so who is the winner

drawing isn't until tomorrow...

:blink:

oh i read some where it was today

it was over today at midnight.....

i think they should take off the banner on the main page advertising that they can win a robot.

Just received this PM................they are changing the rules. Just like our federal...........nevermind.



Hey Truckers,


The giant Optimus Prime competition was due to end today, however there is been a flood of requests from players in the last week who are very close to one of the mileage targets. So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas combined, we’re extending the deadline by fourteen days. But not a day more!


For those of you who’ve been clocking up serious mileage, don’t worry. We’re adding a final mileage multiplier to increase your chances to win. Up to now, there was a maximum of two entries for completing over 20,000 miles in the game. However, anyone who hits 40,000 miles before the 14th December will get an additional *four* entries into the draw (so, in total that is six chances to win).


The winner will be announced before Christmas, with the prize being dispatched asap!


Amended competition details will be available at http://www.trukz.com/competition.asp


Have fun, and keep on truckin


The Trukz Team!

i got that to

well if i allredy driven past 30k before this will i get pms saying that i get another entary btw thats stupid to extend it there only dooing it so that more people will play and then quit when its over

So because some drivers couldn't hit the "target mileage" within the designated time allowed, the rest of us who worked hard and did hit the mileage as per the original rules will have a lesser chance of winning.

That doesn't really sound fair to those of us who followed the original rules.

I tried replying to that message saying that I didn't want it, and it got an error saying that it wasn't a driver :(

Well you can have 8 total chances if you get 40K miles...That is my goal I suppose.

-WarMan v2

No, 4 chances if you get 40k logged.

You get one entry every 10k logged. 1x4=4 :P


-Mr Bear

So because a few people couldn't average 1.111111(repeating) loads a day we all have to suffer? (well maybe not suffer but you get the point)

I mean lets look at this.
30 days = 720 hours
min speed 40mph = 28,000 miles in a month (in theory)
10,000 miles divided by 40mph = 250 hours of gameplay
250 hours = 10.5 days to 21 days (playing as much as possible to playing 12 legs a day)

You can go what 26 legs in a day, and even with a slow truck it wouldn't take more then about 21 days to get that 10,000 if you are a dedicated player and even if you aren't a dedicated player you could easily get that within 30 days.

So really all extending this contest is doing is awarding the players that don't have a good dedication to this game, and will not hang around after this contest is over.

Actually, we were both wrong. :lol:

I meant to post 6 because that is what I read, but I accidently wrote 8...

-WarMan v2

See I understood it as.

10k = 1 Chance
20k = 1 extra chance
40k = 4 extra chances

For a total of 6 chances.

Well, it is probably drivers that joined later in the month that were complaining about the deadline...

-WarMan v2

so when is the 40k calculated from? cuz technically I should have already logged 40k in this month, well month of November. And I didn't get an email saying I got another entry. Not that I even want the thing, I'm just wondering.

Since I reached 40K before the extension would that be why? Does the code not look for existing candidates & only for people that hit the mark in the future? If so, someone should look into that. But I may just be speaking too early & the email is just being slow or something.

I've driven 39,045 miles in the 26 days since I created this driver. Suppose it doesn't much matter if they delay it. I'll hit the 40k target tomorrow.

I feel this greatly discredits omac.

I mean who changes the rules at the last minute? Heck I am one of those people who was near a mileage limit (30 k miles) and I didn't say a peep. I was missing it because I missed around 13 hours one day due to running late for work.

I played before the contest, and I will play after, but I certainly picked up loads I normally would have ignored hoping to win something.

I feel that even receiving the extra 4 chances greatly discredits the spirit of the contest. A good real life example would be:

Just saying, I know this is a game, but I respect companies who try to do the right thing for everyone. If you always give people another chance they will never learn to take the right action the first time.

Oh, yup yup I didn't get the Extra part in there :lol:

30k wasn't a target before, but what you say is true. As I said before I don't much care, but it isn't exactly in the spirit of fair competition. You don't add extra questions to a pub quiz if one team is late.

Robot contest = even bigger farce than before

Yes, it is unprofessional. Depending upon the location of the servers and law, I wonder if it is even legal to change.

I agree with all that has been said, but unfortunatly OMAC is going to do what they want at the end of the day. Even though it is unfair to the drivers who have worked very hard, even though like posted previously it does not take much to accomplish the goal of 20000 miles, they obviously saw it to be more benificial to there needs to make drivers that are not as dedicated to the game as the others speaking here, happy. :unsure: :huh: To shorten this post though to the drivers tat could not make this goal think of your life away from the game. Does your boss say that it is ok that you are almost done even though others have already completed the task given on time or do your teachers high school or college say great job don't worry about the fact your report is not done on time, have a two week extension.
Just some food for thought guys. Have a great holiday season.

What they sent in the PM doesn't match what is being advertised on their "competition page"................here is what that page says for entries:


20,000 - 39,999 miles - x2 multiplier (4 entries)
40,000 miles - x3 multiplier (6 entries)
50,000 miles - x4 multiplier (8 entries)
60,000 miles - x5 multiplier (10 entries)
70,000 miles - x6 multiplier (12 entries)
80,000 miles + x7 multiplier (14 entries)

:angry:

They changed it again? 2nd time in 3 days?

Heh, well that destroyed any credibility this contest had left.

You're all just disappointed because you're not going to win the prize (which most of you were weirded out by anyway) ;^)

Seriously, how hard did you work for it?
Did you do anything that you weren't already going to do anyway?

I actually agree with you, your choice of words just made me laugh a little.



Dont worry about it, cause Im gonna win it anyway.

is possiable to go 80,000 miles in a month and a 1/2?

And what are you gonna do with it when you win it?

:gunes:

No, I'm disappointed because a company we are supposed to trust can't keep their word.

Scrap it. :explosion:

It's going to be like the publishers clearing house contest. You here about it all the time but never see a winner....

I think you all need to take a second & get some perspective on this. It's not a job or project you worked hard on cuz you needed to get it done by the due date. It's a contest & alot of contests from a variety of different companies get extended all the time. Not only contests but also sales & job application deadlines.

Who hasn't heard of anything ever getting extended? Plus I doubt there's anything you would have done differently even if the contest wasn't going on. I'm not defending them at all, I don't really care either way. But I thought it was weird how everyone in this thread is acting like extensions never happen in the real world & that it's a direct attack on you.

& I'm not saying you're all stupid & wrong for thinking how you do. I mean I also got sucked into the first couple of posts & I agreed with them & got a little angry. But then I realized that contests get extended all the time. So I decided to write this to remind you all also. Have a good day

True. Like sales events at car lots. It was supposed to end in January one time, they ended up extending it halfway through April. :lol:

Still, I do not like the idea that they changed it.

-WarMan v2

I`m not entering what would i do with it if i own? If it was a laptop now that would be a different story.

Yeah but most of those contests have disclaimers in then that we have to agree to if we want to be in the contest. This one not only did not have the disclaimer about how it could be extended/changed/ended/etc at anytime for any reason, but it did not also have a way to opt into or out of the contest.

i have driven 100 miles since it started i only got 2 pms for 10000 and 20000

If that is one of the rules then there should be a way to opt out of the contest. I'm sure some people just don't have the money or space needed to find a way to keep that thing. So, why would they want it?

Like I said a while ago, there might not be a robot.

Sorry, but I can't think of any legitimate contest that got extended.