18PM

Bishman, do u eat paint chips?

Posted by Coop on 12/18/2007 at 02:34PM

A winner is me?

Posted by bgenso on 01/07/2008 at 12:54AM

orange box winner!