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Another month, another contest completed, this time Jdawgg took home the winning prize. Here's his response via e-mail upon notification of his completely random achievement:
Originally Posted by Jdawgg
Wow! Thank you so much EJ! Thanks for all the support you provide for the raiders out there. Check out <Epic Again> on Eldre'Thalas (Epic Again) if you get a chance.
All shameless attempts at self-promotion aside, our hearty congratulations go out to Jdawgg on his new raiding machine.
Finally, once again, a big "thank you" goes out to our sponsors for this great giveaway: Alienware and Bigfoot Networks.
I am very pleased to announce that Elitist Jerks has teamed up with Alienware and Bigfoot Networks to offer a unique contest to all our community members. Alienware, long-time stalwarts of the high-end PC market, and Bigfoot Networks, makers of the Killer NIC gaming network card, are providing you with a chance to win this lovely machine:
Please note that you may only enter once (members with multiple entries will be disqualified from winning) and this contest is only open to our members from the United States (sorry world, shipping costs and whatnot), and also make sure to read the Terms and Conditions above the submission form*. This contest will run from Tuesday, February 3rd to Tuesday, February 17th.
Well, we pretty much owned every other site that decided to try and keep pace with us. Here's the breakdown of the results:
Community
Badge Views
Elitist Jerks
18,227,659
ZAM
1,738,956
IMVU
408,766
GamingAngels.com
56,627
SFX-360.com
32,403
Married Gamers
16,827
Piczo
15,430
SixApart Media
11,403
GameDaily
6,003
AskMen
5,435
Pirates of the Burning Sea
3,018
Strategy Wiki
1,735
CollegeHumor
552
GameOn!
306
We decided to send the prize package of 6 Nintendo DSes and 80 Electronic Arts games to the University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have an extreme amount of affection for Las Vegas and their hospitality in hosting the annual Benefactors' Bar Bash and decided to send the donations their way. The Elitist Jerks community also raised more cash donations (to the tune of $3,928.74) than any other community as well. All-in-all; a superior effort.
We received the boxes of games, and I gave them to our Child Life Therapists. They were very excited…we have game systems that we can take into a child's room, and the games were compatible with the game systems we currently have. Thank you so much for thinking of UMC, and please pass along our gratitude to your constituents from UMC, our staff, and most importantly, the kids who you've helped get through a very difficult time in their young lives.
Rick Plummer
Director - Marketing & Community Outreach
University Medical Center
Additionally, we also had 3 winners of our own community-sponsored contest with wbackes and Eep taking home the second-place prizes of a lifetime Benefactors subscription and a 60-Day Prepaid WoW Timecard. Neuromaster trumped all by receiving the grand prize of:
A bit belated perhaps, but we've opened a new forum for public perusal, /LFGuild. The standard recruiting forums widely-available elsewhere have been ratcheted-up a notch to ensure that only the proverbial cream-of-the-guild-crop are posting ads you want to browse. Here's a bit more detail from the Announcement at the top of the new forum:
Why You Ought to Use /LFGuild
This forum has an established reputation for attracting the type of gamer you want in your guild.
Over 1 million of these gamers visit this site every month.
/LFGuild puts your guild right in front of their face.
How to Use /LFGuild
Firstly, you should be aware of a couple of the things that make this forum unique from the rest of Elitist Jerks:
There is a $25 fee to create a new guild advertisement (thread) in these forums.
Threads in this forum are sorted by Date Created (which means sorting is unaffected by replies).
The creation fee is not there to merely pad our pockets; it also serves as an effective deterrent to those wishing to recruit for their comedy/vanity guilds and for those unwilling to craft a thoughtful advertisement. Likewise, tactics employed to keep your thread visible, such as bumping, will be ineffective here. The quality of your posting is the only metric by which others will judge your guild. Also, you will have full editing (and thread closing) privileges here. All threads with a post in the last 30 days will be visible and will forever be accessible through forum search.
Secondly, your thread title must take the following form:
[Faction][Server] <Guild> Title
[Horde][Mal'Ganis] <hellsoaps bros> cum party 2nite
[Alliance][Kel'Thuzad] <Gune Skwad> Looking for a T5-geared Destrolock
Lastly, put some effort into the actual content of your recruitment post (it will be seen by a ton of people who have no qualms making snap decisions about others). You ought to include a concise, but information-rich, summary of who you are, what you are looking for in an applicant and any other significant data you think may help an ideal candidate make an informed decision about your guild. A template (cribbed from Gurg) that can be altered to your needs can be found below:
Originally Posted by /LFGuild Template
About Us
<Insert guild history and background here.>
About You
<Insert desired characteristics of applicant here.>
Class-specific Notes
<Insert any class-specific desired traits here.>
How to Apply
Send a PM with the following information:
Character Name
Level
Class
Race
Current Server
Link to your armory profile.
List your serious alts.
What are your playing hours?
What is your guild history?
What is your character's endgame role?
What is your prior endgame raiding experience?
Why do you want to leave your current guild?
Why do you want to join this guild?
Tell us a bit about yourself.
Please list references who would be willing to vouch for you.
Please list some out-of-game contact information.
<Insert closing thank you here.>
If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to PM me or e-mail me directly. Thanks!
Elitist Jerks
