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You know what I did this morning? I got up early and read a hundred and seventy separate comments about the survival horror you guys remember. No, I didn't skip any. I read them all. While it did take me quite a while, I think this contest was a bit more fun for me than most of the ones I run for the site. Of course, that's a bit biased because I love survival horror ... but also because it was kind of like sitting around the campfire with all of you and hearing how it all started for you when it came to loving horror. I really liked that.

Anyway, enough nostalgia -- you want winners! The video above was by far among our top picks, made by Snoogans775. Other winners were Elsa, for her mention of Carrier (nice one!), Qraze, who made his memories of fear into an inspired rap, Neveryll for his story about Infocom's The Lurking Horror, Bubamacko for his Photoshop horror entry, and also RoryKO, ScaryHairStudios, Phantomile, AngelEena, Yaobikuni, Biowisp, and FatherChesz. Congratulations to all of you! I'll be emailing shortly to get mailing addresses from all of you.

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manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:11
manasteel88
yeah...I knew when 4 or 5 other people posted RE2 stories that I had a slim to none chance of winning. oh well I stand by my post and I think I'm a winner. Congrats to those who won and Snoogans definitely deserved a copy of the game/shirt.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:11
Qraze
thank you so much. but it was suppose to be a poem! lol. thanks for reading it Collete, that's all i could have asked for and it means alot to me that you picked it as a winner.

thanks dtoid and everyone who took time to participate and thank you Collete.
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:12
Jack Maverick
I read Elsa's story, it was a good read and she managed to raise my interest in Carrier, which I probably only played once and forgot about shortly after. I need to give it another look when I get the chance. Grats to the rest of the winners.

Also, Colette, you have a lovely singing voice, you really should sing more often. :)
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:16
Qraze
manasteel. i knew pert-near everyone was going to do re1 and i knew a poem would stand out much better but i thought more people would do poems. ya just gotta think what everyone else is gonna do and do something outside their box.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:19
Qraze
wow. snoogan's was really good. great job man!
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:29
Solgrim
Ugh, that face is so horrible.
Naisu Misanthropeu's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:40
Naisu Misanthropeu
Congrats to the winners! ^^
FatherChesz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 15:57
FatherChesz
I guess my poetry is good for something after all...congrats to everyone else!
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 16:19
Elsa
I was so excited when I got the email this morning... I actually did a happy dance! It was some pretty stiff competition, there were lots of fun and interesting entries (and Snoogan's song was awesome!).

I just love Destructoid! The personal touches (like Colette reading all the entries herself) really makes it feel like family here!
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 16:27
manasteel88
@qraze

Yeah, but I'm pretty much a Survival Horror Noob (so I'd be lying if I made an epic poem/video about the 25 minutes I've spent playing the genre), which is why I tried to go out of the box and talk about why it didn't stick with me after RE2 in hopes of getting a game that could prove what I'd been missing these past 11 years. Oh well...I'll definitely win the next one
RoryKO's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 16:33
RoryKO
High fives and chest bumps to all the winners! Great stuff all around!
norm9's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 16:52
norm9
Congrats to the winners!

Too bad I didn't win anything. Oh wait, I didn't enter the contest.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 17:22
Occams electric toothbrush
I was robbed I tell you! Also, congrats to the winners.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 17:24
Holyetheline
Sucks that I didn't have enough time to record the song I wrote about RE2 and submit it... fuck.
AngelEena's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 17:27
AngelEena
I'm in utter amazement...Thank you...
SoraX911's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:12
SoraX911
Thank you Colette for letting me try my first contest! I ended up glad to know i wasn't the only one scared by the Silent Hill Demo for the o'l ps1! I just reacted worse thats all. Congrats to everyone that won!
Happymeowmeow's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 20:22
Happymeowmeow
Scrolling through the entries, my favorite was AngelEena's comic/story. Glad it won.

Unrelated but is there any way for users to edit/delete their own comments? Like say you make a contest entry but screw up the image links and want to fix em?
Yaobikuni's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 20:23
Yaobikuni
Congratz everyone! There was some great entries!
shinigamiDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2009 01:58
shinigamiDude
Congratz guys!
But i wonder how many people who won this have Wii? :D
I didn't have one either but i was planning to find someone who had a Wii in case i win,lol :P
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2009 07:51
wanderingpixel
I'm sad. But I tip my hat to the winners.

Next time...
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/11/2009 11:58
AdamantiumHip
So basically all gimmicky stuff one, no actual regular comments.
Swisskid15's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/12/2009 14:53
Swisskid15
Congratulations to everyone who won. Guess I'll just have to pay Switzerland's extortionate price to get a copy (costs about 80$ to get any Wii game here).
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 11:08
Colette Bennett
@admantiumHip _if by gimmicky you mean people who really tried to be different and stand out from all the other entries, then yes.
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