The Office Miis Contest
Over the Thanksgiving break, I picked up one of the new Nintendo Wii’s to play with. In case you haven’t heard of this console yet, it is the new console from Nintendo. It is pretty fun. The game that comes with it is called “Wii Sports and it let’s you interact with the game. For instance, if you are playing tennis, you actually swing the controller as if it was your racquet. It’s actually good exercise.
Another thing you do on the Wii is create a “Mii.” The purpose is to create one that looks like yourself and then when you play some games, the character will look like you. It’s actually quite fun to do this. We’ve been making my family members and they kind of just hang out with each other. (For instance, when I play the Wii Bowling, my virtual wife is sitting in the chairs behind me cheering me on while I bowl.)
Well, someone recreated the “Mii Channel” online so you can try to build a mii of yourself. The creator isn’t exactly like the one on the Wii. For instance, the hair and eye colors are quite limited in this online creator. But, you can still get pretty close and it is kind of fun to play with.
What does this have to do with The Office? Well, I did my best to create some of the characters from The Office and I invite you to create some more. You can create them on the site, take a screenshot, and then send it to me. You can send it and I’ll post them as they come in, but I’ll only keep the best one of each character so they may change in the next couple days. If yours is the one that is posted when the episode ends, LITO will gift you this week’s episode of The Office on iTunes. You can create anyone listed in the character profiles. Sound fun?
(Update: All done with the contest, but enjoy the Mii’s.)
OK, these first five are my contribution. I look forward to seeing yours.
Michael (from Michael)
Jim (from Dana)
Pam (from Sasha)
Pam 2 (from Heidi)
Dwight
Karen
Kevin (from Adam)
Meredith (from Ali)
Toby (from Adam)
Kelly (from Greg)
Tony The Chip Guy (from Elizabeth)
Angela (from Erica)
Creed (from Alan)
Cousin Mose (from billypilgrim)
Ryan (from Alan)
Roy (from Lauren)
Jan (from shesnotasecret)
Darryl (from Paul)
Stanley (from numbatlove)
Oscar (from Jane)
Phyllis (from Erica)
Josh (from Caryn)
Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration (from Henry)
Andy (from shesnotasecret)
Mr Tate The Security Guard (from Sarah)
Todd Packer (from Corey)
Ed Truck (from Paul)
Hannah (from Meredith)
Martin (from Meredith)
Carol (from Corey)
Brenda (from Corey)
Billy (from Paul)
Katy (from Janie)
November 28th, 2006 11:11
Wonderful Idea!!! I will start creating Miis this week and try to send some to you. The Nintendo Wii is absolutely amazing, and I’ve created many Miis so far, but none from “The Office”. That will change soon!!!
November 28th, 2006 11:27
I’m kind of techno illiterate at times, so can I get a few tips on the best way to get a screen shot?
November 28th, 2006 11:34
Post-it Thief. When you’re looking at your Mii on the screen, press the Print-Screen button on your keyboard. This takes a shap-shot of everything on the screen, and places it on your clipboard, just like if you were to copy some text. If you open up Microsoft Paint (if you’re using Windows, sorry Brian), you can then paste it into there by pressing Ctrl + V. Or Edit–>Paste. Then you can crop it to show only what you want to show. Then save it as an image file (such as a JPG –> myMii.jpg). Then you can send it in an attachment e-mail to LITO.
Wow, that sounds a LOT harder than it is.
November 28th, 2006 11:59
Thanks for the instrcution Adam.
If you’re on a Mac, press Command+Shift+4 and your cursor will turn into crosshairs. From there, just make a box around the Mii and it will appear on your desktop.
November 28th, 2006 12:46
Wow Adam that Kevin is right on the money!!!
November 28th, 2006 13:01
Thanks Janie!
And I love the alchohol influenced cheeks on Meredith, Ali!
November 28th, 2006 14:34
desperately wanting a Wii
::::sigh::::
November 28th, 2006 14:51
I just replaced the Pam that I made with the Pam that Sasha made because hers is better and more Pam-like.
By the way, if anyone decides to make the Mii’s on their actual Wii, I’d love to see them. My Wii # is 6597 0001 2127 8075 . I’ll be sure to set me (Brian) and my wife (Candace) to mingle over to your Mii parade.
November 28th, 2006 15:09
This is very amusing =]
November 28th, 2006 16:21
I really liked all of those…except for the Toby one (it doesn’t look like him at all). This idea was pretty sweet.
November 28th, 2006 16:25
Dale, Toby can be a bit hard because the hair color options are so few.
Feel free to send in another Toby.
November 28th, 2006 17:03
I gotta say that I love my Wii too. And the Miis are so cool.
November 28th, 2006 17:08
Wow, some of these are REALLY good .
I don’t know about the Pam one, though. It looks more like Meredith or something.
The Jim one is spot on, though.
November 28th, 2006 17:47
Wow you guys have done a great job. Yeah sorry about the Toby. He was a challenge. The hair style and color options are lacking, as Brian said.
November 28th, 2006 17:49
I especially like Creed. I attempted him myself, but gave up with no success. Kudos!
November 28th, 2006 18:00
I sent one of Hannah, you could put that up!!
November 28th, 2006 18:02
I actually think Toby was captured pretty well.
These were hard to do with the limited colours and such. I am impressed by all of them.
November 28th, 2006 18:30
Ooh, yay. Here’s my Jim. =)
Jim
Michael is pretty hard to create with the limited facial features on the site …
November 28th, 2006 18:31
Hm, it didn’t show up. Trying again:
Sorry!
November 28th, 2006 18:31
haha, thanks! I’m glad you liked the pam I made
November 28th, 2006 18:32
Okay, now I will be smart and just link to it (http://pics.livejournal.com/roniabirk/pic/000d57ba/).
November 28th, 2006 18:36
There are too many good ones coming in so I said, “Out with the rules! I’m going to post multiple ones.”
November 28th, 2006 18:51
I know its kinda cheating, but after you save the pic, open it up in paint and you can fix hair color.
I love we have Season 1/2 Pam (pulled back hair) and Season 3 Pam (on the prowl).
My Favs: Ryan and Kevin.
I keep trying to make Andy but he turns into Michael–darn his personality mirroring skills.
November 28th, 2006 18:58
Ryan and Kevin and pretty awesome up there. I tried Jim, Dwight (including bleached hair Dwight!), and Phyllis so far. I was trying to think of other people or variations not already listed up there.
November 28th, 2006 19:14
wow some of these are GREAT!! goodjob
November 28th, 2006 20:36
I was trying to do Ed Truck, but…
November 28th, 2006 20:44
But they don’t offer headless ones? *snicker*
November 28th, 2006 21:02
WOW Jane, great job on Phyllis!
November 29th, 2006 06:30
Aw, my Pam one didn’t get put up.
I thought it was pretty good, myself. haha
November 29th, 2006 08:37
Hah, I like the Josh. So simple, yet it really looks like him.
November 29th, 2006 09:39
Caryn, you really captured Josh! This is a lot of fun seeing what people can do with such a limited palette.
November 29th, 2006 12:22
These are great. I sent a few in. I especially love the ones of Pam - Fancy New Beesley, and the Old Pam
What a great way to pass my time at work.
November 29th, 2006 13:56
HAHAHAHA! Ed Truck! Wow, that’s really hilarious. I had to do a couple double-takes when I first looked at it.
November 29th, 2006 14:46
[…] Your monitor has not messed up. This is an actual photograph of me. Actually, it’s an imitation Mii from Nintendo’s new Wii. The hair is not exactly right, but it sorta looks like me. Props to the folks at Life in the Office. […]
November 29th, 2006 14:55
HAHA yeah the ed truck got me laughing!!!!!!
Chip esten (josh) looks really cool. It looks just like him, it’s weird
November 29th, 2006 15:09
The Ed Truck Mii > sliced bread
November 29th, 2006 17:27
ahhaah some of those are right on. the jim face! and it’s astounding how karen’s mouth is exact! good job people!
November 29th, 2006 17:51
ed truck is hilarious lol
November 29th, 2006 19:25
I think that the Carol is so accurate that Michael would ask her to marry him, wait, already did.
November 29th, 2006 20:19
they’re all fantastic!
ed truck —> LMAO!!! yes it is hilarious!
November 30th, 2006 01:02
Here’s my contribution even though you can’t do either characters. I really think Jim has a wider nose.
Here’s my Dwight. They look better on this Wii, but I basically copied what I did with my system.
November 30th, 2006 09:47
OMG, Ed Truck and Billy Merchant. Crack my shizznit up! Good work everyone!!
November 30th, 2006 10:08
Brenda looks like a zombie.
November 30th, 2006 12:10
First, Adam I must THANK YOU for teaching me how to do a screen capture. I never knew how to do it before!
Second, these are hilarious. Whoever did Ed Truck made me choke on my orange. Thanks for making my day.
February 13th, 2007 15:02
These are sweet!
March 21st, 2007 09:16
here are mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkPVjVUvbhc
January 29th, 2008 12:29
Hi…Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts..what a nice Tuesday . Sasha Cohen
June 9th, 2008 14:25
hahahaha whoever did ed truck!!! ha
December 27th, 2009 15:45
THESE SUCK! They look nothing like the characters. Epic Fail.