20090110 Giveaway - In the box
Congratulations to the following 9 warriors who go to the next round of the 20090110 Giveaway battle - these wise warriors guess correctly that the number of Sabers in the photo was 12.
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/sanguinerose/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/mel/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/aleks/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/wickedclown/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/fatbastard/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/tintin87/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/paragonneo/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/jira/
http://www.dannychoo.com/home/eng/sakurakinomoto/
Only two from the above list will win.
And the larger version of the circled sabers at Flickr.
Some others got 12 correct but did not qualify because the requirement is folks who regularly participate in the community.
And now the second battle begins. Something from Amazon arrived today. Hmmm, you can just about see inside. I wonder what it could be? My clue to you warriors is as follows.
If regular reader of all DC you is being,
The answer you shall be seeing,
See the photo in a different light,
The answer may be right in sight.
You have two guesses. The reason is that the answers of other warriors may help you. Only the bravest dare go first.
-You have 24 hours to submit your answers.
-You may want to look at the larger version of the photo at Flickr.
-Arms installation is complete - Good luck.
And a recap of the prizes...
More up n coming comrades n sponsors want to continue to give you goodies. Next up is the good folks at Kodansha International who want to give away a copy of Arcade Mania and Yokai Attack.
Arcade Mania contains everything you need to know about Japanese arcade games. Is written by comrade Brian Ashcraft who is well known for his articles on Kotaku, Wired and a load of other publications. Comrade Jean Snow also helped out with this book.
Yokai Attack is a book that contains everything you need to know about Japanese Monsters. Those studying Japanese who have come across monsters like the Kappa can find more about it and its fellow fiends in this book. Had always wondered about that fiery wheel with a head on it that was in Gegege no Kitaro - is covered in the book.
The book is written by another comrade Matt Alt. Seeing people around me has got me thinking whether I should write a book too but not sure what it would be about. Some folks suggested motivational and some have suggested Japan guides.
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website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
Ohh~ Congrats to the winners, I only got half of those xD;
Student
http://myanimelist.net/profile/Unyuu
Congratulation to the 9 winners ^^. I knew there were 12 after I had already given my answer(which I didn't see the writen saber words because I didn't check the original big size photo). Zannen desita :3~ Better luck next time ~!
Student artist
http://www.requestview.wordpress.com
=S Danny you slick little man
http://www.marvinryan.com
congrats to the winners!
former Emperor of Britannia
http://reflectiarx.wordpress.com/
Cool! Congratulations on the winners!
Talk about small letter saber words XD
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
Wow, there were multiple traps, I lose T_T Gl to winners!
デレデレ ハンター, Bullet Grazer
Wow, I missed by 4, haha. Congrats and good luck to the winners of this round.
流浪人
Will FatB get another prize? Stay tuned to find out... ^_^
http://www.marvinryan.com
lol I think he will, such a lucky B. ^^
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
Haha. Tenrou, you gotta say it like something bad is gonna happen if he doesn't. You know, those cliffhangers that anime sometimes give as a preview to the next episode. =P
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
*checks magic 8-ball*
"Outlook not so good"
http://www.marvinryan.com
lol! btw when did the pantsu turn orange?
Nekophilia
Lol I counted one too many. ^^; And wow, FatB... Again?!
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
GAH I KNEW IT
i missed one on the monitor
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
might help solve this one
different light.......*image set to negative*
right in sight........*looks to right*
hmm... anyone got better leads on this one?
Student
Yeah, the new Danny's News article.
Student
congrats on the chosen. i read but i barely comment, so i guess that counts as not participating.
Student
http://www.lonelyguy0.blogspot.com/
Congrats to all the winners!
http://thetruemelody.wordpress.com/
hmmm.
it looks a lot like the figures in this picture....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/3123162603/sizes/o/
ill choose the dragons one
...thats my guess, fyi.
night! (its already 1:30 over here... gotta sleep before finals! D:)
http://thetruemelody.wordpress.com/
oh yeah, congrats to all the winners! (sorry for double post >_>)
hehe, forgot to congratulate them first ^^;
Moe Hunter
http://moehunter.wordpress.com/
FatB again :O Good luck guys!
???Confused???
Dang off by six, I'm so bad at these...Good luck winners!
Student
awww darn it, but good luck to all who made it!
Otaku
http://general-noodles.mybrute.com
Wow way off for my guess, good luck to the winners.
Overman
http://myplasticmoustache.blogspot.com/
Ah, figured as much. At least I was right about the Figma counted as 1. I blame my bad optics and sitting too close to the screen! (excuses, excuses...).
Good luck folks, may the best men win.
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
http://dixinfernal.wordpress.com
dang~ i don't know those words count T_T
well i'll try next time and congrats to all those who qualified~ Ganbatte ne!
and Danny should write a book about Otaku Life ^^
Student
http://anime.tedfox.com/
darn i mistaken the bottom right figurine to be saber too...
hmm seems like a tough one
gd luck guys
Student
http://konadora.wordpress.com
Oo.. I thought only figures count, not the words. >_>
Good luck for those who qualified!
Universitary Student
congrats to the winners!!!
Student
Nice trap with the name on the board ahah!
Congrats to the winner :)
大学生
http://justaskeikaku.net23.net
Congratz to the winners too! I didn't bother counting the words either.. I never realised that DC Giveaways were so deep XD
Capitalist Consumer
Hmm... I would guess either a speedlight or a wide-angle lens!
Eternal Dreamer
Wasn't there another Saber right between the two dolls where their dresses meet?
Eternal Dreamer
Danny just doesn't know how to count... by his definition, I count at least 13...
And I really want to know what's between the two dolls..
:P
University Student
It's a 1/8 Shuraki Trinity Box 05: Rize りぜ しゅらき
Your local Otaku Cashier.
Man, I couldn't even read any of the text on the computer when I was looking at it.
Student
Well, whaddya know. Original size > Large size! XD
Grats, you guys!
Your local Otaku Cashier.
That's what happened with me.
Student
http://shockerz.wordpress.com/
Darn it! I miss out the monitor screen when counting. Congrats to all the winner above. What FatB again?
FatB the luckiest DC member ever after (forever)
Student, Motivated Future Hikikomori
Hands down you beat me once again T_T
For thow who have yet to discover the secrets of the mystery amazon box - がんばって!!!
Passerby
http://jitokun.wordpress.com/
Guessed 13. Seems like I'm being tricked by the fate with saber lily's body. =_=
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
Same here lol
Student
Oh, I did that too! But I guessed 14. I thought the laptop monitor had a saber written on it. It was really blurry, so that would have been too hard.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
Congrats to those through!! I was damn close lol. And I realised my mistake late last night lol.
Media Student
I'm so sure I counted more. Oh well. Worth a try. Congrats.
Com. Sci. Student
OMG the winners have superhuman eyes O_O i mean eyesight
they seen it even that small links in the monitor???
hehehe anyways congrats to the winners ^^
http://www.stefkov.com/
Congrats to those that went through.
I was also tricked by Saber's body... orz
University Student
At least now I can buy the book =]
大学生
Oo. I was lucky after seeing the correct answers! Haha.
Well, the 2nd round is proving very... difficult.
中学生
http://thezhukeeper.blogspot.com
oh nos, I totally miss out the ones on the screen ;_;
May the brave survives!
http://xcomprandomness.co.uk/
Congratulations winners!
I figured the words counted too considering Danny wrote them on the white board but, I missed the one to the right of the monitor!
Student
Awe, I got it... but I guess I'm not active enough. :( But congrats to everyone else. :D That one was pretty tricky.
Student
http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/miteiru/
Good luck!!! Haha FatB 'twould be awesome if you won again!
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
Hehe... thanks Mimster, but I have absolutely no idea what the clue is pertaining to
Audio Engineer
http://www.otakusdream.org
Here's my findings of the second epic quest, helping others and working together is good sport after all so here's my findings.
"If regular reader of all DC you is being,
The answer you shall be seeing,"
So it may be a something we will see within 24h here.
"See the photo in a different light,
The answer may be right in sight."
I opened the picture in image editing software, cranked up the brightness and lowered the contrast a little to reveal something very pink and something light-green in the box. The Unity Yuno box would seem possible for the pink box but what's the green box? I'm pretty sure it's 2 figurines at any rate.
My guess: NONE YET
Audio Engineer
http://www.otakusdream.org
My reading skills are failing me today, disregard that post.
bum
http://keilu-hime.blogspot.com/
congrats to the winners! gosh...and i only counted 6 XD didnt notice the itsy bitsy texts on the whiteboard and monitor.
Physiotherapist and Teacher
http://luisasantiaga.blogspot.com/
congratzzzzzzzz!!! I knew it was something on the computer >.<, but i just count the half of all sabers T_T. keep going!!! :)
kisses for u all
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
I was wondering how some of you could see 12 Sabers in the image :S
You have a really good sight, I think I fell in at least 4 traps ^^;
Congrats to the winers :3
Filmmaker
http://josewritingthelife.blogspot.com/
off by five... oh well..... wait.. .Didn't Fatbastard win before????.. this guy is on a roll...
High school student
http://www.animeraku.com
So the part of the Saber Lily in the picture to the left of the heading "Saber Lily" did not count? What a shame, I was one saber off.
Congratulations to the advancing ones.
Graduate Student
congrats to the winners. didn't even think about text sabers.
Guess
yea same here lol, didn't even think about text sabers.
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
the wise chosen 12, with you may the force be ^_^
Gamer,Anime Watcher,Student,Youtuber (below is my YouTubepage click for reviews and more)
http://www.youtube.com/user/nintendokid
my post conuted as a answer aswome !!!!!!!!!!
but how did i miss it?
Student
Ow, didn't find them all:(
Anyway, good luck to the winners!
フリーター。
http://www.seizya.com/
Oh well. I did it for kicks and giggles. Congrats to all.
If you know who wins again, I don't know if Danny will have to set a winnings limit. That is, if you won a contest, you can't enter another one until the one after the following one. That way, everyone has a chance to win. Does that make sense?
Associate Network Administrator
What criteria constitutes a user 'who regularly participate in the community'? Seems a tad ambiguous.
http://winghon83.blogspot.com/
aiks! didn't qualify, maybe i could have participate in the community more...
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
I only counted six since i didn't bother enlarging the image ><.
Congrats to the finalists and good luck on this one!
student
I was way off! ><
Programmer
http://natso.darknovagames.com
lol, I counted way off too. I didn't enter last time though...
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
Arghh!! I didnt notice for the Sabers in the screen!!!
College Freshmen
I didn't even see the ones in the computer...
Student
http://andreijournal.blogspot.com
The item inside the box is a magazine? I guess that would be my answer, or is it not time to answer? XD
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
http://gndynames.wordpress.com
You're a mean one...Danny Choo~
Illustrator & Designer
http://www.knight-edge.com/
Congrats to the 9 winners! Good luck for the second round!!
Bugger, not only was I way off with my answer because of the names on the board and screen but I was totally tricked in thinking that one in the left hand bottom corner was also a Saber, too! >,<
Graphic Designer
I didn't even think of looking for the words! :o
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
I want to say congrats to everyone.
But I'm kinda rooting for FatB. Maybe we should start a FatB fan club. =P
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
^^;
http://www.marvinryan.com
I believe he already has a theme song. ^^ *sing in the tune of the old adam west batman series* bla da da da da da da da bla da da da da da Fatman!
Student
I have an idea of what it is but I cannot say. =D
Student.
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/Yuusuke-kun/
congrats to the 9 winners ^^.
I was one off, ahhhh!!! XD
Technical Marketing Communications Specialist, Washoku Chef, Opportunity seeker
http://ichigekizero.blogspot.com/
Goodluck to all the other finalist...
man this is tough!!!
guess #1
Alter Signum
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001D4TK8K/mitsu-103-22/ref=nosim
Web Design & Marketing
http://ciaopanda.com
Good Luck!
freelancer, Spanglish speaker
http://www.changolion.com
my 1st atempt
new years lucky star nendroid
otaku-ist
http://myanimelist.net/profile/mel
Hmm I set up the brightness really high and contrast really low, still can't really make out whats inside the box.
So I'm also gonna its the Nendoroid Puchi Lucky Star New Year, as my 1st guess.
otaku-ist
http://myanimelist.net/profile/mel
I'm gonna use up my 2nd guess and say it's Nendoroid Pixel Maritan: Mission Complete! Battle Preparations Ver.
大学生
I'm late. But just gonna put my wild guesses.
1. Alter Signum
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B001D4TK8K/ref=br_nf_1_1?pf_rd_p=103085106&pf_rd_s=center-8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=13299611&pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_r=0A3NE0D5CAXGYSN5ZTEY
2. Figma Mirai
Programmer/IT/Student
http://wickedotaku.blogspot.com/
I'm pretty sure this won't be the correct guess, but I'll go ahead and use my first guess to try Magical Girl Maryan by Kotobukiya. I'll try to get my second guess in before the deadline tomorrow (err, later today actually.)
Student
http://sanguinerose.wordpress.com/
My 1st guess is Camera Lens. Man, this one is pretty hard.
One Man Army 一人兵@school
http://www.moonreader.wordpress.com
"See the photo in a different light,
The answer may be right in sight."
I looks right and i saw... wonderful eyes XD
is it OPPAI MOUSEPAD???!!!!
Art student
http://ohcirnine.wordpress.com
This seems to be a trick question and that mousepad seems to be old.
freelancer, Spanglish speaker
http://www.changolion.com
*Toss a coin*
maybe a router
cant think in a better answer for my second attempt T_T
CSU student/accountant
http://rantingsofadiehardharuhiist.blogspot.com/
A new mac, possibly a mac mini since the box looks to small to hold a laptop.
Student
http://sanguinerose.wordpress.com/
2nd try is Mac Mini