afroxxjoe wrote:LOL at people that teach 3rd graders how use powerpoint consider themselves IT experts

Exactly - it's the 3rd graders who are the IT experts.

aoikiretsu wrote:I believe ComputerCarl is the wooter who first discovered the link(s).

And I'm actually quite curious as to if anyone really TRULY beat the game. Because it is impossible. The furthest level I reached was 4, but I got c*ckblocked by a Jatravartid firey planet and a spacesurfing monkey

The game seems to be completely random, so I guess it is possible. It just gets less and less likely the higher a level you have to go to.

gambitking903 wrote:Woot created a prank that was obviously a prank - an unwinnable time sapping game.

But they made a way for us to buy the crap anyway..... through a nifty link.

They knew the user community would share it.
They want us to share it.

Because they know that all the skeptics and whiners and fraidy-cats will abstain from following that link (even though it does work) simply to save face and not be the openly ashamed fool of some ruse. So in a sense Woot is preying off your own fear and pride....

And that's the real prank. Genius.

Well, it's really a cross site bug... I found it early this morning and have been posting about it since. I discovered it, Woot did not give it to me. I however think Woot should give me a nicer Big o' Cosmos due to the fact that I brought them in a ton more money using my link than they would have gotten using their game...

I can only minimize this screen so many times to avoid coworkers without killing the snail... The things I'll do to try and get another Butterfly On Crack!
~ D a3 v e ~

Blast! I forgot to use my coupon code. I could've saved 5 bucks. Oh well. I'm sure i'll find something on Woot to buy in the next month.

got a Big Orphaned Cetacea! it's my birthday on april 13th (was born on a friday) so maybe it will arrive around my birthday, rock. thanks woot.

After 2 years of trying I FINALLY got one.
Link worked perfectly.
Had to do it twice actually. The first time I got it it gave me an error while processing paypal.

After 100+ attempts, got another order screen. This time payed with my credit card. WORKED!!

WOOT WOOT!

looks like they closed the backdoor.

Ok, I'm done. I've tried at least 500 times, incognito, ie, chrome in normal mode, no dice. Probably my company's websense firewall giving me a cached page instead of even trying to hit the woot server each time. Oh well... I guess I should have stayed home from work today to get a Big Orphaned Cetacea!

(I'm just kidding about staying home, if not getting a Big o' Cosmos is the biggest problem you have in your life, consider yourselves lucky!)

Happy April Fools Everyone!

Got a Big Ole' Cactus as well. Yay!

722lad wrote:When I click on "i want one" it gives back a message that I have to beat level 10 first. I simply changed the "www" in the URL to "kids" and it brought me to a kidswoot random crap 9 order page.

this is how i just scored one! i wasted hours last night trying to play the silly game. then just started doing this, it took me over an hour (i get obsessive) but it DOES work. also, i used incognito in chrome, and had to sign in over and over until the purchase page popped up for $8.

granted, joke may be on me and i may actually be getting flaming doodie, but dammit I FINALLY GOT IT!

Man--so difficult to get a bag!

This would have been cool if it were possible to avoid getting an enemy on both lanes at the exact same time.

No way to win game, iv been trying on my accoutn at work for a wile, my wife has been trying on her account and my kids who love games been playing..

we all keep meeting our doom from no way around obsticals. really how to you get pass two objects at once. I died many of times on lvl 1 just becuase of that.

good april fool joke woot.

better luck of getting a bag a crap the old fashion way.

That link works...just did it. Just keep clicking on it until order screen pops up on its own. You will see your order for the bag for $8. You don't have to click into buy it now or anything.

Just got one with the random link crap. FINALLY! It only took forever.


But somehow I know woot's just going to send me bad crap to make up for being so sneaky. They can tell who's cheating, can't they?!

It's my birthday and it does not even look like I will get a Big Orphaned Cetacea!!

Got through but now it says the sale is sold out.
Mother warper. *sigh*

lightknight wrote:To the people using the links: Do you actually see your purchase in your woot account? You may want to change your password quickly if not. Though I imagine a person would have to do some work to fake the site, it is not impossible.

Yep, shows up in "my account" as 'Random Crap'

I got it but after I hit "buy" it took me back to kids.woot... what the hell?

YAY! I got my crap! I am so excited to have paid $8 for crap!!!! I can't wait to see what it is I played the game a million times... but just started clicking away on the link.....over and over and over and over and over... finally it just popped up! NO JOKE! It works!!! Thanks for the link post everyone

722lad wrote:The brilliance of the Woot! gag is that all of us who swear the link works (i am one, and I have my random 9 crap receipt to prove it) appear to be part of the gag to those who it hasn't worked for yet, or who are loathe to try it because they don't want to get "gotten" on AFD. And yet, by not doing it or not persisting they are "gotten". It's so ironic. Kudos woot!

That's what I was thinking. There's three types of people on this board now:

1) People who have gotten the link to work, and are trying to help others.
2) People who believe the link is a prank, but have given up on the game and are trying to send people on a fool's errand.
3) People who really, really want some crap, are skeptical about the link but clicking wildly.

It's pretty awesome.

What would be really funny is if they sell Buckyballs next.

The link definitely works. I got mine this way. I think it's so funny everyone keeps fighting it. If you don't want to keep reloading the link have fun being bag-less.

Wow! It worked for my wife and me! Oh no! Now I have guilt!

Got one via the kids link, FINALLY! My first Big o' Cosmos after like 6 years of trying

The wine.woot URL posted by ComputerCarl worked for me... eventually. I had pasted in one code or another at least 300 times.

For what it's worth, I was using Chrome's Incognito mode with a regular woot.com tab, logged into my account, open in the same window. Earlier in the day, I had played the Crapshoot game and gotten up to Level 4; I used the Konami code, which appeared to have no effect other than putting a cute little woot-off light on top of my snail as it moved through the game. The game was not open at the time I was doing all my cutting-and-pasting.

Whee. I don't know whether this was fun, incredibly frustrating, or both.

on 4/1/2011, you successfully wooted.
order xxxxxxx
You want 1

Random Crap - Level 10
You ordered 3 Random Crap.
which each cost $3.00
for a subtotal of $3.00
plus shipping + $5.00
for a total of $8.00

* Wine sold by winery (or a retailer in your state where necessary)
* You must be 21 or older to order
* Whoever receives the package must be 21 or older
* If you’re drunk when the package shows up, you will not be allowed to receive it
* Wine cannot be delivered to a P.O. Box
* We highly reccommend you use a business address as your shipping address

The wine link works. note the all the wine disclaimers


Edit: Guess it doesnt really matter since they are all gonzo

lightknight wrote:To the people using the links: Do you actually see your purchase in your woot account? You may want to change your password quickly if not. Though I imagine a person would have to do some work to fake the site, it is not impossible.

yes I do. Also while a link could be fakes entering the url with woot.com that early couldn't be spoofed as another site. the . would have to be a / or _ or - or something to be a fake.

Wow, I got one, and it went to the next item about 0.5 seconds after clicking the final button.

i was playing on level 3 last night... beat it and went on to 4... never let me get my crap for level 3.. i hate you woot!

Linky Linky!!!

https://sslkids.woot.com/wantone/f75216c9-0f67-49ec-a423-95d24aecb5ba/random-crap-32

Add me to the list of non-believers. But it did work. I used Shirt.woot instead of kids, because it was so slow. I created a short cut on my desk top and just kept clicking it to open a new tab on my browser. I seriously thought I was getting fooled! Ha, now let’s see if it actually comes to us all that 'found a work around' to the Flesh game!

I click the link, but it just tells me I already got my crap and not to bogart all the crap. But I want more crap.

Woot!!!! The Link worked. I got me a Big o' Cosmos.

I took me way more than 50 times though, maybe 75-100. I used the first link that ended in 32

its saying level 10 Big o' Cosmos is sold out!! was trying to get a Big o' Cosmos for my wife too

INCOGNITO MODE IS THE KEY!

I tried for over 45 minutes pasting the link into firefox, chrome, etc.

The first time I pasted the link while in incognito mode it worked flawlessly!

Use the kids.woot link and make sure that you are logged in before you start trying!

Yay for my first one!

The woot gods have finally answered my prayers! Thank you woot, this is my first Burrito of Chorizo.

It works. Do like someone else said.

Create a new shortcut on your desktop using https://sslwine.woot.com/wantone/f75216c9-0f67-49ec-a423-95d24aecb5ba/random-crap-32

Then open a few separate browsers...then drag and drop the link into the browsers like a muther...as soon as the page loads the wine woot, drag/drop again...eventually, you will see the order page!

GO! Now!! HURRY!!!!!!

tc127 wrote:last time i'm gonna bump this post. this will get you your Big o' Cosmos!

I wonder if you will get a bag of kids crud. Maybe the wine link would be more beneficial... a big box of crud wine WOOT WOOT!!!