Pepsi's "Drink up, Rock out" promotion - Win DLC and Games! STARTS JUNE 2ND!

Ok, anything I said before wasn't true. The odds suck now. I played 28 more codes today and only won 7 times. Wait, 6 of those plays were for a 360 bundle actually. So tossing those out it was 7 out of 22 on tries for songs. That's a 32% win percentage if I'm doing my math right.

This particularly sucks as I opted to buy caps from ebay this time, having paid $13.14 for 27, plus 1 from an actual purchased bottle (it didn't win.) So tossing out the one from the bottle which I would have bought anyway, and just going on the ones I paid for on ebay, that means I paid $1.88 per 200 points=$2, plus 6 failed attempts at a 360 RB2 bundle which I could have opted not to try. Had I put those into songs I probably would have won 1 or 2 more, but who knows. So I still profited *if* the Wii points come back. We shall see - still a no go as of a few minutes ago.

EDIT: I'm wondering if being more patient and spreading the attempts out over the whole day would have produce better results. If they limit the number per hour, then this might be the case, but I don't know. I'm not a statistician. :)
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Now, for more of the throwing out Random Speculation With No Facts To Back It Up: I'm now about 2/10 for my previous attempts. I have noticed the two I did win with were entered earlier in the day (9 am EST or earlier). Anything after lunchtime has bombed out. I'll need a few more days of trying this out before I'm convinced it's a significant factor though.[/QUOTE]

Two more this morning, two more wins. First back to back wins for me since they "fixed" it. I'm starting to be convinced that it really does matter what time of day you play.
 
I have a 360 code for Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing. I'm looking to trade it for another DLC token. PM me if interested.
 
I've got three consecutive wins now, and those were spaced out so I was pretty much doing just one per 24-hour period. The last two were played around 2AM. KaneRobot's post makes me wonder if I should try a couple more on my early morning attempts, but I dunno if I wanna push my luck!
 
I am facinated with all of your research. I have about 4 caps on hold for Wii Points. Hopefully by the time they are back- a solid advantage will be discovered.
 
I just played one more and won, so my percent is inching, barely, upward. :)

[quote name='Jmclark']I'm assuming that I should wait to use my codes if I want Wii Points...[/QUOTE]

If by "codes" you mean the codes on the caps, there is no need to wait. You should enter those right away. You don't have to play them right away, but you might as well put them into the system so that you can play them whenever it is you want to play them. I figure that they have to bring back the Wii points since the promotion has said all along that we could choose Wii track downloads. It seems to me that they can't keep them off the table forever as a result.
 
I'm now up to 12 losers in a row. fuck this shit. I'm getting most of my codes free from coworkers, so I can't be too upset, but This is a bit out of hand.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']I stay up till 3am EST now and enter my codes. less risk. so far no losses.[/QUOTE]

How many codes do you enter at once?
 
[quote name='dragonwarriorx']After 3 weeks of waiting my free code came in the mail. Today[/QUOTE]

Didnt you have to pay 88 cents (44 cents there and 44 cents back) to get this? for 12 - 20 more cents you could get the pepsi, right?
 
I went back to check their Twitter account to see if they have released some time frame for the Wii codes. From a tweet from yesterday, they said that it should be "fixed soon." At least they know about the problem and are doing something, which was something I was kind of wondering. lol

I hope that when they fix the Wii token problem, maybe they will fix the "losing problem" as well (doubtful?) and add more songs (more doubtful?)

I have 20 unredeemed tokens sitting in my account because I already got all the songs I really wanted. I'm still hoping for some new songs, such as Rise Against, Kings of Leon, and Weezer. Please Pepsi. Make us happy!

Maybe someone can tweet at Pepsi asking if they plan on getting any new songs? I don't have a Twitter nor understand what it means (it took me 15 min just to search for that Wii toke information) so I can't do it myself. They should respond back. Right now, they're tweeting about rain. How lame.
 
[quote name='flameofdoom666']Also, it becoming harder to win, would make the 3 tracks worth much more than 400 Wii points.

The rarer it is, the more valuable it becomes.[/QUOTE]


Not really. Even considering my intentional weighting of the deal, despite how rare it is becoming to win, 200 points = 1 track = 1 win.

If you wanna get technical, as it stands the Wii points are almost infinitely more valuable considering they are not currently available.


But to each their own. If no one wants to take me up on my deal then certainly no one has to.
 
Well damn, 3 losses in a row, and it sucks because I bought these from someone for .50 each. buck fitty down the drain! gonna wait till 3 now.
 
[quote name='tk102']I hope that when they fix the Wii token problem, maybe they will fix the "losing problem" as well (doubtful?) and add more songs (more doubtful?)[/QUOTE]

I'm really hoping for new songs, mostly to snag stuff that's been released in the past few weeks. Green Day is the last new release I remember being added...but Kings of Leon, the new Weezer pack, Blink-182, and Kiss would all be nice (especially since the latter three are already represented with at least one song each). Spinal Tap would be great, too, but that's probably a little less likely. :)

Eventually, I'm going to run out of songs I'm interested in - I've already picked 25, and had already bought a lot of the ones I would've been interested in (like the Boston and Who packs). After that, it becomes a question of whether or not to go for the bundle. I just got the RB1 bundle back in April, but a wireless RB2 set might be nice...and unnecessary. :whistle2:k
 
Put in 6 at 3:58 last night. Got 5 winners out of it. Now I'm 25/26. Not too shabby. Someone post when the Wii codes work again.
 
I got 10 caps today from work. I tossed one in for a RB2 kit but lost :'(

I'll save the other 9 for my special time that has worked 100% of the time. I also have 16 wins waiting to eb redeemed for wii points...
 
I went 0 for 4 yesterday and just said i'd rather quit while i'm ahead. It gets costly when you think about it and add it all up. I just bought a ms point card and it was cheaper plus didn't have to drink so much soda.
 
had a nice "streak" of 4 in a row (spread out over 4 days) but tonight I went 1/3. Oh well! Only have a few points left, and a few Pepsi's in the fridge. Hopefully I'll manage to whittle down my wishlist some more with my remaining chances!
 
if anyone is interested and wants club nintendo codes PM me - I'm willing to trade some codes for some Xbox 360 downloadable Rock Band track's

I am after these tracks specifically since I have a bit of interest in wanting to play them but Pepsi Rockband Caps are incredibly Scarce to find here in Maine but I could be looking in the wrong places for them too. I've only seen them in Wal-Mart

space truckin - deep purple
jukebox hero - foreigner
Metallica - And justice for all...
Slayer - Black Magic
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B
Megadeth - sleepwalker
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Alice Cooper - Poison
 
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Picked a cap off the ground yesterday and won a song with it! 6/6 so far, but I'm sure if I played more, my streak would be easily lost now.

At the No Doubt concert last night, there were clear recycling bins filled with tons of bottles and caps, but they had one-way tops on the bins, so I couldn't get them. So many codes going to waste just out of my reach!
 
I collected a nice stash of caps at the minor league baseball stadium this evening after the game and cashed them in this morning. Recycle bins and the local high school weren't very fruitful this week either. Went 18/26 with only two losses back to back. I'm almost out of songs that I really want. I'm trying to decide whether I want to download filler or go for some other prizes.
 
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