why can't they do promotions with healthy foods?
Eat/drink 700$ of fried/liquefied corn and win a 500$ console.Originally Posted by thoseAREmySHOES
So wait, the majority of the contest isn't even pure luck? I have to eat a shitload of doritos and Mountain Dew to win a highly contested auction? I guess I'll hope for the sweepstakes side of things.
No. The 2005 contest ran weeks/months before the release date. If anything, this confirms a late November release.Originally Posted by JawzPause
November 5th? Hint at XB1 release date?
1,000 24-packs of Dew should get you a console for sure.Originally Posted by thoseAREmySHOES
So wait, the majority of the contest isn't even pure luck? I have to eat a shitload of doritos and Mountain Dew to win a highly contested auction? I guess I'll hope for the sweepstakes side of things.
Originally Posted by quickwhips
Xbox must be launching Nov 5th.
Originally Posted by JawzPause
November 5th? Hint at XB1 release date?
First page.No. The 2005 contest ran weeks/months before the release date. If anything, this confirms a late November release.
The rules state the console has a late November target release:
Some people will do it regardless, and since you have from September 30th to November 5th to start banking points, it really isn't that bad financially. Though, I don't eat chips or drink soda so I'll be relying on others lolOriginally Posted by Zuhzuhzombie!!
Eat/drink 700$ of fried/liquefied corn and win a 500$ console.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9rewnLFYwOriginally Posted by djplaeskool
I CAN'T STOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOP
The Wai-fu loves her some Dew and we can probably join forces with my room mate to get some serious points.Some people will do it regardless, and since you have from September 30th to November 5th to start banking points, it really isn't that bad financially. Though, I don't eat chips or drink soda so I'll be relying on others lol
I see nice calculation... and it also makes sense if its after the launch rushevery 2 mins for 5 hours a night, so 150 consoles a night for 65 days + black friday = 9750 + 720 for black friday which gives 10470 consoles. Notice the up to 14 weeks delivery though, these aren't launch consoles, you;ll get them at the start of February after the rush.
good luck to those who apply
So around the time they bring out a SKU without Kinect.
The flavored stuff is good, regular/diet is not.Originally Posted by phosphor112
Mountain Dew is nasty.
I'd say so.Originally Posted by Zuhzuhzombie!!
So is there gonna be branded Dew cans/bottles like Coke points?
Dew is about the only American soda my wife enjoys. I traded in all vices for carbonated bevs and can swap to Dew if these pop up on the Diet variant. Maybe. Diet Dew tastes pretty bad.
Like forever thanks to science.Originally Posted by PrivateWHudson
What's the shelf life on a can of game fuel? I'll probably buy a few 12 packs and get the code from the packaging and put the cabs in the basement. Ten cases would be 3000 points...any chance that would be enough.
That'd only be 2000 points. 24 packs are the ones that are worth 300 points and even ten of those wouldn't be enough.Originally Posted by PrivateWHudson
What's the shelf life on a can of game fuel? I'll probably buy a few 12 packs and get the code from the packaging and put the cabs in the basement. Ten cases would be 3000 points...any chance that would be enough.
I guess it's time to work on a kidney stone to get my free shit.
That's some bullshot right there...caters to the West Coast.9pm-2am ET
This isn't framed the same way
Could also be because they had big problems with RROD and replacing the units that weren't working
Originally Posted by gaming_noob
Will this work for Canadians?
Nope2. Who is eligible to participate in the “Every 2 Minutes ” promotion?
Promotion is open to legal residents of the U.S. residing in one of the fifty (50) United States or
the District of Columbia who are seventeen (17) years of age or older at the time of participation.
For complete detail regarding eligibility, please see the Official Rules
Yeah, I got my 360 a week and half before launch. Then again they I'm pretty sure they were having supply issues with that promotion too ( only it was a shortage of games not consoles ). Ended up getting a copy of Kameo and NBA Live as they ran out of the latter ( which I was going to take back for another game anyway ).Originally Posted by DopeyFish
The 2005 contest was framed as "be the first to own an xbox 360"
This isn't framed the same way
Could also be because they had big problems with RROD and replacing the units that weren't working
The Mountain Dew and Doritos brands, maybe.Originally Posted by Mercury Land-Snake
Does anyone else feel that MS's constant promotions with Dew and Doritos kind of cheapens the brand?
But, really, is Microsoft just trolling at this point? Always partnering with sugar soft drinks and junk food (and the same partners each time, at that).
Well....Originally Posted by Mercury Land-Snake
Does anyone else feel that MS's constant promotions with Dew and Doritos kind of cheapens the brand?
23. SPONSOR: Pepsi Promotions, Inc., 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York 10577. Microsoft is not a sponsor of this Sweepstakes and has no responsibility regarding its conduct or administration
Also, hoping for Nov5th. [yes i read OP]
We need a Heart Disease/Diabetes Achievement Unlocked image for just these circumstances.Originally Posted by Randolph Freelander
But, really, is Microsoft just trolling at this point? Always partnering with sugar soft drinks and junk food (and the same partners each time, at that).
My Google-fu has failed me.
Worked better than those launch 360s did, I'll agree to that.Originally Posted by Syphon Filter
Worked before so why not.
To counteract the calories, the Xbox One automatically forces the player to get up and play Just Dance after every serving, which of course the Kinect can recognize.Originally Posted by NullPointer
We need a Heart Disease/Diabetes Achievement Unlocked image for just these circumstances.
My Google-fu has failed me.
I'd be curious to know how much Just Dance you'd have to do to balance out one bag of the chips, or one of those one-liters of dew.Originally Posted by Randolph Freelander
To counteract the calories, the Xbox One automatically forces the player to get up and play Just Dance after every serving, which of course the Kinect can recognize.
Just get diet. The aspartame, sodium, and the acidity of the soda may cause issues later on, but at least you won't get fat... well not too fat.Originally Posted by NullPointer
I'd be curious to know how much Just Dance you'd have to do to balance out one bag of the chips, or one of those one-liters of dew.
If we exclude all the many, many, many more millions of dollars that will be used to market these sweeptstakes, how many bottles must be sold to net Mountain Dew 6 million dollars?
12 million bottles? 20?
10 billion plastic Coke bottles were sold in 1997 in the U.S. I assume more are sold today.
Pepsi Co will easily make their money back on this promotion and come away with a nice profit.10k x1s are about 5 million dollars. Add in another mil for operational expenses and shipping and the total is about 6 million in prize money.
If we exclude all the many, many, many more millions of dollars that will be used to market these sweeptstakes, how many bottles must be sold to net Mountain Dew 6 million dollars?
12 million bottles? 20?
10 billion plastic Coke bottles were sold in 1997 in the U.S. I assume more are sold today.
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