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Should deadlines for competitions and giveaways be provided in UTC?

During a discussion on The Bridge regarding this giveaway, this message was shared: Entries will be open until Friday 3/2 at 12pm EST. Selected entrants will be notified promptly. Depending on your ...
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Torchlight 2 Game Grant

Now that Torchlight 2 has a release date of September 20th, when can we expect to hear about the game grant from about a year ago?
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All of my questions have already been asked!

So my Diablo 3 game just arrived (Thanks SE!), and I'm keen to jump into asking all the questions I have about the game. The only problem is, since I received the game so late (shipping to Aus is a ...
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Game Giveaway Round 3 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier! [closed]

The deadline for applying to this game grant has now passed. The winners for this round are: Shinrai Fluttershy tiddy Mana James EBongo Mr. November Ullallulloo Axiom Ivo Flipse Stephen Arremer ...
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If I'm planning on buying a game but there might be some GSE giveaway for it, should I hold off?

Diablo III...blah, blah, pre-order...going to buy regardless, but if it might incur a promotional grant gaming giveaway should I hold off? Would the "receipt" need to be dated between some specified ...
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Games Giveaway Round 2- Don't fear the reapers! -Updated

Update: Just about everyone was selected. Emails are out/going out with updates. Welcome to the New Gaming Promotional Grant Round 2! Have fun while helping us create a wonderful database of ...
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New Gaming Giveaway Round 1- Go get 'em

Welcome to the New Gaming Promotional Grant Round 1! All users with at least 300 reputation are eligible to receive one free game from Gaming.SE. This round's featured games are Final Fantasy XIII-2,...
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Gaming Promotional Grant - Winter Holiday Season

Applications are closed. Welcome to the WINTER HOLIDAY EDITION of the Gaming Promotional Grant! Users in good standing can receive one free game on behalf of Gaming Stack Exchange. What's the catch? ...
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Do you have an iPhone / iPad? Do you want a free copy of Infinity Blade II?

Infinity Blade 2 comes out on December 1. Now, I know this isn't a hard-core gamer's first choice, but the first one got good reviews and a surprising number of views on the handful of questions we ...
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Gaming Grant Round 10 - Week of November 15th?

This round has been closed Welcome to the first double digit, the tenth round of the Gaming Promotional Grant! Users in good standing can receive one free game on behalf of Gaming Stack Exchange. ...
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Gaming grants - pre-orders and electronic reciepts

A successful grant applicant is required to send a copy of an electronic receipt. I have pre-ordered a game and I believe that (at least with Amazon), the money does not get taken out of my account ...
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When is the usual time to apply for the Gaming Promotional Grant?

So I was waiting for round 9 and didn't happen to come on here for two days, only to find I already missed it! How long are the grant applications usually open for?
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Gaming Promotional Grant - The Ninth Round (Starting November 4th)

Applications are closed Welcome to the Ninth round of the Gaming Promotional Grant. Users in good standing can receive one free game on behalf of Gaming Stack Exchange. What's the catch? Simple - ask ...
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Gaming Grant Rework Proposal -- 20 games every two weeks

While we continue with distributing the games from Brett's Fall 2011 Gaming Grant, we're considering new directions to take. After some deliberation, and taking other suggestions from the community ...
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Gaming Promotional Grant - Round 8

This round has closed Team is doing its best and preparing. Please wait warmly until it is ready. Welcome to the Eighth round of the Gaming Promotional Grant. Users in good standing can receive ...
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Gaming Promotional Grant - Round 7

This round has now closed. Team is doing its best and preparing now. Please wait warmly until it is ready. Welcome to the Seventh round of the Gaming Promotional Grant. This is an effort where ...
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What are the expectations of the Gaming Promotional Grant?

I got an email telling me I was eligible for this... And to be honest, I like the idea (free-to-me game? Who wouldn't?!), but there is one thing I am wondering about that I haven't really seen ...
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Gaming Fall 2011 Grant Results

As per this Meta announcement, the Fall 2011 Gaming Grant application process has come to... a bit of an abrupt end. As Brett, who was running it, cannot actually see deleted posts, this is simply an ...
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Cleaning up the game promotion grants

The way the current gaming promotional grants are working is a bit problematic. I am removing all the duplicate "nomination" posts from meta for now; for the next round we'll try to come up with a ...
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Community promotion sponsorship -- new game releases for community members

It's experiment time! We'd like to try the following -- with help from the moderators and community leaders. When a new "big" game is released, provide (x) copies of it gratis to gaming.se community ...