🎉 Celebrating the Xbox community on Reddit with our BIGGEST contest & giveaway EVER!

https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/comments/1gjcuf0/celebrating_the_xbox_community_on_reddit_with_our/

created by F0REM4N on 04/11/2024 at 12:17 UTC

103 upvotes, 28 top-level comments (showing 25)

Create your Xbox Design Lab masterpiece!

2024 r/Xbox Community Celebration!

*NOTE -** **THE CONTEST IS NOT ACCEPTING ENTRIES UNTIL NOVEMBER 11th - this post is informative only.**

**There will be a separate entry post made on that date!***

WHAT TO KNOW

r/Xbox is celebrating you, the community, with a *massive* contest and sweepstakes over the coming weeks.
In total we will award **forty-one** (41) Xbox controllers, and two (2) 1TB White Series S consoles to lucky users.
**Phase I** begins on **November 4** and will feature a controller design contest where you will be invited to submit and name a custom designed Xbox controller using the Xbox Design Lab portal. The winner - as determined by user vote - will receive their winning design in controller form, as well as a **1TB Xbox Series S console!**
**Phase II** begins on **December 4** and will feature four (4) weekly sweepstakes where ten (10) users per week will be drawn at random and receive a controller featuring the contest's winning design. At the end of the last week, we will draw from those forty (40) users, and one (1) will also win a 1TB Xbox Series S console!

ELIGIBILITY - IMPORTANT ⚠️

Due to legal and regional restrictions, participation in these events is limited to the **USA, UK, and New Zealand.** (this is out of our control)
To deter fraud and multiple account entry, user accounts will need to possess 100 total account karma across Reddit, be greater than 3 months of age, *be subscribed* to the community, and have a verified e-mail trophy. The winner must also be 18 years of age or older. Please see the official rules[1] for more details.
One entry per user for each event segment, duplicate entry is an immediate disqualifier.
If you win, you may NOT enter again.
Official Rules[2]

HOW TO PREPARE

Check the above eligibility requirements, you have time to build karma and subscribe to r/Xbox before the contest begins!
Start work on your design using the Xbox Design Lab portal[3]
Each entry will require a completed entry form as detailed below and must be submitted as a top-level comment to the entry post.

What will you design?[4]

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/wiki/2024giveaway/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/wiki/2024giveaway/

3: https://xboxdesignlab.xbox.com/en-us/configure/xbox-wireless-controller

4: https://preview.redd.it/xptqryvqetyd1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=b67ed2c92ecf5cdc661b3a8c010e3d1d781fcebd

ENTRY FORM - Phase I Design Contest

*THE CONTEST IS NOT ACCEPTING ENTRIES UNTIL NOVEMBER 11th IN A SEPARATE POST -** but you can start work on your creation now!

Please follow directions closely to ensure a valid entry! You will be asked to copy paste this form and fill in the details when the entry post goes live on November 11!

ENTRY FORM:

**Controller Image:** Submit a photo or screencap of your final design

*Controller Name:** Name your design
*Body:** Choose one option from the STANDARD list
*Back:** Choose one option from the STANDARD list
*Grips:** Choose RUBBERIZED BACK GRIPS - yes, rubberized side grips - no
*Bumpers:** Choose one option from STANDARD list
*Triggers:** Choose one option from STANDARD list
*D-Pad:** Choose one option from the METALLLICS list
*Thumbsticks:** Choose one option from the STANDARD list
*ABXY:** Choose any option
*View, Menu, Share:** Choose any option
*Engraving:** Choose yes, enter r/Xbox (it should show 6 out of 16 characters used)

Five finalists will be chosen by user vote, and five by mod selections. The ten finalists will then compete in a final voting round to select the winning design!

Good luck to those who will enter, and questions are encouraged below!

Cheers from the r/Xbox mod team!

These events are funded by a grant from* Reddit community funds[5] *that was requested as a show of appreciation to all of you who join and visit us for the latest Xbox news and discussion!*

5: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15484345935508-Community-Funds

Comments

Comment by F0REM4N at 04/11/2024 at 14:33 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

We understand frustrations with regional limitations. To be clear, we have zero control over this. In many regions hosting a sweepstake is completely prohibited. Others heavily tax prizes, require the sponsor to hold a physical address (or even be physically present) in participating nation, require permits, do not support shipping from the MS Store or Xbox Design Lab, have limitations on prize value, and so forth.

Here are some examples

Keep an eye out for less restricted giveaways as this event moves forward - there may be a few surprises...

Comment by Exorcist-138 at 04/11/2024 at 12:35 UTC

18 upvotes, 2 direct replies

No Canada?

Comment by UncleObli at 04/11/2024 at 12:24 UTC

35 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It certainly feels good to be a EU Xbox fan 😞

Comment by NanoPolymath at 04/11/2024 at 19:29 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wow, very generous of y’all. Awesome opportunity for the community, huge good luck vibes to all that enter.

Comment by AggressivePrize5746 at 04/11/2024 at 13:21 UTC

10 upvotes, 2 direct replies

México is out too, so sad.

Comment by Stumpy493 at 04/11/2024 at 13:06 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Lots of prizes, very exciting

Comment by rwheeler289 at 04/11/2024 at 18:39 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

So to verify, on the phase 2 giveaway, is there any action needed outside the requirements for eligibility? Is there a form/comment to be filled out, or do we need to do the controller design that was in phase 1?

Comment by LiIy__ at 04/11/2024 at 15:52 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

hi, so im from ireland and the website that was listed on the pinned comment states

Ireland: Games of chance involving a purchase are banned (unless the sponsor is a nonprofit company).

would this mean that ireland IS a valid country for this giveaway? i dont believe we are being made to purchase anything right?

Comment by CheesyApricot at 05/11/2024 at 06:55 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Let me just start by saying huge respect for answering people's queries and concerns. It'd be easy not to.

Comment by iskender299 at 04/11/2024 at 12:24 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Great contest but the number of eligible countries is sad (also strange combo).

Comment by 3kpk3 at 06/11/2024 at 06:11 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Epic!

Comment by CharlesB43 at 06/11/2024 at 16:40 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Are any specifics on the screencap of the design?

I'm guessing it needs to show all the colors of the controller once you click preview there's photos[1] like this (this isn't my design, just default controller.) do you guys want the photo like that or of the controller in the rotatable view?

1: https://i.imgur.com/uIaVqCg.png

Comment by Playerr1 at 10/11/2024 at 18:59 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I wish everyone good luck!

That said, it would have been awesome for EU countries to be a part of this event. The prizes are amazing! Can't complain, though, I recently got my Series X and I'm still rocking the Winter Forces controller since 2017. It's built like a tank.

Comment by Ayanelixer at 04/11/2024 at 18:02 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Ah South Africa, ofcourse you have laws against this

Comment by RossaF1 at 04/11/2024 at 19:00 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

As an Aussie, I have one thing to say. DAMN YOU KIWI'S! YOU WIN THIS ROUND...

Cool giveaway though :)

Comment by SprinkledBlunt at 04/11/2024 at 14:05 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is awesome!

Comment by [deleted] at 04/11/2024 at 12:22 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies