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Intel Game On, round three: FIGHT!
Divebommah
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Hello all!
Erik here, writing to you about the third ever PAX Intel Game On. Remember? Big blue buttons? Prize patrol? Everyone’s a winner? If you’re a n00b, check out our PAX Prime 2009 thread and our PAX East thread. Before I go on – I work for a marketing agency named CMD. Intel is my awesome client. Mods: Robert should be along to bless this post momentarily
Okay, huh-what?
Here’s how Game On works.
You can improve your chances of finding the prize patrol by following our Twitter account: @IntelGameOn. Every few hours we announce where the prize patrol will be. You may as well do this before and after the show, we are usually running some kind of contest there.
OMG NEW WAYS TO WIN!!!!!
Intel Game On Alumni Edition
Do you have a button or shirt or bag or Core i7 or something we gave you from a previous PAX? Come to our booth and show it to us (no, really, SHOW it to us or we might not clue in). You will be entered into a random draw to win a Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. You may be asked for the passcode -- it is "friend".
Intel Game On Hardcore Edition
Are you one of our Twitter regulars? Do you win twelve shirts every PAX but never something cooler? Well, pay close attention because Hardcore Edition is for you. Basically, we want your help getting our big blue Game On buttons on people. For every person you bring to our booth at 11:30am and 3:00pm every day of the show, we will give you a sticker to put on your badge. Collect 15 stickers and I'll give you a special goodie that regular Game On players won't get. Collect 25 and I'll add you to a drawing to win a Core i7. You can imagine how great your odds of winning will be. All your friends will be given Game On buttons.
You will need to register with me to get activated. I'll be at our booth in the south lobby every day at 11:30am and 3:00pm -- just ask the booth staff where the "Twitter guy" is!
ps. Hardcore mode pretty much relies on the honor system so please be honorable.
Awesome! When!?
We start when the doors open and we stop when the last round of the Omegathon ends.
And please keep an eye on this thread as I’ll be providing some updates as time passes. Okay, now you talk. Questions? Comments? If you’ve played Game On in the past, I’d love to hear from you.
Erik here, writing to you about the third ever PAX Intel Game On. Remember? Big blue buttons? Prize patrol? Everyone’s a winner? If you’re a n00b, check out our PAX Prime 2009 thread and our PAX East thread. Before I go on – I work for a marketing agency named CMD. Intel is my awesome client. Mods: Robert should be along to bless this post momentarily
Okay, huh-what?
Here’s how Game On works.
- Find a Game On button and put it on. They look KINDA like this, though this year they’ve been tweaked. Same color though! If you have an ORIGINAL Game On button, bring it with you. Special prize if you do!
- Get spotted wearing the button(s) by our prize patrol (that would be me and a bunch of other Intel folks) and we’ll give you a prize card.
- Take the prize card to our booth and YOU WILL WIN. We have exciting prizes like shirts, caps, bags, and other stuff. You know, Core i7 Extreme CPU’s and gaming laptops. Whatever. Everyone wins something. Our booth will be in the South Lobby, just outside what used to be called the "queue room". And no, we're not on the map.
You can improve your chances of finding the prize patrol by following our Twitter account: @IntelGameOn. Every few hours we announce where the prize patrol will be. You may as well do this before and after the show, we are usually running some kind of contest there.
OMG NEW WAYS TO WIN!!!!!
Intel Game On Alumni Edition
Do you have a button or shirt or bag or Core i7 or something we gave you from a previous PAX? Come to our booth and show it to us (no, really, SHOW it to us or we might not clue in). You will be entered into a random draw to win a Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. You may be asked for the passcode -- it is "friend".
Intel Game On Hardcore Edition
Are you one of our Twitter regulars? Do you win twelve shirts every PAX but never something cooler? Well, pay close attention because Hardcore Edition is for you. Basically, we want your help getting our big blue Game On buttons on people. For every person you bring to our booth at 11:30am and 3:00pm every day of the show, we will give you a sticker to put on your badge. Collect 15 stickers and I'll give you a special goodie that regular Game On players won't get. Collect 25 and I'll add you to a drawing to win a Core i7. You can imagine how great your odds of winning will be. All your friends will be given Game On buttons.
You will need to register with me to get activated. I'll be at our booth in the south lobby every day at 11:30am and 3:00pm -- just ask the booth staff where the "Twitter guy" is!
ps. Hardcore mode pretty much relies on the honor system so please be honorable.
Awesome! When!?
We start when the doors open and we stop when the last round of the Omegathon ends.
And please keep an eye on this thread as I’ll be providing some updates as time passes. Okay, now you talk. Questions? Comments? If you’ve played Game On in the past, I’d love to hear from you.
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It does. This year's button, I'm 80% sure, has the dude from Mega Mind on it.
So you're fine without Twitter, that just gives you an edge.
Gotta wear one to win
Any hints as to what the special prize we get is?
This is a question I would also like answered.
At one point, I came across a spotter, she asked if I had a button. I turned to show her the button on my backpack, and all that was there was the pin, but the actual button itself had apparently fallen off.
edit: sweet, found it!
You can swing by the booth and show your button, whether you get noticed by the prize patrol or not, for a goodie.
I hope we haven't opened a massive can of worms, prize-quantity-wise, by doing this. I'm kinda surprised by how many people here kept their buttons!
Was that with or without Chris Avellone's autograph? Mine has his autograph. He's so dreamy.
Alas, I cannot tell! Just, you know, don't be expecting CPU's and stuff :P
Intel forehead stamp FTW
Yes, this. This is a good idea. Fortunately we don't get too many people abusing the system. It's tough to keep track of who comes by, particularly on day two and three.
It rarely gets "zombie horde" crazy, although I must admit that was pretty awesome, so no I wouldn't be too concerned.
Lack of sleep + weird lighting = mishaps like that one.
Well aside from the massive littering of the things after every concert night, Im pretty sure many past PAXers have thrown the buttons into their rememberance bags.
Good to hear from you! I trust that beast of a CPU is holding up well?
My only complaint (if you can call it that) is that I had to upgrade so many other components in my system to be worthy of sharing the same case as that CPU that it cost me way more than the retail value of the CPU. But, I now have one of the best PCs money can buy.
Seems like every year at PAX one of my friends wins some sweet new hardware and then they have to build an entire PC to use it. Free treasure usually ends up as a big post-PAX Newegg order!
Crossing my fingers that this year when we compile all our freebie hardware grabs we might have enough to build a whole PC.
Is there any prize for hanging a Game On tag on this puppy? :winky:
Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010
This year NewEgg has a booth at the expo
Can't wait to see you guys. Have NO idea if I still have my PAX09 Intel button though. I do still have my swag bag so one might be in there. =P
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Yes, the i7 wouldn't tolerate anything less. 8-)
The fun thing about Intel is that the mobo and CPU groups are different businesses. My client is the CPU group. So although we might have some mobos on display at the booth, we won't be including them in the prize bundle :x
No special prize I'm afraid as the items do not "stack" (per RPG speak), we're just looking for that button.
At best, I'll give you a fist bump. 8-)
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Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010