If you recall, earlier this year Old Spice and Xbox.com sponsored a challenge where they gave out prizes to participants who achieved a certain Gamerscore goal. But now, with the ushering in of this second Old Spice Experience Challenge, they've decided to kick Xbox.com to the curb and team up with 360voice. The new challenge will start on December 5th, will be hosted by the 360voice crew and will allow gamers to create challenges, climb the ranks and win thousands of prizes including gift cards, Microsoft points, hardware and more. Details are a bit vague at the moment, but you can read all about it here, here or here. And remember kids, Old Spice loves you!
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11-30-2007 @ 1:53PM
xenocidic said...
vague is an understatement... how do you actually win something ? (other than a user created challenge)
can you fix the first link? it shows as " javascript:void(0);/*1196442949103*/ "
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11-30-2007 @ 1:59PM
xenocidic said...
eh never mind, i found this on their front page
Disclaimer on rewards: No purchase necessary. The Old Spice Experience Challenge rewards are open to residents of the ~~~~50 US/DC~~~~, 13 or older at time of entry & who have a 360Voice Full membership & have an Xbox 360 Live Gold membership at time of entry. Void where prohibited. Begins 12:01 AM PST on 12/5/07; ends 11:59:59 PM PST on 3/14/08. See Official Rules in December for details.
11-30-2007 @ 2:02PM
blah said...
vague and gay
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11-30-2007 @ 2:18PM
FROSTYSMOOTH said...
its not that vague just do some research...I amongst others have helped get this party started since the beta test program(project red rabbit), and the info is around the site. It is based around gamerscore...If it is a 3 day challenge then whom ever gets the most gamerpoints in that amount of time wins, same as a 7 day, and 60 day challenge and so on...360voice.com is great at keeping the community updated so be patient and keep lookin. There are still test challenges going on today(of which im in)so if anyone wants to see some examples of how it looks check the challenges link at the top of 360voice's homepage...and explore.
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11-30-2007 @ 2:19PM
xenocidic said...
so if you win a user-created challenge you automatically win a prize?
what stops people from rigging the contests?
11-30-2007 @ 3:39PM
ChangeAgent said...
Contest rigging is prevented in a few ways.
1. You have to have a gold account when you start or join a challenge... that prevents people from using lots of free accounts.
2. Since you create, invite or join challenges, you control who you compete against. If their game data looks fishy, don't compete with them in that challenge... or if you are the creator, boot them out. You control the challenge.
3. There are open challenges with no constraints. Prizing challenges (once they launch on Wed) will have requirements... the bigger the prize the more people you have to have in the challenge and the longer the duration... you can't just compete for 3 days against 3 people to get an HD DVD player :)
You can always email [email protected] with questions... check out our dev blog... or the forums. This challenge feature is a long term feature of our community. We plan to support and improve it continuously.
11-30-2007 @ 3:46PM
xenocidic said...
Thanks ChangeAgent, but if Indeed it is USA only, I won't be able to compete. but the information I'm sure will be useful to the rest of these American sacks =)
11-30-2007 @ 2:24PM
UNSCleric said...
What an absolutely retarded way to go about doing this.
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11-30-2007 @ 2:31PM
Riley said...
This is terrible. It wasn't exactly amazing last time around, but it was way better than this.
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11-30-2007 @ 4:04PM
andyg8180 said...
yeah your comment was real relavant... Did you even see the list of prizes? It's more involved than the last one... Last time, you got an arcade game or a gamer tile lmao... IF it was in stock (whatever that meant)... This time around you get Microsoft points, gamefly subscriptions, hd-dvd players, and a bunch of other stuff... Screw a frickin gamer tile, i want me some points...
11-30-2007 @ 2:43PM
ant the man said...
whoever gets the most gamerpoints in x amount of days? ooo man look for avatar around there then...like cant it be nething besides gettin ur gamerscore higher?
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11-30-2007 @ 4:00PM
andyg8180 said...
true... but each game is a one shot deal... And i've already seen it used lol... When you get into a challenge, you all can agree not to play certain games... Plus you can kick a known booster out of your challenge if you really want to...
11-30-2007 @ 2:53PM
Kryptinite said...
I'm not even going to waste my time trying to figure out how to win stuff. If it's not official I'm not interested.
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11-30-2007 @ 3:13PM
ant the man said...
i checked out the beta thing goin on right now..looks a little confusing...the prizes are pretty good though compared to the first challenge..
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11-30-2007 @ 3:37PM
ChangeAgent said...
I see you registered for a full membership. You should get your activation email quickly. Check your spam filter. If you need me to activate you, let me know.
Also if you have suggestions for what is confusing and how we can clear it up, 360voice is build on user suggestions... nothing is fixed... so just send an email or post in the suggestions forum. Cheers!
11-30-2007 @ 3:24PM
G said...
The challenges at 360voice.com have been a lot of fun. I consider the prizes to be secondary. I've been setting up challenges with my kids and my friends and we'll all had a blast. Fatty Chubs and ChangeAgent have been working extremely hard on this and I can't say enough good things about them and 360voice. Keep up the GREAT work guys!
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11-30-2007 @ 3:29PM
DjChad said...
I'm against anything that rewards people for being jobless and having nothing better to do than jack up their gamerscore. Good luck winning anything if you have a life outside of gaming.
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11-30-2007 @ 5:17PM
EB said...
That's why it's set up to compete against people you're friends with as opposed to complete strangers. Unless your pals are gamerscore whores, you can make a challenge for yourself and your friends that gives away a prize to the winner.
So, in essence, you're making your own contest. Fun.
11-30-2007 @ 3:40PM
ChangeAgent said...
But you create your own challenge and invite the people you want... so if all of your friends have lives... and can't put up 2,000 points a day, that is who you should compete against. You control your challenge.
11-30-2007 @ 3:30PM
FROSTYSMOOTH said...
I can almost bet that in a week or so all the people that said it is gay, retarded, and a waste of time will be registered in full and participating...If any of you did the old spice challenge through xbox.com you were wating time there, because there was no way to stop gamesavers from winning the top prizes. This is 100 times better set-up then through xbox.com, and is so much better organized too. Thanks again Fatty and Change!!!
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