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I don't quite understand the vibe coming off alot of the responses in here. GW puts together a no purchase neccessary prize draw and some people can't be happy about it? I see more than a few negative or "If I win I'm gonna work over GW" kind of posts. I'm not trying to preach, I just find it wierd.

Personally I'd love the first or third place prize. I don't know about the second place, because I don't play Fantasy or LotR, and I only have two armies in 40K that I'd really be interesting in add on to. New releases outside of those two 40K armies would just kinda be in hobby limbo in my game room or maybe donated/traded to the local game club.

I'm a little surprised at the lack of enthusiasm for the first place prize. Sure Warhammer World might not hold it's enchantment for a player for more than one of the days, but I don't think they'd drag ya out there and not let ya talk to anybody. From reading this forum for a while I'm sure there are some people that would like to meet developers and ask them "What were you thinking!?" amongst a thousand other questions.

Ravenous D wrote:I bet just like the draws at games day its going to be rigged.

What you talkin' bout.... Willis ?!

Rigged draws?..please explain.


GG

generalgrog wrote:Rigged draws?..please explain.

GW are planning to turn the winners' underwear into sails.

im just praying for any of the freaking prizes
id be happy with the batallition thing alone maybe im just weird...
my only problem with the first prize is that with high school starting i wont have time to take a week off

deffskullz wrote:my only problem with the first prize is that with high school starting i wont have time to take a week off

I'm sure they would let you more or less pick a time that suits you

I can't imagine GW giving a guided tour of their HQ to some lucky winner and then letting him leave empty-handed. I will probably get some goodies and when I'm back I'll let you guys know what I got...

I'd love to win any of the prizes too. I already asked my GF if she wants to go on the trip with me.. went something like this..

me: "Hey do you wanna go to england?"
gf: "that might be fun, is it for work?"
me: "no, the company that makes warhammer is doing a contest where you can win a trip for 2 to england to go to their HQ and play with army men"
gf: "..."
me: "hello?"
gf: "You could probably take your nephew..."

What? I told my wife and she'd love to go. Sure, she has to put up with dorkhammer for a day or two but then she gets a free trip to the rest of England.

Dunno.
I can't win a local prize because they closed my (profitable!) local GW. :sad panda:

The Megaprizes are all cool.

1) Hey. Cool. Free trip. Maybe I can jostle someone's elbow in the studio while they're painting. lolz

2) Holy CRUD! EVERYTHING they put out? People are SERIOUSLY underestimating the amount of product released in a year.
"I don't play Warhammer or LotR!"
So? Feebay it. It's all profit.
Bartertown it for things you DO want.

3)A five thousand point army? Yes, please!
I don't know which I'd choose, but it would NOT be SM, CSM or Orks (only because I have those already). Maybe I'd go out on a line and get the new Dark Eldar if they're out by then? LOL That's a LOT of models, regardless of the army.
Might be worth it to go IG, just to see the big boxed horde delivered to your doorstep. lol

Glad I already have a profile there!



Eric

If I remember correctly.. in a WD(I think) a long time ago, there was some one who won a tour of HQ , they let him basicly fill a few bags with bits from the bins.

Im pretty sure they wouldnt leave HQ and WarhammerWorld empty handed.

I wouldnt mind a 5k army. I think I would go for Undead. Just to make them give me 5k points worth of Skellies hehehehe

Yeah, I can't imagine they won't make that HQ trip worthwhile. Although the prize would obviously be more appealing to someone living outside the UK than to a native.

Prize #2 is the least appealing to me just because it's a mishmash of stuff that I'd have to trade to get what I want. Might take me a week to figure out what I want for #3. That'd be some serious list construction, LOL.

but it actually says that Robby S, 25 of nottingham is going to win lol

Ozymandias wrote:What? I told my wife and she'd love to go. Sure, she has to put up with dorkhammer for a day or two but then she gets a free trip to the rest of England.

Exactly! My girlfriend would feel the same way.

Ravenous D wrote:Same deal with the warhammer world thing they are going to eliminate anyone in Britian from winning it since you are a car drive away.

Now, now, they could pick an Irishman, fly him over the water, then trundle him off on a train to see the wonders of England...

Upon further thought:

5k of Vostroyans.

generalgrog wrote:

Ravenous D wrote:I bet just like the draws at games day its going to be rigged.

What you talkin' bout.... Willis ?!

Rigged draws?..please explain.


GG

Games days are a fine example, there is a part on the card that says "is this your first games day?" and "how many years have you been in the hobby?"

Whatever their requirements are the GW guys in charge of the draw will go through the cards until they find one they like i.e. Jimmy the A.D.D. kid that has a year in the hobby.

I suspect this contest is no different, I dont expect GW to give a 5000pt army to anyone that knows what Ebay is. I sure wouldnt mind 9 valkyries, 30 Ogryn and over 200+ DKoK models (plus whatever else) that would make me an easy $2000.

gorgon wrote:Yeah, I can't imagine they won't make that HQ trip worthwhile. Although the prize would obviously be more appealing to someone living outside the UK than to a native.

Oh hell yeah, I priced it out at something silly like $3000CAN to do a tour through England.