SnowJapan Admin Popular Post SnowJapan 178 Posted December 8, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2011 The 11/12 Season Giveaways have started! As with many things this season, we are making some changes to the way our Giveaways work. If you look top right of this page - or indeed any page on the Forums - on the blue navigation bar you will see a new link called 'Giveaways'. Click on that to go to our brand new form to enter. Each Giveaway will be announced on the Forums and on the main site.... usually (but perhaps not always) on a Friday. This season we have over 250 lift tickets to give to members of SnowJapan as well as a few other special Giveaways planned for the coming weeks and months This season, you will need to be a registered, logged in (and 'active') member of these SnowJapanForums to enter our Giveaways. We think that asking people to sign up and take part in order to be able to enter is a reasonable thing to ask. For those not signed up yet - it's free, it only takes a few moments, and importantly your information is kept strictly confidential - we do not share details with anyone and you do not suddenly get bombarded with emails from us or anyone else. If you want to sign up, you can do so here. Anyway first Giveaway coming up very soon..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 8, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 8, 2011 First ones now online: Mt Naeba http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/20908-snowjapan-giveaways-mt-naeba-yuzawa-niigata/ Yuzawa http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/20907-snowjapan-giveaways-yuzawa-town-niigata/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 8, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 8, 2011 OK a few initial issues with the Form fixed up - it should all be working smoothly now. Links to this will appear on the main site later on today. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Totally fair to ask people be signed up. New form works great as well. Much sleeker system, continuing the theme of the year Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 BTW, please do write some comments when you fill out the form. Or perhaps even a simple 'thanks'. Basic politeness is the new gnarly. If people can't be bothered spending a minute doing that, then perhaps we shouldn't be bothered putting all the effort into doing this... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Just entered, but a question: In the box labeled ``real name'' my DiGriz handle appeared automatically, and couldn't be changed. Is that correct? Oh, damn, didn't add any comments. Promise to do so next time! Edited December 9, 2011 by DiGriz Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 Correct. Why would you want to change it? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I thought I needed to input my real name. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 No, the username will appear there automatically. No real name is needed, not at this stage anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 it says under the box "real name Required" or something to that effect. I was confused as well.....mentioned in my comments. Managed to enter both though, so thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 Sorry, my mistake. I had overlooked that bit.... it now says: Your Forums member name should automatically appear here. Required That better? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
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SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 Good. Loving this new system we have implemented here - so much better than up until now. It's going to be so much easier to set these up, run them and sort out things at the end. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 Can you believe it we have already had one or two people complaining rudely about the fact that we are asking people to sign up and at least make a post on the Forums to enter the Giveaways. How could we!? Outrageous thing to ask isn't it! Apparently we are trying out best to mislead people. And didn't we have a Giveaway to Yuzawa last year? Why not a different resort? Sometimes, reading some of the comments that come in... I just want to turn the server off, throw it out of the window and go out skiing. For the season. (Having said that, sounds fun!) /public rant //in the process of making it clearer Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cheers That was easy I haven't entered in previous years so can't compare but it seemed simple. Just photocopy your bottom and send it to people who complain. Just one thing not sure if my second entry registered as a message box appeared saying wait additional 5minutes before sending email (Or something along those lines) Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 you should save em up and release a book of crazy comments that people send in.....bet some would make a fun read! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cheers That was easy I haven't entered in previous years so can't compare but it seemed simple. Just photocopy your bottom and send it to people who complain. Just one thing not sure if my second entry registered as a message box appeared saying wait additional 5minutes before sending email (Or something along those lines) Seemore No, didn't get the second one seemore. That's another setting that I have just changed, sorry about that. If you try again it should now be ok. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Yeah, and you could then do a Giveaway of copies of the book Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 did you make a post word limit to stop gobshites making massively long winded posts like i asked? Whens that coming? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean.. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I believe my awesome ギャグ was wasted! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 9, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 OK, sorry about that. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I don't get it.......what is there to complain about? Baffling.. Asswipes!! Send them my way David...I'll straighten em out. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted December 9, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 9, 2011 One of my 'hobbies' is collecting all these comments and communications. (Sad isn't it). But actually, once the annoying part passes it makes for some entertaining reading. I don't know where it's coming from, but some people seem to have this idea that we owe them stuff. Lots of stuff. And it's all for free. And even then, it's not enough. One of my favourite Giveaways comments was the person who was suitably outraged that we did not include the flights and hotel stay when we did a Niseko lift ticket giveaway a few years back.... you mean to say it's just the lift tickets?!!? I get the impression that some people think we are some big company, being suitably evil and corporate or something. The reality is that we are a small group of real people (ie. living creatures with feelings) very probably totally outworking ourselves at times to points of exhaustion and definitely not getting out skiing enough in an attempt to push this forward all the time. Spend 10 months grafting away at a ridiculously enormous amount of work? Stuff that no-one has ordered or sponsored or whatever - stuff we make just because we want to and think will be a great thing for everyone to use?? > Written off in a curt comment...... 'that road is closed in winter', or 'I don't like Silverlight'. Win a ticket from us? Great. > Not a thanks, no photos uploaded, no trip report - no nothing, lots of times. You know, ultimately the resorts provide these tickets to us hoping that people will go and then come back and share info with others.... and preferably on our site, the place where you got the tickets. And hey, if we delete one post you made on our Forums, why not fly off the handle and go bad-mouth us and make stuff up about us somewhere else on the internet? Charming! Who wouldn't be somewhat irritated on the receiving end of that? Unfortunately, the reality is that we actually probably hear a disproportionalty large amount of negative comments. I'm pretty sure that at least a few people out there like what we do, but it's probably par for the course when you run a very public website that the moaners will be the ones who post the most comments and give all that negative feedback. I guess people who like things just get on and use it? Kind of used to it now, but it is always very nice to hear when people like what we have done, rather than just rag on at us. We really do appreciate the people who help, make comments and generally support us. Totally not asking for prizes, or over-the-top gushing comments that come over all insincere etc ---> just simply 'not getting hassle for stuff' would be nice, esp. for stuff like Giveaways! That is why I find the motivation to push SnowJapan forward all the time not for/from 'someone else' but for me/us. People can decide whether they like or don't like stuff. But as long as we know we are pushing it forward as much as we possibly can, I'm happy and satisfied with that. ----- There, usually feel the need for one post per season like this one... got it out of the way early! Link to post Share on other sites
bikertom 0 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Thanks, this is an awesome plus to snowjapan Well now that I made it all the way trough this thread... my comment seems a little trite after SJ Andrew's post... Edited December 9, 2011 by bikertom Link to post Share on other sites
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