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Was looking for stuff on BOTB and found this...Well done Alan.
I wasn't expecting to find a winners thread on PH.....
Anyway..
So quite a few players on here then....Only been playing for the last few comps.
Currently playing for the V8 Vantage which I regret.... I should've gone for the 997 C4S. So, using sods law I should be the next winner of the BOTB and getting the AMV8. If that makes sense.
Was looking for stuff on BOTB and found this...Well done Alan.
I wasn't expecting to find a winners thread on PH.....
Anyway..
So quite a few players on here then....Only been playing for the last few comps.
Currently playing for the V8 Vantage which I regret.... I should've gone for the 997 C4S. So, using sods law I should be the next winner of the BOTB and getting the AMV8. If that makes sense.
So I thought after all this time I better check in again and say Hi. Today I bumped into an old friend who I knew from PH and he asked me how things were going with the Porsche so I felt I owed you all a small update, after all I know now there are a lot of people who play BOTB on here along with a fair few who STILL think it's a scam! So...
The Cayman went after lots of bad experiences with Porsche West London to the point I couldn't be bothered any more. Strangely about 1 hour after I agreed the sale of the Porsche to Porsche Swindon (if West London could have mustered half the service I received from Simon Lisemore at swindon during my ownership I'd still be in a Cayman) I heard my beloved (and slightly battered) Elise S1 was back on the market so karma calling I nipped to Cambridge and bought her home...
Roll on a few months and I got another call from BOTB... As part of a promotion they needed a previous winner to spend an afternoon with David Coulthard. I could hardly say no right? Using my highly honed bragging skills I managed to get Lotus to lend me a brand new Evora S for the day so I could turn up in style, I did try Porsche but never go further than a secretary... A great, although slightly wet, day was had by all and DC was a truly lovely bloke to hang out with.
Back to cars... Sadly 12 months later I had only done 1500 miles in the S1 so decided that a 2 car life wasn't for me anymore, she was sold and a lofty plan was hatched. As a huge fan of Lotus I couldn't get the idea of owning an Evora out of my head so I waited patiently for prices to drop.
Roll on earlier this year and having literally out the phone down on a deal for an Evora my phone rang and Ben from BOTB was on the other end of the phone asking if I could make it along to drive a Lamborghini Aventador at over 200 mph to celebrate their 200th giveaway! Once again I felt it would be churlish to turn down the opportunity and a doubly awesome day was had!
So I'm now the proud owner of an Evora, I'm a member of the 200moh club and I've lunched with an F1 driver all because I took a punt on an email offer that arrived in my inbox.
Who knows if the world of BOTB will lead to anymore adventures but I do still know just how lucky I have been!
And Yes I do still play most months although I'm always torn between a Lotus Exige V6 or a new Cayman S...
The Cayman went after lots of bad experiences with Porsche West London to the point I couldn't be bothered any more. Strangely about 1 hour after I agreed the sale of the Porsche to Porsche Swindon (if West London could have mustered half the service I received from Simon Lisemore at swindon during my ownership I'd still be in a Cayman) I heard my beloved (and slightly battered) Elise S1 was back on the market so karma calling I nipped to Cambridge and bought her home...
Roll on a few months and I got another call from BOTB... As part of a promotion they needed a previous winner to spend an afternoon with David Coulthard. I could hardly say no right? Using my highly honed bragging skills I managed to get Lotus to lend me a brand new Evora S for the day so I could turn up in style, I did try Porsche but never go further than a secretary... A great, although slightly wet, day was had by all and DC was a truly lovely bloke to hang out with.
Back to cars... Sadly 12 months later I had only done 1500 miles in the S1 so decided that a 2 car life wasn't for me anymore, she was sold and a lofty plan was hatched. As a huge fan of Lotus I couldn't get the idea of owning an Evora out of my head so I waited patiently for prices to drop.
Roll on earlier this year and having literally out the phone down on a deal for an Evora my phone rang and Ben from BOTB was on the other end of the phone asking if I could make it along to drive a Lamborghini Aventador at over 200 mph to celebrate their 200th giveaway! Once again I felt it would be churlish to turn down the opportunity and a doubly awesome day was had!
So I'm now the proud owner of an Evora, I'm a member of the 200moh club and I've lunched with an F1 driver all because I took a punt on an email offer that arrived in my inbox.
Who knows if the world of BOTB will lead to anymore adventures but I do still know just how lucky I have been!
And Yes I do still play most months although I'm always torn between a Lotus Exige V6 or a new Cayman S...
I missed this first time round - congratulations! It is good to see a PH winner.
I've started playing this year, after I realised that it wasn't all £25 tickets for supercars. I've mostly been playing the sub £5 tickets, for an Elise, but like the OP I tend to get a lot of discount codes through, combined with a few good guesses recently I don't think I've paid full price for a few months.
I've started playing this year, after I realised that it wasn't all £25 tickets for supercars. I've mostly been playing the sub £5 tickets, for an Elise, but like the OP I tend to get a lot of discount codes through, combined with a few good guesses recently I don't think I've paid full price for a few months.
Craikeybaby said:
I missed this first time round - congratulations! It is good to see a PH winner.
I've started playing this year, after I realised that it wasn't all £25 tickets for supercars. I've mostly been playing the sub £5 tickets, for an Elise, but like the OP I tend to get a lot of discount codes through, combined with a few good guesses recently I don't think I've paid full price for a few months.
I do wonder sometimes as you can really stack up the discounts. I spend about £20 per month and get plenty of tickets although you have to feel slightly sorry for the December winner who bought Citroen tickets to get the 40% discount on Aston tickets then won the Citroen!I've started playing this year, after I realised that it wasn't all £25 tickets for supercars. I've mostly been playing the sub £5 tickets, for an Elise, but like the OP I tend to get a lot of discount codes through, combined with a few good guesses recently I don't think I've paid full price for a few months.
skahigh said:
What's the closest people have come without winning this?
I thought this was a pretty good effort last time....
judging that the winner is almost always spot on the pixel, I reckon that almost every time they have to play another game because of inevitable ties. As such, although close, there were probably about 500 closer than you I reckon.I thought this was a pretty good effort last time....
still doesn't stop me playing.
Alun, did you win straight up or did they first contact you to play a second game to establish a winner?
BOTB baffles me a bit. I haven't played for a while, but imagine it still works the same way; the winner isn't who guesses where the ball actually is, but whose guess most closely matches the guess of the judges. Have I got that right? I don't really know why it's done this way.
I haven't played this new format. I think I prefer the idea of having a choice if you win, rather than choosing beforehand. That said, i'll almost certainly look at the website now and end up spending a few quid.
I haven't played this new format. I think I prefer the idea of having a choice if you win, rather than choosing beforehand. That said, i'll almost certainly look at the website now and end up spending a few quid.
Prawo Jazdy said:
BOTB baffles me a bit. I haven't played for a while, but imagine it still works the same way; the winner isn't who guesses where the ball actually is, but whose guess most closely matches the guess of the judges. Have I got that right? I don't really know why it's done this way.
I haven't played this new format. I think I prefer the idea of having a choice if you win, rather than choosing beforehand. That said, i'll almost certainly look at the website now and end up spending a few quid.
It's done this way so that it's completely fair. If they took an existing image with an exact pixel location for the centre of the ball there's always a chance that someone could find out beforehand.I haven't played this new format. I think I prefer the idea of having a choice if you win, rather than choosing beforehand. That said, i'll almost certainly look at the website now and end up spending a few quid.
This way, the 'result' is decided by experienced footy referees after it has closed, and as you say it's the nearest to their educated guess. In order to be able to operate in airports, it has to be a game of skill, not just a raffle, hence why the spot the ball was implemented.
They moved to two comps a month and massively increased the range of cars available, from £2 tickets for a Mini up to £25 for a new Vanquish.
As I've mentioned before in this thread, I do a lot of work for BOTB, most of the graphics on their site, so I know them really well.
Beefmeister said:
It's done this way so that it's completely fair. If they took an existing image with an exact pixel location for the centre of the ball there's always a chance that someone could find out beforehand.
This way, the 'result' is decided by experienced footy referees after it has closed, and as you say it's the nearest to their educated guess. In order to be able to operate in airports, it has to be a game of skill, not just a raffle, hence why the spot the ball was implemented.
They moved to two comps a month and massively increased the range of cars available, from £2 tickets for a Mini up to £25 for a new Vanquish.
As I've mentioned before in this thread, I do a lot of work for BOTB, most of the graphics on their site, so I know them really well.
I understand the pick the ball aspect isn't just for airports, but also to stop is being classified as a lottery, which fall under different rules?This way, the 'result' is decided by experienced footy referees after it has closed, and as you say it's the nearest to their educated guess. In order to be able to operate in airports, it has to be a game of skill, not just a raffle, hence why the spot the ball was implemented.
They moved to two comps a month and massively increased the range of cars available, from £2 tickets for a Mini up to £25 for a new Vanquish.
As I've mentioned before in this thread, I do a lot of work for BOTB, most of the graphics on their site, so I know them really well.
I used to play BOTB when they limited the number of tickets and just shut the draws when the tickets sold. Sure, you could work out they were taking 200k in tickets for an 80k car, but you didn't mind a 1/5000 odds. Now they're popular enough to always cover costs, I don't like the secret odds.
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Alun, did you win straight up or did they first contact you to play a second game to establish a winner?
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Straight up. They used to get a fair few draws I understand but now it's SO exact with the retina level images I haven't heard of any more splits.
The split used to give out the money prize divided by the number of winners I think. I vaguely remember the Aston my wife bought me a ticket for end up like this...
Alun, did you win straight up or did they first contact you to play a second game to establish a winner?
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Straight up. They used to get a fair few draws I understand but now it's SO exact with the retina level images I haven't heard of any more splits.
The split used to give out the money prize divided by the number of winners I think. I vaguely remember the Aston my wife bought me a ticket for end up like this...
[quote]BOTB baffles me a bit. I haven't played for a while, but imagine it still works the same way; the winner isn't who guesses where the ball actually is, but whose guess most closely matches the guess of the judges. Have I got that right? I don't really know why it's done this way.
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It takes away the chance of someone seeing the photo in advance or using photoshop to disassemble the photo.
My mate who works with photoshop all the time says the current free Nurburgring competition is really obvious. I've explained to him why it doesn't 't matter but he's 99.9% going to win apparently...
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It takes away the chance of someone seeing the photo in advance or using photoshop to disassemble the photo.
My mate who works with photoshop all the time says the current free Nurburgring competition is really obvious. I've explained to him why it doesn't 't matter but he's 99.9% going to win apparently...
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