Attack Of The Show User Created YTMND Challenge
| Attack Of The Show User Created YTMND Challenge |
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| February 2006 |
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"Attack of the Show!" on G4 started its "User Created Challenge" contest on February 1, 2006. "AOTS" can also mean AOTS-related YTMNDs or YTMNDs that participated in the challenge.
The Contest
From the original blog-announcement on the G4 website:
We want a kick-ass “You’re the Man Now Dog” [www.ytmnd.com]. Be creative, make whatever you want. It doesn’t have to be AOTS-themed (we think there’s enough crazy crap going around the internet that you should have plenty of material). The more unique and funny it is, the better.
Entry into the contest was a matter of including "AOTS" in the URL address (not the title) of your new site. AOTS also wanted entries to have the website's address included in the site's description, presumably to help those responsible for combing through the resulting deluge of sites, the majority of which have since been deleted.
The Results
On February 8, 2006, AOTS announced the winners on their show, later posting them on their blog. Those recognized on the show were:
- You're the Pereira now, dog! by Scottendo
- Ka-Pow by Vex5
- Afro Ninja Fails Again by nightrose
- Jimmy the Geek doesn't change facial expressions. by zig
The winner of the contest was I Want YTMND by syncan.
The rest of the AOTS contest entries that have not been removed by their creators can be found at YTMND.com by searching for AOTS.
Criticism
The fact that half of the chosen entries were old, stolen content from around the Web suggested to many users what others have long suspected of G4: that the channel has no real interest in net and gamer culture and only seeks to exploit it for commercial gain.
