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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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http://www.geocities.com/quicklink_fog
As mine contains a few pictures I've made a link for what my SR email would say, it's Subject would be called:
Whatever you do, Do not Read This...
(reverse psychology is a brilliant thing :)
Not the SR colours, and note that I sway the readers mind from the money side of things with a few tricks.
Also note how I write the email as a 13 year old boy not a business man...
As mine contains a few pictures I've made a link for what my SR email would say, it's Subject would be called:
Whatever you do, Do not Read This...
(reverse psychology is a brilliant thing :)
Not the SR colours, and note that I sway the readers mind from the money side of things with a few tricks.
Also note how I write the email as a 13 year old boy not a business man...
JaCeeUK copied my ''Delete the 'Fwd:'' thing...
PLAYGARIST!
Game: GAD Total 10! :D
PLAYGARIST!
Game: GAD Total 10! :D
The Game wrote:
> JaCeeUK copied my ''Delete the 'Fwd:'' thing...
PLAYGARIST!
Game: GAD
> Total 10! :D
Of course I didn't, it just obvious to put that!
> JaCeeUK copied my ''Delete the 'Fwd:'' thing...
PLAYGARIST!
Game: GAD
> Total 10! :D
Of course I didn't, it just obvious to put that!
This will be going out around Christmas time, so a simple subject heading of 'Merry Christmas!' might suffice enough to encourage them to at least open the e-mail.
If webby could wangle it the email could have a Christmas theme as a background (maybe a Christmas tree, tinsel, baubles, that kind of thing, with maybe three or four consoles and a PC lying underneath it so that the correct audience is then targetted).
The link in the e-mail leading to the SR membership form webpage could have a suffix code denoting the originator, and there could be an extra page on the SR website for members who wish to become originators just by applying for their own personalised link. They could also have an option to edit certain parts of the text (for sending to Sony/PC/Nintendo/XBox fans as required).
A sample message from me to my personal circle of 300+ gaming addicts would go something like:
"Hi,
Seasons Greetings! Hope you're looking forward to a great Christmas and some great games to go along with it. Here's a quick tip, grab a free game or peripheral for your PS2 from Special Reserve just for becoming a member!
Choose from Tomb Raider, TOCA Touring Cars, Ridge Racer Revolution, WWF Warzone, or perhaps you'd go for that DVD remote control or vertical stand that you've been promising yourself!
Once you're a member you of course get all the attention
and discounts that other members get, but ALSO you can then send this e-mail out to your circle of friends and benefit from [a free Reddie/£2 off your next purchase/night out with Ali/insert incentive here] for each one that also becomes a member!
Just think, you only need [x] number of mates to sign up and you've got yourself another FREE game for your PS2 collection!
Here's the link:
http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/membership/join.phpID=FM
Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Gaming Year :)
FM"
Because all the e-mails would originate from the SR Website (you'd type the e-mails of whom you wish the letter to be sent out to on the origination page) it couldn't be considered a chain e-mail, more of a 'greetings card' system, which would be much less offensive to most people.
If you can't get it going before Christmas (and methinks it's a lot of programming, even for Webby considering he's got to get the Christmas lights up still), then the wording can be changed appropriately, with 'specials' being produced for different times of year (Valentine's Day, Easter, Lent, Ramadan, Summer Holidays, Yom Kippur, Birthdays, etc.).
If webby could wangle it the email could have a Christmas theme as a background (maybe a Christmas tree, tinsel, baubles, that kind of thing, with maybe three or four consoles and a PC lying underneath it so that the correct audience is then targetted).
The link in the e-mail leading to the SR membership form webpage could have a suffix code denoting the originator, and there could be an extra page on the SR website for members who wish to become originators just by applying for their own personalised link. They could also have an option to edit certain parts of the text (for sending to Sony/PC/Nintendo/XBox fans as required).
A sample message from me to my personal circle of 300+ gaming addicts would go something like:
"Hi,
Seasons Greetings! Hope you're looking forward to a great Christmas and some great games to go along with it. Here's a quick tip, grab a free game or peripheral for your PS2 from Special Reserve just for becoming a member!
Choose from Tomb Raider, TOCA Touring Cars, Ridge Racer Revolution, WWF Warzone, or perhaps you'd go for that DVD remote control or vertical stand that you've been promising yourself!
Once you're a member you of course get all the attention
and discounts that other members get, but ALSO you can then send this e-mail out to your circle of friends and benefit from [a free Reddie/£2 off your next purchase/night out with Ali/insert incentive here] for each one that also becomes a member!
Just think, you only need [x] number of mates to sign up and you've got yourself another FREE game for your PS2 collection!
Here's the link:
http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/membership/join.phpID=FM
Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Gaming Year :)
FM"
Because all the e-mails would originate from the SR Website (you'd type the e-mails of whom you wish the letter to be sent out to on the origination page) it couldn't be considered a chain e-mail, more of a 'greetings card' system, which would be much less offensive to most people.
If you can't get it going before Christmas (and methinks it's a lot of programming, even for Webby considering he's got to get the Christmas lights up still), then the wording can be changed appropriately, with 'specials' being produced for different times of year (Valentine's Day, Easter, Lent, Ramadan, Summer Holidays, Yom Kippur, Birthdays, etc.).
you could have waited at least a week to go and win FM
shhheeeeshhh
shhheeeeshhh
Well Mine begis:
The title is:- "Hello, what do you want for Christmas??"
The recievee opens up the e-mail and is immediately, greeted by a mix of Complementary colour, and a real festive sight, with a pic of a christmas tree with pressies under neath it etc.
Then undeneath this beautiful christmas tree will be (in big Letters and a dominant colour like Red) "SPECIAL RESERVE WISHES YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS"
*change font size and color*
You have now got everyone wrapped around your little finger and this is where the take over begins Mwahahahaha, well anyway. At this moment in time you talk about the club, giving the information about the free games, gifts etc when you join, you also metion the GREAT discount prices and the free club magazine which you recieve every month. And now that you have buttered them up you tell the the Price is £7.
This may shock some people so this is where the clever bit is you say that when you join you get a chance in winning a fre game of choice, giving all the "relevant" information about this (so you say how you can win etc).
*back to dominant colour and slightly larger font*
*follow exact wording*
Now there is one condition, if you join can you send this email on to at least 10 of your friends as it will be a great help and if you do you will recieve a £2 off voucher, and if you don't join could you please still forward this.
(kinda like this anyway)
Thanks very much Special Reserve Tony Rainbird
The title is:- "Hello, what do you want for Christmas??"
The recievee opens up the e-mail and is immediately, greeted by a mix of Complementary colour, and a real festive sight, with a pic of a christmas tree with pressies under neath it etc.
Then undeneath this beautiful christmas tree will be (in big Letters and a dominant colour like Red) "SPECIAL RESERVE WISHES YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS"
*change font size and color*
You have now got everyone wrapped around your little finger and this is where the take over begins Mwahahahaha, well anyway. At this moment in time you talk about the club, giving the information about the free games, gifts etc when you join, you also metion the GREAT discount prices and the free club magazine which you recieve every month. And now that you have buttered them up you tell the the Price is £7.
This may shock some people so this is where the clever bit is you say that when you join you get a chance in winning a fre game of choice, giving all the "relevant" information about this (so you say how you can win etc).
*back to dominant colour and slightly larger font*
*follow exact wording*
Now there is one condition, if you join can you send this email on to at least 10 of your friends as it will be a great help and if you do you will recieve a £2 off voucher, and if you don't join could you please still forward this.
(kinda like this anyway)
Thanks very much Special Reserve Tony Rainbird
Subject: Help this child.
Body:
Little Pablo was born with no head.
Or arms.
Pablo wants nothing more than to play video games this Xmas, but with his terrible condition I have to play them for him and shout out what I am doing.
He indicates his joy by thumping his feet on the floor, it truly is a joyful sight.
In order to keep this freak-boy happy, I must play video-games for him, yelling out the progress and waiting to see his thrashing feet tell me I'm changing his life.
Please, help me to help little Pablo, for games are expensive.
If you join Special Reserve, not only will you receive a magazine every month with unbeatable offers and almost criminally cheap games prices, but I'll get a £2 voucher towards games.
Not for my own pleasure you understand, that would be selfish and wrong.
No, to enable me to buy the latest games so I can scream how good it is to little Pablo.
If you don't want to join SR (you mentalist), at least forward this to 10 others so that they may take pity on this blighted boy.
Don't ignore that headless gimp, help fill his mutant life with joy and enable me to get new games to help him.
You know it makes sense, and Xmas is a time of thinking of others, especially crimes against nature like little Pablo.
And every time you see someone playing a video-game, think of a little boy laughing by drumming his shoeless feet as I try to explain the delights of Metal Gear Solid 2.
Help me to help the children of this world.
(oh, and go to ukgames.com to win free games of your own. 2 per day and a DVD of your choice for simply posting in their forums)
Thank you for your time, and Pablo thanks you too, in his own special way.
Body:
Little Pablo was born with no head.
Or arms.
Pablo wants nothing more than to play video games this Xmas, but with his terrible condition I have to play them for him and shout out what I am doing.
He indicates his joy by thumping his feet on the floor, it truly is a joyful sight.
In order to keep this freak-boy happy, I must play video-games for him, yelling out the progress and waiting to see his thrashing feet tell me I'm changing his life.
Please, help me to help little Pablo, for games are expensive.
If you join Special Reserve, not only will you receive a magazine every month with unbeatable offers and almost criminally cheap games prices, but I'll get a £2 voucher towards games.
Not for my own pleasure you understand, that would be selfish and wrong.
No, to enable me to buy the latest games so I can scream how good it is to little Pablo.
If you don't want to join SR (you mentalist), at least forward this to 10 others so that they may take pity on this blighted boy.
Don't ignore that headless gimp, help fill his mutant life with joy and enable me to get new games to help him.
You know it makes sense, and Xmas is a time of thinking of others, especially crimes against nature like little Pablo.
And every time you see someone playing a video-game, think of a little boy laughing by drumming his shoeless feet as I try to explain the delights of Metal Gear Solid 2.
Help me to help the children of this world.
(oh, and go to ukgames.com to win free games of your own. 2 per day and a DVD of your choice for simply posting in their forums)
Thank you for your time, and Pablo thanks you too, in his own special way.
Hmmm...maybe I should not play Silent Hill 2 quite so much.
A headless mexican boy with no arms? Where the hell was my head at last night/this morning?
A headless mexican boy with no arms? Where the hell was my head at last night/this morning?
Hello.
My name is Abdu Bu-Habluabdu, and I live in Korea. Life is pants here, as we have no running water, toilet paper, we even have to lick our hands as we have no soap. On top of this, I am personally suffering from a rare disease that means I can only pee from a lying down position.
Pikey-soft have said to me that they will fund my hospital bills with the forwarding of this email. They will donate 0.00001p for every recipient.
Thanks, Abdu Bu-Habluabdu.
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Now obviously, this is a big pile of cheddar. How many of these emails you you get? Even if it was true, then how many of them are you actually going to reply to or inflict on your friends? The thing is, as proven by the National Lottery vs charities, that people are reluctant to give their money away unless they are going to get something in return, or are more likely to tell someone about an offer they saw if they get something for telling them.
Well, if you send this to a mate and they join Special Reserve, you get £2. No catch, no questions, a £2 voucher for the store is youre. You don't have to be a member yourself to cash it in against the latest Console games, DVD's and hardware!
Check out this link (link) to read more, perhaps even join SR, netting your mate £2 for sending this. It's better than a boot in the jacobs!
My name is Abdu Bu-Habluabdu, and I live in Korea. Life is pants here, as we have no running water, toilet paper, we even have to lick our hands as we have no soap. On top of this, I am personally suffering from a rare disease that means I can only pee from a lying down position.
Pikey-soft have said to me that they will fund my hospital bills with the forwarding of this email. They will donate 0.00001p for every recipient.
Thanks, Abdu Bu-Habluabdu.
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Now obviously, this is a big pile of cheddar. How many of these emails you you get? Even if it was true, then how many of them are you actually going to reply to or inflict on your friends? The thing is, as proven by the National Lottery vs charities, that people are reluctant to give their money away unless they are going to get something in return, or are more likely to tell someone about an offer they saw if they get something for telling them.
Well, if you send this to a mate and they join Special Reserve, you get £2. No catch, no questions, a £2 voucher for the store is youre. You don't have to be a member yourself to cash it in against the latest Console games, DVD's and hardware!
Check out this link (link) to read more, perhaps even join SR, netting your mate £2 for sending this. It's better than a boot in the jacobs!
ssxpro wrote:
> Is this allowed? I mean, chain mail spamming and all...
> Also, do you mean "join" SR as a full member, or "join" the discussions by signing up.
A few things to clarify here:
Yes - it is allowed. We wouldn't do anything illegal.
Yes - we mean Join Special Reserve as full member for £7.50.
In answer to FM - this will go beyond Christmas. If we get it right they will still be circulating at the back end of the next millenium.
Did anybody else see Harry Potter the movie and think it was a load of tosh? Nearly as bad as Godfather II. Give me a British Gas advert any day.
> Is this allowed? I mean, chain mail spamming and all...
> Also, do you mean "join" SR as a full member, or "join" the discussions by signing up.
A few things to clarify here:
Yes - it is allowed. We wouldn't do anything illegal.
Yes - we mean Join Special Reserve as full member for £7.50.
In answer to FM - this will go beyond Christmas. If we get it right they will still be circulating at the back end of the next millenium.
Did anybody else see Harry Potter the movie and think it was a load of tosh? Nearly as bad as Godfather II. Give me a British Gas advert any day.
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