Same shit happened here, except I had to pay $7 and got NO box of any kind. Other than twitter who can I complain to at taco bell to get a stinking code.
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Stuff your face with Cheesy Gorditas to win Vitas
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Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Actually if you aim it at the picture in the op at a certain angle, it works. Really easy to do.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
WTF? Damn, I thought I got shafted with the $6 price, what's up with the price discrepancy?
I may have to write in, cause I don't really feel like going back to check if they've got a box :l
Thread redeemed.
I've been trying .. no luck in the angle just yet.
Same
I'm in Alaska, shit is always more expensive up here, just pissed I didn't get a box, but looking at the op it looks a lot like a stack of boxes they had stacked up unfolded. I wonder if the employees are taking them home or something.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
If you've got an iphone you can still play the game, I just tried it right now with the pic in the OP and it worked. You have to hold your camera at a weird angle but it recognizes the box in the jpg hilariously enough.
And I think it was mentioned in the thread that they are likely keeping a close eye on employees so they can't steal boxes.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
It makes sense. Buy Taco Bell, win a Vita, have something to play while you're on the shitter all day. Genius!
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Just finished a round right now. It's actually super fucking annoying. Since it's AR, it makes it look like you are fighting on top of a $5 box, the box has to be centered the entire time so you have to hold your hands perfectly still in front of the monitor, not a fun experience. As for the game, it's two cannons on either side of you shooting stuff at you. You have to tap the correct buttons to attack the projectiles. There's also a buzz saw and a laser that attacks you, you have to slide up or down to duck or jump to avoid the corresponding attack. Hope you have better luck than I did.
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Idk, it worked easily for me, you can enlarge the image on paint too. Aim it toward the top, and it probably doesn't matter how many points you get.
*edit* beaten with a cherry on top
*edit* beaten with a cherry on top
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Ah perfect! Does anyone know how many times you can play this game a day?
unlimited but only can enter get vita once a day... you could use different emails tho
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Android app, can't get that image above to work...
friskykillface
Banned
Haha yeah same here, I'm jelly of everyone winning
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Yeah I was thinking that box codes would probably be more likely to win..
Leona Lewis
Banned
Thanks chubigans!
I want free Vita :-0
I want free Vita :-0
Saren is Bad
Member
For me, the game has way to many variables that TB could mess with to change the odds of winning. Score, time on the app, if you want notifications, etc. Codes on the box are the best way to go.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Will be trying after I get paid this weekend. come on junior luck.
Ill try it once I get home. Thanks!Ok, I've reversed-photoshop the original art to make a custom Vita box that works with the AR game.
Enjoy!
Brad Grenz
Member
I just struck out for my second time on getting a box with an entry. When I asked about it the guy at the window said they were only supposed to open one case of the promo boxes a day, but people have been buying so many they go through them pretty quickly. He said people have been coming in and buying 4 or 5 at a time. Whether that's people feeding a family, or people going after Vitas, the result is the same.
I've also discovered the Taco Bell app is incompatible with my iPhone 3g so I can't even try entering by pointing the camera at the photo in this thread. Usually the app store warns me when something won't work, but it happily let me download this like 100mb program that won't do anything and won't even tell me it doesn't work.
I've also discovered the Taco Bell app is incompatible with my iPhone 3g so I can't even try entering by pointing the camera at the photo in this thread. Usually the app store warns me when something won't work, but it happily let me download this like 100mb program that won't do anything and won't even tell me it doesn't work.
Leona Lewis
Banned
GodfatherX
Member
well going to try my local taco bell now that im off work...hopefully they at least have the boxes so its not an entire wasted trip
It looks like you have better odds of winning if you enter a code from a box instead of using the app to enter. According to the rules, they're giving away 4500 Vitas to people who enter a code, but only 482 to people who use the app.
Also, the way they have the contest set up, there aren't any codes that are predetermined to win. They have a set date and time for when someone will win a Vita, and whoever is the first to enter a code/email after that time, wins.
Also, the way they have the contest set up, there aren't any codes that are predetermined to win. They have a set date and time for when someone will win a Vita, and whoever is the first to enter a code/email after that time, wins.
Quadraphonic
Member
And really, the math for the 482 doesn't add up.
That's like... 2 hours, but a little longer.
So maybe it's more pre-determined?
That's like... 2 hours, but a little longer.
So maybe it's more pre-determined?
Wibblewozzer
Member
Just after 5pm Pacific? Probably close to 5:04pm? My screenshot I took of my phone was at 5:10pm and that was after the initial excitement and talking to the Taco Bell employees. Also had to look up how to take a screenshot because I couldn't remember exactly what to press, heh. So yeah, I'd say 5:04, plus or minus a minute. Pretty lucky considering odds are stacked against me at that time of night with that being prime dinner time for a lot of folks.
I guess it's cool that I got it with the Junior Member luck. I've been a junior for like a year now so I guess some good had to come from that.
What do you mean?
They have a third party (Ventura Associates) randomly choose a date and time that someone will win each Vita. For example, one time that they may choose could be Feb 2 at 2:47 PM. The first person to use the app after 2:47 PM would win. Same thing with the codes, except they probably have different time and dates for the code winners than they do for the app winners.
GodfatherX
Member
well my taco bell was "sold out" of them as well, and the whole thing was kinda odd, starting to think they pulled the boxes due to a glitch
don't abuse the BBB like that.
Dead Prince
Banned
anyone having problems trying to get the battle game to work on android? it worked last night. now it's a black screen
RPGCrazied
Member
I have no will. I'm doing this today for lunch. Is there other things you can win? Games? Or just the chance for the system?
Maybe it was the commercial I saw like 999 times on TV last night.
I'm doing this today for lunch. Is there other things you can win? Games? Or just the chance for the system?Maybe it was the commercial I saw like 999 times on TV last night.