BF2S Forums BF2S Contest -- Win A Free Copy of BF2:SF

US|dirtysouth wrote:

=Robin-Hood= wrote:

Simple, don't hold a contest, but hand them out to those who contributed the most to this marvellous site and forum. e.g. the UBAR people, moderators, and you. They all contributed a wealth to this community and have more than rightly so, earned a little physical 'thank you'...

i think this is the best one, most of them posts are selfish gamers..i personally dont want it so...
but why not ur mods. or clan? they have earned it id say, but then again if u want to spread the wealth then i see ur dilemma

chuyskywalker wrote:

I bought the mods and admins a copy already The give away contest is for the users.

Icleos wrote:

SodaBob wrote:

DogGunn wrote:

What about selecting 10 people from random.
(Only from the people who have donated of course)
You already have their email address, this also means people will donate money to get a chance at winning?

I believe there are laws against "purchase necessary" contests.  In other words, if he opens the contest only to members, he may be violating some stupid law (I personally think that you should be able to restrict the contest only to those who have donated - and that's coming from someone who has not done so).  Not sure about this, though, as I'm no lawyer, but there's a reason why you always see "no purchase necessary" on all contests.

That said, I think a simple lottery with no contest would be easiest, on you and everyone else.  It would also give anyone here a chance to win, whether or not they had artistic/technical skills, game skills, time to participate in a tournament, etc.

Bob.

Mainly if you set the contest towards a comic or picture concept then you unbalance the community in chance.
Someone as a standup comic or artist will have a better chance at winning than someone who has had no experience in either of those.

I'm going to agree with Bob.
It may not be as much fun as the other ideas but everyone would have an equal chance at winning.
Pulling a name out of a hat seems like the best way.

I'm not doing this because I'm not a donator.  I just don't want BF2S to get sued or something.
Technically I believe it's illegal to have donators only be eligible to win.

EDIT: Might want to take a look at these:
http://www.loeb.com/CM/Alerts/alerts121.asp
http://www.loeb.com/CM/Alerts/Alerts181.asp

It's about the "no purchase necessary" Law.

Last edited by mycatsdied (2005-11-14 18:10:41)

CMDR_Dave wrote:

Hey homeschtar...remember this? 

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Kniero wrote:

Man...not to be the madly enraged citizen trying to make some sort of arrest...but isn't this thread about identifying potential candidates for this upcoming contest that is going to be held for this here BF2S community? I mean, isn't it kind of ironic that chuy is trying to offer even more assistance to the visitors of this website and then (to no surprise) some of them simply turn around and totally ignore the fact that this thread was made in order to find a fit challenge for the distribution of essentially free prizes?

Kniero wrote:

Holy FREUCKING HELL YOU SONSABEETCHES STOP CLUTTERIN THIS THREAD WITH STUPID SUGGESTIONS THAT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE YOU A CHOSEN CONTESTANT!!! SOOOO POINTLESS!!! (so, to learn how to not be a self-centered, greedy, arrogant, annoying basta'd, refer to the lower section of the third page in this thread in order to learn how to make a proper post [as demoed by myself] - this is simply a rant in reply to the incessant onslaught of bullshet everyone feels they need to post, and not a full blown "thread reply", FYI)