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Matt

11-20-2003, 12:48 AM

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JustUsOwls

11-20-2003, 12:49 AM

I get that too, it's part of the GCA DNS server problem or whatever, should be fixed by tomorrow Matt.

Sean-AMN

11-20-2003, 12:54 AM

"So you have come to see GCA's new look? Well, we have a surprise for you! This Friday, November 21st we will unveil a contest that is GCA's largest yet. Many of our good friends from 3rd parties and people we have worked with in the past have offered us a ton of products to giveaway to celebrate the new GCA. One clue I will give is that "Q"uestions you have will be answered very soon! So please mark your calendar for this Friday... trust me you dont want to miss this!

Sean O'Neill
GCAdvanced.com "

:D

Matt

11-20-2003, 01:09 AM

Ah, the PANASONIC Q!!! Fully modded or not though?

Patrick-NE

11-20-2003, 01:53 AM

Always wanted one of them...

I remember when I was in the chat room, and Sean told us about a contest + Staff stuff...About a GCN, GBA SP & games that will be given away on the opening of the site...Would that be it?

Sean-AMN

11-20-2003, 04:48 AM

You will have to come friday to see what we give...

Serj

11-20-2003, 05:02 AM

Stop teasing us. It's like torture. Good torture though ;)

Patrick-NE

11-20-2003, 05:44 AM

Originally posted by Sean-GCA
You will have to come friday to see what we give...

Saturday for me....

That means I have to wait even longer...thats not fair

MoN

11-20-2003, 06:38 AM

When the site is fixed you should link it to http://www.gcadvanced.com/article.php?artid=328 so it has no errors. That may work for some of you.

Anyway, yeah, "Q" was an obvious hint if it's a Panasonic Q.

Patrick-NE

11-20-2003, 06:47 AM

Sean and his hints, they are always really easy to understand...Id jump up and down if a member of the family wins. That would be so awesome...It plays dvds and stuff. Best giveaway ever by FAR

Good work GCA

Sean-AMN

11-20-2003, 07:58 AM

Hold on guys you really think after paying for the new layout ph and all this we can afford to get a Q to give away... come on... Im poor right now lol... think smaller..

GBA

11-20-2003, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by MasterGamer0009
Always wanted one of them...

Who doesn't :p

Vinny-AMN

11-20-2003, 01:07 PM

I have two of them... and pictures of me holding them both to prove it. The Q's are heavy... kinda... and they're shiny and they light up blue and have remotes... and... well you all know already. I think our two owners are so poor right now after doing everything with our site that the best they could give away would be Q-BERT for NES. That's my guess, thus the "Q" in Sean's little torture tease...

NX-Danny

11-20-2003, 05:28 PM

I bet it's got to do with being a staff member or an affiliate with them :) lol I'll be here since i like the site more

MoN

11-20-2003, 05:42 PM

Uh, not so fast, Sean. loz

You don't actually have to pay if Panasonic is willing to collaborate with the site, no?

Matt

11-20-2003, 06:24 PM

I bet it's an iQue?

Can I win this even though i was staff before.

Sean-AMN

11-20-2003, 07:28 PM

no staff can enter.. so u are fine... and ill be honest its not an IQ

pythonfan

11-20-2003, 07:30 PM

He hasn't even mentioned anything about current staff not being able to enter yet. Has he??? *wishful thinking*

Sean-AMN

11-20-2003, 07:30 PM

I will be unvailing the list of items at 3 AM pst if anyone is on!

MoN

11-20-2003, 07:45 PM

It'll be 6am for me. Maybe I'll check before I go to school.

JustUsOwls

11-20-2003, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by Sean-GCA
I will be unvailing the list of items at 3 AM pst if anyone is on!

Doh, that's about the time I go to bed on school nights! ;)

Seth

11-20-2003, 08:34 PM

all i can say is wow...i just learned what we are giving away, and it makes me wanna quit just to attemp to win ;)

Matt

11-20-2003, 08:36 PM

I'll see it in the morning I guess.

Bkbro429

11-20-2003, 10:17 PM

It has to be the Panasonic Q, it can't be the new China System: iQue - because we dont have any of those special stations to download the games.

MoN

11-20-2003, 10:46 PM

And how would that be "big" or "ultimate?" Isn't it worth like $60?

Sean-AMN

11-21-2003, 12:38 AM

lol i can say we have a game or 2...

MoN

11-21-2003, 12:39 AM

But isn't it Chinese only or something? And if so, wouldn't we have trouble with it, such as reading?

I don't know much about the iQue. lol

Matt

11-21-2003, 12:40 AM

Sean, can you just tell us people who signed up for the forums... a little "gift" for signing up :-)

Sean-AMN

11-21-2003, 03:42 AM

Very soon kids very soon...

Santo

11-21-2003, 06:23 AM

OMG!!!!!!!!! I just checked out the list of stuff GCA is giving away and I just wet my pants. I need more details STAT!!! This is by far the best contest I've ever seen on any site everrrrrrr.

GCA:

http://www.ballooninaboxusa.com/best.gif

Serj

11-21-2003, 06:25 AM

I agree. Those are some great prizes. Just the job for the new GCA's opening giveaway!

Just Gabriel

11-21-2003, 09:37 AM

Yeah, that's alot of stuff!

add the number of prizes, divide into the number of users....

though the odds for this contest are likely gonna be the same as usual contests, because i'm going to guess this one will have no requirements (i.e. finding stuff--scavenger hunt--on a different page)

MoN

11-21-2003, 11:40 AM

Damnit. I better not be counted as staff d00ds. I wanna win something.

Serj

11-21-2003, 11:42 AM

You are a moderator....unfortunately....they might bend the rules for you ;)

MoN

11-21-2003, 11:45 AM

I have nothing to do with the site anymore, and the forums really shouldn't count as staff anyway, but we'll see. I'll resign if I can't enter the contest (if GCA would allow me to enter afterwords). :D

Matt

11-21-2003, 03:14 PM

OMFG! This is like 4000 dollars of stuff. The odds are good if only members can enter... less than 300 members now and 50 prizes. Although, this contest may make there be like 2000 more people .

Sean-AMN

11-21-2003, 08:02 PM

lol once we announce the full thing you will see 2 things... 1st a lot more forum users.. and 2 its not so easy to win.. we want people involved in the site with things like reader reviews ( at least 140 words) and voting on their most wanted games as well as posting coments below news... you can help your chances by starting to do that stuff now...

Matt

11-21-2003, 08:36 PM

Excellent. How will reader reviews work? When a review is on the site you can add yours as a comment like the News comments?

Sean-AMN

11-21-2003, 08:53 PM

its on the main page now... go check em out

Gamecube: http://gcadvanced.com/readerreviews.php?srchsys=1

GBA: http://gcadvanced.com/readerreviews.php?srchsys=2

MoN

11-21-2003, 09:06 PM

lol, reviews? Nice and easy. That's rather simple for me to do. :D

But before I even bother, is being a moderator considered staff?

Matt

11-21-2003, 09:17 PM

Speaking of moderators, I'll be one if more are needed.

NickTheGamer

11-21-2003, 10:37 PM

Is it reviews for real?

Matt

11-22-2003, 09:47 AM

Yeah, you can add reader reviews. It is a left side bar thingy.

Sean-AMN

11-22-2003, 10:58 AM

And they are on the main page for everyone to read!

Serj

11-22-2003, 03:30 PM

When will you be posting what we actually have to do to win the prizes?

Jaga

11-22-2003, 03:36 PM

I'd love to win a Panasonic Q...it would be a dream come true....

MoN

11-22-2003, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by Jaga
I'd love to win a Panasonic Q...it would be a dream come true.... And if you did win it, look at everything else you win, too.

GBA

11-22-2003, 11:15 PM

Damn, I want that collection. I vana it!!!11

Lovebird

11-23-2003, 09:28 AM

I would give my left pinky toe for a panasonic q, i've wanted one soooooo bad since i heard of it's existince. i was actually gonna buy one but i'll wait and see how this contest pans out...

Jaga

11-23-2003, 10:38 AM

to win something like a Panasonic Q is something to give your ego a booast... how great would it feel to win such an amazing utility... wow...the thought is just making me feel all happy inside... man, I hope I can win it... can'wait till GCA starts their contest...

Serj

11-23-2003, 12:36 PM

Has there actually been a date set and what we need to do for it? I'm so excited!

Jaga

12-06-2003, 08:40 PM

Well, their now saying that they need a few more kinks to be fixed and their hopeing for a company or two more to jump in the contest. The prize amounts are looking real intersting... *jumps in excitment*

Chrono Break

12-06-2003, 10:41 PM

New news about this on the site! They must be nearing completion and are getting ready to post a date and what to do. *crosses fingers and hopes* I hope they have many multiple winners. I wouldn't mind even winning one game. Free games are awesome! Even if it is something that you didn't even want. It is still joyful to win something and makes you feel all tingly inside. Mmmmm....

Rensa

12-07-2003, 03:43 AM

Hmm, I feel kinda stupid now. When the enw GCA came, I ignored the sweepstakes. But, it's on a much, much bigger scale than any of the comps that were going while I was on staff. :D

That Q looks pretty damn nice, but I wouldn7t mind some of the other stuff. Though I'd wager the rentals are useless outside the US. Ahh well :]

Jaga

12-07-2003, 08:45 AM

hmmm the 18+ thng looks interesting. what could be in their? games rated m+ or more stuff? hmmm?

Chrono Break

12-07-2003, 04:48 PM

Does anyone know what the rentals are good for? How many games can you rent a week and stuff like that. And are they only valid inside the United States or is it going to be some world wide thing? *doubts it being world wide but hopes for those poor UK people that it will be*

Jaga

12-07-2003, 07:53 PM

it says the name of the rental company. you can go to tehir siet and see if rentals are worldwide or just U.S...

Van_Fanel

12-08-2003, 02:36 AM

Yes that 18+ prize looks very interesting ! Perhaps if the staffs provide a better cover picture for that prize then I might get even more interested ! :D

Freak of Kane

12-08-2003, 12:40 PM

Boy am I glad I'm not a member of GCA staff. Har har ;)

Jaga

12-08-2003, 03:11 PM

oh yeah, haha, they might not be eligible for it... but i'm sure they get some kind of compensation for not being able to enter... they might get paid to work here like at IGN? i mean if a site can partner up with big name companies like nintendo, then its staff must be getting soem goodies as well; whether its money or whatevr...

Just Gabriel

12-08-2003, 05:56 PM

nope, no compensation besides seeing your hard work reach so many. Also, the press members do get E3 passes as members of the press, but only to better our coverage.
And I'm not sure if staff are ruled out this time around, as there are no specifics on it. However, since the last big contest, I beleive staff are out.

I really don't understand why though, besides how the misinformed members in the last big contest complained (they thought we were getting paid for this or something)

oh well...

Jaga

12-08-2003, 06:04 PM

oh, that stinks, sort of. I'd love to go to E3, hey those Nintendo people are their and you can ask them questiosn and play their new games. It has it its own little fun...!

darkcrisis2040

12-09-2003, 12:56 PM

WOW, this is a huge prize package. Just like everyone else, i am waiting for the rules and instructions to win the contest. Its ok, I can wait patiently...........................(looks left and right)............................... I WANT IT! I WANT IT! ME ME ME! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!

Van_Fanel

12-09-2003, 10:36 PM

calm down dude ! don't wet yourself from all the excitement ! :D

yes the list just got bigger so more winners which mean better chance of winning then :cool:

Sean-AMN

12-10-2003, 12:45 AM

100 games from THQ and also e3 DVD's!

Jaga

12-10-2003, 03:40 PM

how do ya'll do this? Its mind boggeling; Panasonic Q's, Nintendo GameCubes, GBA SPS... its like $10,000 worth of stuff!

Van_Fanel

12-13-2003, 05:55 AM

100 games from THQ !?!?! What did you guys do ( ;) )to get that much ???

anyway this contest is one very good way of starting out the new format of the site or just to show that the site is THE #1 unofficial Nintendo site !!! :cool:

Rensa

12-17-2003, 12:14 AM

100 games * AUD$90 per game = AUD$9000 worth of stuff from THQ alone... that's just psychotic. :D

EDIT: Hey, it is up! Huzzah!

Jamesbond007

12-17-2003, 02:23 AM

i just did 15 reviews over the span of 4 hours to get into that Grandprize with all that great stuff.. im sooo tired but i want to win sooo bad ....i recommend no one else enter :P

blablamax

12-17-2003, 08:10 AM

I dont understand what this line means "Possible total of four(4) raffle tickets for Grand Prize Package! " can someone explain it for me?

Does it means only 4 people can enter a Raffle ticket?

Thanks....

Serj

12-17-2003, 08:13 AM

Can you enter in more than one package? I entered in like 5

blablamax

12-17-2003, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by Serj
Can you enter in more than one package? I entered in like 5

I think you can but any Package should contain another reviews if I dont mistake...

Jaga

12-17-2003, 03:52 PM

Here, I want GCA Staff to anwser these questions for me.

When you say "Vote for your most anticipated GCN and GBA game. " does that mean you only have to vote once for each system and then you can enter all of the contests as long as you meet all the other requirements?

Also, say I entered for one of the prize packs and I have 100 posts in the forums when I enter for a prize pack. If I want to enter for another prize pack, do I have to post say 4 more posts (if it says you need to post 4 posts to enter it) to enter, or will my 100 previous posts do it for me?

lilxleftee

12-18-2003, 12:37 AM

sigh, i'm sure there are so many more people confused. I'm sorry but can anyone explain the whole contest, the tickets, etc.

If you enter the grand prize which requires 10/10 posts/reviews, and you already have 10/10, and suppose you wanna join another package, say the gba pack, which requires 4/4.. does that mean i must have at least 14 posts and 14 reviews? and is there a limit to how many packages you wanna join? is there any way to check how many reviews you have written? again, i'm sorry for the trouble

Rensa

12-18-2003, 03:52 AM

Yep, you need to add up the amount of reviews/posts for each ticket - that's how many you need to enter them all. Because, you need to state which reviews (I wouldn't worry about posts!) you're using to enter the ticket. So, you can't state the same reviews for additional tickets or other packages.

The "total of x tickets for this package" business means that if you go out on a limb and do extra work (extra re,views/posts), you can enter additional tickets in that raffle and thus have more chances to win. So if a package says you can have
a total of 4 tickets here, that's your initial raffle ticket, plus three extras, if you want to do more reviews to earn it.

I think that if you look at one of your reader reviews, there's a bar on the side that says, "see this person's other reviews". Maybe. ;)

I'm fairly certain that you don't need to vote for GBA and GCN games seperately, as Ken's sample ticket has just the one, under "Most Wanted GCA/GCN game". Whether you have to vote again and again for each ticket I'm not sure - but I7d assume not, since it's meant to be "Most wanted", not "Wanted".

No, there's no limit to the number of packages you can join - there is, however, a limit to the number of tickets you can get (see above). The requirements for additional tickets ar elower than those for the initial ticket.

I'm sure that any reviews or posts you've made are valid for the comp,so long as you haven't used them for anohter ticket already. :D

BTW Serj, on one of your tickets you've lsited ALl of your reader reviews! Better get this checked out, as you could end up invalidating all of those reviews on the one ticket (you only need to list the ones that you're redeeming for that ticket!) :D I think...

blablamax

12-18-2003, 08:21 AM

Thank you Rensa :cool:

lilxleftee

12-18-2003, 05:20 PM

thanks a lot, but, how do you obtain/make tickets? really sorry for the trouble =D thx btw

lilxleftee

12-18-2003, 06:09 PM

oh nvm, sorry, i'm being dumb. not reading the rules carefully :X

DarkKenshinX

12-23-2003, 09:36 PM

I'm glad you cleared that up Rensa, it can seem confusing when you don't read it carefully.

Freak of Kane

12-24-2003, 07:40 AM

Wow, this is so time consuming. It's Christmas. I doubt I'll enter. Maybe if I have enough time left after all the festivities are over.

Jaga

12-24-2003, 08:55 AM

ya thats a little more clear...but about Most wanted GBA/GCN game, Ken posted 1, but it says on the thing GBA <b>and</b> GCN...

Chrono Break

12-24-2003, 11:15 AM

Can you use the same reviews you have typed up in different categories? Like Trunten has done in almost every category...
-,-

Jaga

12-24-2003, 07:53 PM

no you can't use the same review more then once.

blablamax

01-02-2004, 08:23 AM

ANother question. Can somone explain me what is the deal with this:
"Gain additional raffle tickets for Conquer Fire Emblem Package by:

One additional raffle ticket per 2 additional Reader Reviews of at least 80 words each. Limit to 3 extra raffle tickets (6 extra reader reviews).
"

Is it kind of extra raffle tickets?

MoN

01-02-2004, 08:39 AM

That is an extra raffle ticket. You get 1 extra ticket by doing 2 reviews. You can do that 3 times to get 3 extra raffle tickets. So in total you would have 4 tickets.

Maybe I misunderstood your question though?

Jaga

01-04-2004, 06:42 PM

i think if Ken and Sean explained it to the rest of the staff properly so they could explain it to everybody else would be good...

MoN

01-04-2004, 06:46 PM

^ you should already understand it....

Eman

01-07-2004, 11:33 PM

Best. Contest. Ever.
I really appreciate how you guys make people do a little work for the raffle tickest...it really boosts the odds!

blablamax

01-08-2004, 10:00 AM

Thanks MoN

Hybrid Hunter

01-09-2004, 09:07 AM

Is their an exact date to when this contest ends?
Sometime in February eh.

Drakken

01-09-2004, 10:39 AM

Can I use reviews I have written previously just for fun? i.e. reviews that I didn't write specifically for this contest?

Also, as a note, trunten is using the same reviews for every package. On some of them, he has submitted 2 raffle tickets with the same reviews, but in a different order. :rolleyes:

Rensa

01-10-2004, 12:02 AM

Yeah, no reason why not. :]

Jaga

01-11-2004, 08:40 AM

you can use the reviews you wrote before the contest; its just your advantage you had some written before

DarkKenshinX

01-11-2004, 11:21 PM

Yeah, this has gotten to be even more clear. When does this contest end exactly? I have 7 reviews ready to submit.

Ulyaoth

01-12-2004, 08:33 AM

I'd also like to know a more exact date. Just 'February' is a little vague.

Blyka

01-12-2004, 04:29 PM

I have a question.

"For every single raffle ticket, list the titles you reviewed to earn
the raffle ticket. Post your current number of posts in the forums.
List what games you voted for as most anticipated game for each
raffle ticket."

About listing the games I voted for... I don't get that... Each time you post a raffle ticket, do you say all of the games you voted for?
Or one for each? :confused:

trunten

01-15-2004, 08:43 PM

Also, as a note, trunten is using the same reviews for every package. On some of them, he has submitted 2 raffle tickets with the same reviews, but in a different order

If you pay attention you will notice, that originally yes I did just use the same 10 reviews for every raffle ticket as I didn't read the rules properly.
But I submitted new entries, and all of the games are different, just have a look for yourself. On every contest page where there is a 2nd entry by me, then it is a alid ticket.

DarkKenshinX

01-19-2004, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by Blyka
I have a question.

"For every single raffle ticket, list the titles you reviewed to earn
the raffle ticket. Post your current number of posts in the forums.
List what games you voted for as most anticipated game for each
raffle ticket."

About listing the games I voted for... I don't get that... Each time you post a raffle ticket, do you say all of the games you voted for?
Or one for each? :confused:

They mean to vote for the same 2 games (1 For GameCube and 1 For GBA) you voted for on each raffle ticket.

Santo

01-20-2004, 10:04 PM

Yeah, that was a bit confusing. I didn't even realize that until now. Thanks for clearing that up DarkKenshinX.

DarkKenshinX

01-23-2004, 07:52 PM

You're Welcome. And come on. Would someone state the exact date of when the contest ends.

Santo

01-24-2004, 10:44 AM

No kidding. I'm getting quite antsy waiting around for a random end to the contest!

Santo

01-25-2004, 08:14 PM

Looks like we have to wait till May now.

:(

Rensa

02-01-2004, 05:46 AM

So, I logged on today, and practically screamed throughout my house, "Oh, s**t!" I've only done one review, LMAO.

*enters singular raffle ticket*

Chrono Break

02-01-2004, 05:10 PM

Why have people used several reviews more than once to enter different prize packages, or even use the same reviews twice in the same package to get extra tickets? This is not allowed is it?

MadSkill

02-01-2004, 05:45 PM

no it isn't....tickets will be looked over

trunten

02-01-2004, 06:59 PM

It's getting tense.
Who will win the slackers package.....?

MadSkill

02-02-2004, 03:03 PM

800 EST today

dopefish

02-02-2004, 04:47 PM

Quick Question: On the Slackers Package Thread you mention that a person can only win one package, and one package only. Does this say for instance mean, that you cannot win both the Grand Prize Package and the Slackers Package and receive both things?

This being the case, what if you win the Slacker's package then later on win the First Place Package. Do you then get the First Place Package or Slackers?

Another question, have enough people entered so that, say there's a package that won't go to somebody?

And the final question is, what would happen to packages that are "given up."

Rensa

02-03-2004, 05:52 AM

Originally posted by Chrono Break
Why have people used several reviews more than once to enter different prize packages, or even use the same reviews twice in the same package to get extra tickets? This is not allowed is it?

There was a lot of confusion at first,and some ppl still haven't fixed it. :]

Ricosan

02-09-2004, 12:21 PM

I hope they do fix it, though. Trunten has posted in every single one. I don't know if he has used some of his reviews for specific prize packages.

blablamax

02-12-2004, 03:25 PM

I got a question.
I live in Israel and when package sent here and the prodcut cost was more than 200$ you need to pay a dolar for every dolar the pacge cost more than 200$. I mean if the package cost 300$ I need to pay +100$. Not always...but sometimes..cuase the customs,duty and taxs.

I really want to enter to the sweeptake and there is a package I keep my eye on it, but it cost more than 300$. My qestion is, if I won, can you take out some of the games to make the package value smaller then I be able to pay less ?

Thankyou..

MadSkill

02-13-2004, 03:59 AM

You guys with your questions. dont' make it harder than what it is. just think about what rules mean and that is prob answer.

yes you can win a product in value under 250 and still win a product of value of over 250 (or equal to). Once you win a package equal to or greater than 250..... you can't win another package of value 250 but you can hold on to your winnings until the contest is over to see if you won something greater. If you did, you can give back your old prize for new one. If you didn't, you get what you won...

understand?