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Spinwhiz
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Slogan Winners Announced!

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Thank you to everyone that participated in The Escapist Slogan contest! There were so many awesome slogans and reasons behind them, we couldn't pick just one, so we picked 5 to receive $50 gift certificates from Amazon.com.

Here are the 5 winners:

Adair_the_Skull with "The Escapist, Break Free"
PedroSteckecilo with "The New Standard of Intelligent Gaming Culture"
Lvl 64 Klutz with "Profound. Gaming. Lifestyle"
maantren with "The Escapist: Good games. New worlds. Real people"
elbryan108 with "Where gamers THRIVE"

Also, I want to reiterate how difficult it was for us to select only 5 slogans. Most were truly creative, and we appreciate the support of our community members. The slogans and reasoning behind them gave us great insight into our awesome community and how to better serve it in the future.

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klc0100
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Congrats too all

Spinwhiz:

PedroSteckecilo with "The New Standard of Intelligent Gaming Culture"

That would be a great way of deterring trolls "oh god lots of words run" .

maantren
Paperboy
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Joined: 16 Jan 2008

Woohoo! At the current conversion rate, that's about $35,000 NZ dollars....

Cheers

Colin

CoverYourHead
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Joined: 7 Dec 2008

Nice work winners! I like all of 'em.

Susan Arendt
Senior Editor
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Joined: 9 Jan 2007

I still just want that nifty pen...

sv93
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Spinwhiz:

PedroSteckecilo with "The New Standard of Intelligent Gaming Culture"

That one is my favorite, great job to all who won!

Susan Arendt:
I still just want that nifty pen...

Maybe it will be the gift the staff gets at the staff Christmas party!

Chimaera
Research Manager
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Joined: 28 Oct 2005

Susan Arendt:
I still just want that nifty pen...

That is such a lovely pen...

Nivag
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1806
Joined: 29 Oct 2008

I forgot to give a reason with mine. Woops. Well done for winning, winners.

fluffylandmine
Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 23 Jul 2008

"OMG!!1!!11!!!eleven!!1!!! A Pen!"-Were the First thoughts I had upon laying my eyes on the glorious pen. The following word were the second thoughts-"ME WANT NOW!"

Congrats to the winners though.

Steve Dark
Muckraker
Posts: 349
Joined: 23 Oct 2008

Damn you Amazon Voucher, you elude my grasp once again...
Next time you shall not be so fortunate.

mydogisblue
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Joined: 20 Dec 2007

Xitel's is still my favorite.

Lvl 64 Klutz
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Whoa! Sweet! *adds that to his resume*

Seriously, though. After reading through even the ones people were willing to post in the original thread, I'm in shock. Congratulations all, indeed.

Susan Arendt
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sv93:

Maybe it will be the gift the staff gets at the staff Christmas party!

No, but I did get some really nifty shuriken magnets, so it's still a win.

sv93
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Susan Arendt:
No, but I did get some really nifty shuriken magnets, so it's still a win.

Were they shurikens of lightning? Sorry couldn't resist. Do the shurikens actually work?Because that would be pretty sweet!

redlamp
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It looks like a couple people took their cues from Enormicom.com ( http://www.37signals.com/enormicom ).

PedroSteckecilo
On the Record
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Geez, I didn't even think I'd be in the running. Thanks Escapist Staff.

Ultrajoe
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Joined: 24 Apr 2008

...I'll get you yet, prize... and your little dog too...

Congratulations to the winners, bastards to the man thought they are.

NewClassic
Vault Legend
Posts: 2017
Joined: 30 Jul 2008

Congratulations to all parties involved. I'm thoroughly impressed with the simplicity, yet functionality, of the winners.

Since I said I would, my submission was:
"The Escapist - Erasing banality by embracing Escapism."

helo darqness
Anonymous Source
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Joined: 11 Dec 2008

mine was "THE exit from boredom.", using the whole ESCAPE theme. but...whatever. congrats to all.

Dechef
Press Junketeer
Posts: 393
Joined: 7 Feb 2008

I liked "We have issues." better. But congrats to the winners.

mydogisblue
Pulitzer Laureate
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Mine was, "Welcome, welcome to the Escapist, it's safer here."

But on reflection it doesn't seem so good anymore.

harhol
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Joined: 6 Mar 2008

Mine was "game chat matters".

Also not very good upon reflection.

Singing Gremlin
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1574
Joined: 16 Jan 2008

Well done to the winners.I don't mind not winning this one, really. That EvE one was the only one I got me hopes up for. Be damned if I don't enter anyway though!

jacktard
Anonymous Source
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Joined: 30 Jul 2008

Well played guys. You definately deserved it.

ElArabDeMagnifico
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Susan Arendt:
I still just want that nifty pen...

IT EXISTS?!

dalek sec
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Congrats to all who entered and won.

Asymptote Angel
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 511
Joined: 6 Feb 2008

Congrats. These probably beat my suggestion: "The Escapist, where stupid people need not apply."

Spinwhiz
Brand Manager
Posts: 1847
Joined: 8 Oct 2007

Trust me when I say there were a lot of GREAT slogans. It was very difficult to bring it down to 5.

Codgo
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That pen needs to go on a diet.

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Anonymouse
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awwww If I knew about this contest I would have won easily with
"The Escapist - No stupid slogans here, find out for yourself!"
*pout* no matter, I just stole that anyway sooooooo.

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Lord Cummington
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Joined: 10 Dec 2008

You know, I'd like to think a site like this would choose something a little funnier or to-the-point. The bland vagueries here all sound like capital M Marketing to me (my wife works in the Publishing Industry as a Marketing Manager, so perhaps I'm a little jaded by it). They're not bad at all, just sort of generic. You could apply them to any gaming website.

My entry of "We have more than Zero Punctuation......promise" (with promise in italics) was obviously the right choice. :)

Lord Krunk
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 4644
Joined: 3 Mar 2008

Good job to all the winners: My personal favourite was Adair_The_Skull's.

Oh, and if anyone wants to know, I entered with:

The Escapist: On The Right Page.

salmonofdoubt
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Joined: 9 Oct 2008

I don't understand why these captions won. Not only do they lack any creativity, but they are cliched and boring. Mine was at least worth a mention, I think.

"The Escapist: Ensconce, Efface, Educe."

It is perfect alliteration, and unless you have never read a book, you should know what the words mean, and that the phrase makes sense. To Escape, you first settle into a private, comfortable place. Then you you erase all prior preconceptions of yourself or the world around you- you start with a clean slate. Finally, you develop previously latent potential in yourself. All of these things make up the act of Escaping into a video game.

 
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