*DEAD* X Marks the Spot Scavenger Hunt - Official Xbox 360 contest with daily prizes

221 - exclusively
222 - auxiliary
223 - excel
224 - explored
225 - excercises
226 - mix
227 - exciting
228 - excuses
229 - experience
230 - text
 
if i wasnt so tired this is where i would say a whitty remark about how mountain dew sucks, but yaaaawn......so somebody do it for me lol
 
whew! this site wouldn't load for a couple days for me.

221. exclusively
222. auxiliary
223. excel
224. explored
225. excercises
226. mix
227. exciting
228. excuses
229. experience
230. text
 
[quote name='kensterdotnet']225 is exercises, without the c.

Darn you mguiddy. I just entered it in without the c and it worked.[/quote]
lol i took the the second c out first when i read that.
 
231 thankx
232 x
233 pixels
234 exchange
235 exit
236 existence
237 exhilarating
238 axis
239 exclusive
240 maximize
 
231. thankx
232. x
233. pixels
234. exchange
235. exit
236. existence
237. exhilarating
238. axis
239. exclusive
240. maximize
 
Man, I missed the past 2 days :(. Do you get anything for answering all the questions, or does it just increase your chances of winning?
 
um... I was 2 questions away from finishing, when it stopped loading. Now it's asking me to register again. Any guesses as to what's up?
 
The hell? It was telling me I needed to re-register. Then the questions came back. I asnwered the last two, and now it's asking me to RE-register again! The fuck is going on??
 
[quote name='PrarieD0G']Man, I missed the past 2 days :(. Do you get anything for answering all the questions, or does it just increase your chances of winning?[/quote] Answering more just increases your chance of winning.
 
Wow, calling xbox techincal support doesn't help at all. I logged out of everything, and re-logged back in. And my rank and questions all came back. I hope this doesn't become a regular thing.
 
[quote name='microbless']The hell? It was telling me I needed to re-register. Then the questions came back. I asnwered the last two, and now it's asking me to RE-register again! The fuck is going on??[/quote]
I am having the same issue!

Seems to be back now.....

....and its out again. Seems to have remembered my answers though.

Funny, now it says register and my loging at the same time. WTF??
 
they say there giving away daily prizes. has anyone here gotten anything from doing this yet, like any of the big prizes, not counting the gum.
 
1. where was that asteroids one? I cant find it

2.Has anyone won anything yet? I just started yesterday. Wish i had started sooner its alot of fun
 
[quote name='Grecco']1. where was that asteroids one? I cant find it

2.Has anyone won anything yet? I just started yesterday. Wish i had started sooner its alot of fun[/quote]
No prizes are annouced at the end of the contest.
 
[quote name='romaniandudeisbk']No prizes are annouced at the end of the contest.[/quote]

Except theres 1.daily 2,weekly and then prizes at the end
 
[quote name='Grecco']Except theres 1.daily 2,weekly and then prizes at the end[/quote] Nah, the rules say that all the drawings will be on December 12th.
 
Alright check this out. I decided to make a prize break-down. As far as I'm concerned all prizes will be awarded at the end (December 12th). Here we go.


FINAL (1 Drawing)
1 Grand Prize - Pontiac G6 GXP Coupe Automobile.
1 First Prize - Ultimate Home Entertainment & Gaming System* and the Plen-T-Packs Package**.
1 Second Prize - 5 Day/4 Night Trip (Airfare included) for 4 to any Beaches Resort.
1 Third Prize - Addidas "Game On" Package***.


WEEKLY (5 Drawings)
1 Grand Prize - Xbox 360 Elite Gaming Console and 12 Plen-T-Paks of Winterfresh Gum.
1 First Prize - Microsft Zune.


DAILY (36 Drawings)
1 First Prize - Mountain Dew Mini-Fridge.
1 Second Prize - Samsung SCH-I760 Phone.
14 Third Prize - Xbox 360 Game of Your Choice.
1 Fourth Prize - Activision Sweatshirt, 2 Activision T-Shirts, and 1 Plen-T-Pak of Big Red Gum.
6 Fifth Prize - 4 $5 Domino's Pizza Gift Coupons ($20).


Alright there are all the prizes to drool over. But that's not all, I went ahead and did all the math for you, that's right, all of it.

Let's see here we have 842 prizes total given out over the course of the sweepstakes. If you find all 360 Xs then that would give you 303,120 chances to win something. So you know how many entries you have, what are your chances of winning?

Let's assume that every contestant that is in the sweepstakes gets all 360 Xs (which we know isn't true), giving them 360 entries. Let's also assume that 50,000 people will enter this sweepstakes. In total that is 18,000,000 entries. This means that your chances of winning something are 303,120:18,000,000. This breaks down to about a 1:59.5 ratio. In non-mathematical terms this means that out of every 60 people that enter, one of them will win something.

I decided to break the sweepstakes down for people to have hope about winning. This does not take into consideration that you can only win the daily prize once and various minor rules such as that. For those that do not know, a winning ratio of 1:60 is not bad. Have hope, and happy X finding.

Oh and I most likely made a math or logical error somewhere, feel free to correct me if you find one. I only did this for fun purposes.


*Ultimate Home Entertainment & Gaming System consists of an Xbox 360 gaming system, a Panasonic HD Projector, a selection of Xbox 360 game titles that you will choose, a Bose Surround Sound Speaker System, a Zune, and the Plen-T-Packs Package**.

**The Plen-T-Packs Package consists of 12 packages of Wrigley Big Red, Winterfresh, Doublemint, Spearmint, and Juicy Fruit gum.

***The Addidas "Game On" Package consists of a head-to-head competition via Xbox Live with an Adidas Athlete, Adidas sports equiptment autographed by an Adidas athlete, and an Xbox 360 Elite console.
 
[quote name='Wicked One 612']Alright check this out. I decided to make a prize break-down. As far as I'm concerned all prizes will be awarded at the end (December 12th). Here we go.


FINAL (1 Drawing)
1 Grand Prize - Pontiac G6 GXP Coupe Automobile.
1 First Prize - Ultimate Home Entertainment & Gaming System* and the Plen-T-Packs Package**.
1 Second Prize - 5 Day/4 Night Trip (Airfare included) for 4 to any Beaches Resort.
1 Third Prize - Addidas "Game On" Package***.


WEEKLY (5 Drawings)
1 Grand Prize - Xbox 360 Elite Gaming Console and 12 Plen-T-Paks of Winterfresh Gum.
1 First Prize - Microsft Zune.


DAILY (360 Drawings)
1 First Prize - Mountain Dew Mini-Fridge.
1 Second Prize - Samsung SCH-I760 Phone.
14 Third Prize - Xbox 360 Game of Your Choice.
1 Fourth Prize - Activision Sweatshirt, 2 Activision T-Shirts, and 1 Plen-T-Pak of Big Red Gum.
6 Fifth Prize - 4 $5 Domino's Pizza Gift Coupons ($20).


Alright there are all the prizes to drool over. But that's not all, I went ahead and did all the math for you, that's right, all of it.

Let's see here we have 8,294 prizes total given out over the course of the sweepstakes. If you find all 360 Xs then that would give you 2,985,840 chances to win something. So you know how many entries you have, what are my chances of winning?

Let's assume that every contestant that is in the sweepstakes gets all 360 Xs (which we know isn't true), giving them 360 entries. Let's also assume that 50,000 people will enter this sweepstakes. In total that is 18,000,000 entries. This means that your chances of winning something are 2,985,840:18,000,000. This breaks down to about a 1:6.03 ratio. In non-mathematical terms this means that out of every 6 people that enter, one of them will win something.

I decided to break the sweepstakes down for people to have hope about winning. This does not take into consideration that you can only win the daily prize once and various minor rules such as that. For those that do not know, a winning ratio of 1:6 is very good. Have hope, and happy X finding.

Oh and I most likely made a math or logical error somewhere, feel free to correct me if you find one. I only did this for fun purposes.


*Ultimate Home Entertainment & Gaming System consists of an Xbox 360 gaming system, a Panasonic HD Projector, a selection of Xbox 360 game titles that you will choose, a Bose Surround Sound Speaker System, a Zune, and the Plen-T-Packs Package**.

**The Plen-T-Packs Package consists of 12 packages of Wrigley Big Red, Winterfresh, Doublemint, Spearmint, and Juicy Fruit gum.

***The Addidas "Game On" Package consists of a head-to-head competition via Xbox Live with an Adidas Athlete, Adidas sports equiptment autographed by an Adidas athlete, and an Xbox 360 Elite console.[/quote]

Already found a flaw in this actually... Wouldn't there be 36 daily drawings instead of 360? This drops the prize output by a considerable amount. :cry:
 
[quote name='bg_kirby']what is 1,2,4,5,6,7,8[/quote]
You mean 231-238?

231. thankx
232. x
233. pixels
234. exchange
235. exit
236. existence
237. exhilarating
238. axis
 
[quote name='TehMuff1nM4n']Already found a flaw in this actually... Wouldn't there be 36 daily drawings instead of 360? This drops the prize output by a considerable amount. :cry:[/quote]
Wow, I'm an idiot. Let me see if I can fix that.

Alright fixed my math, 1:60, still isn't that bad.
 
[quote name='J train86']there can't be 36 drawings and over 360 prizes......... maybe they give out more tan one daily prize...[/quote]

Sure you can. They have 23 prizes that they give out every day over the period of 36 days. 2 Prizes that they give out every week over the period of 5 weeks. And 4 prizes at the end. That adds up to 842 prizes over the course of the sweepstakes.
 
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