Sputnikmusic Year-End Contest

2013-12-02 by Jom STAFF | 89 Comments
Hi, friends!

In the spirit of gift-giving and having fun, I'm offering another year-end contest (for those interested). It's nothing shocking: it's pretty much the same idea (and same prizes, sort of) as last year, but I have a little more money to spend on some things!

I'll offer 3 levels of prizes this year.

TOP PRIZE:

1. 1 CD copy of the staff consensus #1 album of 2013
2. 1 vinyl (!!!) pressing for my #1 album of 2013
3. 1 CD copy of my runner-up EP of 2013
4. 1 DVD copy of the Dave Grohl-directed Sound City
5. 1 MYSTERY PRIZE (Gold Mystery Prize, valued at ~$100 USD)

RUNNER-UP PRIZE:

1. 1 CD copy of the staff consensus #1 album of 2013
2. 1 CD copy of my #1 album of 2013
3. 1 DVD copy of the Dave Grohl-directed Sound City
4. 1 MYSTERY PRIZE (Silver Mystery Prize, valued at ~$80 USD)

RUNNER-UP OF THE RUNNER-UP PRIZE:

1. 1 DVD copy of the Dave Grohl-directed Sound City
2. 1 MYSTERY PRIZE (Bronze Mystery Prize, valued at ~$20 USD)
3. A handwritten note from me (valued at ~$priceless)

As evidenced by my The Red Paintings contest, I have no problem shipping to anywhere in the world. However, if you are in BFE and it's going to cost me my other testicle (I've already lost one in a bad skiing accident, you guys!) or some other appendage to get it to you, it's going to take a bit for your prize to get to you (honestly, it's gonna depend on how seriously your customs agent takes his/her job during the holidays).

Anyway, here's what you need to do if you're interested:

E-mail me (jom.sputnikmusic at gmail.com) your predictions for what you think the staff consensus Top 5 is going to be (order matters). As a tiebreaker, please send me #6 and #10 as well.

All you need to do is send me an ordinal list along with your site username.

Example:

Username: yeezuschrist

1. will.i.am - Willpower
2. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
3. The Bunny The Bear - Stories
4. Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
5. Katy Perry - Prism

6. Placebo - Loud Like Love
10. Asking Alexandria - From Death to Destiny

Reminders:

- Accuracy in albums will matter -- if the top two finalists have all 5 albums and the 2 tiebreaker spots, then the winner will be decided based on whoever is closest to the actual staff list.

- PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR USERNAME IN YOUR E-MAIL or I might have to DQ your entry. This way, I can cross-reference your username with the e-mail system we have on file here. If, for whatever reason, your e-mail is different than the one you registered with, please let me know so I can try to figure out if you're Snoop telling the truth or Snoop Lion.

- If, for whatever reason, you have stumbled across this contest and don't have an account here... well... you can't exactly win if you don't register.

- Honor system, dudes and ladies! I promise that I won't sign you up for a bunch of porn or send Anthrax to your house (unless they released a new record this year and it's in our Top 10 list). PLAY ON WORDS ARE AWESOME OKAY

Winners will be contacted via a reply to their respective e-mails, obviously. Top prize winner(s) will receive his/her prizes by the end of this month or January 2014. Friendly reminder: please don't be a cunt and send me multiple submissions; it won't be funny and it will make me pretty angry.

I'll be happy to answer any questions in the comments below, but keep all submissions directed to my e-mail, please. Also, for the sake of the contest (and whatever integrity there may be here, ha!), please refrain from posting guesses in the comments.

Please send me your entries by Friday, December 6th, 23:59 EST. If you send it on the 7th by a couple hours, that's okay, I GUESS. All submissions are final, so choose wisely.

Good luck and have fun!

Tagged: Sputnikmusic

Comments:Add a Comment 
Mookid
December 2nd 2013
1485 Comments


holy sweet pubic haiiiirrs i am doing this

TheSmashBro
December 2nd 2013
268 Comments


Wow! I could win YOU GUYS' album of the year? So there, man.

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


jom you picked the year's worst albums in the example didn't ya

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
59810 Comments


I can't wait to win Bangerz on vinyl

ILJ
December 2nd 2013
6942 Comments


you just listed the staff favorites tho

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
59810 Comments


Thank god it's for staff favorites and not user favorites cuz I don't need a fucking A Lot Like Birds CD

conesmoke
December 2nd 2013
7875 Comments


fo shiz my niz

ncguitar
December 2nd 2013
2635 Comments


No one man should have all that #willpower

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
59810 Comments


Is Bangerz even on vinyl

Slut
December 2nd 2013
4255 Comments


3. A handwritten note from me (valued at ~$priceless)


looks like i know what i'm shooting for

oltnabrick
December 2nd 2013
40621 Comments


Yeah Bangerz is on vinyl


I bought it

ncguitar
December 2nd 2013
2635 Comments


The MYSTERY PRIZE! is probably a limited-edition vinyl of Bangerz!!!!!

Judio!
December 2nd 2013
8496 Comments


You're awesome for doing these contents, Jom! Just be sure to announce who the winners are once the contest ends. I'd hate to be in anticipation for all of December, not knowing whether I one or not!

oltnabrick
December 2nd 2013
40621 Comments


http://i.imgur.com/SwZFJhm.gif

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
59810 Comments


Bangerz is for sale on vinyl with the topless alternate album cover on her website for only 35 dollars wow what a steal


PistolPete
December 2nd 2013
5304 Comments


Got this shit figured out, I await my prize!

Spec
December 2nd 2013
39371 Comments


I'll try. I'll lose but I'll try!

Gwyn.
December 2nd 2013
17271 Comments


Miley Cyrus is fucking ugly NO THANKS

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


I think the winner should a free spot on contrib ;)

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


or miley offering to blow you?

Gwyn.
December 2nd 2013
17271 Comments


aren't you like 13

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


what's your point

climactic
December 2nd 2013
22742 Comments


i think i won

Brostep
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
4491 Comments


are contribs allowed to guess?

Snake.
December 2nd 2013
25242 Comments


^ no

ncguitar
December 2nd 2013
2635 Comments


Yeah this is a plebeian contest m/

Slut
December 2nd 2013
4255 Comments


plebeian*

Brostep
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
4491 Comments


damn, i was looking forward to giving rudy sexual favors too

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


and then ask Aids to join in!

NordicMindset
December 2nd 2013
25137 Comments


alrightttt

bloc
December 2nd 2013
69947 Comments


A handwritten note from me

Haha, made me laugh. Best prize tbh.

Parallels
December 2nd 2013
10142 Comments


hope the winner enjoys his new justin timberlake album

SIMBOLIC
December 2nd 2013
6731 Comments


I need that handwritten note!

FromDaHood
December 2nd 2013
9111 Comments


Damn Sputnik rolling in dough with these top-notch prizes

climactic
December 2nd 2013
22742 Comments


hope the winner enjoys his new justin timberlake album [2]

tempest--
December 2nd 2013
20634 Comments


omg Jom I love you

deathofasalesman
December 2nd 2013
8634 Comments


I got it down to a tin. Gettin' ready for that CD/Vinyl that I guess I wouldn't mind having.

RogueNine
December 2nd 2013
5530 Comments


I think I know #1 but the rest, dang.

Aids
December 2nd 2013
24509 Comments


"Thank god it's for staff favorites and not user favorites cuz I don't need a fucking A Lot Like Birds CD"

hahahaha

Trebor's best comment in ages

Sanders
December 2nd 2013
2416 Comments


" please let me know so I can try to figure out if you're Snoop telling the truth or Snoop Lion"

ilu

Irving
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
7496 Comments


"please let me know so I can try to figure out if you're Snoop telling the truth or Snoop Lion"

hahahahahaha took me about 5 minutes but I got there in the end

Tyrael
December 2nd 2013
21108 Comments


Oh Jom

awesome article

greg84
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
7654 Comments


Cool. Great stuff! It won't be an easy contest, though.

Realm
December 2nd 2013
2512 Comments


only here for festive jom bombs

Azn.
December 2nd 2013
5632 Comments


pretty sure I will lose hard

iglu
December 2nd 2013
1740 Comments


looks fun, will try

Parallels
December 2nd 2013
10142 Comments


"festive jom bombs"

im so glad this is a thing

ibringyoufire
December 2nd 2013
413 Comments


Here we go

Shuyin
December 2nd 2013
14924 Comments


nhaw

Dancedrewdance
December 2nd 2013
1169 Comments


As much as Id love to enter the contest I dont like a lot of staff favorites so if I won id just be taking a prize from someone who actually might love it..

WeepingBanana
December 2nd 2013
11387 Comments


wow i won this last year and the prizes weren't nearly as cool

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 2nd 2013
59810 Comments


post a comment in this webzone and I'll send you a pizza roll

MuhNamesTyler
December 2nd 2013
6707 Comments


I wanna pizza roll

Dancedrewdance
December 2nd 2013
1169 Comments


4TH place pizza roll please

SeaAnemone
December 2nd 2013
21429 Comments


all I want for Christmas is img tags back : ' (

BMFD4567
December 2nd 2013
959 Comments


but all i listen to is Botch! (((((((

Poet
December 2nd 2013
6144 Comments


Getting a letter from Jom is probably the best thing anyone can ask for.

SnailTRAIL
December 2nd 2013
910 Comments


Hey Jom whats your address so i can send you your choice for album of the year on vinyl

Emim
December 2nd 2013
35236 Comments


What Poet said

Irving
Emeritus
December 3rd 2013
7496 Comments


"Cool. Great stuff! It won't be an easy contest, though."

Word. I can see what and where each and every staff member is voting but fuck me I have no idea who's gonna come out on top.

Athom
Emeritus
December 3rd 2013
17244 Comments


I think the number 1 is going to fuck up every single entry haha

NordicMindset
December 3rd 2013
25137 Comments


Yeezus christ or the 20/20 experience

NordicMindset
December 3rd 2013
25137 Comments


fucking lol

Azn.
December 3rd 2013
5632 Comments


is it possible to edit a submission

NordicMindset
December 3rd 2013
25137 Comments


what i said

Athom
Emeritus
December 3rd 2013
17244 Comments


did y'all not see that "all submissions are final" bit? plain ass text n shit.

Winsomniac
December 3rd 2013
8831 Comments


"10. Asking Alexandria - From Death to Destiny"


You added an extra 0. Probably should fix that.

Azn.
December 3rd 2013
5632 Comments


oops I missed that bit

joshieboy
December 3rd 2013
8257 Comments


I can't wait to win Falling In Reverse on vinyl for best album in all of eternity.

FromDaHood
December 3rd 2013
9111 Comments


fuck I sent in the whole top 10 don't DQ me plz

sniper
December 3rd 2013
19075 Comments


i want the handwritten jom note, so i guess I should try to be a little bit wrong.

SeaAnemone
December 3rd 2013
21429 Comments


just sent my entry
if I'm near-right, turns out this years top 10 is actually going to be really superb and interesting
it's easy to forget that the staff collectively has awesome taste, when its most visible members do not, to say the least

someguest
December 3rd 2013
30126 Comments


oh Sea, you're a funny guy

FromDaHood
December 3rd 2013
9111 Comments


hahahaha

Irving
Emeritus
December 4th 2013
7496 Comments


Hahahaha @ Sea

GnarlyShillelagh
Emeritus
December 4th 2013
6385 Comments


Conrad Tao - Voyages better be #1

climactic
December 4th 2013
22742 Comments


i played my picks really safe, apparently that wasn't the best choice

Irving
Emeritus
December 6th 2013
7496 Comments


Bump (for anyone who might not have seen this yet).

NordicMindset
December 6th 2013
25137 Comments


Irving have you posted a top albums list yet?

need. that. data.

Irving
Emeritus
December 6th 2013
7496 Comments


No I haven't, and probably won't - at least not in list form. Was planning on doing a blogpost at some point.

Besides, the data probably won't help that much if you don't know the points distribution =3

Snake.
December 10th 2013
25242 Comments


When are the winners being contacted?

StormChaser
January 12th 2014
2086 Comments


hey I won

GnarlyShillelagh
Emeritus
January 12th 2014
6385 Comments


congrats

you should tell us what the mystery prize is when you get it

NordicMindset
January 12th 2014
25137 Comments


jom what happens if the silver + bronze winners don't contact you?

NordicMindset
January 13th 2014
25137 Comments


i always thought there might be a deadline, and then they would be passed over to the 4th or 5th place winner

NordicMindset
January 13th 2014
25137 Comments


so all those gifts don't go to waste

Parallels
January 13th 2014
10142 Comments


so wait, we have to tell you if we won? that dosent make much sense

StormChaser
January 13th 2014
2086 Comments


I didn't win the gold haha :D. But thanks, still waiting to see if i'm bronze or silver

Poet
January 14th 2014
6144 Comments


Can you get just give one to me because I love you so much Jom? Preferably I would want a hand-written
note from you.



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