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Listener Contest: 5 Reasons You Know You?re A Buzz Fan!

Feb 19, 2006 1:33PM PST

Hi all,

A short time before Christmas I decided I wanted to give a gift as thanks for the countless hours of informative entertainment that Buzz has provided me with since its inception. I?ve been listening live since the 2nd show and it?s gotten me through many an 11 hour weekend shift! As somebody that has 10% regular vision I?ve relied on audio books for both study and leisure reading for as long as I can remember. When I heard that Molly was an audible.com subscriber I thought this would be the perfect token of thanks so I purchased and sent her 3 months of platinum service for the site. But, after 2 months, a couple of emails and one voicemail to the team, the gift certificate remains unclaimed. Not sure why that is, but I figure if Molly won?t be claiming it then it might be fun to give it away here on the forum in honor of our favorite podcast!

So for those interested, here?s the contest! The person that comes up with the best ?5 reasons you know you?re a Buzz Out Loud fan? will be given the gift certificate (3 months of platinum service at audible.com valued at 75$USD). This certificate entitles you to 6 audio credits on the site (2 per month).

As a disclaimer, this contest is something I?m doing on my own as I thought it would be fun for everyone. It has absolutely no affiliation with Buzz Out Loud or CNET whatsoever.

I?ll check back on the evening of Sunday Feb 26th and choose an entry that stands out. In the meantime, happy listening!

Take care,

Shawn

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Tom Cruise
Feb 23, 2006 11:27AM PST

As the podcast gets more popular this is going to happen more often. With all this extra fame, just please promise that you won't lose it like Tom Cruise did on Oprah. That was just creepy... er I mean sounded like it was creepy, as I don't watch Oprah... ahem..

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My 5
Feb 23, 2006 8:41AM PST

Great contest. Here's mine!

5.) You begged you mother to relinquish the secret family remedy for sore throats to forward to Tom during CES.

4. ) No more awkward conversations thanks to the delightful segues you've committed to memory from each show. Speaking of delightful?

3) Before there were photos, you spend hours upon hours listening to the show, trying to sketch the delightful Veronica, because she looks like she sounds on the podcast.

2.) The 10-mile commute home suspiciously takes an determinate length at night (however long the podcast happens to be).

1.) You never heard of Numba Numba until after Molly and Veronica made it their own.

-Bill in Atlanta (BillnotBob)

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yay!

awwwww Wink

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Looks like sounds like
Feb 23, 2006 12:34PM PST

Funny, Veronica didn't look anything like she sounded like she looked in my head.

But I apparently didn't sound like I looked like I sounded in her head.

(just read it again and it might make sense).

-Kevin S.

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(NT) (NT) so true!
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Well ...
Feb 23, 2006 12:56PM PST

This part of the thread just confused the crap out of me!

Then again, it's not hard to confuse the crap out of me. Happy

-Terry

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My list
Feb 23, 2006 12:10PM PST

Here I go... it may not be the funniest but it's from the heart:

5. Its the first podcast I listen to every morning when I'm driving to work and when the music starts I do my "Night at the Roxbury" head nod.

4. The in-jokes are awwwwwsummm!!!

3. The fact that Tom, Molly and Veronica actually participate in the forum and use it in BOL makes me fell like I'm part of the show.

2. This really is a community we have going here and I feel like I'm in a special "members only" club.

1. Molly's rants (everytime she gets going I get a smile on my face)

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Here goes nothing
Feb 24, 2006 10:18AM PST

Here's my best stab, hope you enjoy:

5) You can't refer to Steve Jobs without calling him "Mad dog."

4) You have gone from knowing nothing about DRM to being an expert in less time than it took to learn long-division.

3) You know that snakes and planes were always meant to be together.

2) You believe in Rantology, a religion with Molly Wood as the Supreme Being.

1) You wonder what Google gas pies would taste like.

-Ryan

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The Church of Rantology
Feb 24, 2006 10:35AM PST

I like it. And I think Hollywood is about due for a new religion. Scientology is old hat. Kaballah is last year's news. I think Rantology just might be the one to win Tom and Katie over.

-Kevin S.

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My Five Reasons I can't Wait until 4 o'clock every day
Feb 24, 2006 10:32AM PST

Living in the Central Time Zone, Buzz Out Loud gets updated at 4, so everyday at four, I keep hitting update in iTunes just to get my daily fix of Buzz-ie Goodness

So here are the five reasons this is my drug of choice:
- My fellow Mac-loving geek...Veronica. So cute and bubbly!
- Molly's rants against the Entertainment Industry and their DRM attempts
- Daily update on the current insanity in the tech world (Sony, Google, Apple...take your pick, they are all insane at some time)
- Tom's segues. He is the Segue King. Now I want to see him play polo on one.
- And over-usage of the word 'nice'

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lucky
Feb 25, 2006 9:42AM PST

We East Coasters have to wait untill 6! Lucky.

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Why I'm a BOL FanBoy
Feb 24, 2006 4:53PM PST

Here's my 5 reasons why I luuuuv Buzz Out Loud.

5. I sometimes listen to the podcasts more than once. Immediately when I download it from my iTunes and again when I'm on the train or at the gym.

4. I'm constantly visiting the BOL lounge and enjoying the fascinating threads and the great community that has developed here.

3. Whenever I see Molly or Tom around in the CNET building, I'm kind of star struck.

2. I would rock the BOL shirt if I had one.

1. Buzz Out Loud is Kablamo! and yeah...Snakes on a plane, yo.

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My 5
Feb 24, 2006 9:33PM PST

Great Contest! Here's how you know you're a true fan

5) The Earthlink guy convinced you that anything is possible

4) You fight with your friends on who gets to make the segways in your conversations.

3) You spend most of your time on the forums just to win a t-shirt

2)You're the only one you know of that doesn't have a sony root kit on your computer

1) You pronounce executable wrong on purpose.

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my choice (I know we don't get to vote but. . .)
Feb 25, 2006 12:36AM PST

well, if I had to vote, I think this one, above, would be the winner. Very funny!

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yep
Feb 25, 2006 2:27AM PST

I like it too.

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My 5
Feb 25, 2006 7:58AM PST

5. After getting hit by a hurricane and you found out that your work has power. You drive to work witch is 30 min away on the freeway to get you daily fix

4. Anytime you hear the word apple you think of MAD DOG STEVE JOBS.

3. Around 5 in the eastern time you keep hitting the update button to get your BOL fix while keep 10-20 calls in queue.

2. Any time you see or hear the word sony you think of molly going on a rant her eyes turning red and her voice getting that evil sound.

1. snakes on a plane or gooubuntu

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my top 5, heeeeeeeeeere we go
Feb 25, 2006 12:14PM PST

here's my 5:

1. when you've had a newfound appreciation for snakes thanks to veronica
2. when you can translate the buzzcast in real time to other languages for your foreign friend types
3. when you use the word buzz as the new prefix: ''buzz off you buzzing piece of buzz''
4. when you've tried to unsuccessfully patent the buzz prefix
5. when you've named your baby or pet ''goobuntu''

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Contest Winner Announced!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 26, 2006 2:42PM PST

Hello all,

Well it?s time to announce the winner for this impromptu contest! First though, I?d like to thank everyone for taking the time to come up with some killer lists. I know they brought me many chuckles and I?m sure to many others as well. It was very hard to choose just one to win and I found myself wishing I?d bought a whole bunch to give out. But alas I only have one gift certificate so after reading all the entries several times I finally made a decision. Before I announce the winner though, I would like to give honorable mentions to Barrett55 and Wilf_Brim, both of who?s posts had me laughing my butt off. You guys rock!

And now, the winner of 3 months worth of platinum service from audible.com valued at $75USD is................ (drum roll)........


WizardJS!! How could it not be? The following is his list:


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The Top 5 Reasons you know you?re a Buzz Out Loud Fan

5) The Earthlink guy convinced you that anything is possible

4) You fight with your friends on who gets to make the segways in your conversations.

3) You spend most of your time on the forums just to win a t-shirt

2)You're the only one you know of that doesn't have a sony root kit on your computer

1) You pronounce executable wrong on purpose.
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Congratulations Wiz! Tomorrow I will send you the gift code privately so it doesn?t ruin the surprise of reading that you won here in this thread. I?ll have to do another one of these one day as this was a lot of fun. Thanks everyone for participating and be sure to keep up the great posts.

Cheers,

Shawn

This contest was in honor of Molly (everyone?s favorite ranter).

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Grats, Wiz.
Feb 26, 2006 5:35PM PST

Those 5 were pretty dang good.

-Kevin S.

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Congrats Wiz!
Feb 27, 2006 1:54AM PST

Those were REALLY funny! Had me lol AND literally laughing out loud .. Wink

I'm glad to make honorable mention.

-Terry

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Thanks guys
Feb 27, 2006 5:16AM PST

Thank you everyone, thanks Shawn for thinking up such a great idea.


And of course, thanks to Tom, Molly, Veronica and the EarthLink Guy for giving us all 5 great and very funny reasons to love BOL.

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just thought of one
Feb 27, 2006 1:14AM PST

i know its over but i just thought of two good ones...don't know if they've been said already...i didn't want to read all 50 entries.

you know you're a bol fan if:
1) right click -> update podcast is the first thing you do when you get home

2) you email stories so frequently that you've created a gmail label and filter

too bad i didn't think of this before...oh well congrats to the winner

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(NT) (NT) those are good
Mar 1, 2006 7:30AM PST
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Hmm... seemed like something CNET show do...
Mar 2, 2006 12:32AM PST

Hey Shawn, this was a great idea. I wonder if Tom, Molly, and Veronica could maybe convince the higher ups of CNET to do something similar to this as an official CNET Buzz Out Loud prize. It would definitely promote more cohesion and humor amongst the BOL crowd, and I think all of us would like to hear ON OCCASION, some of these "5 reasons I'm a BOL fan."

Anyhows, those are my 2 cents.

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You will get your wish... sorta
Mar 2, 2006 3:44AM PST

They're planning a video contest where you make a video fo what CNET means to you. They very much will want the BOLers to talk about BOL. So watch for the details soon.