MSI: "Calling All Creative People!"

Online, September 11, 2009 (Newswire.com) - (Taipei- 4 Sept. 2009) To uncork the planet's marketing creativity, Micro-Star International (MSI) is holding the Xperience Paradise Contest. Looking for a channel to express your imagination? Do you want a chance to strut your stuff? MSI's calling on imaginative people the world over to unlock their brains and let the creative juices flow. Just shoot a 10~20 second video clip, upload it onto YouTube before the end of September, and place a link on the activity website. Winners will receive a trip to one of the natural wonders of the world-Australia's Great Barrier Reef, courtesy of MSI!
MSI's contest has been met with great enthusiasm around the world, especially from students majoring in design, advertising, mass communications, and video production. YouTube acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. Some students kill two birds with one stone by shooting a clip which they enter into the competition and then hand it in as homework. Some are eager for the opportunity to show off their skills and originality, hoping that companies that like their work will beat a path to their doors with job offers.
MSI's contest has launched a virtual worldwide parade of talent idol in these videos. People are going all out in their performances, flaunting their acting skills, doing their own directing and acting, even singing rap to make the best, funniest, most entertaining clips they can to rack up the hits on YouTube. Sharing videos with viewers on YouTube, has drawn the attention of the world media, like Japan's Fuji TV, the UK's Guardian, MTV, and NBC Today Show. Their reports are giving some contestants unexpected extra exposure.
So who can participate? MSI welcomes people of all ages and nationalities. Just grab a video camera, digital camera, or webcam to craft your own fun/funny masterpiece about the hot new MSI X-Slim. The sky's the limit. 15 lucky winners will receive an X-Slim notebook computer and a free trip down under. Simple enough? Event website: http://xslimvideoevent.msi.com/
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