Weekly Give aways

[Lolwtfjacob 10]

Should I win every weekly giveaway?

[Peelyon 416]

Think my guild is upto 5 prizes total and Im yet to win! Doh

[Damien 1,514]

I tried to check Yes and Yes, but it didn't let me! You just have to enter the contest again and hope to win! Depending on the turnout, it's 1 chance out of 300 or 400 :P Note that on Twitter, we have a lot less people entering, so the chances to win are higher.

[Lolwtfjacob 10]

What's the link to the twitter?

[MadMonk 154]

twitter.com/icyveinscom Is the link to the icy-veins twitter page. You can find it on the icy-veins homepage on the left side.

[VendettaVera 5]

MadMonk is crazy. There isn't a Twitter. They don't hold Twitter contests either. Don't bother looking. >.>

[Peelyon 416]

I think its rude that the guildies of mine that have already won something keep re-entering! Very childish, they need to share the love more

[Redcross 60]

Don't share the twitter link! The more people who know about it, the less chance I have of winning

I watch that Twitter feed religiously every Sunday evening at about 8:00pm (UK time) .. frantically pressing F5 over and over... only to have my hopes cruelly dashed each and every week.

One day.....

[Peelyon 416]

Will everyone stop mentioning Twitter

The first rule of Icy Veins Twitter Competition is never to mention Icy Veins Twitter Competition!

[meukow 15]

I rarely win anything on random picks :( But I keep and keep on trying.

[Alierya 94]

Same... but you never know one day! Fingers cross this weekend... as they say got to be in it to win it!

[Redcross 60]

phooey! didn't win again :( .. Did any of you?

[MadMonk 154]

Nope, but I already won the pandaren pet some time ago (like the 6th giveaway). Better luck next week

[Alierya 94]

Again no..., but I have totally no luck so it is not surprising! One of these days...

[Damien 1,514]

If it were up to me, you'd all get something

[MadMonk 154]

If it were up to me, you'd all get something

Wait, isn't it up to you?

[Alierya 94]

On that note Damien have I told you lately quite how awesome you are? =D

[meukow 15]

Do you guys buy those pets with the money you earn from ads or?

[Peelyon 416]

Someone put Damien in charge of giveaways! This weekly loot roll is like my WoW loot rolls! Always between 1-10 and the pug hits a home run 95+!

[Alierya 94]

Haha - it is true that the pug always wins! I think one week we almost cried as a pug shammy got 5 peices. However he then asked to join the guild so it makes it all ok...

[Alierya 94]

Just spied on facebook the weekly giveaways have now been banned... Glad that they shall be available through the forums but it's not quite the same time! Spoilsports (facebook that is).

[Peelyon 416]

Must be a real shame for you guys having to mess around. Will you still be able to "promote" the prize giveaway without actually holding the "likes" on Facebook? As in host a link via your Facebook page to your forums, or will you have to completing stop mentioning prizes via Facebook?

[MadMonk 154]

E. Promotions

iii. You must not condition registration or entry upon the user taking any action using any Facebook features or functionality other than liking a Page, checking in to a Place, or connecting to your app. For example, you must not condition registration or entry upon the user liking a Wall post, or commenting or uploading a photo on a Wall.

Apparently you're not allowed to condition entry on liking a post. But it doesn't say anything about promoting a contest on a forum.

[Damien 1,514]

The reason why we were doing it with people liking the post is because it was the only Facebook interaction with which we could easily draw a winner. For example, we can't access the entire list of all the people who like our page, so we can't randomly draw someone from there, even though that would have actually been allowed by Facebook rules.

So we will just think about something fun to do on the forums, but it has to remain easy so it draws people. And we will promote that on Facebook, there is nothing wrong about it ;)