Hi all, thanks a lot for your comments below and glad you like the idea. This program is for you guys, so based on the comments we will amend the pool to the top 100. That way, it opens it out to more people and encourages others to get involved more. Interaction and debate is so key for N4G's future, so we're glad to be able to give back.

Nice addition for sure!

Well that's a nice idea. Clever too.

Nice idea!

Very cool.

Cheers for these contests.

very cool

Nice

Niceeee

Excellent addition for me and the guild.

Trolling was never that lucrative!

Cool indeed!

I'm usually in the top 40-50, but Oct. and Nov. are vacation months for me. But I'm back to work which means more time in front of the PC, so who knows?

Okay here comes an influx of repeat articles and click bait 👌

Isn't this just quantity over quality? People will just post nonsensical comments over and over just to acquire these "points" for commenting a ton.

Sounds pretty dang cool, definitely a good idea. On a side note, anyone else having issues with the top of the screen being cut off by the top bar? I can't even approve articles at the moment lol.

How do you check your positioning?

So basically even more clickbait articles then.

Interesting idea. I'm liking it. Give a little something back to the community.

It's the least you can do for shoving ads down our throat

Great idea, and looking forward to seeing what comes in the future.

I like this. Hopefully more rewards can get added in the near future.

Wasn’t expecting this, pretty cool.

Seems like a good way to grow n4g. And keep people.

If it was an Xbox I'd participate

Really nice to give back to the community. I normally just look and read arties, opinions, and things that still need to be approved. Normally don't comment.

Good news let's hope the spam bots don't take these contests out jk.

Seriously though is there a restriction such as needing to be based in the US or are all members eligible?

Pretty surprised with that reward honestly. Good going guys!

Cool

Journos posting their own shit should be excluded though since they are already getting free shit. ****Except for the few that respond in the comments with dignity...so like 1 or 2**** otherwise fuck em.

Hopefully mods and Admin won’t have a say in picking winners or see who randomly wins…

That's cool idea

Interesting idea.

The website needs to be fix way too many pop ups and ads all over

I'm remember in 2013 I won the Internet on here which earned me a copy of Skyrim for the PS3. I think an amazon $50 gift card.

Great Initiation!

Awesome! Been a member of N4G since 2008!

This feels to good to be true, but i'm here for it! and PS5 is a real way to kick it off that's for sure.

That's nice. No way I'd ever be part of top 100 highest scoring users but this is one of the communities I see more downvotes on for no reason (take the oldest comment in this section as example, dude didn't say anything worth disagreeing with)

So anyone in any country can win prizes?

Some of the people who are here 24/7 posting nonstop are fanboys who just make the whole comment section toxic af (you all know who the usual suspects are) and get the most engagement by people who take the bait. Are we really rewarding that behavior just cause they get "engagement"?

Great idea Chris!

Must be making good money off these ads.

Well, this will certainly be useful to make already extremely active members to be even more active, but I don't think this will make other users actually engage more, since if you don't already comment like crazy, it would feel like work to try to get into the top 100.

If it was up to me, I'd make every active member get a chance based on their number of comments and whatnot, but being in the top 50/100/200/500/1000 act like a multiplayer (x10,x5,x4,x3,x2).
Ex: If I comment once, I get one chance of being chosen. If somebody comments 1000 times, they'll have 1000 times more chance to be picked. And on top of that, if I am in the 501~1000 tier (x2 multiplier), my points (and consequently my chances of being picked) get doubled, if I'm in the top 50 my points gets multiplied by 10x.
This way, very active members still have a huge headstart, but other members still have chances to get it, making them comment more because they know every comment will count, instead of the current system where unless you comment a lot, you don't even have a chance - so for me, and I assume for most, has a feeling of "I have no chance of being in the top 100, so why bother commenting more?".

A few (many) years ago I got $100 from N4G. It did make me comment more from then on, at least for quite some time, since I learned the more I commented, the more chances I had to get a prize (N4G should have advertised that more - I only found out about it after I won, for example). But now, I know I won't be in the top 100 anyway, so I don't feel like changing my commenting habits.

Also, it's not clear if this will be limited to USA residents or what countries can participate...

that is so cool damn

Is it open to all anywhere in the world? A T&C would help clear up some questions. Thanks!

Just curious, when is the winner being announced for the contest?