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a Microsoft employee working on Zune - Microsoft's new music project.

December 11, 2006

Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest: the Votes* are In!

And now, the winners of the pointless fun Zune swag giveaway contest.

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute "Best in Show" Award:

Winner: Callidus. Excerpt:

Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-plastic

You say you wanna get my songs?

Well, link me, link me

'Cause I don't got that average playlist

Congratulations, Callidus! You wrote the best Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute I've ever seen! You win the DLO case and the t-shirt! High-five!

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "early bird gets the worm t-shirt" Award:

Winner: Marco Darius McJohansenn. Excerpt:

I like big screens and I cannot lie/

My batteries rarely die/

that when a vid gets played on an itty bitty screen and it's dim and dull

you get stung/

Very nice, MDMc, you were the first entry and you win a t-shirt. High-five!

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "best disclaimer" Award:

Winner Greekgoat. Excerpt:

This is really lame, but I really would like a poster or t-shirt. . .

[rap]

. . . I will never forgive myself for thinking that up

And now that you've won, Greekgoat, maybe you kind find it in your heart to forgive you. Congratulations! High-five!

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "best addendum" Award:

Winner: Sean. Excerpt:

to add to my last one.....

I think we can all relate, the Zune really great!

High-five, Sean! FWIW, I agree. The Zune *is* really great! ;)

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "best re-submission" Award:

Winner: Mazola. Excerpt:

So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!)

Has your girlfriend got the Zune? (Probably not!)

Tell 'em it's cool! (Cool!) It's cool! (Cool!)

The Zune is really cool!

Nice work, Mr. Mazola. As I said before, you're a winner in my book. Your first one was great, and your second one was also great!

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "best troll" Award:

Winner: Koi 2Excerpt Full Entry:

Bill gates is liking the ipod

Not much to say about that one except: high-five!

The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "most fun line to say outloud" Award:

Winner: Nick Butterz Excerpt:

I wanna get my zune home

And UH, sync it up UH UH

That line's been in my head most of the morning. Congratulations! You win a t-shirt!

So there you have, dear blog reader. I still think you're all winners in my book ;)

 *And by "the votes are in," I of course mean "I've picked the ones I like," since I'm the only one voting. If you won, please email me at askzune (then type the at symbol) microsoft.com. 

 |  Monday, December 11, 2006 9:45 PM  |  15 Comments

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Sean

Thank you SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!

greekgoat91

Yay, I won... kinda

dv8r

Okay... I didn't read all the entries but I have to agree that...

"UH, sync it up UH UH"

Is the best ever.

That needs to go on t-shirts. lol.

Tablet PC User

5/5 for Best Troll Award!

XD

koi2

Thanks! I try to be funny, Originally i hated the zune and ?I thought it was ugly, but now I just figure that microsoft and apple are just companies. Anyways THANKS THANKS THANKSfor the award...I love it!

mazola

If I'm a winner, why do I feel like such a loser?

*sob!*

Ballmer

high five! developers!

Sagiv

wow, this site became so useless.

Alex

Help! Where can I buy a prepaid zune pass card thingy?

Alex

Charlie

Hey everyone, over at Zunecorps we're having a Zune Case giveaway with Speck, to give away 20 Zune cases.  Check out the contest, it's free to enter!  http://zunecorps.com/?p=290

Thought you guys might like some free cases!

P.S. congrats to everyone that won the Mix-a-Lot contest!  

Not Mr. Mazola

Mazola should have won -- everything!

Boo!

Sir Mix-a-lot

And I thought *I* was lame.

Sheesh!

Zuneless

OK. What is *with* the Zune marketing?

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/14/weird_screenshot_of_.html

The sexually suggestive marketing is just over the top, Microsoft. Try toning it down a bit.

DJ Ballmer

"A key principle to our advertising creative is authenticity, in that the Zune brand is about celebrating great artists and the real people that enjoy it," (Peter Kingsley, group manager for Zune brand marketing).

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+doesnt+want+Zune+lost+in+the+Shuffle/2100-1041_3-6142799.html?tag=nefd.lede

Keepin' it real, through focus groups and sophisticated marketing.

Dig?

Callidus

awesome! *high-five*  yall should totally get sir mixalot to record it for a zune commercial hehe..

*emails you!

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I'm Cesar Menendez. I left the Xbox marketing world for Microsoft's new foray into music - Zune. Community, cool videos, music, discovering new music - these are things I love. In the past I wrote music reviews for RealNetworks, and before that I volunteered at KCMU (now KEXP). Get in touch w/ me using this email: AskZune (then type the at symbol) microsoft.com (please no solicitors)
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