Send a Member to CGE, NEUROPOLITIQUE Wins!

[digitalpress]

UPDATE 06/05: Neuropolitique won the first trip! I'll set up a second pool thread tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who participated and good luck in round two.

UPDATE 06/05: The drawing will occur tonight, Sunday, June 5th at 8pm EDT. You can watch the webcam update at http://www.digitpress.com/webcam.htm and/or join the live chat at http://www.digitpress.com/irc/


UPDATE: Since the first pool filled up so quickly, we'll move the drawing up to this weekend, Sunday, June 5th (time to be determined). You do NOT have to be online to qualify. The event will be webcast and simulcast on #vbender (IRC EFnet). Stay tuned!

Here we go again, our third annual "Send a Member" event.

You're already aware of classic gaming's most prestigious event: Classic Gaming Expo. A place where you can mingle with the legends of yesteryear, find that out-of-print game you've always wanted, play classic arcade and console systems from your youth, stroll through an unbelievable museum of rare and unusual vintage gaming items, and generally relax in an atmosphere that is decidedly retro. There is only ONE Classic Gaming Expo.

The trouble is, it's far away. And times are tough. And there are other more pressing things to spend our hard-earned cash on. Well... how about if you could enjoy everything there is to enjoy at Classic Gaming Expo for just ten dollars?

That's right. $10.

We are now opening the gates to a very special contest where fifty "players" go in, and one comes out. That one goes to San Francisco for Classic Gaming Expo with no additional out-of-pocket expenses:

- The entry fee of $10 x 50 entrants will cover the cost of air fare and the hotel for Friday and Saturday night (August 21st and 22nd). Any additional money for plane and room fare is YOURS to spend.

- You will receive a free weekend pass to the show.

- You will receive $100 of "spending money" at the Expo. Buy that game of your dreams!

- Here's perhaps the best part. On Friday night before the show, CGE Services hosts an "alumni dinner", where the very gaming legends who will be on hand for keynote speeches throughout the weekend gather for a special gathering. YOU will be at that dinner. The meal is free but most importantly, you'll be rubbing elbows with this year's alumni. Trust me, this is worth way more than any dollar value. Aslk l_lamb, dreams, or maxlords, who have won this contest in the past.

That's right. $10.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
1. The first 50 entrants who are PAID IN FULL qualify. Only ONE entry per family, please.
2. You must be a forum member - new or old - to qualify. Payments from unidentified parties will be immediately returned (it might be a good idea to post here that you're IN once your payment is sent).
3. PayPal to digitalpress@email.com is accepted. You CAN send a money order but this could harm your chances should the entries fill up quickly. See item #1 above.
4. A list of members whose payment has been received will follow in the next post so you can keep track of who's in.
5. The contest ends at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday June 11th. If the list fills before then, we'll move the drawing up to an earlier date (watch this thread), and we will most likely run this contest again!
6. The drawing will be webcam-displayed soon after the contest closes, with all names clearly shown and the drawing done publicly.
7. If you already have plane tickets or hotel fare, we will re-imburse your costs. Thus, if you're "already going to CGE", you are still qualified to play.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE HERE!

Game ON.

[digitalpress]

Entered members as of 1:40PM EDT Tuesday, May 31st:

98PaceCar
AltairBoy
Anotherfluke
Atar1g1rl
Boboduo
Captain Yashiro
Chunky
classicb
Cmosfm
Darth Vader
dave2236
DDCecil
dreams
Drexel923
DrWily008
esquire
evg2000
GarrettGCW
ghsqb
Grandamchandler
Jed
Jumpman Jr
jwl
Kamino
kevates
Kid Ice
l_lamb
Lady Jaye
Mayhem
mizarkgram
neuropolitique
Papastu
Perkar
postermen
punkoffgirl
qbertandernie
Queen of the Felines
SamuraiSmurfette
s1lence
sisko
Sniderman
Soulblazer
Sylentwulf
tholly
TVs Hasselhoff
ubersaurus
vectorman0
vespertillo
World of Games
xertcev

That's 50 members, folks! Game I is set.

[Lady Jaye]

Payment sent!!!

[dreams]

Payment sent.

Here's hoping! :)

[Drexel923]

Payment sent :)

[DDCecil]

Payment has been sent. 8-)

[evg2000]

Payment Sent.


Charles

[Atar1G1rl]

Payment has been signed, sealed, and delivered! Wooo!!! :D

[PapaStu]

/me tosses 10 into the pot. This isnt so much for me to go as it is to allow someone who actually lives far away to attend seeing as how close i'm located.

[classicb]

payment sent

[Darth Vader]

I'm in too, good luck to everyone!

Danny

[punkoffgirl]

PICK ME PICK ME!

[sisko]

I'm in

[Sniderman]

Groovy. I've been a-waitin' for this. C'mon big money! No whammies! No whammies!

[Kroogah]

Payment sent! This is my only chance for going you greedy bastards!

[ubersaurus]

I'm throwin down.

[ubikuberalles]

Payment sent!

[qbertandernie]

i helped send a member last year, why not try it again!

good luck everyone!

San Fran this year huh? huh.

[SoulBlazer]

Cool! Thanks, Joe, I was hoping you guys would do this again.

Just sent mine in. :)

[Jumpman Jr.]

Payment sent.

Thanks alot for running this contest Joe.
I wouldn't be able to breathe if I were to go.

[drwily008]

Paid in full and ready to go!

[Chunky]

in


lets go 2 in a row!

[Jumpman Jr.]

Payment sent.

Thanks alot for running this contest Joe.
I wouldn't be able to breathe if I were to go.

Edit: Dang.. just missed Joe's first list of people that are entered. Why did I have to write this at 7:05. :(

[Lothars]

hey just a question is this contest open to canadian members as well?

just making sure before i would try and enter.

[xertcev]

Payment Sent!
Thanks!

[Perkar]

...and my $10 was submitted. rock and roll

[Boboduo]

Payment sent- I'm in!

[DeputyMoniker]

Congratulations, I AM HUMANOID!! Take lots of pix for us!

[classicb]

Congratulations, I AM HUMANOID!! Take lots of pix for us!

I actually get that. But he'll have to enter to win. Plus he can only enter once here i beleive.

[SoulBlazer]

Yup, unless Joe decides to go ahead and offer a second person the chance to go like he did last year. :)

Did'nt Mayhem buy a ticket last year? If I recall correctly, he did, which means non US people can enter as well.

[Darth Vader]

Yup, unless Joe decides to go ahead and offer a second person the chance to go like he did last year. :)

Did'nt Mayhem buy a ticket last year? If I recall correctly, he did, which means non US people can enter as well.

Anyone can enter, it just depends on how much the flight will be, how much $$ you will have left over, or if you bought tickets already, you get reimbursed for them. I'd highly suggest everyone get their money to Joe fast for this contest, its really filling up quickly!

Good luck again to all!

Danny

[Queen Of The Felines]

I'm in!

I need to go to the gay version of Mecca, dammit! LOL

No, not CGE...San Francisco, smart asses.

Kristine

[SamuraiSmurfette]

hmmm...why not...

[tholly]

I'm in....payment sent...

[Anotherfluke]

I'm in like gin yall.

[Kamino]

I am sending mine -now-, hope i am not too late. If I'm too late, and over 50, does it get sent back?

[jwl]

Just sent my money. Good luck to all.

[Kamino]

i never win these damned things, but my money is officially in. Much like yash, this is probly my only shot at goin'....

[Mayhem]

Have to be in it to win it... and I rather need the money this time around...

[Kid Ice]

In.

[esquire]

Payment sent!

[mizarkgram]

Im in, hope I wasnt too late

[DeputyMoniker]

I'll be in if the number stays under 50 until Tuesday night! That's when the paycheck hits my bank. :(
What if you've already reserved a room? Can the $$ go toward that?

[digitalpress]

What if you've already reserved a room? Can the $$ go toward that?

Read my initial post, which already answered this question.

[l_lamb]

Payment sent...my odds are a little low though.

[Jumpman Jr.]

Payment sent...my odds are a little low though.

I think they are fairly high, actually. 1 in 50 is actually pretty good, espessially for the trip of a lifetime.
Common guys, 13 more entries!

[DeputyMoniker]

What if you've already reserved a room? Can the $$ go toward that?

Read my initial post, which already answered this question.

Doh! You hid it in the To Do list! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/DeputyMoniker/confused.gif LOL

[Pantechnicon]

Payment sent.


Wishful thinking out loud.

I am so giddy about the prospect of winning this contest I think I'm going to pop. WOW

I hadn't actually planned on making CGE this year due to scheduling and financial considerations.

First, I'm already making one trip to Vegas this summer with my family and in-laws (leaving tomorrow, in fact Big Smile ). So another excursion to Sin City isn't exactly in the cards, i.e - credit cards. Secondly, the first Monday after CGE, August 11, is my wedding anniversary and my wife has some idea that, you know, I should spend the day with her or some such senitmental nonsense.

If I win, it will be my fifth trip to CGE. Excluding the 1998 "World Of Atari" event, I've seen `em all. Normally my travelling partner for the show is AltairBoy, and while I will feel a little guilty about flying coach out to Vegas in just a couple of hours (short flight from Albuquerque, you know) while he slogs his Saturn, solo, across the unforgiving Arizona desert...well, okay, I won't feel guilty...but at least we'll be at the show together, as it wouldn't feel right any other way.

Best of all, thanks to Darth Vader, I can subsist off of beef jerky and chips for the duration. That, plus, the alumni dinner, ought to keep me alive while freeing up my remaining cash for more retrogaming goodness! Grin!

Oh, and I'll be back home in time for that whole anniversary thing Eye Rolling

So remember, guys a vote for me...is a vote for me! This is a vote contest, right? Hmm

...That was my second post ever on this board ever back in 2003. Didn't win that time...didn't make it to CGE either. Maybe better luck this year...we'll see.

[Cmosfm]

I'm in, what the hell, it's the only chance I have to go! :D

[Sylentwulf]

Payment sent! Good luck all!

[Slipdeath]

Is there an age limit perhaps?

[Captain J]

payment sent about 1pm eastern! if i win i will be a happy man!

[Vectorman0]

Is there an age limit perhaps?

I included a note about it, and Joe didn't say anything so I am assuming that it's okay if you aren't 18.

By the way, I forgot to include my DP name in my paypal transfer. The money you received from vectorman@gmail.com would be me.

[SoulBlazer]

Man, this is filling up fast. :eek 2:

Joe, any possibility of having a second raffle and a second person going, like last year?

[dreams]

Man, this is filling up fast. :eek 2:

Joe, any possibility of having a second raffle and a second person going, like last year?


5. The contest ends at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday June 11th. If the list fills before then, we'll move the drawing up to an earlier date (watch this thread), and we will most likely run this contest again!

:D

[GarrettCRW]

I'm in.

[98PaceCar]

Paypal sent and fingers crossed!

[kevates]

I'm in too...

[kevates]

I'm in too...

[ghsqb]

Im in.

[ghsqb]

Im in.

[vespertillio]

Hopefully I'm in. ;)

[s1lence]

Payment sent, hope I made it.

[Kamino]

my count might be off....
But I think we only have ONE remaining slot.....
Somebody fill it quickly so i can lose and be bitter about wasting 10 bucks :P

[Nicola]

my count might be off....
But I think we only have ONE remaining slot.....
Somebody fill it quickly so i can lose and be bitter about wasting 10 bucks :P

I hope you're right: I've just wasted 10 $ :P

[GrandAmChandler]

You know, I really hope I didn't get to this thread too late, I am going to be highly upset at myself if that holds true..

[digitalpress]

my count might be off....
But I think we only have ONE remaining slot.....
Somebody fill it quickly so i can lose and be bitter about wasting 10 bucks :P

See, that's the beauty of this. There is never a "waste". If you don't WIN you have at least contributed to getting a fellow member to the show. That means something if you ask me.

[Kamino]

my count might be off....
But I think we only have ONE remaining slot.....
Somebody fill it quickly so i can lose and be bitter about wasting 10 bucks :P

See, that's the beauty of this. There is never a "waste". If you don't WIN you have at least contributed to getting a fellow member to the show. That means something if you ask me.
Yeah.....I know. If 50 people didn't put in 10 bucks, nobody would go free. It'd be bloody ridiculous to ask you or anyone affiliated with CGE to give away a ticket with airfare and hotel.
I was merely attempting to be dark, gloomy and sarcastic, as usual. :P Carry on with your magic rainbows, kids...

[K3V]

I'm in, just under the wire! Good luck again this year.

[JagMod]

Money sent, hopefully in time...

[digitalpress]

I'm in, just under the wire! Good luck again this year.

Not quite, Kev!

You were entry #51 and JagMod was 52.

We're going to do a second drawing, however. I emailed you requesting how you'd like to handle that.

[Kamino]

ok, so its full.
When's the drawing set for?
And does the winner have to be online when the drawing takes place?

[98PaceCar]

Are there going to be other prizes like there were last year? I remember some good stuff being given away!

[tholly]

When's the drawing set for?

Sunday June 5th...time undisclosed


And does the winner have to be online when the drawing takes place?

No

[Nicola]

I'm in, just under the wire! Good luck again this year.

Not quite, Kev!

You were entry #51 and JagMod was 52.

We're going to do a second drawing, however. I emailed you requesting how you'd like to handle that.

Hey, If I am entry #50, why I am not in the list?