Another contest

Someone emailed me to let me know there is another ASCII contest out
there.  
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/wiredcoms-ascii.html
One look at the comments on that page will show you that a) they never
thought about how to run the contest b) people have no idea what ascii
is or how to present it c) we could PWN (vini, vidi, vici style) that
contest.  I am going to submit but didn't want to hide it from you.
Will you submit? (Ascii art to them them that is, not to my awesome
ascii sk1llz)


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Faux_Pseudo wrote:
> Someone emailed me to let me know there is another ASCII contest out
> there.  
Right... I didn't mean to email either. Sorry. I only meant to reply in 
group and messed up clicking on the buttons...

> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/wiredcoms-ascii.html
> One look at the comments on that page will show you that a) they never
> thought about how to run the contest b) people have no idea what ascii
> is or how to present it c) we could PWN (vini, vidi, vici style) that
> contest. 

Right, and yes, it is obvious that this is not very organized at all. To 
start with, they are not even really requesting ASCII art: "as long 
you're just using the letters and symbols on your keyboard" is their 
rules for what characters you can use, and it's definitely not 
equivalent to "only the printable ASCII set".
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_.-In alt.ascii-art, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet wrote the following -._
> Faux_Pseudo wrote:
>> Someone emailed me to let me know there is another ASCII contest out
>> there.  
> Right... I didn't mean to email either. Sorry. I only meant to reply in 
> group and messed up clicking on the buttons...

I wasn't going to name names but thanks for clarifying that.

>> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/wiredcoms-ascii.html

> Right, and yes, it is obvious that this is not very organized at all. To 
> start with, they are not even really requesting ASCII art: "as long 
> you're just using the letters and symbols on your keyboard" is their 
> rules for what characters you can use, and it's definitely not 
> equivalent to "only the printable ASCII set".

I have this vision of a call center staffed by trained ASCII support
staff who can help guide people through setting up a competition.
Like wedding planners only less stressed.

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Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> kirjoitti Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:03:26  
+0300:

> Someone emailed me to let me know there is another ASCII contest out
> there.
> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/wiredcoms-ascii.html
> One look at the comments on that page will show you that a) they never
> thought about how to run the contest b) people have no idea what ascii
> is or how to present it c) we could PWN (vini, vidi, vici style) that
> contest.  I am going to submit but didn't want to hide it from you.
> Will you submit? (Ascii art to them them that is, not to my awesome
> ascii sk1llz)

Not surprisingly, the winner of the contest wasn't even ASCII art.

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_.-In alt.ascii-art, Maija Haavisto wrote the following -._
> Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> kirjoitti Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:03:26  
> +0300:
>
>> Someone emailed me to let me know there is another ASCII contest out
>> there.
>> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/wiredcoms-ascii.html
>> One look at the comments on that page will show you that a) they never
>> thought about how to run the contest b) people have no idea what ascii
>> is or how to present it c) we could PWN (vini, vidi, vici style) that
>> contest.  I am going to submit but didn't want to hide it from you.
>> Will you submit? (Ascii art to them them that is, not to my awesome
>> ascii sk1llz)
>
> Not surprisingly, the winner of the contest wasn't even ASCII art.

I wasn't able to find any winner anounced on the site.  Where did you
find the results?  Should I head to my news stand?


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Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> kirjoitti Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:07:56  
+0300:

> I wasn't able to find any winner anounced on the site.  Where did you
> find the results?  Should I head to my news stand?

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/06/gallery_ascii_art

I found it by going to the Culture section two days ago, when I heard
the results were out. I was being congratulated "for the exposure."
Eh. Considering I've won numerous ASCII contests and of the two
pieces I submitted one will be published in a book and one was
featured in a movie, that's not much of "exposure." Unless they
publish the pictures in the paper Wired - that would be a nice add to
my "ASCII resume" - though they'd probably completely botch them.

It took me two days to be able to register on the site so that I could
comment, because they had broken the registration. :P

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_.-In alt.ascii-art, Maija Haavisto wrote the following -._
> Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> kirjoitti Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:07:56  
> +0300:
>
>> I wasn't able to find any winner anounced on the site.  Where did you
>> find the results?  Should I head to my news stand?
>
> http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/06/gallery_ascii_art

Ah, there it is.  Thanks. Looks like they got my piece even though I
got no reply.

> I was being congratulated "for the exposure."

Been there, done that.  I made a thousand in doing ascii commercially
a while back.  I got exposed but what I would really like is another
paying gig. :)

> It took me two days to be able to register on the site so that I could
> comment, because they had broken the registration. :P

Persistance pays off.  Thanks for the effort and results.

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