The AFI contest has ended. Here are the names of the winners, drawn randomly from the valid entries:
Each getting a copy of the new album "Sing The Sorrow":
Ronald Esteban, Michael Rice, Katie Markham, Trey Hofer, Wes Winsor
Each getting a signed poster:
Vince Jarocki, Chi Chiu Ng, Rob Peterson, Kyle Pendergast, Matt Schmieder
All these runners up getting stickers:
Cole Shanholtz, Vince Hathhron, Joshua Wachenheimer, Jaime Hogge, Aly Perez I'll forward your addresses off to your new best friends at DreamWorks Records soon so they can get you your swag. Thanks to everyone for entering, there were more than 700 of you… now click "read more" so I can yell at you.
Adam Rants:
Ok… first things first:
YOUR ADDRESS MEANS MORE THAN WHAT STREET YOU LIVE ON. Maybe this was unclear in the original contest post but a about 10% of the entries were like "I'm Jim, I live on 123 Portage Rd." Believe me, my friends, when there's 700 entries I'm sure as hell not following up on incomplete information. If you were one of those unfortunate souls who screwed up… hang your prizeless heads in shame.
Second… WHY DO SO MANY OF YOU WRITE IN PINK LETTERS ON A SLIGHTLY LIGHTER PINK BACKGROUND. Its damn ugly and hard to read. Stop doing that and you'll get more friends.
Third… WHY DO SO MANY OF YOU WRITE IN UPPERCASE OLD ENGLISH FONTS. I like Rancid too, but you simply can't read that shit. Same advice goes to you as went to the pink letter kids.
Fourth… about 50% of the entries involved major ass kissing. Wow. You all have no shame.
Fifth… entering your entire extended family is trying WAY too hard and is grounds for a backhand.
In all seriousness though, this was probably our most successful contest yet. We had entries from Chile, Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Brazil, Australia and elsewhere. Each time I opened my email I watched as 50 or 60 messages would arrive and pile into the contest inbox, the response was really incredible. Look for more free stuff coming soon, we've got something HUGE on the horizon.
- Adam