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Don't you just LOVE standing in line?

THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny.Real shiny.Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Games and Technology
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It's an online game made to give out free stuff.

You stand in line to get one shot at winning a prize.

What are the prizes? Nobody knows until it gets to your front door.

It's great if you are at work or at school waiting for class. You don't have to pay attention to it hardly and it's fun!

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    That box should be full of children that the machine has grabbed.

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Shipping children nowadays is frowned upon and expensive.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    No, no, see, it's a TRAP.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jesus

    Neat idea I guess, but I'm not waiting around for six hours

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    SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    They don't ship you the child. They send you Chris Hanson.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    SirUltimos wrote: »
    They don't ship you the child. They send you Chris Hanson.

    Chris Hanson is multra-hot, I'd take him over a kid any day.


    Well, I'd take a flaming bag of poo over a kid, tho.

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I don't get it. If I turn my comp off, do I get bumped?

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Sadly yes.

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    VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I see urahonkey is 2 in front of me

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Haha, all the PA people are hopping in line now. :P

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    We'll see how long I last in line... I have a bad habit of clicking the X when I'm done surfing.

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    It's better in the mornings.

    I just tried.

    I failed again. Haha.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    cooljammer00 wrote: »
    I don't get it. If I turn my comp off, do I get bumped?

    People turn off their computers?

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    Niceguyeddie616Niceguyeddie616 All you feed me is PUFFINS! I need NOURISHMENT!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Looks cool to me, nothing wrong with winning free stuff!

    I'm just gonna go play Bayonetta and SSFIV for a bit, then we'll see if I can win

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    ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Darmak wrote: »
    cooljammer00 wrote: »
    I don't get it. If I turn my comp off, do I get bumped?

    People turn off their computers?

    When you have to pay your own hydro bill and that adds up over the course of the year, yeah, some of us do.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Forar wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »
    cooljammer00 wrote: »
    I don't get it. If I turn my comp off, do I get bumped?

    People turn off their computers?

    When you have to pay your own hydro bill and that adds up over the course of the year, yeah, some of us do.

    What does paying your water bill have to do with leaving your computer on or off?

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Still 3 hours... I'm going to be really nervous when I get up to the front.

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    BolthornBolthorn Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Well, this is going to be one of those things I won't be able to quit until I win something.
    It's like when I first discovered woot.com

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    Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I hope that having a mouse with a working left button isn't required to play this. Guess I'll find out in 6hrs.

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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Hmm. I'll have to remember to bring this up when I get home.

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    TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Hey, neat

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Wait, we have to actually play when it is our turn, right? So we can't just leave it on overnight.

    This is all sorts of silly.

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    DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Hate to be the spoilsport, but does anyone know what you can actually win from this?

    edit: some people online are saying if you grab a rubber ball, thats what they mail you. the recycled balls are the plastic ones with the gifts in them.

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    B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Caveman Paws wrote: »
    I hope that having a mouse with a working left button isn't required to play this. Guess I'll find out in 6hrs.
    There's a How to Play button there, which basically just says you can either use your mouse or you can use the directional keys on your keyboard.

    The main hurdle is dealing with the perspective, as it changes to a birds eye view. My advice is to use the reflection on the walls to judge your claw location (or hell open another browser on another computer for an alternate view), and aim for the bigger balls. Of course, it's limit one prize per household so go for the small clear prize balls if you dare.

    The most hilarious miss I've witnessed thus far is someone managing to catch a big ball, having the claw drag it over the hole, and because the claw was still swinging when the ball was released the ball swung and bounced off the wall and back out off the lid of the opening.

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    PataPata Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    This reeks of a scam to get your address to send you metric tons of junk mail

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    TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Their Facebook page has some pictures of some of the items.

    The main prize 99% of people will win are those colored balls that look like balloons.

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    People have won fruitcake, a crossbow, a slinky, a bell ("ring for service" type), magic 8-ball, state of Texas belt buckle, text shirts "mustache rides 5 cents" and "your mom wants me", golden good luck cat, chattering teeth, ping pong paddles, hoodie...

    and this
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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Seems silly enough for me to keep trying, haha.

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So is there a sound that happens when it's your turn? I'd hate to be surfing and out of nowhere it's my turn, and I miss it.

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    SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I heard about this the other day and forgot to try it, so this thread is win for reminding me.

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    B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    urahonky wrote: »
    So is there a sound that happens when it's your turn? I'd hate to be surfing and out of nowhere it's my turn, and I miss it.
    The music changes to something really upbeat (like Punch Out bike running screen style) and there's a few beeps as the 5 second countdown happens.

    You then switch to a claw-cam view which is weirdly isometric, and you have a minute to align your claw and hit the grab button.


    I barely missed the tiny prize capsule. Slipped right out of my claw. :(

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Nooo! I had a pink one, and as soon as it moved it smacked it against the glass!

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    B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    urahonky wrote: »
    Nooo! I had a pink one, and as soon as it moved it smacked it against the glass!
    Good.
    If you want a REAL prize ignore those rubber balls and aim for the prize capsules.

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    precisionkprecisionk Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Pretty neat idea. I wonder how they rigged and built it.

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    B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    precisionk wrote: »
    Pretty neat idea. I wonder how they rigged and built it.
    I saw a pk in line and was like nah that couldn't be you.

    The technology seems simple enough, you see RC cars controlled via computer interface. Pretty soon you can control quite a few things using your smartphone.
    Santa Claw App

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    B:L wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Nooo! I had a pink one, and as soon as it moved it smacked it against the glass!
    Good.
    If you want a REAL prize ignore those rubber balls and aim for the prize capsules.

    Good tip. :P

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    precisionkprecisionk Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    B:L wrote: »
    precisionk wrote: »
    Pretty neat idea. I wonder how they rigged and built it.
    I saw a pk in line and was like nah that couldn't be you.

    The technology seems simple enough, you see RC cars controlled via computer interface. Pretty soon you can control quite a few things using your smartphone.
    Santa Claw App

    IT WAS ME, WHAT UP

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    XtarathXtarath Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh gosh, I am up in like 5 minutes! Are the prize capsules just the bigger balls(that sounds weird)?

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    Niceguyeddie616Niceguyeddie616 All you feed me is PUFFINS! I need NOURISHMENT!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    holy crap, up in 10 minutes!

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Go for the big balls!

    e: Check the corners, a lot of people have been grabbing some in the corners and winning them.

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