{"id":1205,"date":"2010-08-16T01:03:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T08:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2010-08-18T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T23:30:30","slug":"blizzard-unveils-a-host-of-blizzcon-contests-25000-in-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/blizzard-unveils-a-host-of-blizzcon-contests-25000-in-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Unveils a host of BlizzCon Contests: $25,000 in Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/blizzcon\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlizzCon 2010<\/a>, Blizzard&#8217;s massive annual event &#8211; the celebration of all things Blizzard &#8211;\u00a0 is a bit more than two months away, scheduled for October 22nd. During the wait, Blizzard is offering a few opportunities for its fans to win good money by putting their creative side to use &#8211; <strong>offering big prizes in Fan Art, Movie and Music contests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/community\/contests\/blizzcon10-fanart\/index.html\">The Fan Art contest<\/a>, undoubtedly the most popular and easiest contest to participate in, offers the following prizes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong><br \/>\nWacom Cintiq 21UX and one\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blizzcon.rayv.com\/\">BlizzCon Virtual Ticket<\/a> to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Place:<\/strong><br \/>\nNVIDIA video card, one copy of Adobe Photoshop CS5, and one\u00a0BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Place:<\/strong><br \/>\nOne copy of Adobe Photoshop CS5 and one\u00a0BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see what the Cintiq 21UX is about in the following video:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"580\" height=\"478\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eaLmLsird20\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"580\" height=\"478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eaLmLsird20\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The virtual BlizzCon ticket is worth , and includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expanded live coverage over four Internet channels offering 50+ hours of HD BlizzCon programming<\/li>\n<li>BlizzCon 2010-exclusive World of Warcraft in-game item<\/li>\n<li>Access to exclusive BlizzCon merchandise<\/li>\n<li>Complete coverage of panel discussions, tournaments, and game-related announcements, plus exclusive interviews and epic closing ceremonies<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced video on demand and DVR functionality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/community\/contests\/blizzcon10-song\/index.html\">The Music contest<\/a> offers even more lucrative prizes, with the entries having to meet simple criteria:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">To enter, simply submit your song before <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">September 27<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">. Entries must be no longer than two minutes in length, in MP3 format, and meet the requirements<\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/community\/contests\/blizzcon10-song\/rules.html\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>listed in the official rules in order to be eligible to<\/strong> win<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong><br \/>\n,000, one Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment boxed set signed by Blizzard Entertainment composers, and one\u00a0BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Place:<\/strong><br \/>\n,000, one Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment boxed set signed by Blizzard Entertainment composers, and one\u00a0BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Place:<\/strong><br \/>\n0, one Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment boxed set signed by Blizzard Entertainment composers, and one\u00a0BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4606\" title=\"Blizzard Echoes Of War\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sc2blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/echos-of-war.jpg\" alt=\"Blizzard Echoes Of War\" width=\"581\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/community\/contests\/blizzcon10-movie\/index.html\">Blizzard&#8217;s BlizzCon 2010 Movie contest<\/a> offers<strong> ,000 \u00a0in cash prizes alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">To enter, create an original movie (up to three minutes in length) using footage from Blizzard Entertainment games, and submit it before September 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grand Prize:<\/strong><br \/>\n,000, one BlizzCon Virtual Ticket to watch the event live online, and an &#8220;Oswald&#8221; 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the celebration of all things Blizzard &#8211;\u00a0 is a bit more than two months away, scheduled for October 22nd. During the wait, Blizzard is offering a few opportunities for its fans to win good money by putting their creative side to use &#8211; offering big prizes in Fan Art, Movie and Music contests. The Fan Art contest, undoubtedly the most popular and easiest contest to participate in, &#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/blizzard-unveils-a-host-of-blizzcon-contests-25000-in-prizes\/\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Read More&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[1106,88,390,1052,1105,904,1104],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}