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Winner of a game of his choice - mickey, for his suggestion of a 'Gameaday Receipt' idea, of which many of you suggested, but mickey got their first. Well done, mickey.
Runners up prize of a DVD of his choice goes to Aliboy, for his 'Santa' idea. It's well put and a nice festive idea, so it's definitely worthy of a prize. Congrats.
Thanks to everyone for all your entries, we read them all and found them to be very useful. Peace out, and complaints to the usual address. Cheers
Ali
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Extra GAD prize here for those with a creative brain to help us with our marketing and promotions.
1. Don't suggest any alterations to the site design. Don't suggest expensive campaigns.
2. Suggest how we can attract more visitors to the site from within the pages of our Club Magazine and our adverts in the specialist press such as PC Gamer.
3. Remember space is very limited. But you can enter this with something as simple as a change to the wording which we already use.
Below is an example of the type of thing we are looking for:
Headline
So, what do you say boys?
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Chat me up and WIN! Visit Gameaday.co.uk now. Just click on me and type in your favourite chat up line. That's all it takes to win ANY game of your choice in our EXTRA chat up line competition. There's one prize for the best and one for the worst chat up lines.
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Virtual girl in suggestive pose
Explanation
This would be an extra Gameaday prize running in conjunction with the promotional campaign. Designed specifically to draw in new visitors.
The winner will be the person who makes the suggestion MOST LIKELY to draw in extra visitors. The deadline for entries is the end of October.
Tricky eh?
UKgames.com -
Ok, so were not the best poets in the world, but were the best place for movies games.
I ment for movies and games
UKgames.com
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Whats your favourite scary movie?
Actualy it doesnt matter, whatever it is, im sure they have it at special reserve.
Trick or treat yourself to a Scary DvD this haloween at UKDVD.com
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2 day I R bin mostly writing reviews, posting chat messages and cheats in xchange 4 movies and games.
It doesnt matter if you are a profesional writer or if you have never writen before, anyone can win at gameaday.co.uk
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How many games and movies do you buy a year?
None, I get them free from special reserve.
Gameaday.co.uk
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I wrote a review for a new DVD, and was given another DVD of my choice, for free at special reserve.
Which was nice
Ukgames.com
Its better than all the rest
Theres games, movies, domains and computers
So why shop with their competitors
If you are a cheat or like to review
We'll always make sure theres room for you
Speak your mind and win a game
Then you'll have your 5 min of fame
So come on, what are you waiting for?
When you get here we promise it wont be a bore
UKgames.com - Ok, so were not the best poets in the world, but were the best place for movies games.
pic: me holding a game
title 2: and I got this!
Text: SR had a competition to win a game for making a magazine ad and I won! Why not enter daily at ukchatforums.co.uk?
this is how i won
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i entered a copetition on gameaday.com to make an eye-catching advert. as you can i won! not only did i get the chance to put my advert here, but i also won a free game of my choice! so come on. go to gameaday.com and see what you can win today!
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a gold medal with a big 1st writen on it
Explanation
talking about this competition and also a bit of a mind tister to get you thinking
Pic: speech podium
Text: Get feedback on your own game ideas at UKChatforums
Desc: Nobody knows this is here really, and every gamer has thought of writing a game at some point
0 - HERO
PICTURE: (a two in one)
Picture of a kid without any good games compared to a kid playing on and looking excited about a brand new game.
TEXT:
Don't be a loser come to UKGames.com for great prizes and the chance to win a game of your choice everyday, there's no limit to how many times you can win....1 of our customers has won more than 20 times!
EXPLANATION:
Loads of kids I know and adults, are stuck with their old games because they don't look at reviews hype or just never have the cash to go out and buy the newest games. So why not show them cheep prices and free prizes!!
> How about a story on a page. The links are highlighted in red.
the only problem is that they have limited space and people aren't really gonna read a large chunk of writing.
i'm not saying its a bad idea, just that its a bit unpractical
old line : There's one prize for the best and one for the worst chat up lines.
new line : There's a prize for the best and another for the worst chat up lines.