QSK's posts

Ed Rising

10:17 PM - September 22nd, 2006

Eddie.

Duality is done. It was good while it lasted.

Xero's posts

Xero’s Rant of the Moment

8:48 PM - July 24th, 2006

Instant Winners

I remember a time when you could open up a bottle of soda and look under the cap with anticipation and bated breath. To see if you had the fortunate timing and immense luck needed to win anything from a free soda to a new car. Or a time when you could go to a McDonalds and peel off a sticker and right there see if you had won something! When you could say “I’ve just won a free ice cream” and instantly redeem your frozen delicious prize.

But these days, it’s all gone. There are no more instant winners. Today’s contests involve codes and entries. Always requiring you to go online and enter the code from under your cap. Not only is the thrill of possibly being a winner completely gone, but it’s come to the point, where I don’t even care about the contests anymore. The act of entering said codes online is more than I wish to do for the slim chance of winning a motorcycle.

So please, companies, bring back the thrill. The fun! Bring back the chance for me to be an instant winner.