I want to see your GAME FACE. As alluded to in some early posts, PDXBOX.NET is working on an ad campaign for a major tournament coming to Portland next year…and we need your help.  We want to feature the faces of actual gamers for the ad campaign.  Here it is…your chance at immortality.  Kind of.  

So to sweeten the deal, I’m gonna give the winner in each of the four categories the game of their choice.  The four categories are:

• The Heat Vision GAME FACE
• The Assassin GAME FACE
• The Oscar GAME FACE
• Best overall GAME FACE

Here are the category descriptions to help guide you in your selection, or even staging, of the photos you will submit.

The Heat Vision GAME FACE: Also known as the most intimidating face ever, or the face from hell.  This is the face designed to cause fear to break out in the heart of men.  This is the face that cuts through the night, the fog, and even darkness itself and sends the message far and wide…Don’t Mess With ME!

The Assassin GAME FACE: Also known as the silent but deadly type.  This is the face of the man/woman/beast/predator you don’t want to see in a dark alley, or isolated jungle…or on Xbox Live.  This is the face, that once you’ve seen it…you’re done.  It’s pretty much too late.

The Oscar GAME FACE: The Oscar is typified by two different “Oscars”…both of which feature smiles when beating you.  The first is Oscar De La Hoya, a boxer with a pretty good face, but even better punch.  The second is probably the scariest man with a smile on his face…The Joker.  Heath Ledger’s performance of the DC villain was chilling…so much he won an Oscar for that performance…arguably the best of his career.  Frightening.  The winner in this category will probably be smiling.

Best overall GAME FACE: Overall, I’m looking for a combination of all three faces in one…if that’s possible.  I’ll know it when I see it.

Here are the official rules:

• Before you submit a photo, please make sure you have registered as a member on this site. Only one submission per person is allowed.
• Submissions open at the time of this post, and close 11:59 pm, December 31, 2009, or when the total photos submitted get to 500.
• People can submit their photos by filling out the form below.
• The first 100 people to submit their pictures will be guaranteed a spot in the ad promotion… unless of course the picture is unacceptable.  See the submission details below.
• PDXBOX.NET staff will pick our top 5 in each category.
• We will post the top five in each category so you, the site members can vote on your favorites.  At the end of the day, we will tally up, and the bottom three finalists of each category will be removed.
• The votes will then be reset, and the voting will take place between the top two finalists.
• Winners will have the option of picking any game they they would like…as long it doesn’t go over $60.
• As always, normal rules and conditions apply.

Photo submission guidelines:

• Photos must be color jpg files.
• In order for your picture to be used in the ad campaign, it needs to primarily be of your face…hence the term GAME FACE.
• We reserve the right to crop down a picture as we see fit.  All submissions will be cropped down to a perfect square for proper use in the ad.
• Photos will be discarded if there is any objectionable material included in the photo.  Use common sense people.
• We will be using some images in posters, so it would help if images are at least 1024 pixels wide.

Good luck, and remember… submissions will close December 31, 2009.

Here it is….the redesigned PDXBOX.NET gaming site.  I don’t really have anything to say as of yet…other than welcome back.  If you are reading this then you are getting to see the site as it is develops over the next week or so.

What happened to the old site…you said more functionality was coming?

I know…I know…stop clowning.  What happened was it never got finished.  We’ve been so busy working on other aspects of the business the old site didn’t get the attention it deserved.  While it looked tight…it never got to the point where it actually did much other than help us hype it up for events. Eventually the timelag caught up with us.  Now web 2.0 is here, and it’s a whole new world out there and the old website strategy just doesn’t stand up to the current standards.  So we scrapped the whole thing.

I spent much of the last month rebuilding the site from the ground up.  We gave it a new look, and added some beef to the backend as well.  I had decided that it was important to integrate Facebook into our site.  This way people can sign up, and become members of PDXBOX.NET from within the Facebook structure.  You can invite friends, enter contests, and do any number of official activities by using Facebook to create your PDXBOX.NET account.

Problem is…people now have to do their accounts all over again with the site reboot.  It’s a bummer, yes…but not the end of the world.  Come on folks…its not that bad.  It’s only two clicks, and now you don’t have to remember a new set of logins…you just use your Facebook ID.  In the meantime, it’s on and crackin for new events, new games, and the future of gaming here in Portland, Oregon.  If we, and this site, are new to you…be sure to check out the Introduction page.  As far as the old faithful contingent, I’ll post some more images later of some of our past…when I get some time. Let me get more of the site done first though.  Don’t forget to Get Involved.  We got some important things coming. Hit me up on the Contact page, or just challenge me on Xbox Live.  Did I mention mama said knock you out?  Let’s GO!!!!!

Well folks Halo 3: ODST hits tomorrow.  Enjoy your midnight run.  Here’s a review in the meantime.

Just a shout-out to let everyone know.  The Halo 3 Mythic Map pack has been released on Xbox Live featuring three new maps which you can see below.  Click on the map screenshot to get the Halopedia page for more details about that specific map.  We will announce a multiplayer game night soon centered around these maps.  Get ready!!!

Assembly:

Orbital:

Sandbox:

We are excited to participate and even somewhat sponsor the 1337 Game Camp being held this Friday & Saturday.  It will be held at the Intel Computer Clubhouse in North Portland.  While this event is only for high school students, we are pretty excited to be involved.

 Check out the flyer here.