View Full Version : ***CLOSED*** A two week competition! *** Winners * 1st DoubleTop 2nd Karl Hungus 3rd Toonshorty *
This is a new competition; it will last two weeks and will be given to people who introduce the most members to the Aria forum from noon Friday 30th July until noon Friday 13th August.
The new members must be genuine (we will be checking for that!) and have created least 10 (relevant) posts by 13th of August.
Prizes will be 10000 loyalty points or £100 for the 1st, 5000 loyalts points or £50 for the 2nd and 3000 loyalts points or £30 for the 3rd.
Nominations will be appreciated to help us decide on the winner.
The winner will be announced Monday the 16th.
Good luck and thank you,
Aria
Time to get sending emails i think!
Broadsword1976
28-07-10, 15:17
Nah...I think I'll pass - most of my friends are idiots......
Nah...I think I'll pass - most of my friends are idiots......
+1
No-one I know I'd want on here.
+1
No-one I know I'd want on here.
+2 mate all my mates are strange in one way or another.:confused:
worthy of a sticky this one :)
I think I should be paid loyalty points not to invite some of the people I know to join this forum :p
I think I should be paid loyalty points not to invite some of the people I know to join this forum :p
+1 to this. You would not believe.
None of my mates are really interested TBH
You make me laugh! :lol:
Nah...I think I'll pass - most of my friends are idiots......
I think he should get an HP photo frame for making you laugh :P
Broadsword1976
28-07-10, 16:29
Cheers Hydey - but I'm more than happy with my recent 666 bundle :)
Knowing I've made our benevolent benefactor giggle is reward enough.
Most of my friends and family come to be for advise and arent generally interested in learning things for themselves.
although a great idea (and i will TRY to get some technical minded mates to join) its a long shot
I literally have nobody to invite :(
Guys, i am sure you know lots of people interested in computers. Many of you are members in other forums; so invite them over. Be nice and use your charm, tell them about benefits here; I am sure they will accept :)
Lol, I'm in the same boat as everyone else. The £100 would be great for the Benq G2222HDL I'm looking to get to go with my new machine.
Just as an idea (as Gibbo did a similar activity earlier in the year with a GTX470 iirc), why not run a competition exclusively for people who are signing up too? Maybe offer a really desirable item, like a Crucial C300 64GB SSD or something? And to stop people creating thousands of fake accounts and signing up, request newcomers post 5 posts before being eligible??
That way us oldies have great ammunition to snipe people from other forums to join Aria, as well as motivation from this competition ;D just a suggestion though, no worries if you don't like it!
Can do post me a link to gibbo's last activity?
Just as an idea (as Gibbo did a similar activity earlier in the year with a GTX470 iirc), why not run a competition exclusively for people who are signing up too? Maybe offer a really desirable item, like a Crucial C300 64GB SSD or something? And to stop people creating thousands of fake accounts and signing up, request newcomers post 5 posts before being eligible??
That way us oldies have great ammunition to snipe people from other forums to join Aria, as well as motivation from this competition ;D just a suggestion though, no worries if you don't like it!
Can do post me a link to gibbo's last activity?
Sure thing - http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19941
Multiple entries were discounted, and you had to post once in that thread to be eligible. Increasing that to 5 might make people a bit more willing to stay I guess? Though that is extra effort, so might require an awesome prize to make it worth the effort...?
man i am the only "cool" nerd i know .. everyone i kno already joined got a fit bird today to join jade om nom nom :) thou shes no nerd lol
Most of the people i know that would join would most likely just stop coming on after a while.
sadly i'll pass on this - we need people who put in good quality posts ;) not spammers :D however good luck to anyone entering :)
callumburns
28-07-10, 19:14
my 14 year old brother would probably join but he would just spam or something and just be an annoyance probably and none of my friends are interested in computers the way i am at all :lol:
Ive got a couple on the way, one ive been trying to get using Aria for years and another one or two ex gaming mates who like to build rigs, so quality posters with any luck.
This is a deal brough on by Richard (our sales and marketing manager) and given to Gibbo to put on the forum. This is the case with most of the deals and competitions which we brought on to Gibbo and he put them on the forum.
This is why, with me getting involved you are getting lots of compettions as I now can impliment as the idea comes to me.
We'll put on a similar competition this week.
Aria
Sure thing - http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19941
Multiple entries were discounted, and you had to post once in that thread to be eligible. Increasing that to 5 might make people a bit more willing to stay I guess? Though that is extra effort, so might require an awesome prize to make it worth the effort...?
A Crucial 64Gb as a prize draw for people who have just joined in?
A Crucial 64Gb as a prize draw for people who have just joined in?
Sounds awesome.
I've been trying to get a few people i know to join, will double the efforts.
A Crucial 64Gb as a prize draw for people who have just joined in?
I take it second accounts are allowed :D
Hmm, im not convinced, you may get some people who recruit, lets say, 10 new users and then one of them wins the draw, but the recruiter gets nothing as he finished fourth in the referring stakes. Or sth like that.
I think letting making new users more aware of what regular contributors can look forward to in terms of deals and prize draws should be enough incentive to stick around.
Also, we need users that contribute on a regular basis. It is difficult to see quality of contributions unless they are active on another forum also.
Do we have the benefits that users/members get clearly mentioned?
Hmm, im not convinced, you may get some people who recruit, lets say, 10 new users and then one of them wins the draw, but the recruiter gets nothing as he finished fourth in the referring stakes. Or sth like that.
I think letting making new users more aware of what regular contributors can look forward to in terms of deals and prize draws should be enough incentive to stick around.
This is why, with me getting involved you are getting lots of compettions as I now can impliment as the idea comes to me.
Absolutely, and I think it's great. I just thought as an incentive, it would be the perfect opportunity to offer potentially new members a competition too, and to encourage them to stay you can ask them to post 5 constructive posts before being eligible for the competition. Hopefully that's not too many to seem not worth bothering with, but enough to get people looking around the forum and seeing what we're like and hopefully encouraging people to stay.
Crucial 64GB SSD sounds like a perfect prize to me for this - for 5 posts I'd have a go if it was another forum.
Hope the excellent comps for us regs continue too though! :)
Do we have the benefits that users/members get clearly mentioned?
Probably not as clear as it could be - I tried logging out and coming back as an anonymous user, and I didn't feel like the benefits of regular competitions, free delivery etc were spelled out to me. I guess DT could put a banner or something along the top of the forum (like we currently have the "if you have not entered your systems details, please do so in your user CP to allow a faster response" thing)?
If it were me, i would set the forum up in such a way as to direct new users to a particular section/thread that they can read about how awesome it is for regulars around the place, giving examples of the daily comps setup by staff and members alike, that there are daily and weekly deals etc, that there is also a market section for people with a certain post count n so on.
I think a thread like that will do more to keep people than luring them with the chance of a shiney ssd first time out, i know as a buyer of 3+ years and a forum user for nearly that, id be a bit peeved if some new user came long, won a great ssd drive then buggered off without staying to help out.
Toonshorty
28-07-10, 20:20
How do I refer people?
Do I just ask them to enter my name in the 'referrer' section of the registration form?
shaffaaf27
28-07-10, 21:05
i wish i had people that would join and actually use the forums instead of spam.
but an SSD might make them more willing.
good idea btw.
Toonshorty
28-07-10, 21:07
I'm releasing my flock, most of them are from the US so bear with them :P
Some of them may be a little odd/annoying but some of them are really nice, respectable people.
wonderlust
28-07-10, 21:16
I'm releasing my flock, most of them are from the US so bear with them :P
Some of them may be a little odd/annoying but some of them are really nice, respectable people.
Ah so you're going to use an american proxy? :D:clap:chairfall:
Toonshorty
28-07-10, 21:20
Ah so you're going to use an american proxy? :D:clap:chairfall:
I'm not a cheater :clap
They're people I know from teh internetz!
You do know if they are so called "girls", they are actually 50 year old men. :rolleyes:
Not likely to become buyers though are they, which is the ultimate aim for any members drive. I think im gonna withdraw from this competition, i wont be tapping into my European network of gaming mates just to win :)
Toonshorty
29-07-10, 07:33
Not likely to become buyers though are they, which is the ultimate aim for any members drive. I think im gonna withdraw from this competition, i wont be tapping into my European network of gaming mates just to win :)
Don't make me feel bad.
I've brought half the USA over :|
Although, £100 does sound quite nice.
What is a loyalty voucher may I ask? Is it just £100 to spend at Aria on anything or £100 worth of Aria bytes?
I think if you have an account, you can use the loyalty points with some of your own loyalty points to buy something mroe expensive.
Toonshorty
29-07-10, 08:30
If I win what I'll do is sell my HD 5770 for £100, then buy the XFX HD 5850 + 3 Games bundle. In other words an HD 5850 for £11 :D
The lack of voltage control doesn't bother me since I don't overclock graphics cards.
Currently on 3 referrals, just waiting for them to slip into the community since they had to wait for DoubleTop to verify their accounts.
If I win what I'll do is sell my HD 5770 for £100, then buy the XFX HD 5850 + 3 Games bundle. In other words an HD 5850 for £11 :D
The lack of voltage control doesn't bother me since I don't overclock graphics cards.
Currently on 3 referrals, just waiting for them to slip into the community since they had to wait for DoubleTop to verify their accounts.
I'm not sure if you can do that.
Toonshorty
29-07-10, 08:36
I'm not sure if you can do that.
Can't you? What are the voucher point things actually for, what can I do with them?
I think you can use the points along with points you already have, but I don't think you can use the points with cash.
Have a look at the aria bytes list, you will need to log in to see the full list though.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Aria+Byte+Rewards
Toonshorty
29-07-10, 08:41
Oh, it's £100 worth of Aria bytes.
That wasn't clearly stated in the OP, since usually Aria specifically states x amount of Aria Bytes (To the value of £x)
wonderlust
29-07-10, 08:42
I was allowed to use the 2500 points I won the other day as cash against a purchase.
I would assume that this would hold true for this competition too.
From what I can tell it's either bytes or cash to spend...
This is a new competition; it will last two weeks and will be given to people who introduce the most members to the Aria forum from noon Friday 30th July until noon Friday 13th August.
The new members must be genuine (we will be checking for that!) and have created least 10 (relevant) posts by 13th of August.
Prizes will be 10000 loyalty points or £100 for the 1st, 5000 loyalts points or £50 for the 2nd and 3000 loyalts points or £30 for the 3rd.
Nominations will be appreciated to help us decide on the winner.
The winner will be announced Monday the 16th.
Good luck and thank you,
Aria
Toonshorty
29-07-10, 08:45
I was allowed to use the 2500 points I won the other day as cash against a purchase.
I would assume that this would hold true for this competition too.
Thanks.
I'd Rep you but I've already given you too much.
It says "I must spread some rep around."
In than case the HD 5850 will be a possibility if I win.
wonderlust
29-07-10, 08:46
Thanks.
I'd Rep you but I've already given you too much.
It says "I must spread some rep around."
Just means you need to give to some others before you can give to me again.
Like reading my posts which hopefully answer the questions slightly better than WL's :D
Sapphire_all_the_way
29-07-10, 11:25
plick me please:p
plick me please:p
...lol?
plick me please:p
How many people have you introduced? :rolleyes:
it says one in his profile
Don't make me feel bad.
I've brought half the USA over :|
Although, £100 does sound quite nice.
Not trying to make you feel bad, you want a 100 quid so you're just following the comp rules.
All im saying is i dont see the point of recruiting members who arent gonna be spending a penny here, if i was running the comp id make it UK only as thats where Aria ship goods.
All im saying is i dont see the point of recruiting members who arent gonna be spending a penny here, if i was running the comp id make it UK only as thats where Aria ship goods.
I did wonder why the Americans were here
shaffaaf27
29-07-10, 12:33
well it doesn't say that US residents arnt allowed, so why not? Well atleast until aria says no
lol, nothing stpping them from registering but they cant buy anything
you're just following the comp rules.
;) never said they weren't allowed
power fuse0
29-07-10, 13:41
Good idea, but I don't know wether a lot of my friends would really be interested.
They're more likely to troll or make 1 post and then leave.
Not trying to make you feel bad, you want a 100 quid so you're just following the comp rules.
All im saying is i dont see the point of recruiting members who arent gonna be spending a penny here, if i was running the comp id make it UK only as thats where Aria ship goods.
Morning guys,
Even if the forum members don't buy anything themselves, they are likely to recommend the company to other people they know.
From what I can tell it's either bytes or cash to spend...
Correct :)
MarkNewell
31-07-10, 10:29
this is a great idea, think I'll be getting my tech buddies to sign up, how will you be tracking who signed who up etc?
Mark N
this is a great idea, think I'll be getting my tech buddies to sign up, how will you be tracking who signed who up etc?
Mark N
When they sign up they have a referrel box, simply put your name in here :)
From what I can tell it's either bytes or cash to spend...
Correct :)
Erm...which one?
Erm...which one?
Both! You can either have it added to you account as loyalty points to use later, or spend it all at once now by calling customer service. :)
shaffaaf27
31-07-10, 17:49
you choose, either bytes or cash.
Both! You can either have it added to you account as loyalty points to use later, or spend it all at once now by calling customer service. :)
Sounds like a fine deal.
So...erm.. when are you going to call me? :D
TheMadDutchDude
31-07-10, 18:28
Well that's me out of the possible winnings... LOL.
Most of my friends aren't computer literate so that's a no go.
Nah...I think I'll pass - most of my friends are idiots......
same
Toonshorty
31-07-10, 19:54
I've got three referred so far.
One is looking like they're going to get the 10 posts.
I've got another one or two possibly joining also.
I'm going to try and get some joining.
Welldone everyone, we seem to have alot of new members joining. Yay:P
Sounds like a fine deal.
So...erm.. when are you going to call me? :D
When you answer your phone! :)
Welldone everyone, we seem to have alot of new members joining. Yay:P
I wonder why :rolleyes:
When you answer your phone! :)
Sorry I missed it, I'll keep my phone with me next time :D
Andrew Moore
02-08-10, 22:06
I may have to drop a few members this way...
I can think of a couple.
Andy
Toonshorty
03-08-10, 15:14
Well I've got 4 referrals, one has over 10 posts, once has 6 posts and I'm still trying to work out who the other two are :P
Who has the most and how many? I would invite :censored: loads if anyone elts has no more than *** amount ;P
I only have a couple of mates, an they cant scratch there arses never mind turn a computer on, so think I will pass also.
Toonshorty
11-08-10, 22:33
Who has the most and how many? I would invite :censored: loads if anyone elts has no more than *** amount ;P
I've got 2 past the 10 post threshold and hopefully another one will be there by tomorrow or the day after. I met them on RuneLocus, they live in Manchester too so they were happy when I told them there's a store near them. I've got them looking at graphics cards too.
That'll give me three.
Andrew Moore has a lot of referrals, not sure how many have made it over the 10 post boundary though.
damn i should have entered this comp :(
the 'real' stats on this and not the guesswork stats make a very interesting read :)
DT.
LoL i should have worked on this comp as well...
I need a Hard Drive now as my old ones broke ;(
Toonshorty
13-08-10, 12:16
This can be closed now.
Fingers crossed.
If I came first here I'd actually get a free HD 5770 - that'd be an epic win.
Toonshorty
13-08-10, 15:07
Any updates?
Patience. let me have a look at the figures.
I bet i lose with 0 referrals ;P
Toonshorty
16-08-10, 17:14
Any news?
we are just getting to this :)
Toonshorty
16-08-10, 17:30
we are just getting to this :)
Cheers.
Sorry to keep bugging you.
I wonder who won this great competition
i think i should, I refered 0 people ;P
Sorry about the delay on this one.
Winner list:
1. Doubletop
2. Karl Hungus
3. ToonShorty
Send me your details in a PM so I can sort you out :)
woohoo :) thanks to all those who came here when I invited them :thumb:
DT.
KarlHungus
19-08-10, 14:58
Wow i won something!!! Thanks guys :D
Toonshorty
19-08-10, 17:18
Wow i won something!!! Thanks guys :D
Nice one!
Thanks Aria, but I still want snakey back.
Well done guys, lots of money.
Great competitions.
a phone call has been made :)
New bits on the way, and even went as far as Saturday delivery :D
Full details (http://www.teamphoenixrising.net/entry.php?b=12)
DT.
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