Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

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  • madmatt621
    Banned
    • Dec 2006
    • 3000

    #16
    Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

    28 tickets and counting

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    • Starshot
      /DJS\
      FFR Music Producer
      • Dec 2004
      • 1794

      #17
      Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

      254 and counting.

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      • Tasselfoot
        Retired BOSS
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Jul 2003
        • 25185

        #18
        Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

        so, i did a little math. based on ebay prices, the zune is the best value to get for the points and then re-sell. the only 2 items worth getting just to re-sell are the zune and the xbox 360.

        if you price the zune at 150 + 15 shipping, it works out to about 121 points per dollar. if you price the xbox360 at 250 + 30 shipping, it works out to about 125 points per dollar.

        so roughly, 120-some points is = 1 USD. which makes sense, given that 1 song costs 125 points. there really isn't a big market for the other items, and things like fable and project gotham 3 are already flooded on the market.

        so, if you actually want to do this, your best bet is the zune. then playing that chicken game, you're getting roughly 20 points per minute (i haven't timed it, but it does get repetitive and what not. plus 1 minute is an easy number to use). that's 1 USD every 6 minutes or so, or about $10 an hour.

        so, yes. assuming you then spent 50 minutes playing per day (since that would max your 1000 points a day), you'd be getting about $8.33 a day. And it would take 20 days for each Zune. and finally, about $165 every 3 weeks, factoring out 1 day of rest or other such nonsense.

        not something you could make a living off of... but if you have 1 hour every day of "man, i have absolutely dick to do...." you could do this.
        RIP

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        • DarkProdigy
          FFR Veteran
          • Aug 2005
          • 893

          #19
          Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

          It's not limited to 1000 points a day. I've gained 4,037 tickets so far.
          Last edited by DarkProdigy; 06-27-2007, 06:20 PM.
          Are you a stepartist?

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          • jellygod
            FFR Player
            • Jan 2007
            • 1703

            #20
            Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

            oh yea i got that wrong on the 1000 points thing, but after you play chictionary for a while it is out of levels... so it might take a little longer to get that 360 or zune than i thought sorry guys.

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            • Raveren
              FFR Player
              • Sep 2006
              • 785

              #21
              Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

              Sweet, playing now.
              “A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.” -Leopold Stokowski

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              • Darkmonkey
                FFR Player
                • Oct 2003
                • 26

                #22
                Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                380, goin for the controller



                Ive been here longer then most...

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                • jellygod
                  FFR Player
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 1703

                  #23
                  Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                  current tickets 1,567! im gonna whore tommorrow till i get like 10-15k though lol.

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                  • Ramengan
                    FFR Player
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 772

                    #24
                    Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                    I'm bookmarking this. Thanks for the calculations, Tass.
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                    • thehuey
                      FFR Player
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 1

                      #25
                      Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                      The best site for solutions for some of the other puzzles is www.anagramssolved.com (flexicon, crosswire, etc)

                      If you're using Firefox, you can get a cool script here: Microsoft Club Live Hack. that helps you solve the puzzles in less than half the time.

                      Have fun!

                      Originally posted by jellygod
                      OK...I came across this site the other day that is run by Microsoft. You do these little games that require you to use there search engine. This takes a while seeing as the max points for the games is 25 per game. However, if you do this when your bored/ have nothing to do it's not that bad.

                      There is one game called chichionary where you have to descramble letters into words. I use this game and a word descrambler to cheat and get 20 points per cleared round. However, there are only a certain amount of rounds of chichionary available right now so once you complete them it will take a while for them to come out with new rounds.

                      The site itself


                      the word descrambler
                      http://www.thewordfinder.com/scrabble.php

                      Hope FFR enjoys this and gets some 360s!
                      Last edited by thehuey; 06-28-2007, 12:21 PM.

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                      • whiteflame
                        FFR Player
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 378

                        #26
                        Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                        Good stuff, anyone win anything yet?

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                        • jellygod
                          FFR Player
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 1703

                          #27
                          Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                          Originally posted by whiteflame
                          Good stuff, anyone win anything yet?
                          nah not yet i do have 3.5k tickets though, im saving up for the vista.

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                          • whiteflame
                            FFR Player
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 378

                            #28
                            Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                            Man this stuff takes forever.

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                            • purebloodtexan
                              FFR Player
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 2845

                              #29
                              Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                              All IBM employees got a 360 for free, so I'm covered.


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                              • hayatewillown
                                FFR Veteran
                                • Dec 2005
                                • 413

                                #30
                                Re: Attention! Free Microsoft Merchandise!!

                                Oh... my... god. This is awesome.

                                I won a halo 2 tournament over here in NC and I got halo 3 on reserve. I'm getting it free too because I won. I don't know have 360 though, but this will help!

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