Old Uncle Kreij's 2011 Gamers' Christmas Contest

Irony · Dec 18, 2011

@Mailman: /\ Kriej already closed new entries.

TheMailMan78 · Dec 18, 2011

Damn I thought the 18th was the last day

stinger608 · Dec 18, 2011

Kreij said:
1) Contest is open to all TPU members, including all staff.
2) You must be in a location that I can legally send you something from the US, and you must be willing to PM me your name and address.
3) One official entry per member. Posting in the thread is allowed, but your entry MUST be marked as your official entry.
4) All entries must be submitted before December 18th, 2011
5) All TPU posting guidelines are in effect ... as always. You've been warned.
6) There will be one judge for this contest. Me, and my decision is final. I will not ask anyone else to judge as it would exclude them from the contest.

LOL, no as you can see in the #4 rule.

Kreij · Dec 19, 2011

Okay, I had time to read through all of the great entries. It was tough to decide, but in the end the one that made me laugh the most and was suffiently over the top (and I'm still trying to purge my mind of the visuals) was

Post #12 by JC316

This is my official entry.

TPU is great from the jump. Simple stuff like registering, you enter a username, e-mail, then you start posting. With other sites, the registration process is like having to run nekkid through a cactus farm and not come out bloody on the other side.

Once you register, odds are you won't post anything thanks to the ridiculous amount of tech info and reviews. You can spend a week just reading. Once you do decide to post, you will encounter the friendliest bunch of nerds on the internet. You don't feel like you are being thrown in with hungry rottweilers with a bacon suit on.

The staff is usually nice, unless you catch erocker with low blood sugar or something, but a ban is always the last resort. The reviews are top notch and let me tell you something, reviewing for W1z is like having a pine cone shoved up your ass, but the end result is awesome, so my hat is off to all reviewers.

The people make the site, so obviously TPU is the best. Now generalnonsense.net, that is where the rejects like me get sent, thus making TPU even better.

A big THANK YOU to all who entered and played along.
JC316, I'll be sending you a PM shortly.

Merry Christmas everyone !!

qubit · Dec 19, 2011

So what was the gift! :eek:

I'm on tenterhooks here.

Kreij · Dec 19, 2011

qubit said:
So what was the gift! I'm on tenterhooks here.

You'll have to ask JC316.
The reason I didn't post the prize is because this was a "pick whatever you want for gaming" (up to a given $$ limit), so I really don't know.

Irony · Dec 19, 2011

Congrats JC. Tell us what your gonna gift yourself, :toast:

qubit · Dec 19, 2011

Kreij said:
You'll have to ask JC316.
The reason I didn't post the prize is because this was a "pick whatever you want for gaming" (up to a given $$ limit), so I really don't know.

Ah, well that's our answer - cool gift. :cool:

You da man, Kreij. :respect:

_JP_ · Dec 19, 2011

Congratulations JC.
And thank you Kreij for another great contest. :respect:

Merry Xmas.

brandonwh64 · Dec 19, 2011

Congratz JC!

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Dec 19, 2011

good entry, well deserved

JC316 · Dec 19, 2011

First, I want to give a huge thanks to both Kreji and TPU. Thank you so much man! Kreji really made my Christmas this year. Me and my sister have been dying to get a Nintendo 3DS, I had wanted to get her one for Christmas, but I didn't have enough money to do it this year. I also wanted Batman Arkham City and Deus Ex Human Revolution. Lastly, I wanted to spread the love a bit, so I asked that he send a game to my good friend Linkin.

Again, HUGE thanks to Kreji. Merry Christmas to all and huge respect!!

qubit · Dec 19, 2011

Awesome.

Enjoy your game, JC316. :toast:

TheMailMan78 · Dec 19, 2011

JC316 said:
First, I want to give a huge thanks to both Kreji and TPU. Thank you so much man! Kreji really made my Christmas this year. Me and my sister have been dying to get a Nintendo 3DS, I had wanted to get her one for Christmas, but I didn't have enough money to do it this year. I also wanted Batman Arkham City and Deus Ex Human Revolution. Lastly, I wanted to spread the love a bit, so I asked that he send a game to my good friend Linkin.

Again, HUGE thanks to Kreji. Merry Christmas to all and huge respect!!

Be sure to join the 3DS clubhouse man! PM me your Friend Code!

JC316 · Dec 19, 2011

And here is our official appreciation video. Sorry if I pronounced Kreji's username wrong. Yes the kitchen is destroyed, my dad is currently putting in new cabinets and he got a little overzealous with the crowbar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXMRibDBsQ8&feature=youtu.be

Kreij · Dec 19, 2011

Nothing showing up yet with the Steam gift to Linkin, so if nothing by tomorrow I will regift it to him. Their store is being hammered with traffic and it's throwing errors constantly. lol

Once again, thanks everyone for participating !!
It was a lot of fun.

Kreij · Dec 19, 2011

On a side note ... this is the first time someone has asked that their prize (or a portion of it) go to someone else just out of kindness, generosity and friendship.

For that JC got a copy of [Prototype] to add to his game collection too.

You're a good egg, JC. Enjoy.

Prime · Dec 19, 2011

oops, too late =^.^=

Kreij · Dec 20, 2011

Prime said:
oops, too late =^.^=

Sadly, yes it's too la.... WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING?!? IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS YET !!!

Person who submits the funniest description of what it's like to take an arrow to the knee, gets a gifted copy of Skyrim (no pictures please, just text)
If you have it already, pass it on !

Requirements : You must have a Steam account. Contest will close Christmas Eve (when I feel like it), and I will gift it that day/night/whatever so you can play it on Christmas day.
(You're can't win this one JC316

)

qubit · Dec 20, 2011

I'm currently writing up an article on Windows 8 security for our members to argue over, so my entry will be made soon.

JC316 · Dec 20, 2011

Kreij said:
Sadly, yes it's too la.... WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING?!? IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS YET !!!

Person who submits the funniest description of what it's like to take an arrow to the knee, gets a gifted copy of Skyrim (no pictures please, just text)
If you have it already, pass it on !

Requirements : You must have a Steam account. Contest will close Christmas Eve (when I feel like it), and I will gift it that day/night/whatever so you can play it on Christmas day.
(You're can't win this one JC316 )

I already have Skyrim, my mom bought it for me.

Kreij · Dec 20, 2011

I love sneaking extra contests into already closed contests. MWAHAHAHA...

Stop with the kudos. I'm no different than any of the people in the Pay it Forward thread who want to help people out. I just do it in contests for some fun.

stinger608 · Dec 20, 2011

congrats to JC!!!! Very well deserved to say the least!

Kreij you just amaze me at all turns with the kindness, help, and generosity you give daily to this most awesome community!

As for the Skyrim contest, I also have it, however I will enter just to gift it to some one that needs/wants the game and cannot afford it.

Kreij · Dec 20, 2011

Hey ! I found my giant jar of belly button lint I have been collecting for the past 50 years.
I can give that away in a contest !!!
(THWACK)

Ouch ... what's that in my knee?

Have fun

TheMailMan78 · Dec 20, 2011

Kreij said:
Sadly, yes it's too la.... WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING?!? IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS YET !!!

Person who submits the funniest description of what it's like to take an arrow to the knee, gets a gifted copy of Skyrim (no pictures please, just text)
If you have it already, pass it on !

Requirements : You must have a Steam account. Contest will close Christmas Eve (when I feel like it), and I will gift it that day/night/whatever so you can play it on Christmas day.
(You're can't win this one JC316 )

I was working in my back yard about 9 months ago when I took an arrow to my knee and fell on my wife. Now we have a son.

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