still, the fact that they screw up and screw some people over is...
If you retweeted early and didn't get a key, Game Front apologizes -- there's no grand conspiracy, no intentional lies. Twitter messed up bad -- it was dropping retweets and not putting retweets in the correct order. Game Front did its best to work around Twitter's screw-up, but unfortunately some people who should have gotten keys didn't. I have personal friends who didn't get a key, and they retweeted after 5 minutes.
In the future, Game Front won't be using Twitter for these giveaways.
In total, 500 keys were given out. Sorry to those who didn't get keys, and congrats to those who did.
still, the fact that they screw up and screw some people over is...
If you retweeted early and didn't get a key, Game Front apologizes -- there's no grand conspiracy, no intentional lies. Twitter messed up bad -- it was dropping retweets and not putting retweets in the correct order. Game Front did its best to work around Twitter's screw-up, but unfortunately some people who should have gotten keys didn't. I have personal friends who didn't get a key, and they retweeted after 5 minutes.
In the future, Game Front won't be using Twitter for these giveaways.
In total, 500 keys were given out. Sorry to those who didn't get keys, and congrats to those who did.
I actually bitched and 2 minutes later i got a key... I was one of the first 50 and after he said they sent out "200" i was shocked that it was considered legit site. But i am downloading right now.
Can only agree, will spread the word about this failure as well, their apology could easily be corrected by communicating with the twitter moderators, they have both the information and are glad to help, its just a huge f-up that they made. So i predict more negative feedback than positive from that event
Twitter was dropping retweets. Once the keys were sent out, there was nothing that could be fixed -- Game Front couldn't ask people to return the keys they won, even if "Twitter moderators" would have made the dropped retweets re-appear.
Still, they did try to do it a fair way. And it's much better than one of the dozens of contests that wants do some facebook thing and waits 2 weeks to draw winners.
Its a shame they didnt use a better way to distribute keys, but I guess they want to take advantage of the PR given from users following them on Twitter.
They were looking for a secure and easy method of delivering the keys. Twitter Direct Messages are secure and easy -- much more so than dealing with email addresses. Having 500+ people create Twitter accounts just to fav the website won't help Game Front in the long run, but it's a necessary step to send a Direct Message.
In the past, Twitter apparently kept more accurate track of retweets and when they were posted; Game Front didn't realize things had changed, and has learned from the experience.
Force Strategy Gaming did the most fair distribution.
You only had to enter your name and email, and it was picked randomly.
You didn't have to post or retweet some garbage.
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still seems like many got keys here from dfans...
Human error, which is why they shouldn't do this crap through social media.
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still, the fact that they screw up and screw some people over is...
If you retweeted early and didn't get a key, Game Front apologizes -- there's no grand conspiracy, no intentional lies. Twitter messed up bad -- it was dropping retweets and not putting retweets in the correct order. Game Front did its best to work around Twitter's screw-up, but unfortunately some people who should have gotten keys didn't. I have personal friends who didn't get a key, and they retweeted after 5 minutes.
In the future, Game Front won't be using Twitter for these giveaways.
In total, 500 keys were given out. Sorry to those who didn't get keys, and congrats to those who did.
If I had a buck...
No kidding...
Twitter was dropping retweets. Once the keys were sent out, there was nothing that could be fixed -- Game Front couldn't ask people to return the keys they won, even if "Twitter moderators" would have made the dropped retweets re-appear.
Still, they did try to do it a fair way. And it's much better than one of the dozens of contests that wants do some facebook thing and waits 2 weeks to draw winners.
Thank you OP!
They were looking for a secure and easy method of delivering the keys. Twitter Direct Messages are secure and easy -- much more so than dealing with email addresses. Having 500+ people create Twitter accounts just to fav the website won't help Game Front in the long run, but it's a necessary step to send a Direct Message.
In the past, Twitter apparently kept more accurate track of retweets and when they were posted; Game Front didn't realize things had changed, and has learned from the experience.
You only had to enter your name and email, and it was picked randomly.
You didn't have to post or retweet some garbage.