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Title: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 16, 2010, 07:16:02 PM
Thanxs to a great idea and large donation from Premium Subscriber Franko we are giving away several Premium Subscriptions this weekend. Franko wanted to support Amiga.org and help other members. He came up with a great idea to buy Premium Subscriptions and then give them away in a random drawing. Franko already purchased 15 one year Amiga.org Premium Subscriptions. DiscreetFX will match his 15 and give away 30 subscriptions total this weekend. We could just randomly choose from the 7,000+ current free membership pool but we want them to go to active community members that really want a one year membership.

If you want to win a free one year Premium Subscription please request via the link below. Please don't forget to included your Amiga.org member userid in the e-mail to us.

http://www.discreetfx.com/contact.html

You have until 11:59 PM on October 17th, 2010 to do this. Please put Amiga.org Free Premium Subscriber Offer in the subject and body of your message. Also mention if you would like or would not like to be added to the DiscreetFX mailing list. We sometimes send out special offers and sales on Amiga, MorphOS & AROS items but only to those that want it. Being a Premium Subscriber on Amiga.org gives you a larger PM mailbox, no Ads and an Amiga.org forwarding e-mail address. It also helps support a site that has been around since 1994 supporting Amiga, AROS & MorphOS fans.

Amiga.org is well on its way to achieve 10,000 registered members soon. We will do something very special at that time.




Best regards

Amiga.org
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 17, 2010, 01:39:35 AM
Any lucky winners yet... :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: tone007 on October 17, 2010, 01:42:05 AM
We're ALL winners at Amiga.org!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 17, 2010, 01:45:42 AM
Quote from: Franko;585203
Any lucky winners yet... :)


Winners are randomly chosen at the stroke of midnight on October 18th, 2010. So far we have less then 30 entrees so everyone is a winner. That can change before tomorrow though.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 17, 2010, 01:51:44 AM
@ tone007
True... even after all these years of being a wee bit of an Amiga fanatic, I can still learn some real good pearls of wisdom from other Amiga users on this site... :)

@ Pyromania
Ah well, at least those less than thirty lucky people should be happy... :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SysAdmin on October 17, 2010, 04:25:34 AM
To make this even more interesting DiscreetFX has converted one of the Premium Subscriptions from a one year to a lifetime subscription. What that means is one lucky winner will have a Premium Subscription for the rest of their life.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 17, 2010, 02:29:00 PM
Quote from: Transition;585216
To make this even more interesting DiscreetFX has converted one of the Premium Subscriptions from a one year to a lifetime subscription. What that means is one lucky winner will have a Premium Subscription for the rest of their life.


Cobblers... :( A chance of a lifetime subscription and I can't enter it... :(

:( "sae much fur scoatish lucky white heather... whit a load o mince'n'tatties" :(
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Omega Space Protons on October 17, 2010, 06:25:55 PM
I can't see any email address on that page so I called the 1-800 number, is this ok or is it email only and if so what is the email cause I can't see it from my iPod touch.

Omega Space Protons
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SamuraiCrow on October 17, 2010, 08:30:38 PM
Quote from: Pyromania;585104
You have until 11:59 PM on October 17th, 2010 to do this. Please put Amiga.org Free Premium Subscriber Offer in the subject and body of your message.


There is no subject header on the form.  Do you mean the "name" entry?  I think I entered my real name on that entry.  Oops.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: mongo on October 17, 2010, 08:37:55 PM
Quote from: Omega Space Protons;585322
I can't see any email address on that page so I called the 1-800 number, is this ok or is it email only and if so what is the email cause I can't see it from my iPod touch.

Omega Space Protons


The e-mail form is a flash based application, so you can't see it if you're using an iPod, or an Amiga.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: motrucker on October 17, 2010, 11:22:15 PM
I too was a little thrown off by the screen that came up. I did use my amig.org handle though.
It would be nice to win one, but I never win anything...
At least Amiga.org will be supported for a while - so in that sense, we all really do win.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Omega Space Protons on October 18, 2010, 12:00:35 AM
Done, best of luck to everyone who participated.

Omega Space Protons
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Tension on October 18, 2010, 12:39:54 AM
Cheers Franko!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: tone007 on October 18, 2010, 12:50:13 AM
Quote from: Tension;585414
Cheers Franko!


Yeah, Franko, would you rather have a lifetime subscription for yourself, or 30 people saying "I've got this free year's subscription because Franko is a serious badass!"*




*of course taking into account DiscreetFX added on to the prizes, but not before the whole contest was prompted by Franko.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 18, 2010, 04:17:16 AM
We have started to give out Premium Subscriptions. Good luck everyone!

:)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Tension on October 18, 2010, 05:19:49 AM
Fingers crossed...
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 18, 2010, 06:34:48 AM
Quote from: Tension;585443
Fingers crossed...


Looks like crossing your fingers worked... ;)

(time for the lucky winners to start changing you title's now to something that reflects your personality... :) )
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: motrucker on October 18, 2010, 08:25:14 AM
Looks like I can't say I've never won anything, anymore. Many thanks to you, Franko, and to DiscreetFX. This was a really great idea to help support amiga.org.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: koaftder on October 18, 2010, 09:22:18 AM
I didn't even know this was going on, should visit the site more often. Congrats to all the winners!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Terminills on October 18, 2010, 10:10:49 AM
Quote from: motrucker;585462
Looks like I can't say I've never won anything, anymore. Many thanks to you, Franko, and to DiscreetFX. This was a really great idea to help support amiga.org.



Same here... Thanks Franko, and DiscreetFX. =]
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: JGB on October 18, 2010, 02:17:52 PM
Yep, out of synch with my viewing schedule, too.  Great idea, though!  Congrats to the winners and thanks to Franko and DiscreetFX.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Tension on October 18, 2010, 02:41:02 PM
Great Scott!!  Thanks folks!!!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Sandman on October 18, 2010, 05:08:00 PM
Is there a list of those that won?

I entered right after the offer was posted but couldn't remember yesterday if I listed my amiga.org  I.D. in the first email so I re-emailed again.  I guess that I should learn to read instructions better, hopefully I did'nt miss the boat :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SysAdmin on October 18, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
Quote from: Sandman;585522
Is there a list of those that won?

I entered right after the offer was posted but couldn't remember yesterday if I listed my amiga.org  I.D. in the first email so I re-emailed again.  I guess that I should learn to read instructions better, hopefully I did'nt miss the boat :)



We will have a winners list soon. The Amiga.org lifetime membership winner was motrucker.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: VingtTrois on October 18, 2010, 06:46:18 PM
Congratulations to motrucker!!!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: motrucker on October 18, 2010, 07:28:14 PM
Quote from: Transition;585535
We will have a winners list soon. The Amiga.org lifetime membership winner was motrucker.

I truly almost fell out of my chair! This rarely happens, but I am (almost) speechless. I can't believe this one. Some how thank you seems so totally inadequate - It will have to do until this sinks in...
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: tone007 on October 18, 2010, 07:41:43 PM
Alright, motrucker!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: J-Golden on October 18, 2010, 07:57:03 PM
Quote from: tone007;585555
Alright, motrucker!

A really big +1!!!!!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: ChrisUnionNJ on October 18, 2010, 08:34:09 PM
Congats motrucker!:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Chris  :rtfm:
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Karlos on October 18, 2010, 09:18:42 PM
Speech! Speech! *bangs table*
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Omega Space Protons on October 18, 2010, 09:21:38 PM
Congrates to everyone and motrucker for winning the lifetime subscription. I almost did a double take when I saw my title. I'm so excited  and can't wait to setup my amiga.org email address.

Omega Space Pirates
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 18, 2010, 09:22:12 PM
Congratulations to all the lucky winners... :banana:
and commiserations to anyone who entered and didn't win... :(
(Better luck next time... :) )

Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the team at Amiga.org & DiscreetFX for making this little competition possible. :cool:

I've cobbled together a wee bit of a musical ditty for all the lucky winners, hope you enjoy it... :biglaugh:
(it's not very good I know, but whit mer dae ye want fur nuthin... :) )

[youtube]Fj5h4axgxyQ[/youtube]

(Gawd know's how many copyrights i've infringed upon with this, but
there's no point in suing me, all me moneys buried in a secret stash under
the big chestnut tree in me back garden, Tee' Hee' they'll never find it there !!!
)

Cheers :drink:

Franko
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Gulliver on October 19, 2010, 02:10:41 AM
Congrats to all the winners!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Gavilan on October 19, 2010, 03:46:32 AM
Sure!! Congrats to all winners!!! And with Amiga...you ALWAYS win!!!! ;)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: AmigaEd on October 19, 2010, 04:03:49 AM
Whoooo!!!! Hooooo!!! I won one of the subscriptions! YEAH Baby!

I was wondering how I would know if I won a subscription or not, when all of a sudden I noticed my name was highlighted.

I can feel my newly acquired super powers surging through my very being!

Thank you very much to Franko and DiscreetFX!

Regards,
AmigaEd
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: desantii on October 19, 2010, 04:17:55 AM
I just noticed my name higlighted too! Awesome
 
Thanks Franko and DiscreetFX for settingt this up!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Lizard on October 19, 2010, 08:04:28 AM
Seems I was also 1 of the lucky ones!. :)

Thanks to everyone for making this possible!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: amiga92570 on October 19, 2010, 02:15:50 PM
So, where is the winners list?
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SysAdmin on October 19, 2010, 06:34:19 PM
Winners list


1. motrucker - Lifetime membership

The list below won a one year Premium Subscriber membership

 2. Omega Space Protons
 3. Piru
 4. Andre Segal
 5. amigadave
 6. SamuraiCrow
 7. mongo
 8. tone007
 9. Tension
10.  koafter
11. Terminills
12. Sandman
13. VingtTrois
14.  AmigaEd
15. desanti
16 Lizard
17. amiga92570
18. Golem!dk
19. blackhula
20. clusteruk
21. mobbyg
22. motorollin
23. bloodline
24. cecilla
25. T-Bone
26. Debaser
27. gizmo350
28. MattH
29. NovaCoder
30. number6
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SamuraiCrow on October 19, 2010, 06:50:14 PM
Yay!  I made it!  Thanks to everyone involved!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: amigadave on October 19, 2010, 07:47:43 PM
Quote from: SamuraiCrow;585699
Yay!  I made it!  Thanks to everyone involved!

Me too, though I didn't think I had since it is Tuesday and I had not been notified, or seen any list until just now.

Thanks Franko and Amiga.org administrators for this opportunity and for hosting such a great place for Amiga users of all types and flavors to congregate.

Amiga.org RULES!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Karlos on October 19, 2010, 07:50:06 PM
Quote
25. T-Bone


Wow, I haven't seen him in ages :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: alfredbonnabel on October 19, 2010, 08:42:32 PM
Awesome contest. Congrats to the winners!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: tone007 on October 19, 2010, 08:54:21 PM
Quote from: Transition;585697
8. tone007


So that's why my username turned orange!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: ChaosLord on October 19, 2010, 09:53:52 PM
I thought you ate too many carrots :D
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 20, 2010, 12:47:36 AM
Congratulations to all the winners... :)

Special congrats to motrucker for winning the lifetime membership... :)

For all of you who didn't win, then sorry, but keep your eye's peeled as I may sometime in the near future with the agreement of course of Amiga.org arrange another subscription give away... :biglaugh:

Keep the Amiga & Amiga.org Alive... :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: redrumloa on October 20, 2010, 01:11:09 AM
Quote from: Transition;585535
We will have a winners list soon. The Amiga.org lifetime membership winner was motrucker.

Hard to have happened to a nicer guy! Congrats mototrucker!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: amiga92570 on October 20, 2010, 01:36:22 AM
Glad I asked for the list, I did not know I was on it. Thanks
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 20, 2010, 02:09:23 AM
Looks like we gave out an extra one by mistake. Congrats Trev, don't worry you get to keep your one year Premium Subscription. It was our boo boo.

:)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Sandman on October 20, 2010, 03:30:08 AM
Thanks very much!!! :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 20, 2010, 03:41:50 AM
On a related Amiga.org note, we are looking for a kind soul, maybe one of the winners to create a nice Wikipedia entry for Amiga.org. Since A.org predates many sites including Wikipedia it would be nice if it had a entry.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 20, 2010, 04:01:03 AM
I'd like to volunteer for it, I think you may have noticed by now that I've got plenty of time on my hands (since the wife, kids, dogs, cat & pet tortoise left, a long, long time ago :) )

Only trouble is I'm not quite sure how to go about it. If someone else who knows a lot more about the net wants to have a go then thats great, but if you could give me an idea of how to start it then I don't mind having a wee go at it... :)
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: motrucker on October 20, 2010, 06:30:01 PM
Quote from: redrumloa;585775
Hard to have happened to a nicer guy! Congrats mototrucker!

Thank's for the thought. I still can't believe it...  I owe a very large thank you to Franko too, for starting this whole idea.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Piru on October 21, 2010, 04:03:12 PM
I didn't participate and I have the "Premium Member" status now. Did I miss something?
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: tone007 on October 21, 2010, 04:11:36 PM
A secret admirer probably entered you anonymously.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Franko on October 21, 2010, 04:32:52 PM
@ Piru

It's probably an award for long standing service to the Amiga community... :)

@ amiga92570

Hmm, yet another long standing award... :)

Seems like the old boys network was on hand here... ;)
 
(or Pyromania was a wee bit tipsy when he made the draw... :roflmao:)

:banana:What's it matter anyway, at Amiga.org everyone's a winner...:banana:
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: AmigaEd on October 22, 2010, 01:52:09 AM
This just occurred to me...

Since I'm a winner (in more ways than one) does this mean that I have access to an @amiga.org email address? If so, what do I have to do to set this up?

Regards,
AmigaEd
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 22, 2010, 02:02:10 AM
Quote from: tone007;586075
A secret admirer probably entered you anonymously.


Yup, several members requested other members win.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: marcfrick2112 on October 22, 2010, 03:14:52 AM
Quote from: AmigaEd;586154
This just occurred to me...

Since I'm a winner (in more ways than one) does this mean that I have access to an @amiga.org email address? If so, what do I have to do to set this up?

Regards,
AmigaEd

Well, I bought my sub. after the contest ended, but I'd also like to know about setting up the @amiga.org address.... Is the name just our A.org ID ?
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Kronos on October 25, 2010, 08:12:35 PM
Quote from: Pyromania;586156
Yup, several members requested other members win.


Weird......

I'm not on that list, and I can't remember every applying for it in any other way .....

Does this mean I can now replace that tiltle with "resident blue troll" ? And if so how ?
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: SamuraiCrow on October 25, 2010, 08:44:28 PM
Quote from: Kronos;586993
Weird......

I'm not on that list, and I can't remember every applying for it in any other way .....

Does this mean I can now replace that tiltle with "resident blue troll" ? And if so how ?


On the left column there is an entry near the bottom called "User CP".  Click on that link and you'll see an option close to the top for your custom title.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Kronos on October 25, 2010, 09:08:13 PM
Actually it was in "Edit your details".
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Omega Space Protons on October 26, 2010, 07:52:25 PM
Quote from: marcfrick2112;586158
Well, I bought my sub. after the contest ended, but I'd also like to know about setting up the @amiga.org address.... Is the name just our A.org ID ?
I also would like to know about setting up my @amiga.org fowarding address as i have plans to use it for my own amiga project that i am working on.

Omega Space Protons
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: J-Golden on October 26, 2010, 10:37:58 PM
I know someone won a life time subscription, but can a person BUY one?:python:
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: Pyromania on October 27, 2010, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: J-Golden;587302
I know someone won a life time subscription, but can a person BUY one?:python:


Sure if you really want one they are $195.
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: J-Golden on October 27, 2010, 12:36:55 AM
I just might.  It'll take a month or two to save up for it, buuuuuuut I think it would be worth it.  PLUS I'll get the snazzy E-mail account / forwarding setup. THAT ROCKS!!!!!
Title: Re: Premium Subscriber Giveaway Weekend!
Post by: runequester on October 28, 2010, 09:20:56 AM
Hot damn. I won I guess :)

And I'll second.. how do we set up the email forward thing ?


edit: I wasn't on the list of winners. Was mine a mistake ?