[sl] Birthday Cake Contest Winners!
From March 12 - 16, 2007, 15 residents in Teen Second Life competed in the first annual Birthday Cake Making Contest on Global Kids Island, organized by teen resident Jay Clostermann. Each day teens worked on their cakes and invited their friends from all over the world to come and check out the event. Visitors were asked to examine the cakes and to vote for their favorite one.
On Friday, March 16, 2007, Tabitha Gkid along with 25+ residents announced the winners of the contest followed by a brief discussion on the event.
Ryan Bartz was the first prize winner of the contest, with the higest count of 62 votes.
Ryan was awarded $1000 Linden, and was so excited about winning that he wrote a notecard to share his experience with everyone.
Ryan Bartz – GK Birthday Cake Contest Winner
- I first come across this event because I have been involved with Global Kids for some time now, and the message was being passed around. I just had to enter!
I got started by simply doing the outline, and thinking what could be unique, but good. I decided to go for a square base with a round top. I added some twisted boxes to make the swirly cream around the edge of the base (hope you know what I mean). Then I used some pillars to link up to the round part of the cake. I added some icing to those. Then I made one more set of pillars to create a base for a 3D sign saying "GK". Then I simply textured it and made sure everything was looking ok and in the right position.
My cake also has some flags on the base of the cake sticking out with the Global Kids logo on them, then decided to put a slow rotation in the cake as it was for display. Then I added 4 mini men climbing on the cake to add more style to the cake! One man laying down, one man looking off the cake, standing proud, and 2 men sitting down having a nice time.
I wanted to get some votes, so i decided to add another flag with floating text, giving the cake (without the mini men) for free, full permissions. And as a Thank-You, they would vote for me.
Also, I invited some of my friends to GK to help me get votes for my cake and any suggestions to make my cake better without going other the prim limit. My friends were very helpful and I thank them for helping me out.
The voting process was very good, as you could only vote once and you could easily change your vote for another cake during the week.
Happy Birthday Global Kids!
- Ryan Bartz
Jamesy Lopez, came in second place with 54 votes.
When I first joined the GK birthday cake making contest I was really excited. When I found out that I could win 1,000L and a special prize I just got more excited. When the day came to put your cake on a table I was left out by accident since I was not on at all the day before, then I got put back in the cake making group and got started right away.
At the end of the competition I was surprised to see that I was in second place. This was my first contest I have ever participated in, so I am happy to get in 2nd. I had the most fun time making and participating in this contest. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!
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Cake description: My cake had vanilla outer coating with strawberry frosting. In the middle of the cake is vanilla and chocolate, A.K.A. marble. I think my cake is unique because of the candle script I added, it allows people to blow the candles out and light them again!
P.S. i couldn't have done this without my manager Dude Coldstream!
Here are the 2 winners standing next to each other
Teens attending the announcement of the contest winners, along with discussion on the whole event.
Ryan Bartz, the first prize winner of 1000 Lindens, answers questions from the audience.
