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Gusto · Nov 25, 2013

Canis lupus said:
Should have won.

I would've rather had Mark Cerny touch my finger.

AristoCat · Nov 25, 2013

Third place is just awesome !

Eternal Gamer · Nov 25, 2013

The work of the third place is awesome, meanwhile, the winner's work looks just lazy and plain.

Goon Boon · Nov 25, 2013

dragonbane said:
Chosen by a jury yes. Don't know if it is Sony, but looks like it.

KHlover said:
Yup, winner is chosen by 1 (or more) employee(s). Employees are independant judges and not allowed to enter the contest. Their decisions are final.

Winning by proxy?

the mark said:
Confirmed.

Thanks Ya'll. I'm not even German, but a contest turning out like this is either rigged, or incredibly mismanaged.

KoopaTheCasual · Nov 25, 2013

The reason the best picture got third place is obviously an homage~ to Sony's "Welcome to the Third Place" commercials. *Scoffs*

No, but seriously, that's wiggity wack.

nib95 · Nov 25, 2013

This should have won.

SkullHydra · Nov 25, 2013

Some of these are really good! Definitely better than what they chose for first place IMO.

IdreamofHIME · Nov 25, 2013

The judge didn't want to spend a weekend in Berlin with the hairy guy and the emo kid.

dondarm · Nov 25, 2013

IdreamofHIME said:
The judge didn't want to spend a weekend in Berlin with the hairy guy and the emo kid.

Um, I believe no. 2 is a gaffer...

Jotaka · Nov 25, 2013

Well.. the prize is not that a big deal.

But If you think for a second. The 3rd place is just a photo with photoshop stuff added to the image. Pretty easy to do. At least he should removed sleeping stuff from the couch

The second place had more work done.

1st. It's a woman. Win by default lol

kyser73 · Nov 25, 2013

Clearly none of you ever saw the winning results of BBC 'Blue Peter' art competitions...(UK gaffers of a certain age should get that reference...)

CortexVortex · Nov 25, 2013

dondarm said:
Um, I believe no. 2 is a gaffer...

Hairy dude (with long hair) is me, yeah.

admartian · Nov 25, 2013

3rd place shoulda won imo.

itsgreen · Nov 25, 2013

What the fuck, the person who picked that should be fired.

Also third place is very nice...

Hooligaani · Nov 25, 2013

dondarm said:
Um, I believe no. 2 is a gaffer...

Thats what he said.

SkullHydra · Nov 25, 2013

Kayero said:
Hairy dude is me, yeah.

Your picture was amazing, great job! Congrats.

CortexVortex · Nov 25, 2013

SkullHydra said:
Your picture was amazing, great job! Congrats.

Thanks man!

Clawww · Nov 25, 2013

2nd and 3rd place are nice, what the fuck is going on here? I really hope people aren't actually voting this way.

GeoramA · Nov 25, 2013

How did that win??

2 & 3 and amazing.

Pennywise · Nov 25, 2013

Kayero said:
Thanks man!

Great job, the 3rd place was awesome as well.

This one was my favorite though.

What a shame.

vitacola · Nov 25, 2013

Is there a picture of four PSones ducttaped together or other duct tape masterpieces?

Fritz · Nov 25, 2013

Is that what women quotas are for?

TheOMan · Nov 25, 2013

Goon Boon said:
Now, heres the thing thats fucking weird. Here's third place :

Cool.

This one should have won.

Goon Boon said:
Here's first place :

This one shouldn't have made it into the top 500.

dapperbandit · Nov 25, 2013

I thought the one in first place was Sasha Grey, hence the greyscale PS logo

Oh well

now you know more about my spare time

Jonnax · Nov 25, 2013

I know it's just a contest and all but looking at some of those entries it's kinda an insult to the effort and creativity that was put into making them. It's literally 5 minutes 'work'.

Kvik · Nov 25, 2013

dapperbandit said:
I thought the one in first place was Sasha Grey, hence the greyscale PS logo

Oh well

now you know more about my spare time

Even if Sasha Grey entered the contest, she would definitely do much better than this supposedly winning entry.

RaikuHebi · Nov 25, 2013

nib95 said:
This should have won.

Deserves to become an ad campaign that is ingenious. Everybody Tweet him some love to Yosp and co?

Mikey Jr. · Nov 25, 2013

Of course it was rigged. I mean, look at that for fuck sakes. Looks like she slapped it together in 2 minutes and called it a day.

SRTtoZ · Nov 25, 2013

"Rigged"? I honestly expected more from this.

TheRealTalker · Nov 25, 2013

TCRS said:
you forgot the ca. "~TheRealTalker, ca. 2013"

topic: disgusting. third is the best.

Why thank you
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On note though... The first pic is so bland, simple and basic I wouldn't be surprised if it was a rigged win

Savitar · Nov 25, 2013

First place winner was picked because the employee who decided thought "Hot girl".

And yeah it was lackluster.

The Cowboy · Nov 25, 2013

If its rigged then its pretty shitty, if it isn't rigged - that winning is still pretty dam shitty.

Haunted · Nov 25, 2013

Goon Boon said:

RaikuHebi · Nov 25, 2013

ElTopo said:
Oh come on, it's a nice one, but the whole idea of adapting 'The Creation of Adam' isn't exactly new.

I dunno, thought it was pretty unique take on it. Especially the way he is about to grip the controller.

BHK3 · Nov 25, 2013

Reminds me the naming contest for the now named Pixel Junk Shooter. There were like 10 other much better sounding names and they told us that Shooter had the most votes and most support...

David Ricardo · Nov 25, 2013

I would swap third and first.

I don't think it necessarily was rigged, maybe they simply liked the clean look of the girls photo better. My friends in Germany seem to like simplicity, cleanness and efficiency. Guy in the sofa is incredibly cool, but doesnt represent any of that.

Metal B · Nov 26, 2013

David Ricardo said:
I would swap third and first.

I don't think it necessarily was rigged, maybe they simply liked the clean look of the girls photo better. My friends in Germany seem to like simplicity, cleanness and efficiency. Guy in the sofa is incredibly cool, but doesnt represent any of that.

I'm German and can clearly say, that's obvious rigged. I guess they wanted a woman as one of the three winners (to show diversity in the target group) , but placing her as number one is very suspicious.

Boogalogist · Nov 26, 2013

dapperbandit said:
I thought the one in first place was Sasha Grey, hence the greyscale PS logo

Oh well

now you know more about my spare time

That was my first thought too...Sasha Grey?!?

travisbickle · Nov 26, 2013

Metal B said:
I'm German and can clearly say, that's obvious rigged. I guess they wanted a woman as one of the three winners (to show diversity in the target group) , but placing her as number one is very suspicious.

Suspicious of what? The liberal agenda?

Shining Sunshine · Nov 26, 2013

Rigged? I demand a new presidential election.

DAMN THE PATRIOTS!

GunslingerVit · Nov 26, 2013

travisbickle said:
Suspicious of what? The liberal agenda?

Suspicious of libido driven decision.

markot · Nov 26, 2013

Its an attractive girl.

If she had licked it, she would be running Kotaku by now.

Copenap · Nov 26, 2013

Btw. the winner will be the person who receives the first PS4 in Germany. What a shame that Sony chose to go the marketing route and selected the winner according to what's gonna make the most and best PR buzz when the picture of the first PS4 owner goes around the world.

genbatzu · Nov 26, 2013

according to the comment section of this forum event the winner already knew beforehand that she had won and bragged about it... according to multiple comments she posted on friday, that she had won the contest.

duckface > creativity

panty · Nov 26, 2013

Mesoian said:
Probably yeah.

It's subjective though so....::Shrugs::

Deal with it?

That's rigged as balls though :shrugs:

Deal with it being rigged.

NeoRausch · Nov 26, 2013

give me your best MySpace impression!

yeah, THAT'S IT BABY! YOU WON!

... now undress

Metal B · Nov 26, 2013

travisbickle said:
Suspicious of what? The liberal agenda?

Suspicious of wanting a female as a winner to show diversity in the target group.

Parakeetman · Nov 26, 2013

Man that first place is bad compared to the other 2.

Alpende · Nov 26, 2013

The first pic should have won, it's great.

Skyzard · Nov 26, 2013

markot said:
Its an attractive girl.

If she had licked it, she would be running Kotaku by now.

lol

Gotta say, since they chose the winners, it's sorta feeling like that. Bit of encouragement is good and all, but first? The other two were pretty great.

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