#2025 Built As One - Every Part. Every Choice.

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slate siren
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@analog jasper replaced link.

spark smelt
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  1. Winners will be selected randomly from all eligible entries submitted through the Gleam entry points. The two combination grand prizes are available only to residents of the United States.
  2. Additionally, fifty (50) participants will be chosen to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card, for a total of $5,000 in prizes.
oblique lichen
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amazon gift card are world wide*

uneven turtle
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How on earth are you supposed to do the 1500 or even the 2700 budget builds with the constraints they have? You have to pick an MSI 50 series? I guess just throw together the cheapest builds possible until you do your $6000 build

analog jasper
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I have to go in and edit them but it's a start

obsidian merlin
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Not that hard

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Also case wasn’t specifically stated to be msi

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Just msi or anything compatible

rare pawn
fossil bobcat
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i just copy and paste the exampls from OP hahaha sorry i know is not that right but i am not that good of picking parts...

rare pawn
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I copied the d%%n site link one 2 of the builds vs coping the build link lol fml site link had a totally different build lol no msi insight

vestal thistle
supple lynx
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waxen ferry
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you guys realize that the grandprices are US only

limber ingot
limber ingot
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Nevermind I figured it out

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Or well I kind of got close

uneven turtle
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I cheesed my "cheap" lists since the rules don't actually say you have to hit those numbers. I just went as low as I could for the most part and then changed the CPU for the $2700

fathom sparrow
uneven turtle
vestal thistle
vestal thistle
glad spoke
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I just put my 6k PC part picker link into the 1.5k and the 2.7k, now what

supple lynx
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vestal thistle
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Do the other stuff

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Jsut do it every day

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Copy and paste your links so you dont build a new list every day

glad spoke
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Alright thank you

limber ingot
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Hm I made some minor modifications for my reposts but that's all I'll do.

supple lynx
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Other than that 6K one which I'm slowly tweaking that's what I am doing

limber ingot
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I do kind of wish I could go itx with this

supple lynx
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you can probably

limber ingot
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Hm ya your right just not the Fractal Ridge

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hm or maybe I could mess around more and get that to work

supple lynx
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the gpu is the hardest part to fit annoyingly they only make 2 5090s and both are massive same with fitting at a minimum a 240mm radiator for the cpu

supple lynx
supple lynx
waxen ferry
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cas latency is very high and its no samsung B die

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then again, i would leave out all those hdd's as well because you could just use ssd's, my monitor would be much higher priority, motherboard would be different to considering dual gpu build and latency. Less pcie lane = less cross talk = less latency. i cant understand why you cheap out on the cooler when going with a ryzen 9 9950x3d. Did you look up the pollingrate of the keyboard and the switches they used. Those hall effect keyboards are much better

supple lynx
# waxen ferry then again, i would leave out all those hdd's as well because you could just use...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wcDqt3 new my plan is it to be kind of a nas as a side duty and its not a dual gpu build monitor its better than what I currently have and uses less budget keyboard im just removing it motherboard whats wrong with it? the gpu slot is pcie5 from the cpu

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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thats the plan

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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I honestly would have preferred their air cooler but that's not being sold yet

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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It's just gonna be incredibly tight fit in that case

waxen ferry
waxen ferry
supple lynx
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it only has 60mm for the fans and Radiator before it will hit the blueray drive

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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ripping media

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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not always and also not the case

waxen ferry
waxen ferry
supple lynx
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you can use MakeMKV(one of the best ways to rip 4k blue ray) with it unlike most drives

waxen ferry
waxen ferry
fathom sparrow
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Real

supple lynx
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what monitor would you recommend for the under 300 range

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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cos that's the best msi one i could find

waxen ferry
waxen ferry
supple lynx
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the next best was over 400

waxen ferry
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Like my current one is nano ips 180hz 2k

supple lynx
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mine is 1080 60hz

waxen ferry
waxen ferry
supple lynx
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my laptop is 2k 60hz

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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its fine for what i do

waxen ferry
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But even for work more hz means less gaps for your brain to fill in = you get less tired

supple lynx
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that's mostly what i do the 5090 in the build isn't even necessary it just if I'm getting 6k to build I'm making it so upgrading is not a soon thing

supple lynx
waxen ferry
waxen ferry
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My main gpu is a 9070xt

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So streaming and framegen goes through the 3070ti while rendering goes trough the 9070xt

supple lynx
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You do have a tight build mini itx?

waxen ferry
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But my case is to small

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So i need to hook 1 gpu as egpu

supple lynx
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It's not like the case I picked is any better. I just have half of it being used for hard drives.

waxen ferry
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I actually need to hook the second one up trough my m.2 slot xd

supple lynx
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That's better than through USB.

waxen ferry
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I don't have usb 4.0

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But i ordered all the parts i need

supple lynx
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Hopefully you don't run into signal integrity issues.

waxen ferry
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And not gen 4

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And cables to

supple lynx
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Slower than 4x gen 4 but good enough for a 3070

waxen ferry
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Like less performance loss

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I ordered gen 4 adapter and cables though. The dock is gen 4 to

supple lynx
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Gen 4 is a lot faster per lane and both has effectively no error correction in the first place so signal integrity loss will just make it not work or use a slower speed.

waxen ferry
supple lynx
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If loss it will revert to gen 3 speeds and if that doesn't work, it will revert to Gen 2

supple lynx
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Yes, but the same thing will happen with Gen 3 if it loses signal integrity. It will revert to Gen 2.

waxen ferry
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DELOCK 64106, aoostar ag02, adt-link f9934 0.5m

fathom sparrow
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These giveaways are fun bc they actually take thought

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Not just follow their socials for a slim chance

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Also the 50 $100 Amazon gift cards is cool

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I got one of them last time they did that

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Only thing I’ve won from one a giveaway

misty stream
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hey guys . can anyone tell me if this is a worldwide or US only giveaway?.. i couldn't find it

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mvm i found it 🥹🥹

supple lynx
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US only for the actually interesting stuff

supple lynx
supple lynx
vestal thistle
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Heres my $1500 build
Then the $2700 build
And finally the $6000 build

fathom sparrow
misty stream
supple lynx
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warm gyro
misty stream
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gc are world wide

warm gyro
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Ah ye I understand that 🙂
though incase anyone here knows , when it does say you need to be a resident for the 2 main prizes .

Does that mean if you have an American passport and don’t live in the states , you aren’t allowed to enter?

misty stream
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after reading that second part i need to sleep.. i thought to hard

vestal thistle
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tribal wave
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wait im confused, is the grand prize the doom pc with the specs listed in the giveaway? or the custom pc you sent in for 1500/2700? im confused why they want the lists for 2700/1500 builds

finite nebula
tribal wave
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and does each build have to have a mouspad as well?

vestal thistle
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And then theres also 50 people who will get $100 Amazon gift cards on top of that

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So there is 52 prizes

tribal wave
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also what is "slightly higher or lower than the price" $100? 10% $10

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?

fathom sparrow
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No one knows tbh

misty stream
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idk tho

tribal wave
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how did you add a mousepad to the pcpartpicker list? just a custom part or something?

misty stream
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it should be near the end of the list.. right above the price.. it's not written as big as the core parts . a lot of peripherals can be added from there.. and it is around the custom parts area

tribal wave
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i saw it for mouse/keyboard/headset but not mousepad

obsidian merlin
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Don’t think peripherals are required but can definitely fit in a monitor or 2

vestal thistle
tribal wave
vestal thistle
dense egret
supple lynx
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am5 has a problem with quad channel memory it looses a lot of performance verses dual channel

slate siren
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do you mean 4 DIMMs / 2DPC?

fathom sparrow
slate siren
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assume so

supple lynx
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That is what I meant

vestal thistle
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Quad channel is Threadripper stuff

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Byeah Ik like everyone says to use two sticks not four

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Also means more future room to upgrade

supple lynx
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And its not that much more expensive

summer hazel
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Unless you want to spend $200 on dummy sticks just so it looks like you have 4 sticks lol

supple lynx
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True

limber ingot
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Hm something I have started wondering is if they build the 6000 PC for you or if they just send you the parts.

warm gyro
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I guess with these things they give the winner some options on what to do 🤷‍♂️

misty stream
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i guess I'll never know

limber ingot
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Ya well its not over yet

limber ingot
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then they would ether send you the parts or build the pc and send you that. I doubt they give you the money unless the restrictions are lifted

fathom sparrow
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fyi referral links are not allowed and you'll likely get a warn (learned the hard way)

tawdry geode
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Opps sorry my bad

hallow flower
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slate siren
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@hallow flower removed your post as it was both a duplicate and contained your promo code, which is against the rules

hallow flower
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oh my bad

slate siren
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original one is here

hallow flower
slate siren
hallow flower
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Too bad it requires msi 50 series

slate siren
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lol

hallow flower
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it actually ends on my birthday

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or like the day before i think

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imagine i win, best bday ever

rare pawn
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Warning compatibility 👎 lol

rare pawn
slate siren
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@fickle plaza already posted here

fickle plaza
amber sleet
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Ends in 37 hours.

supple lynx
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9 hours

supple lynx
hallow flower
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i read ur message

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what bundle

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cpu and what

hallow flower
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says out of stock

supple lynx
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they haven't restocked there site in a bit

hallow flower
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how they gonna buy the cpu then

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i think you should just get a normal deal

supple lynx
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its the mobo thats out of stock

limber ingot
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Welp its offical over and now we just wait till someone finds out who the winner is

misty stream
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i bet it's you

urban flame
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Fingers crossed, good luck to all

supple lynx
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Same

hallow flower
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where they gonna post the winner

misty stream
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tell me when you find out brother

amber sleet
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Ended

hallow flower
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They still haven’t announced winner

limber ingot
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I can't wait to win.

bold acorn
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you must be mistaken

hallow flower
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I can’t wait for the winner to BE ANNOUNCED

rare pawn
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Terms and conditions say winners was picked on the 16th so if no email you most likely didn’t win

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Gotta read

hallow flower
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I did read

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atp i just wanna see who won

fringe rover
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yeah and they said they post the winners on the article or the x account

vestal thistle
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I try and always send terms and conditions when I can

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helps prevent a lot of easily answerable questions

alpine isle
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Winners have been announced on X

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For you guys who are wondering

hallow flower
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finally

fathom sparrow
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Not me

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Well time to get my hopes up for the next ones

celest crescent
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gonna wait a little longer, they're still gonna hand out $100 amazon gift cards which are at least better than nothing

misty stream
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so that list is gonna be announced later?

alpine isle
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No it wont be announced

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They said they emailed the winners for the giftcards

crude dagger
misty stream
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they email the winners

upper raft
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Sometimes it may be announced on the server like here with amd, not even all the time

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Email is the truly 100% reliable option

crude dagger
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How do u ever find out the correct email tho

upper raft
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it should say gleam i guess

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i never won a giveaway

crude dagger
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Neither have I hmm