Discussion: Matrix Machinima Contest

'Gratz, 8Baller! Well deserved, too.

Gratz!!! to all 3!!


....... can I borrow the car now?

Congrats to all of the contestants for making awesome vids. Congrats to the winners you lukcy dogs!

Congrats to 8baller, CollegeJem, and Leandro for their win, place, and show! You all did great jobs.

So when's the party?

Congratulations 8 Baller! Don't forget to post pictures of all your goodies once you get 'em.

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Congratulations 8 Baller! Don't forget to post pictures of all your goodies once you get 'em.

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Yep, photo of the 8 Baller crew is incoming when everything falls in place.

I'd like to propose we delay our test server Pocket D party until next weekend. RD is having connection issues and it just wouldn't seem right without her.

All in favor?

*raises hand*

Thanks,
Todd

Congratz on the grand prize 8Baller, and Leo and CollegeJem and 1st & 2nd place!

Eh? Party? There's a party?

OMG!!! YOU WON!!!!

*lets out a shriek and throws her arms around 8baller to swing him around in a hug*

I have been totally bent out of shape all weekend long from not having Internet service and dying to know who won this thing! And Leandro took third! YES!!!!

PARTY!!!!!!!!

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Let's face it, if states and recluse where invited to the party, states would throw the car at him.

So when does the car come? (I'm guessing "about 30 seconds before the tax person." )

*grin*

Just so we know when to expect pictures of the 8baller-mobile!

(Paint it black and put a white 8 on the side! And damn, man, the car deserves custom plates!)

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Yep!

New license:

ME 1 DIS

LOL yeah, if I could get it in black I would SOOOOOOOOOOOO slap a giant 8 logo on the hood.

And custom plates....I think they're kinda expensive in TX, but you know I'll look into it

And as to WHEN it all gets here? Dunno. Legal stuff is on the way so I'm guessing it'll be at least 2 weeks out. Just a guess.

Whew....glad to be back from Austin. Hey all, I got to ask Jim Lee questions! Yea!

Todd

HUGE CONGRATZ, 8!!! Well deserved.

Just an quick update (on why you haven't seen any pics of the 8 Ballermobile).

We got the 360, PS3 and DS lite at the beginning of December (yea!)

We got the games mid December, and they were cool enough to do a 2 for 1 swap for two games that we already had for a newer game. Interesting thing was...5 of the games were used and 2 of those 5 didn't have any box art or instructions. It looks like they went shopping at Gamestop. Even more special was that all the used games had been returned to Gamestop as defective. Then they send them to their warehouse, buff them, and resell them.

And we just finished up negotiating a deal with the local dealership for the Matrix. The sweet news is that I was able to find a black one. The bad news is I had to trade in my camero to cover tax/title and the rest of the base cost of the car. But I planned on trading in or selling that one anyway...so no big loss really. I'll just be glad to finally get the car. We've had reeeeeaaaalllly bad "carma" for the past month.

And still no City of Heroes subscription....

So. As soon as I get the car I'll take photos and share. I'm hopeful that will happen next week.

Fingers Crossed.

Todd

Well, as long as the games work, no biggy. I was actually expecting them to be leftovers from GameTrailers reviews.

Base cost? Eh? So how does this actually work? Do they essentially just hand you a coupon that says "X dollars off your next Toyota Matrix" where 'X' is the price of a Matrix with no options?

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Well, as long as the games work, no biggy. I was actually expecting them to be leftovers from GameTrailers reviews.

Base cost? Eh? So how does this actually work? Do they essentially just hand you a coupon that says "X dollars off your next Toyota Matrix" where 'X' is the price of a Matrix with no options?

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We had a couple of lockups with Iron Man....but it wasn't an "every time" thing. I'm with you though, I figured they had a stack of games that were sent to them from publishers.

The base cost thing...well they reserved X amount for the price of the car. Problem is...X amount didn't actually cover the cost of any car, definately not the model/build that they advertised. So I had to negotiate the price down with the dealer and come up with the money to cover the rest. Which trading in my old car did thank goodness.

Todd

Grats, Todd! About time they got off their candy a**es and got the whole thing worked out! And I expect to see pictures of the 8-baller-mobile!

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Grats on finally receiving (most of the) prize, Todd. Still absolutely nothing on my end (my last couple of emails went entirely ignored).

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Grats on finally receiving (most of the) prize, Todd. Still absolutely nothing on my end (my last couple of emails went entirely ignored).

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Man, that is...just...wow.

Wow.

I'm sorry to hear that. There's really no logical...

I'm not sure what time period you sent those emails but I do know that their entire company went on vacation a little before Christmas and they get back in the office...well...today. Jan 5.

At least, that's what I was told. For what it's worth.

Todd

You mean GameTrailers? Yeah, I can believe that. VERY few trailers come out on that site the last two weeks of December and all the way through the 12 days of Christmas. GameSpot pretty much stops, too. Heck, our own devs vanish!

Just got my CoX account. Thanks NCSoft

Todd