Blizzard and Xfire join forces for "Summer Movie Contest"
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Jul 26th 2006 at 10:30PM }
If you think you got what it takes to be the next Steven Spielberg of World of Warcraft machinima, then this contest may be for you. Blizzard and Xfire have announced that they are teaming up to give wannabe movie directors a chance to win some dough for their in-game work. Here's what they're looking for and looking to do:
- To take part in the contest you will need to make a movie using Blizzard's World of Warcraft and submit it to one of four categories: Short Film, Comedy, Drama/Action, or Dance/Music Video by Friday, September 15th, 2006. Once we have all the submissions, winners will be decided by Blizzard, Xfire, and a community vote! Each category will have prizes awarded for first through fifth place. Honorable mention prizes will also be given to 10 quality submissions that do not make it into the final round. For more information on the $23,000 of prizes, go to the prizes page.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
n8dogg @ Jul 26th 2006 10:40PM
Ugh. I hate these "voice over some guy moving his avatar up and down" movies because... well... they usually suck ass.
The only one that I could really enjoy was Red vs Blue. All of the others are either too cheesy, too unfunny, too crappy looking, or a combination of all three.
You know why Red vs Blue worked? Because the characters wore helmets. And helmets meant no crappy looking lip synching.
Nerdtacular @ Jul 26th 2006 10:57PM
I've seen some kick-ass EverQuest II Machinima on SpikeTV. It's called Medieval Weapon.
http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=1788
Ubersnuber @ Jul 27th 2006 2:29AM
think the best one i've seen so far from WoW, is "internet is for porn" :P
needless to say, 99,99% of the videos out there sux.
we rly need some good ones;)
The_Pete @ Jul 27th 2006 6:25AM
It's a shame that the "Internet is for Porn" is so popular considering that it's an audio rip of the comedy/puppet troupe AvenueQ and not original content (except the animation and camera work)
My favorite machinima is "Battlefield2: The pwn3d life".
Bogie @ Jul 27th 2006 9:09AM
I've seen the original and the WoW rip off, and it's still pretty darn funny. Anyways, i'm optimistic that we'll see some pretty clever entries.
Chris @ Jul 27th 2006 12:30PM
Xfire ran this contest like 6 or 8 months ago, too. I saw the top couple last time, they were actually pretty good.
crono141 @ Jul 27th 2006 1:38PM
"Zinwrath" is a great one that came out of this, as is "Illegal Danish" its sequel. Hopefully, we'll see part 3 from this years festival.
Tetsuo @ Jul 27th 2006 4:50PM
If you havn't seen "Big Blue Dress" I recommend that one. It's pretty awesome and funny at some parts.