EnderAndrew Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 M$'s latest viral marketing campaign website finally opened. It has had a countdown ticker for ages. And there is a contest to win a free XBox 360 and play it before anyone else. And the contest is only open to Europeans. Wonderful.
Kaftan Barlast Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 These internet contests always makes me wonder. I mean, its not we can find out if anyone actually won and if theyve been given a price. M$ could just declared the contest is over and then pretend nothing happened and noone would ever know there were no Xboxes handed out DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
EnderAndrew Posted September 27, 2005 Author Posted September 27, 2005 Actually, I stand corrected. The site said you'd get to play the 360 before anyone else, so I assumed they were giving 360's away. The terms and conditions however state that they are flying you to the US Launch party. So for Europeans, you'd get to play the 360 before any other Europeans, but you don't actually take one home.
Kaftan Barlast Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 Fly me to the US launch party, pay for everything but not actually let me go home with one?! ...thats M$ for you, cheap beyond all reason... DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
Kitch Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 For those interested, unfiction (website dedicated to alternate reality gaming and such) has been following this quite a bit.
Tel Aviv Posted September 28, 2005 Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) Well I'm flying home with something, be it a 360 or my weight in ****tail sausages. ****tail was censored? The mods have gone power mad! Edited September 28, 2005 by Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Posted September 28, 2005 Posted September 28, 2005 How'd you do that? You've circumvented the system, like Ally McBeal in message board terms.
EnderAndrew Posted September 28, 2005 Author Posted September 28, 2005 I am behind TOMBS. Like the Wizard of Oz, I am the man behind the curtain. http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=37016&hl=
EnderAndrew Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) Okay, there is more to the contest than meets the eye. Now they are giving away 6 trips and one uber-system worth $10 grand. And there is yet another phase of the contest still yet undiscovered. http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9364/Origen-...-Meets-the-Eye/ Edited September 29, 2005 by EnderAndrew
Guest Fishboot Posted September 29, 2005 Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) I'm not digging the new wave of post-hyperreality (hypersurreality?) advertisements. I'm 99% sure that Burger King is paying people to put up Burger King-related YTMND pages. How much longer until De Beers trys to tap into the non-sequitur meme zeitgeist? "A Diamond is a Hand Banana! BOOM!! Also, we murder children! LOL." Edited September 29, 2005 by Fishboot
EnderAndrew Posted September 29, 2005 Author Posted September 29, 2005 Nope, I'm responsible for all those Burger King pages. What can I say?
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