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Emily
05/09/2008, 11:06 am
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Okay, here's one for those of you who live too far away to do playtests with us... you have the chance to get your name into the first episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People!

All you have to do is write an awesome tagline for Snake Boxer 5, the Videlectrix arcade game that makes an appearance in the first episode. All the details are here! (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-336)

This is a really quick contest (closing Tuesday 5/13 at 9:00am Pacific time), so don't delay! Get those creative juices flowing!
RobD
05/09/2008, 02:31 pm
Awesome idea. Have to get thinking.
Gino
05/09/2008, 02:41 pm
Do we send all the tag-lines in one e-mail, or can we send them one at a time? I don't want to "spam", so can you please tell me?
Kaldire
05/09/2008, 03:12 pm
Snake Boxing 5
"This time you won't get away!"

WARNING
(Game may contain traces of poison, caution when handling)
Tester Scott
05/09/2008, 03:33 pm
If you don't want to spam you should probably send them all in one email.
Gino
05/09/2008, 04:36 pm
Thank you.
BiggerJ
05/10/2008, 04:36 am
I have a question for the Telltale folks unrelated to the contest but related to Snake Boxer 5 - is Snake Boxer 5 by Videlectrix or some other fictional game company? The fans haven't listed it as a Videlectrix game on the Homestar Runner Wiki, likely because they don't have any official info saying so. I've just checked a video featuring the game and it doesn't seem to say anywhere that Videlectrix made it - what's the official word?
Emily
05/10/2008, 11:05 am
You'll find out when the first episode comes out. :D
BiggerJ
05/10/2008, 06:12 pm
Ah, good. I thought it was something you overlooked that the nerds would quibble about until the end of time.
delimew
05/11/2008, 02:57 am
this would be a lot easier if i knew how the tagline would be used, but whatever. i see what word vomit i can throw into an email. >.>
BiggerJ
05/11/2008, 03:04 am
this would be a lot easier if i knew how the tagline would be used, but whatever. i see what word vomit i can throw into an email. >.>

It'll probably be used like the taglines for Snake Boxer 2 and Snake Boxer 4, which have been revealed in videos:

Snake Boxer 2: The Biting of Boxer Joe
Snake Boxer 4: Lady Snake Parade
Emily
05/11/2008, 02:14 pm
Actually, those are subtitles. A tagline is like a line of ad copy. Here's how Wikipedia defines it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagline)

We won't end up using the winning taglines in the game, just the winners' names.
CKcheeseboy
05/11/2008, 05:45 pm
Actually, those are subtitles. A tagline is like a line of ad copy. Here's how Wikipedia defines it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagline)

We won't end up using the winning taglines in the game, just the winners' names.
Taglines...winners...names...all plural? So more than one person will be chosen?
Gino
05/12/2008, 05:07 pm
Actually, those are subtitles. A tagline is like a line of ad copy. Here's how Wikipedia defines it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagline)

We won't end up using the winning taglines in the game, just the winners' names.

Crap! I just sent like, 20 captions! :( Well, I lose.
Jai
05/12/2008, 11:41 pm
Actually, those are subtitles. A tagline is like a line of ad copy. Here's how Wikipedia defines it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagline)

We won't end up using the winning taglines in the game, just the winners' names.

Whoops. So the taglines are supposed to be, ah, slogans? Short, snappy slogans, sorta? I think I went half and half or worse on that, then. It could be that I was trying to send in subtitles, but did it badly enough that they work as taglines, though!
BiggerJ
05/13/2008, 07:04 pm
Emily, I've got a question regarding the release form I got - what do I put for Street Address and State and Zip Code? I live in Australia, not America, so I don't know what, exactly, I should put in those spaces. I also emailed this question to you because I don't know which way will get the message to you faster.
Emily
05/13/2008, 09:49 pm
Don't worry, no one was disqualified for sending an incorrect tagline. :D

For the address, just fill it out how you would normally write your address.
Shauntron
05/13/2008, 10:04 pm
I submitted one, but I honestly think the guy who did "This time, it's poisonal" needs to win.
BiggerJ
05/14/2008, 01:33 am
I emailed you the form a while ago. I hope you got it okay.
Molokov
05/14/2008, 01:35 am
BiggerJ - Street Address = where you live e.g 95 Rhubarb Lane, Rhubarbville.
Zip code = Post Code

I didn't get asked to do a release form... so I guess that probably means my slogan wasn't good enough to be a finalist :) Oh well!
RabidZombie
05/14/2008, 03:54 am
I submitted one, but I honestly think the guy who did "This time, it's poisonal" needs to win.

One of mine was This time, is serpental, but I don't that was the one they picked as my winning entry. :P
BiggerJ
05/14/2008, 05:50 am
Should I expect an email confirming that they got my form?
Harald B
05/14/2008, 09:05 am
I submitted one, but I honestly think the guy who did "This time, it's poisonal" needs to win.Why, thank you :) No such luck, unfortunately. I'm guessing they got a few too many variations on that theme. Oh well, 'twas fun and I gave it a good shot.
Say, would some of you winners be willing to divulge your winning taglines? I'm sure we'd all like to see the really good stuff.
Guybrush Threepwood
05/14/2008, 09:15 am
My slogan was 'This time we've totally got it. Seriously you guys'. I did that because it was the fifth game, and that is a quote from Homestar. Oh well (I didn't win)!
Freelance Poster
05/14/2008, 11:35 am
Didn't win here either. Congrats to the winners though. I'd also like to hear the winning taglines.
RabidZombie
05/14/2008, 11:51 am
I would post mine, but I fear all but the winning one are crap.
NickTTG
05/14/2008, 01:28 pm
All five of my tag lines I submitted won. Man... I'm so lucky
Emily
05/14/2008, 05:15 pm
(Actually the winners were selected at random.)
SurplusGamer
05/15/2008, 12:07 am
I went for 'The Newest Videlectrix Venomenon!'

... and also 'A Furious Fusion of Fists 'n' Fangs!'
Haggis
05/15/2008, 03:01 am
These are my entries. I didn't win, sadly, but congrats on the winners!

- Serpent Pugilist Punch!
- Lifelike herpetology simulator
- Snock sneaky snarky snakes snorting snacks
- Snake slayer extraordinaire
- In the Face of the Spitting Cobra
Molokov
05/15/2008, 05:52 am
Mine was "Be a contender, not boa constrictor".

yeah, lame, I know :p
wisp
05/15/2008, 08:33 am
i wanted to submit something like "get your revenge for the original sin..", but i forgot..

All five of my tag lines I submitted won. Man... I'm so lucky
so now there are five nicks in the game??
CKcheeseboy
05/15/2008, 07:28 pm
Here are mine. I think the first two are the best, the rest were just random ones I came up with.

"Just like that other boxing game, but the snakes don't bite your ear off!"
"Looks like you're gonna have to puuuunch!"
"In a post-apocalyptic world, one man can rise up against the Snake Oppression. YOU are that man!"
"Strong Bad was going to be in it, but he would have won every time."
"Falcon PUNCH!"
"Serpent PUNCH!"
"Revenge for the Garden of Eden!"
"Also known as 'Hit the Punch button as fast as you can!'"
"Your parents help you left-hook it up!"
MarkDarin
05/16/2008, 03:27 pm
We had a ton of great entries! Way more than we expected and it quickly became impossible to pick the best ones! So all of the designers each picked random numbers to decide the winning entries! So if you were a winner, just know that we didn't just pawn the task off to the intern or the guy who delivers lunch, the actual game designers took time from their sometimes disturbingly surreal lives to hand pick your fate!
Ben Again
08/03/2008, 02:01 pm
Mine was "Be a contender, not boa constrictor".

yeah, lame, I know :p

That would have been good if you took out the boa. And added an A...
someguyfromazoo
08/03/2008, 04:08 pm
"Snakes!Punch em'!"Yes, I just made a reference to a very adult web show.Also, is the name gonna be the super secret code?
strongbad14
09/29/2008, 02:31 pm
who won and where are their names
Emily
09/29/2008, 08:04 pm
The winners' names are on one of the Snake Boxer 5 manual pages in Homestar Ruiner.
m0r1arty
09/30/2008, 02:28 pm
Can we get another please?

Because I was actually in Seattle on vacation during the time the competition came out (I live in Scotland normally). I was really hoping to hire a car and drive down, but that's an obsession too far!! (Isn't it??)

If not then it still rocks you guys ran it.

-m0r
splash1
10/06/2008, 09:47 pm
All five of my tag lines I submitted won. Man... I'm so lucky
(Actually the winners were selected at random.)

Sorry Nick, better luck next time!