I won a competition. I wrote a story about a disabled child that, now I think back on it, was alllll kinds of wrong. Anyhoo, I won a trip to the Christmas circus in Rotterdam, a fancy dinner in the Euromast and first class train tickets to get there.
In terms of irl won some free art before :3, in general I’ve won a decent bit of items in various mmo type games tho… also once won a floatation board thingy in a juice lottery as a kid… and a few contest prizes but that’s getting a bit far from a giveaway
I once won a 5kg Toblerone bar (picture below for reference). I used to really like Toblerone, one of my top 5 chocolate bars, untill I won that one, I couldn’t give it away to people, we had one block left that we let our “pet” mouse eat and even he bailed on it.
If you really really like something, don’t try and win a large amount of it, you will hate it by the end.
we had one block left that we let our “pet” mouse eat and even he bailed on it.
I mean, chocolate is toxic to mice so that would make sense
He gave it a good old go tho, he ate about an inch off the top.
I really feel for you mate. Your greatest joy became a chore.
That’s why I hate when anyone says, “Find a way to get paid for your hobby and you’ll never work a day in your life.” No, all that does is ruin a fella’s passion for something.
I’ve tried to participate in so many giveaways and lotteries and never won anything. I believe that’s my superpower: lose against the odds.
My mom won an instant win giveaway game on my Coke rewards over a decade ago, got a ps3 move kit.
Played that thing to death, logged over 1k hours in Skyrim in 2012 on that machine.
I was once in a raffle where I was the only name that did not get picked. Does that count?
I won a hundred and one dollars from a radio call in contest, but I did have to split it with my brother. I got all my siblings to call in with me, and if we won, we’d split it. When we went in, they had me sign a document that I couldn’t win anything else from them or their parent company for one year.
The Dark Side Of The Moon – Immersion Box Set over a decade ago in an online contest. Wasn’t super familiar with Pink Floyd at the time so I didn’t think much of it.
I won an ipad air once and immediately sold it on kijiji cause I don’t use apple’s proprietary ewaste
I used the money to repair my bike :D
When I was younger I won a copy of the board game ‘Game of Life’ through some online giveaway. Think I played it once or twice xD
I also wonder cinema tickets for me and some friends. It was a competition a local cinema did for designing a costume for Stuart Little, around the time that film came out. The tickets were a runners up prize, but I remember it being pretty great - about 10 of us and we were given free drinks and snacks!
A DLC for a game while watching a youtube livestream. I got the code in a yt DM!
A door prize! A jazz CD of the band that was playing that night. The strangest thing was that my middle school music teacher was there too (I was possibly two decades out of middle school at that point) and he won the other door prize! I mean, it’s not out of the realm, same town and all. But it wasn’t exactly a small venue. The odds!
I once won on the /r/millionairemakers raffle. I didn’t get a million 😅 but so many wonderful people sent donations with awesome heartfelt messages. It was really nice.
I just won a smaller Yeti cooler at an event last week 😁
Many years ago i won 2 tickets to see the movie yellowfin. This was a draw from a cerial packet.
