Announcement: EoFF's Monthly Game Giveaway - Get Posting to Win!

[Loony BoB]

A new announcement has been posted. This is the official discussion thread for the announcement.

From April onwards, EoFF will be giving away a video game to a forum member every month! And it's easy to get involved, too - all you have to do is post, post, post!

First and foremost I'd like to thank Marshall Banana and Necronopticous for donating a stash of sealed games to EoFF for giveaways. That was massively generous of you and I hope every winner this year remembers to pass on their thanks to you guys.

Now, I'm sure you all want to know how this giveaway will work, and what games we're going to be handing out, so check out the details below!

The Rules
1. After the end of each month, the postids of all posts made will be randomly sorted and the top eligible post will be the winner.
2. Eligible posts must be in a public forum (this includes Eyes on Each Other).
3. Eligible posts must not break any rules (eg. porn/flaming) or be considered overly spammy (eg. "+1 post for the contest, woo yeah!"
4. Staff are eligible, although posts in the staff forums will naturally not be counted.
5. Banned members are not eligible.
6. If the announced winner does not claim a prize within 72 hours, the next placed post will be promoted to 'winner'.
7. If the user does not wish to give out their address, they can gift the game to another forum member of their choice provided that other user is happy to give out their address.
8. The winner will be able to select their prize from the list of games we have available in our prize stock.

The Prize Stock
Kane & Lynch 2 (360) NOTE: Region locked to North America
FFXI: Wings of the Goddess (360) NOTE: Region locked to North America
FFXIII (360) NOTE: Region locked to North America
Batman Arkham Asylum (PC)
FFXI: Vana'diel Collection 2007 (PC)
FFXI: Chains of Promathia (PS2) (x2) NOTE: Region locked to North America
FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan (PS2) NOTE: Region locked to North America
Death Jr. Root of Evil (Wii) NOTE: Region locked to North America
Rambo III Ultimate Edition

Dawn of Mana (PS2) - Won by Rez09 for the month of April 2014!
Chocobo Tales (DS) - Won by Mr. Shauna for the month of May 2014!
Exit (DS) - Won by Sephex for the month of June 2014!
Supreme Commander 2 (PC) - Won by Pike for the month of July 2014!
Monster Lab (Wii) NOTE: Region locked to North America - Won by Colonel Angus for the month of August 2014!
Dead Island (360) NOTE: Region locked to North America - Won by Lone Wolf Leonhart for the month of September 2014!
Dungeon Siege III (PC) - Won by Bolivar for the month of October 2014!
Kane & Lynch (PS3) - Won by Bolivar for the month of November 2014!

[Shauna]

Okay, something I realised probably should have been mentioned before: Uh, what games will be region locked to the Americas?

[Jiro]

Well that's pretty awesome! Curious about region locking too, but I like the look of those games

[Ayen]

Is it bad that I had to look up what most of these were?

[Loony BoB]

Okay, something I realised probably should have been mentioned before: Uh, what games will be region locked to the Americas?

These were all donated by an American, so it's possible that some of them may be region locked. I'm not sure how all the different systems work.

[Shauna]

Okay, I will have a quick look... From my knowledge of console region locking:

Locked:
Dawn of Mana (PS2)
Kane & Lynch 2 (360)
Dead Island (360)
FFXI: Wings of the Goddess (360)
FFXIII (360)
FFXI: Chains of Promathia (PS2) (x2)
FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan (PS2)
Death Jr. Root of Evil (Wii)
Monster Lab (Wii)

Free:
Chocobo Tales (DS)
Exit (DS)
Kane & Lynch (PS3)
Supreme Commander 2 (PC)
Batman Arkham Asylum (PC)
FFXI: Vana'diel Collection 2007 (PC)
Dungeon Siege III (PC)

What system is Rambo III Ultimate Edition on?

[Wolf Kanno]

*cough* should totally make only FF forum posts count towards the contest instead of general forum stuff *cough* Sorry, I think I have a cold or something, better take some meds for that and go to sleep.

[Madonna]

*cough* should totally make only FF forum posts count towards the contest instead of general forum stuff *cough* Sorry, I think I have a cold or something, better take some meds for that and go to sleep.

I almost want to second this, but both sunnyside general stuff and subterranean fantasy dungeon forums are each only half of the equation. We need both. Like you need me, and I you.

[Ayen]

*cough* should totally make only FF forum posts count towards the contest instead of general forum stuff *cough* Sorry, I think I have a cold or something, better take some meds for that and go to sleep.

Gonna have to disagree here. Slapping video game prizes onto that section isn't suddenly going to give us more to talk about in the FF forums than we already do, especially when said person doesn't remember the games that well and doesn't have time for a refresher course.

[Jiro]

We're all equally valued members, aren't we? I'm all for encouraging activity in the gaming forums but segregating that isn't going to make a worthwhile impact.

[Loony BoB]

Oh, geez, I forgot to announce this, but earlier this month Rez09 won for the month of April 2014 and he will be shipped the game of his choice, Dawn of Mana for the PS2.

[Shauna]

Congrats to Rez! Hope the game is all you hoped for!

[Loony BoB]

I am so behind on this. I encourage everyone to spam my IRC name with messages reminding me to get all the other games handed out.

[Christmas]

So, who won for May and June?

I think it's Shion?

[Bubba]

I think I won for both May and June.

That being the case I will gladly take Chocobo Tales and Kane and Lynch.

Thanks EOFF!