Our latest subject didnât take a scientist to develop. As soon as President Obama popped into a Best Buy to pick up some games for his family for Christmas, we knew it would be this weekâs front-running candidate for the Kotaku âShop Contest.
Source Image: President Obama buying Just Dance 3 at Best Buy.
You know the rules: The 20 best will get rounded up and published at the end of next Saturday. Meantime, I and the rest of the starred commentariat will approve and promote as many as we can so folks can see them and pass judgment.
This is your no-frills step-by-step procedure to participation in the Kotaku âShop Contest.
1. Create your âShop.
2. Upload it to a free image hosting service. I suggest imgur. Itâs stupid simple. No account is necessary.
3. This is very important: You must use the URL of the image itself. In imgur, this is the second URL it gives you after you upload the image. Itâs under âDirect Link (email & IM)â
4. At the beginning of the comments roll, click âStart a New Threadâ
5. To the right of your name, select âImage.â
6. Paste the imgur URL in the image URL field. Itâs the field that says âImage URL.â
7. You can add editorial commentary if you want, but then just hit submit and your image will load. If it doesnât, paste the image URL as a comment.
8. This is important: Keep your image size under 1 MB. It will not upload to comments if it is over that size. Whatâs more, weâre getting reports that if your âShop is more than 1000px tall (vertical), it wonât upload. If youâre getting the broken-image icon, try resizing to a smaller dimension.
Alright, that should cover everything. I expect a double effort out of you guys this week, given the quality of this exploitable and the fact everyone knew it was coming. Happy Holidays, you have seven more âShopping days left!
