jrsquonk wrote:Why would I do that if I have to tell you my order # and password?

I used a fake order#, and an entirely different password than my Woot one. I *think* the PW is just so you can get back on THAT site to update your Big o' Cosmos status.

bmw66x wrote:You got 2 as well? Radical. Join the club of the most hated Wooters on the planet, Nightghost.

Club members:

bmw66x
NightGhost

and maybe a few others. Like 750 others.

No - not in one day.

I just don't think it was a good idea to debut what was obviously a completely untested order system without making sure it would work. Also, probably not a great idea to discriminate against visually impaired people like that either. Kinda leaves you vulnerable to bad press and lawsuits and such.....

Other than those points, good job woot!

I personally didn't thin it was funny or cute. I might even delete Woot from machine now and refuse delivery of my order I placed a few days ago. I wasted my "valuable" time on this and was late for work this morning! GRRRRRRRRRR

NightGhost wrote:No - not in one day.

Ah. I see. Suppose I'll edit the post then. Carry on.

troller11 wrote:Only 749 craps. Jeez.....all that work and nothing to show for it. I spotted the woot off before I went to work, but I didn't have the time to play the game. I'm glad you are making it more open to more players, though. But only 749??? What a waste of bandwidth!!!

If you check each level, you'll see 749 or 750 BoCs... therefore, one could surmise that ten levels * 750 BoCs == ~7500 BoCs. That's one of the larger numbers (in terms of availability) that I can recall offhand.

Wenwensboy wrote:I just don't think it was a good idea to debut what was obviously a completely untested order system without making sure it would work. Also, probably not a great idea to discriminate against visually impaired people like that either. Kinda leaves you vulnerable to bad press and lawsuits and such.....

Other than those points, good job woot!

Having a video game-based contest discriminates against visually impaired people?

You know what? So do light bulbs. They give non-visually-impaired people an unfair advantage. Let's ban them right away, or at least after we ban the food that gives healthy people such an advantage.

And don't get me started on the $!&$! oxygen!

bryanws wrote:No. I do hope people at Woot are fired for this and their unemployment benefits contested. You don't jerk your customers around, take away time and effort from them under the guise of a simple traffic staggering mechanism, and then proceed to use skinner box psychology on them in a distasteful manner.

For the love of God, get a life! If you are taking this so seriously that you are wishing financial ruin on people, you really need to get out more.

That being said, I completely agree with the "most fair it's ever been" poster. Woot's efforts completely stymied the bot-buyers out there, and let some of us 'normal' people have a chance. (Are you so upset because your bot didn't work?)

After trying for several frustrating minutes, I managed to get onto the game at level 3, failed 3-4 times, then passed level 3, and bought the first Big o' Cosmos I've ever been able to buy. This is unlike any other Big o' Cosmos, I've tried, where I either missed the roughly 27-second window necessary to get in, or hit the inevitable server jam.

In short, anything that stops the bot-buyers and allows other folks a chance at a Big o' Cosmos is fine with me.

NightGhost wrote:Having a video game-based contest discriminates against visually impaired people?

You know what? So do light bulbs. They give non-visually-impaired people an unfair advantage. Let's ban them right away, or at least after we ban the food that gives healthy people such an advantage...

+1 sir. Plus 1.

bkolson6 wrote:Did anyone else get in REALLY early and not even have to do the game?

...cuz I did.

i did too!

So this is the smart post snail. It's a miracle that the packages even arrive to my house. Impossible terrain, missed deliveries, delivery packages into a black hole. I finally understand now.

NightGhost wrote:Having a video game-based contest discriminates against visually impaired people?

You know what? So do light bulbs. They give non-visually-impaired people an unfair advantage. Let's ban them right away, or at least after we ban the food that gives healthy people such an advantage...

Hey! Cut it out. I said visually impaired. I didn't say anything about the intellectually impaired....

Wenwensboy wrote:I just don't think it was a good idea to debut what was obviously a completely untested order system without making sure it would work. Also, probably not a great idea to discriminate against visually impaired people like that either. Kinda leaves you vulnerable to bad press and lawsuits and such.....

Other than those points, good job woot!

Isn't about 99.99999% of the internet discriminatory then? SUE THE INTERWEBS!
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I fail to see your point...

Wenwensboy wrote:Hey! Cut it out. I said visually impaired. I didn't say anything about the intellectually impaired....

And what's with this "visually impaired" stuff? They're freakin' blind.

Reminds me of the time I met a guy and asked him if he was Native American.

"What's that nonsense? I'm a goddam Indian!"

I love trying to figure out the Fools Day Bag Woots.... and this was my first score... got relatively close a time or two.

This is about the only way to prevent a 5 or 6 minute sell out... how long did Levels 1 - 10 last??? 10 + Hours !!! WOW ! ! !

My only other Big o' Cosmos was the Santa Sack - seems that I can only score on the ones that require reading / luck / skill...

Never been fast enough to beat the bots on a straight up Bag.

ReginaFilangee wrote:
A lot of us LIKE it when Woot mixes things up and makes a challenge out of it instead of just a race to see who can click the button the fastest and has the fastest Internet connection....or just dumb luck. At least this was different, and creative. They always do the April Fool's Big o' Cosmos in a different, creative, and challenging way every year. Don't like it? Simply fuggedaboudit and wait until one of the other "typical" Big o' Cosmos times comes around again.

*shrug*

Yup - I have to admit that when my first few attempts to play were met with errors I was a little peeved, thinking it was a cheap-o April 1 joke. Once I got through to the game, however, I cheered up considerably (because it's a MUCH more thoughtful and complex April 1 joke). I didn't have enough time to play it over and over to potentially get a version where I wasn't smacked down by the double-obstacle, but I had fun playing, and I've had that cheery song playing in my head all day. I say good on ya folks.

And some day I will get my ballestra-on-cue. Dammit.

bkolson6 wrote:No guilt for me. I figure it was, perhaps, a little April Fool back at them....maybe.

Glad I wasn't alone.

That is how I got mine. No bots or anything, just clicked the button and got the buy screen. Which is just as well since I can't play the skill games and Woot always tricks me with the puzzles.

ReginaFilangee wrote:I used a fake order#, and an entirely different password than my Woot one. I *think* the PW is just so you can get back on THAT site to update your Big o' Cosmos status.

Correct. The order # is only for sorting purposes (do the first orders get better craps, etc). You could always put your last digits as 000 if you feel uncomfortable with the full order #.

What Regina said about the password is correct.

crktfrog wrote:thanks but i cant get on it

What do you mean you can't get on it? What issues are you having?

msruru wrote:That is how I got mine. No bots or anything, just clicked the button and got the buy screen. Which is just as well since I can't play the skill games and Woot always tricks me with the puzzles.

I here ya'. What Woot should really do, is give the baggies to those who can link the fastest.

zelfren wrote:Most fair it's ever been.

Agreed

Woot where the deals are good and the servers are crappy.

Since I got a Big o' Cosmos for level 3, I was a bit worried that the higher level BOCs might be nicer. I thought this might be fair though considering how difficult it is to get to the higher levels. Now that I see most people cheated for them I really hope the higher level BOCs aren't any nicer.

bryanws wrote:Some people have poor taste in fun and stories. Seriously, it's people of this ilk that don't demand quality and accept whatever comes their way without question. Your efforts to regress the collective culture of the world have been noted.

Wah

Tried for the first five levels and could never get to the game. Since I can never get to the BUY for a Big o' Cosmos even with wooters.us popping up the page, it's business as usual.

Wasn't going to try for a Big o' Cosmos again, but I thought this one might be different.

From now on I'll just close the browser when it starts and leave it to the masochists.

rdzek wrote:To: The whinners
Subject: Whaaa Whaaa Whaaa

Really? Really, really? I don't really see how this was any worse than any other chance for a bandoleer. As a matter of fact, there was 10X the chance to get one and you still failed - EPIC! Don't cry for me Bee-Oh-Cee.

I got in at level 3. Yeah for me and my first Basket-O-Cabbage!

And for the people who got it, but were not offered it?? Makes no sense. BAD SERVERS...

yardleydobon wrote:Since I got a Big o' Cosmos for level 3, I was a bit worried that the higher level BOCs might be nicer. I thought this might be fair though considering how difficult it is to get to the higher levels. Now that I see most people cheated for them I really hope the higher level BOCs aren't any nicer.

I could be wrong, but being that Woot has to get nearly 7500 craps out, I doubt they want to deal with sorting them by level.

So... Will we be able to still play Crapshoot once today over? It's strangely addicting.

Fountain3586 wrote:And for the people who got it, but were not offered it?? Makes no sense. BAD SERVERS...

People said the same thing when they got "Buttafuoccod" a few Woot-Offs ago. It's crap - it doesn't make sense.

All you need to know is this.

If NightGhost got a bag, it's fair. Otherwise, unfair.

Okay, if you're not NightGhost, feel free to substitute your own username above.


edit: And if you spent many hours trying and failed, stop whining and get a life. And yes, this is the guy who spends 90 minutes linking the the product website and the processor benchmark, telling you to get a life!

yardleydobon wrote:Since I got a Big o' Cosmos for level 3, I was a bit worried that the higher level BOCs might be nicer. I thought this might be fair though considering how difficult it is to get to the higher levels. Now that I see most people cheated for them I really hope the higher level BOCs aren't any nicer.

OK, I'm going to repeat myself: Like a bag of horse turds instead of a bag of dog turds? LOL

Here is the link to track your crap.


http://wootsack.bfusion.net/index.php

Wenwensboy wrote:I just don't think it was a good idea to debut what was obviously a completely untested order system without making sure it would work. Also, probably not a great idea to discriminate against visually impaired people like that either. Kinda leaves you vulnerable to bad press and lawsuits and such.....

Other than those points, good job woot!

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE tell me you're joking about the discrimination thing. There are just so many contradictions in that thought process that I cannot even BEGIN to list them all!!!

Wenwensboy wrote:I just don't think it was a good idea to debut what was obviously a completely untested order system without making sure it would work. Also, probably not a great idea to discriminate against visually impaired people like that either. Kinda leaves you vulnerable to bad press and lawsuits and such.....

Other than those points, good job woot!

ReginaFilangee wrote:PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE tell me you're joking about the discrimination thing. There are just so many contradictions in that thought process that I cannot even BEGIN to list them all!!!

Oh man, with lack of sleep this thread just keeps getting funnier and funnier. Good response ReginaFilangee.

I'm not sure if I'm hoping for something awesome like an ipad or something ridiculous like the pallet of car wax or 42 coffee makers . . . no matter what, I'm getting a Big Orphaned Cetacea!!

NightGhost wrote:Having a video game-based contest discriminates against visually impaired people?

You know what? So do light bulbs. They give non-visually-impaired people an unfair advantage. Let's ban them right away, or at least after we ban the food that gives healthy people such an advantage.

And don't get me started on the $!&$! oxygen!

Awesome.

I have asthma. I therefore think all of you people who were able to concentrate better and have faster reflexes because you were able to use more of the oxygen in the room had an unfair advantage over me. So....send me all yer stuff to make up for it. Wahhhhhhhhh.....

If I had the money, I'd send all these complainers a big old bag of sour grapes. And then a big wheel of cheese to go with all the whine they're making.

And the visual impairment lawsuit thing is a riot. If your magnifying program cannot properly function on a part of the site, it is the PROGRAM'S fault, not Woot. Woot didn't make the program, did it? And it does not prevent you from accessing the site. The program even worked, as far as magnifying goes. The fact that it was impossible to control while playing the game takes the blame completely away from woot. So please stop. You're making REAL people with REAL disabilities look bad. Next time, get off your butt and go fetch some glasses if you need to see so badly.

ReginaFilangee wrote:Awesome.

I have asthma. I therefore think all of you people who were able to concentrate better and have faster reflexes because were able to use more of the oxygen in the room had an unfair advantage over me. So....send me all yer stuff to make up for it. Wahhhhhhhhh.....

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wonder if they even took into account the people that are handicapped.and how fair is the game to them? what a rip

To everyone that's pissed off or just missed it, especially if you got a Big o' Cosmos at some point in the past....now you know how I felt the other 784 times I missed the Big o' Cosmos. BUT NOT TODAY.

Thanks Woot. I think.

yardleydobon wrote:Since I got a Big o' Cosmos for level 3, I was a bit worried that the higher level BOCs might be nicer. I thought this might be fair though considering how difficult it is to get to the higher levels. Now that I see most people cheated for them I really hope the higher level BOCs aren't any nicer.

I think it will probably be like it always has been and be totally random....

BUT, if "anyone" should get "better stuff" than anyone else, it should be the people who got in on the LOWER levels, not the higher ones. If it took them that long to get it, their skills are not as sharp as those who figured out how to get through earlier on. You know, such as in the early levels....like, say....just arbitrarily, ya know....by level 4. Yep, anyone who got it in the first 4 levels should get the BEST crap. Definitely.

Oops....I better take that back. I think I just violated 3 of the Commandments:

THE HOLY CRAP COMMANDMENTS v3.0

I. Thou shalt expect nothing beyond ONE bag of some kind and THREE crappy items.

II. Thou shalt not whine and complain when some people’s crap turns out to be nicer than yours.

III. Thou shalt take a moment to consider whether you might be better off just not buying this crap.

IV. Thou shalt not expect better crap just because things are different this time. Crap is crap.

V. To paraphrase Stephen Stills, shalt thou not get the crap you want, want the crap you get.

Please forgiveth me, oh ye Woot Gods.