Tempmas 2009 Starting!

Tempmas 2009 Starting! Compo orgy, everyone join the fiesta!

Dear members of GBAtemp, the GBAtemp staff is proud to present... Tempmas 2009 Merry Tempmas everyone! If you still remember it, last year's Tempmas was a time of joy in which we held one mini-competition every day. Well, the concept changes this year: we have decided to hold 4 super-competitions... at the same time! Each competition has its own theme: drawing, music, videos, writing... Everyone should be able to enter at least one! And if you want, you can even enter all 4 of them. 1. Graphic Competition Theme: draw your own Tempmas Santa Claus or take a photo of one. In this competition, we ask you to either take a photo of a GBAtempesque Santa Claus, or draw one. Feel free to interpret these instructions in any way you want, there's room for creative minds here! Photos may be photoshopped if necessary. Please send your entry as JPG files (no animated GIF allowed). 2. Music Competition Theme: compose your own Christmas song. This competition is for musicians only! We would like you to compose a Christmas themed song, with lyrics that will need to include the word "GBAtemp" at least once. We're asking you to send an actual song here, not just lyrics! So please send your entry as an mp3 file, no other formats will be accepted. 3. Video Competition Theme: record a video that you think best depicts the Christmas Spirit. In this competition, we're expecting you to record a video about the Christmas Spirit. Again, there's room for creativity here, so feel free to express your imagination. One only rule here: the GBAtemp mascot or site name must be shown at least once in the video. Please upload the video to YouTube and send us the link; other video websites are not allowed. 4. Poem/writing Competition Theme: write a poem or story telling Santa Claus why you deserve your Christmas presents this year. Pretty self-explanatory here. If you've been a good boy or girl, tell Santa Claus why and you might get one of those neat gifts listed below. Your text, whether it is a poem, short story, or any other form of text, must include GBAtemp in it somewhere. If you wrote song lyrics to enter the Music compo, you cannot enter your lyrics for this one too, you'll have to submit another entry. Please submit your entry as TXT file, no other format accepted. How to submit my entry? Send your entry by e-mail to tm.*@gbatemp.net, where * is to be replaced by the number of the competition you are submitting your entry to (1=graphics, 2=music, 3=video, 4=writing). You must send 1 e-mail per entry, each to the correct address. An e-mail containing multiple entries will be disregarded. You may only send one entry per competition, but you are allowed to enter all four competitions. Please include your GBAtemp member name in the email! If you don't, we will not be able to identify your account if you happen to be part of the winning entries. How much time do I have? You have two weeks from now: you must submit your entries before the 21st of December, 23:59 GMT. This will give the staff a couple of days to review all entries and pick the best of them by Christmas, as the results will be announced on December 25th in the traditional Merry Christmas topic. Is there any prize to win? Nope, th... oh wait, yes there are plenty! This year our partners have been struggling with each other to supply us with awesome gifts for our beloved tempers. For each of those competitions, we will offer: 1st prize: a brand new Nintendo DS Lite console, with the flashcart of your choice! 2nd to 5th prizes: a brand new M3i Zero + 4GB MicroSD bundle! 6th to 10th prizes: a stylish DS/DSLite/DSi case or R4i adapter. Please note that the prize list is subject to revision and might be updated in the future! Massive thanks to our partner sites for sponsoring this awesome Tempmas competition orgy! Check these guys out if you're ever in the market for gaming accessories - iShopVideoGame, Gamezway, WikiNDS  Discuss

Coming soon...

Coming soon... Rings a bell?

Coming Soon on GBAtemp... Rings a bell?

New forum for cultural discussions

New forum for cultural discussions Upon request!

GBAtemp introduces the... BMTM! Books, Music, TV and Movie Discussions Forum We received numerous requests in the past for a new forum dedicated to this kind of discussions; well the day has come. We have just opened a new forum in the "Other Discussions" area, just next to the Off-Topic Discussions Forum. This new section will contain all sorts of cultural topics: comics, mangas, books in general, music and bands and the industry, TV shows, movies and stuff you watch in general. Now you have a place to go to discuss the latest episodes of your favourite show with your friends and the community! UPDATE: in other news, we have recently switched to a new server (full story here) for the database, which should improve site performance. Since the board is now interestingly fast, we have merged all the old posts back together: archive forum's & last year's cut down posts- over a million posts restored! All posts from the beginnings of GBAtemp are now back up, along with all the original topics. Enjoy the full version of GBAtemp!  Access the BMTM forum  Discuss

Welcome to the BMTM!

Welcome to the BMTM!

The BMTM: a forum for cultural discussions! Talk about the books or comics you've read, the music you listen to and the stuff you watch!

Enjoy

Thank you Adsense!

Hello!
A couple of months ago, we started displaying Adsense/Google ads on our website for guests only, and I am very glad to say that it finally paid off! We were able to afford a new powerful server holding the database and you can see the results now, the site is much faster for everyone, even our Canadian friends!
This is only the first step of two: a new server will be delivered soon for hosting the website content and files. While transition will be a little longer (maybe a couple of hours) it should help improve the speed some more. We have hopefully settled to a solid architecture that we can stick to for a long while! This will allow the website to welcome more visitors simultaneously, without having too crappy speeds!
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We have great projects for the future on GBAtemp, stay tuned for more details!
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