So Anandtech screwed me over.

[Turin39789]

I glanced at the thread, and my impression is that you were the only one who entered an (at the time) invalid contest. The thread was really too short to be called a landslide victory. Now the contest has been validated, and for various legal reasons, they probably have to give everyone a chance. Just enter it and ask that the community support you. The tone of this thread doesn't really do you well imo, but I do think anyone in your shoes would feel a bit put out.

Anyway, my 2 pennies.

sandorski also nominated himself, though he then went on to vote for SunnyD

 

[SpatiallyAware]

ahh.. entitlement mentality. gotcha.

"he's the winner of the popularity contest.. and deserves it more than a random drawing"

It was a thread about an ugly case. An Antec rep came in and offered up the case to popular vote within the thread. SunnyD was very obviously winning the popular vote.

The thread is then locked and said case is moved to a ridiculous comment-based system that has nothing to do with how it was initially offered from Antec.


Pretty crappy..

 

[Lean L]

why does he deserve the case? what exactly did he do?

is he a homeless vet who's down on his luck and now this case will turn his life around?

Are you familiar with turning homeless vets around? I mean... turning their lives around?

 

[guyver01]

I think you have the definition of 'entitlement mentality' confused.

The entitlement mentality is simply when one believes they are entitled to something because of something innate in them.

SunnyD believes he's entitled to the case because he won a 10-post popularity contest in a sub-forum noone reads.

I think i got it right.

 

[SunnyD]

I glanced at the thread, and my impression is that you were the only one who entered an (at the time) invalid contest. The thread was really too short to be called a landslide victory. Now the contest has been validated, and for various legal reasons, they probably have to give everyone a chance. Just enter it and ask that the community support you. The tone of this thread doesn't really do you well imo, but I do think anyone in your shoes would feel a bit put out.

Anyway, my 2 pennies.

The thread was shut down before its course was intended to run.

Personally, I wouldn't care if myself or someone else from that thread got it. My main issue is now Anand's marketing dipshits made a huge flap about it because they weren't getting marketing $ from it. That was and is their only concern. Antec just wanted to give a case to the community, no strings attached.

 

[Turin39789]

Sounds like a Moderator Discussions thread to me, or PFI if you want to everyone to see the thread, which you obviously do.

KT

The moderator didn't decide to take it away, it reads like he was told it had to get approved first and he locked the thread in accordance with those instructions.

The contest is on the main page, how can it be a forum issue?

 

[Platypus]

Yeah I read the threads, it doesn't change what I said at all. The contest wasn't blessed by the powers that be here.. "fair" or not, it doesn't change anything.

 

[aigomorla]

The entitlement mentality is simply when one believes they are entitled to something because of something innate in them.

SunnyD believes he's entitled to the case because he won a 10-post popularity contest in a sub-forum noone reads.

I think i got it right.

isnt the whole point in the case being given because everyone who does read that little sub forum of mine said it was ugly?

 

[SpatiallyAware]

The entitlement mentality is simply when one believes they are entitled to something because of something innate in them.

SunnyD believes he's entitled to the case because he won a 10-post popularity contest in a sub-forum noone reads.

I think i got it right.

The problem is that Antec intentionally offered up said case in an sub-forum no one reads. The Cases forum.. That's the entire point - it was offered to a small selection of "purists" who actually give a crap about cases thus catering their intended market. A+ move on Antec for that, it's something you rarely see nowadays.


So now Anandtech has moved the case to the main section of the site, thus alienating the people it was initially intended for into not having a chance in hell of winning.

 

[Numenorean]

 

[Alienwho]

I'm not one to rip on people in threads very often but come on. Anandtech has every right to do what they did on their own forums and website. You are not entitled to win that case. This site is a business and a business decision was made.

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Also you can't blame anandtech for this 100&#37; either. If Antec wanted to give you the case, I guarantee they would find a way to give you the case. Instead they got an offer from anandtech to take the contest to the entire reader base, thereby generating more publicity and possible revenue.

Antec wins more than Anandtech does out of this deal and you getting the old screw job.

 

[Ksyder]

isnt the whole point in the case being given because everyone who does read that little sub forum of mine said it was ugly?

It's great that you feel such a sense of ownership as a moderator.

 

[aigomorla]

Its great that you feel such a sense of ownership as a moderator.

lol... thank you.

i take pride in my section. ()

But seriously... im the only catigorized mod for cases and cooling.
so i say its mine.

of course a senior has more power, but his name says senior and not cases and cooling. :sneaky:

 

[Turin39789]

I'm not one to rip on people in threads very often but come on. Anandtech has every right to do what they did on their own forums and website. You are not entitled to win that case. This site is a business and a business decision was made.

they do have every right to do that, they also have the right to close the forums alltogether.

what does having the right have to do with this discussion?

The topic is the lameness or awesomeness of what occured.

 

[guyver01]

That's the entire point - it was offered to a small selection of "purists" who actually give a crap about cases thus catering their intended market.

That exactly the point. they were giving it to a small sampling of "purists" .. intending to sway opinions.

If they're going to give something away... give it to the entire market.

What if microsoft came out tomorrow and said "We're giving away $1,000.. but the contest is only open to people who have installed Windows 7 Ultimate, along with Office 2010 Ultimate, and emailed us saying we're excelllent" ... by the way... only those people who qualify will get an email saying they're entered.

You dont think that once the public gets wind of this "fake contest" ... there wouldn't be outrage?

 

[dfuze]

not the prettiest of cases, that's for sure, but yeah that situation does stink

 

[SpatiallyAware]

That exactly the point. they were giving it to a small sampling of "purists" .. intending to sway opinions.

If they're going to give something away... give it to the entire market.

What if microsoft came out tomorrow and said "We're giving away $1,000.. but the contest is only open to people who have installed Windows 7 Ultimate, along with Office 2010 Ultimate, and emailed us saying we're excelllent" ... by the way... only those people who qualify will get an email saying they're entered.

You dont think that once the public gets wind of this "fake contest" ... there wouldn't be outrage?

That is about the worst example possible and has nothing at all to do with what happened.

 

[aigomorla]

That is about the worst example possible and has nothing at all to do with what happened.

agree'd i was about to write a comment about it.. but decided not to.

 

[waggy]

I agree with the OP that fucking blows.

 

[Numenorean]

 

[SunnyD]

That exactly the point. they were giving it to a small sampling of "purists" .. intending to sway opinions.

If they're going to give something away... give it to the entire market.

What if microsoft came out tomorrow and said "We're giving away $1,000.. but the contest is only open to people who have installed Windows 7 Ultimate, along with Office 2010 Ultimate, and emailed us saying we're excelllent" ... by the way... only those people who qualify will get an email saying they're entered.

You dont think that once the public gets wind of this "fake contest" ... there wouldn't be outrage?

You must not frequent many other forums. I know of several where company reps are constantly handing out freebies to the forum community via small, informal contests.

Anyhow, you want it to be about entitlement? Okay, fine. It's about entitlement. If the "contest" had run its course, perhaps someone else or two may have decided they'd like to have been considered for the case. At which point if one of them won it, then sure, I'd be happy for them. However I'd expect them to be equally as pissed if the rug got pulled out from under them as well.

This to me is about the forum community versus marketing revenue. In this case, I'm the forum community in question, hence I'm vocal. Got a problem with it? Tough shit.

 

[Ksyder]

The whole premise of voting for a user who deserves it was not the best way to do it. Obviously not a very well thought-out plan. However, the people that are constantly in the case forum are also the ones who are "opinion-leaders" among their less tech savvy peers, though, so it's really not such a bad idea to limit the contest to those folks anyway.

 

[Homerboy]

Antec will see this thread, and if they want even BETTER publicity, they will still send SunnyD a case.... no contest involved.

 

[Lean L]

You must not frequent many other forums. I know of several where company reps are constantly handing out freebies to the forum community via small, informal contests.

Anyhow, you want it to be about entitlement? Okay, fine. It's about entitlement. If the "contest" had run its course, perhaps someone else or two may have decided they'd like to have been considered for the case. At which point if one of them won it, then sure, I'd be happy for them. However I'd expect them to be equally as pissed if the rug got pulled out from under them as well.

This to me is about the forum community versus marketing revenue. In this case, I'm the forum community in question, hence I'm vocal. Got a problem with it? Tough shit.

 

[Turin39789]

That is about the worst example possible and has nothing at all to do with what happened.

exactly.

Ford wants to give away a brand new mustang to someone from a local enthusiast community, because that community regularly buys their products, accessories and influences the opinions of others.

Makes perfect sense.

Then someone other than the company(can't come up with a good stand in for AT) decides that instead of targetting the Detroit City Mustang Club, the contest has to be open to anyone who has ever bought a taurus, pinto, or even looked at one at the dealership.