How did Unknown from the United States get to fame? Come on, don’t you remember he won Week 5 of the All Out Summer Contest? That was just this past Monday. He got there by giving Modern Warfare 2 a 6/10.

That’s two good reasons to get to know him better.

Q&A with Unknown

incolas: Heya Unknown, how did you find your way to Gamocracy?
Unknown: If I remember right, it was an advertisement on Xfire.

What is your favorite genre? FPS?
I would have to say FPS with RTS coming in a very close second.

Are you playing StarCraft 2? Other games?
Recently I’ve been playing Alien Swarm and the free preview of R.U.S.E.. I haven’t yet gotten Starcraft 2 and am not sure I will.

You bashed MW2 and won Week 5 of the contest thanks to that. Are people mad at Activision or what?
I think some people are mad. I am just disappointed, MW2 could have been a much better game.

What is it you’re doing when you’re not playing or writing on Gamocracy?
Talking with friends, Summer school work, learning to code (mainly in C#), and playing around in Hammer (Source’s mapping tool).

What game(s) are you looking forward to the most?
R.U.S.E.

Thanks for taking some time with us, man!

I still couldn’t send your prize today: they didn’t have a box that fits it at the post office… It should be good early next week!

Also today, I met with Dodje, winner of Month 1 of the All Out Summer Contest. She got a headset from space for a prize and as soon as she sends over her pic with the thing on, I’ll post her interview here too.

The All Out Summer Contest is still going on until… the end of the summer!
Click if you got an Opinion on PC games

Just so you know, I didn’t pay for express delivery or whatever. Patience will be your best ally xD

I don’t have the full addresses for Morbus and Unknown yet so I couldn’t send theirs. Reply to me, guys!

I’m kinda proud that we have winners from all around the world. Our idea has always been to make an international site. When your home country is France, it’s not that obvious…

Before the end of the week, if all goes well, I should meet with Dodje, whose Opinion on Torchlight was the winner in Month 1, to hand her her prize. Dodje is French, Parisian even, so we’ll meet somewhere in town and take a couple pictures.

So far we awarded six prizes out of seventeen in the All Out Summer Contest.

We are currently in the middle of Week 6, for which the prize is…

A Domokun t-shirt straight outta dotsMarc’s collection

All Out Summer Contest page

Keeping the hundreds (thousands?) of people waiting in check was that guy:

He will not be remembered for his kindness. (what did you expect from a convict whose new found freedom is only leading him to intergalactic war?) /pic by Redfield

Him again, earlier in the evening. /pic by 2fre

It’s not like he didn’t have a lot on his hands.

After hours of waiting, they were let in to a scream of joy.

There were so many people over there that we went next door to buy the game, where there were… not too many people. Dustin Browder was not around, maybe that’s why… The crew, from left to right: Redfield, Serhan, yours truly, Stol, bobmichels, 2fre

A couple others found their way to the quiet store, too.

I also randomly came across DoppleGanker, but didn’t think about taking a picture. Stoopid. I wish you’d have seen his styles.

After that, we went for a drink and finally home to install the game. Only to find out, for my part, that if I wanted to play the English version, I needed to download the 7 GB English client from Battle.net… All in all, I’m just done setting things up and haven’t even played yet.

Cya on Battle.net.

>> And the winner is Unknown <<
for his Opinion on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Well, we just hope that someone really exists behind this mysterious username…

And the best part, what he just won :
the hype to be a Gamocracy contestant & winner
a beautiful and exclusive Silver Summer Lucker tokens
a Qpad UC Mousepad

4 other Opinions entered the drawing:

Drawing details: Record

dotsMarc also had an interesting opinion with a lot of pwnz, but since the guy is part of the Gamocracy team, he just can’t win! That’s the rules! But anyway, that’s worth the read :

Thank you everyone that took part!

Month 2 and Week 6 of the contest are now underway! You can take part, just click the link below to find out how.

>> All Out Summer Contest

1- Company of Heroes – 9.3/10
2- Starcraft: Brood War – 9.2/10
3- Starcraft – 8.9/10
4- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos – 8.8/10
5- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne – 8.8/10
6- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 – 8.5/10
7- Defcon – 8/10
8- Supreme Commander – 7.1/10
9- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – 7/10
10- Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath – 6.3/10

oooohh look at that, the same ranking in a visually attractive way
find out how the ranking is determined

Surprise, surprise, it’s not a Blizzard game at the top. I never tried Company of Heroes! Maybe I will after all. And… where the hell is Warcraft 2?

If, like me, you think this ranking needs improvement, join in and let the world know better.

I’ll be on the Champs Elysées for the midnight launch on Monday night. And if you’re looking for me, who knows, I’ll be the big guy with a beard throwing Gamocracy cards all over.

Don’t you just love that MW2 comparison?

Congrats, Morbus! You’re taking home maximum respect, a limited edition token and 3 t-shirts that need ironing.

Congrats also to the four others who made it to the drawing: ettemil, overl33t, blueman64 and godjonez. And a big thanks to everyone that’s been taking part.

Next Monday, we will draw the winner for Week 4, which started yesterday at 16 CET / 7 am PDT. She’ll take home a Balloon Fight dots pack and a Space Invader keychain.

And on Tuesday July 20th , we will draw the first monthly winner for the contest. A week away from the drawing, DoppleGanker’s in the lead.

All Out Summer Contest page

MaaAx being a parisian, he came home to get his prize today! (if you missed the latest episodes, we’re running a contest this summer and MaaAx is our first winner for his Opinion on Portal).

We could chat, drink, talk about the good old days of when we were colleagues and say mean things about those we didn’t like. I also revealed secret secrets about Gamocracy’s future. All in all, a pretty good time.

When the time came for the picture, we just looked around my room for one sec before it got obvious what would make for a fitting background…

And before he visited, our lucker answered questions by email.

incolas: Hello MaaAx, did you know that when dotsMarc and I were into CS tournaments, our arch nemesis was called “aAa”, with the triple A? They still exist btw www.team-aaa.com.
MaaAx: I know a lot of stuff about you, including some secret files which…you know…you wanna keep secret. :D

So, what are you doing these days at Game One?
Well, I’m on holidays right know. As you know, I’m a video game journalist (I also work for MotorMag in Mauritius), I talk about all the great games we’re gonna get in the future. And yes, being a reporter for that kind of stuff is f-ing great !!! But now the season (my fourth) is over, we’ve ended it at the E3 – which was pretty amazing by the way! So now I’m enjoying some free time, playing music and video games. It’s also a great time to hang out in the streets of Paris, as everyone is still working :D

What’s on the to do list for this summer?
Winning some contest on Gamocracy obviously ^^ And by the way, I have a new MacBook (my first one actually) and I needed a new mouse pad, so it couldn’t have been better! Seriously, I’m working on some new stuff on my acoustic guitar, maybe for my first ever solo project – but it could end as a duet with a friend. I also work on Jenny in Cage’s second EP, and I finally get to play a thousand games I’ve collected this year. Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, Bad Company 2, Red Steel 2, Mario Galaxy 2 (what’s up with the 2’s this year ???)…there are so many great titles I need to play!!! “Auto-promo” on : You can also read some of my words on ChoucrouteGarnie.fr and see great pictures on Photochiottes.com, two funky sites I launched with some friends this year.

You attended E3, how was it? Any upcoming game caught your eye more than another?
Well, E3 has become way too massive now, I couldn’t play all the games I’ve seen. I’m a Nintendo guy, so I would say 3DS was the most impressive, even if the line-up worries me a bit. Right now it’s almost all about remakes. Still, I definitely need one :). I also had a crush on RAGE (ID Software’s new title), a fantastic looking FPS. Loved the Fender guitar for Rock Band 3 (Bohemian Rapsody^^). And kudos to Michel Ancel for the magnificent Rayman Origins. Oh ! And I really enjoyed my time on Kinect, a nice and promising device…if it gets something else than tech demos.

If you could change or add just one thing to Gamocracy, what would it be?
Do add consoles! That would be just perfect. I would also like to get a Twitter and Facebook link, an iPhone application, and a chat.

Thx dude.
No. Thx you!!! Keep up the good work, I’m really enjoying the advert-free concept. And I shouldn’t say that (you are ruining my job!!!) but for the very first time, I feel like I can go on a website and get real game reviews, written by gamers for other gamers. Priceless!!!

Well, thank you again o_0

Enjoy the summer!

That wraps it up completely for Week 1 of the All Out Summer Contest. Week 2 is underway already, more details at the link below.
All Out Summer Contest page

Before I show you what’s at stake this time, I wanted to link to this page. There are the details regarding Week 1’s drawing. The number of times a name is entered depends on the number of pwnz! they got on their qualified Opinions. MaaAx got lucky! (full contest rules)

So, wanna see the prize for Week 2?

Earphones for the Metro

They’re for the metro because, as you can see, they get deep into your ears, which dramatically reduces the screaming sounds heard in the undergrounds these days. Which might also get you deaf in the long run, but that’s another story…

Also, they’re some kind of a collector’s piece, vintage stuff you know. The kind of vintage which specs can’t be found online anymore!.. Let’s face it, it’s not exactly a new model. But the fact that it was never used makes it even more valuable, don’t you think?!!

No? No… ok. Let’s talk about something else.

How did I get my hands on those? I used to collaborate with Plantronics, which has been Altec Lansing’s parent company for a few years. This was a gift by Grégory Morquin at Plantronics, with whom, it’s worth mentioning during those World Cup days, I attended a Barca football match at Camp Nou a couple years ago. In hindsight, the remembrance of Thierry Henry scoring goals only adds to the unreal flavor of the experience…

Anyway, thank you Greg!

These earphones for the metro will go to Week 2’s winner, next Monday!

All Out Summer Contest page

At stake today
one helluva mousepad +1 summer contest lucker token

specs

1 hour before the drawing, they’re in a good position
DoppleGanker: 9 pwnz! on 2 Opinions
Hakur0: 5 pwnz! on 1 Opinion
maaAx: 4 pwnz! on 1 Opinion
i59: 4 pwnz! on 1 Opinion
Read the Opinions at our magazine page

>> And the winner is <<

MaaAx for his Portal rating
congratz dude

MaaAx, if I were you, I’d check on the gf.

We’ll be back next week with another drawing, another prize and another token! maaAx, you won’t be able to enter weekly drawings again this summer but monthly ones are still open.

What’s that all about!?

To promote the contest a bit, I created Facebook and Xfire copies (sort of) or the official contest page that’s sitting on the blog. You can join us over there too!

All Out Summer Contest pages:

• on Facebook (friend invites on)
• on Xfire
• here on the Gamocracy blog – official page

Now that the triangle is set, I guess we’re ready to improvise some kind of all out assault on the world.

BONUS STAGE: if you’d like to take a look inside the contest

You can keep an eye on the most popular Opinions of this week from our Magazine page: hakur0 is in the lead in pwnz! but DoppleGanker has 2 Opinions in the top 5. i59 and R4VI4T0R are in too, while “triple A” MaaAx is first to be sorry in 6th place. For now, he’s right out of the drawing as only the 5 most popular Opinions will enter. Sorry, maaAx.

All is not said and done though as everyone that posted their Opinion on PC games on Gamocracy this week have until tomorrow Monday 16 CET (morning in the US), when the drawing will take place, to gather more pwnz!.

See you tomorrow -.-