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Our fat lady has sung and our very first video competition is now over. The first placed participant, Emperor Of All Digital Video, will receive an archive set of the latest versions of Waves 1, 2 & 3, hot off the press from our latest print run. We've had our in-house popcorn popping judging session and put together a list of our favourite runner up videos, all of whom we'll be showering with trinkets of our utmost appreciation. So, let's roll out the red carpet and announce the winners!

FIRST PLACE

• Perplex City, Meet South Park by UKver2

We laughed, we guffawed, we let our mouths hang open in shocked appreciation at the most authentic English accent since Dick Van Dyke's appearance in Mary Poppins. Congratulations to UKver2, whose Perplex City, Meet South Park video racked up an astounding 43,067 views by the time our competition closed. Featuring a great appearance by our very own Adrian Hon as well as a cameo by Oliver Keers, UKver2 gets to take home the first prize of an archive set of the latest versions of Waves 1, 2 & 3, hot off the press from our latest print run.

In terms of winning categories, how did Perplex City, Meet South Park do?

• Best Fight Scene
• Best Death Scene
• Best English Accent
• Best definition of "Alternative Reality Game"
• Most likely player to have points deducted by Adrian Hon

SECOND PLACE

• Pirates Vs. Ninjas -Perplexcity Competition: Win Prizes! by Gibbet, idlemichael, Juxta, skenmy, duckiemonster, sledgecallier, European Chris, Oliverkeers13, macmonkey and jojojojo.

It's got pirates, it's got ninjas and it's even got Oliver Keers in it. Pirates Vs. Ninjas, perhaps through its innovative usage of "scared Ninja", managed to squeeze out 30,327 views by the time our competition closed.

Pirates Vs. Ninjas made teary-eyed acceptance speeches at the following categories:

• Best Use of Pirates
• Best Use of Ninjas
• Most Realistic "arrrrr"
• Best costumes
• Best use of Hyde Park
• Video that Mind Candy most wishes it could've watched the filming of
• Best Ninja Trap
• Video most likely part-funded by Transport for London

Pirates Vs. Ninjas gets to take home goodie bags and signed, framed original Perplex City artwork.

THIRD PLACE

• Perplexcity Competition by Tiggz

Stunning us by its innovative use of deafening morse code, Tiggz's entry, Perplexcity Competition totalled 24,711 views by the time we hit the big red button and stopped counting.

Perplexcity Competition didn't read from an autocue when it accepted these awards:

• Best Use of "Red Sticker" Effect We Saw in Other Videos
• Best Pixelisation Transition Effects
• Most Deafening Morse Code Sequence

Perplexcity Competition gets to take home a goodie bag and signed, framed original Perplex City artwork.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Because these entries stood out from the rest of the runners up, we've decided to give them an extra special little something. Look out for it in your prize packages!

• Private Eye (Perplex City Video Competition) - seej
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Sepia; Best Use of Mobile Phone; Best Noir; Best Dialogue; Best American Accent; Best Hat Removal Scene; Best Farewell to Monica.
• Great Perplexations...The Moovie - randomkevlar, PseudoVal
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Galadriel; Most Frightening to a 4 Year Old; Most Original Soundtrack; Best Use of Pi; Most Danceable Soundtrack; Best Reuse of Podcast; Most Disguised Slideshow; Best Use of Most Disguised Slideshow; Best Use of "Play On"; Best Moo.
• The Quest for The Cube (part 1), (part 2), part 3, part 4, part 5 - robbielarosa
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Series; Most Accurate Portrayal Of Our Players; Best Way To Find The Cube; Best Supporting Performance by a Shovel; Best Greenscreen; Best Totally French Person; Best French Accent; Best French Song; Best Comical Voice Over; Best "We're In France?!" Exclamation; Best Flying Sequence; Best Astonished Face; Best Cut Expletive; Worst Impression of Perplex City / Mind Candy Offices; Best Use of David Joyce Gallery; Worst Cube; Best Stealing; Most Depressed Diggers; Best Tribute to Police Squad; Most Enthusiasm; Best Sandwich.

LEADERBOAD POINTS

The teams and individuals who produced the top ten videos by views (as shown below) will be receiving the following leaderboard points.

• Perplex City, Meet South Park
  UKVer2: 150 points
• Pirates Vs. Ninjas
  Gibbet, idlemichael, Juxta, skenmy, duckiemonster, sledgecallier, European Chris, Oliverkeers13, macmonkey and jojojojo: 100 points each
• Perplexcity Competition
  Tiggz: 80 points
• Zoltan's perplexcity film
  Zoltan: 70 points
• Team Berdoingg's Perplex City Movie
  Berdoingg: 60 points
• Great Perplexations...The Moovie
  Randomkevlar, PseudoVal: 50 points each
• Brainfood
  Sherbet: 40 points
• The Perplexing History of Earth
  Noumenon9: 30 points
• Xena's Challenge to Perplex City
  Xena: 20 points
• A Hitchhiker's Guide to Perplex City
  Darkflame: 10 points

THE RUNNERS UP!

You all made us laugh, and you all made us cry (in all the right ways, though!) - here's the roll call of the runners up our first Perplex City Video Competition. If we don't already have your names and addresses, look out for us getting in touch with you soon so we can send you your goodie bag.

• News Update: an introduction to Perplexcity - izzy
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Coffee Decoration; Best Usage of Perplex City Websites; Best Supporting Garden.
• What's In A Name? - SpecterG
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Threatening Silhouette; Best Use of Voicecutting Distortion.
• Ashley in Wonderland - Perplex City Competition - lhall
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Rabbit; Best Cinematography; "Very odd, quite nicely done" - Fiona Silk.
• Sequence-a-go-go - Perplexcity Competition - RubyMono
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Title Sequence.
• Difficultly Lethal - amorya
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Disqualified for Best Interpretation of the Rules.
• perplexcity - jereth1
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Times New Roman; Best Use of Coloured Lighting.
• Cubed - Typhinn
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Acccurate Interpretation of Perplex City Packaging; Easiest Find of the Cube; Most Accurate Portrayal of the Cube; Best Angry Cube; Best Cube Attack Scene; Best Performance by a Cube.
• A Day Late: Dogs, Ninjas, and Janitors - SpecterG
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Soldiers; Best Inadvertent Laughing During Filming; Best Usage of Dog.
• Perplex City - Scratch 'n' Sniff - iscavista
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Exploding Blocks in a Scene Transition; Worst Fake Newspaper.
• GamesU PerplexCity Video - GamesU
  Runner up in the following category: Best Slideshow Set to Music by a Retailer.
• Perplex City: Catchup - SteveC
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Realistic Vision of a Perplex City Fishtank; Best Appearance by a Type of Fish Fiona Silk Owns; Perkiest Music; Best Use of Red.
• A Short Film About Perplex City - myf
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Whipsmart Music; Most Dramatic Mood Change; Best Stick-Like Stick Figure; Best Female Stick Woman.
• 36 Puzzles in 64 Seconds - MONNIW
  Runner up in the following categories: Best (Where Best is Used Loosely) Use of Nudity; Best Use of Frying Pan; Most Violent Attack on Hairdos; Best Zoom Noise.
• perplexsims - Rohina
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Cow Dance Moves; Most Violent Whipsmart Cow Ever; Creepiest Narrator.
• The Perplexing History of Earth - Noumenon9
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Use of Girls in Bikinis; Best Apparent Bald Patch; Most Historically Accurate; Worst Shakespeare Backdrop; Best Fake Sente / Best Sente Guest Appearance; Best Jazz Hands Acting.
• zoltan's perplexcity film - zoltan9
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Ratio of Upper-to-Lower Case Text; Best Video Apparently By Zorro.
• Vitayemo! - doublecross
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Obviously Foreign Enough to Fool Jey Biddulph; Best Use of Beer; Most Alcoholic; Most Deranged; Longest Floor.
• It's time for - Li'lizzard, marknvikki
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Original Soundtrack; Best "I Love Puzzles" Mug; Most Disturbing American Beauty Tribute; Best Use of Card Folder; Most Likely To Have Resulted in Papercuts; Most Cheesy Grin.
• Perplexian on Earth - leavesofdestiny
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Matrix-y; Best Use of Website; Most Space-Age Vocals; Most Visible Guitar Fingerwork.
• A Hitchhiker's Guide to Perplex City - twdarkflame
  Runner up in the following categories: Best 2D Animation; Best Use Of "Not Here"; Most Vague Description / Best Attempt At Description of Location of Perplex City; Best Awooga; Best Use of CGI Fabric; Best Non-Cube Examples.
• Mysteries of the Cube - ash28
  Runner up in the following categories: Best Static; Best Advertisement For As-Yet Nonexistant Perplex City Videogame; Most Elvish Font; Most Air Guitar Playing Song; Best "V"; Swirliest Video
• Join The Quest! - Perplexcity - Hidden Clues - Reason
  Runner up in the following categories: Also Most Matrix-y, Best Use of Newspaper Advertisements, Best Use of Helicopter.
• The joy of perplex city... - onemanwenttomow
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Emotive Actor; Best Missing Of Door; Most Frantic.
• Team Berdoingg's Perplex City Movie - Team Berdoingg
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Likely To Make Mind Candy Feel Guilty; Best Usage of Small People; Best Use of Hieroglyphs.
• Brainfood - Sherbet
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Alarming Video; Scariest Laugh.
• Losing My Marbles - Elnathea
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Soothing; Best "Thud" Noise.
• Xena's challenge to Perplexcity - Xena
  Runner up in the following categories: Most Patriotic; Best Classical Headbobbing Music; Second Most Likely to be Sponsored by Transport for London.

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