I'm starting to think running competitions is a bad idea. Not because giving stuff away is bad, but choosing just a few winners out of many, many entries makes me cry. Inside.

Our Battle of the Bands comp for $350 worth of awesome T-shirts and tour bag, which ended on Friday, was by far the most popular comp we've run on Kotaku Australia. It was also the hardest to judge, as there was only one prize pack to give away.

But choose we did.

So, congratulations to Benjamin, who sent in his suggestion of "GoldenActz" - in picture form. I think you'll agree it's rather clever... nothing like mixing music with a classic arcade title. Benjamin signed his entry with the rather heart-warming words "i might be drunk right now". Oh, you're a regular charmer Ben!

We'll be in contact soon for your mailing address. Thanks to everyone who entered, we received some very creative stuff. Also massive props to THQ for providing the goods.

That's it, our Disgaea DVD competition is over! We've had a look at all the wonderful haikus that were sent in over the last week and, with great difficulty, selected five to receive a copy of the Disgaea Collection. Don't feel bad if you missed out - the pack is available from today for $49.95.

Special props again to Madman, who made the competition possible. If your name appears after the jump, watch your inbox as we'll be in touch soon to get your mailing address.

Now, for the winning entries!

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We've got a winner! That person wins!! And gets all my stuff!!! (Plus a neato Fallout 3 signed shirt.) That's right, as voted by Kotakuland, the winner of the Spring Cleaning Contest is Jonathan C., the individual who made this Portal egg. So Jonathan C., the individual who made this, shoot us an email at kotakucontestATgamilDOTcom to claim your prize. And congrats!

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Bonkers. We've gone competition bonkers. Well, at least today. First faceplates, now event tickets. Is there medication for people who compulsively give stuff away?

I don't think so.

Anyway, hit the jump for the second, and final, lot of Game On ticket winners. We'll be in contact soon to get your mailing addresses.

Much love to the ACMI for helping with the comp!

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Yes, folks, the competition has come to a close and four winners have been chosen. Thanks once again to 2K Games for providing the goods. I'm sure you've made our four creative readers and their Xbox 360s very happy.

Hit the jump and see if your entry made the cut!

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What. A. Contest. We are so delighted to see all the wonderful entries. It warms our cold, bitter hearts! And now, the winner of our make-a-bug-win-Insecticide contest is...

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It's been a week and we've had loads of entries to our Game On ticket comp. Top props to the ACMI for supplying the goods. Now it's time to pick out three winners to receive a free ticket to the exhibition. If you'd like to see who won, just hit the jump.

Don't freak out if you submitted a story and it didn't win. It's automatically eligible for the second batch of three tickets.

If you haven't sent in your tale of retro gaming woe/comedy/wrist-slashing depression, you have until this time next week to get something in. For all the relevant details, the original competition post is the place to go.

Winners after the jump!

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Soccer, football, that game with the round thing - whatever you call it, it's very popular, especially in Brazil. And the UK. And other places.

Apparently, it has a bit of a following here as well. So much so that EA was confident enough to give a junior Oz club, the Granville-based Western Rage, the opportunity to train with the AC Milan Youth Development coaching team.

EA obviously didn't just hand the team the offer - the club won it via EA Sports' "Train with the World's Best" competition. To stand a chance, the club had to put together a 50-word piece explaining why they deserved the training above others.

I'm assuming that AC Milan is good, because I wouldn't have the slightest clue. Regardless, Western Rage will have their abilities assessed over five sessions, and will receive a boatload of AC Milan gear and clothing.

A big, happy football/soccer/orange-filled press release can be found after the jump, which includes dates for the five training sessions, if you'd like to attend.

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Hopefully you didn't miss the Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness competition we ran over the last couple of weeks. Before you get all worked up, it ended last Wednesday.

As such, we took some time over the weekend to peruse the entries and select five winners. Four of these will take home a copy of Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness. The top of the bunch will receive a lovely new PSP Slim and a copy of the game.

The competition demanded creativity. It taxed the edges of your imagination. It asked, somewhat kindly, for you to craft something epic.

And craft you did.

Judging these was rough as hell. It's hard looking at art people have poured a lot of time and effort into, knowing you can only pick five of them to reward. So, if you sent an entry in, you'd be well advised to hold your breath before hitting the jump.

Just remember to let it go at some point.

Big props to KEOI and THQ for making the whole thing possible.

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Competitions are fantastic. Except, of course, when they end. That's exactly what happened to our Lost Odyssey comp, which finished on February 13.

It took a while to go through all the comments we received during the week, and I apologise for not posting the results sooner. Honestly, my job would be so much easier if the calibre of entries wasn't so high. So in the future, can you guys please just post poorly punctuated fanboy rants*?

(*This is a joke. Please keep the wit, humour and intelligence coming.)

Thanks once again to Microsoft for supplying us with the prizes. One copy would have been great, but MS came to us with five. Which, as you can imagine, was awesome.

So, which five readers had the best comments? Hit the jump to find out!

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