phuzzy wrote:

> I properly LOL'd at this. Nice :D

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.

Antichris wrote:
> Digitrader wrote:
> can GAD be won by some one who is not actually a paying Freeola
> customer? if so how is that fair to the paying Freeoal
> customer,
> what do Freeola customers get from the forum if they are not
> into
> gaming or techy stuff?
>
> Well, to be honest, it's mostly the people who write reviews and
> tech posts, submit cheats and write walkthroughs that keep the
> forum alive, and give people things to look for if they have
> problems. It is quite hard to win a GaD, i've spent at least 2
> hours on each review, if not more, and it might not even
> necessarily win, so instead of paying freeola, we're rewarded for
> our efforts and time that is put into these forums, which, not to
> blow smoke up anyone's pipe, is harder than paying a subscription
> fee (in which services are given in exchange anyway).

Thats a good point, albeit very bias :P
Our paying customers are what keep this forum going after all. And it is they who pay for the GADS you are so fond of ;)

And to Digi's original post, the Freeola Forums are generally in relation to Freeola, hence Gaming and Technical.

Digitrader wrote:
> can GAD be won by some one who is not actually a paying Freeola
> customer? if so how is that fair to the paying Freeoal customer,
> what do Freeola customers get from the forum if they are not into
> gaming or techy stuff?

Well, to be honest, it's mostly the people who write reviews and tech posts, submit cheats and write walkthroughs that keep the forum alive, and give people things to look for if they have problems. It is quite hard to win a GaD, i've spent at least 2 hours on each review, if not more, and it might not even necessarily win, so instead of paying freeola, we're rewarded for our efforts and time that is put into these forums, which, not to blow smoke up anyone's pipe, is harder than paying a subscription fee (in which services are given in exchange anyway).

You have some strange ideas, Digi. :)

As a paying customer what does it matter to me how Freeola benifit? as a loyal paying customer its nice that they try and include all age groups in the win a GAD am not into gaming so would never write a reveiw - the benofits to Freeola are that more folks my age would join up so thats more Freeola subscriptions for them.

Digi

Warhunt wrote:
> Garin wrote:
> I think we're all in favour of Freeola giving us money for
> doing
> practically nothing.  Its hard to see what the benefits to
> Freeola are though.
>
> That is the bottom line yes.

And now for Freeola's say..(or at least my say :P)

As mentioned before the idea of bringing back Bingo would not be to give the forum users something for free. Even Gaming Awards, as easy as they are sometimes, are not something for nothing.

It would have to be fun only or because we made something from it ;)

But keep up the opinions :D

So how exactly does the bingo work? Is everyone assigned one number, and then a random number generator is used? If that's the case, i think everyone should keep the same number forever :P or at least for awhile. Increases the odds of a different person every week, and it's nice for somebody who just likes to chat on freeola to win, rather than write reviews and tech posts.

That's if the Bingo comes back, as i don't see any benefit either for freeola, unless it's done in like a rotar, like so:

One week a Review Post/Cheat/Walkthrough GaD is given out and a bingo number drawn.

The next week a Technical Post GaD is given out and a bingo number drawn.

It works out better for freeola, and gives people longer to write their posts :D

Hope this is considered :D

I'd like it back since I didn't win last time :D

Garin wrote:
> I think we're all in favour of Freeola giving us money for doing
> practically nothing.  Its hard to see what the benefits to
> Freeola are though.

That is the bottom line yes.

Hah Sharon O :D

Good post, let's see what people think.

thats a lame argument as freeola dont actively advertise if they were desperate for more customers they would be more pro active in selling them selves lol you never see freeola adverts on telly and seldom see them in mags.

get sharon osbourne to do a tv ad selling freeola bingo and you will be mobbeed with new customers

digi

Well out my depth here posting on a forum that am not usually in - How ever am looking for feedback from Freeola users on how much demand there is to have Freeola Bingo returned to a monitor near you!

There have also been suggestions on renaming it to some thing like Fingo or Bingola

Also there is no reason that it cant work on a MAC PC or prob an I phone as well? but you do need to be a Freeola customer to play and win.

I would love an on line vote about this (Hint hint freeola ) am sure those techy lads in Freeola Towers have the ability to do this ( sort of on line General election)  good practice for the forth comming elections that all news channels are predicting.

That aside your thoughts please should it return? or not? renamed? or not? on line poll? or not?

Just a final thought that might sway your mind - with Fingo bingola bingo you get the chance to win a GAD prize with no technical knowledge or with out submitting a game reveiw, as I know its not everyone who is techy or game minded this gives every memeber a chance to win a prize

Vote for the return of Bingo

Kind Regards

Digi