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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on March 29, 2010, 03:51:11 PM

Title: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 29, 2010, 03:51:11 PM

:bow Bioware :bow2 

:bow Developer of the Decade :bow2

http://social.bioware.com/bazaar

Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition Artwork Branded Computer     2     $2,000.00     $4,000.00     
   Mass Effect 2 Cover Artwork Branded Computer    3    $2,000.00    $6,000.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Branded Xbox 360    1    $300.00    $300.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins White Box Art Branded Computer    1    $2,000.00    $2,000.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Black Box Art Branded Computer    1    $2,000.00    $2,000.00    
   Penny Arcade Prize Pack    1    $100    $100    
   Shepard Statue    16    $54.95    $879.20    
   Mass Effect 2 Assassin Poster    41    $10.00    $410.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Genius Poster    41    $10.00    $410.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Leader Poster    41    $10.00    $410.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Loyalist Poster    41    $10.00    $410.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Savage Poster    41    $10.00    $410.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Team Poster    56    $15.00    $840.00    
   Mass Effect 1 Poster    31    $10.00    $310.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Poster by Craig Mullens    31    $15.00    $465.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Blessed Poster    23    $10.00    $230.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Vangaurd Poster    23    $10.00    $230.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Witch Poster    23    $10.00    $230.00    
   Mass Effect Artbook    60    $20.00    $1,200.00    
   Jack Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Garrus Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Illusive Man Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Omega Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Minuteman Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Collector Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Afterlife Litho    11    $29.95    $329.45    
   Dragon Age: Origins Grey Warden Shirt    31    $24.00    $744.00    
   Griffon Hat    21    $15.00    $315.00    
   ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 Graphics Cards    20    $179.99    $3,599.80    
   Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB hard drives    20    $99.99    $1,999.80    
   4GB HyperX DDR3 & Hyper X Fan    5    $141.99    $709.95    
   8 GB Memory Stick    3    $35.99    $107.97    
   30GB Kingston SSDNow    3    $123.99    $371.97    
   4GB HyperX DDR    2    $129.99    $259.98    
   BioWare T Shirt (Black)    58    $20.00    $1,160.00    
   Mass Effect X360    20    $29.99    $599.80    
   Jade Fleece    33    $14.99    $494.67    
   Jade PC    33    $14.99    $494.67    
   Jade Strat Guide    33    $14.99    $494.67    
   Jade Mouse Pad    133    $6.99    $929.67    
   Inflatable Swords    50    $4.99    $249.50    
   Mass Effect Comic #1    70    $4.99    $349.30    
   Mass Effect Comic #2    70    $4.99    $349.30    
   Mass Effect Comic #3    70    $4.99    $349.30    
   Dragon Age: Origins Comic #1    70    $4.99    $349.30    
   Mass Effect faceplate    26    $12.00    $312.00    
   Mass Effect Novel #1    85    $7.99    $679.15    
   Mass Effect Novel #2    85    $7.99    $679.15    
   Dragon Age: Origins Novel #1    65    $14.99    $974.35    
   Dragon Age: Origins Novel #2    65    $14.99    $974.35    
   Dragon Age: Origins game Xbox 360    25    $69.99    $1,749.75    
   Dragon Age: Origins Window Cling    25    $6.99    $174.75    
   Mass Effect Cd    26    $11.99    $311.74    
   Where's Shepard Cling    25    $3.99    $99.75    
   Iphone/itouch skins    25    $9.99    $249.75    
   N7 Hoody    21    $58.00    $1,218.00    
   Jade Empire CD    1    $14.00    $14.00    
   N7 Shirt (Black)    22    $24.00    $528.00    
   N7 Hat    11    $24.00    $264.00    
   N7 Sticker    11    $3.99    $43.89    
   SR2 Sticker    11    $3.99    $43.89    
   Prima Strategy Guide - Mass Effect 2    1    $19.99    $19.99    
   Bloodpack Tee - Charcoal    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Cerberus Tee - Black    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Cerberus Tee - Charcoal    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Logo Tee    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Mass Effect 2 Paragon Tee    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   N7 Logo Tee - Charcoal    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   N7 Logo Tee - Red    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Renegade Big Star Tee - Military    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   N7 Logo Junior Tee - Black    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   N7 Logo Junior Tee - Pink    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Cerberus Junior Tee - Black    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Cerberus Ball Cap    1    $24.00    $24.00    
   SR2 Ball Cap    1    $24.00    $24.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Junior Tee - Scarlet    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Enchantment Tee    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Griffon Tee - Red    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Tee - Red    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Tee - White    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Griffon Tee - Military    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Morrigan Disapproves Tee    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Zevran Approves Tee    12    $24.00    $288.00    
   Dragon Age: Origins Arch Demon Lithograph    1    $29.99    $29.99    
   Dragon Age: Origins Pride Demon Lithograph    1    $29.99    $29.99    
   Prima Strategy Guide - Dragon Age: Origins    1    $24.99    $24.99    
   Prima Strategy Guide - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakenings    1    $19.99    $19.99    
   BioWare Beanie    1    $12.00    $12.00    
   BioWare Travel Mug    1    $10.00    $10.00    
   BioWare Logo Tee - White    2    $20.00    $40.00    
   Mass Effect PC    33    $19.99    $659.67    
   Mass Effect 2 PC    33    $49.99    $1,649.67    
   Dragon Age: Origins PC    33    $49.99    $1,649.67    
   Headset    8    $299.99    $2,399.92    
   M11x AlienWare Laptops    3    $1,419.00    $4,257.00    
   GUNNARS gaming glasses    12    $100.00    $1,200.00    
   Total    2189       $62,908.40
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Fragamemnon on March 29, 2010, 03:58:06 PM
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL (of all sorts of awesome stuff)

I'd love to have an SR2 baseball cap.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 04:25:03 PM
sounds like you can get a lot of points for games you don't own by filling out the questionnaire.  I can't see the Dragon Age Origins or ME2 ones, but this is the awakening one

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   Name the party member that makes a return in the expansion pack?                
   In the Penny Arcade Comic, what is the antagonist's last name?          
   What are the dangerous new darkspawn commanders that can think and speak called?          
   What part of Ferelden does Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening take place in?          
   How many new spells are introduced?          

http://social.bioware.com/token_questionnaire.php?game_id=11
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 04:29:22 PM
*scans list*

All that work for junk
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 29, 2010, 06:26:23 PM
Already got 5,470 tokens. :rock

I'll make a stab for one of those Radeons.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Positive Touch on March 29, 2010, 07:30:32 PM
so hold on, break it down for someone who's a little slow

first you get tokens, then you get the ability to bid on this shit?  is that how it works?
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 07:32:07 PM
Yeah, you have to do work to enter an auction which you probably wont win

Waste

Of

Time
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 29, 2010, 07:48:56 PM
so hold on, break it down for someone who's a little slow

first you get tokens, then you get the ability to bid on this shit?  is that how it works?

First you get tokens, then you use to tokens to bid on items.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 07:50:50 PM
there are 2189 items up.  at the very least you should be able to get something for free.  chances are the people who are stocking up on the points will go after the big things like the computer or graphics card.  you can probably get the mass effect art book by pooling all your points on one of them or something like that.

i'm probably gonna put in the 5000-some into one of the N7 things like a hat or hoodie.  the shirt and hoodie don't look bad as far as video game clothing go.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 29, 2010, 07:52:18 PM
Yeah, I think most people will be like Demi and think that they won't have a chance at winning.  So people who actually put in the effort to get some tokens will probably come away with something. 
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 07:54:50 PM
I'm sure winning a... what, a Lithograph, will be worth the effort
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 07:59:43 PM
a jade empire mouse pad valued at $7 is worth the effort
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 29, 2010, 07:59:50 PM
We should just compile our tokens so that at least one person here would get something.  Just don't let Mupepe hold the prize.  
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 08:02:03 PM
below are the answers for the dragon age origins and awakening questions if you don't own them:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
origins:

Shale
Leliana
Orzammar
Hurlock
Sacrifice

awakening:

Oghren
Howe
Disciples
Amaranthine
24
[close]

there is an ME2 one also

Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Yeti on March 29, 2010, 08:03:53 PM
I kind of want some of the Mass Effect 2 stuff.  :-[
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 08:04:43 PM
God the social website is garbage
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 08:07:21 PM
What are the links for those quizzes? Apparently I have 2200 points just from registering DAO and making a social account. I need the ME2 quiz and DAO:A
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 08:09:54 PM
http://social.bioware.com/token_questionnaire.php?game_id=11  <Awakening
http://social.bioware.com/token_questionnaire.php?game_id=10  <ME2

website is junk and impossible to navigate, yeah.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Cool I'm up to 5450 now. I'll dump all my shit into an expensive item and be done with it
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Vizzys on March 29, 2010, 08:22:20 PM
http://social.bioware.com/brc/96887

referral linx would appreciate clicks so i can win some useless crap
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 29, 2010, 08:32:22 PM
Click my links, fools:

http://social.bioware.com/brc/67347 (http://social.bioware.com/brc/67347)
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: naff on March 29, 2010, 08:59:29 PM
Is there any way I can help you Americans out with this stuff. I went ahead and got some points and could easily get more but I read the terms and conditions and of course my hick NZ ass can't actually win anything in this, it's restricted to the states and a couple other places.

I can't see anyway of transferring points so I'll ditch this  :(
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: The Sceneman on March 29, 2010, 09:06:47 PM
boo-urns! This is what the countdown was for? I was hoping for Mass Effect 2 awkenings :(
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Ichirou on March 29, 2010, 09:27:50 PM
Some of this stuff seems cool...I wonder if they ship to US territories.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: trippingmartian on March 29, 2010, 10:25:34 PM
So this is a Canadian studio and they exclude Canadians from participating?
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Ichirou on March 29, 2010, 10:30:14 PM
I guess Canada just isn't important.  Even Canadians realize it.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: pilonv1 on March 29, 2010, 10:36:50 PM
click me please :(

http://social.bioware.com/brc/538172

wait they only ship for US? :(
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on March 29, 2010, 10:52:38 PM
America  8)
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on March 29, 2010, 10:59:03 PM
if we're doing the click thing

http://social.bioware.com/brc/41664
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2010, 01:02:45 PM
There's going to be more bazaars for people who don't live in the US:

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Hi everyone -
The BioWare Bazaar was launched this week as the start of a year-long celebration around BioWare’s 15th anniversary.

We recognize that BioWare has a global community, and the Bazaar this week was originally intended to be an international event to reflect our truly global fanbase. Unfortunately, we encountered some last-minute legal complications around how contests can be structured in different parts of the world that prevented us from including all territories in this first event, even though that was our original goal. And for that, we sincerely apologize – our goal with this sort of celebration is to show all our fans worldwide how much we appreciate your support!

BioWare definitely really values all members of our world-wide Community, no matter where you live. Accordingly, in the coming weeks, we will be announcing details about future events specifically for fans living in those territories which were excluded from participating in the first BioWare Bazaar. The future events will be a bit different from the first Bazaar in how they’re set up and structured, but our goal is to feature the same caliber of awesome prizes and great BioWare collectibles. We’ll announce more details in the coming weeks :)

The reception from those fans who have been able to take part in this first event has been incredible – thank you for participating! - and we’re looking forward to future events where we can enable fans from additional territories to also join in the fun.

Thank you all for your continued and ongoing support and participation in the BioWare Community – we really appreciate all your support over the past 15 years, and the future will be even brighter!

Sincerely,

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk
Co-founders, BioWare

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/54023/BioWare-Bosses-Apologies-For-Bazaar-Region-Restrictions (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/54023/BioWare-Bosses-Apologies-For-Bazaar-Region-Restrictions)
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Beezy on March 31, 2010, 01:10:11 PM
I really wanna build a gaming PC this summer (Civ5 woot). I'm gonna try to win any PC part I can if possible.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Vizzys on April 06, 2010, 08:46:40 PM
I won some comics + an artbook


not bad for zero effort


Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 06, 2010, 08:50:33 PM
Both of the auctions I've seen so far have been double my token total.  :-\
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: demi on April 06, 2010, 08:52:21 PM
http://social.bioware.com/auction_list.php

:rofl

Yeah, I am not even bothering

Like I said
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on April 06, 2010, 09:02:57 PM
I need double my amount to stand a chance at posters.  sweet.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Vizzys on April 06, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
the key to victory was the referral links overall, I got like 5000 tokens that way (CAG + Somethingawful)

the twitter shit never worked out for me, people who won those dumb challenges are the guys bidding on computers and shit
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 06, 2010, 09:06:16 PM
the key to victory was the referral links overall, I got like 5000 tokens that way (CAG + Somethingawful)

Yep, the only people who are going to win anything are the people who boosted clicks with a group of people.

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the twitter shit never worked out for me, people who won those dumb challenges are the guys bidding on computers and shit

I tried that half a dozen times and got nothing.
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: cool breeze on April 06, 2010, 09:15:02 PM
I had 60 points from that link thing because I only posted it here
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: pilonv1 on April 06, 2010, 10:09:29 PM
What a massive waste of time this looks like :lol
Title: Re: Free Stuff from Bioware
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 07, 2010, 10:46:25 AM
There's not nearly as much competition now as there was in the evening

I won 2 Mass Effect lithographs  :D

And yet nothing has gone for less than 8,900 tokens. I've got 5,780 tokens.