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As the adjudicating officer for the retail store extra Gameaday prize(s) I, The Only Tony, hereby declare the official results of this competition.
While the quantity of entries was high the quality was "none too hot" with many "fantasy schemes" often involving females.
I must disallow any general suggestions of games championships as we did these last year and we are running them this year. I would have taken a different view if the ideas for these had been worked up into fully suggestions (with details).
As I am judging this I can hardly award my own "Two Can Play at This" idea the prize - though undoubtedly we will use something similar for an "introduce a friend" incentive.
YH had a good notion about working with schools and Meka came up with "People are Stupid" idea to give safety advice with every game!
Rakuga deserves a mention for persistence and I particularly liked his suggestion of a One Day Sale. IF we decide to do that then he will get a prize. The problem with one day sales is that once people get used to (even) lower prices they are resistant to buying at the normal prices.
Rakuga also suggested giving better directions to the shops.
I liked Namostar's idea of placing addresses of the shops on internet banners. We'll use this so Namostar - you are A WINNER.
The second winner is Fantasy Meister. He made a couple of reasonable suggestions including better promotion of Reddies. But his idea which caught my imagination was to print an 8 digit number on the receipts for people to match with a number on the internet. This gives us the possibility of running Gameaday in the shops. I'm not sure if we will actually use it but it is the best idea (in my view).
A difficult competition which has clearly stretched imaginations to the limit. Thank you for entering.
Congratulations to NAMOSTAR and FANTASY MEISTER and I won't forget Rakuga IF we use the one day sale idea.
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These are the original rules.
The next amazing Special Reserve competition (another one!) is to suggest ideas for attracting people into our Big Club Shops.
The main objective here is to think about the cost effectiveness of your ideas. In order for them to work they need to be, yes you guessed it, low on cost and high on impact.
If you haven't visited all or any of our shops then get yourself down to your local shop and check them out! Visit our Big Club Shops page for further details: http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/shops/shopsindex.php
This competition is open for 1 month and the best ideas that we USE will win a game as part of GAMEADAY. If no ideas are used then I will pick 1 winner that I deem the best.
CLOSING DATE: 27th July 2001 *********MIDNIGHT*********
The challenge has been set. Good luck!
While the quantity of entries was high the quality was "none too hot" with many "fantasy schemes" often involving females.
I must disallow any general suggestions of games championships as we did these last year and we are running them this year. I would have taken a different view if the ideas for these had been worked up into fully suggestions (with details).
As I am judging this I can hardly award my own "Two Can Play at This" idea the prize - though undoubtedly we will use something similar for an "introduce a friend" incentive.
YH had a good notion about working with schools and Meka came up with "People are Stupid" idea to give safety advice with every game!
Rakuga deserves a mention for persistence and I particularly liked his suggestion of a One Day Sale. IF we decide to do that then he will get a prize. The problem with one day sales is that once people get used to (even) lower prices they are resistant to buying at the normal prices.
Rakuga also suggested giving better directions to the shops.
I liked Namostar's idea of placing addresses of the shops on internet banners. We'll use this so Namostar - you are A WINNER.
The second winner is Fantasy Meister. He made a couple of reasonable suggestions including better promotion of Reddies. But his idea which caught my imagination was to print an 8 digit number on the receipts for people to match with a number on the internet. This gives us the possibility of running Gameaday in the shops. I'm not sure if we will actually use it but it is the best idea (in my view).
A difficult competition which has clearly stretched imaginations to the limit. Thank you for entering.
Congratulations to NAMOSTAR and FANTASY MEISTER and I won't forget Rakuga IF we use the one day sale idea.
***********
These are the original rules.
The next amazing Special Reserve competition (another one!) is to suggest ideas for attracting people into our Big Club Shops.
The main objective here is to think about the cost effectiveness of your ideas. In order for them to work they need to be, yes you guessed it, low on cost and high on impact.
If you haven't visited all or any of our shops then get yourself down to your local shop and check them out! Visit our Big Club Shops page for further details: http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/shops/shopsindex.php
This competition is open for 1 month and the best ideas that we USE will win a game as part of GAMEADAY. If no ideas are used then I will pick 1 winner that I deem the best.
CLOSING DATE: 27th July 2001 *********MIDNIGHT*********
The challenge has been set. Good luck!
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*Begins to ponder why my fleet didn't accidently launch at FM instead, or why he refrained from drawing extra bodyparts onto FM's face...*
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Fozzy, I was only taking the p**s.
Here's an idea though, hold a games exposition like E3. That would attract people to the store and raise public awareness. After all, you are the biggest discount mail order service in the world.
Here's an idea though, hold a games exposition like E3. That would attract people to the store and raise public awareness. After all, you are the biggest discount mail order service in the world.
Grix, your zero key appears to be sticking on your keyboard. Better get that fixed....
Fozzydude wrote:
"(not a real picture, maybe a graphic like Meka_dragon or Grix_thraves)"
No really, that is me. I have an IQ of 6000.
"(not a real picture, maybe a graphic like Meka_dragon or Grix_thraves)"
No really, that is me. I have an IQ of 6000.
turbonutter wrote:
> Offer free sweets to the kiddies.
Inform the MET you are doing
> this first, though.
Oh yeah, "Mommy, mommy Special reserve club shop at Basildon is offering free sweets to children. Can we go? can we, can we?"
"Why of course, lets waste petrol and time to travel to a shop that sell something youre not interested in to get dodgy candy!"
> Offer free sweets to the kiddies.
Inform the MET you are doing
> this first, though.
Oh yeah, "Mommy, mommy Special reserve club shop at Basildon is offering free sweets to children. Can we go? can we, can we?"
"Why of course, lets waste petrol and time to travel to a shop that sell something youre not interested in to get dodgy candy!"
cookie monster wrote:
> You have a limited edition style offer, observe:
"first 100
> (or however many you want) people in the store (on whatever date you
> decide) gets a set discount on products that they want to buy".
> It is so simple.
This wont attract anyone but people who reguarilly visit the store.
> You have a limited edition style offer, observe:
"first 100
> (or however many you want) people in the store (on whatever date you
> decide) gets a set discount on products that they want to buy".
> It is so simple.
This wont attract anyone but people who reguarilly visit the store.
Ok, you create a fantasy character, and have a picture of them in a special section in your magazine (not a real picture, maybe a graphic like Meka_dragon or Grix_thraves). In this section they might say something like their veiws on certain gaming topics like the console wars or certain themes of games, anything at all.
Now you leave this going for several issues so everyone gets to know them and are dying to know what and who they are. Then in the next issue you advertise that they will be touring the Special Reserve shops, different shops on different dates.
If this manouver is executed perfectly and the caracter is perfect then people will flock to your shops like its Shigeru Miamoto or Bill Gates!
Now you leave this going for several issues so everyone gets to know them and are dying to know what and who they are. Then in the next issue you advertise that they will be touring the Special Reserve shops, different shops on different dates.
If this manouver is executed perfectly and the caracter is perfect then people will flock to your shops like its Shigeru Miamoto or Bill Gates!
You have a limited edition style offer, observe:
"first 100 (or however many you want) people in the store (on whatever date you decide) gets a set discount on products that they want to buy". It is so simple.
"first 100 (or however many you want) people in the store (on whatever date you decide) gets a set discount on products that they want to buy". It is so simple.
I think you also need a shop in Scotland, somewhere like glasgow or edinburgh. We lack a good shop like special reserve.
You probably need to have more instore displays that attract buyers, you could have special events. Try get famous people to come in and sign autographs. Get software developers to come in and show demos of their up and coming ideas. You need friendly staff that know what people want and know about the products they sell.
You could also have a small section where some PC's are connected to the web and people could pay to use them for a certain length of time to play games/research.
You probably need to have more instore displays that attract buyers, you could have special events. Try get famous people to come in and sign autographs. Get software developers to come in and show demos of their up and coming ideas. You need friendly staff that know what people want and know about the products they sell.
You could also have a small section where some PC's are connected to the web and people could pay to use them for a certain length of time to play games/research.
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