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	Thursday Jul 15, 2010 Sonic 4 Birthday Contest – Honorable Mentions, Part I We were sitting there, watching all the entries on the big screen in the meeting room when we realized it: there were too many good entries. Knowing that only ten could advance, it was hard because we liked far more than just ten. And so, to give some love to those videos that we really enjoyed, but who might not be in the top ten, we have some additional Honorable Mentions that we’d like to spotlight here on the blogs. There are far too many for a single blog post, so we’ve divided them up into different parts. This is the first in our series of honorable mentions – we hope you guys will enjoy them as much as we did. : ) Honorable Mentions – Part I 19 Years – A Sonic Q&A A great, animated entry with some awesome old school humor. One of our favorites here at Sega of America! The ending was also a great touch. West Coast Madness A great entry that mixed creativity, effort, and some fantastic public involvement. Hearing the little kids chant “Go Sonic!” is pretty awesome. Reach the Goal This entry scored extremely high on creativity. Not only did this guy create his own original song, but he also wrote his own lyrics and had the courage to sing them. A great example of an entry that is both original and required a lot of effort. Awesome work! Sonicola So, this one gets props first off for the awesome PSO poster in the background. And then we watched the rest, and saw his giant pop cap created Sonic shoe, and the dark satire going on in the background. Good stuff! True Blue Passion One of the first early entries we got in that made us really happy. This documentary showcases both the history of a fan with Sonic, his love for Sonic throughout the years, and ends on a note that’ll make you smile. Sonic through the ages Not what you’re expecting – and partially great because of it. This one caught us off guard and had our judges laughing with each new picture, up until it wowed them at the end. Another great submission. Sonic’s Milk Time An entertaining and well-animated entry with some fun jabs at certain lines from the past, all spoofed around a rugrats episode. Definitely worth watching. (Ha Ha, Teamwork!) I saw it news Another documentary style entry focused around the passion of one Sonic fan, as seen in a news story. Pretty awesome, and the humor (his mom leaning completely out of the blurred face section) was also very well done. The ending – and Dreamcast in the shot – also got some appreciation on our end. Sonic Cheesecake …What? I really like Cheesecake. Dreaming of Sonic This guy has a Sonic tattoo – and a Sonic costume. He mixed that with a great, creative video that actually scored quite highly by our judges. A great mix of public involvement, too! We could almost picture that last scene as the surprise ending to some horror movie, but the locales, the presentation – and of course, the tattoo – prove that this guy is far beyond your average fan. Props to his family as well; it sounds like they’re pretty awesome! Green Hill Zone! Hey, we know that guy! A familiar face from Comic-con sent in this masterpiece, and while the video didn’t have much in the way of music or dramatic shots, we were extremely impressed by what we saw: a huge replica cutout of Green Hill Zone – the biggest and probably one of the best we’ve ever seen. Now that you’ve seen the awesome inherent within the above videos, let’s give them all a nice round of congrats and recognition for the hard work they put in. Stay tuned for Part II, where we’ll feature even more videos that deserve some great love from the community. We’ll start things off, and we hope you guys will mirror us in the comments – great work, to all of you! Tweet Posted by RubyEclipse in Project Needlemouse, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I on 6:43:05PM Jul 15, 2010


	57 Responses to “ Sonic 4 Birthday Contest – Honorable Mentions, Part I ” Comment # 1 Yeah, honorable mentions! Posted by Sonictrainer on July 15th, 2010 at 7:11 pm Comment # 2 I hope my entry gets some love in Part II, I worked hard on it =[ Posted by n00neimp0rtant on July 15th, 2010 at 7:25 pm Comment # 3 @ n00neimp0tnat: Same here for my entry as well. =( Posted by AngelJump on July 15th, 2010 at 7:30 pm Comment # 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U0bu5Tk1pc Posted by Vinny on July 15th, 2010 at 7:31 pm Comment # 5 SomecallmeJonny’s video is awesome, by far. Posted by Dizzles on July 15th, 2010 at 7:33 pm Comment # 6 aint that last video based on a cutout relased a few years ago? Posted by Metaru on July 15th, 2010 at 7:57 pm Comment # 7 Not even an honorable mention. I get the feeling my video wasn’t watched. ,:l Posted by Rsien hell fire on July 15th, 2010 at 9:42 pm Comment # 8 Go jonny! I love this guys animation! Goooooooooooooooo jonny! Posted by number one sonic fan! on July 15th, 2010 at 9:47 pm Comment # 9 I hope I make it into Part II. The music I made can’t go to complete waste, can it? Posted by SMK on July 15th, 2010 at 10:02 pm Comment # 10 Yay, I made honorable mention! Mine’s the SoniCola one. It took me days and days to construct that giant Sonic shoe out of bottle caps. I still have it. It’s goin’ up on the wall, with a print-out of this page taped on the back. It’s a shame I didn’t win, but them’s the breaks. I didn’t do it to win, I did it to show my passion for the blue dude with the attitude! Thanks, Ruby! You sure know how to make us fans feel appreciated! Posted by Yamishi on July 15th, 2010 at 10:19 pm Comment # 11 i like 19 years in counting the most its pretty funny and very will animated Posted by METALSONICRULEZ on July 15th, 2010 at 10:30 pm Comment # 12 SomecallmeJonny should be among the top ten. He’s made some great sonic game review videos over the past two months. Posted by mozychan on July 15th, 2010 at 10:38 pm Comment # 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlU97Ui5fE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6byNquDOO4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94YRdocD8Dc Posted by Bryce Zimmer on July 15th, 2010 at 10:51 pm Comment # 14 they did a great job im really glad there is some ppl watching out there GO SONIC!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlU97Ui5fE make sure to watch my video entry Posted by Bryce Zimmer on July 16th, 2010 at 12:00 am Comment # 15 I vote for Dreaming of Sonic, this guy proved he’s as big of a Sonic fan as me! Posted by Juice Hedgehog on July 16th, 2010 at 12:17 am Comment # 16 MY entry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ3b5b2jKgY I WORKED 2 HARD WEEKS SEGA DON’T DISAPPOINT Posted by BLUEBLUR720 on July 16th, 2010 at 1:18 am Comment # 17 Top one is the best! Posted by Jakeiiii on July 16th, 2010 at 2:18 am Comment # 18 Thank you for listing I Saw it News! Even though these entries aren’t in the top 10, aren’t we still eligible for the Sonic swag prize? Posted by Mykle on July 16th, 2010 at 8:01 am Comment # 19 Yep, every single entrant is eligible to win a Sonic T-Shirt and figure! Posted by SonikkuForever on July 16th, 2010 at 8:26 am Comment # 20 I had a seriously cool entry, but my computer wouldn’t save it for some reason…. Guess I was not ment to go to japan…. oh well. I really loved that Song! And I also loved the Q & A! Shadow: Don’t toutch that! Posted by Naxal710 on July 16th, 2010 at 9:22 am Comment # 21 oh man. Though, i didn’t win, i love a lot of these entries. Especially the music video and the cut-out of green hill zone. Posted by Irvin on July 16th, 2010 at 9:56 am Comment # 22 hopefully mine got in part 2, I think I did okay. Posted by Braxton on July 16th, 2010 at 10:29 am Comment # 23 I think what I like most about this is the diversity there is in Sonic fans. I think there is something to Sonic the Hedgehog that can appeal to people of all types. Posted by SonicTHP on July 16th, 2010 at 1:07 pm Comment # 24 The first animated one, the rugrats one, and the Isawitfirst news videos caught my eye on youtube. Glad they got some recognition. Posted by Crystal on July 16th, 2010 at 1:45 pm Comment # 25 Aw! I hope mine was good enough to earn an honorable mention. It was the best I could do in the three days I had to work on it. The rest of these are still really good though, and there are a couple finalists that I really like. Posted by whitegryphon on July 16th, 2010 at 1:49 pm Comment # 26 Aww, too bad the “Reach the Goal” song didn`t make to the top 10. The music is so nice and catchy. But at least it got honorable mention! And Sonic`s milk time is pretty cool as well, nice cartoon! Posted by Adinan on July 16th, 2010 at 5:59 pm Comment # 27 The Reach the Goal one was AWESOME! I LOVED the cartoony interview thing! HILARIOUS! Posted by sonicoffice on July 16th, 2010 at 9:56 pm Comment # 28 i can’t quite reach it… CHAOS EMERALD!!!!!! Posted by DieHardSonicFan on July 17th, 2010 at 1:08 pm Comment # 29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsc4d2aY8k Posted by kjpsonic on July 17th, 2010 at 3:34 pm Comment # 30 Thanks for the kind words ( ours is the one with the REAL hedgehog: SonicThroughTheAges ). I realize I never properly said what the Green Hill Zone was at the end. The main thing was cardboard/paint/clay etc. (which my brother did). The item box, the plants, the bridge, the checkpoint, the loop-de-loop, and, of course, Eggman, were made entirely out of Lego. Here’s a couple better pictures of Eggman and the props, for anyone interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/4079236288/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/4752596473/ Posted by Ryan H. on July 17th, 2010 at 5:57 pm Comment # 31 oh im mean they did a great job im really glad there is some ppl watching out there GO SONIC!!! 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAkTrU2k0Q 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzPm8HN4Cqk&feature=related 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlWK0GV8g7c make sure to watch my video entry Posted by Dalton Mcguire-adjodha on July 17th, 2010 at 9:18 pm Comment # 32 We need a SONIC INTERVENTION on this voting regulation. Things are getting out of hand. People are just voting constantly from the same address. Posted by Frack on July 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm Comment # 33 Genesis does what NINTENDON’T! Oh come on that is so 19a90!! LOL Posted by DieHardSonicFan on July 18th, 2010 at 8:47 am Comment # 34 Sega, FIX THE POLLS SYSTEM. There is major cheating involved cause people can vote for the same person several times a day and it isn’t fair for people who worked their butts off on the entries! It ruins the fun out of the contest cause people just can’t follow the rules! Posted by sonicfan on July 18th, 2010 at 1:08 pm Comment # 35 I couldn’t enter the contest, but I made these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA-Ad_6GyYc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA-Ad_6GyYc Too bad no one likes Bentley Jones…… Posted by Hasan Avenger on July 18th, 2010 at 1:59 pm Comment # 36 Yeah Sega. You messed up the polls really bad. I’m sure the 13 year old girl that painted Sonic on her door will win because she amassed all her junior high school friends to vote for her. But come on, her entry is one of the worsts. How is it honestly beating Needlemouse the musical? Or Sonic Intervention? Or the stop motion one? Oh and its been four months? Or maybe five months. I STILL haven’t received my Sonic shirt that you promised to send out. Posted by Dante on July 18th, 2010 at 2:27 pm Comment # 37 Ruby, I have a cool suggestion for Sonic 4. Maybe its too late but, SEGA remakes the actual Sega Genesis Controller USB for PS3/360 and Wii if possible as a pre-order bonus. Even for sale with Sonic 4 release? I think that would be awesome right? Posted by DeVeAn on July 18th, 2010 at 2:29 pm Comment # 38 Dante, don’t go hating on the girl. She’s actually 19 years old and even she is disappointed that people are cheating. Posted by sonicfan on July 18th, 2010 at 3:18 pm Comment # 39 I’m glad you guys like my entry, thanks for mentioning me! (I’m the guy who made “Sonic’s Milk Time”) Posted by Shawnspaz16 on July 18th, 2010 at 7:06 pm Comment # 40 O_O you can vote more than once?! facepalm sega….. shoulda used the “once per IP address” system… Posted by pekoponian girl on July 19th, 2010 at 10:56 am Comment # 41 We’re aware of the issue and we’re looking into a solution. We’ll have more information soon. Posted by Kellie on July 19th, 2010 at 2:24 pm Comment # 42 Sonicfan, I’m sorry for hating on her. I didn’t really mean to come off so harsh, but I was just upset to see that she had thousands of more votes than anyone else….It’s kind of unfair. Posted by Dante on July 19th, 2010 at 2:26 pm Comment # 43 Yeah, it’s unfair and she said so herself that the music video deserves to be in first place more then her so it’s not really her fault. It’s these people who is spamming the votes. I just hope that Sega fixs this and soon. Posted by sonicfan on July 19th, 2010 at 2:39 pm Comment # 44 Darn it! I just realized I put 2 of the same link! I meant to put this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcuOYeAB7Y Posted by Hasan Avenger on July 19th, 2010 at 4:36 pm Comment # 45 Nice Videos People, i wanted to participate too… but only USA y canada fans can acording the rules.. oh well… T-T… really sad really wanted… but maybe i upload mine just to show my love for the blue hedgehog, go go sonic!! after all he almost has my same age jeje. Nice music and videos, KEEP GOING! Posted by Rakyu on July 20th, 2010 at 12:05 am Comment # 46 When is Part II gonna be up? Posted by Jakeiiii on July 21st, 2010 at 3:18 am Comment # 47 Will there be an honorable mention for the entries that didn’t make it in the uk and how many? Posted by sonic satam on July 21st, 2010 at 3:17 pm Comment # 48 My video didnt make it to the top ten but at least i showed my love for the blue blur just waiting to see if anybody gets anything from Sega I really would like a shirt or somthing to remember this by cause who knows if anouther contest will happen like this. Go Sonic im rooting for ya caint wait for Sonic 4 Posted by Bryce Zimmer on July 21st, 2010 at 11:47 pm Comment # 49 Hey Sega may I suggest a possible email voting system? then you can track IPs and know who is trying to spam the vote…even with multiple emails. It might give a little more control over the voting. And maybe only let people vote one time instead of once per day. Posted by ichibi-chan on July 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 am Comment # 50 I think they should just send a ticket to all entrys to play Sonic 4 and the number one winner should see sonic team i saw the web site to vote and they cancled the voting cause of whats been going on. Sonic fan#1 Posted by Bryce Zimmer on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:07 pm Comment # 51 Here are some videos I thought were really interesting and inspiring. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6byNquDOO4 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hd52ZRsRew 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_C11MT34w&feature=related 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjp939PyQo&feature=related 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq5_QBqNPfI&feature=related Posted by IndigoSonic on July 22nd, 2010 at 7:19 pm Comment # 52 I’m very glad it’s the blue blur’s birthday,(try and say that 10 times fast!)but I’d also like to remember the old forgoten sonic characters.Mighty the armadillo,Ray the flying squirrel,Nack the weasel(a.k.a. Fang the sniper),Bark the polarbear,etc.If you still remember any old forgoten please say so in a comment because it would be really great to know there are still people out there who remember them. Posted by Donovan on July 25th, 2010 at 7:51 pm Comment # 53 Okay, so what’s going on with the contest? Sega should’ve announced the winner a few days ago. If they can’t get the polls fixed then atleast pick the winner out yourselves Posted by sonicfan on July 29th, 2010 at 10:03 am Comment # 54 I know the old forgaoten sonic characters(e.g. fang the sniper and etc.) But I am not so worried about them. They will always be with us in the sonic the hedgehog comics. Although I really wished SEGA would put Sally acorn into the games. Posted by biggest sonic the hedgehog fan ever! on August 1st, 2010 at 1:48 am Comment # 55 I heard the contest was suspended because one of the contestant decided to cheat. Who know what they were trying to accomplished out of it. Posted by smith on August 1st, 2010 at 10:06 am Comment # 56 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mIYXMQpUFI Thats mine It hasnt gotten much love haha, i put a ton of work into it though. Posted by Daniel Butler on August 3rd, 2010 at 12:29 pm Comment # 57 Meh 2/10 Posted by Truesonic on September 8th, 2010 at 1:16 pm


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