*Contest now CLOSED....winners to be drawn in a bit....thanks to all who entered, shared their stories and pictures, or uprated*
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(This is a contest with some rules and things to bear in mind, and a question to "answer" below....please make sure to read everything below carefully before entering....that said....)
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So I have seen how some have been down in the dumps(to put it mildly) over the worldwide situation, and I said to myself: "GR, how can we cheer some people up a bit?"

And to that I said: "Why give out the gift of game, of course!" :D

So over the past few days I squirreled away a few copies of the Dungeon Siege Collection to give out to my fellow users(and maybe another surprise as well...we will see :)).
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Now for the "boring bits"(i.e. rules, guidelines, and one question/thing that must be filled out/replied to to be counted as a valid entry):
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Contest Timeline/window

The contest will be open from now until at least May 9th at around 5PM Eastern Standard Time
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Rules

1. The contest is open to all who registered before May 2020(So April 2020 and before is fine).
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2. One must answer the question/thing linked in the next section of this same post, and also state which prize(listed below) they are entering to win(The game listed, the mystery prize, or both).
(All entrants or even posters get entered in the rep prize automatically)
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3. One can enter either for themselves or to give it to a friend or family member.
(I would prefer it not be sold/traded away for games/money/etc, but once someone wins it's up to them what to do with it. All I ask is that if you are entering to sell or trade it later, please at least be honest about it...thank you)
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4. You must be able to accept a PM from me if you win.....either by adding me temporarily as a friend(if you win) so I can PM you your winnings, or setting your PMs to "accept PMs from all"
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5. One should be aware of some missing content with the games on offer(listed below in it's own section).

Optional guidelines

1. If anyone wants to uprate, i'd rather people uprate others more than me....but if one wants to then an uprate to the OP post alone would be appreciated to help me keep the thread from being buried(by low raters)

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Prizes(please be sure to list in your entry which prize or prizes you are entering for)

Dungeon Siege Collection(4 winners)

1 Mystery Prize

(Hint: It is something on GOG, that likely all would be ok with winning.....one can also change their mind if they enter for and win this and want me to pick someone else, but I think that is unlikely to happen)

A rep "door prize" to the one I give the solution to this thread to, of 5 rep points
(chosen based on who I think should get it or maybe at random....all posters will be entered for this one automatically)
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Contest Question/thing-Besides saying you are entering or trying to win, please do one of the following:

List one good thing you've done for others or that others have done for you recently(whether as part of your/their job, or just out of the kindness of your/their hearts).

List(or show as a pic) something good/kind done by others in your area that you've seen or heard about.

Post a nice image(or internet video) that makes you feel happy/good in some way(also if the link or pic is NSFW to some degree please denote or mark it as such in your post)
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Missing content issue(alluded to above)

The first two games do not come with their expansions. This is fine for the first game, but the second game's "true" ending is in it's expansion(though the main game of DS2 is good enough as is, imo), so please bear this in mind when entering(also one can buy the expansions cheaply on eBay and such, or in other places, if one wants them).

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Entrants(Game)
1. alexandros050
2. aRealCyborg-winner 4
3. ElPrimordial-winner 3
4. kai2
5. Mortius1
6. Persival2207-winner 1
7. PMPMGamer
8. TheMonkofDestiny-winner 2

Entrants(Mystery Prize)
1. aRealCyborg
2. ElPrimordial
3. kai2
4. Mortius1
5. Outriders-winner 1(to be paid soon)
6. Persival2207
7. PMPMGamer-winner 2(paid)
8. TheBigCore-extra small winner 3(paid)
9. TheMonkofDestiny

Entrants(Rep door prize)
1. alexandros050
2. aRealCyborg
3. bler144
4. ElPrimordial
5. kai2
6. MaxFulvus
7. Mortius1
8. Outriders
9. Persival2207
10. PMPMGamer
11. rjbuffchix
12. Sulibor
13. TheBigCore
14. TheDudeLebowski-winner
15. TheMonkofDestiny
16. zazak09

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And now the contest begins....good luck everyone :)
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*Contest now CLOSED....winners to be drawn in a bit....thanks to all who entered, shared their stories and pictures, or uprated*

I'll enter, if that's okay. (edit: For Dungeon Siege and the mystery package, which clearly won't be Gwyneth Paltrow's head... hopefully :P )

This was a little under a week ago. I was at a grocery store, doing the self-checkout lane and as I was loading on my stuff to the conveyor I noticed the couple in front of me had some issues with the payment. I think their card was lower than they anticipated, so they turned to me and said "sorry" and the guy jogged over to a nearby ATM to try and get some cash to cover the rest of the payment.

I don't know if they had the funds available that way or not - none of my business - and having been in the situation myself previously (and as a kid with my mother many years ago before that) I thought "I can help out" and I walked ahead to the register and entered in the remainder of the balance they couldn't pay. It wasn't much, and the woman was stunned and kept trying to pay me back but I didn't need to be paid back. It was enough to know that I'd helped them out, because I'd been there myself. I told her that if she ever found herself in my position and someone else in the one she and her boyfriend were in then hopefully they could help out at that point and that would be repayment enough as far as I was concerned.

Nice thing you did there. That said, what are you entering for...the dungeon siege collection, the mystery prize, or both? :)

Crap, forgot about that. I'll edit that into my post.

So no mystery box for ya then? That's ok....btw if you want to nominate someone else for your mystery prize entry slot(or want to change yer mind later) lemme know. :)

I was kind of on the fence about it. In my mind I was processing it as an either/or scenario, where I could enter for one but not both. I don't know where my thoughts are today, I guess. I'll edit the edit.

Not in, but I appreciate your generosity.

I guess it's partially on me for not labeling that BOTH option with big blinking lights, so people would realize it was an option. ;D

(Also cannot confirm nor deny it is a digital head in a box o.0 ;))

Edit: Also entered and GL to ya.

======================================= Thank You :)
======================================= Thanks to you as well :)

I'm in for the mystery prize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rE-uHxvsNQ

Dawwww......so cute. :)

Entered and GL to ya. :)

I should win solely because I posted the first cat video in this thread. (joking)

(Was gonna be a clip of Brian Griffin saying it, but couldn't find the clip I wanted)

I'll be in for the Mystery Prize!!!

and 1 nice thing... um... Technoblade uploaded a video like last week!!
Technoblade is a great MC youtuber but he does not upload alot.

Not in Gamerager, but thanks for your generosity.

During the quarantine, I have the habit to do shopping for an elder woman from my neighborhood. She fears the corona virus and she doesn't want to go outside. So I leave her grocery shoppings in front of her door.