Hardware Giveaway: 5,000 Comments Challenge!
Update (27/02): we received 9000 comments – we hit the 5,000 mark! And the winners are: 1) graphic card goes to Joshua Lawson (#5533) from Sewell, NJ; 2) the mouse goes to Gareth (#5651) from Cape Town, South Africa; 3) the headphones go to Catalin (#8598) from Bucharest, Romania. Congratulations! All winners have already been contacted.
If you didn’t win, it may make sense for you to subscribe to our RSS-feed, more giveaways are coming! Thank you for participation!
Why should you get gifts only on Christmas and your birthday? We at Smashing Magazine love to give away things all year long. This time, you have a chance to get some really cool hardware.
Taking part in this giveaway is easy… well, maybe not that easy. We’re keen on seeing a lot of comments and want to see at least 5,000 comments in this post, so spread the word and help us get to 5,000 or more comments and then win one of the smashing prizes below.
The 5,000 comment challenge is important, folks. If we don’t reach that goal, then the prizes get torched. Okay, they don’t get torched, but the giveaway only kicks in after 5000 comments. It is not a random, unrealistic figure either; we got 3,800 comments in our recent books giveaway.
Prizes You Can Win
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2, with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory 2 x 256-bit memory interface, 2.4 teraFLOPS of GPU power and 1600 stream processing units.
Sennheiser PXC 350, a high-end travel headphone, with active noise compensation and a set for active attenuation of ambient noise.
Microsoft Arc Mouse Black, an ergonomic laser mouse with customizable buttons that folds to 60% of its fully expanded size; for both left-handers and right-handers.
How Do I Participate?
To participate, just leave a comment and tell us:
- Where in the world are you currently located (country and city), and
- How is the weather outside? Rainy? Sunny? Foggy?
The giveaway lasts until Friday, February 27th. The three winners will be selected randomly. Good luck, folks, and please spread the word!
Jan
February 27th, 2009 1:37 amI’m Jan from Cebu, Philippines. It’s been raining here for the last couple of weeks.
Cristian
February 27th, 2009 1:51 amLa Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sunny today.
fede
February 27th, 2009 2:01 amBagnarola, Friuli, Italy
Cold but sunny day – 10 celcius degree
Tommi
February 27th, 2009 2:02 amTurku, Finland
Cloudy and around zero degrees celcius.
Adrien
February 27th, 2009 2:04 amI’m in Marseille, France and it’s sunny of course (south of France) but a little windy and cold !
Sander
February 27th, 2009 2:13 amWageningen, The Netherlands
No wind, about 6,6 degrees Celcius and only a annoying drizzle..
it doesn’t rain, but you will still get wet
Sufiyan Ghouri
February 27th, 2009 2:14 amwhen the winner will be announced?
Daniel
February 27th, 2009 2:17 amCologne, Germany
sky grey
air 5°C
wind 6kts west
Chee Wei
February 27th, 2009 2:19 amI’m from Malaysia,KL….. cloudy outside
Tom
February 27th, 2009 2:22 amCanada – Calgary
It is -20°C, Current: Clear, Wind: S at 13 km/h, Humidity: 71%. Pretty damn cold. Snow on ground.
EL-B
February 27th, 2009 2:27 amLucan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
It was beautifuly sunny early morning but now it’s getting more and more cloudy.
Christian Girard
February 27th, 2009 2:29 amI’m in Lyon FRANCE
Good day and sunny
Valerio
February 27th, 2009 2:38 amI’m Valerio from Como, Italy.
It’s sunny outside, but quite cold!
Maurice Snip
February 27th, 2009 2:43 amHey Smashing Magazine, this is Maurice Snip from Emmen, The Netherlands. The weather is quite bad right now, it’s foggy and it’s raining. Typical Dutch weather as they say.
Mehdi RAIS
February 27th, 2009 2:46 amI’m from Casablanca, Morocco (, North Africa, worth reminding? xD). 35° outside, quite a normal day then.
totoloco
February 27th, 2009 2:47 amUshuaia, Argentina.
Cloudy.
Actually in summer: 8.8C / 4.7C
:P
Víctor Manuel Moral
February 27th, 2009 2:48 amI live in Torre-Pacheco (Murcia), SPAIN.
Outside, the weather is sunny!
Aaron
February 27th, 2009 2:49 amI’m in Mumbai, India. Clear skies and 35 degrees celsius, it’s a hot and muggy afternoon…
Nidhi Agrawal
February 27th, 2009 2:53 amhi.. doing my bit to reach the goal!!!
im in ahmedabad, india. weather outside is dry and hot!
Alex
February 27th, 2009 2:55 amIm in Trondheim, Norway!
We got real nordic weather with lots and lots of snow. Lets make a snowman!
Ruhi Kadri
February 27th, 2009 2:56 amIm from toronto, canada. its a cold morning, hope it doesnt snow.
Francisco Jose Carrillo Quesada
February 27th, 2009 2:56 amHi there!! I’m from Spain, normally I don’t have luck but this time I test myself.
Good luck for every one! ;)
Jens
February 27th, 2009 2:58 amGreetings from Cologne, Germany. It is cold and rainy.
Cosmin
February 27th, 2009 3:00 amOMG, you could almost have asked for 10.000 comments lol
Maria Inmaculada Rey Ortuño
February 27th, 2009 3:01 amHello I’m from Murcia (Spain) and to day is very sunny
Arien
February 27th, 2009 3:11 amHello!
I’m from Barcelona, Spain. The sun is shining today and it feels somewhat warm outside. Seems the cold winter is finally going away! :)
Funny contest! :P
csikszem
February 27th, 2009 3:12 amSzombathely, Hungary. Sunshine and 8 °C.
Hugo
February 27th, 2009 3:13 amAmsterdam, Netherlands. Grey, cold weather.
Sam
February 27th, 2009 3:17 amUnited Kingdom, Exeter, Gray bit of a windchill. 3 degress C
Stoiky
February 27th, 2009 3:27 amBucharest, Romania. Sunny but cold.
Bhargava
February 27th, 2009 3:30 amHyderabad, India
Sunny ( 37ºC )
Adrian
February 27th, 2009 3:34 amIm in Romania, Bucharest and the weather is Mostly sunny with 5 degrees C. Over and out! :)
George Radulescu
February 27th, 2009 3:35 ami’m in Bucharest, Romania
The weather is sunny
Vali Tatu
February 27th, 2009 3:36 amBucharest, Romania
It’s quite sunny but only around 5-10 degrees celsius
Gheorghe Tudor
February 27th, 2009 3:36 amBucharest,Romania. sunny
Giorgi
February 27th, 2009 3:41 amTbilisi, Georgia, cloudy.
Jon-Russell Davids
February 27th, 2009 3:41 amGood old sunny Cape Town, South Africa…
Paulo Coelho
February 27th, 2009 3:53 amI’m from São Luís, Brazil. Yeah, South America :)
Weather is cloudy, rainy at the end of day. Perfect time for listening to music on that Sennheiser playing Fallout 3 on the Radeon with that Laser Mouse. ;)
David Beljan
February 27th, 2009 3:59 amGreetings from Slovenia, Europe
sun is shinning, weather is sweet, yeah :)
jtresidder
February 27th, 2009 4:09 amSouthampton, UK – Sunny and warm for the first times in months!
Florian Hueter
February 27th, 2009 4:10 amGreetings from cold and rainy Fulda, Germany.
Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK
February 27th, 2009 4:10 amWoo, Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
That’s what I want to own
+ TURKEY , Ankara
+ Cloudy
Tim R.
February 27th, 2009 4:13 amI live in Bennekom, Netherlands.
It’s rainy, moist, and clouded. Around 8 degrees Celcius. Not that comfortable!
Milan van Bruggen
February 27th, 2009 4:19 amShould’ve read the article better. My current location is Zwolle (the Netherlands). The weather outside is dry, but not very sunny :(
Robin Muilwijk
February 27th, 2009 4:25 amHi,
Great contest! I’m from the Netherlands (Europe), from a small town called Bleiswijk.
Currently it’s clouded and grey outside, just stopped raining, no wind.
Khaerul Adzany
February 27th, 2009 4:35 amHello,
I’m from Bandung, Indonesia
Now the weather is a little bit cloudy outside, but it seems that rain wont start to fall soon.
Bartosz Rychlicki
February 27th, 2009 4:35 amFrom Poland, Gdańsk.
Its cold, but we see some sun at the horizont, at last!
Hugo Sequeira
February 27th, 2009 4:47 amHey, nice post! Here it’s sunny.. Portugal
Rob Barrett
February 27th, 2009 4:48 amI’m in south London, UK. It’s beautifully sunny outside, but it feels a little cold still.
aquabow
February 27th, 2009 4:52 amLuoyang,China
It’s a sunny day!
Bart
February 27th, 2009 4:59 amYes I hope I win.
Bart
February 27th, 2009 5:00 amRoermond, Netherlands, Dutch wether, it’s raining
Dennis
February 27th, 2009 5:12 amIt’s foggy this early Friday morning in Portland, Oregon…its was snowing yesterday!
Dan
February 27th, 2009 5:15 amJust wanted to let you guys know, I love this website and will keep coming back for more. I’m keen on that videocard too, so let’s hook me up as a winner :-D
doshaburi
February 27th, 2009 5:19 amIt’s tropical weather here in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia either rainny or sunny, but it’s cloudy today!
Abri Stegmann
February 27th, 2009 5:25 amI live in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Near Cape Town. The weather is sunny (30 degrees Celsius) and no clouds. Perfect.
Mark
February 27th, 2009 5:28 amand i was thinking 5000 commets are a lot… you got 8000 cand counting.
Adam Backstrom
February 27th, 2009 5:30 amPlymouth, NH, USA. It’s wet out with lots of snow on the ground, but getting warmer!
Mark
February 27th, 2009 5:32 amBucharest, Romania
- Sunny but cold as hell!
Jascha
February 27th, 2009 5:33 amhi i’m Jascha from Germany KA
it’s very cloudy and cold…
AnotherFlava
February 27th, 2009 5:34 amShawn Sandy Miami Florida Sunny sunnier if I win something ;)
Valeen
February 27th, 2009 5:38 amIt’s Valeen from Connecticut… and we are in for rain, snow, slush, wind… a typical New England day! Make it stop!!! :)
Noah Doersing
February 27th, 2009 5:42 amI live in Tübingen, Germany – the weather is, well, cloudy, sometimes sunny…
steve trauth
February 27th, 2009 5:45 amLouisville, Kentucky
The weather is 53 degrees and rainy.
Francesco
February 27th, 2009 5:47 amheyyyyy
here in salerno is sunny but cold!
have fun!
czokow geoffrey
February 27th, 2009 5:54 amliege, belgium
With some typical cold belgium wether, it’s around 10degree celcius.
Safuan
February 27th, 2009 5:55 amKelantan,Malaysia
Mostly Cloudy
Mimo
February 27th, 2009 5:59 amHi all
Greatings from The Netherlands, Utrecht.
The weather today: rainy (for the past few days)
Andy H
February 27th, 2009 6:04 amHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Currently sunny and +4c degrees!
Ben Davis
February 27th, 2009 6:10 amwhats up ppl…
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
The weather is cold: -28oC (without wind chill factor)
Jessica Wieberdink
February 27th, 2009 6:12 amHi guys, I’m in Oss (The Netherlands) right now browsing Smashing Magazine for inspiration,
on a cloudy miserable friday afternoon. When is the spring finally coming?
Najeeb Jarrar
February 27th, 2009 6:14 amAm in Amman Jordan, and its really rainy outside today
Ruben Leikarnes
February 27th, 2009 6:16 amMolde, Norway.
It’s snowing and it’s -2C outside.
The fjords are icecold and lakes are icy.
Florian
February 27th, 2009 6:23 amGermany, Dortmund.
unfortunately rainy, cold and melancholy.
Dmitry
February 27th, 2009 6:27 amI’m in Ukraine, Kharkiv.
There is sunny, and snow melts! So spring mood!
Devin
February 27th, 2009 6:37 amSunny and warm 63 f in St Augustine, Florida USA
Ashwin
February 27th, 2009 6:39 amIn Bangalore, India. Sunny and running around with water…
Maxime
February 27th, 2009 6:39 amI’m in Montreal, Canada…and it’s cloudy and windy today !!
Sindre Rosness
February 27th, 2009 6:40 amBærum, Norway.
Around one degree celcius and heavy snow and wind.
Le Roi de la Capote
February 27th, 2009 6:43 amParis, France.
It’s cold outside, 11.7°C. Smoggy, grey and unhappy weather.
Andris
February 27th, 2009 6:44 amLatvia, Riga
There is mild fog and drizzling rain outside.