[DEAD] Xbox Live GTA IV Sweepstakes - thousands of prizes!

[Hostile]

CLICK HERE (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/grandtheftautoiv/sweepstakes/default.htm)

Prize Information

On or about April 23, lucky winners will be chosen from all entries to receive the following prizes:
Four Grand Prizes: Four winners will score a four-day/three-night trip for two to New York City to attend the Xbox LIVE Gold Grand Theft Auto IV Launch Party.
One Hundred First Prizes: Custom Xbox 360 Elite console
Two Thousand Second Prizes: A Rockstar baseball bat
Five Thousand Third Prizes: 500 Microsoft Points
Three Thousand Fourth Prizes: 1000 Microsoft Points
Two Thousand Fifth Prizes: 1600 Microsoft Points
Five Thousand Sixth Prizes: One-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription
Three Thousand Seventh Prizes: Three-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription
Two Thousand Eighth Prizes: One-year Xbox LIVE Gold subscription

ENDS: April 14, 2008

[bigdaddybruce44]

Entered for sure! Thanks, OP!

[SpectralGerm]

Thanks so much OP
Great contest!

[zerowing]

In it to win it.

[Littlefields]

I'm in. Wish me luck. :)

[bs000]

It said I can't enter cause it's not available in my region (Canada). But It let me continue anyway and now it says "Thansk for registering for the GTA IV Sweetstakes." O_o Rules say only open to US but we'll see what happens I guess. xD Thanks OP.

[Frog Ribs]

Wow, I've never seen a contest where the eighth prize is better than the sixth one.

Yeah, I see that the number of prizes actually decrease from 6-8th place, but still...kinda odd.

[SNKMat]

fuck age restrictions. MS is really fucking gay.

[Metrock]

Thanks entered

[sasukekun]

Thanks entered.

[JimmieMac]

Entered thanks.

[kensterdotnet]

Wow, I've never seen a contest where the eighth prize is better than the sixth one.

Yeah, I see that the number of prizes actually decrease from 6-8th place, but still...kinda odd.
I believe that they are just listing the prizes. I don't think they mean 8th place prize or anything.

[skurred]

thanks entered!

[contej85]

Entered. with so many prizes a CAG or 2 is sure to win something.

[Crazyglitcher]

Omfg Stupid Damn Age Restrictions Arrggghhhhhhhh 6 More *blam!* Months Not Fair!!!!

[Kaijufan]

Wow, I've never seen a contest where the eighth prize is better than the sixth one.

Yeah, I see that the number of prizes actually decrease from 6-8th place, but still...kinda odd.
Third, fourth and fifth place are the same way.

I'm surprised they aren't giving away any copies of GTA IV.

[BigMastadon]

Reggied

[$hady]

Thanks

[someguy2222]

I'm in, Thanks OP

[DarkRider23]

Go to fucking hell MS. FIX THE FUCKING GLITCHES YOU HAVE IN YOUR SYSTEMS. I'm fucking 18, not under 18 you dumb asses.

I swear to god. MS is a company that makes fucking billions per year, but they can't fix simple glitches? If you sign up to xbox live as a 17 year old, that age NEVER gets updated. It stays 17... Good thing I didn't know about this age shit before signing up!

[killer9]

in itit

[Wooten]

Entered, thanks op.

[DiscoDuck8k]

Wow, seems like the chances of winning something are pretty good in this.

Entered; thanks!

[spriggan41]

entered, thanks op!

[D4rkewolfe]

Entered as well, thanks OP. With so many prizes definitely hope to see a few CAGs win. I'm also surprised none of the prizes include GTA IV. I much rather win any of the other prizes than that trip though...don't really care to go to a launch party...unless they give me a bag filled with all the other prizes!

[Dual45s]

...don't really care to go to a launch party...unless they give me a bag filled with all the other prizes!

Exactly my thoughts, I wouldn't even be able to get off of work for it I'm sure.
Entered, thanks OP.

[CouRageouS]

I want the baseball bat so I can go and hit a few dingers.

[sublime90]

entered, amazing contest please allah buddah and jesus let me win

[dank]

how do you enter when ever i click link to enter my gamertag it just takes me to my xbox.com profile

[Frog Ribs]

To enter, look for the link under "Sweepstakes Registration."

And of course GTA IV isn't gonna be a prize--they want us to buy it. :-P

[soup or man]

I keep getting Page Not Found when I click the link.

[Mithrilwind]

Same here. I can't seem to find the sweepstakes page.

[darkclawsofchaos]

I been trying, did they take it down?

[Bioshocked360]

Page Not Found!

[Jobbercho]

I hope I win a baseball bat. It would go well with the prizes I won in the Bully contest (slingshot, cricket bat, skateboard deck, etc)

[DarkRider23]

Quoth the server, 404.

[archangelreb]

The link is dead.

[XxPCFxX]

Anybody have a different link to get in?

[Hostile]

Hey guys, it looks like it's back.

I think the ones that signed up are suppose to sign up again because I remember when I clicked on it before that it said I entered already... don't hold me to it though.

[roguejedi5]

Thanks Hostile, didn't even though there was a sweepstake for the game.

[Kayden]

Am I the only person that finds it bizarre that not one of the prizes actually includes the game?

[Nathan_Sama]

Im in thanks op

[Hostile]

I wanted to ask the people who signed up after the downtime, does it say "Thanks for entering!" when you click on the form again?

[XxPCFxX]

Yes it does

[Hostile]

A bump for those that didn't enter yet.

[archangelreb]

In thanks op

[yukafls]

Cool, I think I will enter. I am shooting to win a Rockstar baseball bat, anyone who wins one and wants to get rid of it, CML:lol:

[xsouthparkx]

MEGADAMBLE SMASH!!! -30 Hit Points.
I win.

[hawkhogan]

In, thank you!!! :)

[luvmysegadc]

Thanks, OP!

[nogard]

Thanks, entered. Hope to win something big.

[life.exe]

Thanks OP!

[aea414]

Entered, Thanks OP!

[DarkKenpachi]

entered myself. Thanks OP

[NJMane]

Worth a shot

[yukine]

Thanks

[dg7md]

Thanks for taking our survey! However, you were not part of the first 500 responses. Stay tuned to yammapitfighting.com for future surveys and contests as well as info on our next event!

Worth a shot.

[m3talst0rm]

entered thanks!

[xbltheshadow]

Thanks OP! Glad I saw this before the 14th...

[wampa8jedi]

Thanks OP--odds are probably nil, but hoping for the best :)

[42Airborne]

Go to fucking hell MS. FIX THE FUCKING GLITCHES YOU HAVE IN YOUR SYSTEMS. I'm fucking 18, not under 18 you dumb asses.

I swear to god. MS is a company that makes fucking billions per year, but they can't fix simple glitches? If you sign up to xbox live as a 17 year old, that age NEVER gets updated. It stays 17... Good thing I didn't know about this age shit before signing up!


Good thing I'm over 18. LOL You have to go in on your XBOX and update the account to an over 18 account. Otherwise it won't change from a "child account".

[Matty6]

Entered, Thanks OP.

[Evander]

Good thing I'm over 18. LOL You have to go in on your XBOX and update the account to an over 18 account. Otherwise it won't change from a "child account".


Yup.

I believe it was last year's fall update that fixed the issue, and allowed you to migrate child accounts into adult accounts. They won't do it automatically; go do it for yourself.

[contej85]

Bumping because prizes are being sent, and I won 7th prize! (yay 3 months of live) Was much more excited when I saw the e-mail, but any prize is better than none eh?

[sasukekun]

Congratulations! As the official judging organization for the Xbox LIVE GTA IV Promotion, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as a Sixth Prize winner!

Your prize is a one (1) month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription!
Free is free. Hehe

[The Chop Suey]

haha month of live

[contej85]

Free is free. Hehe

Yes, but why is your 6th prize not as good as my 7th prize? lmao

[Blaine]

Yes, but why is your 6th prize not as good as my 7th prize? lmao

I was just wondering that. I got an email and won a 6th place prize:


Dear Blaine:

Congratulations! As the official judging organization for the Xbox LIVE GTA IV Promotion, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as a Sixth Prize winner!

Your prize is a one (1) month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription!

To receive your subscription prize, please enter the code below on Xbox LIVE Marketplace or from your Account Management console. You can also enter the code using the "Redeem Prepaid Code" option on your My Xbox profile at http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx. Further details on using your subscription code can be found at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908637.

Your subscription code is: ****-****-****-****-****.

If you have any questions about this prize, you may contact us at msinfo@mardenkane.com. To view the Official Rules of this promotion, go to http://www.mardenkane.com/microsoft/rules.html.

On behalf of our client, Microsoft Corporation we thank you for your participation in this sweepstakes and wish you continued good fortune.

Sincerely,

The Xbox GTA IV Sweepstakes Team at Marden-Kane.

Please note: You have received this email for the sole purpose of notifying you of your winner status as part of your participation in the Microsoft Xbox GTA IV promotion. You have not been added to any e-mail lists and your information will be kept strictly confidential in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Policy, available online at: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.


I'll take it.

[bossman]

I won a free year on Xbox Live!

[georox]

3 months of Live.

[Hsith]

I won a free year on Xbox Live!

ME TOO =D!!!
This made my day ^_^. Congratulations guys!

[DJSteel]

I got a free year as well... I finally won something...

[Jobbercho]

One month here.

[Nelo Ice]

i won a year of live :bouncy:

[SLAYED]

3 months of live here

[GF_Eric]

Free year here.

[Bioshocked360]

Nothing here. :cry:

[kaciesaurus]

I won a year subscription. :D


I didn't remember entering, but I found this forum when I checked google to make sure it wasn't a spam email.

I think I might stick around for awhile.

[Smidget]

Won a year too! :)

[lobitoh]

free year tooo

[Blaine]

I'm wondering if anyone gets a bat.

[J7.]

I just got an email today stating I won 3 months of XBLIVE!!!! WOooooooo! I can just extend my current subscription right? Or maybe I'll trade this.

[bentrinh]

Won 6th prize - 1 month

[ShadowMasterX]

Got a free year too. Seems like CAGs did pretty well on this contest, so an extra thanks to the OP.

[Sockey]

I don't remember signing up for this, but I guess I won 3 months of XBLive.

[Bretters]

Won 3 months of live. :)

[Shimoto]

Won three months of live tbqh.

[shinryuu]

Got one month. Sweet, what a nice surprise.

[blumpies5]

I got nothing as well
Oh well, guess I better luck next time

[Lokki]

I totally forgot about this and was caught by suprise when I received an email that I won a free month of Live. Thanks again for the heads up, Op.

[Bloodbooger]

3 months here! Thanks again OP, and it's good to see more than a few other CAGs also won.

[retail sucks]

I won a 1 month. I'm not complaining at all : )

[davfer]

i didn't won, if anyone doesnt want their prize.. i can have it for you :) pm haha

[ananag112]

I won a 12 moth gold subscription. Thanks OP :).

[mechachrome]

Won 1 month of Live.

Thanks, OP!

[FLSHADOW74]

I won a year of XBL Gold, but of course I had just today reup'd my account with a 12+1 card. They couldn't of sent it out soon <LOL>

Congrats to everyone who won.

[Alf]

I got a year too. I was wondering where that contest came from, thanks OP.

[miktau]

Woot got a year of live too, Sucks cuz i already have like 5 sitting in my room from the dell deal. ah well ebay time. avent won something like this since i won a t-shirt from nintendo power 8 years ago. damn i wonder what happened to that shirt.

cheers,
mike

[wolfpackgamer]

Thanks a lot OP, I won a year as well. Ironic that 8th prize is the 2nd best (unless you are a collector or baseball player).

[miktau]

looks like us cag'ers got a good amount of entries in. Lotta people won.

woot

[MotzCTG]

I forgot I entered this months ago, but I won 12 Months of XBL Gold. Which is awesome, because my membership just ran out!

[YG_Banga]

Great I won the 3 month sub. and I dont have my xbox anymore. Anyone want to buy it?

[Tommymoe]

Got an email yesterday....I won the 6th place prize of 1 month XBOX LIVE...that's one month longer before I have to ante up for the yearly renewal!!!

[doubledown]

I WON a year of XBOX Live also. It says I was the EIGHT place (Prize) winner.

[Phanatic]

What a backwards contest. I got a 6th place price, too - 1 month Live. I'd rather have placed 8th, and gotten the year. Oh well, a month is a month!

[CouRageouS]

Wow thats a lot of winners. Looks like they're getting faster on the contests. I won an October Live contest and didn't get notified till April this year. I got my prizes within a week though. They had notified by sending me a message through Live instead of email, which I also thought was weird.

[Corporate King]

looks like every one is a winner, i won sixth place 1 month of XBL gold

[bigdaddybruce44]

LOL...they certainly handed out a lot of prizes. I got a 3-month sub.

[popemogoth]

i got a 3 month sub if anyone wants to buy it. I already have my live paid for.

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Got an email yesterday that I was a 8th Prize winner - 1 Year of Gold!

Awesome!

[IXI Dragunz IXI]

I got a 1 month, WOOT!

[Tommymoe]

LOL...that is sort of messed up....I wish I would have won 8th place now. But Ill take my extra month of LIVE and like it. :)

[SpectralGerm]

That's not cool. I didn't win anything at all. But I already have my account paid for until April of 2011 so I guess I'm doing fine. Congrats to all you guys that won a prize your happy with!

[Facelift]

woooo

1 year of xbox live

[aphu9876]

I got an eight place prize, a year of xbox live for me, awesome.

[a_bleak_tomorrow]

one month here also

[Hostile]

Quite possibly the only contest I posted where people actually won something. Yay?

[polojal]

haha wow, my first post here.
i forgot i entered this too, 1 year XBL for me too
i'm paid up til nov '10 now yeesh

[cbotwell]

Won a Year Sub.

[FluxDF]

I won the sixth place prize as well. One month xbl Gold.

[mcroa7]

I won a year also. Funny thing is I almost deleted the email as I forgot about the contest and was thinking about Nigeria as I was reading it :). Glad I kept it now! This is the first Xbox contest I have actually won so thats cool. I guess we should all thank the OP........unless he won one of those elites then we should find where he lives :)

[crapstack]

first time I won anything like this ever!! 3 month gold :D

[Shady3011]

I won spam!

But seriously, nice to see all you lucky CAGs winning.

[Drizztd9]

Got 6th place myself. 1 free month. First thing ive ever won so i aint complaining. Thanks OP

[musha666]

Got 6th place myself. 1 free month. First thing ive ever won so i aint complaining. Thanks OP

Same here. Free month is a free month. I wonder if I will even use it =-D

[iiinightmar3ii]

I won the 8th place prize and it turned out to be a year of live. Kind of ironic how the 8th place prize is better than the 6th place prize. Oh well I'm happy!

[funkydunkleman]

I won a year of Live. First thing I've ever won in a contest online.

[dodgers2213]

i won a year of live then i sold it to someone on dodgerblues

[sinigord]

Won a 3 month Gold membership, very cool. There's a new sweepstakes starting this week for Summer of Arcade. All you need to do is play the demos of the new games coming out in the next 4 weeks. Geometry Wars Evolved 2 comes out wednesday, so I'll be all over that one :applause:

[Bravelionheart]

Woo, I won three free months of XBL. :D Almost deleted the email thinking it was spam, but curiosity got the better of me, so I'm glad I checked it. Glad to see so many other CAGs won as well.

[SpectralGerm]

Dang I wish I won......but just a question. What was the email send from...because I have been known to delete all my SPAM before soo......

[bigdaddybruce44]

Dang I wish I won......but just a question. What was the email send from...because I have been known to delete all my SPAM before soo......

gta4sweeps@onlinepromo.com

[OzCatter]

Only a month for me, sad that 6th place sucks compared to 8th

[tallguyy808]

I got a year sub. Woot woot!

[SpectralGerm]

gta4sweeps@onlinepromo.com

Well I certainly wouldn't have erased that one! So it looks like I'm just a loozer......=[

[skwak]

I won a 3 free months code as well.

[suko_32]

I got third place: 500 Points. I think I'd rather have the free year of live, but I can't complain.

[genfuyung]

I got the 500 points email just now. Yay cod4 maps.

[MSUHitman]

year of Live for me. Kinda weird that's the 8th place prize isn't it?

[FlashStash]

1000 points won here! Just got the e-mail...

[ahou]

just got an email saying i won 1000 pts also woot! :bouncy:

[Tecka]

My first time winning anything! yay :D Anyone else win?

Dear Zach:

Congratulations! As the official judging organization for the Xbox LIVE GTA IV Promotion, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as a Third Prize winner!

Your prize is 500 Microsoft Points!

To receive your points enter the code below as instructed on Xbox.com or in the Marketplace section of your Xbox 360 dashboard. Please note that the points are only good until December 31, 2008. Further information on entering the points can be found at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908637.

[LuisRM]

500 for me. Not a bad deal. Maybe I'll finally get Bomberman Live.

[CaptDS9E]

i got 1000 also. But isnt it strange that 3rd got 500 pts, 4th got 1000 and 5th got 1600

[knightsdwn]

Won 1000 points as well. I tried putting the code in at points.microsoft.com but it keeps telling me that I inputted an invalid promotional code. Anyone else having this problem?

Edit: Guess I had to redeem the code in the Xbox Marketplace rather than on their website. Glad to have one my first online contest and many other CAG's winning as well.

[Interstella 5555]

Wow looks like a lot of people won from this contest. I got 3rd place, 500pts, which probably has the lowest ARV, weird considering the 4th, 5th, and 6th, etc got better prizes.

[spy0070]

Yay, I also won 500 Microsoft Points. Not bad.

[XxPCFxX]

500 for me also

[genfuyung]

Does anyone know if these point we just got will be the first to leave our account if we buy something? They expire is why im wondering.

[thunderball]

Another 1000 point winner!

[dank]

i won 500 points.

[ohram]

3rd place out of no where.

[machoman_93]

Yay! I too won! I got 4th prize 1,000 ms pts. First time ever winning any online contest!

[roland13x]

1000 points here. Looks like CAGers made out pretty well on this contest. Nice post OP!

[guyver2077]

well it says i got third prize..

but i got 500 ms points

[xbltheshadow]

Sweet, 500 MS points. I thought I had struck out seeing all those people before me win something.GO CAG'S!!!

[Violentj6969]

Nice! I won 1600 points!

[retail sucks]

My brother won 1000 points, that lucky fuck

[suko_32]

It feels like everyone who entered has won :)

[LinkinPrime]

except me :cry:

[MuzykMann]

500 here. Funny that a Microsoft prize email ended up in my MSN Hotmail junk folder, I almost missed it!

Either way, 500 points ain't a lot, but it sure as hell made my day. I'm just figuring thats nearly all of this week's Rock Band DLC for free :) Win!!

[archangelreb]

1600 here thanks Hostile

[davfer]

i got the email today... 1600 ms points... yey... thank you all... be happy that CAGs won a prize

[Omatsei]

I also won 1600 points. Woohoo! That'll pay off Braid...

[gcash81001]

i won a one year of xbox live

[LinkinPrime]

For those of you who won...what email was used to contact you?

[SpitFire158]

gta4sweeps@onlinepromo.com

[m3talst0rm]

I got 500 points!

[Pure Apathy]

I won 500 points.

[pleasegreen]

500 points also, got a couple Rockband songs with em:lol:

[Jek Porkins]

I got 1000 MS points. Yippee! The email was in my junk folder, too.

[Shady3011]

Holy poo poo! I won 500 MS points.

[vectorscalar]

:lol:

[splattered]

I got a year of XBL as well

[poisonedpawn45]

Here's something hilarious... I never got an email, but it seems I won a second prize. I came home and found a package at my door, and inside was a GTAIV aluminum bat! w00t!

[ddrlenz]

Yeah! I sure was surprised to find a huge tube of a box waiting outside my door containing a metal GTA4 metal baseball bat! W00t!

[clevelandmvp]

I got the bat, awesome!

[genfuyung]

pics?

[georox]

I didn't get the bat, I want one!

[bigdsinferno]

yeah, i got a bat in the mail yesterday too. i never received an email about it either..maybe it ended up in the junk folder.

[XxPCFxX]

Anyone have a picture of the bat?

[DarkRider23]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-4-GTA-IV-Silver-Aluminum-Baseball-Bat_W0QQitemZ110335668915QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_ Games_Games?hash=item110335668915&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-4-GTA-IV-Silver-Aluminum-Baseball-Bat_W0QQitemZ110335668915QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_ Games_Games?hash=item110335668915&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)

Pic of the bat. Doesn't look like anything special.

[Zmonkay]

Ooo, but there's a Rockstar symbol at the end of the handle!!! Seriously though, I'm either gonna put it with the rest of my random preorder swag, or maybe hawk it on ebay if the prices go all crazy (it always fascinates me what random crap some people will pay for). I didn't even remember entering any contests.

Funny how everyone else got the email prizes way back in August, but hey, cool swag that's free is always appreciated.

[SpitFire158]

Got a bat. I would rather prefer the last place prize

[Hostile]

I won a bat too. I could put it to good use protecting my home!

[ilikeyourmom]

Interesting! I recieved a letter in the mail about 3 weeks ago saying I won the first place prize of the custom elite console and I would be getting it in 8-10 weeks. Has anyone recieved a first place prize yet? I can't believe it's taking them this long to get prizes out.

[Kendro]

Got the bat too. Would have preferred just about any other prize that was given out.

[georox]

I must be the only person who actually wants a bat...

[Duddy07]

I got the bat also.

[scfan3]

Apparently I won first prize, the custom Xbox 360 Elite. I got a letter December 13th I think notifying me that I would receive it in 10-12 weeks. I completely forgot I entered it.

[Gabriels]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-4-GTA-IV-Silver-Aluminum-Baseball-Bat_W0QQitemZ110335668915QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_ Games_Games?hash=item110335668915&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-4-GTA-IV-Silver-Aluminum-Baseball-Bat_W0QQitemZ110335668915QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_ Games_Games?hash=item110335668915&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)

Pic of the bat. Doesn't look like anything special.

HOLY S**T that bat was sold for $1,000! Someone really wanted a crappy aluminum bat with a gta iv logo. Wow.

[georox]

HOLY S**T that bat was sold for $1,000! Someone really wanted a crappy aluminum bat with a gta iv logo. Wow.

Look at the bid history. I'll guarantee noone pays. Someone with 5 feedback won, and someone with 0 feedback bid it all the way up.