Free Microsoft Merchandise

[Marx2000]

OK...I came across this site the other day that is run by Microsoft. You do these little games that require you to use there search engine. You can get up to 1000 points a day. This takes a while seeing as the max points for the games is 25 per game. However, if you do this when your bored/ have nothing to do it's not that bad. The top prize is a 360 which is 35,000 points. So 35 days of dedicated work.

There is one game called chichionary where you have to descramble letters into words. I use this game and a word descrambler to cheat and get 20 points per cleared round.

The site itself
http://club.live.com/home.aspx?lc=1033

the word descrambler
http://www.thewordfinder.com/scrabble.php

Hope the misc enjoys this and get some 360's.

[LiveLifeNoRules]

hmmm interesting. Come back and tell us if it works. I really doubt Microsost would give anythnig away for free (****ing bill gates!!).

[Marx2000]

Well I haven't had a chance to get enough points for anything I want. However, the people who told me about this have gotten windows vista ultimate (6000 points i believe) They get a confirmation email and it shipped to them in 5 days. Not bad right. Microsoft gains money from this through there search engine. Sites pay them for every search or whatever and they also probably get good publicity/street cred about there search engine (trying to beat google)

[Edudbor]

hmmm interesting. Come back and tell us if it works. I really doubt Microsost would give anythnig away for free (****ing bill gates!!).

Are you f***ing kidding?

Bill Gates gives more to charity in a year, than you or I will make in a life time. Ever hear of the Gates Foundation? (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/)

(from an outdated site in 2000)
* $1 billion over 20 years to establish the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program, which will support promising minority students through college and some kinds of graduate school.
* $750 million over five years to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, which includes the World Health Organization, the Rockefeller Foundation, Unicef, pharmaceutical companies and the World Bank.
* $350 million over three years to teachers, administrators, school districts and schools to improve America?s K-12 education, starting in Washington State.
* $200 million to the Gates Library Program, which is wiring public libraries in America?s poorest communities in an effort to close the ?digital divide.?
* $100 million to the Gates Children?s Vaccine Program, which will accelerate delivery of lifesaving vaccines to children in the poorest countries of the world.
* $50 million to the Maternal Mortality Reduction Program, run by the Columbia University School of Public Health.
* $50 million to the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, to conduct research on promising candidates for a malaria vaccine.
* $50 million to an international group called the Alliance for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
* $50 million to a fund for global polio eradication, led by the World Health Organization, Unicef, Rotary International and the U.N. Foundation.
* $40 million to the International Vaccine Institute, a research program based in Seoul, South Korea.
* $28 million to Unicef for the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus.
* $25 million to the Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation.
* $25 million to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, which is creating coalitions of research scientists, pharmaceutical companies and governments in developing countries to look for a safe, effective, widely accessible vaccine against AIDS.

[Kasper419]

I'd give that much too.. if I had what he had.

[Gregory_WE]

I got Vista Business and Office 2007 Pro for free from Microsoft, so yes they do give free stuff

[Edudbor]

I'm going for vista ultimate!

[Edudbor]

I have 140 points - need 6000. Anyone find a faster way to cheat?

[Edudbor]

I'm up to 1021. Anyone else doing this?

[MegaHercules]

This can't be legit...

[Edudbor]

This can't be legit...

Why not?

[MegaHercules]

Why not?

Because it's free

[Edudbor]

Because it's free

It's not 'free' in any real sense.

It's marketing. Like radio stations who give away stuff to callers. The vast majority of people aren't going to come and spend the amount of time it takes to get anything worth having. The only game that is easily solved, is the one the OP linked - using the 2nd site linked, it's easy to fly through it. The rest are much, much slower.

Most people will never get enough points for any prizes worth getting; but people will try the games (which all plug the MS search engine). MS hopes they'll get comfortable with Windows Search Live and keep using it.

MS gives away a ton of free software. I used to get sent a giant box filled with copies of VS.Net 2005 (academic) to hand out to people at my university.

[pogue]

Sounds like a lot of effort and not very good odds. Try out Blingo & Winzy. I've won an amazon gift cert, a tivo and a movie ticket since last month just for searching.

[HazeDrake]

It's not 'free' in any real sense.

It's marketing. Like radio stations who give away stuff to callers. The vast majority of people aren't going to come and spend the amount of time it takes to get anything worth having. The only game that is easily solved, is the one the OP linked - using the 2nd site linked, it's easy to fly through it. The rest are much, much slower.

Most people will never get enough points for any prizes worth getting; but people will try the games (which all plug the MS search engine). MS hopes they'll get comfortable with Windows Search Live and keep using it.

MS gives away a ton of free software. I used to get sent a giant box filled with copies of VS.Net 2005 (academic) to hand out to people at my university.

yea, i got windows xp pro (this was before vista came out) and may other programs including visual studio 6 etc all free from uni

[C_Kent]

Sounds like a lot of effort and not very good odds. Try out Blingo & Winzy. I've won an amazon gift cert, a tivo and a movie ticket since last month just for searching.

What do you mean not very good odds? I see no odds here, just play, get points, get prize.

[pogue]

What do you mean not very good odds? I see no odds here, just play, get points, get prize.

Maybe I misunderstood. But from the sounds of it, it takes a looong time to get the points. But, just read my blog article if you're curious, it explains both the search engines I mentioned. Basically, you get prizes just for searching like you would normally. No games to play, etc.

[ElBonemeister]

I've done too many. They don't have anymore puzzles now.

[hollisterboii]

I've done too many. They don't have anymore puzzles now.

How many did you do?

[ElBonemeister]

Enough to get to 1000 points, and then it said they were out of puzzles for now.

[Marx2000]

there is a 1000 point limit per day I believe. Wait and try tomorrow.

[Edudbor]

The 1000 point limit isn't per day - it might be per day / per puzzle though. If you try other puzzles, you can still earn points.

[Ivan36]

interesting....

[Ivan36]

might help if we all post the answers to certain puzzles....i'll start. these are all for the game clink and they're named after the first question.

[hollisterboii]

Guys. This is really a waste of time. Say 1000 points equals 10 dollars. It takes a few hours to make 1000 points. Minimum wage is what $6.50 or something. Its really not that great its just the idea of getting something for free. Get a job.

[muscle_worker]

Trying to log in...

This organization's certificate has been revoked.

lol

[muscle_worker]

might help if we all post the answers to certain puzzles....i'll start. these are all for the game clink and they're named after the first question.

good idea. The misc shall get free stuff!
Ill help out if i can ever log in.

[MrMeanPants]

If you are dedicated, in 35 days you could win the xbox 360.

There is also a good looking headphone for 1,500 I believe. Im going for that one

EDIT- btw, play the game and use Blingo, you have more chances of winning something lol.

[n00bi3]

bump

[Monkey Helmet]

Guys. This is really a waste of time. Say 1000 points equals 10 dollars. It takes a few hours to make 1000 points. Minimum wage is what $6.50 or something. Its really not that great its just the idea of getting something for free. Get a job.

I work at a graphic design firm and often have down time waiting for clients to send me files or wait for projects to get sent my way and I just sit here on BB.com. Might as well earn a 360 while I'm getting paid my usual salary anyway, right?