"Win it in a minute" trivia
Jan 27, 2011, 7:45 am
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Jan 27, 2011, 8:29 am
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hmmm..
frankly I dont know the reason but it would be tough for me to believe that no other developed country ( SIN, Japan, Germany,Swiss etc etc) have lawa for contests.. I believe many many hotel chains do have contests for most regions including those normally exempted from IHG contests for some reason
I think it may be more to do with IHG legal department at the max or just that they dont wanna target clients in regions where they are already getting decent business (its just a guess)..
For eg.. In 2009, they had the free nights contests in Asia too, while the last time IIRC, the rules changed..
frankly I dont know the reason but it would be tough for me to believe that no other developed country ( SIN, Japan, Germany,Swiss etc etc) have lawa for contests.. I believe many many hotel chains do have contests for most regions including those normally exempted from IHG contests for some reason
I think it may be more to do with IHG legal department at the max or just that they dont wanna target clients in regions where they are already getting decent business (its just a guess)..
For eg.. In 2009, they had the free nights contests in Asia too, while the last time IIRC, the rules changed..
http://www.yourlegalcorner.com/artic...%20Alert&ID=27
Jan 27, 2011, 8:34 am
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Utter nonsense!
all promos are very clear about which laws should apply if you participate
you accept that.
For this promo it is
Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in
connection with the Trivia Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
all promos are very clear about which laws should apply if you participate
you accept that.
For this promo it is
Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in
connection with the Trivia Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
Using your argument, I suppose the operators of online gambling sites could get away with offering them to US players by writing "the laws of XYZ apply" (XYZ being a country where only gambling is allowed), but as far as I know, the US government doesn't see it that way and has arrested management of large offshore online gambling companies when they tried to enter the US.
Jan 27, 2011, 9:19 am
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Jan 27, 2011, 10:25 am
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Speed
Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see how the top people get the scores they do. The top person today have 47000+ obviously they answered all 5 questions right, but they would have had to read the question, all the answers click the right radio button and click next in something like 2 seconds. It takes me longer to move my mouse than 2 seconds...
Is there some sort of speed shortcuts I am missing? Granted I am a slow reader, but DANG!
Bang...also my first flyertalk post...been lurking for awhile.
Is there some sort of speed shortcuts I am missing? Granted I am a slow reader, but DANG!
Bang...also my first flyertalk post...been lurking for awhile.
Jan 27, 2011, 10:42 am
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Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see how the top people get the scores they do. The top person today have 47000+ obviously they answered all 5 questions right, but they would have had to read the question, all the answers click the right radio button and click next in something like 2 seconds. It takes me longer to move my mouse than 2 seconds...
Is there some sort of speed shortcuts I am missing? Granted I am a slow reader, but DANG!
Bang...also my first flyertalk post...been lurking for awhile.
Is there some sort of speed shortcuts I am missing? Granted I am a slow reader, but DANG!
Bang...also my first flyertalk post...been lurking for awhile.
Jan 27, 2011, 10:52 am
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Haven't even bothered with today's yet. Overall its fun, but not as good as the Anywhere challenge.
Jan 27, 2011, 11:14 am
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Couldn't agree more!...some of the questions are a few lines and by the time you read them properly and look down to the possible answers and move your mouse its on about 7 - 8,000.
Haven't even bothered with today's yet. Overall its fun, but not as good as the Anywhere challenge.
Haven't even bothered with today's yet. Overall its fun, but not as good as the Anywhere challenge.
Jan 27, 2011, 11:28 am
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While I am enjoying playing the game, I am honestly a little dismayed at this promo. I mean, IHG seems determined to hand out millions of points one way or another, to further dilute their value to nothing. No wonder Pointbreaks have turned into utter trash when they hand out points like candy for everything.
Jan 27, 2011, 11:33 am
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Well, I think the whole thing loads first, so connection speed shouldn't enter into the equation here.
I think I once got a 10K on a question, but, of course, I didn't get five right that day.
My wife's account is still in the top 50 for the week so far, so if she does OK tomorrow, she could get some points. She is getting 5K for one day already.
I think I once got a 10K on a question, but, of course, I didn't get five right that day.
My wife's account is still in the top 50 for the week so far, so if she does OK tomorrow, she could get some points. She is getting 5K for one day already.
Jan 27, 2011, 12:25 pm
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Well, I think the whole thing loads first, so connection speed shouldn't enter into the equation here.
I think I once got a 10K on a question, but, of course, I didn't get five right that day.
My wife's account is still in the top 50 for the week so far, so if she does OK tomorrow, she could get some points. She is getting 5K for one day already.
I think I once got a 10K on a question, but, of course, I didn't get five right that day.
My wife's account is still in the top 50 for the week so far, so if she does OK tomorrow, she could get some points. She is getting 5K for one day already.
Jan 27, 2011, 12:44 pm
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The contestant pool is smaller than I expected, at least for now. Before I took today's quiz I checked my standings, with a score of 0 I was in the top 300 for the day.
I aced the questions and am currently top 50 for the week, unless I butcher tomorrow this promo has given me enough points for gold qualification. I can happily use them but am not sure why ICHG feels the need to dump this many points into circulation.
I aced the questions and am currently top 50 for the week, unless I butcher tomorrow this promo has given me enough points for gold qualification. I can happily use them but am not sure why ICHG feels the need to dump this many points into circulation.
Jan 27, 2011, 12:49 pm
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The contestant pool is smaller than I expected, at least for now. Before I took today's quiz I checked my standings, with a score of 0 I was in the top 300 for the day.
I aced the questions and am currently top 50 for the week, unless I butcher tomorrow this promo has given me enough points for gold qualification. I can happily use them but am not sure why ICHG feels the need to dump this many points into circulation.
I aced the questions and am currently top 50 for the week, unless I butcher tomorrow this promo has given me enough points for gold qualification. I can happily use them but am not sure why ICHG feels the need to dump this many points into circulation.
No doubt, but the end of the promo, we won't feel this way.