Rob Williams
02-17-2008, 05:19 PM
Techgage turns 3 on March 1 and to celebrate, we will be holding a total of five contests to help show our appreciation to all of our visitors who've helped make the site what it is today.
As you might be aware from our previous contests, we like to be a little unique with our offerings. As with our content, we like to be different from others, and contests is one area where we like to break from the usual "post here" scheme. Those are fine for the most part (and God knows we need help here), but it's uncreative and a cheap way to get forum participation.
Last year, we held a variety of contests that went well... all gaming related. One contest in particular interested me quite a bit, "Guess the Game". This was a contest where 20 pictures of games were displayed, and then you had to guess all 20 (or as much as possible) in order to be entered into the contest.
I am contemplating bringing that one back, because it was fun to put together, and from what I could tell, fun for the entrants as well. I do have plans to make it so that not ALL the titles have to be guessed to enter, because last year we had very few (two, actually) guess all 20, so we are going to turn the "hardcore" dial down a bit.
That said, we are in the process of dreaming up contest ideas for the other ones we will be holding, and would love some input from you guys. During the month, we will be holding a total of five contests, with four running on a one-per-week basis and the other "grand" contest running the entire month. The mini-contests will have a variety of prizes, while the "grand" contest will have something very desirable. I won't delve into what the prizes are until the beginning of the month, however.
So as it stands, we are looking for ideas for both the smaller contests and the grand contest. Keep in mind, these are ideas that should encourage as much participation as possible, not something that only you would enter. For the grand contest especially, we want as many people to enter as possible since it's a rather nice prize.
At any rate, please feel free to post ideas here in this thread, or e-mail me them if you prefer [rob dot williams at ourdomain]. Don't be offended if we don't use your idea... I happen to be one of the fussiest people alive. If we do use your idea, I'll be sure to send you some <3 in some form or another.
Thanks all!
As you might be aware from our previous contests, we like to be a little unique with our offerings. As with our content, we like to be different from others, and contests is one area where we like to break from the usual "post here" scheme. Those are fine for the most part (and God knows we need help here), but it's uncreative and a cheap way to get forum participation.
Last year, we held a variety of contests that went well... all gaming related. One contest in particular interested me quite a bit, "Guess the Game". This was a contest where 20 pictures of games were displayed, and then you had to guess all 20 (or as much as possible) in order to be entered into the contest.
I am contemplating bringing that one back, because it was fun to put together, and from what I could tell, fun for the entrants as well. I do have plans to make it so that not ALL the titles have to be guessed to enter, because last year we had very few (two, actually) guess all 20, so we are going to turn the "hardcore" dial down a bit.
That said, we are in the process of dreaming up contest ideas for the other ones we will be holding, and would love some input from you guys. During the month, we will be holding a total of five contests, with four running on a one-per-week basis and the other "grand" contest running the entire month. The mini-contests will have a variety of prizes, while the "grand" contest will have something very desirable. I won't delve into what the prizes are until the beginning of the month, however.
So as it stands, we are looking for ideas for both the smaller contests and the grand contest. Keep in mind, these are ideas that should encourage as much participation as possible, not something that only you would enter. For the grand contest especially, we want as many people to enter as possible since it's a rather nice prize.
At any rate, please feel free to post ideas here in this thread, or e-mail me them if you prefer [rob dot williams at ourdomain]. Don't be offended if we don't use your idea... I happen to be one of the fussiest people alive. If we do use your idea, I'll be sure to send you some <3 in some form or another.
Thanks all!