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Zonic said:
Perhaps it could be done like how ThisBeJason did it & mention "Hey, I want to to enter, this is who I already have & this is who I need". I was talking with MADGAME & he was gonna throw in a Fox, so I was gonna have it so people could enter for both him & Rosalina if they wanted to, but they're not allowed to win both.
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Hmm, I'm not sure if I understand you there. Are you saying that we should present ourselves and list the amiibo that we don't have but we only able to participating one of amiibo lottery, is that right?


Mononoke said:
Holy god guys, pete_clarf has a really great idea. If we work it out, this giveaway could be really cool and interesting!

Essentially, he wants to make it like a tournament. So the first step we would have modbot select winners. And by winning randomly, you get an entry into this tournament. Once all the contestants are picked. THEN we go to phase 2. That's the tournament. We will have a roster of all the amiibos we are giving away free.

Then we will allow people that entered to pick the Amiibo they want to represent them, and we will have the amiibos duke it out on Wii Smash U.

I'm not 100% on the specifics yet, in terms of...how people win their prize. Like say we have 16 Amiibos we are giving out free. But I'm talking to Pete now. I've also already gotten 3 PMs from people, and now have 6 extra amiibos to add to the giveaway. Wow you guys are fuckin amazing.

So what do you guys think of this raffle/tournament hybrid idea? And keep in mind, I'm not 100% on all the specifics. Just think it sounds really interesting.

I'm still open to keeping the giveaways separate, if people would rather I do a modbot raffle of 12 amiibos. And then he just does his own tournament giveaway. Just let me know what you think.
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Hmm, that sound fun. It's a shame that I didn't manage to get more Lucario Amiibo yesterday since a gang of 4 people actually preordered 5 lucario each, and there are other people too. I was lucky enough to grab last one tho.
 
IntelliHeath said:
I wonder if it might be better if we wait until wave 3 are completely released in the public so people can donate extra wave 3 amiibo for people that didn't have a chance to get it.

I would support giveaway by modbot since it's most neutral way you could go with.
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Random draw via Modbot would be my choice as well.
 
Zonic said:
HEY, so completely random thought I had.

How would you guys feel about having Rosalina being given away through a SSB-related contest, similar to what pete_clarf is doing? But maybe have it be skilled based, like the person who gets the highest score for Rosalina on Classic & you need to take a picture with your username visible.

Might be a bit harder for me to keep track with my schedule (I've got 3 college classes on Tuesday & Thursdays, but only one on Mon. & Wed.), but might be a bit more fun. Of course, if you guys would prefer pure luck, that's perfectly fine.
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I'd be fine with this, but people who aren't experienced with 9.0 classic might not be. And if you don't do 9.0 you won't have a chance of winning.

Mononoke said:
Holy god guys, pete_clarf has a really great idea. If we work it out, this giveaway could be really cool and interesting!

Essentially, he wants to make it like a tournament. So the first step we would have modbot select winners. And by winning randomly, you get an entry into this tournament. Once all the contestants are picked. THEN we go to phase 2. That's the tournament. We will have a roster of all the amiibos we are giving away free.

Then we will allow people that entered to pick the Amiibo they want to represent them, and we will have the amiibos duke it out on Wii Smash U.

I'm not 100% on the specifics yet, in terms of...how people win their prize. Like say we have 16 Amiibos we are giving out free. But I'm talking to Pete now. I've also already gotten 3 PMs from people, and now have 6 extra amiibos to add to the giveaway. Wow you guys are fuckin amazing.

So what do you guys think of this raffle/tournament hybrid idea? And keep in mind, I'm not 100% on all the specifics. Just think it sounds really interesting.

I'm still open to keeping the giveaways separate, if people would rather I do a modbot raffle of 12 amiibos. And then he just does his own tournament giveaway. Just let me know what you think.
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But that requires opening the amiibos, and quite a few people like to keep them sealed. Not that there's anything wrong with doing a giveaway only for people who like them opened, just pointing it out.
 
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Crayolan said:
I'd be fine with this, but people who aren't experienced with 9.0 classic might not be. And if you don't do 9.0 you won't have a chance of winning.
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I suck with Rosalina but if it's a challenge that I have to do then.

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IntelliHeath said:
Hmm, I'm not sure if I understand you there. Are you saying that we should present ourselves and list the amiibo that we don't have but we only able to participating one of amiibo lottery, is that right?
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To some extent, yes. Like, if you guys were giving away Pit, Captain Falcon, and Sheik, I'd want to enter to win Pit, but not Falcon or Sheik since I have Falcon & I don't care for Sheik that much. So I'd just mention I already have Falcon but not Pit or Sheik.

Basically, if you don't have the amiibo, then it's fine to enter. If you already own it, then you can't enter. If there's multiple amiibo on the line and you don't own all of them, then just enter for the ones you don't have.
 
Zonic said:
I was planning on doing Modbot because it's easier on me due to the fact I've got college & try to do any homework I have on the weekend (got some PR homework done today, wanna do AP Style homework tomorrow & out of the way. I wouldn't mind some kind of creative contest, but I'd want to give it away Sunday morning, then that way, on Monday morning, a winner can be chosen, I can get their address, then I can ship it out later that day so it can get to the winner sooner.

Plus the fact it's random makes it the most fair. My only rule is that if you're from Canada or EU, I'd like to ask the winner for shipping (like, $8?) because of my budget.
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as a Canadian I think it's fair to ask to pay for shipping. Though I'd appreciate the option to have you open it and ship it loose, would be cheaper that way.... If of course the winner was fine with that.
 
Jawmuncher said:
You dont remember when I thought you worked on Earthbound or the DKC sountrack? It was one of the two back in the good ol SmashGAF hype days.

Regardless you should be fine so long as its not from some random site no one has heard of
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OH LMAO I forgot about that (it was the DK Rap)

Anyway, thanks lol
 
Kilvin said:
as a Canadian I think it's fair to ask to pay for shipping. Though I'd appreciate the option to have you open it and ship it loose, would be cheaper that way.... If of course the winner was fine with that.
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So in other words, without the box? I guess if the winner was fine with that. I just do my best to package an item & ship it via USPS so it arrives safely as possible, and it seems most people here would want it still in the box.
 
DeathByBacklog said:
Adopt a buddy. Help spread the Rosalina love.

C.i.S.o.R.

Canadians in Search of Rosalina

Just quote this text and add your name... :D

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Member-----Buddy

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Kilvin


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Added myself to the list. I don't have faith that when they come up for pre-order that I'll be able to score one.
 
Which american shipping company would be cheap to go with? Last time I had to send out 3 Amiibo. It cost me nearly 20 dollars just for few states away.

Zonic said:
To some extent, yes. Like, if you guys were giving away Pit, Captain Falcon, and Sheik, I'd want to enter to win Pit, but not Falcon or Sheik since I have Falcon & I don't care for Sheik that much. So I'd just mention I already have Falcon but not Pit or Sheik.

Basically, if you don't have the amiibo, then it's fine to enter. If you already own it, then you can't enter. If there's multiple amiibo on the line and you don't own all of them, then just enter for the ones you don't have.
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Understood
 
Just want to repost from the last topic. Toys R Us in St. Catharines will be getting their Wave 3 shipment sometime this week.
 
Zonic said:
So in other words, without the box? I guess if the winner was fine with that. I just do my best to package an item & ship it via USPS so it arrives safely as possible, and it seems most people here would want it still in the box.
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Are you still doing that contest? I lost track this (er...that) thread moved so fast. I'd like in. And would pay for shipping it to me still in package. That's how my son has been collecting them and it's for him so...

I should clarify, I'd be in for Rosalina.
 
Zonic said:
So in other words, without the box? I guess if the winner was fine with that. I just do my best to package an item & ship it via USPS so it arrives safely as possible, and it seems most people here would want it still in the box.
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I'm anticipating winning and would just open my amiibo and toss the packaging anyway. Haha
 
Went into a GameStop to try to preorder Shulk, he told me they weren't taking anymore preorders. He also said they were told the next wave would be out tomorrow but they haven't received any yet, and they expect angry/disappointed customers. Let me give you my money Nintendo, please!
 
DeathByBacklog said:
Are you still doing that contest? I lost track this (er...that) thread moved so fast. I'd like in. And would pay for shipping it to me still in package. That's how my son has been collecting them and it's for him so...

I should clarify, I'd be in for Rosalina.
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I'm hoping so, yes. I'm heading in tomorrow to see if I can nab one. If not, I'm seeing if I can work something out so a member can either send me one, or I can send them the money to pay for it, then they can ship it from their place.
 
Sponge said:
Me too.

I'm heading to Target at 8:00 AM and hoping for the best.
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If they do a limit of 1 per customer, anyone going to multiple Targets? Just found it out there's a Target 5 min from my job so that's where I'm going after work, then there's another one in my way home and probably going there too.
 
Mononoke said:
Nice, thanks for the heads up. Would it be smart to call our local targets, and speak to the electronics and just kind of...make sure they are going to enforce the 1 per customer? I don't mean pester them, but just ask politely (maybe to kind of remind them).

Or would that be pointless/insulting? I know you folks in retail have it hard, so wouldn't want to make it worse.

Me and my fiance are going to try to get an extra for someone on here. I already got my Rosalina, so I'm going to line up 1 hour early to get it for someone on here that needs it (for free). But I would hate for us to go through what we did with TRU and them selling all 4 of Lucario to ONE scalper.
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Sorry, were kinda swamped today. And yeah obviously YMMV, but if you call and inform the manager about it, theyll take measures to help you out. No manager wants their stores to be shopped at be only scalpers and piss off people who could be recurring guests lol
Nathan_Drake said:
Nice avatar. Can we get a remake of this right meow! Medieval and Brave Fencer Musashi is what I need in my life.

Not sure what type of slow shipping target used but my Rosie made it to the town next to me yday and has an eta of Tuesday. Come on man! Best Buy better have my order this time around. I got the order ready text but last time I had to wait an extra week for Pit.
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Lol thanks!. Every year that goes by with no E3 Medievil surprise from Sony makes me sad. I've been meaning to change to the amiibofied sir dan avatar I got, but I've been at work nonstop the last few days.
 
StaticJam said:
any Michigan Gaffers gonna fight the snow tomorrow?
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I've noticed there are a ton of Michigan Gaffers hunting in this thread.

As for me? Well I got pretty damn disheartened when I just missed out on Lucario. Rosalina as far as I know will have more stock, but I really don't want to go through being too late again...
 
Might go out to Target tomorrow but Rosalina will probably be sold out by the time I wake up and feel like dragging myself out to one so we shall see.
 
Crayolan said:
I'd be fine with this, but people who aren't experienced with 9.0 classic might not be. And if you don't do 9.0 you won't have a chance of winning.



But that requires opening the amiibos, and quite a few people like to keep them sealed. Not that there's anything wrong with doing a giveaway only for people who like them opened, just pointing it out.
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No, the amiibos that would battle it out would be MY amiibos... not the ones that are being given away.

Here is what I'm thinking (I just sent this to Mononoke). I hope I'm explaining well.


So, we have Modbot pick 16 people. Those 16 people get entered in a tournament. Those 16 people pick ANY amiibo that they want as long as it's one that has come out. Then, I use my own amiibos in Smash Bros. (I'd erase them all back to level 1 to make it fair). So, let's say contestant 1 picks Peach and contestant 2 picks Kirby. Peach beats Kirby, so that means whoever picked Kirby is out and whoever picked Peach still has a chance to win! I was thinking the winner would get one amiibo.

BUT, if we have 16 amiibos to give away, maybe all 16 people could win an amiibo... but maybe whoever gets 1st place would get first pick. 2nd place gets 2nd pick...all the way down to the poor person who gets 16th place and gets stuck with a Pikachu or something (but at least they still get something).
 
Crayolan said:
I'd be fine with this, but people who aren't experienced with 9.0 classic might not be. And if you don't do 9.0 you won't have a chance of winning.



But that requires opening the amiibos, and quite a few people like to keep them sealed. Not that there's anything wrong with doing a giveaway only for people who like them opened, just pointing it out.
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EDIT: Pete explained it (I'm sure you saw it). But I've edited out my post a page back and added a link to Pete's explanation.

pete_clarf said:
No, the amiibos that would battle it out would be MY amiibos... not the ones that are being given away.

Here is what I'm thinking (I just sent this to Mononoke). I hope I'm explaining well.
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My apologies. I'll edit my post a page back and just link to your recent post above.
 
I really like that idea, pete. Sounds rather fair, but still really fun.

Edit: Maybe I'll contact MADGAME & see if he wants to throw his Fox in for that. That way, I can focus on Rosalina & you have one more amiibo to give away.
 
Animekatt said:
I'm also looking forward to the Target stories that will come tomorrow. Hopefully there will be more success stories than not.
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Yeah, when I came back I expected a ton of success stories on Lucario but it sounds like almost everyone struck out and went home empty handed. I think I remember only seeing a few people post pictures afterwards.
 
Zonic said:
I really like that idea, pete. Sounds rather fair, but still really fun.
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The only problem is that it might be super boring to watch two Level-1 amiibos duke it out!
Plus, I don't have a way to stream from my Wii U. Like someone mentioned earlier, it would be fun for everyone to be able to watch the tournament as it unfolds.
 
And also, I was thinking of multiple tournaments. Each winner gets an amiibo. But I kind of like the idea of having 16 amiibos to give away, so everyone who is in the tournament gets something... but if you get bounced in the first round, you might only get Pikachu. It actually seems like we have good amiibos to give away though, so maybe everyone gets something cool.
 
Hey, as someone who doesn't have Pikachu, I'm fine with that. & if it's one I'd already have, I'd gladly pass the prize onto someone who doesn't.
 
pete_clarf said:
And also, I was thinking of multiple tournaments. Each winner gets an amiibo. But I kind of like the idea of having 16 amiibos to give away, so everyone who is in the tournament gets something... but if you get bounced in the first round, you might only get Pikachu. It actually seems like we have good amiibos to give away though, so maybe everyone gets something cool.
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Assuming we only do ONE tournament....basically it would go like this:

Step 1: Figure out how many amiibos we have to give away. As that will determine how many contestants we will need.

Step 2: Organize the modbot raffle, have it draw all the winners at random who gets to join the tournament.

Step 3: Have the actual tournament. We use your already open Amiibos to do this.

Step 4: The results of the tournament will determine who gets to pick first from the prize pool.

The number of contestants entering can't go past the number of amiibos we have giving away. The final rankings from the tournament determines who gets to pick first (you can only pick ONE amiibo from the prize pool).

That sound right?
 
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