Who wants to find some GIANTS!
The Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters are on the hunt for "Potential Giants" (PG's for short) and we need your help! With over 700,000 lenses and 250,000 lensmasters it's a daunting task to stumble across all the goodness out there. So we thought: who better to help us out then our existing roster of hotshot Giant Squids, lensmasters, and friends on Squidoo and SquidU. Afterall, you know best what makes a masterpiece.
So, we've come up with a Giant Squid Treasure Hunt, complete with some nifty prizes courtesy of Squidoo HQ.
So, we've come up with a Giant Squid Treasure Hunt, complete with some nifty prizes courtesy of Squidoo HQ.
And The Winners Are...
KAB gets 1st place
JJNW gets 2nd
Eelkat gets 3rd
We'd like to personally thank all the participants, it was so much fun seeing the entries!
On your mark, get ready, set...GO!
The contest starts today and ends on Friday August 29th at 5pm EST.
The Rules
We've come up with 100 treasure hunt items to find within the site. Well, they're more like clues. Find a lens that matches each clue, to the best of your personal interpretation. But here's the trick: the lenses you find must be from people who are NOT already Giants. We're looking for "Potential Giants." People who you think have the right stuff to make it as a Giant Squid. It doesn't matter if the lens is from a person who has 1 lens or 40 lenses, just as long as their lenses are really great, and the person is not already a Giant. No other editorial guidelines. You'll know a great lens when you see it.
Email your entries to gianthunting @ Squidoo.com by Friday August 29th at 5pm EST. Match each lens URL with the clue it's answering.
Email your entries to gianthunting @ Squidoo.com by Friday August 29th at 5pm EST. Match each lens URL with the clue it's answering.
The Prizes
We've got 3 prizes to give away. Your entry from above reserves your place in the prize lottery for each tier.
Third Place: - Find 20 Potential Giant lenses on the list and you'll be entered to win a Flickr Pro Account for 1 year. (And if you've already got one, we'll send cash instead, to you or your favorite charity).
Second Place: - Find 50 Potential Giant Lenses on the list and you'll be entered to win $40 at iTunes. (That's 40 free songs!)
FIRST PLACE! - Find 75 Potential Giant lenses from the list of clues, and you'll be entered to win a shiny new 2 Gig iPod shuffle.
*If you find 20 PG's you'll be entered into the Third Place lottery; find 50 PG's and you'll be entered into Third Place AND Second Place, find 75 PG's and you'll be entered into all three prize levels.
Of course you also get plenty of bragging rights too. And a good excuse to go adventuring and discover some amazing new lenses along the way.
We'll be announcing the winners on the Giant Squid Tips Blog. Make sure you're subscribed to it!
Third Place: - Find 20 Potential Giant lenses on the list and you'll be entered to win a Flickr Pro Account for 1 year. (And if you've already got one, we'll send cash instead, to you or your favorite charity).
Second Place: - Find 50 Potential Giant Lenses on the list and you'll be entered to win $40 at iTunes. (That's 40 free songs!)
FIRST PLACE! - Find 75 Potential Giant lenses from the list of clues, and you'll be entered to win a shiny new 2 Gig iPod shuffle.
*If you find 20 PG's you'll be entered into the Third Place lottery; find 50 PG's and you'll be entered into Third Place AND Second Place, find 75 PG's and you'll be entered into all three prize levels.
Of course you also get plenty of bragging rights too. And a good excuse to go adventuring and discover some amazing new lenses along the way.
We'll be announcing the winners on the Giant Squid Tips Blog. Make sure you're subscribed to it!
Entry Format
Send your entry to: gianthunting @ Squidoo.com by Friday August 29th at 5pm EST.
It should include:
--Paste the below Clue List into your email and match each with a lens URL. (As many as you can do!)
--Include your Squidoo username at the top
--And your snail mail address.
That's it.
It should include:
--Paste the below Clue List into your email and match each with a lens URL. (As many as you can do!)
--Include your Squidoo username at the top
--And your snail mail address.
That's it.
The Official Treasure Hunt Clue List
Here's the list of items to look for. Find lenses that "answer" or best match the clue or directive. Use your best judgment, personal bias is fine, and just remember that we're looking for Giant-caliber stuff here. Oh, and have fun with it. Ready...set...GO GO GO!
Hints: Search Squidoo, SquidU, Google, any Squidoo related blogs, The Answer Deck, the Lens of the Day blog...there are lots of places to hunt!
PS - If you'd prefer to print out the list, GypsyPirate created a .pdf download for us. Click Here to start the download.
1. Find a PG who has a lens about chocolate.
2. Find a PG with a Zippers lens in a New Orleans zip code.
3. Find a Giant-worthy lens about Hello Kitty.
4. Find a PG lens about favorite San Francisco restaurants.
5. Find a PG who has at least 2 great MonkeyBrain lenses.
6. Find a PG who says the word "curmudgeon" on his or her lens.
7. Find a PG who is from Kenya.
8. Find a PG lens that would win a "biggest geek ever" award.
9. Find a PG who uses the Table of Contents module like an Index instead.
10. Find a PG who is tattooed!
11. Find a PG who has posted more than 50 times on the SquidU forum.
12. Find a PG who runs a blog about Squidoo.
13. Find a PG with a lens about peanut butter.
14. Find a PG with a lens about BlizzCon.
15. Find a PG with a lens containing the keyword "snorkel"
16. Find a PG who is rocking the SquidZippers scene.
17. Find a PG with a lens about the 1970's.
18. Find a PG lens about "orange" -- interpret that how you want.
19. Find a PG who uses the Featured Lenses module really well.
20. Find a PG who likes beer.
21. Find a PG lens that's voting for McCain.
22. Find a PG lens voting for Obama.
23. Find a PG lens selling nifty Zazzle stuff.
24. Find a PG lens selling Etsy stuff.
25. Find a PG lens about a bulldog.
26. Find a PG lens about an amphibian.
27. Find a PG lens about a book you liked, too.
28. Find a PG "how-to" lens that taught you something you didn't know before.
29. Find a PG "calling card" or resume lens. What does someone find when they Google you?
30. Find a PG who is an Indian Jones Fan.
31. Find a PG lens about scooters.
32. Find a PG who sells clothing.
33. Find a PG lens about a red flower.
34. Find a PG who loves Squidoo.
35. Find a PG who has a horse.
36. Find a PG who likes Halloween.
37. Find a PG with a lens about Alaska.
38. Find a PG who knows something about pottery.
39. Find a PG who knows PHP.
40. Find a PG with a lens about Crocs.
41. Find a PG who supports the ASPCA.
42. Find a PG with a lens about the 1980's.
43. Find a PG who knows about Maple Syrup.
44. Find a PG with a lens about Squids.
45. Find a PG with a Squidoo "How-To" lens.
46. Find a PG with a lens about Sesame Street.
47. Find a PG who uses CafePress.
48. Find a PG who likes Polka Music.
49. Find a PG who supports the Squidoo Charity Fund.
50. Find a PG who is a big Star Wars fan.
51. Find a PG who knows how to toilet train a cat.
52. Find a PG who is "Green".
53. Find a PG who uses the best superlative ever.
54. Find a PG who has been fly fishing.
55. Find a PG who has been LOTD.
56. Find a Superstar PG who joined Squidoo in July or August.
57. Find a PG who donates to your favorite charity.
58. Find a PG who has a lens in the Arts & Literature section.
59. Find a PG who runs a group.
60. Find a PG with the word knitting in their lens.
61. Find a PG who knows a lot about Florida.
62. Find a PG who loves ebay.
63. Find a PG with a SquidWho about your favorite actor.
64. Find a PG with a SquidWho about your favorite actress.
65. Find a PG with a lens about socks.
66. Find a PG with a Hey MonkeyBrain lens.
67. Find a PG who is a stay at home mom or dad.
68. Find a PG with a lens about a cooking.
69. Find a PG with a SquidVids lens.
70. Find a PG lens about Canada.
71. Find a PG who likes camping.
72. Find a PG lens about antiques.
73. Find a PG lens about Easter.
74. Find a PG who supports A Day of Hope.
75. Find a PG with a lens about fish.
76. Find a PG with a SquidBoo lens.
77. Find a PG with a lens about your favorite television show.
78. Find a PG who is a writer.
79. Find a PG who is a Realtor.
80. Find a PG lens about Asia.
81. Find a PG lens about a restaurant.
82. Find a PG who is a SquidActivist.
83. Find a PG who has written a book.
84. Find a PG with a lens about the 1990's.
85. Find a PG with an historical lens.
86. Find a PG who knows how to use HTML.
87. Find a PG who has a lens in the Entertainment section.
88. Find a PG who knows how to sew.
89. Find a PG lens that made you laugh out loud.
90. Find a PG with a lens about costumes.
91. Find a PG who has a Polaroid on their lens.
92. Find a PG lens comparing one thing to another.
93. Find a PG lens about a hot gadget that ISNT the iphone.
94. Find a PG lens that you wish you made (okay that's a shoe-in).
95. Find a PG lens that actually made you cry a little.
96. Find a PG who has only ONE lens so far.
97. Find a PG who lives in Australia.
98. Find a PG lens about your favorite video game.
99. Find a PG lens reviewing another website or dotcom.
100. Find a PG lens about a martial art.
Hints: Search Squidoo, SquidU, Google, any Squidoo related blogs, The Answer Deck, the Lens of the Day blog...there are lots of places to hunt!
PS - If you'd prefer to print out the list, GypsyPirate created a .pdf download for us. Click Here to start the download.
1. Find a PG who has a lens about chocolate.
2. Find a PG with a Zippers lens in a New Orleans zip code.
3. Find a Giant-worthy lens about Hello Kitty.
4. Find a PG lens about favorite San Francisco restaurants.
5. Find a PG who has at least 2 great MonkeyBrain lenses.
6. Find a PG who says the word "curmudgeon" on his or her lens.
7. Find a PG who is from Kenya.
8. Find a PG lens that would win a "biggest geek ever" award.
9. Find a PG who uses the Table of Contents module like an Index instead.
10. Find a PG who is tattooed!
11. Find a PG who has posted more than 50 times on the SquidU forum.
12. Find a PG who runs a blog about Squidoo.
13. Find a PG with a lens about peanut butter.
14. Find a PG with a lens about BlizzCon.
15. Find a PG with a lens containing the keyword "snorkel"
16. Find a PG who is rocking the SquidZippers scene.
17. Find a PG with a lens about the 1970's.
18. Find a PG lens about "orange" -- interpret that how you want.
19. Find a PG who uses the Featured Lenses module really well.
20. Find a PG who likes beer.
21. Find a PG lens that's voting for McCain.
22. Find a PG lens voting for Obama.
23. Find a PG lens selling nifty Zazzle stuff.
24. Find a PG lens selling Etsy stuff.
25. Find a PG lens about a bulldog.
26. Find a PG lens about an amphibian.
27. Find a PG lens about a book you liked, too.
28. Find a PG "how-to" lens that taught you something you didn't know before.
29. Find a PG "calling card" or resume lens. What does someone find when they Google you?
30. Find a PG who is an Indian Jones Fan.
31. Find a PG lens about scooters.
32. Find a PG who sells clothing.
33. Find a PG lens about a red flower.
34. Find a PG who loves Squidoo.
35. Find a PG who has a horse.
36. Find a PG who likes Halloween.
37. Find a PG with a lens about Alaska.
38. Find a PG who knows something about pottery.
39. Find a PG who knows PHP.
40. Find a PG with a lens about Crocs.
41. Find a PG who supports the ASPCA.
42. Find a PG with a lens about the 1980's.
43. Find a PG who knows about Maple Syrup.
44. Find a PG with a lens about Squids.
45. Find a PG with a Squidoo "How-To" lens.
46. Find a PG with a lens about Sesame Street.
47. Find a PG who uses CafePress.
48. Find a PG who likes Polka Music.
49. Find a PG who supports the Squidoo Charity Fund.
50. Find a PG who is a big Star Wars fan.
51. Find a PG who knows how to toilet train a cat.
52. Find a PG who is "Green".
53. Find a PG who uses the best superlative ever.
54. Find a PG who has been fly fishing.
55. Find a PG who has been LOTD.
56. Find a Superstar PG who joined Squidoo in July or August.
57. Find a PG who donates to your favorite charity.
58. Find a PG who has a lens in the Arts & Literature section.
59. Find a PG who runs a group.
60. Find a PG with the word knitting in their lens.
61. Find a PG who knows a lot about Florida.
62. Find a PG who loves ebay.
63. Find a PG with a SquidWho about your favorite actor.
64. Find a PG with a SquidWho about your favorite actress.
65. Find a PG with a lens about socks.
66. Find a PG with a Hey MonkeyBrain lens.
67. Find a PG who is a stay at home mom or dad.
68. Find a PG with a lens about a cooking.
69. Find a PG with a SquidVids lens.
70. Find a PG lens about Canada.
71. Find a PG who likes camping.
72. Find a PG lens about antiques.
73. Find a PG lens about Easter.
74. Find a PG who supports A Day of Hope.
75. Find a PG with a lens about fish.
76. Find a PG with a SquidBoo lens.
77. Find a PG with a lens about your favorite television show.
78. Find a PG who is a writer.
79. Find a PG who is a Realtor.
80. Find a PG lens about Asia.
81. Find a PG lens about a restaurant.
82. Find a PG who is a SquidActivist.
83. Find a PG who has written a book.
84. Find a PG with a lens about the 1990's.
85. Find a PG with an historical lens.
86. Find a PG who knows how to use HTML.
87. Find a PG who has a lens in the Entertainment section.
88. Find a PG who knows how to sew.
89. Find a PG lens that made you laugh out loud.
90. Find a PG with a lens about costumes.
91. Find a PG who has a Polaroid on their lens.
92. Find a PG lens comparing one thing to another.
93. Find a PG lens about a hot gadget that ISNT the iphone.
94. Find a PG lens that you wish you made (okay that's a shoe-in).
95. Find a PG lens that actually made you cry a little.
96. Find a PG who has only ONE lens so far.
97. Find a PG who lives in Australia.
98. Find a PG lens about your favorite video game.
99. Find a PG lens reviewing another website or dotcom.
100. Find a PG lens about a martial art.
Feel free to leave some feedback matey!
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- EelKat EelKat Sep 13, 2008 @ 1:23 am
- OMG! I just got the email telling me I'd won. I did not expect that! Had to come say thank you!
{{{huggles}}}}
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- KimberlyDawnWells KimberlyDawnWells Sep 1, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
- what a fun idea!
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- EelKat EelKat Aug 29, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
- just sent my list in, now I have another question:
was this a one time thing, or will we get to do this each time a new Giant Squid Round comes up? (Personally, I'd like to do this every time, just because I have so much fun finding new lenses!)
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- Charlyjl Charlyjl Aug 29, 2008 @ 5:42 am
- This was a great idea! I got the family involved and we are truly inspired! Thanks for a great time!
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- aj2008 aj2008 Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:42 am
- What a great idea! Pity I have only just come across this. I have visited so many 5* lenses from some PGs in the last couple of weeks as I try to learn all I can about Squidoo, I could have been filling in the clue list as I went!!
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- ebay-grandma ebay-grandma Aug 26, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
- Gee - I was hunting so hard I didn't keep up on the comments here. I put my own lenses in for a couple. Oops! Sent in now though so I guess it's too late.
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Aug 25, 2008 @ 11:55 am
- Woot! I just sent mine in!!
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- Pastiche Pastiche Aug 24, 2008 @ 11:31 am
- Ahoy, just returned to port from sea and shore to find out about the treasure hunt. I'll be searching for PG's lenses with the map o'clues this week.
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- Kanga Kanga Aug 22, 2008 @ 6:52 am
- Oooh, I do enjoy a good treasure hunt! :-D
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- Mike_Ock Mike_Ock Aug 21, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
- "Should I, no I couldn't."
"But it might be fun, and you might learn something too!"
"No, it'll eat up all my time, and what if my wife finds out?"
"Don't worry, how will she ever know?"
"What will she think if I become a Squidoo-addict?"
"Tell her it's research for making oodles of money with lenses"
"Yes, yes, you might have something there. I can see the potential now. That's it, I'm going to do it. Are you sure she won't find out?"
"No worries, just take it slow. You know what happened to that whole fake news thing."
Oh, you had to bring that up? I'm leaving. I'm going to search for lenses, later dude"
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- Rich_Stiles Rich_Stiles Aug 21, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
- Very interesting !!!! And what's quite a challege for all to take part . . . when they are not building, editing, buying and selling their Squido Lens.
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- bdkz bdkz Aug 21, 2008 @ 6:12 am
- -It doesn't matter if the lens is from a person who has 1 lens or 40 lenses, just as long as their lenses are really great, and the person is not already a Giant.
-One lens per clue.
Thanks : )
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- 0ctavias0fferings 0ctavias0fferings Aug 21, 2008 @ 3:40 am
- Great idea ... I was wondering what if I find more than one lens which fits the clue? Or can we enter more than one lens for any clue?
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- EelKat EelKat Aug 21, 2008 @ 12:47 am
- oh, just thought of a couple of questions:
question: #1
what if we find a great lens that matches one of the clues, but the lensmater doesn't yet have 50 lenses? Should we include that lens anyways? (Hoping that maybe they'll have 50 lenses by the time this is finished?)
question #2:
what if we find one lensmaster who has 3 or 4 lenses that match 3 or 4 clues? Can we add more than one lens from that lensmaster or must we pick only one of their lenses and try to find 100 unique lensmasters?
Thanks!
Off to go looking for clues now.
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- EelKat EelKat Aug 21, 2008 @ 12:35 am
- wow, what a great idea... and me always looking for new lenses to rate and fave too, now I can say I've got an excuse to spend all day reading lenses!
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- annetteghallowell annetteghallowell Aug 20, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
- This is going to be fun! Everyday I like to start with a new lens, then I randomly click on the picture of someone who has favorited their lens and so on and so on! It is fun to see what happens! 5*
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- ArtByLinda ArtByLinda Aug 20, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
- This is a great idea! I love treasure hunting! :-)
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- pkmcr pkmcr Aug 20, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
- What a fantastic idea and a superb way for us to discover more about the amazing lenses and lensmasters out there!
Take care
Paul
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- bdkz bdkz Aug 20, 2008 @ 8:01 am
- Joan, we added a .PDF of the clues that you can print out.
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- Joan4 Joan4 Aug 19, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
- Sounds like fun! I am having problem copying and pasting the list from the lens. Is it posted on a blog? this is a great way to find super lenses for the next week!
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