12 Days of Wintersday Competition and Festivities

The Staff at Gw-en.com decided to be somewhat festive this year and write a little song that we like to call "12 Days of Wintersday..According To Grenth"



However, we want to have a variety of cheerful Guild Wars Songs during
this season so we have decided to have a competition!


Singing Competition

Here are the rules/details of the Guild Wars Festive Song Competition

1. Background Music is Optional (Meaning you don't have to include
it in the background..but it can be nice)

2. Send Via MP3 and/or WAV to [email protected] with "Song Competition" in the Subject

3. Must be Guild Wars related Lyrics sung to a Christmas/Holiday Season Song

4. Have to be Sung, Rapped or Beat Boxed.

5. Send in Lyrics as well. ( These can be typed in the e-mail)

6. Songs must be at least 1 minute Long and may not go over 6 minutes.

* If you make a video as well....send us the link!*

DISCLAIMER: Submitters will split prize if more than 1 person.

For example if a guild writes a song..the prizes will be given to a
representative to be split among the group.

* All Songs will be played throughout the 12 days of Wintersday to make it fair for the voting*
*Songs will also be posted after the deadline on the forums so people can have a chance to listen to them over and over if they so choose*

PRIZES:

1st -100k + 20 Ectos + 1 Ambrace + 1 Stack of Wintersday Goodies
2nd -50k + 12 Ectos + 1 Ambrace + 1 Stack of Wintersday Goodies
3rd -50k + 8 Ectos + 1 Oppressor Weapon +1 Stack of Wintersday Goodies
(Knowing the staff of GWEN is......this prize might be sweetened by the time it is given out.

*Due to the enthusiasm of the community...we will be giving participation prizes as well. They will be a surprise for when we announce the winners!*

Top 3 winners ONLY will be played on Air during the Finale (See Schedule Below)

DEADLINE :

December 18th at 12pm GMT

VOTING / JUDGING :

We will have 4 Judges from the gw-en.com staff...as well as the community vote as well. This will be done via our Forums under the Guild Wars Section on the thread called SONG CONTEST.(Will be posted around December 19th or 20th) You can click on links on there as well to listen to all of the song entries to decide your vote.

Instructions on how to vote will be posted on the thread as well.
Voting will Close on December 30th at 12pm GMT.

As well...we will be partying it up throughout the holidays! lll Santa lll will be roaming around all of Tyria during this event, make sure that you are tuned in to find out where his exact locations are! You don't wanna miss out when he starts to hand out goodies This can be any time of the day and he will show up at least 10 times....or MORE each day!






For Finale of 12 Days of Wintersday and Announcing the Singing Competition Winners!

More Details to Come as the dates get closer...so check back often!

and...

UPDATE - December 13th - Santa has recently contacted the GWEN team and told us that he has stashed a few extra gifts away that he will be surprising the DJs with to give out during the Holidays. But, alas, you know how he is...he won't tell us what they are! So...you are just gonna have to take your chances by tuning in. He does want you to pay special attention to the fact that the Dj Schedule will be significantly changing on the night of December 19th!

Happy Holidays from the Gaming World Entertainment Network!


~ Rhonda aka M A L I B U Barbie

I would love to enter in this competition however.......I CAN'T SING!!!!
I do play the cello, however, so I was wondering if I could do something with that?

Well..we are looking specifically how you can tie a Christmas/Holiday song to Guild Wars So.....I think an instrumental would be kinda tough. Why don't you team up with someone I think that could be unique

sounds like fun....hope it goes over well (I can sing, but have no way to record stuff--eg I live in the dark ages).

but good luck!!!

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

That's all I use. Free, easy resources for CPU and you can pick up the accompanying LAME encoder to format WAV and MP3 files.

Two questions: One submission per person, or are more allowed? Should the new lyrics be Wintersday-themed, or just GW-themed?

As far as I know, any GW-themed lyrics are fine. I know our personal ad doesn't stick to just Wintersday themes.

I'll get Barbie or another GWEN associate in here to get an official answer for you

Hey Pyrthas!

That is a very good question! Only 1 entry per person. Also, if you want to include Wintersday stuff..by all means..its Guild Wars related

Have fun

Thanks for the answers! (Edit: I just wanted to make sure it didn't have to be Wintersday-themed, since that sounded harder.)

Yay! Our song is complete! You don't have to have video; we just did it for the lawls.



Now go out and make your own.

I can't wait to hear some of your guy's songs !

Psh, screw that, nobody else should participate. Then I'm guaranteed to win! The holidays aren't about community and creativity and joy. They're about getting as much as you can for yourself!

Double posting, wooo.

I have two versions of my song. Are you guys trying to keep the submissions under wraps until you have a chance to broadcast them, or would it be okay to post them here and see which folks prefer? All I can hear are the mistakes; I can't judge them accurately.

Never mind. But leaving the text to partially excuse my double posting. Sorry!

Are you asking to enter 2 songs? Sorry didn't understand your question?
I will try ask barbie to pop in on this subject <3

Defintely gonna go for it! ** I have written down my lyrics, and I think I have found a suitable music for the song! I am going to record it in the next days!

Let's just hope my english pronunciation won't ruin the whole thing :P

Nah, I already asked that, and it was answered. (No.) I was asking if it would be all right to post working versions to see which folks preferred. But I redid it all anyway, so it doesn't matter any more!

Oh Teehee Sorry ! Just wanted make sure !

Can you join forces with someone who doesn't play guild wars as long as the lyrics are yours?

I'm working on a nagging idea now but to get the sound I want requires some male vocals...and the willing volunteer does not play.

I am going to say yes @Cyanna. Just let him know the prizes are in game prizes and if he has no problem you have at it. It's mainly the lyrics will need to be guildwars theme'd. We have already gotten a few submission and they are all sounding great! Keep up the great work everyone!

I just got to record and find download the intsrumental version of the song i want.

Classic !! My favorite was the 007 guy.

Fantastic!

The husband and I just finished recording. He's totally cool with the prize situation...putting this thing together in itself was a lot of fun. You'll have it tomorr- *glances at the clock* err later today...or maybe tomorrow.

All I have to say is....WOW! The entries we have received so far..are amazing! So amazing that we are going to be giving out participation prizes of some sort to all the people that have submitted work. Nice work Guild Wars Community! You are very talented

For those of you that have no entered yet.....come on! Its fun and its worth it

Keep up the good work on all the songs... I could make a cd from all of the great work... I am simply blown away at the creativity a lot of you have as well as how great they sound.

nice event! i'd love to join, but i have a really sore throat xD when i try to sing, i sound like justin bieber >;o hope it goes away before the dead line

Wow! I'm totally psyched to hear what everyone has submitted!

As for the video...that was hoot. The 007 guy really just speaks to my soul. The pain. Oh the pain. I'm right with ya, man.

Hey everyone!

Submission for Song Entries is now closed.

Thank you to everyone that Submitted an entry for our Song Competition We will be posting the songs in a Voting Area under the Contests and Competitions. The entries will be posted later on today. ( ~ 8pm CST)

Good luck in the competition and thank you for the great Community Spirit

For those of you that didn't enter make sure to tune into gw-en.com during the 12 days of Wintersday to hear the various tracks that have been submitted. You will also be able to listen to them via the forums as well

If you wish you receive copies of the songs after the competition, we will forward you to the person that created the song to make sure its okay to pass it on!

Don't forget to keep your eyes and ears out for Santa...as you never know where he might show up in Guild Wars over the next upcoming 12 days. Don't be fooled by imposter Santas. This Santa goes by the IGN lll Santa lll

Cheers,
Rhonda

Before the voting gets kicked off: Big thanks to GW-EN for running this. Music competitions are not that common. It was fun to actually have something to enter!

I'm sorry to say that I'm going to miss almost all the radio fun, because I'll be busy for most of the 12 days. But I'd strongly encourage everyone to tune in! I'm sure it'll be a blast.

Hey Everyone!

There is a small delay on the voting post on our forums. We spend some time lastnight making sure that all of the clips sent in were in the proper format and a volume in which you can hear them. They will all be posted so that you can click on each one to hear! They will also be randomly played throughout the 12 Days of Wintersday on-air!

So thank you for your patience and we should have the voting available tonight

Cheers,
Rhonda

winners of the singing competition will be announced tonight the 31st (for North Americans) during Sharn Vendetta's show. Congratulations to the winners, and awesome job on all of the participants it was awesome!

Congratulations to all the winners from the Wintersday Singing Competition!


1st Place - Mesmer In This Hall
2nd Place - What Children Are These
3rd Place - O Dwayna's Grace

Honourable Mention - Santa Baby - 10 Zkeys

All Participants Will Receive 5 Zkeys for Participating

All Prize Winners need to contact myself in game on M A L I B U Barbie.

Congrats once again! The songs were fantastic

Cheers,
Rhonda