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Promotional: SideWinder Mouse Trivia Sweepstakes

By: Joe Hoffend - Published August 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM EDT - Writer Archive
Find the answers to some Trivia questions and you could be one of the first ones on the block with the new Microsoft SideWinder ™ Mouse. Oh, there's also a bunch of other cool prizes too...



Haven't gotten the memo yet? Microsoft is reintroducing their famous SideWinder ™ brand, in the form of a mouse! Oh and what a mouse it is, definitely designed with a gamer in mind. Here's your chance to win the one of the new Microsoft SideWinder ™ Mice along with some other great prizes! One will be given away for this "Trivia" sweepstakes, so here's how you can enter to win.

Below are six questions (multiple choice answers) regarding the Microsoft SideWinder ™ Mouse. To find the answers, you'll want to visit the SITE OF CHAMPIONS!. Send a GotFrag user message to the account SidewinderSweeps with the subject "Trivia" and all six answers by August 31st at 11:59 PM EST. Of the users who submit all six correct answers, one winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be contacted via the GotFrag message system.

This sweepstakes begins August 22nd at 12:00AM EST and runs until August 31st at 11:59 PM EST.

View the Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations

QUESTIONS:

1. What was the secret code to get into the site?

a. 82207
b. champion
c. rutabaga


2. How long did Borgman swing from the tree in the transformer piρata suit?

a. three hours
b. three days
c. three weeks


3. What did Borgman use to wake up Number Two in the green house?

a. air horn
b. fish
c. trombone


4. What is Borgman riding in the photo behind the television?

a. a moonicorn
b. a leprechaun
c. Ted Danson


5. What did Number Two use to win the World Gaming Championship of the World?

a. brute force and cunning
b. his manifest destiny
c. the SideWinder Mouse


6. What did the audio clip on the hidden suitcase say, backwards?

a. "Este es un burro grande y muy guapo."
b. "You've got too much time on your hands."
c. "Never ask a marmot how to tie a knot."



HINT: As stated above, you will want to take a look at the SITE OF CHAMPIONS! in order to find the correct answers.


The Prize List:

- SideWinder ™ Mouse (see our Announcement for more details).
- LifeChat ™ LX-3000 Headphones (more info here.
- Three G4W (Games for Windows) Games: Hell Gate London, Bioshock and Crysis
- G4W Lava Lamp
- SideWinder ™ Swag - including tats and stickers.







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Good luck!

Sweepstakes Homepage | Sweepstakes Announcement | View the Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations

User Comments

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wow wtf is that kinda mouse ROFL
She calls me her doughnut. I call her my glazing.
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this mouse def wins gimmicks per square inch
#Devastation
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Thats a ridiculous looking mouse... Looks like it could turn into a decepticon =\
Go Read a Book =)

worst publicity stunt EVER
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a transformer mouse?
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the trivia was actually kinda fun :)
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Looks whack, but I can see how it might be fairly ergonomic

Contests only oepn to the US again? sigh
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abcaca
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That mouse looks so stupid.
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http://hardware.gotfrag.com/portal/story/..

We have a review up of this already guys. At least part 1. You may actually want to read about it before judging it on first looks.

:)
Senior Editor - http://www.fpslabs.com
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i'm suprised so many dislike the looks of that mouse, imo it looks really cool. my guess is that the pretty huge sidebuttons are annoying most of you (?)

all in all it's a nice new style, and the idea with interchangeable mouse feet shows ms really put some thoughts into creating this one.

concerning features and looks so far i have to say: ms sidewinder mouse > logitechs g9. but lets see what final reviews will bring...
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#6 lol
#rt #remnant
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submitted :)
#rt #remnant
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This wouldnt happen to be american mouse would it? hahaha
This mouse looks like it fire rockets from sides.
If these mouse designers would even bother to check who is playing these competitive games they would realizet that average age is 18-24, not some 10 year old kids.
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Actually MS consulted a number of people in competitive gaming. Including some GotFrag staff who were former competitive gamers.

This comment was edited at 08/24/2007 12:10 AM
[b]Executive Editor[/b] - [i]FPSLabs[/i] - FPSLABS V2 @ FPSLabs.com
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its a mouse or transformer ?
lao - today and tomorrow @ www.defeaters.eu or #defeaters
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it's both, it's a mouse and a transformer, duh, so obvious
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ITS A GARGANTUAN AUTOBOT OF GENOCIDE
#fragfest-gaming

Ugliest mouse in existence. Doesn't matter how it performs because no one would be caught dead owning something so horrific looking. Just my 2 cents :)
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Definitely for the Professional Gimmick Gamer, it's just so hideous. Looks like Razer has new competition for the ugliest, most overpriced gaming gear.
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yea cause i want to look like an ever more huge nerd sitting in my dorm playing cs
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M I C

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