{"id":1702,"date":"2012-02-27T05:49:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T18:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2012-02-27T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T02:36:58","slug":"the-search-for-australias-next-top-geek-has-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/the-search-for-australias-next-top-geek-has-started\/","title":{"rendered":"The search for Australia&#8217;s next Top Geek has started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topgeek.iinet.net.au\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"Top-Geek-2.0-jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Top-Geek-2.0-jpeg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Are you a video games enthusiast? Love anything and everything to do with Computers? Maybe your Comic book collection stacks up taller than you or you live for photography or fashion&#8230;then you could be Australia&#8217;s next Top Geek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The iiNet TopGeek 2.0 competition will see contestants show off their unique talents in one of five geeky categories. They&#8217;ll work their way through three knockout challenges before battling it out an epic final event. The last geek standing will be crowned Australia&#8217;s next TopGeek.<\/p>\n<p>How to enter?<\/p>\n<p>Simply create a 90 second video &#8216;getting your geek on&#8217; and outline why you deserve to be iiNet&#8217;s TopGeek.<br \/>\nHere are the 5 &#8216;geek&#8217; catagories for this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Art geek<\/li>\n<li>Gamer geek<\/li>\n<li>Tech geek<\/li>\n<li>Internet geek<\/li>\n<li>Fandom geek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1711\" title=\"Andy Wells Top Geek Profile Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Andy-Wells-Top-Geek-Profile-Pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\nAs a finalist from last year&#8217;s TopGeek here&#8217;s a tip &#8211; go crazy and get creative with your entry. Stand out and get noticed.<\/p>\n<p>The TopGeek competition doesn&#8217;t just offer an amazing prize &#8211; sending the winner and a friend to the international geeky convention of their choosing along with some spending money, but it&#8217;s also a great opportunity to meet up with people who share your passion and maybe you&#8217;ll even make some great friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"http:\/\/topgeek.iinet.net.au\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/topgeek.iinet.net.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a video games enthusiast? Love anything and everything to do with Computers? Maybe your Comic book collection stacks up taller than you or you live for photography or fashion&#8230;then you could be Australia&#8217;s next Top Geek. The iiNet TopGeek 2.0 competition will see contestants show off their unique talents in one of five geeky categories. 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