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Subject: The Caption Contest
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I was flippin through forums and came accross the not-so-famous Gallery. Apparently they use to have some sort of contest where Saw Nose or SketchFactor would post a pic and members would right their own captions for them, and every week Saw Nose or Sketch would choose a winner. Upon winning they would recieve a cookie and on one occasion a Bungie sticker.

Some of these captions made me laugh while others made me chuckle. My quesiton is this, why was the Caption Contest put to rest? I know The Gallery isn't a well visited forum but with a little advertising on the front page of Bungie.net, the contest could really go somewhere.

You can go check out the contest yourself right here.

Your thoughts?

-chumpzilla99

[Edited on 12/30/2005]

  • 12.30.2005 9:00 AM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

Many a member want it back, but to no avail.

  • 12.30.2005 9:29 AM PDT
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I'm assuming their just too busy with the next project. Although I have no idea what Frankie actually does for it, as he's on the community team.

  • 12.30.2005 9:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Pimp at Sea
Many a member want it back, but to no avail.


So this has been brought up before? We'll then I guess I'm not the only one who wishes the contest to be resurrected then....

Posted by: Kilroy
I'm assuming their just too busy with the next project.


I disagree with that. The last contest winner announced was on 6/17/04, hence before Halo 2 was realesed. There are tons of pics they could use also. Considering between 6/17/04 and today there were tons of events. The Tokyo Game Show, E3, Bungie's move to their new office etc.

I'll PM Sketch or Saw Nose. I'm not counting on a responce though, but I'll post with there answer if there is one.

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  • 12.30.2005 10:05 AM PDT
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Yeah, it has been brought up before. Many times actually. So, you think Bungie would get the hint that people want it back.

  • 12.30.2005 10:15 AM PDT

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They know

But I think bungie is to understaffed to appease the members of the forums completly and make games at the same time.

  • 12.30.2005 10:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: EAGLES5
They know

But I think bungie is to understaffed to appease the members of the forums completly and make games at the same time.


Perhaps they should give the contest's responsibilities to someone else then? Let someone else decide the winner, let someone else produce the pictures. That sort of thing. Don't ask me who either, I'm just throwin ideas around.

On the other hand, doesn't Bungie have a community team who works on these sort of things?

-chumpzilla99

  • 12.30.2005 10:31 AM PDT

I would like to see the caption contests come back, but i doubt you will get a response to any Pm's. However it is a good idea of getting someone outside bungie to get the pics. But a slight drawback would be is that you wouldn't get any of the pictures like the stacted x-box's or pictures of frankie. It would be a good idea to get the contest back, but i would like it to be tied in to bungie, by someone who is on the "inside"

  • 12.30.2005 11:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: goldhawk
I would like to see the caption contests come back, but i doubt you will get a response to any Pm's. However it is a good idea of getting someone outside bungie to get the pics. But a slight drawback would be is that you wouldn't get any of the pictures like the stacted x-box's or pictures of frankie. It would be a good idea to get the contest back, but i would like it to be tied in to bungie, by someone who is on the "inside"


So what you're saying is to keep the Caption Contest up to Bungie instead of someone else taking over? Correct?

In this case, we would need Sketch or Saw Nose to take command again, which hasn't happened since 6/17/04.........

I'll put this problem up to the not-so-official Council and see what they have to say about it.

-chumpzilla99

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  • 12.30.2005 12:49 PM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

The council doesnt exist.

If there is one then its a group of guy who named themselves it. Has a whole the bungie members have not agreed on or been granted permisson on a council.

  • 12.30.2005 1:37 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

Go to the Council Chambers in my Groups EAGLES5. We haven't named ourselves the Council or anything, but we've been working hard to get it noticed for a long time. He was referring to that.

EDIT: Hope that wasn't seen as advertising. I was just trying to clarify.

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  • 12.30.2005 1:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: goldhawk
I would like to see the caption contests come back, but i doubt you will get a response to any Pm's. However it is a good idea of getting someone outside bungie to get the pics. But a slight drawback would be is that you wouldn't get any of the pictures like the stacted x-box's or pictures of frankie. It would be a good idea to get the contest back, but i would like it to be tied in to bungie, by someone who is on the "inside"


So what you're saying is to keep the Caption Contest up to Bungie instead of someone else taking over? Correct?

In this case, we would need Sketch or Saw Nose to take command again, which hasn't happened since 6/17/04.........

I'll put this problem up to the Council and see what they have to say about it.

-chumpzilla99


Yeah, it should be bungie run. I would think that bungie doing that would not only produce a better quolity of contest, but keep the masses happy and also make it more fun.

But thats just my opinion.

  • 12.30.2005 1:43 PM PDT