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derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:13 pm

I got Gears of War 4 for Christmas and it includes redeemable codes for Gears 1-3 and Judgment (Xbox One via backwards compatibility, might also run on Xbox 360 since it's just the 360 games, but the language on the card is unclear). Since I also got the re-mastered version of Gears 1 a year ago, I already have all of these in my library. That's where you come in: you can have these codes.

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. I've written the number on a piece of paper and taken a picture of it with my phone, so I don't forget what it is. You have 47 hours to guess the number - at noon Central time on Thursday 12/29 we'll stop taking submissions. Shortly thereafter, I will announce the winner in the thread and PM the codes to the winner.

I'm assuming these codes are region-locked so you need an Xbox account in the North American region. In the event that there is a tie (for example, someone guessed 2 more than the number and someone else guessed 2 less than the number), the winner will be determined by the order posted in the thread. I won't close it down early if someone guesses the exact number, because I like suspense. I think that pretty much covers it. Good luck!
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:14 pm

Thank you derFunk!  I'm not entering for multiple reasons (not the least of which being that I don't own an Xbox) but this is very generous.
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:23 pm

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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:36 pm

I'll toss my name in the hat: 42
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:47 pm

47
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:11 pm

Hey, a contest I can actually enter! My guess: https://youtu.be/XsC8zEgZEfo
 
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:59 pm

It's pi, isn't it?
 
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:09 am

Just about 5 more hours!
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:13 am

29? 

And kudos for sharing. :-)
 
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:43 am

My age...52. :)
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:02 pm

Your entry must be above this post to qualify
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:14 pm

...and we have a winner!

But before we get to that, thanks to everyone who played. Old Xbox games probably aren't the best thing to give away on TR, but I had them so I did. :lol: There are four download codes and I will PM them to the winner after I finish this post.

The number I selected is near and dear to me. It represents Dante from Clerks. If you've never seen the movie, go do that now. Or watch this scene (Very NSFW). We'll wait. So now you're aware that Veronica had, shall we say, a lot of experience. The number is....37! In a row!

If you're not blessed with math, here's the list of guesses in numerical order and we'll highlight the winner.

Duct Tape Dude: Pi
christos_thski: 29
Waco: 42 - A WINNER IS YOU!
Omniman: 47
RickyTick: 52
RAGEPRO: 69, dudes! (Nice)
Prion: 83

You all had a very random chance at winning, but Waco's guess of 42 is the closest. Good thing this wasn't The Price is Right rules, or you would have gone over. Congratulations, Waco! I'll PM you shortly with the codes. Thanks for playing, everyone!
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:22 pm

That was fun!! Do it again...do it again!!!!
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:30 pm

Well if I find other crap around here to give away I will. :lol: This wasn't the first time (Bruno won my copy of Witcher 3, for example), and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:27 pm

Woo! Thanks for running this, and I love the reason for your number choice. :lol:

The wife and I will have to do some couch gaming this weekend. :)
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:37 am

OK, so Waco PM'd me last night to say he couldn't use the codes because (surprisingly) he already had the games. The next-closest guess was christos_thski's 29, which was 8 off the original number. I'll PM those codes to christos_thski now. :D
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:41 am

Sorry for the confusion all! My wife apparently had the games on her account already (which I didn't even think to check).

Thanks to derFunk for hosting this and dealing with my stupidity. :lol:
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Re: derFunk's Xbox game Giveaway: Gears of War 360 collection

Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:10 pm

Many thanks to derfunkenstein for the redeem codes, which work perfectly fine (I thought that I had to redeem them on my Xbox360, but it appears I can redeem game codes from the xbox store online, I had never tried that). And for taking the time to pm me, as I hadn't seen the update :-)

Thanks to waco and his wife also, for having bought the games and giving the runner up a go at them  :wink:

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