Although we're still waiting for a final resolution of our last Caption This! contest (check your e-mail, Supertanker, or send us a note through "Contact Us" on the side), it's time to hop the treadmill all over again for this week's Caption This!

Here's the rough sequence of events: I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, August 29 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean -- if Blizzard would warn you for saying it in-game, don't enter it in the contest. During the weekend, I e-mail the post to our list, members of the WoW Insider team respond with their favorites, and ten of those favorites will be chosen for the final vote. On Tuesday morning, we put the top ten up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, September 3 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes and write a "winner" post whenever we get both responses.

And what are these prizes, you ask? Well, first place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. And for a change of pace, the second-place winner will get his choice of one of these seven World of Warcraft action figures from Toyglobe, subject to availability: night elf druid, human warrior, gnome warrior, troll priest, dwarf warrior, orc shaman, or blood elf rogue, worth up to $20. No, you can't have Illidan or the draenei harbinger.

However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU and Oceanic readers, but legal restrictions make it impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be sentenced to heroic Black Morass with a group in blues for all eternity!

This picture, featuring patrons watching a mysterious fire at the Lion's Pride Inn, comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. Click here for a larger version. Luck be with you!

It's Tuesday maintenance, so it's time for your biweedly duty -- voting for the winners of this week's Caption This contest. After weeding through a record number of totally inappropriate entries, the WoW Insider staff has picked some of the best captions submitted. Now you get to decide who goes home with a 60-day game card, a choice of one of seven World of Warcraft action figures as detailed in the original post, or nothing but wistful memories. Just pick the best caption for the above picture. Voting closes tomorrow, Wednesday, August 20, at 11:59 PM EST, and winners will be informed shortly afterward by e-mail.

Remember, entrants must be U.S. or non-Quebec Canadians at least 13 years old. If you'd like to peruse the contest's official rules, they can be found here. Happy voting!

Note: Once again, an entry that is too long for the poll has been nominated. Here's Sammy's entry:

"Silvermoon Craigslist >> Women Seeking Men

I WANT TO LEVEL WITH YOU

I'm a single female Blood Elf who's tired of soloing. LF 2s partner who can bandage my broken heart. I don't have time for freeloaders, so you should be working...as intended.

Must love cats.

* Location: 49,50
* it's NOT ok to whisper this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 2.4.3"

Hey, folks. You've only got fourteen and a half more hours to participate in this week's Caption This! contest. To participate, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight!

Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place and a choice of one of seven World of Warcraft action figures (see original post for details) for runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here. Voting for the winner should be available Tuesday morning, so you'll have something to do during maintenance.

Welcome back! Now that our enforced break is over, Caption This has returned, with an all-new chance to win fabulous prizes! (Note: prizes may not be considered fabulous by non-WoW players.)

The story goes like this: I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, August 15 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean -- if Blizzard would warn you for saying it in-game, don't enter it in the contest. During the weekend, the WoW Insider team responds with their favorites, and ten of those will be chosen for the final vote. On Tuesday morning, we put the top ten up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, August 20 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes and write a "winner" post whenever we get both responses.

And what are these prizes, you ask? Well, first place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. And for a change of pace, the second-place winner will get his choice of one of these seven World of Warcraft action figures from Toyglobe, subject to availability: night elf druid, human warrior, gnome warrior, troll priest, dwarf warrior, orc shaman, or blood elf rogue, worth up to $20. No, you can't have Illidan or the draenei harbinger.

However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU and Oceanic readers, but legal restrictions make it impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be faced with a wave of attack lawyers!

This picture, featuring tons of elvish goodness, comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. Good luck!

The holiday weekend is over, and the time is night for you to vote for the winners of this week's Caption This contest. Sorry for the one-day delay -- the comments weren't showing up on some computers, including my home comp. As compensation, I upped the number of finalists from ten to an even dozen -- more chances to win! And now you get to decide who goes home with a 60-day game card, a choice of one of seven World of Warcraft action figures as detailed in the original post, or nothing but wistful memories. Just pick the best caption for the above picture. Voting closes tomorrow, Thursday, July 10, at 11:59 PM EST, and winners will be informed shortly afterward by e-mail.

Remember, entrants must be U.S. or non-Quebec Canadians at least 13 years old. If you'd like to peruse the contest's official rules, they can be found here. Thanks for voting!

NOTE: Holyground and Nectarofgods had great entries that unfortunately did not fit into the poll. So I'm putting them here instead, and you can vote for them below:

Holyground:

Six little maids from school are we,
Pert as a school-girl well can be,
Filled to the brim with girlish glee,
Six little maids from school!

Six little maids who, all unwary,
Come from a ladies' seminary,
Freed from its genius tutelary -
Six little maids from school!

Nectarofgods:

Warlock: You know, I really thought those mages up in fancy Stormwind Keep would have the Burning Legion under control by now...

Priest: Yeah, King Llane must be pretty busy to let so many through the gates. Maybe we should warn someone?

Warlock: What are they gonna do...bite our ankles and cast spells at our knees?!?!

Priest: Right. I'll throw a piece of cheese and a cheap engineering pattern on the ground to distract them for now while you Seed of Corruption.

Happy July 4, everyone! Just a reminder -- you've only got fourteen and a half more hours to participate in this week's Caption This! contest. To participate, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight!

Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place and a choice of one of seven World of Warcraft action figures (see original post for details) for runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here. Even if you don't get picked for the top ten, you can still participate by voting for the winners on Tuesday morning.

Welcome back, dudes and dudettes! It's Tuesday morning maintenance, so we've cooked up yet another Caption This to help you pass the long, WoW-less hours.

So here's how this works. I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, July 4 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean -- if Blizzard would warn you for saying it in-game, don't enter it in the contest. During the weekend, the WoW Insider team responds with their favorites, and ten of those will be chosen for the final vote. On Tuesday morning, we put the top ten up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, July 9 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes and write a "winner" post whenever we get both responses.

And what are these prizes, you ask? Well, first place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. And for a change of pace, the second-place winner will get his choice of one of these seven World of Warcraft action figures from Toyglobe, subject to availability: night elf druid, human warrior, gnome warrior, troll priest, dwarf warrior, orc shaman, or blood elf rogue, worth up to $20. No, you can't have Illidan.

However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU and Oceanic readers, but legal restrictions make it impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be faced with a wave of attack lawyers!

This picture comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. The slightly larger original can be found here. Have fun!

Another two weeks, another two winners of our biweekly Caption This! contest. The victor, with 22.8% of the vote, was cchhiipp with "Put ... the ... egg .. back." Cchhiipp will receive a 60-day game card and a big hug. Yanel captured second place with "Soooo....I'm guessing it was YOUR alts we were ganking in STV all morning?" A Hordie for life, Yanel picked an I Survived Barrens Chat! t-shirt from J!NX.

Congratulations to our winners, and for all the runners-up, look out for an all-new contest on Tuesday (with some exciting new prizes!)

The weekend has passed, and that means it's time for you to vote for the winners of this week's Caption This contest. The WoW Insider team as a whole picked ten of the captions submitted for this picture for you to vote on, and now you get to decide who goes home with a 60-day game card, an I Survived Barrens Chat! or You No Take Candle! t-shirt from J!NX, or nothing but -10 to their self-esteem. Voting closes tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25, at 11:59 PM EST, and winners will be informed shortly afterwards by e-mail.

Remember, entrants must be U.S. or non-Quebec Canadians at least 13 years old. If you'd like to peruse the contest's official rules, they can be found here. Happy voting, and if you disagree with our choices, there's always next week.

Hey, folks. Just a reminder -- you've only got fourteen and a half more hours to participate in this week's Caption This! contest. To participate, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight! Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place and a choice of an I Survived Barrens Chat! or You No Take Candle! t-shirt from J!NX for runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here, and if you don't want to enter, you can still participate by voting for the winners after the weekend. See you soon!

Now that all the e-mails are finally in, we can announce the winner of the June 3 Caption This! contest. It was a close one, but six took home the prize with "In a daring attempt to increase its user base even further, Blizzard unveils the new Ken and Barbie Hero classes." Six will receive a 60-day game card. The runner-up, Austin, will get a Hellscream Warchiefs t-shirt from J!NX for his contribution, "So ... one of us is going to have to change."

Thanks for voting, and if you'd like to see your name in the winner's list, remember to enter this week's Caption This!

Hola, amigos! Even though we haven't announced the winners from the previous contest (check your e-mail, Austin!) it's already time for another round of Caption This.

So here's how this works. I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, June 20 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean. On Friday night, I'll turn off voting so we don't have a situation like last time where one late entry shifts all the numbers over. During the weekend, our team argues, wheedles, and picks the top ten or so finalists. On Monday, we put the top ten up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, June 25 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes and write a "winner" post whenever we get both responses. Remember, you only have a couple days to respond to our e-mail, or we may go on and name another winner!

And what are these prizes, you ask? Well, first place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. Second place gets a choice of an I Survived Barrens Chat! or You No Take Candle! t-shirt from J!NX, worth about $20. However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU and Oceanic readers, but legal restrictions make it near-impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be faced with a wave of attack lawyers!

This picture comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. The slightly larger original can be found here, and yes, that's a human in the middle. Have fun!

The first submission period for the newly revitalized Caption This contest has come and gone, and now it's time for you to vote on the winners! We picked ten of the best captions submitted for this picture for you to vote on, and now you get to decide who goes home with a 60-day game card, a Gnomeregan Bombardiers or a Hellscream Warchiefs t-shirt from J!NX, or nothing but a flask of their own tears. Voting closes tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10, at 11:59 PM EST (we think, polls can be kind of wonky), and winners will be informed shortly afterwards.

Remember, winners must be U.S. or non-Quebec Canadians at least 13 years old. If you'd like to peruse the contest's official rules, they can be found here. Happy voting, and if you didn't make it, you can try again next week! (Edited: The poll is not showing up on the main page, but does show up when you click the post link. We're looking into this. You can vote by clicking on the story link in the meantime.)

Hola, amigos. You've only got twelve and a half more hours to participate in this week's Caption This! contest. To participate, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight! Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place and a choice of a Gnomeregan Bombardiers or a Hellscream Warchiefs t-shirt from J!NX for runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here, and if you don't want to enter, you can still participate by voting for the winners on Monday. See you soon!

Brains ... brains ... BRAINS! What's that noise? Why, it's our Caption This! contest, rising from the dead after half a year in the ground! For you new readers, or readers with poor memories, Caption This! works like this:

I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, June 6 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean. During the weekend, our team picks the top ten or so finalists. On Monday, we put the top ten up for a public vote in a new post. Voting closes Tuesday, June 10 at 11:59 pm EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes and write a "winner" post on Friday.

And what are these prizes, you ask? Well, first place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. Second place gets a choice of a Gnomeregan Bombardiers or a Hellscream Warchiefs t-shirt from J!NX, worth about $20. However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Apologies to EU and Oceanic readers, but legal restrictions make it near-impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here.

You've got three and a half days to write a caption for this picture, from the official WoW screenshot of the day archives. Go for it!