CHALLENGE 06: RADICAL RECRUITING
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And then, there were three: Zoe, Tim & Morgan, and Alex. One of these will go on to win the $1000 prize package. It seems that all the former alliances have crumbled into a mess of anarchy as each contestant scrambles to come out on top.
This is the last immunity of the game, and therefore the most important challenge. With that in mind, this is the most difficult challenge we have ever devised. The challenge will be due on Tuesday, March 21st, at 12 noon (PST).
Each contestant has been emailed a flier which they must print and post in a public place. On the flier is a unique URL for each contestant which leads to a page soliciting visitors for creative responses. They may also (and are encouraged to) spread the word about their unique URL all over the internet. In The Den, each contestant will simply list where they posted the flier, who they emailed it to, which message boards they put it on, and anything else they did to get the word out.
The judging will be based on many factors, including flier location, their appeal to visitors, how they get the word (which they will keep track of in The Den), and on who gets the most creative and entertaining contributions. This is by far the most elaborate and complicated challenge we have ever seen.
But, while very difficult, the winner will not only be guaranteed a spot in the final two, but will also be choosing who will join them. That is why this is the most important immunity of the game.
We look forward to seeing where and how our final three get the word out, and the entertaining results of their hard work.
Click here to view the challenge
I was about to say:
"Best challenge video ever!"
Then I noticed...
Mike has monster bags under his eyes!
So I changed my post to say:
"Mike has monster bags under his eyes!"
It's a tough call to try and predict who will win.
On one hand you have the two dorkus Y.A.C.H.T. fans that are way too loveable to hate (even though I have no problem doing so)...
Then again there's the Anacortes dork who probably provides crash spots for the UrHo dorks each time they cruise/crash through..
Then there's the token literal (lacking brevity) chick. (I mean really, who honestly read the entirety of her last post.)
Such a buncha curveballs!
My guess:
The two geek twins take the chick to the finals for a turkey shoot with the NYC chick being the turkey.
No offense.
I'm excited to see what happens. I think I played a pretty clean game and made a few good entries. I still hate alliances and the frontery they cause.
This is gonna get brutal.
BTW: The flyer idea is awesome, yet totally retarded. It will not work. Nobody cares about flyers except for those posting them. Seriously, how often do you kids actually look at flyers, or, even less likely, copy down URLs to later respond to? Excuse me while I digress.
fucking dorks
fucking dorks
fucking dorks
Fucking dorks who think that people will see dorky fucking flyers and find it imperative to respond. Ever.
I speak from the standpoint of a man who has posted countless flyers. In the rain. In the purple rain. The best flyers. For the "best" events. With one of those great hammer staplers. In the rain. The purple rain. If it works, the credibility is to be questioned...
fuck, if tim and morgan win this im not updating my blog for a moth...for real...................
i love that beat...realy i love that BEAT! i liked the live version with "BLOW" singing and slow dancing last month, it's so smoth/true to today(s) moment.
i mean fuck...that is almost my favorite BLOW song. if it were on itunes already i would spend 1 of the last $1.67 in my wells fargo on it.
Tim and Morgan should win. If they don't, I will not update my blog for a year [LIES], but I'll be pretty freaking outraged.
I find the whole system of UB really silly. That's not to say that it isn't a great idea, but I mean, getting the contestants to vote is unwise because obvioulsy they are going to kick off people who they see as a threat. It should be a public vote. Something like “digging” clips on Vimeo. Least digs = you get kicked out. I am wise and I love Hilary Duff, listen to me.
actually, that's not true, i care about that blog more than them winning...
im just drunk.../thinking about things i like/don't like. i will never post on this competition again this year. sorry for being an ass hole.
Dopey chick (Tina). It's kinda how reality dopeus shows work. Contestants participate, people judge, etc. UB is silly for far different reasons. Tim and Morgan are stinky. Tina, your videos suck. They suck. You are kinda cute. It's kinda cute that someone so dopey can operate a camera, but the schtick stops there. They suck (your videos). Sorry. Keep in mind though, they don't suck as bad as Tim and Morgans's suck.
OH SHIT!
I just realized I posted while drinking!
What I meant to say was that I'm sure Tina is a nice person, but her videos suck.
I am not currently making anything half as creative, but Tina's videos suck.
If it was all about positive feedback, or "Something like “digging” clips on Vimeo" any dipshit spammer would win.
Videos that suck would win.
Being cute, being prolific, does not make one great. Sometimes it means that you make a bunch of things that suck.
Suck, suck, suck.
come on joel, you are an intelligent human being, you don't have to be THAT mean.
i just wandered outside to smoke cigarettes, take photographs of the moon and my right shoe, and shit i can't sto humming that tune. i lover that song. 100% GOLD.
"I am not currently making anything half as creative, but Tina's videos suck."
Guess you just proved why nobody should ever pay attention to you.
"Joel" you are an absolute tool. No, look, you really are. You're probably some fat ugly lard who has nothing better to do than drink and put other people who are better than you down. I think it would be wise for you to get a better life. The fact is that I'm cuter than you, smarter than you, better than you, more creative than you. Daniel is cool, and so am I.
Don't feed the trolls. In this case, troll.
Tim - it's nice that you don't like alliances, but chill out man.
I want Zoe to win, plain and simple. Alliances are one thing. Lying is another. I also feel that I played a "clean" game, and I enjoyed making all the posts. Thanks to the lads for making this happen.
Public voting wouldn't make this any fairer - basically the person with the largest network would win. In any judged event, everyone will never agree with the outcome. In terms of overall quality of all posts, I'd actually say Tim should have won.
Go Zoe go!
I'm not bummed at all really, or hold any negative feelings. I do wonder who the dark shadowy figure was though...i didn't think it would be cool to call them out before the votes if it was part of someones master plan.
public voting just turns into a popularity contest, and is less interesting.
we looked at a few internet contests that used public voting and it seemed to not work as well.
TIM AND THOM WERE SO GOOD. I MISS THEM ALREADY.
8:51 AM on 03/19/06Happy Birthday Tim! And Steve...did I notice some Metroesque beard trimming? Or am I just dreaming...
Tim and Thom,
I loved you both well. Especially you, Tim. I spotted your app before the contest started, and was pumped when you got in. Great content, great player. It's sad to see you go.
Viva Zoe!
Thanks for the kind words dudes. I have a question for Zoe though.
Is the idea of the metrosexual bad for us?
I think its really just an extension of individual brands to a more encompassing mega-branding of an image. I don't think thats very cool, but I guess I have not tried the products you advertised.
Tim, I'm not one to think of things necessarily as "good" or "bad." Do I think the idea of the Metrosexual was promoted by advertisers who realized that there was an entire consumer base that they weren't sufficiently tapping into? Sure. But advertising, as commercial as it is, can also act as a cultural language to define what we consider the "norm." The "norm" of the male now is so much *more* encompassing than it was twenty-five years ago. And I don't think that's bad. But as I said, I do think that terms of good/bad are too simplistic for cultural matters. I'm a contextualist.
Erving Goffman, a sociologist, has written extensively on gender and advertising (in the 70s mostly, I think!) and it's so fascinating. If you're interested in this topic, I recommend it.
Tina Mosh is the coolest, and is far cooler than Joel C-B. I have hated that motherfucker ever since he opened his mouth and we saw the shit he was eating.
I am always sorry to see contestants go...Everyone did have something to offer the competition, which is obviously why they were chosen. Tim, esp. You're wacky. It was nice to have you on board.
It's agreed that JCB's comments are totally larky and don't contribute any relevant insight, so I hope the contestants he addressed, particularly Tina and Zoe, don't take personally his sexist, wildly off-base rantings.
You guys have all been great contestants.
Zoe, someday soon you will be missing that $200. like I am missing $200. too!! That's what you get for voting the women off!! I hope your strategy fails!! Let the best MAN(S) win!!
8:04 PM on 03/19/06SG, I would write you privately if I could, but you don't have an available email address that I can find. If I had had my way, I would have actually voted for you after the Hometown Hero challenge. I, personally, didn't appreciate that you were using this competition--that I and others have worked so hard at--as a sort of "Craigslist" personal ad to find someone to share rental space with.
I enjoyed your next challenge more than the Hometown one, but I still voted based on merit. I don't need to explain myself, but I wanted to express that.
Whoopsies, that's what I get for posting before morning coffee. I mean that SG, I would have voted for you after the first challenge had I not been allied. I liked your second post better, but still, in your case I voted purely on merit.
I allied where I could because that's part of the game. But never, ever did I lie to my allies. Or anyone in the competition, for that matter.
I never had any allies to lie to. Anyhow, i thought about how i would spend the cash if i won. I would have donated some of the money to the EFF, what with this being a blogging competition/display. Consider it, bloggers.
Yeah. Let's be real nice to everyone. No matter what. Everyone.
That way, being nice won't mean anything.
And while we're at it, let's belittle and discount all those that offer critical comments and assume that they are either fat or ugly.
That way everything will be good. And nice.
That way we can all suck. Like Tina.
BTW: I don't think Zoe is ugly at all. But Jack, sir, I will defend to my death your right to disagree, unlike ugly stinky Tina who is both ugly and stinky.
Psst: Zoe!
You live in NYC right? Surely you must know some Jews. Ask one of them what "Schtick" (שטיק) means. Then, and only then, will you comprehend the true nature of one SG Pierce.
Duh.
1:52 AM on 03/21/06I'm better looking than you. Everyone knows this. You wouldn't know if I were stinky, you've never met me. The fact is that once again I am the winner. I'm better than you. I really am. Seeya ugly
2:10 AM on 03/21/06I agree with Tina. She is better than all of you combined. She should have won this thing. She's the most popular thing on Vimeo right now. Check it out, and you will see
2:12 AM on 03/21/06Joel Conrad Idiot: here is what I have deduced from your comments -
you're a drunk
you're an idiot
you don't recognise a good thing when you see it
you're an arrogant shit
you probably don't have many friends
you weren't in the Ultimate Blogger competition, ever, and you're still bitter about it
Everyone knows Tina is the best thing ever to have happened to this world. Surely even somebody as dense as you should be able to see this. Screw you. You're a fucking hatch beast. Screw you.
2:18 AM on 03/21/06I think it's funny because Tina is clearly winning the "argument". the commenting can be the best bit sometimes. in this case, this is the case
2:44 AM on 03/21/06Regarding Joel,
Thankfully the internet is open and free, and he can start the "Joel Show" at any domain he wishes. This is not that domain.
My apologies to those Joel attacked, this is the internet, and these things do happen. You should remember that Joel is not actually a human, but a troll. Troll's live off the energy and attention they suck away from other people, so don't respond to him, don't engage him, don't even think about him, and he'll be forced to move on to someplace else.
We have a long history with Joel. He was a contestant on Ultimate Blogger season one, and after the competition he proved that he is a combination of too much free time and no purpose other than to make himself feel good. Usually this involves drugs and alcohol, but Joel likes to mix that up with belittling people and thinking people care about his opinion.
I'm sure he'll cherish my comment here as a love letter, but I'm tired of him using what we made to get his rocks off.
I'm also tired of apologizing for his actions. So this will be the last time.
Sorry about the Joel everyone.
I don't think I'm ugly, and that's all that matters!
As for RGB, it's not about helping people "look good" as much as it is helping people not waste their money on products that don't do what they're supposed to. I do reviews on what ingredients and products will promote a healthy lifestyle. My tips are just as accurate for fighting skin cancer as they are for fighting wrinkles. And that's all *I'll* say about that!
Thanks, Mike. That was well put.
But I'm intrigued... are you finally admitting to the penning of Overarching??
1:52 PM on 03/21/06 9:02 PM on 03/21/06When will immunity be announced!?
And...will $300 be too much to turn down for the immune???
Hmmmmm.
We east coasters are waiting for the west coasters to finish editing the silly pages and video announcing the last two remaining contestants.
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