14-02-2003 18:12									#1
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The race has begun!



The official Rise of Nations contest is now open, giving a chance to be one of 1000 lucky people to get a copy of the Rise of Nations beta!

Official contest

Apolyton contest

But this is not your only chance! Several fan sites will be having contests as well. The Apolyton "LOVE your NATION" Contest is now open as well! Later today look out for contests opening on RON Center, RON Empire, RON Heaven and RON Planet!!

	14-02-2003 19:14									#2
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Wow! This is nice, Markos, I did not know that the fan sites would be having their contests too.

	14-02-2003 19:32									#3
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A small question: can I participate in both contests (the official one and the Poly one)? It seems so, judging from what you said ("this is not your only chance"), but I'd like to know it for sure.

	14-02-2003 19:40									#4
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YES!

	14-02-2003 23:05									#5
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BTW, when will we know the results of these contests? I could probably look this up myself, but I won't.

	14-02-2003 23:40									#6
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Im all signed up lets hope i get a copy!!!! I want one really bad!!!!! I can't wait for monday to see who won and get more ideas about the game!!!!

	15-02-2003 03:57									#7
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I think I know the answer but, like Alexmn, I'd like to be 100% sure:

Can I only send in 1 entry for 1 nation or 1 entry for each nation? So only 1 entry for the Mongols and nothing else, or 1 for the Mongols, 1 for the Greeks, etc?

If it's only 1 entry total, is there any chance you can tell me for which country you're receiving the least correct answers for? As a history buff answering all 25 questions is a piece of cake so being forced to choose only 1 country is quite a dillemma (I was pleasantly surprised to find that two of the Chinese questions actually challenged me - briefly )

* Locutus prays to god that he doesn't make a fool out of myself by screwing a question up now

BTW, who came up with those questions? I think I discovered a (very) minor mistake in one of the Chinese questions But before I detail this I'll go to the library first next week to make 100% certain. I hate making false accusations and I hate making a fool out of myself by being dead wrong

	15-02-2003 04:02									#8
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our contest ends on the 21st and the results will be announced on the 25th

	15-02-2003 04:25									#9
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Markos,
Did we crosspost or was my question too stupid to warrant an answer?

	15-02-2003 04:36									#10
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quote: only 1 entry for the Mongols and nothing else

that's it

quote: If it's only 1 entry total, is there any chance you can tell me for which country you're receiving the least correct answers for?

come on....

quote: BTW, who came up with those questions?

Dan and me

quote: I think I discovered a (very) minor mistake in one of the Chinese questions

please mail me privately

	15-02-2003 05:02									#11
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Thanks for clarifying

Never mind, I was wrong after all I knew it was a good idea to double-check Please accept my apologies...

And now to make a tough choice... which nation to sign up for?

Last edited by Locutus on 15-02-2003 at 05:09

	15-02-2003 08:08									#12
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That is the question. Which one do people know the best but then they might shy away from that one. I guess I will probably just pick one and answer the questions I know and guess on the other ones. Figure that no matter what I have little chance - probably tons of people entering this contest.

	15-02-2003 13:43									#13
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in the end it will be pure chance
we are already in a three figure number

	15-02-2003 17:56									#14
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Funny, I thought that the questions would be about the nations as they are portrayed in RoN, not in real life. Never mind, I'm sure I answered them all correctly and now I'll just have to wait.

	15-02-2003 21:27									#15
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Mark,

Is that equating to a large number of clicks into the rest of the site? I haven't seen many new people on the boards since the contest was announced.

	16-02-2003 03:24									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus (I was pleasantly surprised to find that two of the Chinese questions actually challenged me - briefly ) * Locutus prays to god that he doesn't make a fool out of myself by screwing a question up now

which ones?, i found the last one to be near impossible because so many of the emperors wives shared last names

	16-02-2003 03:35									#17
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tniem, it's been a couple of good days, but not a blast. most news sites that usually publish our news have posted the MS press release but not ours. the official MS site hasnt linked to the contests, so most people found the fan site contests from the other fan sites...

	16-02-2003 03:41									#18
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wait, why did u add that last question in the Chinese section??

	17-02-2003 04:35									#19
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I believe there is a mistake in the Incas test. The answers for one of the Incas question is quite confusing because... do I send you a PM, Mark?

	17-02-2003 04:36									#20
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please do!

	17-02-2003 05:00									#21
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uhoh, Chile's Pres has come to take the test to get a game

	17-02-2003 05:16									#22
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Thats funny over 3 diget number people have entered here and there is going to be one hell of a draw. So to put it this way wining here is 1 out of 3 diget numbers unless you count what u answered but than another thing is think up the 1000 contest you have a 1 out of how many people enter to 1000 chance. The odds for the 1000 seem really good.

	17-02-2003 05:23									#23
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG please do!

PM has been sent

quote: uhoh, Chile's Pres has come to take the test to get a game

That's right HuangShang! I want it to Rise Chile!! what?.. Chile is not included? .. well, anyway I want it

	19-02-2003 11:27									#24
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So how many copies (total) is Apolyton giving away?

How many entries are there for each nation that there is questions for?

Also, I coulda swore that the contest was scheduled (originally) to end sooner than the 21th?!

	19-02-2003 11:31									#25
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I believe it's one copy per nation - 5 total.

	19-02-2003 11:59									#26
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quote: I believe it's one copy per nation - 5 total.

indeed

	20-02-2003 05:55									#27
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*sigh* Well, 15 people already know they have won the beta:

5 from Rise-of-Nations.de
5 from Rise of Nations Eden
5 from RoN Center

As the french webmaster so eloquently put it, lucky devils. And we, we only have to wait.

	20-02-2003 06:04									#28
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does the copies of the beta given to fansites take away from the 1000 used for the official contest?

	20-02-2003 06:25									#29
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No, I don't think so. It's 1K given out by Microsoft, and 5 by each of the fan sites that get them (except for RoN Heaven that is, who apparently decided to keep their copies. ).

	20-02-2003 14:30									#30
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RoN Heaven will be giving out their 5 later when the other contests from the other fansites are announces as to give people who didnt win another chance.