DP Pumpkin Carving Contest - Winner announced on page 5!! [Archive]

Queen Of The Felines

10-12-2004, 11:29 PM

That's right folks, it's contest time! Halloween is just around the corner and now's the time when the pumpkins get gutted and mutilated and set on fire for our viewing pleasure. While you're busy doing that, why not go the extra mile and enter this new spiffy contest. :D

All you have to do is decorate a pumpkin so it has some sort of video gaming theme. You can carve it, glue stuff to it, paint it, or whatever else you feel like doing. As long as it resembles something related to video games it's all good. Carve Mario's face or the Atari logo in it. Use it as replacement Gamecube case. Create a field of pumpkin Pikmin. Make a giant pumpkin Pikachu. Use a single pumpkin or a dozen, it doesn't matter. Get creative and have fun! :)

Take a picture of your creation and then e-mail it to me at kathara@sbcglobal.net. Entries must be e-mailed to me by 11:59pm Central Time on October 31. Once the deadline passes I will put all entries up on my own server and board members will vote on which one is their favorite (pictures will not be labeled so there will be no way to identify who did what to prevent bias). The one which receives the most votes will be the grand prize winner. In the event of a tie, uh, I'll think of something. You can enter as often as you wish if you REALLY like carving pumpkins. Oh, and by the way, if anybody tries to cheat and use Photoshop you will be disqualified and I will laugh at you.

So what IS the grand prize, you ask? It's a huge box filled with games and goodies from the "survival horror" genre and/or involving monsters in general. A small sample of what will be included is below:

D (PSX)
Silent Hill 4 (PS2)
Resident Evil longbox (PSX)
Dark Fall: The Journal (PC)
Manhunt (PS2)
Countdown Vampires (PSX)
Clock Tower (PSX)
Darkstalkers The Night Warriors longbox (PSX)
Fear Effect (PSX)
Kouldeka (PSX)
Nightmare Creatures (PSX)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
Resident Evil (GC)
Shadow of Destiny (PS2)
Clock Tower 3 (PS2)
The Ring: Terror's Realm (DC)
Illbleed (DC)
Resident Evil Outbreak survival kit
Resident Evil wall clock made by Sniderman
Extermination (PS2)
Haunted House (2600 - loose)
Dracula (Genesis)
The Thing (PS2)
Resident Evil Code Veronica X w/bonus Devil May Cry DVD (PS2)
Grabbed by the Ghoulies (XBOX)
Shadowgate (NES)
Ghostbusters (Sega Master System)
Run Like Hell (XBOX)
Blade II (XBOX)
Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick (PS2)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2)
Carrier (DC)
Zombie Revenge (DC)
Eternal Darkness (GC)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (XBOX)

If anybody has any questions you can post them here or PM them to me.

Good luck, and start carving! :D

Kristine

hydr0x

10-13-2004, 06:00 AM

ah i wish we had the pumpkin tradition over here, this way i'm practically out of the race because i have NO experience with this kind of stuff, man i would love to win that package O_O

davidleeroth

10-13-2004, 08:01 AM

All that stuff and I haven't got a pumpkin. :bawling:

Chainsaw_Charlie

10-13-2004, 08:03 AM

i need a pumpkin and i can get it tomorrow,

Is there more than one winner?
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Aussie2B

10-13-2004, 09:41 AM

Awesome line up of games. o_o I'm one step ahead too. :) I already have pumpkins carved with video game themes AND I have photos taken of them, so I just gotta scan 'em and I'm good to go. :) I guess great minds think alike. :P

tholly

10-13-2004, 12:00 PM

damn.....thats a nice prize pack....too bad i lack all artistic quality.....maybe i will have to pick up a pumpkin and give this a try anyway.....we'll see

good luck to everyone

downfall

10-13-2004, 01:26 PM

I was totally just thinking about doing this the other day.

Commence pumpkin carving!

And yes, that is one heck of a prize pack!

Yet another reason why DP is *the* community.

Mr.FoodMonster

10-13-2004, 02:51 PM

I have a few sweet ideas. This should be fun.

SegaAges

10-13-2004, 03:36 PM

i actually thought of a good idea yoinking somebody's avatar and making that into a pumpkin. i rock, as i already know whos avatar i will be using.

Queen Of The Felines

10-13-2004, 05:02 PM

Is there more than one winner?

There may be. It depends how much more stuff I can accumulate this weekend. ;)

It doesn't matter if you don't have artistic talent, try to make something anyway. :)

Btw, PLEASE include "DP contest" or something similar in your subject line so I'll know it's not spam. :)

Kristine

punkoffgirl

10-14-2004, 01:18 AM

Not to complain, but I wish you were putting the pictures up as you got them, instead of waiting until after Halloween (which seems so far AWAY!)

Queen Of The Felines

10-14-2004, 02:12 AM

If I put them up when I get them I'm afraid people are going to go "Oh there's no way I'm going to beat that!" and not even bother. The more competition the better, ya know. ;)

Kristine

punkoffgirl

10-14-2004, 09:39 AM

If I put them up when I get them I'm afraid people are going to go "Oh there's no way I'm going to beat that!" and not even bother. The more competition the better, ya know. ;)

Kristine

But after Halloween is SO far away! :)
Plus, I kinda wanna know what I have to beat :)

punkoffgirl

10-14-2004, 05:26 PM

Omygod, I JUST carved the BEST MOST AWESOMEST pumpkin in the whole entire world, and I'm DYING to just post an image of it. DYING here!

izret101

10-14-2004, 06:29 PM

Sweet load of stuff X_x
I am going to get a Pumkin ASAP. I just said i didn't want to get pumkins this year too.
I am guesing this is a one shot deal too. One pumkin one person? If not i am going to get like 18 pumkins :D

JasonMewes2001

10-14-2004, 07:18 PM

I'm in. I dont know when we're going to buy a pumpkin, but I'm sure it will be relatively soon.

punkoffgirl

10-14-2004, 08:53 PM

AFGiant

10-14-2004, 09:44 PM

I'm so going to do this. But, the only thing is, I'm afraid of most survival horror games. Seriously :eek 2:
But I could use some of those for the collection, and I do like zombies so I'ma enter anyways. Maybe I'll carve this weekend. :evil:

Queen Of The Felines

10-14-2004, 11:05 PM

Aussie2B

10-15-2004, 01:38 AM

*looks at punkoffgirl's pumpkin*

I'm totally going to lose this. o_O I'm probably going to get the least number of votes out of them all, haha. I still love my little pumpkin, though. :)

davidleeroth

10-15-2004, 03:00 AM

All that stuff and I haven't got a pumpkin.:bawling:

Oh, one more thing, every one who votes will have their name put into a drawing for another prize yet to be determined. This way those of you that don't live in the U.S. or those that can't get a pumpkin/don't feel like they have talent can win something too. :)

Kristine

Ha ha. Crying like a baby never fails. LOL

Even if I had a pumpkin, I can see now that my entry could never beat the BEST MOST AWESOMEST pumpkin in the whole entire world.

downfall

10-15-2004, 08:55 AM

here's a link to another (non-gaming) pumpkin that I carved, using a pattern.

Don't be sad fellow board members and pumpkin carving enthusiasts. I too was very impressed by the Witches' Brew pumpkin. But, may I remind you, that there are no patterns for video game pumpkins like there are patterns for the traditional Halloween stuff!

Jamie did a stellar job on that pumpkin, but I can only imagine that it's much tougher to create a pumpkin without a pattern.

Basically, what I'm saying is this -

Enter the contest, whether you think you have a chance or not!! You might be suprised as to how well you will do if you try! ;)

punkoffgirl

10-15-2004, 01:29 PM

Heh.. and here's another hint: I found the image I wanted for my vg pumpkin, and created a pattern out of that! It's really easy to do, and you can just free-hand in some other details afterwards. Come on, get in the mood! It's almost HALLOWEEN!

pixelsnpolygons

10-15-2004, 11:15 PM

Wow, awesome competition. I'll probably enter for the fun of it - as, the fun of it should be at least some of the incentive to bother.

Queen Of The Felines

10-16-2004, 04:40 PM

Alrighty, I've got a hell of a lot more prizes to add and you'll all get the full list tomorrow evening.

Think it's an awesome package now?

You haven't seen ANYTHING yet. :D

(Whoever wins this thing better remember me around Christmas time LOL )

Kristine

izret101

10-17-2004, 04:59 PM

That is such a sweet list of games.
Damn do i have to get a pumkin.

JSFox

10-18-2004, 12:15 AM

I'll carve a pumpkin so good, you'll die from its beauty.

Or it'll be a POS.

Still, kickass prize package.

JasonMewes2001

10-18-2004, 01:32 AM

My pumpkin entry photo has been sent. For poops n giggles, here's a link to another (non-gaming) pumpkin that I carved, using a pattern. Those darn hole pokey thingies SUCK!
http://home.gwi.net/~jamoreau/witchesbrew.jpg

You did the same one as my sister!

I did one, and it's a wolf.. as in.. er.. Return to castle WOLFfenstien.. hehe.. yeah, couldnt think of anything.

Cryomancer

10-18-2004, 05:21 AM

You should consider having the contest run until a week or two after halloween, as pumpkins get damn cheap afterwords, and a lot of us are poor / don't like to spend lots of money, heh. The girlfriend and I shall be entering for sure, though.

(can we cheat and use one we did last year as well?)

ehall

10-18-2004, 09:05 AM

My pumpkins have been purchased. Fear me.

OK, I suck at smack talk.

Chainsaw_Charlie

10-18-2004, 09:09 AM

Will get pumpkin
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Dahne

10-19-2004, 09:24 PM

I have neither the skills or the supplies (don't even have a digital camera to take a picture of it with, either, heh) to participate, but I can't wait to see the entries.

tholly

10-19-2004, 09:28 PM

You can enter as many times as you wish, as long as they're different pumpkins of course. :)

Oh, one more thing, every one who votes will have their name put into a drawing for another prize yet to be determined. This way those of you that don't live in the U.S. or those that can't get a pumpkin/don't feel like they have talent can win something too. :)

Kristine

i was going to participate...but then i realized i would just be wasting a perfectly good pumpking because i have absolutely no art skills whatsoever....

so, looks like i will be voting, and maybe ill win something that way....but, other than that, there is no way im winning anything

good luck to everyone who actually carves something that even looks remotely good....it would be better than i could do

Queen Of The Felines

10-19-2004, 10:51 PM

Don't sell yourselves short people. I only have ONE freakin' entry so far. :(

Kristine

JasonMewes2001

10-20-2004, 04:04 AM

Don't sell yourselves short people. I only have ONE freakin' entry so far. :(

Kristine

I'll have my picture sent in by tomorrow night.

Sniderman

10-20-2004, 08:26 AM

Don't sell yourselves short people. I only have ONE freakin' entry so far. :(

Kristine

To make a punkin worthy of winning will take some time to design and create QoF. I've actually set aside my WEEKEND to do mine. And there may be more than one, depending on my gumption. (I'm old. I have "gumption.")

Still have a week and a half for folks to get it in gear. I'd say you'll see some more punkins this weekend and next Saturday/Sunday as folks race the Oct. 31 deadline.

downfall

10-20-2004, 08:41 AM

Yep, I'm currently still in the planning stages on mine - running into some technical issues, and I can't afford to waste money on a bunch of pumpkins.

So planning is key - gotta have a good plan before you can execute the plan!

Thus, I also intend to do mine this weekend.

punkoffgirl

10-20-2004, 10:56 AM

I might do a second entry this weekend. The pumpkins from the first batch are getting pretty wilted by now.

Crush Crawfish

10-20-2004, 05:29 PM

I have neither the skills or the supplies (don't even have a digital camera to take a picture of it with, either, heh) to participate, but I can't wait to see the entries.

Yeah, same thing here. That's an amazing set of prizes though. If the squirrels from hell hadn't eaten all the pumpkins I bought, maybe I'd have given it a shot.

SamuraiSmurfette

10-21-2004, 10:19 PM

Don't sell yourselves short people. I only have ONE freakin' entry so far. :(

Kristine

I gots a couple coming soon! It's still pretty early. I can't even find decent pumpkins in most stores yet. One of mine is going to be a squash. Hope that doesn't get disqualified?

Queen Of The Felines

10-22-2004, 12:25 AM

One of mine is going to be a squash. Hope that doesn't get disqualified?

Nope. :)

Kristine

Daria

10-22-2004, 02:18 AM

It's kind of ironic but I noticed this thread only after talking my boyfriend into carving some jack-o-laterns this year (I've been having a halloween itch lately, it's depressing being too old to trick or treat).

Anyway just finished drawing up my pattern. Planning to get the sucker carved tomorrow or saturday. Good luck to everyone.

*is eyeing that free copy of Clock Tower 3*

Cauterize

10-22-2004, 09:33 AM

are english allowed to enter? as its a lot to ship all the way here (As i will win if im allowed :P )

Queen Of The Felines

10-22-2004, 11:23 AM

Anybody from anywhere can enter. Believe me, I've shipped so much stuff over there to Mayhem this wouldn't phase me one bit. LOL

Kristine

Emily

10-22-2004, 08:50 PM

My entry has been sent!!!! :D Im so afraid of being outdone....im going to make another pumpkin!

GamblinMonkey

10-24-2004, 04:49 PM

I got my pumpkin, now to figure out what to put on it...

Queen Of The Felines

10-24-2004, 07:36 PM

One more week left! I've only got nine entries, so keep 'em coming people! :D

Kristine

Chainsaw_Charlie

10-25-2004, 08:26 AM

got my pumpkin will decorate soon
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Duncan

10-25-2004, 04:18 PM

Damn...I've got time this weekend...s'pose I could whip something up. 8-)

Aussie2B

10-25-2004, 06:31 PM

I'm still trying to figure out what the hell I did with my photos. o_O I found one, but it kind of defeats the purpose of it considering I got stuff on both sides of the pumpkin.

I wonder if I'm the only person who does things the old-fashioned way by drawing a picture on a pumpkin with a permanent marker and hacking away at it with a big ass kitchen knife risking life and limb. I don't need no stinkin' fancy-shmancy carving kit. :P

Sniderman

10-25-2004, 06:44 PM

I wonder if I'm the only person who does things the old-fashioned way by drawing a picture on a pumpkin with a permanent marker and hacking away at it with a big ass kitchen knife risking life and limb. I don't need no stinkin' fancy-shmancy carving kit. :P Nope, you're not the only one. :D

SKVermin

10-26-2004, 08:22 AM

Butcher knife and a spoon... Deeeeeluxe carving kit. :)

Sph1nx

10-26-2004, 09:09 AM

Man... bought a pumpkin today... damn thing cost $17 CND (Though I haggled to 15). Diddnt relize the things were so damn pricey.

punkoffgirl

10-26-2004, 11:14 AM

Man... bought a pumpkin today... damn thing cost $17 CND (Though I haggled to 15). Diddnt relize the things were so damn pricey.

They shouldn't be, unless you're buying them in town or at a grocery store!

Vigilante

10-26-2004, 03:50 PM

I got a monster sized pumpkin for $11.50.

potatobob

10-26-2004, 06:29 PM

I took my mom's pumpkin off our front steps.

neuropolitique

10-26-2004, 07:08 PM

I took my mom's pumpkin off our front steps.

lol, I did the same thing. Tiny little thing, too.

neuropolitique

10-26-2004, 07:08 PM

I, too, used ye olde knife and magic marker. It shows, too.

Vigilante

10-28-2004, 09:15 PM

I'm use to modifying my computers. How the hell can I overclock a pumpkin??? :/

Cmosfm

10-29-2004, 11:11 AM

Newgrounds has a online pumpkin carving thing, I know it doesn't count toward the contest, but it's fun nonetheless!

CLICK HERE (http://flashdepot.netfirms.com/129580_pumpkinSim%5b1%5d.swf)

I made one, saved a screenshot to my PC, made it smaller, uploaded it....and slapped it into my sig! Have a Happy Holy Halloween. :)

Queen Of The Felines

10-29-2004, 12:42 PM

You made a Jesus pumpkin? O_O

That's just...odd. LOL

Kristine

junglehunter

10-29-2004, 06:29 PM

Man, that Newgrounds pumpking carving is awesome. We should've just used that for this contest. Very cool. 8-)

AFGiant

10-29-2004, 07:26 PM

All right! Carved my first entry today. Pictures developed and submitted tomorrow.

dsullo

10-29-2004, 07:32 PM

OK Kristine

You have my entry into the contest. Funny thing is that I made my pumpkins yesterday and today before I knew of the contest. So I just took a picture and was done :D

Good luck to everyone who enters.

Thanks Kristine you are the bomb!

dsullo

10-29-2004, 08:18 PM

If anyone has tips for taking pictures of your creations please post them here. I have tried with flash and without. They come out OK , but not with as much detail as I would like

ehall

10-29-2004, 09:40 PM

Pics sent. Although it took the sacrifice of a chicken to the electronic gods to get them off my machine. But I digress.....

punkoffgirl

10-29-2004, 09:49 PM

If anyone has tips for taking pictures of your creations please post them here. I have tried with flash and without. They come out OK , but not with as much detail as I would like

Put a lit candle inside, and take one without flash.

bigdaddychester

10-30-2004, 11:11 AM

My pics are on the way.....

Flack

10-30-2004, 02:25 PM

Entry sent!

MarkMan

10-30-2004, 03:23 PM

Sent my entry in... there were about 4 pics, did ya get em all?

Thanks :)

AFGiant

10-30-2004, 03:38 PM

Ok, pics taken, and are developing as I type this. Entry will be sent in about an hour or two.

Nz17

10-30-2004, 04:10 PM

Sent my pics in early this morning. I hope everyone likes my jack-o-lantern. Like many of you, I carved it the old fashioned way using a kitchen knife. It took a lot of time and effort, but I feel I accomplished something noteworthy. I hope the pictures I took with my Web cam of the pumpkin reflect this.

Happy Halloween weekend all!

Queen Of The Felines

10-30-2004, 06:01 PM

I've got some great entries so far...if anyone else is going to give it a shot time's running out! :)

Kristine

AFGiant

10-30-2004, 06:25 PM

Entry sent :)
I used one of those fancy-smancy carving knives, and one of those halloween scoops. We had them lying around LOL
Well, I hope I get some votes :-P

Aussie2B

10-30-2004, 07:03 PM

My pictures have been sent too. :) Unfortunately, I couldn't find one of the pictures I really needed, but oh well. :P

classicb

10-30-2004, 08:41 PM

I just sent mine in. I almost cut my hand off carving the thing. No carving kit for me just a really dull knife.

Flack

10-30-2004, 09:45 PM

Icarus Moonsight

10-30-2004, 11:01 PM

I just sent 2 pics - still have one more to go. btw, this is Acidic's wife - hello ppl 8-)

Vigilante

10-30-2004, 11:08 PM

I'm finally finished and about to get my pics emailed. Oy.... 3 days with this thing. I didn't use a knife, I used a cuticle remover. I figured out how to overclock a pumpkin.... flashing led's! But it sucks trying to time it just right to see the lights while snapping off a picture.... I took like 50 pics! I'm too tired... I'm spent! :beaten:

qbertandernie

10-31-2004, 12:09 AM

minell be in tomorrow...
i have no artistic ability, but gave it the ol' 'college try'

Emily

10-31-2004, 12:15 AM

Damn!! I hope I still have a shot. @_@
@_@

Chunky

10-31-2004, 11:27 AM

sorry between everything going on IRL and stuff, i didn't get a chance to do my Katamari pumpkin. oh well.

classicb

10-31-2004, 03:10 PM

sorry between everything going on IRL and stuff, i didn't get a chance to do my Katamari pumpkin. oh well.

I'm sure somebody did Katamari pumpkin given its popularity on these boards

qbertandernie

10-31-2004, 06:47 PM

alright, photos sent....

we(my girlfriend and i) had a lot of fun, it doesnt even matter if i win anymore..although id still like to!

great contest, keep it up!

Queen Of The Felines

10-31-2004, 07:00 PM

Would Dean Altamirano please send me a PM with your DP board name? Thanks!

Kristine

GamblinMonkey

10-31-2004, 07:34 PM

Well, after procrastinating about it for a week and making a pumpkin for the Blizzard Pumpkin Carving Contest (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/pumpkin-contest/04-winners.shtml) and not winning, I finally made my pumpkin for this contest. I don't know if I'll win anything here either, but I had lots of fun making both of them, and I like them.

Lord007

10-31-2004, 08:06 PM

pics sent :)

Queen Of The Felines

11-01-2004, 12:10 AM

Alrighty, no more submissions! LET THE VOTING BEGIN! :D

The link to all the pictures is below. All you have to do is pick ONE pumpkin and e-mail it to me at kathara@sbcglobal.net. Please include the entry number and name of the pumpkin you have chosen along with your DP username. (In order to help prevent cheating, you MUST be a registered member. If I get an entry without a user ID included, the vote WILL NOT COUNT.)

Why must you include your username? Well, like I mentioned earlier, everyone who votes will have their names tossed into a hat and one of you will win a package of goodies. Nowhere near as good as what the pumpkin winner will receive, but still not too shabby. :)

You may only vote ONCE and only for ONE pumpkin, and please do NOT try to cheat by creating multiple new user IDs and/or e-mail addresses, ok? And no, you're not allowed to vote for yourself. ;)

Voting ends on Friday, November 5th at 11:59pm central time. And now...

THE PUMPKINS! (http://www.gee-min-ee.com/pumpkincontest.htm)

Kristine

tholly

11-01-2004, 12:58 AM

wow...those were some nice pumpkins, amazing job everyone....too bad i wasnt artistic, or i would have entered...maybe i can win a prize for voting

MarkMan

11-01-2004, 03:08 AM

AMAZING PUMPKINS!

Sniderman

11-01-2004, 04:52 AM

Oh, and if I may make a suggestion?

Until voting ends this Friday, please keep the editorializing and pimping to a minimum.

- Do not post which ones you think "rocks" or "sucks."
- Do not identify which one is yours, if you have an entry.
- Do not try to sway folks to vote for a specific punkin.

We've already got one U.S. voting event that - I assume - will go down the crapper this week. Let's keep THIS voting event on the up-and-up without any asshattery.

Good luck everyone. There are some AWESOME entries. And I'll tell you which ones I think "rocks" sometime this Saturday.

Crush Crawfish

11-01-2004, 02:30 PM

Good god those are some awesome pumpkins!!! I voted for my favorite, and I can't wait to see who wins. I sure hope I win the drawing. Free stuff rocks!!!

Emily

11-01-2004, 03:51 PM

I hope you have this contest again next year! Im gonna make 10 pumpkins next year.
Good luck and cool pumpkins to everyone who entered!

Emily

11-01-2004, 03:52 PM

Asshattery.... :D

izret101

11-01-2004, 04:02 PM

WOW X_x some of those are so amazing. I am really 2 or 3 of them though. I am determined to vote so i will burn the images into my brain until i find a fault that makes me hate one of them. LOL

thehistorian

11-01-2004, 04:05 PM

I just sent mine in. I almost cut my hand off carving the thing. No carving kit for me just a really dull knife.

Me too ... and then my wife came home and told me I used one of her "good knives". I never understood that; why do I only get to use the bad stuff?

I take carving the pumpkin seriously. I have gathered a set of tools over the years that work perfectly for me. They also seem to work well for fancy-pantsy food decorations around the "other" holidays. I can't believe she made a watermelon basket with my tools.... @_@ radish roses :angry: apple swans :eek 2:

GamblinMonkey

11-01-2004, 04:38 PM

Wow, those are some really nice pumpkins everyone. I thought it would be easy to decide, but I'd be proud to have any of them on my doorstep. Nice work, folks!

qbertandernie

11-01-2004, 04:58 PM

are you guys going to list how many votes each got after its over?

im just curious to see if ill get any...

izret101

11-01-2004, 05:37 PM

are you guys going to list how many votes each got after its over?

im just curious to see if ill get any...

tell me you will also say who made what pumkins too.
Some of those were just so good... was there a runer up prize? There probably should have been with the awesominity of some of those.

classicb

11-01-2004, 05:49 PM

this was a really fun contest and I probably woudn't have carved a pumpkin this year if it wasn't for this contest. my apartment actually looked festive for once. :)

now that its over I wish I would have done more.

Dahne

11-01-2004, 08:10 PM

Holy hell! Those are damned impressive. My vote's in, but it was hard to choose between the ones that were hilarious and the ones with just plain amazing artistic talent. Two catagories next year? :D

Nesmaster

11-01-2004, 09:23 PM

Awsome pumpkins! it was very hard to pick one... but i managed :) Good Luck to everyone ;)

NESaholic

11-02-2004, 05:40 PM

Wow that were some great pumpkins, some very creative people here, i liked the resident evil zombie very much and also the pac man field, awesome stuff.Ofcourse there were more good ones, nice job everyone!

qbertandernie

11-02-2004, 09:05 PM

is that considered 'asshattery'?

dsullo

11-02-2004, 09:05 PM

Great Contest Kristine. Thanks for putting it together. Good luck to all that entered the contest there are some really talented and demented DP members out there.

SamuraiSmurfette

11-02-2004, 10:44 PM

next year, perhaps a costume contest? :)

classicb

11-02-2004, 10:52 PM

next year, perhaps a costume contest? :)

until next year

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44773

Jasoco

11-03-2004, 03:53 PM

Where do we vote? I can't tell because Links in this forum have no distinguishing marks to separate them from regular text, so I assume I missed the link. I wanna vote.

dreams

11-03-2004, 04:00 PM

Where do we vote? I can't tell because Links in this forum have no distinguishing marks to separate them from regular text, so I assume I missed the link. I wanna vote.

The pumpkins can be found here:

http://www.gee-min-ee.com/pumpkincontest.htm

Instructions for voting are on that page.

Raedon

11-03-2004, 08:46 PM

dang.. Glad I didn't send in my Pumpkin.. "Pong Dot"

Emily

11-04-2004, 11:23 PM

When will the winners be announced? @_@

Emily

11-04-2004, 11:23 PM

winner i mean

Queen Of The Felines

11-05-2004, 12:25 AM

Saturday evening, probably. Or earlier, depending when I get a chance to get online.

Kristine

SamuraiSmurfette

11-05-2004, 09:20 PM

/me crosses fingers...and toes...and eyes...

pixelsnpolygons

11-06-2004, 05:06 AM

Sadly I never even had time to start one. Those are amazing though... I mean, oh my god those are awesome. Voting is going to be tough.

punkoffgirl

11-06-2004, 08:49 AM

Sadly I never even had time to start one. Those are amazing though... I mean, oh my god those are awesome. Voting is going to be tough.

The contest ran for three weeks; you must be very busy indeed. The voting closed last night at midnight, I believe.

Queen Of The Felines

11-06-2004, 04:11 PM

Alrighty folks...

41 pumpkins.

55 votes.

And the winner, with a whopping NINE votes, is...

#16 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night!

Gamegirl79, you are the winner! :bday: :cheers: :dance:

Oh, and Aussie2b? You're a winner too! You were randomly chosen to win QOF's Mysterious Box of Stuff! :bday: :cheers: :dance:

Congrats you two, please PM me your addresses and I'll send out your stuff within the next week or two. :)

Below is a list of who did what pumpkin:

1 - POG
2 - Emily
3 - Swlovinist
4 - neuropolitque
5 - SKVermin
6 - potatobob
7 - sniderman
8 - sniderman
9 - SamuraiSmurfette
10 - SamuraiSmurfette
11 - Pantechnicon
12 - Markman
13 - dsullo
14 - swlovinist
15 - Acidic Pain
16 - gamegirl79
17 - Daria
18 - skvermin
19 - goodwill hunter
20 - ehall
21 - nz17
22 - acidic pain
23 - daria
24 - ehall
25 - classicb
26 - aussie2b
27 - vigilante
28 - afgiant
29 - atariboy
30 - bigdaddychester
31 - flack
32 - thehistorian
33 - ehall
34 - qbertandernie
35 - qbertandernie
36 - twiddlebrat
37 - gamblin monkey
38 - lord007
39 - lord007
40 - Brusko
41 - chicnstu

If anybody wants to know the amount of votes they got just send me a PM. Thanks to all who participated, and I hope everybody had fun. Just WAIT until what I have planned for next year! :evil: :D

Kristine

Flack

11-06-2004, 04:51 PM

Congratulations not only to the winners, but EVERYBODY who entered! Not only did you help out your online community, but you also shared a little bit of retro gaming with every single person who saw your pumpkin!

I thought for sure my Dreamcast pumpkin had a chance until I saw all those other entries. Nice job everyone! Does anyone want to share a story of how they made their pumpkin, or any problems they encountered?

It turns out pumpkins aren't as hollow as I had remembered. I had a hell of a time cramming a dreamcast inside the larger one, and there was no way I could get my little flat screen monitor to fit in the smaller one. I ended up cutting the top off the top pumpkin, to hide the height of the monitor inside the top of the bottom pumpkin. I left a game running in it when we went to trick or treat, so people coming up to the house could see it in the window.

digitalpress

11-06-2004, 04:56 PM

Congrats to ya Jacquelina!

Nice job all around, everyone. The amount of talent around here is simply amazing.

Aussie2B

11-06-2004, 05:35 PM

Yay! I knew my pumpkin had no chance of winning, but I'm very surprised that I won the random drawing. :) Congratulations Gamegirl79 for the super-spiffy Castlevania pumpkin, and congratulations to everyone else who is far more creative and talented than I am, haha. :P Looks like the Digital Press gals take this one. ;)

Aussie2B

11-06-2004, 05:43 PM

I thought for sure my Dreamcast pumpkin had a chance until I saw all those other entries. Nice job everyone! Does anyone want to share a story of how they made their pumpkin, or any problems they encountered?

It turns out pumpkins aren't as hollow as I had remembered. I had a hell of a time cramming a dreamcast inside the larger one, and there was no way I could get my little flat screen monitor to fit in the smaller one. I ended up cutting the top off the top pumpkin, to hide the height of the monitor inside the top of the bottom pumpkin. I left a game running in it when we went to trick or treat, so people coming up to the house could see it in the window.

Hehe, I would've loved to see the looks of confusion on their faces.

There's nothing too interesting behind the creation of my Neo Geo logo pumpkin, but yes, that is me holding it in front of my face like an idiot. :P And if anyone is wondering why my face can be seen through the other side, it's because the other face of the logo (the "smiley face") is carved into the other side.

qbertandernie

11-06-2004, 07:31 PM

congrats gamegirl!

just so you know, my girlfriend signed on solely to vote(and to enter), though she never did. if she had, youd have won with 10 votes! :)

my stuff wasnt too fantastic, but i had a lot of fun making the katamri pumpkin. the orginal plan was to make it big enough to hold a ps2 and the game case(as well as my cat), but i quickly found out that the stuff wasnt really tight enough to support much weight. after i cut all the strings that held the items on my girlfriend carved a diabolical smiling pumpkin...with strings and nails sticking out of his head...

the nintendo entertainment pumpkin was reversed and a proper jack o lantern carved in it....

#36 pacman with ghosties? ended up on the porch as, well, pacman and ghosties...my girlfriend made that one...like the tie in with the username?

anyway, nice effort by everyone!

gamegirl79

11-06-2004, 09:24 PM

Woohoo! I can't believe I won....there were so many other great pumpkins!! Thanks QOF for having this contest!!! :D

Sniderman

11-07-2004, 07:04 AM

Wow. Great entries and a great time! I was planning to do a Resident Evil "leering zombie" punkin, and the DP contest rolled around just as I was designing it. When I finished and lit it, I thought I'd have a chance at the prize -

Until the others arrived. x_x

Anywa, I had a great time. Halloween is my favorite holiday and this year I wanted to carve punkins as a part of it. THis contest gave me that chance, so I thank Kris and Joe for holding it. Looking forward to next year's!

P.S. Two punkins I was planning to do, but ran outta time:
1. The Jack-O-Tari 2600. Was going to cram a TV into big punkin, a 2600 jr into a small, flat punkin, and a joystick into a gourd. Then was gonna take a photo of the set-up running "HAlloween." RAn out of time to do so. (Besides, the Dreamcast punkins would've pounded my idea.

2. "Pong-O-Lanterns"- Was gonna get 5 punkins. CArve a flat POng paddle on two, carve the "ball" on one, and carve two blocky scores on the last two. Was gonna set up some utility shelves in my yard; place the Pong elements where they fit; then string up Christmas lights to identify the screen area and net down the center. At night, it should've looked just like a POng screen. BAiled on the idea because of the time it would've taken, the amount of work to clean/carve 5 punkins, and the minimal reaction a "Pong" set-up would've gotten.

Wait'll next year. :evil: Seriously, I had a great time. And these punkins should be archieved on the DP site in a photos album. Cool stuff.