So, yeah, the infamous wheelbarrow picture from Friday gave a lot of you premature âshopulation. I figure this is as good a time as any to try something Iâve been saving for a rainy day: the wild card weekend.
In the more than 18 months weâve had the âShop Contest Iâve refrained from making Kotaku staffers the main subject, because I donât want this to seem like weâre rigging it for our vanity. That hasnât stopped all-stars from including us, typically Crecente, from time to time. My review of the SelkâBag 4G Lite on Friday is a bit of a different case. That is a funny photo of me with the wheelbarrow, and Iâll give you the original to fool around with.
In addition to that, Iâll give you two more: Mr. Shady Shades unboxing the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition, and Fahey wielding the Doomhammer at Blizzcon.
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Source Image: Battlefield 3 Unboxing
Source Image: The Doomhammer
Source Image: The Wheelbarrow Pic
Much as Iâd like to say âUse anything from the past week,â we have agreements that govern what we can manipulate and publish, so letâs not go there. These three are good enough.
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.
Now, Gentlemen, start your âshopping!
