Today we here at Diablo Expressions are bringing you two different contest, well one is a contest and one is a donation/raffle. So let's get into it!
Contest #1
"All I Wanted for Christmas was a Beta Key!"
That's right we have one (1) beta key that we have decided not to use ourselves and let you guys have a shot at winning. The theme for this contest runs in line with the website as a whole. The contest will be for you to come up with one (1) unique avatar that is not currently on the site. The winning entry will receive the key.
Contest specifics:
-Contest goes till Midnight, December 23rd 2012.
-On December 24th, the Staff and I will pick our top 5. They will be listed on frontpage, to build drama (lol) and give those five people a heads up. They will also be listed in the Community Avatars section regardless of winner.
-On Decemeber 25th, the lucky winner will receive the key as our Christmas gift to you.
How to enter:
-Go to http://www. diabloexpressions.com, go to our forums and register if you haven't already.
-Go to the our "Submission Forums" and look for the "All I Wanted for Christmas was a Beta Key!" thread and submit your entry there by replying to the thread.
Restrictions on this contest:
-You are allowed to enter only two (2) entries. You have up till the end of the contest to edit your post, remove and replace your entries. I'll be watching this like a hawk, with my staff, don't go over otherwise you're out!
-There is NO, I repeat NO region restriction. The world is able to enter this contest.
-Important, avatars must be max size of 200px x 200px.
To help you out with some base file, I have re-archived a files dump I found a few months ago. This should have tons of material for you to work with to make something truly original. file dump
Contest #2
"Even Diablo Cares About the Children"
"During this holiday season, we all want to play Diablo 3 Beta, but some of us can't. Some of us won't even be able to play the game. Some may not make it till then. We at Diablo Expressions want to make a statement, that the Diablo 3 community can come together and raise money for charity and help kids in need. The money we raise, following in Blizzard's footsteps, will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The reward for your donations is a possible chance of winning a Diablo 3 Collector's edition for free"
Who is St. Jude's Children's Hospital?
"The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay. -From the St.Jude Children's Hospital website"
What is in the Diablo 3: Collector's Edition?
Diablo III PC/Mac Game DVD-Rom.
Diablo Skull and 4GB USB Soulstone (With Diablo II and Diablo II: LoD preloadedon the USB).
Exclusive in-game content:
Diablo III – Aesthetic artifacts (glowing angel wings, armor dye, exclusive banner).
World of Warcraft – Fetish Shaman Pet.
StarCraft II: Three exclusive Battle.net Portraits.
Behind-the-Scenes Blu-Ray/DVD set.
The Art of Diablo III Book.
Diablo III Soundtrack DVD.
Now you said this is a donation raffle, how is it going to work?
Okay here is how things breakdown, and how things are going to work:
-There is a special PayPal button on the site that will link to the site's account.
-Donations are to be given in $5.00 increments
-For every $5.00 you donate, you'll be marked down for 1 "raffle ticket"
-I need your real name, email, and phone number (optional) to contact you if you win, also to keep track of the tickets in an Excel sheet. Enter this information in the "Special message seller" area.
-The donations will be mark as they come in and numbered as such.
-Once the last day for donations has passed, I will random generate a number (via random generator website) and post the winner, along with final amount raised.
-Donations can be sent till Midnight, December 31st. I'll make, and double check the list on January 1st, and announce the winner January 2nd.
-On the day of release of Diablo 3, I will try to go to the Midnight launch and email key to you that night, or if you wish, speed mail it you so you have the un-boxing experience to yourself. Your choice!
-Sorry, but this one is U.S. only! I didn't want to risk not having a CE for any overseas people.
-You can send as much or as little as you want, just remember, it must be in $5.00 increments.
When the money is withdraw via PayPal authorized check, it will be sent with a special letter, with every donator's name, and every site that repost's this contest will be placed on the letter.
Every site that sees this and repost it (contact me) will get a scanned copy after the contest is over and winner picked to display on their site as well!
With that said, good luck to all! let's make our hack and slash known, and help out some kids this holiday season!
~Dred
P.S. Special thanks to the DF.com Staff for allowing me to post this! P.S. NOW even more legal! (with the IRS!
One question though, let's say we receive a beta key before then (astronomical odds but just in case) is there a way we can like pull our submission or just say 'Hey I have one already'?
The file dump is 404'd btw.
-Sorry, but this one is U.S. only! I didn't want to risk not having a CE for any overseas people.
1. What is CE?
2. As a sign of the protest against prejudiced-US-only-love-boys I decided not to enter either raffle. I encourage you to join the protest.
Since you haven't responded to the last four PMs I sent, I'll ask here; when do I get the proof of shipping you promised for the DE contest I won? :/
Just sent, was mailed the date said though. Should arrive as said also around Christmas. Copy of receipt in PM via our forums. Apologize for delay, running site, reg. 9-5 job, site re-skin, getting these contest going all on 6 hours nightly sleep with family, company, and friend gatherings this week has made things more than frantic.....I think my scheduling calendar is about to explode or my phone is about to melt...but it's all worth doing if people want and like the site and the things I want to do for the community.
Well they pretty much said that there is no difference between eu and us version in BLizzcon interview. And thats what most people took from it. You get region locked to RMAH on your account, depending on where you live not depending on what copy you buy. And those things can also be changed.
While yes, I do agree on the RMAH note, I got a BlizzCS twett back saying I wouldn't recommend it (as far as buying EN version to ship overseas to another country). May be that the limiting factor is the language diffference itself.
On another note, got some great entries, but I want my job to be made hard to pick a winner, submit your entry today; 4 days left!!! (till Midnight December, 23rd)
It's Friday, contest day!
Today we here at Diablo Expressions are bringing you two different contest, well one is a contest and one is a donation/raffle. So let's get into it!
Contest #1
That's right we have one (1) beta key that we have decided not to use ourselves and let you guys have a shot at winning. The theme for this contest runs in line with the website as a whole. The contest will be for you to come up with one (1) unique avatar that is not currently on the site. The winning entry will receive the key.
Contest specifics:
-Contest goes till Midnight, December 23rd 2012.
-On December 24th, the Staff and I will pick our top 5. They will be listed on frontpage, to build drama (lol) and give those five people a heads up. They will also be listed in the Community Avatars section regardless of winner.
-On Decemeber 25th, the lucky winner will receive the key as our Christmas gift to you.
How to enter:
-Go to http://www. diabloexpressions.com, go to our forums and register if you haven't already.
-Go to the our "Submission Forums" and look for the "All I Wanted for Christmas was a Beta Key!" thread and submit your entry there by replying to the thread.
Restrictions on this contest:
-You are allowed to enter only two (2) entries. You have up till the end of the contest to edit your post, remove and replace your entries. I'll be watching this like a hawk, with my staff, don't go over otherwise you're out!
-There is NO, I repeat NO region restriction. The world is able to enter this contest.
-Important, avatars must be max size of 200px x 200px.
To help you out with some base file, I have re-archived a files dump I found a few months ago. This should have tons of material for you to work with to make something truly original.
file dump
"Even Diablo Cares About the Children"
"During this holiday season, we all want to play Diablo 3 Beta, but some of us can't. Some of us won't even be able to play the game. Some may not make it till then. We at Diablo Expressions want to make a statement, that the Diablo 3 community can come together and raise money for charity and help kids in need. The money we raise, following in Blizzard's footsteps, will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The reward for your donations is a possible chance of winning a Diablo 3 Collector's edition for free"
Who is St. Jude's Children's Hospital?
"The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay. -From the St.Jude Children's Hospital website"
What is in the Diablo 3: Collector's Edition?
Diablo Skull and 4GB USB Soulstone (With Diablo II and Diablo II: LoD preloadedon the USB).
Exclusive in-game content:
Diablo III – Aesthetic artifacts (glowing angel wings, armor dye, exclusive banner).
World of Warcraft – Fetish Shaman Pet.
StarCraft II: Three exclusive Battle.net Portraits.
Behind-the-Scenes Blu-Ray/DVD set.
The Art of Diablo III Book.
Diablo III Soundtrack DVD.
Now you said this is a donation raffle, how is it going to work?
Okay here is how things breakdown, and how things are going to work:
-There is a special PayPal button on the site that will link to the site's account.
-Donations are to be given in $5.00 increments
-For every $5.00 you donate, you'll be marked down for 1 "raffle ticket"
-I need your real name, email, and phone number (optional) to contact you if you win, also to keep track of the tickets in an Excel sheet. Enter this information in the "Special message seller" area.
-The donations will be mark as they come in and numbered as such.
-Once the last day for donations has passed, I will random generate a number (via random generator website) and post the winner, along with final amount raised.
-Donations can be sent till Midnight, December 31st. I'll make, and double check the list on January 1st, and announce the winner January 2nd.
-On the day of release of Diablo 3, I will try to go to the Midnight launch and email key to you that night, or if you wish, speed mail it you so you have the un-boxing experience to yourself. Your choice!
Got to the official post on our site to use the PayPal donation button
Restrictions:
-Sorry, but this one is U.S. only! I didn't want to risk not having a CE for any overseas people.
-You can send as much or as little as you want, just remember, it must be in $5.00 increments.
When the money is withdraw via PayPal authorized check, it will be sent with a special letter, with every donator's name, and every site that repost's this contest will be placed on the letter.
Every site that sees this and repost it (contact me) will get a scanned copy after the contest is over and winner picked to display on their site as well!
With that said, good luck to all! let's make our hack and slash known, and help out some kids this holiday season!
~Dred
P.S. Special thanks to the DF.com Staff for allowing me to post this!
P.S. NOW even more legal! (with the IRS!
One question though, let's say we receive a beta key before then (astronomical odds but just in case) is there a way we can like pull our submission or just say 'Hey I have one already'?
The file dump is 404'd btw.
Collector's Edition
I'm not sure rather not risk it. Will investigate more on this and update.
I'm not sure rather not risk it. Will investigate more on this and update.
You're limited on two tickets, but yes each ticket does give you a higher chance of winning.
My link
Np, I feel I should do something good for charity,
I also posted the IRS letter, showing that I, the site, and contest are legal and safe.
Dude your signature has me cracking up soo haaard
Just sent, was mailed the date said though. Should arrive as said also around Christmas. Copy of receipt in PM via our forums. Apologize for delay, running site, reg. 9-5 job, site re-skin, getting these contest going all on 6 hours nightly sleep with family, company, and friend gatherings this week has made things more than frantic.....I think my scheduling calendar is about to explode or my phone is about to melt...but it's all worth doing if people want and like the site and the things I want to do for the community.
Again sorry for delay!
Want more entries, make it happen!
While yes, I do agree on the RMAH note, I got a BlizzCS twett back saying I wouldn't recommend it (as far as buying EN version to ship overseas to another country). May be that the limiting factor is the language diffference itself.
On another note, got some great entries, but I want my job to be made hard to pick a winner, submit your entry today; 4 days left!!! (till Midnight December, 23rd)
http://diabloexpress...-charity-raffle