Digital Artists Will do Battle on New MTV Show

MTV and HP are teaming up for a a cool new series that will air on MTV worldwide. This new show will pit creative minds from around the world against each other in a battle of digital art skills that will include graphic design, animation, mixing sounds, filmmaking and more.

The Winning Team Will Take Home $400,000 USD In Cash and HP Products!

Ready to prove you’ve got what it takes? You can start by putting together samples of your best work. They want to see your best graphics, short films, web pages, songs, mixes or anything else cool you have created. Entries will be accepted until June 30, 2008. You must be available from July 18, 2008 through August 16, 2008 to be flown to New York City to compete in the contest!

Inquiries can be sent to engineroom@mtvu.com

Applicants can upload their work to www.MTVEngineroom.com. You must apply as an individual.

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I want to see jimiyo or finley on this show.

1. 

   Universitee Apparel said 4 months ago

   that is so sick. i cant wait to see that. definitely agree with the finley or jimiyo but throw in frenden and we’ll call it a day.

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   AYYOGOLDSTEIN said 4 months ago

   Stupid age limits...

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   jaynajaynajayna said 4 months ago

   that would be so exciting. Empteers coordinating watching and bein all OMG or THAT BITCH

   ohhhhh man

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   jimiyo said 4 months ago

   shiiiiii... that would be interesting, but its f-ing world wide. if you start looking on the internets, you will find hundreds, no thousands, of people who kick everyone’s ass here all over the place including mine...

   besides just thinking about being on the teleee makes me throw up. i am however flattered at the mention, thank you. just for kicks though i might upload some craps.

5. 

   LitoQ said 4 months ago

   lol...

6. 

   derekdeal said 4 months ago

   ... to compete in a series of creative challenges utilizing HP computers

   HP computers? Are you fucking kidding me?

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   a killer wombat said 4 months ago

   its HP’s desperate way to try and pull people from mac’s... until the person wins, sells the HP stuff and buys new macs.

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   skull with hair said 4 months ago

   i hope this doesn’t air on real MTV. this kind of makes me sick to my stomach. i really love art/design and the idea of seeing it lowered to some reality show bullshit level pisses me off.

   making art a competition sucks. the light hearted tee-off we had here was fun for all of us, but to have retards at mtv judge your artwork or pit you against eachother in some dumb contest for rad HP products is about as lame as it gets.

   the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

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   skullface said 4 months ago

   AYYOGOLDSTEIN said: Stupid age limits...

   4realz.

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    AYYOGOLDSTEIN said 4 months ago

    and chances are that it will be filled with either really shitty designers or really good designers

    either way
    you’ll suck with an HP.

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    deepee said 4 months ago

    AYYOGOLDSTEIN said: and chances are that it will be filled with either really shitty designers or really good designers either way you’ll suck with an HP.

    I know were your coming from. But you don’t need a mac to be a good artist. Take wyel for instance.

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    jimiyo said 4 months ago

    skull with hair said:the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

    LOL

    ...

    there aint nothing wrong with an HP. a high end HP, is just as high end as a MAC. i use a Dell. a mid range Dell. i used to make images on a Celeron Emachines.

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    jfinley said 4 months ago

    4. Eligibility: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ANY COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF ENTRY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), ENTRANTS SHALL ALSO BE EITHER (A) CURRENTLY ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT AT ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD OR (B) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE PAST TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE START OF THE CONTEST PERIOD.

    Well, I guess that rules me out. I graduated in 2004.

    But regardless, I think it’d be good publicity for myself and for Go Media if I could go on the show, BUT I’m kinda with SWH on this issue. I don’t exactly support MTV anyway, so I shouldn’t lower myself to their standards.

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    Setup85 said 4 months ago

    skull with hair said: i hope this doesn’t air on real MTV. this kind of makes me sick to my stomach. i really love art/design and the idea of seeing it lowered to some reality show bullshit level pisses me off. making art a competition sucks. the light hearted tee-off we had here was fun for all of us, but to have retards at mtv judge your artwork or pit you against eachother in some dumb contest for rad HP products is about as lame as it gets. the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

    I have the same feeling going on. In my opinion I would NOT want to see this, especially on MTV.

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    jimiyo said 4 months ago

    jfinley said:

    4. Eligibility: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ANY COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF ENTRY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), ENTRANTS SHALL ALSO BE EITHER (A) CURRENTLY ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT AT ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD OR (B) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE PAST TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE START OF THE CONTEST PERIOD.

    Well, I guess that rules me out. I graduated in 2004.

    But regardless, I think it’d be good publicity for myself and for Go Media if I could go on the show, BUT I’m kinda with SWH on this issue. I don’t exactly support MTV anyway, so I shouldn’t lower myself to their standards.

    dizang, im old as dirt, i didnt see the college graduate thing. i guess like their other shows they want young and fresh, most likely attractive looking.

    i imagine a show full of hip metrosexuals with 'cool' spectacles.

    but for any designer, this could be a really good place to takeoff.

    MTV, or TV in general suxorz i think. except for dirty jobs. thats bees knees.

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    sittingduck said 4 months ago

    jfinley said:

    4. Eligibility: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ANY COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF ENTRY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), ENTRANTS SHALL ALSO BE EITHER (A) CURRENTLY ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT AT ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD OR (B) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE PAST TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE START OF THE CONTEST PERIOD.

    Well, I guess that rules me out. I graduated in 2004.

    But regardless, I think it’d be good publicity for myself and for Go Media if I could go on the show, BUT I’m kinda with SWH on this issue. I don’t exactly support MTV anyway, so I shouldn’t lower myself to their standards.

    wtf does college have to do with anything? I’m not allowed to compete in your damn design show cause I didn’t go to college? that’s bs .... sigh ... oh well, not like i would anyway, can’t stand mtv ... I miss "much music" from canada, then it became fuse, which pretty much mirrors mtv ...

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    herman said 4 months ago

    wow, that rules out alot of people.

    I might give this a try, haha.

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    AndrewOliv said 4 months ago

    yep, im ruled out too.. no degree heck not even 18 till august. GHEY

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    justgeoff said 4 months ago

    skull with hair said: i hope this doesn’t air on real MTV. this kind of makes me sick to my stomach. i really love art/design and the idea of seeing it lowered to some reality show bullshit level pisses me off. making art a competition sucks. the light hearted tee-off we had here was fun for all of us, but to have retards at mtv judge your artwork or pit you against eachother in some dumb contest for rad HP products is about as lame as it gets. the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

    Amen, this idea sucks harder than keeping Terry Schiavo alive.

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    jumpy said 4 months ago

    what this show needs is Ray Frenden VS Adolf Jackson

    Ray beats Adolf to death
    WIN!

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    sittingduck said 4 months ago

    jumpy said: what this show needs is Ray Frenden VS Adolf Jackson Ray beats Adolf to death WIN!

    wrong show ... they should be on "the octagon"

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    chrisrushing said 4 months ago

    yeah im not crazy about the MTV part of it... but i still like the idea.

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    chrisrushing said 4 months ago

    9. Prize: Six (6) Winners will each receive one (1) HP Pavilion dv2800t Artist Edition notebook (the "Prize" or the "Prizes").

    so wait.... you get an HP laptop? woo... haha

    but it says 400,000 for the winning team, i guess that means 100,000 per person.

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    skull with hair said 4 months ago

    chrisrushing said:

    9. Prize: Six (6) Winners will each receive one (1) HP Pavilion dv2800t Artist Edition notebook (the "Prize" or the "Prizes").

    so wait.... you get an HP laptop? woo... haha

    but it says 400,000 for the winning team, i guess that means 100,000 per person.

    no it says "he Winning Team Will Take Home $400,000 USD In Cash and HP Products!" cash AND products meaning the total value of 400,000 is made up of money and shitty laptops.

    so most likely each person on the winning team is gonna get $99,960 worth of old HP ram from 2003 and $40 cash. rad.

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    Sushilove said 4 months ago

    Fuck... I’m going to enter this... thought I think I have no chance at all. It’s MTV I know, but I don’t think it’s going to look like tila tequila show or something like that. As long as it has good judges and everything I think it will be cool.

26. 

    edword said 4 months ago

    this seems kind of weird....

27. 

    chrisrushing said 4 months ago

    how so?

28. 

    Incarnadine said 4 months ago

    I’m on an HP laptop.

    ...I wouldn’t recommend it.

29. 

    edword said 4 months ago

    chrisrushing said: how so?

    I don’t know how will they judge it? are they going to be pitching idea to companies or something?

    does the general public really care about design that much?

    Most of my friends that aren’t in design don’t think about it at all.

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    a killer wombat said 4 months ago

    I had a few people email me trying to get me to sign up cause of the broad skill sets but MTV? I think not... lets get even more kids that just bought photoshop to think they are designers and try and get into it charging $20 a design.

    When a design contest becomes a reality tv show it means we have had enough reality tv. Lets get back to some actual content based story shows. I love seeing the live design events but come on, an mtv show?!

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    warrenk said 4 months ago

    skull with hair said:

    chrisrushing said:

    9. Prize: Six (6) Winners will each receive one (1) HP Pavilion dv2800t Artist Edition notebook (the "Prize" or the "Prizes").

    so wait.... you get an HP laptop? woo... haha

    but it says 400,000 for the winning team, i guess that means 100,000 per person.

    no it says "he Winning Team Will Take Home $400,000 USD In Cash and HP Products!" cash AND products meaning the total value of 400,000 is made up of money and shitty laptops.

    so most likely each person on the winning team is gonna get $99,960 worth of old HP ram from 2003 and $40 cash. rad.

    Hahahaha

32. 

    ez-kun said 4 months ago

    skull with hair said: i hope this doesn’t air on real MTV. this kind of makes me sick to my stomach. i really love art/design and the idea of seeing it lowered to some reality show bullshit level pisses me off. making art a competition sucks. the light hearted tee-off we had here was fun for all of us, but to have retards at mtv judge your artwork or pit you against eachother in some dumb contest for rad HP products is about as lame as it gets. the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

    I can finnaly agree with SWH, whole-heartedly! MTV reality shows suck so bad..pimp my ride was bad, but tilla tequila or whatever was dumb and stupid as it gets.
    if DISCOVERY did one, i think it would be ok. MTV wants young hip fags who will fight over who has the longest brush...stroke

33. 

    manos said 4 months ago

    Here is an idea for a show. A pit full of Manticores fighting to the bitter end.

34. 

    herman said 3 months ago

    Herman, Thank you for entering the Engine Room casting call. We checked out your work, and we’re strongly considering you for the show! As a top contender, we’d like to encourage you to upload some more samples of your work on our casting site. Not only is it better for us to evaluate all the narrowed down entries in one place, but in addition, by uploading your work, your portfolio will automatically be eligible for a chance to be selected as a weekly audience winner in accordance with the Official Rules should you not make the show. If you choose not to upload any additional works, this won’t be held against you as we narrow down the contenders. You can upload your work by visiting the link below. The casting call deadline is June 30th, so please respond as soon as you can. Thanks! - Engine Room Casting Team .

    Anyone else who submitted anything to them got this email? I think everyone who submitted to them will get this computer generated email.

    I have 2 exact copies of this (I’ve only submitted once though).

35. 

    conor said 3 months ago

    skull with hair said: i hope this doesn’t air on real MTV. this kind of makes me sick to my stomach. i really love art/design and the idea of seeing it lowered to some reality show bullshit level pisses me off. making art a competition sucks. the light hearted tee-off we had here was fun for all of us, but to have retards at mtv judge your artwork or pit you against eachother in some dumb contest for rad HP products is about as lame as it gets. the day that i tell someone what i do for a living and they say "oh like that show on mtv?" is the day i find something else to do with my life.

    There is so much truth in this. Competing in this would be losing all dignity as a designer.

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    csj89 said 3 months ago

    jfinley said:

    4. Eligibility: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ANY COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF ENTRY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), ENTRANTS SHALL ALSO BE EITHER (A) CURRENTLY ENROLLED AS A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT AT ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD OR (B) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE PAST TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE START OF THE CONTEST PERIOD.

    Well, I guess that rules me out. I graduated in 2004.

    But regardless, I think it’d be good publicity for myself and for Go Media if I could go on the show, BUT I’m kinda with SWH on this issue. I don’t exactly support MTV anyway, so I shouldn’t lower myself to their standards.

    Nope, the college thing is for the weekly winners/raffle draw, not for the reality show. Anyone can join the show regardless of age/education, AFAIK.
    
    

    Engine room blog: PRIZE: THE WINNING TEAM OF 4 WILL GET $400,000.00 IN CASH. (So, divided between the members, that’s a 100k per person). PLUS HP GEAR on top of that. There have been some saying the prize would be just software and let me say it again…$400,000 BUCKS! BONES! CLAMS!

    It’s cash, and HP gear on top of that, not 400k worth of cash/products.
    
    

    conor said: There is so much truth in this. Competing in this would be losing all dignity as a designer.

    Hmmm or it could give you at least a free vacation for a month in New York, and the chance for the world to see your work/art.

    ANYWAY...I joined hahahaha! Good luck to anyone else who joined!

37. 

    skullface said 3 months ago

    csj89 said: Anyone can join the show regardless of age

    if you’re 18 or older

38. 

    csj89 said 3 months ago

    skullface said:

    csj89 said: Anyone can join the show regardless of age

    if you’re 18 or older

    ah yeah, except that hahahaha

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