Published at 12:00 PM on November 4, 2009

Win an Xbox 360 Elite Bundle in the Paste Scavenger Hunt

Win an Xbox 360 Elite Bundle in the Paste Scavenger Hunt

Update (12/15/2009): Play the latest scavenger hunt and help Doctors Without Borders here (game ends December 23, 2009). The winners for the hunt below: The grand prize Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle was won by an anonymous player from Anchorage, Alaska. The 2nd place winner was junebugge from Woodland Park, New Jersey. And the two third place winners were anonymous (all we have are emails).

Get to know the new PasteMagazine.com and you could win an Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle. Simply play the newest Paste Scavenger Hunt, finding the answers to questions on the appropriate Paste webpages. Each answer earns you points, and each point gives you an additional chance to win. You also randomly get bonus points just for browsing the site.

Each day this week, we’ll unveil five (5) questions. Each question or clue will point you to a page with the answer. Find the answer, hover over it and see it light up, then click it to earn your points.

To start the game, click below and register (if you played the Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt, you can use that login). You will get a menu page showing your first clue. Answer each of that day’s questions (or more if you’re starting late) and wait for the next day’s clues. You may earn points through November 15, and we will announce the winner on Monday, November 16, 2009.

Play the Paste Scavenger Hunt and Win an Xbox 360 Elite

Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded in a random drawing based on game points (“Achievement Points”) earned by participants:

The following prizes are awarded “instantly” to random players as they navigate to (almost) any page in PasteMagazine.com in game mode. All prize types (for example, a subscription to Paste Digital VIP) are limited to one per player/person. We may make additional prizes available, at our discretion. (If you win, we will send you an email the week of November 16 with instructions to collect your prize.)

  • $20 Amazon Gift Certificate (5 prizes available)
  • 1-year Paste print and Digital VIP subscription (15 available)
  • 1-year Paste Digital subscription (30 available)
  • 3-month trial to Paste Digital VIP (50 available)

Earning Points
Each point you get in the game earns you an entry in the random drawings. You earn points by:

  • Finding answers: You will earn points when you find the answer to questions or clues. You earn 100 points for most questions and 500 for the last question for a “level” or day—although we may award more points for particularly challenging questions.
  • Browsing: While you browse the site in game mode, you’ll earn “bonus” points at random. Bonus points may also have accompanying instant prizes.
  • Following @PasteMagazine: Earn 500 points by following PasteMagazine on Twitter and then supply us with your Twitter name (which you can do by logging in to the game via Twitter or in your game profile after you login through Paste).
    Note: If you’re already following @PasteMagazine, you don’t need to do anything other than supply us with your Twitter name.
  • Tweeting: Earn 50 points by using the hashtag “#pastehunt” when you discuss the game on twitter, retweet interesting Paste tweets or invite your followers to play. Tweet points are limited to 250 points (or 5 tweets) per day (we don’t want you spamming your friends, just sharing interesting information.)
    Note: If you tweet using the hashtag, you also don’t need to do anything. We will search for tweets with the hashtag multiple times a day and automatically award you points. There may be delays between your tweets and seeing the awarded points.

Tips

  • Are you sure you have the right answer but it still won’t light up? It may be because your browser is using a larger or smaller text size than we were expecting. To work around this, you can set your browser to use the normal (100%) zoom level. You can find the setting in the “View” menu of your browser. (Thanks to @Redpixel3 for helping us nail down the problem.)
  • Are you stuck? Try searching for #pastehunt on Twitter. There are often helpful hints from the community.


Legal and Technical Stuff

The game requires Flash 9 or above as well as recent versions of Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer (the game will not work in IE 6.x and below).

The contest is void where prohibited by law. Players must be 13 years of age or older. Winners must respond in a timely manner in order to redeem prizes. Employees of Paste, and their relatives, are not eligible. Paste makes every effort to ensure that the prizes are awarded fairly based on game play, but Paste winners are chosen solely as Paste’s discretion and rules may change at any time. Paste is not liable for any problems in game play or point attribution. Paste cannot offer any support for technical problems with the game. Playing the game indicates acceptance of these rules.

The Paste Scavenger Hunt II is a bit of fun from Paste Media Group. It is not affiliated with Microsoft (Xbox), Pure Digital Technologies (Flip) or Amazon—however, the Xbox bundle was donated for this hunt.

Got news tips for Paste? Email news@pastemagazine.com.

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