contest Which prize is the best?

[whitebread]

So... I'll be running a contest in the coming weeks, and I wanted to get feedback over which is the most popular/sought-after prize out of what I'm willing to give away.

Make a selection, leave a comment below... And watch Neowin for further updates :D

I hope to get this contest officially sanctioned/ran by Neowin staff. I'll just be providing the prize. If you're a staff member and are reading this, PLEASE PM me and let me know how I can set this up with you guys.

Edit: The purpose of the contest is to help out Neowin and reward contributing members. How can I go about choosing a deserving member? Should I limit it to subscribers, only? I obviously won't award the prize to a One-Post Wonder...

[Max Norris]

TechNet, definitely handy.

[Duffydemon]

TechNet, I always wanted it. :)

[Damian]

Edit: The purpose of the contest is to help out Neowin and reward contributing members.

If this is the case: 5 tier 2 subs. You would be giving subs to contributing members and donating to Neowin.

[whitebread]

If this is the case: 5 tier 2 subs. You would be giving subs to contributing members and donating to Neowin.

My hope was that, if I made it so only subscribers could enter, that people would go, "You know, I don't like ads, I want to help out Neowin, and I could win [x prize] for subscribing, so now would be an awesome time to subscribe." And then they would subscribe and enter the contest. Probably not, though :(

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I voted TechNet, second would be Windows 7 key. All of them are incredibly gracious though. Hope somehow you work for MS and this is not coming out of your own pocket, as if so, that just seems a bit excessive IMO. Awesome, but excessive.

[whitebread]

I voted TechNet, second would be Windows 7 key. All of them are incredibly gracious though. Hope somehow you work for MS and this is not coming out of your own pocket, as if so, that just seems a bit excessive IMO. Awesome, but excessive.

I don't work for MS, but it's alright. I won't go into details, but don't worry -- this will cause no hardship at all :) (Y)

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Another vote for a TechNet subscription.

[firey]

I vote for Technet. However, re: the subscription thing, I don't think it should be for subscribers only. I don't subscribe but I am still active, with a good post count and a good set of likes. I contribute to neowin without paying them directly.

[metallithrax]

I propose that it would be better left to the competition winner to decide.. Maybe they already have Technet, or a subscription.

This way, the winner gets what they actually want.

[whitebread]

I propose that it would be better left to the competition winner to decide.. Maybe they already have Technet, or a subscription.

This way, the winner gets what they actually want.

That's not a bad idea. I'll definitely consider it :)

[whitebread]

So I have PM'ed Neobond about making this an official Neowin contest. Hopefully he'll get back to me soon and we can get this thing started :D