3,000,000 Post Apple Ad Contest Results - Winners and Gallery

[Doctor Q]

The winners of the 3,000,000 Post Apple Advertisement Contest are as follows:

Best Apple Print Ad

Member ATD: Coming zoon

Best Apple Video Ad (Tie)

Member Kingsly: Best Of

Member spicyapple: Generations

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[Doctor Q]

Member clintob: MacBook Gold

Member monke: Tetris

Member ozontheroad: Davinci

Member skoker: No More Excuses

[Doctor Q]

Member AstroBranden: Mac Fiction

Member decksnap: Break Down, Baby

Member dpaanlka: Boring Business Presentations

Member katie ta achoo: Too easy… (GarageBand)

Member liketom: Tune your run

Member spicyapple: Together/Kiss

[Doctor Q]

Member adrianblaine: Next year's technology

Member After G: Mac nano

Member amacgenius: Happy PC and iPod + Life

Member Bobdude161: Apple-ution - Honorable Mention

Member Chimera: empowered - music

Member Chundles: Mac Dundee and The nanotrix

Member Clive At Five: Better late than never - Honorable Mention

Member Clive At Five: Future meets Past meets Present

Member count chocula: Please shutup now - Honorable Mention

Member decksnap: We're Number 2

Member DJ OJ: Is it a super computer? and Mac mini and Makes all the difference and Small Big

Member ducttape: Introducing iDol

Member freeman24: Apple Kids

Member friller13: iphone

Member imacintel: Dead hot and MacMini

Member iMeowbot: think again - Honorable Mention

Member iMeowbot: think again (iPod)

Member ipwn00bs: Get it right

Member juststranded: new MacBook

Member MacboobsPro: bsod - Honorable Mention

Member MacboobsPro: iScan

Member Markleshark: iToaster

Member Mitthrawnuruodo: Think Different - Honorable Mention

Member monke: 'Buds - Honorable Mention

Member monke: Featuring: Everything - Honorable Mention

Member monke: Another Word and Best Friend and Computer Case? and Different Change and Global Awareness and iPod FS and iPod Nano

Member MrSmith: Tiger. Apple to the core

Member nelwd: iRon

Member nitynate: (PRODUCT)RED

Member ozontheroad: Can you see? and cos' size just don't matter and The Wini

Member ®îçhå®?: beige roots and Good enough for Lincoln

Member SamIchi: OS XII - Honorable Mention

Member skoker: iPod is Red, iPod is Blue

Member SRSound: iSsistant - Honorable Mention

Member swinneyn: Gala and iFön and iPod + Linux and iTunes 8 and Newton and Newton - 2

Member thonarsignals: Now We're Mac'n!

Member tominated: Where's the tower?

Member Uberglitch: Ipod-Applegeeks and Ipod-Batman and Ipod-Flash and Ipod-Joker and Ipod-Superman and IPod-Wonder Woman

Member Veldek: Just as good

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Member amacgenius and skoker (team entry): PC and Mac

Member briantology: MAC-MAN

Member eatrains: From the creators

Member hob: Say hello to the new iMac

Member katie ta achoo: Too easy… (iMovie) and Too easy... (iPhoto) - Honorable Mention (series)

   

Member Kingsly: Go Pro and iPod Pro

Member liketom: The new iPod nano and Think Different - Zippy

Member macEfan: 30+ years

Member Verto: life, reinvented

[Doctor Q]

Best Video Ad Winners

Kingsly's Best Of: Girl by Beck

spicyapple's Generations: The Winner Is by Devotchka & Mychael Danna

Best Video Ad Runners Up

decksnap's Break Down, Baby: The Number Song by DJ Shadow

dpaanlka's Boring Business Presentations: Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers

liketom's Tune Your Run: Cubicle (Edit) by Rinocerose

spicyapple's Together/Kiss: Might Tell You Tonight by Scissor Sisters

[arn]

great turn out, especially considering this was not very publicized. In the future, we may have to try it again... with a little more exposure and maybe some real prizes.

arn

[irmongoose]

Originally Posted by arn

great turn out, especially considering this was not very publicized.

I agree, I completely forgot about the contest until the polls were put on the top of the main forums page. Also if I remember correctly, the announcement was made on Page 2... thought it was quite odd.



irmongoose

[liketom]

i loved this comp congrats to all that took part

[Music-Man]

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

The winners of the 3,000,000 Post Apple Advertisement Contest are as follows:


Member spicyapple: Generations

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That is very, very, very special.
Nice job to everyone involved.

[spicyapple]

Fantastic competition, if I say so myself. Got to give props to the czar for moderating it smoothly.

All great entries, very creative. The race for best video ad was as tight as the time I competed in the 100-meter dash with spandex shorts one size too small.

I already have ad ideas for the next million or 5, and it'll be in the vein of liketom's tune your run entry.

[liketom]

Originally Posted by spicyapple

100-meter dash with spandex shorts one size too small.

nice

[noservice2001]

congrats!

[dcv]

Congrats to the winners and well done to all those who took part. I was going to submit an entry but was too late - I was looking at the counter on the front page, thinking I still had plenty of time. d'oh! Oh well, maybe for the 4 millionth...

[Belly-laughs]

Great competition, great submissions, great winners! Kudos to the participants!!

For prizes next time, how about engraved iPods; "Winner of MacRumors Apple Ad Competition 200X" or similar?

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I think it's a disgrace that I didn't at least reach the final...

...oh, wait, did I type that out loud...?




Seriously:

Good job everyone. Congratulations to all, especially the winners, but also all the finalists and other participants!

[Somebee]

Originally Posted by spicyapple

Fantastic competition, if I say so myself. Got to give props to the czar for moderating it smoothly.

All great entries, very creative. The race for best video ad was as tight as the time I competed in the 100-meter dash with spandex shorts one size too small.

I already have ad ideas for the next million or 5, and it'll be in the vein of liketom's tune your run entry.

I actually registered on this forum now only to tell you how extraordinarily great your 'generations' ad is. With a few minor changes (more non-static images and smooth transitions) this would EASILY beat Apple's own iPod ads. Talk about fantastic idea, style, and feel! Great work!!!

[Abstract]

^^Wow, that's a rather nice compliment to SpicyApple.

And I agree, although I do see quite a few entries in both categories that beat out Apple's own efforts, so congratulations to everyone (who did a good job).

[WillMak]

Wow SpicyApple and Kingsly should be on Apple's marketing team.

[Mr Macintosh]

There is some really excellent work here but for me 'Generations' stands out head and shoulders - brillant.

[AdeFowler]

Originally Posted by WillMak

Wow SpicyApple and Kingsly should be on Apple's marketing team.

Agreed. If you're looking here Steve (course you are ) give these people some work. Great stuff everyone.

[redAPPLE]

here is the first lame question of this thread. how was the "generations" video made? i wish i was that creative. even i was given a step-by-step instruction, i would never get to make it that beautiful.

nice going guys.

[jimN]

Originally Posted by spicyapple

I already have ad ideas for the next million or 5, and it'll be in the vein of liketom's tune your run entry.

Tune your run just looked liked a low production values version of the ad that appears on the nike website, am afraid that this didn't seem to deserve any place amongst the winners. The tied video finalists were both excellent (ironic choice of song with "the winner is" or is that just extreme confidence ), and the print ad was by far and away the best video ipod mock up i have seen to date.

[liketom]

Originally Posted by jimN

Tune your run just looked liked a low production values version of the ad that appears on the nike website, am afraid that this didn't seem to deserve any place amongst the winners.

looks like i have been told

[Palad1]

Member SamIchi: OS XII - Honorable Mention

One day, I will build this interface. I just need some help from some crazy russian scientists to create the kerenzikov neurojack and you'll see then.

Great work.