{"id":4057,"date":"2013-10-31T10:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2025-07-23T07:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:19:34","slug":"spooky-our-halloween-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/spooky-our-halloween-contest-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky! 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Since you took the time to make a video for our silly contest, we&#8217;ll send you and all of your actors a T-shirt! Just private message us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> with your email and we&#8217;ll coordinate from there!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these great videos, and a giant thanks to everyone who submitted! Here are some of our favorite submissions in no particular order:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#Backblaze #Halloween Contest Submission\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nL8xkz-ZDO4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/77554900\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/77554900<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backblaze halloween contest entrie\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77994247?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2tCnItKfpvk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2tCnItKfpvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/78035989\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/78035989<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dawn of the Dad\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78039824?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QKK3Yhz_-c4&#038;feature=youtu.be\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QKK3Yhz_-c4&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the silly video that I made:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backblaze Halloween Contest\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFtWJV4ea9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad that everyone&#8217;s videos were better than mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to everyone for participating! Since you took the time to make a video for our silly contest, we&#8217;ll send you and all of your actors a T-shirt! Just private message us on Facebook with your email and we&#8217;ll coordinate from there! Enjoy these great videos, and a giant thanks to everyone who submitted! Here&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/spooky-our-halloween-contest-winner\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spooky! 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