X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game giveaway contest!

Ok, so I’m pretty sure that we got a bigger reaction from the “Guitar Hero: Metallica” contest than we did for the “Guitar Hero: World Tour” contest. I find that rather strange since “Guitar Hero: World Tour” cost about 3 times as much as “Guitar Hero: Metallica”. So price maybe has little to do with it? Maybe you all already have the game systems and gear, but want more games? The whole trick is finding out what you people want the most. So this month we are going to give away a copy of the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” game. Yeah, I know this one has nothing to do with music but we couldn’t think of a way to keep with that theme.

You pick what game system version you win!
Now the REALLY good news with this one is that it is available in a ton of formats! So the winner will be able to pick if they want the game for the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Playstion 2, and even for the PC!

How you earn “points” to win:
As always, you earn “sins” (points) for submitting links to stories about hard rock, classic rock, metal, punk, industrial, glam, goth, grunge, grindcore, hardcore, metalcore, etc. It’s not just metal! For example, we think THIS VIDEO is Heavy As Hell. Voting for stories others submit also gets you “sins”. The third method of getting “sins” is to comment on submissions others have made. Pretty much just be active on the site. The point of the site is to be social, so make sure and “friend” users with the same musical tastes as you have. Feel free to invite friends, too.

Three Hints on how to win:

• If someone was to just vote for every story in the upcoming section that they think deserves a vote, they could have a good chance with that alone. In fact one of the people that almost won last month got almost every singe “sin” for voting alone. It’s just that easy, people!
• Voting for other people’s stories can only help your chances of winning.
• If you don’t vote for other people’s stories it can really hurt your chances in this contest.

The first user chart means nothing:
We used to give the prize away to the top users of all time. Last month we gave the prizes away to the top 3 users of the month. This month we are giving one prize to the top user of the month. So that first chart means nothing really. Eventually we will give the Top Users Of The Month chart it’s own page, but until then please scroll down to the chart that counts most! We hope this makes new users feel more welcome.

How can you tell if you are winning?
Go to the Top Ten Users Chart link at the bottom of every page. The first chart is ranking users overall and has nothing to do with this contest. For the rest of the month, the important chart is the one below that. It’s the one that says “Top 10 Users During the Latest Contest” in big bold letters.

Winner will be announced May 1st.
Once we receive said winner’s address the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” game will be sent out to them. 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.

We still only want guitar based music!
So why no rap? Rap doesn’t use guitars! We want to celebrate people who actually play instruments. This is what we are passionate about. This site was started to talk about hard rock, classic rock, metal, punk, industrial, glam, goth, grunge, grindcore, hardcore, metalcore, etc. No rap, rapcore, dance music, techno, hip hop, pop, or country. So we strongly discourage those styles. Now before thinking there are racial reasons for us not liking rap, please look up the bands God Forbid, Bad Brains, Kings X, & S2C. I’m pretty sure the admins of this site have not only voted up stories of black artists on this site, but submitted them as well. It’s not about color, it’s about the music!

To be clear, rap and techno do NOT count for this (or any) contest at this site. This has always been the case with this site and it always will be.

The contest has already started!
When does the contest start? If you are reading this it already has. So CLICK HERE and get started already!

Mark Carras Heavy As Hell News

That’s right people! I have to say it was a very close contest and I for one was rather thrilled to see three people give a good fight for this one. I wish we had three copies to give away, but it’s just not in the budget right now. So we will be getting a hold of Greg soon to find out which version he wants.

Now I feel it should be said that a mysterious user named Googly was kicking some major butt all the way up to the end by doing nothing more than voting! In fact a few suspected him of cheating or gaming the system, but we could not find anything but legit activity. So I have to point out that this proves that voting alone can get a brand new user pretty close to the winners spot without even submitting a story! I hope this makes more people realize that they can win this thing no problem. Thanks a ton Googly for showing everyone that it can be done!

I also want to thank XTRMDave for giving Googly and cGt2099 a run for their money. I hope all three of you are able to give it your all for our April contest. This contest has Adamantium claws and will be announced April second…to make sure everyone knows we are not joking.

So here is a screenshot of the final “sin” totals for the March contest.

Mark Carras Heavy As Hell News