OFFICIAL SPOOKTACULAR 2010 Thread!

[darth impulsive]

They are random. You can enter all of them and have the same chance to win all of them. Dusty told me once that there is such a small chance of somebody winning two of the contests (becasue so many people enter) that they don't bother taking you off the list if you win one.

NO, they are stacked against ME! LOL!

 

[karamazov80]

Thanks for responses.

They are random. You can enter all of them and have the same chance to win all of them. Dusty told me once that there is such a small chance of somebody winning two of the contests (becasue so many people enter) that they don't bother "taking you off the list" if you win one.

Yeah. I'm probably better off buying a lottery ticket on the way home, anyhow.

 

[RoboDad]

NO, they are stacked against ME! LOL!

Well, there is that.

 

[thenammagazine]

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if they did a little behind-the-scenes jiggering of the winners to spread it out a bit, but technically you should have the same chance with them all.

With as much stuff as some people walk away with every year, I'd really have to question the "random" nature of some of the contests.

 

[punkg42]

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if they did a little behind-the-scenes jiggering of the winners to spread it out a bit, but technically you should have the same chance with them all.

Last year I think they said it was one per day... and if you were to win two of the random ones that day, you would get to choose which you wanted.

 

[RoboDad]

With as much stuff as some people walk away with every year, I'd question the "random" nature of the contests.

You think they favor people in California?

 

[roguebaron]

Anyone know if the contests are truly random? That is to say, if I enter in 5 contests, do I have an equal chance to win all 5? Or if I win the first one, does Sideshow somehow take me off the list to win anything else, either for a day, the rest of Spooktacular, etc.? I'm wondering if I should just submit entries for every contest or only the ones I really want to win. . .

enter them all, just be sure you want to win it because you do have to pay shipping. This can be huge on some international orders. If you don't really want it, or you already have it, skip it. Some people enter everything, i prefer to leave the ones I don't really want for those that do.

 

[FLOSI]

Anyone ever win more than one contest? Two? Three?

 

[darth impulsive]

With as much stuff as some people walk away with every year, I'd question the "random" nature of some of the contests.

Some people are just frackin' lucky and are extremely smart about this stuff! My father-in-law is always winning _____! Me, not so much.

 

[Darth Madden]

With as much stuff as some people walk away with every year, I'd question the "random" nature of some of the contests.

It does seem like a few are more "lucky" than others but I think they are winning multiple different contests so that kind of tosses out the rules a little.

 

[wofford29]

3 or 4 years ago I won around 20 items. About 4 of them were from contests.

edit: I should mention that 3 of those contests had multiple winners.

 

[RoboDad]

Last year I think they said it was one per day... and if you were to win two of the random ones that day, you would get to choose which you wanted.

The one-per-day rule only appears to apply to chat wins this year. Yesterday someone was allowed to win a prize in chat, even thought they had won a web site contest earlier in the day.

 

[roguebaron]

some people have more access to the multiple formats of spook, you canwin on every one of them. So if you win here and chat, then on the home page thats fine. If you win 2 in chat, then no.

 

[dbostejano]

I found the secret word to win the Tick statue, put it in the rewards section of checkout, checked the "pay for shipping" disclosure, hit checkout, checked status and it's charging full amount, call SS and they're giving the runarounds....this sux!!

 

[RoboDad]

3 or 4 years ago I won around 20 items.

And now I officially hate you.

I've been a Spook participant sine '04, and I haven't won 20 items total in all of the years combined.

 

[Darth Madden]

The one-per-day rule only appears to apply to chat wins this year. Yesterday someone was allowed to win a prize in chat, even thought they had won a web site contest earlier in the day.

And thats one reason why I think I'm going winless this year... but its all still fun.

 

[azurepred]

You think they favor people in California?

I've never won anything

 

[karamazov80]

"Sac Town" LOL

 

[FLOSI]

Damn Wofford! 20 items? I won 5 items altogether last year and I thought I did well... 4 contests is off the charts though!

 

[Darth Madden]

I have to say I have won a few big items over the years so I should't complain too much.