We’re giving away a Guile action figure with 35 points of articulation and 2 sets of hands.  NOT ONE BUT TWO SETS OF HANDS!  In order to win this figure you must be a true Street Fighter fan and be able to answer this skill testing question:

IN THE ORIGINAL STREET FIGHTER II ARCADE EDITION, WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF COMMANDS TO PERFORM GUILE’S SHADOW THROW GLITCH?

(Be very specific in your answer)

If you can answer this and are the first person to submit your answer we will deem you worthy of this prize.  Email your answer to contest@splitreason.com.  Please include your twitter username as well.

Brian’s OSDT helmet quickly became a pumpkin pie when the sticky grenade went off.

Our JPS (Japanese packing specialist) having shipped hundreds of Run R2 t-shirts, carved out an exquisite shirt rendition from memory, blindfolded and in less than 12 seconds.  We managed to snap a picture of it before he promptly boxed it up and shipped it out (to where we have no idea… old habits die hard).

Glen Brogan spent a good deal of time convincing his Kang and Kanos pumpkins that they should cease the invasion of his kitchen and go back to Rigel VII where they belong, which of course, they refused.

As for me, it happened that our contest aligned perfectly with the release of Forza 3 (My most anticipated game of the year, clearly evident by my choice of carving).  I tossed back a few pumpkin seeds, finished my pumpkin as quickly as possible, and sat down to begin my domination of M. Rossi (Put um in the wall!).

We had great response to this contest, evidently we’re not the only ones that love Halloween and pumpkin carving.  I’d like to thank everyone who participated, everyone put a lot of thought and hard work into there entries.  Now onto the winners!

First Place and our Grand Prize goes to Ian Wagner and his Metroid Mother Brain

We were really impressed with the level of detail and originality of Ian’s submission.  Ian crafted the spikes out of squash, supplied a little metroid mascot and even stuffed a shameless SplitReason plug in one of his photo’s.  The mother brain in all it’s horrific glory!  Watch out for the hyper beam Ian, it hurts!  For his entry Ian will receive a game of his choice and $100 bucks in store credit at SplitReason.com.

Second Place goes to Rashaun Collins and his ET pumpkin

Rashaun sent us in three different pumpkin carvings he did, they were all pretty intricate, well carved and original with a good dose of geek factor (you can view his other submissions below) ET was our favorite of the bunch.  Rashaun will be receiving $100 in store credit to spend at SplitReason.com.  Great work Rashaun!

Third Place goes to Ryan Eydt and his Borderlands Pumpkin

Ryan sent us in two entries including this Borderlands themed pumpkin.  I didn’t know that pumpkins grew in the wastelands of Pandora, but apparently so.  You can stop looking for the hidden vault Ryan, we have a much better prize in store for you.  For his pumpkin Ryan will receive $50 in store credit to spend at SplitReason.com.

Everyone who submitted entries received $10 in store credit at SplitReason.com, if you missed my email check your account it’s in there.

Here is a review of all of our contest entries:

Thanks again to everyone who took part, if your pumpkin wasn’t chosen as one of our winners, don’t fret.  We have lots of other chances to win coming soon, including another gamer themed baking contest.  Check the SR blog frequently for updates.

We’ve just released a small collection of amazing quality zip-up hoodies, with gaming themes. There are 3 different designs to choose from so you can select the type of body armor that best suits your style of combat!  Just in time, the chilly months are upon us!

Some specs and info:

• 17-oz Low pill 100% cotton shell, 1-ply full jersey liner, stay warm without the bulk.
• Roomy split pouch front pockets and full zip front with custom zippers.
• Cotton/spandex ribbed cuffs and waistband.
• Double lined hood, (some with printing)
• All-over screen printed designs / embroidered and stitched crest graphics

Sizing:

Gamer Medley Zip Hoody

Controllers Zip Hoody

Re-invaded Zip hoody

This Halloween we’ll be running around the office with sharp objects in preparation for our first annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!

The SplitReason team will be carving some geek and gamer themed pumpkins once again and we thought it would be fun to get everyone involved and run a contest.  Send pictures of your geeky pumpkins for a chance to win a bunch of free SplitReason gear and the video game of your choice.

Send your photo’s to contest@splitreason.com. We’ll feature the winners alongside our own pumpkin creations when we unveil the results of the contest on our blog. Entries will be judged based on the quality of carving, geek factor, and overall originality by a panel of pumpkin carving experts.

All participants will receive a $10 dollar store credit at SplitReason.com!

Prizes:

First Place: A retail copy of any game and $100 SR gift card. (the game you choose must be fairly new and available in retail stores.)

Second Place: $100 SR gift card.

Third Place: $50 SR gift card.

Get your pumpkin pics in by Oct. 28, 2009, We’ll Announce the winners Halloween Night, 2009.

SplitReason wants to see the Murloc inside you.  Send us your best Murloc impression, either audio or video.  After we finish laughing we’ll judge the best of the best and award “America’s Next Top Murloc”.

Send your entries to contest@splitreason.com.  Any Audio or Video format will do.

You could win one of the following prizes:

First Place:  DC Unlimited Fish-Eye and Gibbergil Action Figures and 2 shirts of your choice.

Second Place: $25 gift certificate.

Third Place: $10 gift certificate.

Contest closes October 6th, 2009.  Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!

We’ve hidden pictures of Master Chief on SplitReason.com.  Be among the first to locate them all and email us with their locations and you could be a winner.

There are 10 pictures to find in all.   We’ve hidden them in the fans in action sections of various products.  The first three emails we receive listing the products where Master Chief is hiding will be our winners.

Send your entries to contest@splitreason.com.

Here’s what were giving away:

First Place: Active Camo Master Chief action figure and 2 shirts of your choice.

Second Place:  $25 SplitReason gift certificate.

Third Place:  $10 SplitReason gift certificate.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting.

Without further delay lets get to the winners…

Our first place winner is Lukas Pedersen with “Fish Sticks”.  We had no Idea Snake Eyes was such a eloquent speaker.  for his submission Lukas will receive both Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow Action Battlers as well as a t-shirt of his choice. Good work Lukas.

Our runner up is Robert Cassidy with “Strike a Pose!”.  We understand how frustrating it can be to always come second to Chuck, the fact that snake eyes shares the same frustration was enlightening.  For his entry Robert receives a $25 SplitReason gift certificate, gratz!

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Fire up your copy of Champions online and get in the game! We had a long week so it’s time to kick back with a new game and a couple of brews. We’ll be online tonight starting at 8:00 PM PST. Come say hi, you could win one of two Marvel action figure sets. (Ironman/Thor or Dare Devil/Electra)

We’re going to be hanging out in POWERHOUSE CANADA #1, perfecting our builds. We go by the names Chaotic and Freedom (the two sexy heroes shown above.) The first 10 players to stand face-to-face with either of us and send a private message that reads “SR HERO!” will be entered to win. Winners will be chosen purely on their super hero fashion sense.  Good luck, see you in POWERHOUSE CANADA #1!

Here are the prizes:

It’s that time again folks, summer gaming sessions must relocate to the Computer Science classroom. Here you can learn to be less of a noob and still further your RL education. While your gaming hours may be severely reduced, it’s not all bad. We’re offering 20% OFF all orders until September 15th, 2009 so you can save money on new clothes and free up some budget for those fancy binders with translucent neon colors.

Enter promo code SCHOOLNOOBS at check-out. It’s like trapping 100 gasoline-covered zombies into a small room and lighting a match. The zombies are the retail price, and our promo code is the match! Burn baby burn! Also, District 9 rocks. Christopher Johnson will be back, start the 3 year timer.