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Archie
Archie
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-31 16:20:47 UTC
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Can't believe I get away with this shit.
Just got Arkham City, Crysis 2 and Space Marine courtesy of gaming magazine PC Gamer (UK) for doodling a picture of Half-Life for them in MS Paint.
I've now received about 12 AAA games and my £1500 ($2,420 USD) PC from them over the past 2 years. I think I might be taking advantage of them.

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13 Comments

Habboi
Habboi
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 16:29:37 UTC Comment #45367
Bastard. Enter another free PC compo and send it in my name so I can have a new PC :<
Dimbeak
Dimbeak
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 16:34:27 UTC Comment #45377
Haha, wow.
Archie
Archie
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 16:53:15 UTC Comment #45369
Why don't you, Habboi?

Seriously. The competitions are easy as piss. This month's involves making some sort of Soviet-style propaganda such as a poster or a film in honour of Red Orchestra 2. Do that and you get a PC worth £1000
Stojke
Stojke
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 17:39:49 UTC Comment #45378
Wow win
Habboi
Habboi
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 18:09:01 UTC Comment #45368
You make it sound so easy :P You're the media guy, I use Movie Maker ffs :P
Archie
Archie
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 18:14:23 UTC Comment #45370
Make a 3D model then :P
Madcow
Madcow
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 19:05:31 UTC Comment #45372
lol Archie! Luck is on your side
Striker
Striker
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 19:35:26 UTC Comment #45376
I think that either you're lucky, either there's some guy(or rather girl) in the editorial that prefers you :P.

Too bad there's practically only one gaming magazine left in my country and they're too poor to offer such prizes...
monster_urby
monster_urby
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 22:07:51 UTC Comment #45366
The downside: You are the worst Battlefield 3 owner ever.
Daubster
Daubster
Commented 13 years ago2011-10-31 22:55:08 UTC Comment #45373
Lol'd
srry
srry
Commented 13 years ago2011-11-01 06:31:42 UTC Comment #45374
They don't really give anything worthwhile away in U.S. gaming magazines. Too broke probably.

Also, there's no way that can be pure luck. Or maybe it's just that nobody else enters. What's the prize/entry ratio like? Do you win pretty much any time you enter?
Archie
Archie
Commented 13 years ago2011-11-01 10:26:09 UTC Comment #45371
They get about 20 entries for each of the big competitions where there's a PC prize. The silly ones like the Top Draw competition shown above, they stockpile entries and use them over the months. I submitted that like 5 months ago and just assumed it hadn't won.
Alabastor_Twob
Alabastor_Twob
Commented 13 years ago2011-11-01 14:06:20 UTC Comment #45375
I wonder if someone from Ireland could enter?

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