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The 2015 EG Charity Raffle Discussion Thread
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Biggy316 25,288 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSorry! -
95% of the way to the target of £250 raised! 
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RyanDS 14,074 posts
Seen 13 hours ago
Registered 13 years agoMy donation took it to £248.50 which really annoyed me, so I had to go back in and donate an extra couple of quid.
Target reached! -
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YenRug 4,553 posts
Seen 1 year ago
Registered 14 years agoMight I suggest moving these two threads to the "General Gaming" category? I don't know what the breakdown is of New vs Old layout users is, in the forums, but I use the New layout and I know I would have missed this if it wasn't for the fact I donated some keys for the PC prize pot and had the link from Zoolophage. -
I have no objections if a mod wants to move it to where the thread to where it might be more visible. -
INCOMING.....SURPRISE PRIZE ALERT!
To celebrate reaching our target of £250 I thought I'd celebrate by offering up surprise Steam Gift Prizes.
To win the first suprize prize all you have to do is reply to this message.
First person who replies get the game.gif)
You also have to promise to play it and tell people what you thought of it.
Edited by zoolophage at 19:59:31 12-12-2014 -
Users dfunked and Yenrug have very kindly donated approx 65 steam keys to the pc prize pool!!!
Awesome donations, guys!
The total pc prize pool is running at something crazy like 94 games
And there's still more I'll be adding via the Steam sale -
RyanDS 14,074 posts
Seen 13 hours ago
Registered 13 years agozoolophage wrote:
Go on then. ..
INCOMING.....SURPRISE PRIZE ALERT!
To celebrate reaching our target of £250 I thought I'd celebrate by offering up surprise Steam Gift Prizes.
To win the first suprize prize all you have to do is reply to this message.
First person who replies get the game
You also have to promise to play it and tell people what you thought of it.
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RyanDS 14,074 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWhat about eg putting up an article on the front page? A proper article could be a huge boon to the donations. .. -
@RyanDS
Winner! You have won 8 Bit Boy.
Add zoolophage on Steam so I can gift you your prize!
Edited by zoolophage at 09:15:25 13-12-2014 -
@RyanDS
As this is the first time we've tried this it's very much an experimental thing. I don't want it to get too big and get out of hand so that administering it becomes difficult. Mighty oaks grow from acorns and all that. We'll raise whatever we raise this year and hopefully next year come back and do even better. No reason why this can't become a regular seasonal feature of the EG forums, like the Secret Santa and other xmas themed things that other EG users are organising.
We've already raised £250 which was my original target so I'm really happy with that. Could we raise more? Sure, but that's not really the main point. Now quite a few people are aware of The Children's Charity and are hopefully empowered with the knowledge that everyone, of however modest means, can make a real difference to things. None of us are millionaires but you all have the power of philanthropy within. You can help good causes and make the world a little bit better for everyone. You just have to decide to do it.
Who knew I could organise a raffle and that people would actually enter it? I've tried, it became a 'thing' and we've raised a bunch of money that would otherwise not have been raised.
Bear in mind that this is a gaming site, many people don't regularly visit or read the forums, it's also near Christmas, and a lot of people also don't like doing digital charity, nor do they have any particular reason to trust that the raffle is legit (which it is, I hasten to add!).
So...from my point of view, so far so good -
Another prize is incoming!
User thedaveeyres has very generously offered up a mystery c64 related prize. It will be posted out to whomever wins it. Everyone who has entered any of the raffles is eligible to win this fantastic and amazing prize! -
Got some PMs with questions so I'm bumping the raffle info again.
RAFFLE INFO
There are 4 raffles: 1 for xbox, psn, nintendo and pc systems.
There are two steps involved in entering:
1 - Make your Donation
Make a donation of £2.50 or more for each 'system' raffle that you wish to enter. e.g. if you want to enter the psn and xbox raffles, donate £5.
The page for donations is:
https://www.justgiving.com/zoolophage
You can donate via the web site with Paypal or Debit/Credit Card.
You don't have to publicise your name, raffles entered or donation amount on the Just Giving page. It's just for collecting the donations.
Note that as you stand to gain some 'benefit' from this raffle DO NOT ADD GIFT AID.
Donating via SMS
You can donate via text by sending the following message to 70070
EGAM50 £3
Note you can also text £1, £2, £5, £7 or £10. It would be appreciated if you could try to match your donation to the number of raffles you wish to enter, but it's not strictly necessary (any amount is greatly appreciated!). Again, DON'T ADD GIFT AID.
2 - Post your details in the '2015 Charity Raffle Entry thread'
at:
http://www.eurogamer.net/forum/thread/289589
Please read the first post and do as it asks! Please do not post general messages etc. in the entry thread. They will be deleted!
What are the prizes?
PC
There will be one Grand Prize of 15 pc games and several smaller prize bundles. The exact number of prizes will depend on how many donated games we receive (but looks to be at least 10 other prize bundles atm).
All pc prizes will be comprised of Steam Gifts, donated Steam Keys as well as any other games that are able to be donated electronically via Good Old Games etc. The Grand Prize is chock full of handpicked 'good' games. Other prizes may vary in quality
Playstation - £60 of UK eshop credit. Three prizes of £20 UK eshop credit. Possibly other stuff if anyone donates.
Xbox - £60 of UK eshop credit. Three prizes of £20 eshop credit. Possibly other stuff if anyone donates.
Nintendo - £60 of UK eshop credit. One prize of £30 UK eshop credit, 2 prizes of £15 UK eshop credit. Possibly other stuff if anyone donates.
When will the draw be held?
Saturday 10th January 2015 (or there about). Names will randomly drawn from a hat or other random method. I (zoolophage) will not enter the raffle in the interests of fairness and impartiality.
How can I donate a prize?
We have already secured some games for prizes but would be very happy to receive more (a big xmas sale from a well known online store will be coming up...hint..hint).
Please PM me if you wish to donate steam keys, eshop credit or anything else. If you donate a prize bundle, you get to name it. For Steam Gifts, you should hold the relevant games as gifts in your inventory and gift them over to the winner after the raffle. You can also offer up physical prizes, if you don't mind posting them out to the winner.
What are the rules?
- Only 1 entry per person to each 'system' raffle. You are encouraged to donate £2.50 for each separate raffle that you enter but any amount is gratefully accepted
- You must post your entry details in the '2015 Charity Raffle Entry Thread'
- All donated games/keys etc. must be legal and above board. No dodgy stuff, please! All items are offered in good faith but I cannot 100% guarantee that all keys etc. will work (but they should)
- No cash/alternatives or replacement prizes will be offered. No written correspondence will be entered into. The decisions of the organiser are final and cannot be appealed against. Basically, this is a charitable raffle for a good cause and every effort will be made to keep things fun, fair and square. -
Rivuzu 18,424 posts
Seen 6 hours ago
Registered 15 years ago@zoolophage might be easier using something like random.org to generate a random listing for the voucher winners. -
@Rivuzu
I'll use a python script to generate random numbers and look up the entries in an excel spreadsheet. -
Just shy of 300 pounds raised now! Awesome! -
Ljfskkf 1 posts
Seen 7 years ago
Registered 7 years agoVery nice as well,....very generous, good forums as well.
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Edited by Ljfskkf at 06:15:49 25-12-2014 -
Some announcements:
RAFFLE ENTRIES:
To date, the number raffle entries are as follows:
PC - 9
Nintendo: 14
Xbox: 14
Playstation: 16
You all have a great chance of winning something and pc entries thus far have a 100% chance of winning something (so we need more entries, guys).
The Ultra Super Mega Awesome Grand Prize for PC is really worth winning!
WANT TO ENTER?
Do this stuff:
1 - Make your Donation
Make a donation of £2.50 or more for each 'system' raffle that you wish to enter. e.g. if you want to enter the psn and xbox raffles, donate £5.
The page for donations is:
https://www.justgiving.com/zoolophage
You can donate via the web site with Paypal or Debit/Credit Card.
You don't have to publicise your name, raffles entered or donation amount on the Just Giving page. It's just for collecting the donations.
Note that as you stand to gain some 'benefit' from this raffle DO NOT ADD GIFT AID.
Donating via SMS
You can donate via text by sending the following message to 70070
EGAM50 £3
Note you can also text £1, £2, £5, £7 or £10. It would be appreciated if you could try to match your donation to the number of raffles you wish to enter, but it's not strictly necessary (any amount is greatly appreciated!). Again, DON'T ADD GIFT AID.
2 - Post your details in the '2015 Charity Raffle Entry thread'
at:
http://www.eurogamer.net/forum/thread/289589
Please read the first post and do as it asks! Please do not post general messages etc. in the entry thread. They will be deleted!
THE PC PRIZE POOL
THE GRAND PRIZE
One lucky winner will win the Ultra Super Mega Awesome Grand Prize (15 very good pc games...something for everyone)
PC Prize Bundles:
We have an embarrassment of riches (well, pc games) in the pc prize pool. Each themed pack contains at least 3 games. If there are more available prizes than pc entries I'll roll the prizes over for a monthly charity raffle.
1. Upper Class
2. War What is It Good For?
3. Think Before You Shoot
4. Skip to the Beat
5. Magic Mountain
6. Work in Progress
7. A Load of Balls
8. All on My Own
9. Creepy Crawlies
10. Brains!
11. Back in the Day
12. Tower of Despair
13. Use Your Noggin
14. Platform of Peril
15. Universal Forces
16. First Steps
17. Can Ya Dig It?
18. Just a Minute
19. B Grade
20. Oh My God! I Just Won a Big Bulging Bag of Games! -
I better bung in for a PC code as well then! do you want me to edit my original entry on the other thread? -
@Gl3n
Added you to the 'list'. -
RyanDS 14,074 posts
Seen 13 hours ago
Registered 13 years agozoolophage wrote:
And I apologise for the delay in the feedback, but the game I got (8Bit boy)was unplayable on a mac as I could not rebind the keys. However today I have bought a new laptop, installed it and am having a blast.
@RyanDS
Winner! You have won 8 Bit Boy.
Add zoolophage on Steam so I can gift you your prize!
I feel like I am playing commander Keen again on my old 286! It has that old Apogee feel, combined with shamelessly stolen gameplay from Mario.
Great stuff. -
@RyanDS
Cool. I thought it looked like a fun little retro inspired game. Thanks for the update. -
Ok people, every day until xmas you have the chance to win a game from the pc sale (gives me a chance to practice the raffle and also share some seasonal joy at the same time.)
So we have some winners!
Edited by zoolophage at 08:00:19 19-12-2014 -
@Gl3n
You have won a copy of Speedrunners
Friend zoolophage on Steam to receive it -
@BillMurray
You have won a copy of Speedrunners
Friend zoolophage on Steam to receive it -
@Dougs
You have won a copy of Speedrunners
Friend zoolophage on Steam to receive it
Perhaps you guys can all friend each other on Steam and play multiplayer.
See...the raffle bringing people together and creating lifelong friendships (or frenemies, if you lose )
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