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In order to boost GameFAQs' review section and include as many reviews as possible, it was time to add
some incentives. From Midnight, August 1st, 1999 to 11:59:59PM August 31st, 1999, there was a race to see
who could submit the most reviews.
Of course, submitting reviews for games that had already been reviewed to death (i.e. Zelda) will cost
you. On the other hand, submitting an extra-long review for a brand new Japanese game nobody's ever
reviewed before will net you a ton of points (specifically, 12.5).
The prizes?
- Top Three Point Totals: First place will net a $100 Electronics Boutique gift certificate,
with $75 for second and $50 for third.
- Three semi-random winners: Three more people have a chance at $30 gift certificates with
their odds based solely on the number of points they gained during the contest. For example, if there
were only three entrants, one with 6 points, one with 3, and one with 1, the one with 6 would have a
3/5 chance of winning, the one with 3 a 3/10 chance, and a 1/10 chance for the last winner. This
drawing will take place among the fourth place and lower finishers with a positive point toals.
- Three fully-random winners: Finally, there's a completely random drawing for three other lucky
entrants (with positive point totals that didn't win in either of the first two categories) for $25
gift certificates.
The final standings can be found here.
So, who won?
- Top Three Point Totals: This one was decided after just a couple of weeks: GlucoseJoe,
Dingo Jellybean, and Hiryuu swept the field.
- Three semi-random winners: The three winners (and their odds of winning, based on their
point totals) were: Blackjack4x (5.08%), TenshiNoShi (3.92%), and Takezo (0.26%).
- Three fully-random winners: The purely lucky winners were: Truegamer, Faust, and PHarris
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CONTEST RULES AND SCORING
This month's contest is based on reviews submitted to GameFAQs. Each review is worth a given number of
points, and the top three winners as well as three random entrants will receive prizes. Only reviews
submitted through the standard GameFAQs review form (located at
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contribute/review_submit.asp)
will be counted towards the contest. Reviews submitted before August 1st or after August 31st are not
eligible. All reviews must be submitted under the same Alias and e-mail address, and points cannot
under any circumstances be assigned to other aliases. Points are awarded as follows:
- Base Points: Base points are awarded on how many reviews already exist for a game:
- 1st Review: 5 points
- 2nd Review: 4 points
- 3rd Review: 3 points
- 4th Review: 2 points
- 5nd Review: 1 point
- 6th-9th Reviews: 0 points
- 10th-14th Reviews: -1 point
- 15th+ Reviews: -5 points
- Bonus Points: Bonus points are awarded to the 1st through 5th reviews only for the following
attributes:
- Import Game Review (Not Commercially available in the US): +50% bonus
- New Game Review (Released in the US or Japan after July 1, 1999): +50% bonus
- Long Review (Between 500 and 1000 words): +25% bonus
- Extra-Long Review (Over 1000 words): +50% bonus
- Penalty Points: Penalty points are awarded to those who deserve them as follows. Several
of these are judgement calls, and all determinations by the judge are final:
- Plagiarism: -1,000,000 points
- Attempting to imitate someone else in order to discredit their reviews: -10,000,000 points
- Submitting a review that's already on another web site: -10 points
- Submitting a review for a pirated copy of an unrelased game : -5 points
- Non-Review (Not a real review, just random spewage): -1 point
- Using Filler to Make Your Review Longer: -2 points
- Inability to follow directions (Scores not between 1 and 10, reviews under 200 words in length): -5 points
- Unreadable Review (Excessive number of spelling and grammar mistakes): -2 points
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