GUI Olympcis awards announced: Nearly $20,000 in total cash and prizes.
Friday, March 5, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: GUI Championships News
Over $15,000 in cash and prizes has been contributed by the Stardock, Nullsoft,
ATI, Microsoft, and Eclipsit. This includes $1000 in cash given out during the
top individuals and top teams portion. Below is a list of the various events and
the current schedule for when the judging will begin. The date for the judgment
is subject to change (they won't be earlier than what's listed, however).
Here's the list.
(All Team Cash prizes will be sent to the owner/creator of the team, it will
be up to the team owner to divide the prizes.)
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Date of Judgment |
| WB Most minimalist visual style | $100 | $50 | $25 | 4/5/2004 |
| WB Best power user visual style | $100 | $50 | $25 | 4/8/2004 |
| WB Most usable visual style | $100.[RXT] | $50 | $25 | 4/12/2004 |
| WB Most creative visual style | $100,[AW] | $50 | $25 | 4/15/2004 |
| WB Best themed visual style | $100,[AW] | $50 | $25 | 4/19/2004 |
| WB Best Pseudo-OS visual style | $100 | $50 | $25 | 4/22/2004 |
| WB Best overall visual style | $400, [RXT] | $200, [AW] | $100, [TV] | 4/26/2004 |
| WB Top Team/Individual | $100/$100 | $50/$50 | $25/$25 | 4/27/2004 |
| WB User's Choice: Best Visual Style | $200 | $100,[AW] | $50 | 4/29/2004 |
| IP Most original icon package | $200,[M] | $100,[M] | $50,[M] | 4/5/2004 |
| IP Best themed (icons that fit a specific theme) icon package | $200,[M] | $100,[M] | $50,[M] | 4/12/2004 |
| IP Best Pseudo-OS icon package | $200,[M] | $100,[M] | $50,[M] | 4/19/2004 |
| IP Best overall icon package | $400,[RXT],[M] | $200,[AW], [M] | $100,[M] | 4/26/2004 |
| IP Top Team/Individual | $100/$100 | $50/$50 | $25/$25 | 4/27/2004 |
| IP User's Choice: Best icon package | $200,[M] | $100 ,[M] | $50 ,[M] | 4/29/2004 |
| WA Most creative Winamp skin | [TV],[WA] | [WA],[DVD] | [WA] | 4/5/2004 |
| WA Most usable Winamp skin | [TV],[WA] | [WA],[DVD] | [WA] | 4/8/2004 |
| WA Best power user Winamp skin | [TV],[WA] | [WA],[DVD] | [WA] | 4/12/2004 |
| WA Best themed Winamp skin | [TV],[WA] | [WA],[DVD] | [WA] | 4/19/2004 |
| WA Best overall Winamp skin | $400, [RXT],[WA],[DVD] | $200, [WA],[DVD] | $100, [WA] | 4/26/2004 |
| WA Top Team/Individual | [WA] | [WA] | [WA] | 4/27/2004 |
| WA User's Choice: Best Winamp skin | [RXT],[WA],[DVD] | [WA],[DVD] | [WA],[DVD] | 4/29/2004 |
| Overall Winner (individual) in points | $500,[XBOX] | $300 | $200 | 4/30/2004 |
| Overall Winner (team) in points | $500 | $300 | $200 | 4/30/2004 |
All contestants who win a gold, silver, or bronze also get the following:
- Object Desktop (or extension to access)
- Galactic Civilizations
- T-shirt (either a GUI Olympics one, a WinCustomize one, a Microsoft one, or a Stardock one
Additional Prize Codes:
[RXT] = ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB
[AW] = All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro
[TV] = TV Wonder Pro Remote Control Edition
[M] = Microangelo icon studio
[XBOX] = Xbox
[WA] = Winamp Pro
[DVD] Video/Music CDs or DVDs (to be determined)
Note: No duplicate prizes for winners (i.e. if you won every event, all 3 places, you wouldn't get 48 T-shirts). If winner wins events with multiple graphics cards, player can choose which one they want.
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