Enter to Win Resident Evil 5 and a Core i7 CPU!
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Resident Evil 5? Great game. Intel Core i7? Great processor.
Put those two things together and you have an amazing contest. Five very lucky winners will take home the amazing prizes of a copy of Resident Evil 5 for PC and a Core i7 processor.
All you have to do is hit this site and fill in all that is asked of you, and you're entered into our random draw. Winners must be legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia ("U.S.") who are 18 years of age or older as of date of entry, possess a valid U.S. driver’s license, and can provide proof of legal residency.
All eligible contest entries received before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2009. Drawings will be held on October 19, 2009.
Hit this link to be on your way.
Good luck!
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Don't care much for RE5... but i7 would be nice assuming one already has a board.
I have RE5 and a core i7 920. But hey i will enter anyway. mabey it will be a 975
I can't resist entering. I just hope I don't get too much spam from this.
I decided that from now on I won't click anything on Tom's that has the word "contest" in it.
It's as if they like crushing the dreams of non US readers! =(
Lots of contests.
Another US only contest. i hate this "US only" things. is it really hard to deliver prizes to another country?
and again...only for US readers.
annoying as HELL
let all of us enter.
Chance to win: miniscule
Chance to receive lots of SPAM: 100%
Nah.
From the looks of the game ports graphics I bet a old P4 could handle it.
Thank you Tom's.
Another US only contest. i hate this "US only" things. is it really hard to deliver prizes to another country?
Unfortunately, yes.
I'm no CPA, but I would think there would be tax implications to these contests that would make allowing non-US citizens a pain.
Just a processor? So then i'd have to buy a new motherboard and some memory? Hmm...
Just a processor? So then i'd have to buy a new motherboard and some memory? Hmm...
Sell the processor on eBay. Play the game. Win-win.
Sell the processor.
...
Sell the game too.
Sadly, I fit all those but a driver's license. DAMMIT. 2 weeks, 2 weeks...
FUCK YOU America only contest.
I just want that Corei7...Im still on a high end core 2 duo.Ive been playing RE5..its ok but its not like OMG first thing after work Im playing RE5 like manny games Ive played have done this to me.
Another US only contest. i hate this "US only" things. is it really hard to deliver prizes to another country?
It's not hard to deliver it, but there are legal issues involved with running competitions in other countries as well. There's red tape to get through, and most sites don't consider it worth the effort. Anyone remember the PNY 3D Mark Vantage contest? They didn't have to do anything but email you a code, but it was still a North America-only contest (although you could get around that since they didn't require proof of identity).
From the looks of the game ports graphics I bet a old P4 could handle it.
No. Usually console ports are terrible and require much much more out of a PC than it should. So much higher than that.
on weekends only ads news!
I'm In CANADA!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Great! Another contest restricted to just 36.6% of Tom's readership (remember?)
OK, since we're seeing a seemingly unavoidable trend here (Tom's contests being restricted to residents of the US of A), you could at least state in the article's title:"(US only)", as a courtesy to the majority of your readers.
P.S.: I just hope that the winner lives in the deep North of Alaska so they have a hell of a time delivering it
yay RE5 and a cpu that could probably run a dozen simultaneous instances of it.
I can do nothing with resident Evil, but sell it.
I can do about the same with a CPU, unless I'd magically cough up money to buy a mobo somewhere that supports a corei7 processor.
If I win it, I'll buy the stuff for the i7; otherwise I'll save up for an Atom netbook!
If this is going to be continue, than I will ignore any lucky draw price. Since last two of I7 is US ONLY.
I wonder if Tomshardware is US Only or International?
Be like it.
No offense to Tom's international readers, but that's what you get for living in another country. You Europeans and Canadians can still sleep well at night knowing your health care is provided at little to no cost to you.
As for why you can't enter, its a legal issue. Countries have different laws governing how prize drawings must be handled an awarded. Why do you think Rhode Island, U.S.A doesn't get to enter either?
No offense to Tom's international readers, but that's what you get for living in another country. You Europeans and Canadians can still sleep well at night knowing your health care is provided at little to no cost to you.As for why you can't enter, its a legal issue. Countries have different laws governing how prize drawings must be handled an awarded. Why do you think Rhode Island, U.S.A doesn't get to enter either?
If you really think europeans can live fine with their health care, then think again!
I don't know how things go in Canada, but 50% of Europe does not have health care.
You are probably thinking about the richest 10 countries, yes, they do have, but they also pay the price of 20,5 or greater percent tax!
Are you willing to pay for 20,5% tax?
Remember, that's about 5% more tax in the store, and much much much more percent tax off your wage!
Average wages are taxed between 40 and 60%!
Now you, with your 16,5%! Where are you?
Hey this is US-based contest. There are plenty EU-based ones. Go to Hexus for example.
Great! Another contest restricted to just 36.6% of Tom's readership (remember?)OK, since we're seeing a seemingly unavoidable trend here (Tom's contests being restricted to residents of the US of A), you could at least state in the article's title:"(US only)", as a courtesy to the majority of your readers.
P.S.: I just hope that the winner lives in the deep North of Alaska so they have a hell of a time delivering it
Hey!!! What's with the thumbs down???
Here! I quoted it so everyone gets a chance of reading it
By the way, I love it how many Americans equate "non-US" with "European". It truly confirms the results of this study, and this article by the president of the American Geographical Society.
City_zen, I didn't thumb you down, but I believe the reasoning behind it lies in your attempt to illogically equate the rules of this contest as being created by individual citizens of the United States (and not BestofMedia/Toms). The %36.6 is accurate, but what you fail to mention is that it's the highest concentration of readership in the world and double the 2nd highest (Germany at %18.3). It's a lot easier to cater to one area of shipping/tax laws than an entire world full of region-specific shipping/tax regulations. It is not an issue of favoritism or pro-American bias, therefore it is irrational to beget unwarranted resentment towards citizens who have NO control of the rules.
Cliff, thanks for your respectful and thoughtful reply (I thumbed you up, by the way
). I mostly agree with you, I know it must be close to impossible to create a contest that is valid in every country of the world. I mean, Pandora is a good example of the kind of problems you face when you cross national borders.
However, I think that if you're restricted to offering a contest to just 37% of your users, maybe you (i.e. Tom's) can show something along the lines of "(US Only)" in the title instead of after you describe the prizes. A little courtesy, you can call it.
What I do regret is that many Americans know little about Geography (sincere apologies to those who do and are offended by my generalization), and are too quick to think that anyone who comes to this site and is not American MUST be European, as if the rest of the world didn't exist. Read the comments above to see what I mean. That was the reason why I quoted those articles.
It wasn't my intention to hold every American responsible for the decision of the few people who manage this contest. I'm sorry if I was misunderstood about that and I came across a little grumpy.