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Eric Travers [PersonRank 0]

Monday, September 8, 2008
15 years ago5,551 views

This would make a good OpenOffice Impress presentation, no?

Bovine Bliss [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

Easier to print this out on high quality paper myself than go through this charade.

adamzhu1986 [PersonRank 2]

15 years ago #

I'd like to have it but my camera won't work. I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible.

Btw, do I have to appear in the YouTube Video?

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Adam, if you prefer to stay anonymous in the video you might find ways to do that, e.g. by using big shades, having your colleague speak for you, using a puppet and so on :)

Bovine, the reason for making this a bit harder is that we want to give people who really want the comic (e.g. a big Scott McCloud fan?) a higher chance of winning it, because someone who doesn't really want it might not want to upload a video. If nobody participates, well let's see what we might do to make it easier.

PAStheLoD [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

I'd like to have a YouTube video of the comic, read by a mesmerizing voice :)

christoph [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

i would like the comic book!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m03GBjMwmW0

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Nice! :)

Navarr Barnier [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

I would very much like to have it. I'll make a Youtube video soon ;)

Jake [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

My camera isn't working either, so this is just a quick video. (If you can't see the text, a higher-quality version is available.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqtfQ9vrt8k

adamzhu1986 [PersonRank 2]

15 years ago #

Hope I'm not too late. I have a full day class Tuesday(from 8:00 am – 10:00 pm). My camera won't be fixed next week so I made a simple one.

I think we share some ideas, Jake:)

Here is my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yXA3cJEkI

Ludwik Trammer [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I made a video yesterday, but I just can't force my iMovie to import Photo Booth video (?!) – don't know why. So now I race against the clock and my cold. If my temperature go down I'll try to transcode the video and maybe post it.

Sage [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

I really fail to see the point of a lottery.

If the contestants just had to put down their names+email, a draft or lottery would suffice.

But in this case, there's an implicit requirement for creative case, and as such, it should be evaluated and properly rewarded.

Seth Levy [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAH9RDjuuy4

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Here's my attempt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo5ck6p_6iI

I've never shot a video before, but this was a good excuse to try one. The quality is not very good (it's shot on my phone).

I tried YouTube's "audio swap", but YouTube must be re-compressing the video when it swaps the audio, because it made the quality much worse.

So, I re-uploaded the original, which is silent except for background noise.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Heh. Nice video.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

My (really bad) attempt at a video. As with every one else, I used a Phone's camera :(

I apologise for the bad video, bad audio and bad speech in advance :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_63iHq3jy4

[put at-character here]Roger
You sillier outlaw! :D

Navarr Barnier [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

I hope I'm not too late.. I stuttered a lot and wasn't quite sure what to say, but i did it anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEtLQCdX1ok

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Thanks to everyone for participating! The videos were cool. The contest is closed now. I will collect from all the existing entries above and choose a random winner soon afterwards and announce here.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I created a script which picked one random person among the following contestants:
('christoph', 'Jake', 'adamzhu1986', 'Seth Levy', 'Roger Browne', 'Mrrix32', 'Navarr Barnier')

After testing, I decided to hit the randomization 3 times and whoever ended up being picked at the third time was the winner. I refreshed 3 times.

And the winner is...

Mrrix32!

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Congratulations, Mrrix32.

And that's a cool lego logo.

Chris Matthias [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

DAMN IT! I missed this by a few hours. I'm a big Scott McCloud fan after I met him and he signed my copy of Understanding Comics when i was 9. I still have that book and would have loved to have had this comic.

Woe is me.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

OMG! Thank you!!!!
I've sent you my address on YouTube (Hope that's OK)

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