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TS New Year Giveaway: First winner announcement
The first period of our giveaway went formidably well, thanks to everyone who participated. The winner has now been contacted through his registered email, and we expect a response during the following five days.
The selection went as planned and consisted of TS' staff and moderators picking members based on their activity during the December 14-28 period. The pool of selected members was the following:
PanicX*, Eleventeen, cyrax, dragonmaster, spike, vigilante, bartzy*, vnf4ultra*, subservient, mentaljedi, monkeyman, otmakus, Rage_3K_Moiz, PUTALE, barfarf, nathanskywalker, howard_hopkinso, asphix*, nimo333, Arcanum, canadian.
Notice it's relevant to know who was picked during the first period since you can double and triple your chances for the following contest periods (see: "The catch..." in the giveaway rules).
Once again, we are thankful for your participation and we certainly hope you keep doing so, as there are still three more videocards in play.
* Showed exceptional participation and received double slots in the pool. This deviates slightly from our original rules, however we thought it would be fair for those members who showed above-expectations performance.
Update (12/02): We certainly encourage users who weren't included in the pool to continue participating, your chances are almost intact with three more cards left.
Those wondering why you weren't included, remember that users are being hand-picked, meaning quality and relevance of comments matter A LOT. If this wasn't the case we could simply run a search of users posting over 20 items during the contest period, but the fact that we read everything you post makes a difference.
The selection went as planned and consisted of TS' staff and moderators picking members based on their activity during the December 14-28 period. The pool of selected members was the following:
PanicX*, Eleventeen, cyrax, dragonmaster, spike, vigilante, bartzy*, vnf4ultra*, subservient, mentaljedi, monkeyman, otmakus, Rage_3K_Moiz, PUTALE, barfarf, nathanskywalker, howard_hopkinso, asphix*, nimo333, Arcanum, canadian.
Notice it's relevant to know who was picked during the first period since you can double and triple your chances for the following contest periods (see: "The catch..." in the giveaway rules).
Once again, we are thankful for your participation and we certainly hope you keep doing so, as there are still three more videocards in play.
* Showed exceptional participation and received double slots in the pool. This deviates slightly from our original rules, however we thought it would be fair for those members who showed above-expectations performance.
Update (12/02): We certainly encourage users who weren't included in the pool to continue participating, your chances are almost intact with three more cards left.
Those wondering why you weren't included, remember that users are being hand-picked, meaning quality and relevance of comments matter A LOT. If this wasn't the case we could simply run a search of users posting over 20 items during the contest period, but the fact that we read everything you post makes a difference.
User Comments: 41
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I posted everyday and I wasn't even considered. What a waste of time. I am out of here. I will just stay on my regular forums.Seems very unfair not to be considered in the pool of possible winners. This contest is really unfair.
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dbuske's reply does not exactly show the type of 'sportsmanship' we expect from our regulars!It's his problem however, as he obviously does not realise there are THREE more cards to be won.For everybody else: keep up the good work, keep those posts coming!
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Obviously another of the Forum's contests where they always give the prize to their best buds on the forums. I think I will report back Nvidia.
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Great job, vnf4ultra, I am glad to know, that I was picked in the mix, and I hope I win next time. Thanks for considering me Techspot. And for everyone who was disappointed because they didn't win, just keep posting, and you may be picked. The contest is not over yet, so keep on posting!!!!!! think positively!!!!!!![Edited by MonkeyMan on 2006-01-02 08:24:14]
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Relax ppl. Three more cards are still in game... Just, go on.
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Thank you Techspot, I've rarely ever win anything, and didn't even figure it'd be worth it to enter, since I never win, but I actually won now! I can't believe it. Should be a big improvement over my 6600gt.Note to dbuske, did you post at least 20 times? I think there were about 15 days where you could post comments, and if you posted 1 a day each day it'd only be 15 posts, and the rules said it was necessary to post at least 20 times. Also note, the contest isn't over, you still have 3 more rounds to win, and each time your chance of winning will increase if you post at least 20 quality comments in each round. Thanks again!
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wow. I'm up there. That's wonderful. Being noticed is almsot as good as winning. Well done vnf4ultra, i'm happy for you! So, lets keep up the posts and Happy New Year to you all. (Even if its a bit late...)
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Wow vnf4ultra, nice going ! I hope you'll have a great time with this really great card
I'm happy to see that I was in the pool and you even put me twice there -
[b]Originally posted by vnf4ultra:[/b][quote]Note to dbuske, did you post at least 20 times? I think there were about 15 days where you could post comments, and if you posted 1 a day each day it'd only be 15 posts, and the rules said it was necessary to post at least 20 times.[/quote]It's not just about posting, it's about making worthy posts. Not "I agree", "Great!", "(insert name brand) rocks!" kind of posts. I'm not saying that's what he did, but there quite a lot of "filler" posts & those simply will not get you considered.Congrats to the first winner.
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Congratz !
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Nice work man
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Awsome! have fun with your new card! Why wasnt I even considered? I've been posting at least twice a day. O well, i'll keep on hoping/commenting for the next card! Do we need to post here, or back on the original page?
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Congrads Vnf4ultra
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Congratulations Vnf4ultra enjoy of this awesome present
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congrat man, you are super lucky.
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Congrats vnf4ultra, u deserve to win the prize. Ur comments are pretty thoughtful and knowledgeable. Now I just hope I have some of ur luck and win 1 of the left 3 prizes.
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Nice work vnf4ultra. Everyone else keep posting and increase your chances of winning the last 3 cards!!! Good luck all.
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[b]Originally posted by realblackstuff:[/b][quote]dbuske's reply does not exactly show the type of 'sportsmanship' we expect from our regulars!It's his problem however, as he obviously does not realise there are THREE more cards to be won.For everybody else: keep up the good work, keep those posts coming![/quote]Just sounds like sour grapes to me.Why can`t you (dbuske) just be happy for vnf4ultra, as I and the rest of the Techspot regulars are.Congratulations vnf4ultra. Nice one mate.Regards Howard.
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Cool, nice job vnf4ultra.
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Congratulations to vnf4ultra!Seriusly, that's a sweet card you've gotten your hands onNice to see I was picked, being a very new member and all This is just an encouragement for me to be even more active...Hope I win this sweet card in one of those next 3 polls :P
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Vnf4ultra, you lucky bastard! hehe, yeah I'm jealous, but hopefully I can still win one of the next three. It's nice to see that all your work doesn't go un-noticed here.Congrats! I know your new year is Happy!
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I meet all the criteria for the contest and wasn't even entered? WTF? What a BS giveaway! TechSpot sucks!
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Hey cool I was on the list but no *
must.........keep..............going...............Have fun now vnf4ultra! See you in BF2! -
Congrats vnf4ultra!While watching the comments on the articles myself, there were only a few I thought deserved the prize and you were one of them. Does my heart good.
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Congrats and enjoy the sweet 7800GT
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