Whew... all done!Before I announce the winners, I'd like to make a few comments.
Many of the submissions were very good. Some would make excellent promotional materials. All of you showed skills in one form or another, and even if you aren't mentioned here, congratulations on your submission because honestly, none of them were bad and it was
really hard to decide.
However, some people didn't accurately follow the instructions. Specifically, I wrote:
Your video must:
Contain "LuckyBit" or "luckyb.it", and "Bitcoin" and "Gambling" somewhere in the title and/or description
About half of you interpreted this to mean "all of these things in the title and description" which was acceptable. About half of you interpreted this as "one of the first things and one of the second things in the title and/or description" which was much closer to what I wrote. A few of you did not do this at all. Additionally, one video was four seconds too long. Therefore, I had to make some considerations as to how to qualify each video.
At first, I was going to strictly enforce the rule as originally stated but this eliminated some quality submissions on a technicality. This seems inappropriate, but as I continued to widen this net I found that many of the entries infracted a rule in one technical way or another, and therefore decided to instead grade all the videos on a points system, with penalties for infractions. This worked well and enabled me to determine a clear winner and set of runners-up. No video ended up being disqualified, but the penalties did shake up the leader boards. The winner was, essentially, the best video that followed all the rules.
I rated each video according to the criteria I said I would: Creativity, Entertainment value, and Suspense. I recognize that 2 minutes is not a lot of time to build suspense, and some of you managed to score fairly well even with a zero on one of these categories. Each score got a 1-10, then the scores were averaged to determine final score, then adjusted with penalties.
Enough with the chit-chat, you guys want to know who won! Well, okay, but first a couple honorable mentions. Three submissions were not prize-worthy, but stood out on their own regard, and are worth note here.
BoXXoB - For slapping it together in 45 minutes, you did a bang-up job. Damn near won a prize.
- C3 E7 S6 = 5.3
seoincorporation - Who says originality counts? This was nothing but vines, but still fun to watch.
- C0 E9 S6 = 5.0
MRKLYE - It was like evil HypnoToad, but for LuckyBit.
- C5 E5 S5 = 5.0
And now, the winners!
5th PlaceCreativity: 5 Entertainment: 8 Suspense: 6
Average
6.3 - Penalties
-0.3 =
6.0beber456 -
https://youtu.be/PsIqboTsB_YThis was a fun submission to watch that really didn't deserve to be disqualified. However, I had to do it, and you were bumped to 5th place as a result.
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4th PlaceCreativity: 7 Entertainment: 6 Suspense: 6
Average
6.3erikalui -
https://youtu.be/7L2hMOcR5VAThis was an all-around solid and creative entry that followed all the rules. On first watch, this was my early pick for the winner; but, you were just edged out by the competition. With a little more focus, you could have taken first.
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3rd PlaceCreativity: 7 Entertainment: 9 Suspense: 3
Average
6.3Avirunes -
https://youtu.be/4Vq4G34qn7kWhile this submission wasn't exactly suspense-filled, it was still a great watch and a very inspired idea that earns its prize.
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2nd PlaceCreativity: 10 Entertainment: 8 Suspense: 6
Average
8.0 - Penalties 4x0.4 =
-1.6 =
6.4Joel_Jantsen -
https://youtu.be/Ya2U809b_XgI'm impressed you managed to squeeze this video into two minutes. Still, your final product was four seconds over, and those four seconds
mattered. If you could have found a way to trim it just a bit more, you would have handily won. Don't feel bad - I have no idea where those four seconds would have come from, either.
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1st placeCreativity: 7 Entertainment: 6 Suspense: 7
Average:
6.7fugit00 -
https://youtu.be/v7dnW8Usc3MThis submission was by no means spectacular in any category. In fact, it is remarkable in how unremarkable it is next to the others - it is a
good submission, but it doesn't excel in any particular category. Ironically, this was the winning formula! The result was a video that was unique, fun to watch, and suspenseful enough to convey the experience without sacrificing anything along the way.
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