Meet the winner of the Icrontic HP EliteBook 8740W Scholarship

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited March 2011 in Science & Tech
Meet the winner of the Icrontic HP EliteBook 8740W Scholarship

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  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Congratulations Matthew!
  • Fafoutee
    edited March 2011
    Hilarious!
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Very amusing.... but with the new EliteBook how will he have time to eat pizza or lay on that lovely hardwood floor? THINK OF ALL THE LONELY HARDWOOD YOU'RE MAKING BRIAN! (giggity)
  • ChoochChooch K-Pop authority™, Pho King Madison Heights, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    major congrats! funny video!
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Thank you, thank you... HEY WAIT A MINUTE! My name isn't Matthew!!!! WTF?

    You mean I DIDN'T win? :O

    How many entries were there, and where did I come in at on the list? 3rd of 10, 5th of 19, etc.? You can email me that part or announce it here.

    If I came in dead last, the judges were clearly insane.
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    I meant to post the WTF face, not the embarrassed one.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon Baron von Puttenham California Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Grats on sweet loot, Matt! Make sure you post a finished product somewhere on the site once you finally get up and running. :)

    Any chance we can get to see some of the other entries, just for funsies?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, I'll post some of the other entries :D
  • UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA: Redwood City, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Awesome entry. The Elitebook will burn holes through that PearBook.

    Congrats dude!

    (Oh, and my rendering activity of choice is napping. I LOVE the rendertime nap. Perfect for those 4am work sessions)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    One of the entries:

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Another great entry:

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    A fantastic drawing and story was one of the entries:

    Fairies-of-Lappytown.JPG
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Another creative entry:

    <object width="630" height="503"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XxwwFWfdxQo?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XxwwFWfdxQo?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="630" height="503"></embed></object>
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Poor Amanda! She's an Icrontic widow. Here's one of the pages of her awesomely creative presentation

    Icrontic_widow.jpg
  • Matt
    edited March 2011
    I would demand a recount if I were some of the other entries. Some really amazing stuff there! How the hell did I win?

    Thanks for the congrats and well wishes, everyone. Thank you so much to Brian and Icrontic and the people that judged for choosing me and offering the chance to even get my hands on this thing. I promise I will do it justice.

    Side note: there will still be plenty of pizza eating, hardwood laying and naps... they'll just come when the work is done. Hopefully since I finish quicker, there'll be more? Thanks again. This is so huge for me.

    A freaking Ocarina solo??? Wow.
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    YEAH! RECOUNT!!! I had CATS in my video! :)
  • RyanMMRyanMM Ferndale, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Dan's entry was fantastic. If I was a judge, I might've had to give that one the nod. OCARINA SOLO FTMFW.
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    RyanMM wrote:
    Dan's entry was fantastic. If I was a judge, I might've had to give that one the nod. OCARINA SOLO FTMFW.
    I wasn't eligible to be a judge, but based on the entries that have been posted so far, Dan's definitely would have been one of the top entries.
  • Red
    edited March 2011
    I just came from the hospital after hurting myself badly after finding out I didn't win, hahaaa!

    Seriously, congrats Matthew! Use and abuse that machine well. Great luck with the vid prod'n business. And thanks Brian for awesome giveaway! :)
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon Baron von Puttenham California Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    d'awww, thanks guys. :)
  • Care Bear
    edited March 2011
    I really wanted to win. I really, really NEED a new computer. :(

    Anyway, congrats Matt!

    Although now I feel like a sore loser. Matt gave a review of the actual computer. You were technically a part of the "team" then. You shouldn't have been allowed to enter like us mere mortals. :'(
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2011
    Many Icrontic members entered the scholarship. There was nothing in the rules that said Icrontic members aren't eligible.

    The entries were judged on their content, not by who submitted them. You'll be hard pressed to say that Matt Dibble's entry doesn't stand on its own as being exceptionally creative.

    You won't find any entrant who DIDN'T "really, really NEED a new computer". This wasn't about giving away a new computer. This was about finding someone who would truly use this laptop and its highly specialized parts for their own career or educational development. Lots of people need new computers. Very few people need Quadro 5000M GPUs to do their work.
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