The NVidia Contest "Wish I would've found you" Thread

RedmondKC

Just a place for people to post their comments/numbrs/stories about that blasted NVidia Contest. Is it just me, or do they always have the absolutely most invasive contest possible each year? (remembers the grey shirts).

Anyways, my number was 57265.

Also, did anyone get a chance to jot down the raffle winning numbers? I just found my ticket (didn't realize I had it until just now), and want to torture myself with the potential knowledge that I won something but didn't collect.

Simplicity

It was crap lol. Both people around my numbers got matches. Extremely lame for my case.

I just remember having fun starting the Nvidia # thread with my friends in our hotel room lol. Also starting up the signs It was fun trying to find our numbers =]

Paramnesia

My friend and I were numbers 56699 and 57036, but knowing my luck, the owners of their counterparts were only there one day out of three. I weep.


NVidia should have switched the font size of the number and text. The numbers were so tiny.

Druhim

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=33478

Soda241

Sadly eoungh, I found my match when pax was over and everything was close, We both kind just stare at each other and was like NO WAY?! but it was over by then at less most of you didn't find yours.

MagicallyStupid

It pissed me off to no end the Nvidia people actually gave numbers to people that were only there for one day. That to me is low, low to the point where I'm considering the idea of starting up a PA ban on their products. Those sick sadistic sonovabitches.

Houn

Not every number had a match anyway. Or so the tales say.

*Hugs his 8600 GTS, but it's installed in his computer and running and so it burns him. Ow*

JoahW

Yes, because they owe you free stuff.

Right.

MagicallyStupid

They didn't owe me anything, but they also didn't have to make it so damn hard to win ANYTHING... I mean honestly was their something wrong with the polls or the raffle? Because last I checked those were fine.

leaf

Worst idea, or the worstest idea?

TehBug

I'll have a simple online database ready by next year, just in case this thing happens again for PAX08 (gonna be easy enough to make anyhow).

~Bug
Nvidia #56017

Viscountalpha

I don't tolerate shit like this. I think it was bad form for Nvidia/bfgtech to do this to their loyal customers.

hobbseltoff

I don't know if you guys noticed, but there was an online database this year and because of people won a bunch of stuff including an 8800 Ultra and an 8800GTS.

b0wser

This system is better than having a thousand people swarm around a booth on Sunday afternoon, in my opinion.

Viscountalpha

b0wser wrote: »

This system is better than having a thousand people swarm around a booth on Sunday afternoon, in my opinion.

good point. But the button thing is kinda lame imho. There should be a better way then matching button numbers. I didn't care for the nvidia booth this year. Winning an 8800gts doesn't seem exciting when I don't really have a need for it.

Do a drawing and then mail out the cards via email. It doesn't have to suck and be annoying like this.

skwisgaar Skwigelf

I spent the last hour or so of day three of PAX trying to find my number. I was no. 58576. My friend traded his button in for a new one at the nvidia booth and then he got a phone call from a person with the same number as the one he just traded in. I still feel sorry for the guy...

hobbseltoff

skwisgaar Skwigelf wrote: »

I spent the last hour or so of day three of PAX trying to find my number. I was no. 58576. My friend traded his button in for a new one at the nvidia booth and then he got a phone call from a person with the same number as the one he just traded in. I still feel sorry for the guy...

It was the same pin, the NVIDIA people were too lazy to open a new box so they started giving back the same pins people traded in.