May 2006 Giveaway (Sponsored by XFX)

[Brian]

If you didn't win anything last month, you now have another shot with our May 2006 Giveaway! This time around however, the contest is only open to our forum members. XFX is offering eleven (11) more awesome prizes this month! We’re giving away one (1) XFX 7800 GTX 256MB PCI-E video card, one (1) XFX 7800 GT 256MB PCI-E video card, two (2) XFX XGear headsets, two (2) XFX corded game-pads, and five (5) XFX toolboxes. All you need to do is be a registered member of our forums and post in this thread for a chance to win!

http://www.thetechlounge.com/contests/

Simply post in this thread once to enter. We will contact the winners via the e-mail they use to register. Good luck!

[konman43]

these contests are awesome. i just got an xfx 7600gt though... hehe, runs great but some minor problems with it though... yarrggh...

[artyranger]

Thanks for the opportunity to enter and hopefully win

[Kurtis]

Okay... so it might be good if people would...

TRY TO WIN A 7800 GTX, 7800 GT, OR ONE OF 9 OTHER PRIZES BY POSTING IN THIS THREAD...

This is a NEW contest. We had the same prizes for a contest last month, but this is a whole new contest with the same prizes. We specifically made it a forums only contest so that our regular visitors would have a better chance at winning, as opposed to someone who has never posted in our forums before... so what are you waiting for. post post post.

[gumybare69]

NICE! this is awesome! I like XFX stuff ;-)

[Phot0n]

Why lie, need a gfx card...
All my money goes to wife and baby...

--Phot0n

It's a cpu! No, It's a nuclear reactor! Stop, you're both right. It's Prescott!

[shadow1013]

Yes. I'm a college student going to Full Sail and could use a great gpu card:!:

[Cabot_Teg118]

I'm in!!!

Another great contest from thetechlounge! Keep up the good work guys!

[Tenebrous]

Heck, count me in for sure.
Not to be a suckup either, but thanks for the chance TTL + XFX.

[Slypspeed]

XFX RoX!!!!!

[J2T]

Well of course I am in. :-D

[Sandyj34]

I won 1 of the 11 prizes last month and was so excited. It came UPS today

[Handcd]

:-p Free XFX stuff count me in.

[vigvigler]

i'm down

[JeansandTs]

Hi I'm new to this Site. I sure would like to WIN!!!!

Thanx People ;-)

[BCSchnei]

Woohoo....Gotta love free stuff!

Many thanks to The TechLounge!

Ben

[barb67430]

I would love to win this. A great addition to my puter

[grizabella]

Nice prizes! Thanks for the contest.

[uncasey33]

Why lie, I'm a games junnnnnnnnkkkkkkkiiiiiiieeee

[girly2005]

I want to win thanx for having this contest

[tmim123]

Thank you!

[ellory]

Please pick me

[bpm2000]

comeon!

[eleung321]

count this newbie in. thnx

[nguyentendo]

I'm in:-D

[PsychoSnowMan]

Sweet, thanks for the new contest guys. I hope I'll win something this time. My 9800 is still doing a pretty good job but it's getting a little bit old.
I wonder how many of the entrant's post count will go up above 1 after this contest has ended. BTW are the user IPs being checked? Something seems fishy to me about the last dozen or so posts.
Once again, thanks!

[Kurtis]

yes we will be checking the IPs etc. :)

[fluegas5]

:-p I'm gonna win!:-p

[birdac]

For a great contest.

[Kalo]

Thanks for being so generous yet again guys!!! :)

[manateematt]

Good Luck to All !!

mm
FoBW

[wesley1955]

Could someone please explain the difference between a 6800 and 6800GT. Is there really a noticeable difference between the two. I just bought a 6800 Geforce and I'm wondering if I messed up. You can tell I'm NOT a professional gamer.:-D


/mod edit: this isn't really the thread for such questions. i'd ask that you please post in the Tech Support area for video card advice.

[msdelta]

In desperate need of a new video card. Could this be the answer to my prayers?

[dbuske]

Thanks for having this contest
danbuske@yahoo.com
Please enter me in contest

[richtortora]

Recently found out I need a video card to play a game I received. This would be great! Thanks

[Next]

All these people are probably from Slickdeals.net. Someone posted a link to the contest there, so you will see massive amounts of people who will have one post trying to win this thing. :(

[royalusa]

Let the games begin!!

[sneddy29]

Thanks for the chance!

[jilltonja]

My whole tower went down with the last storm, this would be a start.

[michelena2000]

Wow, what a great contest. I like this forum, my first time on a techi one!;-)

[DePro]

Thanks so much for the great contest!

[diesel51]

Glad I am here. Looks like a great site. Contests, interesting reading and just a place to come and relax.

[sdadolf]

I'm ready to Win!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cameo27]

Great site with lots of valuable info. Great contest as well! Thanks

[chamo11]

I'm glad I found this site. Great prizes!

[mheade]

Oh yeah baby.....

Bring it!

[susan1215]

Thanks for the contest!

[Blackout]

A little disturbed by all the guys with one post. :( Hope I win against all of you! :)

[MoonMaiden]

Thanks for the contest!

[SAMSAMHA]

awesome, thanks for thetechlounge and xfx once again.

[JSN723]

Thanks for the entry! Hope i win =P

[Prototype]

Excellent contest Brian. You rock so much! :)

[Eclipse]

Here's to hoping!! Cheers!! :)

[Nasty_Savage]

Tossing name in hat :mrgreen:

[whoever4321]

Me too

[bothersome]

See how good my luck really is!!!

Count me in ;)

[Velmar]

I don't see any regulations prohibiting europe users to take part in this.
So here's my shameless post.
Really could use a gfx upgrade.


/Mod Edit:

Eligibility

This Contest is offered electronically via the Internet to all natural persons who have Internet access, and are residents of the Continental United States.

[Meltdown]

Woot. Guess I qualify for this. I will be here, watching and no longer lurking in my attempt in this contest. :)

[gdodson]

Been lurking for a while, finally had the necessary motivation to register.

[JANNET]

:roll: Would you please enter me in your May 2006 Contest? Thank you very much.

[IronSight]

Damn. :)

[phonywish]

COUNT ME IN

sorry about the extra large text, but I'm excited about entering :)

[andanton]

I like to join contest please

[Conano]

woooo contests gotta lovem..... Argg gimmie de loots

[fr00zen]

I'm in

[goplaying]

I want to participate in this contest.

P.S. - I run a small website for my Guild Wars clan, and I will be posting a message on the forums there, to let everyone know what a wonderful little site you got here at Techlounge and to let them know about this contest :)

[yessir]

Add me :-p

[docker]

Why not? I may as well enter.

[lord39]

Count me in

Thanks!!
Lord39

[gemini_girl]

i'll join

[MoneyLover]

count me in too :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[tiamat]

My birthday is on June 3rd! I turn 21. I'm really looking forward to it.

I hope I win on here, it will be like a birthday present :twisted:

[VENUS]

Sign me up for the drawing.

[flipflop]

Just saw an advertisement for this contest on another site. Decided to come on over, and check it out. I love to get a new graphics card, so count me in!

[hugey010]

XFX baby

[atscan22]

enter me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Debrandt]

i wanna get in on this :-D

[Overload]

Awesome contest gentlemen. You guys rock!

[watson]

cool, i'm in

[SprigganX(ò_ó)]

Wow count me in in this contest :).

[LivingJ45]

Please, like to win:!:

[Cats_Shadow]

Count me in

[mamoth707]

About 3 months ago, give or take, my old video card broke. Been running off of motherboard video in the meantime. Therefore I'm definitely entering the contest here for a new one!

[extracrispy]

my contest entry

[dreamer]

Heya, how is everyone? 8-)

Can I enter the contest, please? 8-)

[APoInTeD]

I'm absolutely in this!!

[outlot31]

joining the contest now.....

[wheelerc]

if I get lucky!!

[charlie]

Happy I found this place. Add my name to the drawing.

[gliffy]

Thanks Techlounge for the contest, and this chance to win.

[static]

static = entering contest

[saxoman]

Thanks for the opportunity of entering this contest!!

[clear2drink]

Count me in for the win!

[twentyfive_nurses]

i'll enter this contest

i also entered last month's contest, but didn't win.

[broad]

include me please!! :shock:

[largell]

i'm in

[redguard]

Hello!

I'm up for winning something!

[Mister_Me]

Been paying my way thru college, and very short on funds for upgrading my computer. Would be lovely to win a video card, or even one of the other prizes, so I'm entering.

[silver]

In!!!!!!!

[dig_n_find]

Pick me :)

[WiseAzz1]

Im in!!

[zalatec]

I would like to enter

[davidlee]

Heck, I just need a reason to upgrade the rest of my components. Help give me the reason!

[smack27]

if I win, if i win, if i win.........i will be very happy :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p :-p

[kerma]

Count me in.

[ferrious]

please include my name for the prize selection

[life_siege]

Ohh cool, there is a contest running here. I will enter it.

[gadly]

I'm in :)

[nansistor]

contest entry post!!

[earthborn]

Signing up for the contest

[boy_america]

Count me in. I'm American :evil:

[Brian]

Contest has ended. Good luck to those who entered. Winners will be contacted by email.

[SAMSAMHA]

Good Luck Guys.

[Kurtis]

Emails have now been sent.

[SAMSAMHA]

congrat to all the winners. I don't think that I won anything.

[J2T]

congrats to the winners..nada here

[Kalo]

OMG. That's all I will say for now.

[PsychoSnowMan]

OMG. That's all I will say for now.
I think I can add a :D to that.

[gdodson]

Sweet, I won a toolbox. Thanks guys.

[Next]

I won a headset! Cool beans! :)

[phonywish]

Was both the video cards claimed?

And I assume Kalo won one of the video cards?

Curious, since some of us, will be waiting 3 days to see if we get a second chance. Nice to know one way or the other if they were claimed or not.

[Kurtis]

yup, both cards have been claimed. there are some toolboxes and a gamepad and a headset unclaimed at this point in time.

Don't worry though, we will be having many more contests. :-D

[PsychoSnowMan]

Thanks for the giveaway guys, I'm still kind of shocked over getting one of the video cards. My 9800 has been a true warrior but it's time to retire now. I'll have to get a PCI-E compatible motherboard though. The Abit AN8 seems nice...

[Kalo]

PsychoSnowMan: A big :D going out to you. :)

[Kurtis]

Ah, cool, I didn't realize you were the 7800gt winner. cool. :)

[J2T]

Awesome, congrats guys!! Grats Psycho..that will be a nice bump up for you. :-D

[BCSchnei]

That's great!

Congrats to all the winners!

:thumbup:

Ben

[gadly]

One hundred-and-ten people entered the contest, and only seven people out of those who entered were regular and active users. I went thru and counted the number of regular and active users who entered, and that is how I got these numbers. Since it was a 93.5-percent chance that the winners selected would be new users to the forums, it was only a very slim chance that even one of the winners selected would be a regular and active user of the forums.

It is very odd and a bit suspicious, when both winners selected for the most expensive prizes, are BOTH very active and regular forum posters. It makes it look even more suspicious when the day before the winners are selected, Kurtis got into a discussion on another thread, about how he wished regular forum users would be the winners.

I've entered contests on other sites, where I have had no doubts that it was honest. However, I likewise have been on contest sites where the owner changes the rules in the middle of the contest [which is against the law in many countries], where 200 people enter [with 90% of them new users] and the owner selects winners supposedly at random, but every winner turns out to be a long-time poster, and where the owner even falsely advertises his site across the internet as being a brand new site that is having a Grand Opening, even though the site was around for years. I'm talking about the dishonestly, fraud and cheating committed by the owner of 3dgameman.com website. This is one example that proves that it does happen sometimes. My questioning of the contest on this site therefore does have precedent and it does occur sometimes on other sites. I'm not saying it happened on this site.

There is no way to know if that is what happened here or not, and maybe the winners were honestly selected. However I can't help questioning it when it was 93.5-percent odds that someone new would be picked and none of the new users were picked.

[Kurtis]

Oh god, here comes the flaming. You've really got to be kidding me. First of all, I'd like to correct you on a couple things. When you look to see if someone is a regular user, don't just look at their post count my friend.

XFX 7800 GTX: Kalo -> Join Date: Apr 2006; Posts: 74 (new user)
XFX 7800 GT: PsychoSnowMan -> Join Date: Apr 2003; Posts: 222 (regular user)
XFX XGear Headset: Next -> Join Date: May 2006; Posts: 9 (new user)
XFX XGear Headset: shadow1013 -> Join Date: May 2006; Posts: 1 (new user)
XFX XGear Corded Gamepad: mheade -> Join Date: May 2006; Posts: 2 (new user)
XFX XGear Corded Gamepad: [waiting for reply]
XFX Toolbox: bothersome -> Join Date: Dec 2005; Posts: 105 (regular user)
XFX Toolbox: gdodson -> Join Date: May 2006; Posts: 2 (new user)
XFX Toolbox: [waiting for reply]
XFX Toolbox: [waiting for reply]
XFX Toolbox: [waiting for reply]

As you can see from the FACTS above, the person that won the 7800 GTX is in fact NOT a regular forum user. Kalo started posting for the contest. It just so happens that once he started posting, he KEPT posting. Good for him. The winner of the 7800 GT is one of our regular users - great, I'm quite happy for him. 2 headsets and 1 gamepad were both won by new users. Bothersome, who is a regular user who previously won a grand prize computer system worth about $3,000 right here at TheTechLounge has now won a toolbox - wow you're right that sure does seem fishy (*cough*). And then a new user one a toolbox, and some of the prize winners still haven't replied to their emails. Also... can you explain to me why nobody who has been a forum member since before 2005 won, if you think we rigged the contest?

If you for one second think that we have so little integrity as to actually RIG a contest, you should remove yourself from our forums immediately. If we wanted to make sure our regular users won the prizes, we would just give them directly to them without the contest nonsense. As you can see in the actual facts I've laid out above, it's pretty obvious that we did not rig the contest, and I REALLY can't say enough how much I dislike that you would accuse us of such a thing. My posts stating the purpose of this contest were very clear. We did not send out news for this contest specifically so that our own regular users would stand a better chance at winning. We always send news for our contests, and we thought it would be a nice gesture for our regulars if we kept this one a bit more low-key.

It leaves a VERY bad taste in my mouth when someone like you comes around and starts talking shit about us on our own forums with regards to a contest. Do you think you are entitled to a graphics card, and when you see you aren't a winner, you immediately throw up a red flag and call foul before you even really LOOK at the facts? I'm sure you wanted to win, but that doesn't mean you should get pissed off and start conspiracy theories about us and the way we run things when we give everything we have for our users with every aspect of our site from the way we conduct reviews to the contests we run.

The winners were picked at random. End of story.

By the way, don't compare us to 3DGameMan.com please. That's exactly the type of site we have always promised ourselves, our readers, and our sponsors that we would NOT be. We conduct ourselves with integrity, and unlike 3DGameMan and many other sites out there who shall remain nameless, we don't give every product that comes along a 'kick ass award.' I'd also like to point out once again that we did not send news to anybody about this - so it's not like we had any motivation to rig this contest and get a ton of new people to signup from other sites etc. and then screw them. We simply kept the contest low-key.

At the end of the day, you need to take a step back and realize that we're throwing contests out of the goodness of our hearts. We aren't getting paid a damn thing by anybody to throw these contest, we just do it to be nice to our users. And as a matter of fact, these 7800 GTXs and 7800 GTs that we've given away over the last couple of the months are coming directly from our testing labs. We are giving away our own video cards.

Have a nice weekend...


(P.S. No offense meant towards anyone I labeled as a "new user," but I had to do that to illustrate the point that this contest was definitely not rigged...)

[PennyManDeux]

Kurtis, you shouldn't have wasted the time replying to this ignorant fool. If he was a regular reader of this site, he wouldn't question The Tech Lounge's intentions. Looks to me like he is just some 13 year old who didn't get what he wanted and his only response is to throw a temper tantrum. It may work with his mommy and daddy, but it won't in the real world.

Cry me a river gadly. I hope you get banned.

[Kurtis]

Kurtis, you shouldn't have wasted the time replying to this ignorant fool. If he was a regular reader of this site, he wouldn't question The Tech Lounge's intentions. Looks to me like he is just some 13 year old who didn't get what he wanted and his only response is to throw a temper tantrum. It may work with his mommy and daddy, but it won't in the real world.

Cry me a river gadly. I hope you get banned.

good advice, but i loves me an argument, and i'm not one to keep my mouth shut if someone pisses me off :-D

[gadly]

You claim that you are trying not to be like 3dgameman.com. But when one of your user's addresses a concern on your site, you act rude, nasty, impolite, and then backup the comments of an immature jerk (i.e. Pennymandeux). To me that is the EXACT same type of behavior of sites like 3dgameman.com.

You know as well as I do, that when 93.5-percent of the participants in the contest had less then 5 posts, and the two winners of the best prizes were active users with a decent amount of posts, that this does look suspicious. Someone pointing out something suspicious is NOT the behavior of a child, or a flamer, or someone who is immature. If more people would point out when they see something suspicious, whether it is in real life or on the internet, then maybe this world would be a much better place. But a lot of people do not take the time to do it, because they know as soon as they do, that immature jerks will insult them. If you think I was wrong, then insult my words but do NOT insult the person, because you have NO clue what kind of person I am.

And I will let you know, I enter around 100 contests per year. I entered 7 contests in this month alone, including bigbruin, xyzcomputing, 3dgameman.com, etc. In the over 100 contests I enter a year, I may get lucky if I win one. I never say a word or a comment, if the contest is run legitimately.

Also if I thought that the owner of a site gave me the prize because he liked me, then I would return it, because that is the kind of person I am. Its called being an honest person.

Now I probably was wrong about the contest on this site, and it seems to have been run honestly. But that does NOT make me wrong for pointing out my suspicions. It is NEVER wrong for ANY user no matter how new to point out suspicions. And a well run website with intergrity [which is what you claim this site is] would NOT insult the user. That was uncalled for, and makes this look like a very low class website. And that is a fact.

[Kurtis]

A) If you think we are anything like 3dgameman.com, you clearly don't read ANY of our articles and you simply came here for the contest and nothing more.

B) I suppose it does look somewhat suspicious that 2 regular users won when the odds weren't exactly in their favor, but again I want to point out a couple of things. The winner of the 7800 gtx was not a regular user, he's a new user who just happens to be active and has made a lot of posts in a month. also, if we were to rig the contest, we would have chosen for people who have been registered and posting on our site since 2003/2004 for the main winners, whereas nobody won who was registered before 2005. furthermore, what do we have to gain by rigging the contest? we did not send news to any other site about this contest, and as such we received no increased traffic for the contest - so why would we waste our time rigging it? if we wanted to guarantee regular users won prizes, we'd just give them the video cards and be done with it.

C) how does the fact that you enter 100 contests per year and 7 in this month alone help your argument any? all this tells me is that you're just out looking for free stuff wherever you can get it and you couldn't care less about the site who sends it to you.

D) i doubt that you would actually give a prize back if a contest was rigged in your favor, but even if you did, what's your point? you saying you would like psychosnowman to give you his video card because you think i rigged the contest for him to win a 7800 GT?

E) Finally, you mention that you could be wrong about us rigging the contest. While you are not "WRONG" for pointing out your suspicions, I will tell you what you are... you are ungrateful. I would also like to know where I insulted you on a personal level - point out where I did that. Saying "oh god here come the flames" is not a personal insult. If you were a regular user here you would know that pretty much every other contest we've had, there is always that one person who makes a fool of themselves by complaining about the contest and the fact that it must have been rigged because they didn't win. boo-freaking-hoo. nobody twisted your arm to sign up for this contest, and based on your attitude, i would personally like to ask you to remove yourself from our forums. if your last 2 posts have been any indication, it looks like you're headed for a meeting with Mr. Ban Stick if you keep it up.

[gadly]

A) If you think we are anything like 3dgameman.com, you clearly don't read ANY of our articles and you simply came here for the contest and nothing more.
And this is suppose to be a bad thing? If I came here only for the contest?

A few of your currently most active users, may of came here ONLY for the contest and was originally planning to ONLY enter one of your contests. Just because someone came here only for a contest, does not mean that they won't read the site, like what they see, and enjoy it enough to become an active participant.

The fact that you feel the need to put down people who come here "only for the contest", and act like those people are inferior in some way is very shortsighted. You never know who will become an active user or not.


B) I suppose it does look somewhat suspicious that 2 regular users won when the odds weren't exactly in their favor, but again I want to point out a couple of things. The winner of the 7800 gtx was not a regular user, he's a new user who just happens to be active and has made a lot of posts in a month. also, if we were to rig the contest, we would have chosen for people who have been registered and posting on our site since 2003/2004 for the main winners, whereas nobody won who was registered before 2005. furthermore, what do we have to gain by rigging the contest? we did not send news to any other site about this contest, and as such we received no increased traffic for the contest - so why would we waste our time rigging it? if we wanted to guarantee regular users won prizes, we'd just give them the video cards and be done with it.
Didn't I already say that I was wrong? But I feel that I had legitimate concerns and legitimate suspicions. We could of handled everything in a polite manner. I believe my original post was politely written, I even edited it a few times to make sure it was polite. I stick behind what I said that addressing suspicions is not a bad thing. You want a site where everyone is afraid to death or scared to death to address any suspicions? You want a site where everyone is afraid to talk honestly? As a new user here, I had honest concerns and I addressed them. Since when is being honest and addressing your concerns a bad thing.


C) how does the fact that you enter 100 contests per year and 7 in this month alone help your argument any? all this tells me is that you're just out looking for free stuff wherever you can get it and you couldn't care less about the site who sends it to you.
I pointed out the fact that I enter a lot of contests since you and the last user both accused me of addressing my concerns because I didn't win. When 99 contests per year, I'm a loser, and I do NOT say one single word on those other sites, that is proof beyond a shadow of a doubt what you said was a false statement. I only say something when the contest looks suspicious, and if you stop reacting emotionally and angrily then you will admit that it did look suspicious. Pointing out the obvious and asking about it, is not or never was, about me. I was only asking about the contest and my suspicions.


D) i doubt that you would actually give a prize back if a contest was rigged in your favor, but even if you did, what's your point? you saying you would like psychosnowman to give you his video card because you think i rigged the contest for him to win a 7800 GT?
I actually did refuse a prize once, because the contest wasn't fairly run.

And will you please stop with these comments like "you would like psychosnowman to give you his video card." Please point out ONE spot in any of my posts where I said one single word where I said I was upset that I didn't win? Its gets very lame when you feel the need to insult the user or put down the person. If you disagree with my argument that insult ONLY the argument. You constantly try to make it seem like it about me, to try to discredit me. It has been and was always about the contest. I saw something that look suspicious and I addressed it, nothing more and nothing less. So stop the comments like the above one.


E) Finally, you mention that you could be wrong about us rigging the contest. While you are not "WRONG" for pointing out your suspicions, I will tell you what you are... you are ungrateful.
I'm ungrateful for pointing out obvious suspicions? That isn't ungrateful. Some sites would actually thank a user for honestly addressing his concerns. There is and never was, anything wrong, with any user addressing a concern.


yourself from our forums. if your last 2 posts have been any indication, it looks like you're headed for a meeting with Mr. Ban Stick if you keep it up.
If you ban users for addressing legitimate concerns in a polite manner, then there is SOMETHING wrong with this site. I did nothing but address a concern in a polite, intelligent and thoughtfully worded message. If you want to ban me for doing that, then so be it. I would not want to participate on a site where you have to be scared to death and afraid of getting banned for expressing yourself honestly and addressing any concerns I had with the site.

[Kalo]

Ok, I was replying before but my computer keeps shutting down right now - these PC issues are killing me. :( All I have to say is pretty poor sport over your absence of winning, and I do hope that you take advantage of all of the content that is available here, and not just the generousity of the site owners. No need for flaming. Better luck next time.

[Kurtis]

I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you further. it is blatantly obvious that you are not the type of person we want in our community. goodbye gadly. you have been banned.

next time we host a contest, i'm definitely going to add a "no whining" rule... users will be banned for whining in any way about contests... it's sad that we will have to make a rule like that.

[IronSight]

Noice!

[watson]

Ok, I was replying before but my computer keeps shutting down right now - these PC issues are killing me. :( All I have to say is pretty poor sport over your absence of winning, and I do hope that you take advantage of all of the content that is available here, and not just the generousity of the site owners. No need for flaming. Better luck next time.

I was curious on which planet you learned to speak English. Because I didn't see anything in what gadly wrote that would even suggest he was a poor sport over not winning. So I guess your version of English is different then mine. :twisted:

[Brian]

Ok, let's keep this on topic guys. If you want to argue, use the PM system.

[Kurtis]

1 Corded Gamepad and 3 Toolboxes were unclaimed, so I've just chosen 4 replacement winners and sent out emails.

In case you're wondering how I picked the winners, I use Excel and the function =RANDBETWEEN(1,111) to pick random numbers within the contest entries.

So yeah, reply to your emails guys, so I can get all these prizes shipped out.

And keep your eyes peeled for another exciting (international) contest that will be up soon. that's right, you guys in Canada, Europe, Australia, etc. will be eligible. :-D

[SAMSAMHA]

super, thanks kurtis.

[Rich]

And keep your eyes peeled for another exciting (international) contest that will be up soon. that's right, you guys in Canada, Europe, Australia, etc. will be eligible. :-D

Global Domination here we come!

[Kurtis]

Alright people... there are still FOUR unclaimed prizes, and I'm getting pretty sick of picking random replacement winners because people are failing to respond. I'm going to send one more round of emails, and if I don't get back any responses, I'm just going to give away the remaining prizes to whoever posts saying they want them.

Currently there is still a XFX XGear Corded Gamepad and three XFX Toolboxes.

[Kalo]

Sorry to hear this man, hope people wake up!! :)

[SAMSAMHA]

I WOULD TAKE IT FOR SURE:). hehehe, i got my headphone and they are nice, do'nt mind getting that game pad or toolbox.

[J2T]

wow....heh, I would take any of those..I do need a gamepad. lol

[Kurtis]

Not yet guys, I'll let you know what's left over in 3 days, and then it's first come first serve. of course, you can only pick 1 thing, you can't say give me all of it :-P

[Brian]

Too bad for them! Those gamepads are quite nice and who couldn't use some extra tools?

[J2T]

Not yet guys, I'll let you know what's left over in 3 days, and then it's first come first serve. of course, you can only pick 1 thing, you can't say give me all of it :-P

lol, we are a bunch of vultures :mrgreen: . I'm just amazed that people don't claim prizes in contests. You would think if you took the time to enter you would remember to check your email. :roll:

[Kurtis]

lol, we are a bunch of vultures :mrgreen: . I'm just amazed that people don't claim prizes in contests. You would think if you took the time to enter you would remember to check your email. :roll:

yeah it is surprising, but i guess it isn't "worth their time" to reply unless it's the grand prize... :roll:

[SAMSAMHA]

yeah it is surprising, but i guess it isn't "worth their time" to reply unless it's the grand prize... :roll:

that's just weird, even the headphone and gamepad are great prizes. man, some people are a bit hard to please:).

[Kalo]

that's just weird, even the headphone and gamepad are great prizes. man, some people are a bit hard to please:).
Agreed. :)

[Kalo]

They get back to you this time Kurtis?

[Kurtis]

As a matter of fact, no, only 1 person replied (for an XFX Toolbox)

I currently still have available:

1) XFX XGear Corded Gamepad
2) XFX Toolbox
3) XFX Toolbox

So, anyone is free to claim those 3 prizes. Just say which one you want officially in the thread so that you are the first to claim it, and then send me an email where you tell me your username, your shipping address, and phone number so that I can ship these bad boys out finally.

email to contest@thetechlounge.com

[Nick]

i want a toolbox!!

oh wait, i cant win, curse you kurtis! :)

[Niroth]

I'll take a toolbox! =)

[tizzy]

I want a toolbox, and as an active lounge lurker, i'm going to beg for it!

[SAMSAMHA]

i would take that gamepad.

[Kurtis]

alrighty, this contest is now officially closed. i shipped the grand prizes a week or two ago, so the winners should already have those, but I'll be contacting XFX in just a moment to let them know where to ship the other prizes.

[Kalo]

alrighty, this contest is now officially closed. i shipped the grand prizes a week or two ago, so the winners should already have those, but I'll be contacting XFX in just a moment to let them know where to ship the other prizes.
o_O I haven't received mine yet. :(

[SAMSAMHA]

man, i still can't believe that they didn't claim the prize.

[Kurtis]

o_O I haven't received mine yet. :(

um.... somebody did at your address today :P

Status: Delivered

Delivered on: 06/21/2006 11:06 A.M.
Signed by: PATAL
Location: OFFICE
Delivered to: US
Shipped or Billed on: 06/15/2006

Tracking Number: 1Z R05 12A 03 4565 405 3
Service Type: GROUND
Weight: 4.40 Lbs

[Kalo]

um.... somebody did at your address today :P

Status: Delivered

Delivered on: 06/21/2006 11:06 A.M.
Signed by: PATAL
Location: OFFICE
Delivered to: US
Shipped or Billed on: 06/15/2006

Tracking Number: 1Z R05 12A 03 4565 405 3
Service Type: GROUND
Weight: 4.40 Lbs
Ah good, I was just thinking if you said we should have em by now, lol. :P *Quickly goes over to the office*.

[Kalo]

In the rig and working really well. Thanks guys!!! :)

[J2T]

doh, too late :-( :-)

[PsychoSnowMan]

The video card just arrived and is sitting right next to me. Now I just have to wait for tomorrow when my new motherboard arrives and I can plug this baby in :D
Thanks again for the great prize!
I can't decide whether or not to put my Zalman cooler on it. The cooler that comes with the card covers more area, but the Zalman site lists the 7800 as being compatible. I guess I'll just wait and see how noisy the card's stock fan is.

[SAMSAMHA]

CONGRAT ONCE AGAIN PsychoSnowMan, man that's an awesome card.

[Kurtis]

if you have a zalman cooler for it, just slap it on. i'm sure it is better and more quiet than the stock one even though it is decent

[IronSight]

Hey congrats Psycho, wtf, wtf, wtf. I'm a good heli pilot!!!!111 >= [

;-)

[PsychoSnowMan]

Am I missing something LronSight?

[PsychoSnowMan]

Well the motherboard is here and the video card is installed but unfortunately there's a problem.
A small part of the video card was rattling around loose in the packaging. It's a tiny piece of black plastic with some wire on it, when I looked close at the board I could see that it is one of a set of 3 identical parts that lead into one of the DVI connectors. There is another group of 3 leading into the other one.
So the good news is the board still works. The bad news is that little piece of plastic and wire seems to carry one of the color channels. So I have one monitor which looks great, and another that looks... purple.
Not sure if anything can be done about this though as since it was apparently working fine when they were using it for testing purposes then the damage probably happened during shipping or when I took it out of the box. Hence voiding warranty.
Not a big deal though, it's still a sweet card and I don't use my 2nd monitor for much other than Winamp and watching for IMs while I'm in a game.
Thanks again for the prize!

[SAMSAMHA]

xfx has lifetime warranty on their card, so I think they maybe willing to replace it for you. if not , I think kurtis should be able to help out by contacting xfx.

[PsychoSnowMan]

Yeah I'd looked at that, I'll pm him.

[Kurtis]

Yeah I'd looked at that, I'll pm him.

send me an email to kurtis@thetechlounge.com with all your contact info and some more details about the problem, what the package looked like when you received it, etc...

UPS must have been VERY rough with your package if they messed it up... as a matter of fact, UPS might even replace the thing since I insured it. contact me and we'll sort this out together, whether through XFX or UPS.

[IronSight]

Am I missing something LronSight?

You'd have to go back a few years and recall Desert Combat Testing Sessions.

Nevermind. Hah

[PsychoSnowMan]

That's what I figured, don't remember saying that though. :-/

[Kurtis]

lol i don't remember that either. think you're imagining things m8 :-P

[gdodson]

EDIT: NEVERMIND, it just arrived today! Thanks again!

[SAMSAMHA]

JUST WANT TO let you know that I got the gamepad yesterday. Man, this gamepad is so awesome. I love it so much. Thanks to TTL.

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