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Right, sorry for the delay on judging this one but we've had a bit of a mad Christmas and New Year so it was for your own good. Not quite so many entries for this (to be honest, it was quite a tricky one) and a fair few of you missed the point entirely - the idea was to get people to join the club, not to get them to Gameaday!
Anyway, from the entries we did receive, Dr.Duck wins for his in-depth look at the logistics of the chain e-mail and The Game wins for his 'matey' writing style. Well done both of you! You can both choose a Game or DVD from our database up to the value of £25!
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It's time we got up to some mischief.
What we need is a Chain e-mail letter. One of those things which arrives at your address and then you forward it to thirty six of your mates and two weeks later a freebie arrives through your letterbox.
Imagine that for each new member who joins Special Reserve we have a couple of quid to pay for rewards.
THE ORIGINATOR send the e-mail to 10 friends.
The ten friends can either JOIN or PASS.
To PASS they must send the e-mail on to another 10 friends, but just as favour to the ORIGINATOR.
If they JOIN then they can become an ORIGINATOR and send off their own e-mail to 10 friends.
With luck one originator will get their message across to quite a lot of people - especially if the message is interesting or humorous enough for people to pass on.
For each person who joins, we send the originator a £2 voucher towards games and stuff.
(the above is just a simple first stab at this to suggest the possibilities)
This contest is two-fold.
You can win one EXTRA GAMEADAY if you can specify exactly the right way to go about this. Something very similar to the above, but well thought out. An idea which will work.
You can win one EXTRA GAMEADAY if you can write the e-mail for the scheme you outline, or for the scheme outlined above. The important things are to make people join and to be interesting enough to pass the e-mail on.
Competition closes in Mid December.
It's a bit complex to write out your answers and ideas in this thread quite carefully and we'll see who comes up with the best concepts and approaches to this.
Quite a challenge - I wonder if anybody will enter?
Anyway, from the entries we did receive, Dr.Duck wins for his in-depth look at the logistics of the chain e-mail and The Game wins for his 'matey' writing style. Well done both of you! You can both choose a Game or DVD from our database up to the value of £25!
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It's time we got up to some mischief.
What we need is a Chain e-mail letter. One of those things which arrives at your address and then you forward it to thirty six of your mates and two weeks later a freebie arrives through your letterbox.
Imagine that for each new member who joins Special Reserve we have a couple of quid to pay for rewards.
THE ORIGINATOR send the e-mail to 10 friends.
The ten friends can either JOIN or PASS.
To PASS they must send the e-mail on to another 10 friends, but just as favour to the ORIGINATOR.
If they JOIN then they can become an ORIGINATOR and send off their own e-mail to 10 friends.
With luck one originator will get their message across to quite a lot of people - especially if the message is interesting or humorous enough for people to pass on.
For each person who joins, we send the originator a £2 voucher towards games and stuff.
(the above is just a simple first stab at this to suggest the possibilities)
This contest is two-fold.
You can win one EXTRA GAMEADAY if you can specify exactly the right way to go about this. Something very similar to the above, but well thought out. An idea which will work.
You can win one EXTRA GAMEADAY if you can write the e-mail for the scheme you outline, or for the scheme outlined above. The important things are to make people join and to be interesting enough to pass the e-mail on.
Competition closes in Mid December.
It's a bit complex to write out your answers and ideas in this thread quite carefully and we'll see who comes up with the best concepts and approaches to this.
Quite a challenge - I wonder if anybody will enter?
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are you a sad lonely gamer
have all your friends "got something better to do" then watch you play GTA3
are you so lonely you just want to scream?
if you are or even not go and join special reserve now and you will be filled to the brim with JOY!!!!
now your mates can sit and watch you play another repetitive game due to special reserves competitive prices
so what are you waiting for
take a look around the site.....
you might find something you like
what are you waiting for you losser GO!! GO!! you might be missing something!!!!
have all your friends "got something better to do" then watch you play GTA3
are you so lonely you just want to scream?
if you are or even not go and join special reserve now and you will be filled to the brim with JOY!!!!
now your mates can sit and watch you play another repetitive game due to special reserves competitive prices
so what are you waiting for
take a look around the site.....
you might find something you like
what are you waiting for you losser GO!! GO!! you might be missing something!!!!
Send letters to people through the post :o)
hmmm, is'nt it mid december allready? unless the comp closes 2morrow or something?
slik ~_~
slik ~_~
I like games
You like games
Lets talk about games
Go to UKCHATFORUMS.COM
and we can win games
There's not really much more to say
You like games
Lets talk about games
Go to UKCHATFORUMS.COM
and we can win games
There's not really much more to say
by the way...
the stars, ie *everyday*, denote italics
the stars, ie *everyday*, denote italics
You gotta be in it to win it. It's that simple.
Nearly £30,000 of prizes already won
Three chances to win *everyday*
Fancy your chances?
Then read on...
Gameaday.co.uk is not just a branch of one of the UK's leading distributors of games, gadgets and movies. It is not solely a place to voice your opinions and share your reviews. It's all this and more. Gameaday is a unique competition that gives you THREE chances to win *everyday*. That is the chance to win 2 games or 1 DVD *everyday*. There's no membership fee. There's no personal cost. They don't even charge you the postage on your winnings. Gameaday is unique in allowing you a no-strings-attached chance to win a game or DVD of your choice.
That means that you have 1,460 chances to win per year.
Do those odds sound good?
Here's what to do:
1) Go to http://sp.reserve.co.uk/common/membership/join.php to sign up for this unique opportunity
2) Forward this e-mail to ten people
3) Start typing and start winning
Now, I don't expect you to forward this e-mail without good incentive.. Gameaday even provides that:
For EVERY PERSON that receives the forwarded e-mail and signs up YOU receive a £2 voucher.
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You need some way of knowing who the originator of the e-mail is. Personally, I think you could do this either by:
1) Having an automated section of the site for sending the recommendation e-mail. This would stop non-members being originators. Also the person wishing to send out their chin e-mail would have to type in the names of ten friends that way if any of those people signed up you could attribute it to the originator. Equally you could stop duplications by informing someone if one of the e-mail addresses already belongs to a member, or has already been entered, and thus sent a chain e-mail.
2) This way is less reliable... You ask the person signing up to type in the e-mail address of the person who recommended them. not everyone will do this, which might remove some of the incentive, which is VITAL for chain-letters.
My suggested e-mail may need modifications for egal reasons. Most chain letters I get tend to have a disclaimer about why I have got it and how I will not receive any further e-mails, etc.
Nearly £30,000 of prizes already won
Three chances to win *everyday*
Fancy your chances?
Then read on...
Gameaday.co.uk is not just a branch of one of the UK's leading distributors of games, gadgets and movies. It is not solely a place to voice your opinions and share your reviews. It's all this and more. Gameaday is a unique competition that gives you THREE chances to win *everyday*. That is the chance to win 2 games or 1 DVD *everyday*. There's no membership fee. There's no personal cost. They don't even charge you the postage on your winnings. Gameaday is unique in allowing you a no-strings-attached chance to win a game or DVD of your choice.
That means that you have 1,460 chances to win per year.
Do those odds sound good?
Here's what to do:
1) Go to http://sp.reserve.co.uk/common/membership/join.php to sign up for this unique opportunity
2) Forward this e-mail to ten people
3) Start typing and start winning
Now, I don't expect you to forward this e-mail without good incentive.. Gameaday even provides that:
For EVERY PERSON that receives the forwarded e-mail and signs up YOU receive a £2 voucher.
-------------------
You need some way of knowing who the originator of the e-mail is. Personally, I think you could do this either by:
1) Having an automated section of the site for sending the recommendation e-mail. This would stop non-members being originators. Also the person wishing to send out their chin e-mail would have to type in the names of ten friends that way if any of those people signed up you could attribute it to the originator. Equally you could stop duplications by informing someone if one of the e-mail addresses already belongs to a member, or has already been entered, and thus sent a chain e-mail.
2) This way is less reliable... You ask the person signing up to type in the e-mail address of the person who recommended them. not everyone will do this, which might remove some of the incentive, which is VITAL for chain-letters.
My suggested e-mail may need modifications for egal reasons. Most chain letters I get tend to have a disclaimer about why I have got it and how I will not receive any further e-mails, etc.
Here is my contribution.
HINT: I find that spacing sentences into paragraphs of interest really helps! Stops the mind wandering. Another thing that will work is putting really important stuff in another colour. But I don't know how you do that...
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Around this time of year people don't want to go trudging round lots of different shops for presents.
Surely not if you can get them all in ONE PLACE!
Special Reserve is a multi-product store. What does that mean? Well, you can buy many different items from them, and all at lower-than-highstreet prices!
You don't even have to leave your house!
Visit ukgames.com to discover the best and lowest priced DVDs, computer software and hardware, PSone and PS2, N64 and Gameboy games, mobile phones and even miscellaneous wonderments that are hard to find in most shops.
You can even read about up-and-coming Xbox and Gamecube creations, participate in a comments rally and, best of all, WIN FREE STUFF! Just for writing a review!
Think about that! Write a review of your favourite game and win a game for your trouble. Or a DVD, if you don't really like games.
forget those overpriced, over advertised competitors! Special Reserve put less into hype and more into value!
**BUT WAIT!** **DON'T GO JUST YET!**
We have more.
Right now, there's even more great offers to whet your appetite.
If you join Special Reserve now you can not only receive a free gift that nullifies the member price, you can also contribute to one of the biggest recruitments in gaming history!
When you join, you will get a £2 voucher ASWELL as your free gift! Nice, eh? Not only that, if you send this e-mail to ten of your friends if they join you get some more £2 vouchers to spend at Special Reserve!
Talk about a quick way to get rich!
And everyone benefits! You, me, your mate, my mate...
AND, you might even win a game for participating! Go on, you know you want to...
Anyway, gotta go. There are more unknowing ones to be enlightened!
P.S - Don't be a meanie. If you're not gonna join, let some other game maniacs know. They'll benefit from it.
HINT: I find that spacing sentences into paragraphs of interest really helps! Stops the mind wandering. Another thing that will work is putting really important stuff in another colour. But I don't know how you do that...
____________________________________________________________
Around this time of year people don't want to go trudging round lots of different shops for presents.
Surely not if you can get them all in ONE PLACE!
Special Reserve is a multi-product store. What does that mean? Well, you can buy many different items from them, and all at lower-than-highstreet prices!
You don't even have to leave your house!
Visit ukgames.com to discover the best and lowest priced DVDs, computer software and hardware, PSone and PS2, N64 and Gameboy games, mobile phones and even miscellaneous wonderments that are hard to find in most shops.
You can even read about up-and-coming Xbox and Gamecube creations, participate in a comments rally and, best of all, WIN FREE STUFF! Just for writing a review!
Think about that! Write a review of your favourite game and win a game for your trouble. Or a DVD, if you don't really like games.
forget those overpriced, over advertised competitors! Special Reserve put less into hype and more into value!
**BUT WAIT!** **DON'T GO JUST YET!**
We have more.
Right now, there's even more great offers to whet your appetite.
If you join Special Reserve now you can not only receive a free gift that nullifies the member price, you can also contribute to one of the biggest recruitments in gaming history!
When you join, you will get a £2 voucher ASWELL as your free gift! Nice, eh? Not only that, if you send this e-mail to ten of your friends if they join you get some more £2 vouchers to spend at Special Reserve!
Talk about a quick way to get rich!
And everyone benefits! You, me, your mate, my mate...
AND, you might even win a game for participating! Go on, you know you want to...
Anyway, gotta go. There are more unknowing ones to be enlightened!
P.S - Don't be a meanie. If you're not gonna join, let some other game maniacs know. They'll benefit from it.
Do you like games?you do! well my friend head on down to ukchatforums.com and you could win games by talking about them! Yes you can win games by doing something that you enjoy! so why not give it a try, head on down to ukchatforums now and you could win the game of your choice! and best of all it's completely 100% free! just follow the link below...
http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/
Once you have registered forward this e-mail to as many of your friends or familly and forward their e-mail addresses to us at [email protected] for every 5 e-mail addresses you send us we'll send you a Reddie voucher that you can save up to claim great free gifts just save 5 Reddies and you can choose the free gift of your choice from literally hundreds listed on our freebie site listed below...
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So don't delay and you could be a winner today!good luck, we'll be ready and waiting for your input and remember it's FREE!
Thank you for your time,
special reserve.
http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/
Once you have registered forward this e-mail to as many of your friends or familly and forward their e-mail addresses to us at [email protected] for every 5 e-mail addresses you send us we'll send you a Reddie voucher that you can save up to claim great free gifts just save 5 Reddies and you can choose the free gift of your choice from literally hundreds listed on our freebie site listed below...
http://www.freeola.co.uk/
So don't delay and you could be a winner today!good luck, we'll be ready and waiting for your input and remember it's FREE!
Thank you for your time,
special reserve.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> It's supposed to be a Chain mail thingy.
oh yeah, umm, it could be forwarded?
slik ~_~
> It's supposed to be a Chain mail thingy.
oh yeah, umm, it could be forwarded?
slik ~_~
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