Posted September 14, 2016 1 minute ago, givingtnt said: like Nick said, these giveaways are not ment for the forum only the forum is used as a platform for people to create an account, (perhaps see the community), signup for the giveaway, then perhaps maybe stay here and talk with people in the threads. thats the whole point afaik. and its a pretty good thing to do. advertises the comunity and keeps things in-house. there are some "forum only" giveaways (well there used to be some here and there in the past) wich were not talked about anywhere else. And that's retarded. I'm sorry but it does nothing for the community when you have 80,000 people entering into a competition, increasing your forum count size by god knows how much with several 1-posters begging for a laptop. It's dumb. Sorry but it really should have had a 500 post limit on it. I get it when it's not a forum giveaway, but when the result is placed ON THE FORUM FOR WHO WAS PICKED, then it IS a forum giveaway. Also, yes I'm aware a 500-post limit would disqualify myself but that's fine as far as I can tell. Legitimately speaking, it felt lame. It really did, and that's the issue here. It felt like some guy just swooped in and grabbed his winnings and ran, ignoring the community. S.K.Y.N.E.T. v4.3 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200 | 12GB RX 6700XT | Twin 24" Pixio PX248 Prime 1080p 144Hz Displays | 256GB Sabrent NVMe (OS) | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #1 | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #2 | 2TB Samsung 860 Evo | 1TB Western Digital NVMe | 2TB Sabrent NVMe | Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Imglidinhere said: And that's retarded. I'm sorry but it does nothing for the community when you have 80,000 people entering into a competition, increasing your forum count size by god knows how much with several 1-posters begging for a laptop. It's dumb. Sorry but it really should have had a 500 post limit on it. I get it when it's not a forum giveaway, but when the result is placed ON THE FORUM FOR WHO WAS PICKED, then it IS a forum giveaway. Also, yes I'm aware a 500-post limit would disqualify myself but that's fine as far as I can tell. Legitimately speaking, it felt lame. It really did, and that's the issue here. It felt like some guy just swooped in and grabbed his winnings and ran, ignoring the community. Yeah, and the actual people who wanted to use the forum for things besides the giveaway couldn't for a while because of the influx of new accounts. Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD || 750W P2 || 16GB HyperX Black DDR4 Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9 Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 Just now, arnavvr said: Yeah, and the actual people who wanted to use the forum for things besides the giveaway couldn't for a while because of the influx of new accounts. I found that part to be fucking hilarious actually. They broke their own damned website because of their contest. S.K.Y.N.E.T. v4.3 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200 | 12GB RX 6700XT | Twin 24" Pixio PX248 Prime 1080p 144Hz Displays | 256GB Sabrent NVMe (OS) | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #1 | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #2 | 2TB Samsung 860 Evo | 1TB Western Digital NVMe | 2TB Sabrent NVMe | Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said: it really should have had a 500 post limit on it. that is exacly whats been done before for those giveaways that were ment for comunity members. this is ment for everyone watching the youtube channel. it would have been the same if they choose a random website for people to give informations, emails n shit, then agree to who knows what and go like a bunch of shit while looking at uninteresting ads. this on the other hand is controlable, and provides a plug-in for people to use the comunity, as they need to make an account ~New~ BoomBerryPi project ! ~New~ new build log : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/533392-build-log-the-scrap-simulator-x/?p=7078757 (5 screen flight sim for 620$ CAD)LTT Web Challenge is back ! go here : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/448184-ltt-web-challenge-3-v21/#entry601004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said: I found that part to be fucking hilarious actually. They broke their own damned website because of their contest. @LinusTech buy more bandwith and download more ram ~New~ BoomBerryPi project ! ~New~ new build log : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/533392-build-log-the-scrap-simulator-x/?p=7078757 (5 screen flight sim for 620$ CAD)LTT Web Challenge is back ! go here : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/448184-ltt-web-challenge-3-v21/#entry601004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 1 minute ago, givingtnt said: that is exacly whats been done before for those giveaways that were ment for comunity members. this is ment for everyone watching the youtube channel. it would have been the same if they choose a random website for people to give informations, emails n shit, then agree to who knows what and go like a bunch of shit while looking at uninteresting ads. this on the other hand is controlable, and provides a plug-in for people to use the comunity, as they need to make an account Out of all the responses I've gotten as a reply... this is the only one that's really explained/brought to light the issue at hand and what the idea was behind X or Y. I see the point. Didn't before but I do now. o_o I feel dumb for not noticing that one... ._.; S.K.Y.N.E.T. v4.3 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200 | 12GB RX 6700XT | Twin 24" Pixio PX248 Prime 1080p 144Hz Displays | 256GB Sabrent NVMe (OS) | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #1 | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #2 | 2TB Samsung 860 Evo | 1TB Western Digital NVMe | 2TB Sabrent NVMe | Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 One of the winners has had an account since July, not exactly a new account. -KuJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, KuJoe said: One of the winners has had an account since July, not exactly a new account. And the other winner had 1 post. S.K.Y.N.E.T. v4.3 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200 | 12GB RX 6700XT | Twin 24" Pixio PX248 Prime 1080p 144Hz Displays | 256GB Sabrent NVMe (OS) | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #1 | 500GB Samsung 840 Pro #2 | 2TB Samsung 860 Evo | 1TB Western Digital NVMe | 2TB Sabrent NVMe | Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, Imglidinhere said: And the other winner had 1 post. That's how probability works. LMG is pretty smart for handling contests the way they did. -KuJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 6 hours ago, djdwosk97 said: -snip- You and i will never have chances of winning, because were considered content "rich". You need to be a content "poor", random bee collecting the pollen overhere to ever have chances of sucess xD. 5 posts is maximum before your unfit for choosing. Groomlake Authority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 14, 2016 5 hours ago, Enderman said: One post wonders... Whatever, it's just a laptop. There are better things in life. ^ I just stating the facts. Magical Pineapples