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[PartTimeWarrior]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktjuANLVRa4

http://gematsu.com/2015/08/square-enix-giving-away-actual-island-just-cause-3-competition

https://justcause.com/en-us?redirect=http://jc3winanisland.com&pass=1

Square Enix is giving away an actual, real-life island to the winner of a newly announced Just Cause 3 competition. To receive the special code required to participate in this contest, you must pre-order the game.

“The contest will be an exercise in destruction, with participants racing to score the most Chaos Points by unleashing Rico Rodriguez’s collection of guns, bombs, vehicles and his faithful grappling hook to wreak havoc all over the in-game island of Medici,” Square Enix said in a press release. “The more creative and inventive the mayhem, the more Chaos Points players will earn, with an actual island at stake for the top-scoring winner.”

Winners may also opt to receive a cash prize instead of an island.

The competition will begin at the game’s launch on December 1 and run for 90 days. More information will be available at its official website.

 

[Warxard]

The plane, boss!

 

[Forkball]

They don't even tell us where the island is. I don't just want ANY island, Square.

 

[salromano]

Island's location TBD. Not guaranteed inhabitable, developed, or reachable by anything other than a boat. It'll be valued at up to $50,000.

Edit: nvm, beat.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

They don't even tell us where the island is. I don't just want ANY island, Square.

I hope you enjoy your island in Nunavut!

 

[Ubersnug]

...Winners may also opt to receive a cash prize instead of an island...

Anyone else getting strong Simpson's vibes where Bart won an elephant, which was a joke prize, but the real prize was the money equivalent?

 

[BrettHeazy]

Not inhabitable you say?

Consider that sold for $65k.

 

[StrangeTaco]

Winning your own island is some great advertisement, but yeah itll probably end up being some hunk of rock in the middle of nowhere. Cant see the winner taking that over the cash unless theyre independantly wealthy.

 

[Off-Kilter]

They don't even tell us where the island is. I don't just want ANY island, Square.

Yeah, gimme Iceland fam

 

[Bishop89]

isnt 50k very cheap for an island?

Is the island like 1 square meter or something?

 

[Yokai]

Not accessible by boat? How about by grappling hook?

 

[ekim]

You just need a Day-One edition and so you don't need to preorder.
But this ends up getting won by someone with no job and the possibility to grind chaos points. I can see people play this game 24/7 for 90 days just to win that price.

 

[pislit]

50k?

Island disappears during high tide confirmed!

 

[Shuggananas]

I'd take the cash prize over the island anytime
Inb4 the winner wins thanks to a glitch

 

[Tregard]

I reckon it's this tiny island off the cost of Scotland I saw people trying to sell off last month.

Take the money, folks.

 

[Brannon]

As much as I would like to build my own Outer Heaven, I'll take the cash reward alternative, thanks.

 

[DNAbro]

yeah just take the money. a $50,000 island sounds like a rip off.

 

[Pakkidis]

Somebody at Square got paid to think of this promotion.....think about that for a second.

 

[Kinyou]

Even if it was a beautiful island, you'd still have to be kind of rich to make proper use of it.

 

[sixteen-bit]

lol, this is a cool as heck promo

 

[DryvBy]

I'd call my island Shadow Moses.

 

[Glass Shark]

Somebody at Square got paid to think of this promotion.....think about that for a second.

I don't recall seeing threads about all the other random contests used to promote new games. "Win an Island" gets people talking.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Somebody at Square got paid to think of this promotion.....think about that for a second.

What are you trying to say?

 

[Icomp]

Probably half of greece.

 

[Shuggananas]

I don't recall seeing threads about all the other random contests used to promote new games. "Win an Island" gets people talking.

 

[Alucrid]

I don't recall seeing threads about all the other random contests used to promote new games. "Win an Island" gets people talking.

One of the zombie games gave you a zombie shelter and had a thread here

 

[Seventh]

Picture of the island:

Spoiler

not really

 

[Hyun Sai]

An island worth 50K ? Is this some kind of a joke ?

Take the money guys.

 

[Arkham]

And here I was hoping it was a new custom island map for the game.

 

[ZeroX03]

It'd take a special kind of stupid to take the island over the money. The name of the contest is eye catching at least, which is the point.

 

[Havik]

Ppl are gonna exploit the hell outta this

 

[Bartholomuse]

This reminds me of those crazy competitions you'd see in old gaming magazines. Didn't even think marketing departments came up with this type of stuff anymore.

 

[wildfire]

The island could interest me but I would need details. Either way it's a fun promotion.

 

[TheSlySoul]

I hope MasterP's kid wins the contest.

 

[MetatronM]

So you get to "win" the privilege of paying closing costs, escrow, property taxes, etc., and all you get in exchange for spending thousands of dollars of your own money is a useless rock "somewhere."

Basically, anybody who doesn't just opt for the cash prize probably deserves exactly what they get.

 

[Enduin]

I hope it's somewhere up north in like Maine or the PNW, but I'll take whatever they've got. I totally want an island. Just fucking go out there and Cast Away/Robinson Caruso it up.

Then again seeing as PrivateIslandsOnline.Com doesn't let you reduce your price range below 500k I have a feeling an island only worth 50k is about the size of a beachball.

 

[Gintoki]

One of the zombie games gave you a zombie shelter and had a thread here

Those were limited editions that no one would buy, not a contest

 

[Venture]

My favorite part of the rules:

http://www.jc3winanisland.com/

For Canada: As a condition of winning a prize, the winner must correctly answer the following skill testing question: (3x6) + 12/2-8 = _.

What is that all about?

 

[friskykillface]

I'll take the elephant

 

[ekim]

My favorite part of the rules:

http://www.jc3winanisland.com/


What is that all about?

Probably some rule or law in Canada.

 

[banefirelord]

Watch it be that fucking snake island.

 

[Daedardus]

My favorite part of the rules:

http://www.jc3winanisland.com/


What is that all about?

It's to certify you paid attention during middle school and know how to use order of operations.

 

[strafer]

does it come with a hatch?

 

[Dark_castle]

That's pretty fucking cool.

 

[L.O.R.D]

INTERNET: Any behavior by entrants that would provide an unfair advantage in the Promotion ("Tamper" or "Tampering") including but not limited to 1) fraudulently entering this Promotion with inaccurate information or under multiple accounts, 2) fraudulently accruing Chaos Points during the Promotion Period through an unfair exploit or hack, 3) recruiting or encouraging other natural persons to play using the same registered SQEX/PSN/XBOXLIVE account, 4) engaging in dangerous behavior during the Promotion Period without adhering to Health and Safety Guidelines. Any of these behaviors during the Promotion Period by entrants would be grounds of immediate disqualification and removal from the leaderboards at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

 

[Jarrod38]

I wonder if anyone actually bought that one.

 

[Shuggananas]

INTERNET: Any behavior by entrants that would provide an unfair advantage in the Promotion ("Tamper" or "Tampering") including but not limited to 1) fraudulently entering this Promotion with inaccurate information or under multiple accounts, 2) fraudulently accruing Chaos Points during the Promotion Period through an unfair exploit or hack, 3) recruiting or encouraging other natural persons to play using the same registered SQEX/PSN/XBOXLIVE account, 4) engaging in dangerous behavior during the Promotion Period without adhering to Health and Safety Guidelines. Any of these behaviors during the Promotion Period by entrants would be grounds of immediate disqualification and removal from the leaderboards at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

lol
"you played 3 hours without taking a break, you're disqualified"

I wonder if anyone actually bought that one.

hope not, you'd have to be fucking stupid to have that kind of money and spend it on that tbh

 

[Tobor]

INTERNET: Any behavior by entrants that would provide an unfair advantage in the Promotion ("Tamper" or "Tampering") including but not limited to 1) fraudulently entering this Promotion with inaccurate information or under multiple accounts, 2) fraudulently accruing Chaos Points during the Promotion Period through an unfair exploit or hack, 3) recruiting or encouraging other natural persons to play using the same registered SQEX/PSN/XBOXLIVE account, 4) engaging in dangerous behavior during the Promotion Period without adhering to Health and Safety Guidelines. Any of these behaviors during the Promotion Period by entrants would be grounds of immediate disqualification and removal from the leaderboards at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

How can they possibly enforce this?

 

[MillionStabs]

They don't even tell us where the island is. I don't just want ANY island, Square.

At that price, it's probably like the size of a mall.

 

[Patryn]

My favorite part of the rules:

http://www.jc3winanisland.com/


What is that all about?

It's a Skill Test Question:

The combined effect of Sections 197 to 206 of the Criminal Code of Canada bans for-profit gaming or betting, with exceptions made for provincial lotteries, licensed casinos, and charity events. Many stores, radio stations, and other groups still wish to hold contests to encourage more purchases or increase consumer interest. These organizations take advantage of the fact that the law does allow prizes to be given for games of skill, or mixed games of skill and chance. In order to make the chance-based contests legal, such games generally consist of a mathematical STQ.

The Promotional Contest Provision of the Competition Act also states that "selection of participants or distribution of prizes is not made on the basis of skill or on a random basis."
...

A court decision ruled that a mathematical STQ must contain at least three operations to actually be "skill testing"; for example, a sample question is "(2 × 4) + (10 × 3)" (Answer: 38). Enforcement of these rules is not very stringent, especially for small prizes; the player may not be required to answer the STQ to claim a prize. Anecdotally, getting the answer wrong is also often not an obstacle to claiming a prize. The questions are also becoming easier. For contests held in other countries but open to Canadians, a STQ must be asked of any potential Canadian winner.