Top user gets a new computer!
So activity here has been a little slow and all my “standing challenges” seem to have no effect. So now is the time to kick things up a notch. How about if we give away a brand spankin’ new computer? The hot new thing seems to be the super light netbooks. Asus Eee PC seems to be the most reputable. So we are giving away an Asus Eee PC this month to the top user that is not directly connected to the site. So this means that programmer DarkNemesis618, my wife VaporRub, and myself are automatically disqualified from winning. Everyone else however is free game. Now we want to make sure that everyone has a good and fair chance of winning. So we are giving you until December 1st at Midnight east coast time. This means the second the month changes, a screenshot will be taken to show the winner in a blog post that morning. Whoever is the top user (not connected to the site) gets the prize. Now some may say that isn’t fair since some are already almost to one thousand “sins”, but I say this is payback to those who have stuck with us the most.
Winner will be announced December 1st. Once we receive said winner’s address the Asus “EEE” PC will be sent out to them. If you need to see more stats, this is the specific version the winner will be sent. We are very sorry, but only winners from the United States are eligible due to legal reasons. Users worldwide are welcome to be a part of the site, but this contest has to be for U.S. residents only. Of course any user suspected of cheating, gaming the system, or being involved in activity that could harm the site or it’s users may be banned. Being banned from this site will disqualify you from this and any contest.
I want to make it clear though that no one has so many sins that they can’t be beat. Even if I could win this contest it would still be possible to beat me and I have well over 2 thousand points. How could you beat that? Use all the tools one would use for any social news site. Use that RSS! Watch those live Twitter feeds. When Mashable posts something about the RIAA, post it! When Blabbermouth posts something about the new Nevermore DVD post it! The second Ars Technica posts something about iTunes, submit it! If Brave Words posts something about the new Guns And Roses cd, an RSS feed will help you post that news before anyone else. If Billboard posts something about the Velvet Revolver singer search you want to post that before anyone else can! What are the best places to watch for the heavy music news? I made a detailed blog post about that here if you want to take a look. My point is that it is possible.
Now for a challenge to you bloggers. Feel free to use any of this information to do your own article on this contest, this site, or an article on Social news and music. Then submit it to the site as “Industry News”. Any information we post in this blog can be used no problem. We just want the info out there. Plus, the more news sources the better this site will be.
So give the netbook away as a Christmas gift to a loved one, keep it for yourself, or smash it in a million pieces because it’s not a Mac. We don’t care! All we care is that you fight your way to the top of our Top Ten Users Chart, and let the best rock fan win! It can be hard rock, classic rock, metal, punk, industrial, glam, goth, grunge, or grindcore. No rap, rapcore, dance music, techno, hip hop, or country though. This has always been the case with this site and it always will be. Why? Because we are the only social news site that truly ROCKS!
When does the contest start? If you are reading this it already has.
