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Sat 06/01/01 at 13:20
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Posts: 787
Intro

This came to me a few days ago when i was bored.

Basicaly the i idea is that a console AND game is given away each week to the best contribution of the previous week, it works out that it would cost slighty more to SR but the amount of money they make...

£35 (average game) x 7 = 245

DC = £150
PSX = £120
N64 = 80-100
PS2 = £300

as you can see it would cost less to do this than filmaday/gameaday.

But wait you say, we know Grix and he will win all of them, nope thats been worked out as well, you can only win once every 10 months, giving everyone a chance to win, wait some more you say, what if there is no one left to give the console a day to? well in the unlikey event then the best contribution will win.

How will the winner be picked? simple i have thought of two ways the first rather boring but the second much better, first of we could stick with the current system and let Ali pick, or now this is the good part, every saturday (and sunday) when you log on for the first time you will be asked to pick a topic that should win, again we have the but what if people are biased for a person who likes the same console/or doesnt like someone else? ok how bout this we get to choose say our choice is worth 1 point, and Ali and SR's vote is worth 5, therfore ensuring that it is 90% fair on all people.

The Dreamcast would HAVE to come with modem and VMU, PSX would need to come with memcard as will the PS2, the N64 will have to have expansion thing (4mb for added ram?) and thier memcard thing.

The good thing is that this will mean that the single-sided, only for DC/PS2/PSX/N64 will hopefully be lowered.

What happens when the person has all consoles? easy there is a cash alternative say about £150-$200 or a game bundle with say 7 games of your choice making the same as winning gameaday all week! (only if you have all the consoles already or summin like it)

Of course there are still some bugs that need to be worked out, but how about it SR?

of course yours-truly would be honoured to be the first with a Dreamcast and Shenmue...

Post any comments/suggestions that you have, together we can make this a reality!
Sat 06/01/01 at 13:34
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Posts: 10,338
I think Ali said no to this last time we asked (we try something once a month just to keep him on his toes). I think the reason last time was 'profit' or 'don't be silly' or 'hahahhahhahhhhaaarrgggh', something like that, anyway.
Sat 06/01/01 at 13:27
Posts: 0
dont you think this is just a cool idea?
Sat 06/01/01 at 13:20
Posts: 0
Intro

This came to me a few days ago when i was bored.

Basicaly the i idea is that a console AND game is given away each week to the best contribution of the previous week, it works out that it would cost slighty more to SR but the amount of money they make...

£35 (average game) x 7 = 245

DC = £150
PSX = £120
N64 = 80-100
PS2 = £300

as you can see it would cost less to do this than filmaday/gameaday.

But wait you say, we know Grix and he will win all of them, nope thats been worked out as well, you can only win once every 10 months, giving everyone a chance to win, wait some more you say, what if there is no one left to give the console a day to? well in the unlikey event then the best contribution will win.

How will the winner be picked? simple i have thought of two ways the first rather boring but the second much better, first of we could stick with the current system and let Ali pick, or now this is the good part, every saturday (and sunday) when you log on for the first time you will be asked to pick a topic that should win, again we have the but what if people are biased for a person who likes the same console/or doesnt like someone else? ok how bout this we get to choose say our choice is worth 1 point, and Ali and SR's vote is worth 5, therfore ensuring that it is 90% fair on all people.

The Dreamcast would HAVE to come with modem and VMU, PSX would need to come with memcard as will the PS2, the N64 will have to have expansion thing (4mb for added ram?) and thier memcard thing.

The good thing is that this will mean that the single-sided, only for DC/PS2/PSX/N64 will hopefully be lowered.

What happens when the person has all consoles? easy there is a cash alternative say about £150-$200 or a game bundle with say 7 games of your choice making the same as winning gameaday all week! (only if you have all the consoles already or summin like it)

Of course there are still some bugs that need to be worked out, but how about it SR?

of course yours-truly would be honoured to be the first with a Dreamcast and Shenmue...

Post any comments/suggestions that you have, together we can make this a reality!

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