Pixaprize Clues, News & Views

The BioShock Game has just left the grid!

The Winner Has just been sent a “confirmation request” mail so make sure to check your inbox.

As i stated earlier in the day people, there is yet one more prize to go today……… it’s not long before it does (not as long as the last anyway!) disappear.

Keep an eye on the Twitter page for further timely clues. This twitter stuff rocks. Here’s the link again: twitter.com/pixa.

I’ll post on Twitter to let you know when all prizes have gone for the day!

Warning: Fortnightly Sales Pitch Coming Up!!

The Frenzy is well under way! Pixaprize has seen a staggering number of folk hunting through the treasure hunt grid since midday today. Remember! Tomorrow, all will be calm again, but for today, there are still two…. sorry! there are at least two prizes remaining to be won.

Who said it was gonna be easy?! I certainly didn’t. Join the hunt immediately to grab a Carl lewis Stepper Exercise Machine which is due to end before Kick-Off!!

Two Gift Certificates have already been snapped up by Suleman and Dave today. All they did was clicked on the grid, followed the clues to the treasure and submitted their entries, once, twice, or even thrice maybe, but they entered and are better off for it.

Another thing…. The BioShock Game is due to end tonight, before midnight too, but another prize will also Disappear. Either one of the two Nintendo DS Lite’s or the IPod.

Get clicking now on Pixaprize, hunt those prizes down and submit your entries to stand a chance of winning. Play Now

For the last 2 weeks, Pixaprize has been calmly simmering away. We’re on the final day for prizes to “disappear” and yet, not even a Gift Certificate has been awarded in the month of June …….. Well, the wait is soon to be over!

By midnight tonight, at least four (4) prizes will be awarded. As the deadlines arrive for the Stepper and the BioShock Game, we’ll definitely see these go but we’ll also see a couple of Gift Certs “Go” as well a surprise award from June’s remaining prizes! Go Pixaprize!

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My clue isn’t difficult guys. I can’t tell you if it’s a clock or not… if it’s digital or what!  For all you know, it may even be a silhouhette (think sundial) - hey who knows?  Take your best guess, allocate the time to play and you could be onto a winner!

(….and ………no……this image is not another clue!…………… or is it?)

New Prizes

All the new pixaprizes for June have been set A console lives amongst them.  There are some console games up for grabs, a couple of Nintendo DS’s, the same 5 Amazon Gift Certificates and a much need exercising machine!  I thought you may need the exercise consideringthe amount of time you sit at your computer, i’ve introduced a stepper machine for those in need of some exercise.

Prizes will be activated tomorrow - watch out for which are in the “prizedraw” format and which are “last-clicker wins”

By The Way………

Version 2 is going well folks.  Thanks for all the messages after my rant last week. Cheers.

For the first time I’m going to post the clue right on the blog. I’m aware that subscribers might not like the idea as they subscribed to receive the clues way before anyone else, but bare (or is it bear? - I’ll never get the hang of that one!!) with me! Subscribers will receive extra clues on the day!

Here it is:

“The Clue’s in the Image!”

Good luck with that people!

Remember: I’m working on GMT and the clue applies to all of May’s remaining prizes!!!

The PS3 is still up for grabs!!



Ok, it’s the final day of April! ………. And It’s hotting up over here at Pixaprize with April’s PS3 (ending today!!) mixing in with May’s new prizes. It’s gonna be doubly difficult to hunt down in the grid as that PS3 gets lost amongst all the new entries!



Here’s April’s final clue:

“Bong-Bong-Bong - but before it’s over!!!”

That should be “gettable” by the UK pixaprizers, so for the Americans I’ve come up with another clue:

“Before Kit-Up Time for the Wizards and Cavaliers”

I’ll be adding on one hour if Chelsea -v- Liverpool goes to extra-time & penalties! You should have figured by now that I’m crazy for football (soccer!!)



Hope that helps!
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Right! Moving onto other “news”: Pixaprize V2 is moving along quite nicely, I just can’t wait to make it a “3-pointer”. All the ideas you gave should make it a “slam-dunk” of a web-site when it arrives in………. A few months time!



Yes, unfortunately, it’s going to take some time to develop and i have so many tasks to complete to roll this out for you. I know I have your support and am hoping to move things very quickly. I should mention that I’ve re-considered doing the blog……….. Unless you really want it! I really did want to do the blog but I have enough on my plate with Pixaprize 1 & now Pixaprize 2!.. Sorry! I’ve already commissioned some graphics work to be done for version 2 and these should be back before mid-May. Actual programming will start after I receive the designs back - I might give you a sneak peak when they arrive.



Also - Don’t be telling your friends about Pixaprize just yet!! A few of you asked me whether I want you tell your friends about Pixaprize, but, to be honest, I’d rather you didn’t just yet. You may regret it!! I can understand that might be a little confusing, but the new Pixaprize will have a “Tell-A-Friend” program which’ll earn you points (and of-course prizes). On top of that, I’m going to include a system which’ll allow you to earn cash! Real mint green notes!! Hey, If you tell all your friends now, then you won’t benefit later when the “Tell-a-friend” Program comes in. I’m only being fair.



Ok, that’s all……….Have you figured the clues out yet!?



Oh Sugar! I nearly forgot! The mobile phone prize for May is in the “prize draw” format. Which means that everybody can enter for it at any time during the whole month. On June 1st, one winner will be chosen at random from all entries to win it.



Ok, now that’s definitely all !………Have you figured the clues out yet!?







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The Ipod’s gone! I’m still awaiting confirmation from the winner so if they don’t confirm soon then it might just go back on the grid.



Congratulations to all the people who responded to the last mail asking for the cut-off time for the Ipod and figured it out. The clue was:

“The Ipod ends during half-time”.

Now, you do know that footy/soccer is our national game and Arsenal played Derby tonight. It was the only Premiership game on so it shouldn’t have been that difficult……. Many of you really did go for it as soon as the referee blew that whistle! For those who didn’t mail…. you missed out!



Again, it’s a shame that there’s only one winner, but I hope you had some fun



We now have the PS3 and the final Amazon Certificate left. I think I’m simply going to leave you in the dark with these! Well, it’s not totally in the dark, is it!? You’re aware that they both have to go before midnight (GMT midnight) on Wednesday, so you have two days to play for them……….



We all know what you’re hoping to win… So go and hunt that PS3 down now!



Speak to you soon.

OK , that was just a starter! The first prize that’s just been won was an Amazon Gift Certificate! Not the Ipod or the Playstation that most of you are expecting to win…… But I can tell you that the next prize is the Ipod……… Yes…….. Definitely……. the Ipod……. Not the PS3, but the Ipod!!



You probably want to know when it’s going to end…… Right? Wouldn’t that be too much information?.. Oh go on then ok…….. i’ll only tell you if you reply to this mail!! Just click the reply button and ask.



Oh ………. Mark Powell, winner of the Xbox 360, just sent me a couple of photos - one is of his daughter hugging the Xbox and the other looks like the delivery receipt (you can actually read the delivery note!) …… He had this to say:

“Dear Ismail
i would like to say a big thank you to Pixaprize for the x-box 360 its a nice surprise when you win something and just goes to show that all the clicking on Pixaprize was worth all the time and effort . hope you like the pic of my daughter ….haven’t been able to get near the x-box since it arrived , it seems to be permanently glued to my nine year olds fingers so what more can i say , great site , good fun , and keep up the good work and to all the other Pixaprize players out there keep clicking, its worth it.”

Click the links for pictures: (large images so it may take a few seconds to load!)



Pic 1: www.pixaprize.com/images/markpowell.jpg



Pic 2: www.pixaprize.com/images/markpowelldlvry.jpg



Good Luck to you for the Ipod.

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I know you’ve already figured out that there are just 3 days (+/- a few hours) left for all the remaining prizes to disappear from the Pixaprize grid! All prizes will end 100% “BY” midnight on the 30th of April. It could be in the next few minutes, it could be at midnight on the 30th! It would be crazy for you to spend your every waking moment from now until then to hunt down the correct prize and find it just at that perfect moment before it goes…….



I wouldn’t be that cruel! ……….. So……… Here’s a clue!



The first prize to end will end at an ‘o’ clock! It could be 6 ‘o’ clock, 9 ‘o’ clock, 10 ‘o’ clock or any other ‘o’clock (does that make sense?!) …….. This eliminates you hunting for the prize at 7.35, or 1.10 or 12.20 (or any other time without an ‘o’ clock in it!)



The first of the four prizes will end at an ‘o’ clock. The next clue for the next prize will be sent as soon as the first prize ends, so keep an eye on your inbox!!



Remember, the site works on GMT (UK) time, so if you’re time difference is “something and a half” hours from GMT, then you need to adjust your playing times.



Congratulations to Amy Vye who won an Amazon Certificate and to Mark Powell, winner of the Xbox 360. I’m still waiting for that photo Mark! You promised to send it as soon as you received your prize - I guess you’re just too busy playing those shoot ‘em up games! My inbox is open! Send it in asap so i can display it on the new blog!!! Hmmm! Just goes to show that winner feedback forms need to be definitely included in the new Pixaprize…… and they will be.



Yes, the blog has been created! I’ve secured a domain name and installed the Wordpress blogging platform - I’ll send the link within the next message (hopefully!)



Cheers and Good Luck.

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This is long so you might wanna grab a coffee!
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Congratulations!…………. To Tobias Kaplan from River Forest, Illinois, USA and Christopher Poulton from Glamorgan, UK. They’ve won two of the 5 Amazon gift certificates on Pixaprize. There are just 3 remaining now ……. along with the Ipod Touch, the Xbox and the PS3… All of these will disappear in the next few days so get hunting ……… You could be our next winner………. (that’s my silly sales pitch over with - i hate doing that!)……… No, but seriously, sincere congrats to Toby and Chris……… My subscribers have been telling me that no matter how small the prizes we give away, they’re a major thrill to the winner! See, I’m learning!

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You might have figured this out already! But since the flood of responses I received after my last couple of e-mails, I’m 99% certain that I’m going to create Pixaprize version 2. I’ve decided upon the fundamentals of the upgrade and I’ve spoken with a couple of consultants ( i’ve spoken with the Mrs too and she’s ok with it) about how and why the new features should create more value for you and for Pixaprize’s advertisers………

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And it’s all thanks to your ideas and suggestions! I’ve already mentioned to you that suggestions which are implemented in Version 2 will definitely be credited back to you….. I mean, the site centre’s around the theme of giving! ……. So people who give! ………. shall receive! (there are conditions to that promise ofcourse! 1. I have to actually build and complete the site and 2. It has to be successful)

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I’m going to be planning for the next few days so only after that will i know how long it’ll take to create version 2…….can’t give you any definites at the moment…. Should be much clearer probably in 7 days after i speak with my developer friends to figure out which features are do-able and which aren’t. I’ll keep you posted.

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A message to my newer subscribers: all those subscribers who only joined in the last few days may be confused as to what I’m chatting about! Well, a quick summary: My website (pixaprize.com) had a breakdown! It wouldn’t work so i sent a mail to all subscribers to notify them of the breakdown, but i got a bit carried away because of my frustration and asked them to tell me whether i should just shut the site down! They responded, my god! they responded alright! Every response encouraged me to keep the site open. They gave me hoardes of ideas and suggestions which I could use to upgrade the site……………. I’ve just finished going through all the mails and umm, well…. That’s where we are now……… Stay tuned……you’re in for a thrilling ride…….. or you might see me fall flat on my face!! We’ll see what happens!!

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One last thing!!……….These e-mails that i’m sending you about version 2 are a pain!? Are they? I hope not, i certainly wouldn’t want to be a pest! All my previous mails had an unsubscribe link, which has only been used by 1 person to date!! So I’m thinking that you’re ok with them……….. Maybe my mentioning the unsub link might prompt some into clicking it! Please don’t!

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Here’s something of value then - and only subscriber’s to this newsletter will receive this insider information - one of the two consoles which are being hosted on the pixaprize grid will definitely end within the next 24 hours!! It might be in the first hour (highly unlikely because I want to make sure this mail is delivered to everybody first!!)……..or it might be in the last hour ………which console? i hear you ask………. Now, that would be telling!……… You have a 50/50 chance of choosing the right one……. Goto www.pixaprize.com to play now!

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Watch out for my next newsletter……… I’m thinking of starting a blog for you folks - I should have the link for you in the next episode!!

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