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Hey, Want To Play Borderlands At Gearbox This Friday?

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Follow-up questions: Do you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area? Are you equipped to comment on this post? Then read on!


This could be you! 
This could be you! 
How's this for a contest? I'm heading down to Texas for QuakeCon this week to get a look at id Software's new mega-texture-athon Rage, and this Friday I'll also be swinging by Gearbox to see the latest on Borderlands. And so will two of you! Gearbox is kindly allowing us to select two members of the Giant Bomb community to visit the developer's office on Friday (that's the 14th) and play Borderlands a full two months before release. Be on your best behavior, OK? Wipe your feet before entering.

Here's the word straight from Gearbox.


Two members of the Giant Bomb community are invited to join Gearbox Software for an afternoon of Borderlands co-op! This Friday the 14th at 4pm two Giant Bomb members will get to play the Gearbox Software ground breaking RPS (role playing shooter) due on shelves October 20th. Come join us!



We'll run this like any other contest: To enter, simply comment on this story and include the text "GB4LYFE" (no quotes) at the end of your post. At 3pm tomorrow (that's Wednesday, 8/12) I'll cut off the entries and randomly select two of you to get the business. The winners will be notified by PM of specific instructions for showing up.

NOTE: You must live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, or be able to get yourself there by 4pm this Friday, to be eligible. If you don't qualify for one of those criteria, please refrain from entering the contest. It will make life easier for everyone. You can still comment on this story if you want to discuss it; just don't include the GB4LYFE tag so your posts won't be counted as contest entries.

Now go forth and comment! 
 

UPDATE: Voting closed, winners selected!  

 
The winners, by random robot selection, are: jspill and SpecialBuddy! You guys will be notified by PM of further instructions, and thanks to everyone who entered.
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*You want to move it to Halifax, Nova Scotia. You want to move it to Halifax, Nova Scotia*

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Man, I heard the podcast while i was chilling, so I ran down to my computer and was going to comment...then I re-read the post. 
The cutoff is at 3 PM.
 
GB4LY....hmm..*sigh*

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@thefingersmith: I'm pretty sure that's 3pm pacific time. Meaning 5pm here in central.
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GB4LYFE

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I'm In.  I'll play.
 GB4LYFE

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I don't see why the deadline for a contest exclusive to people in this time zone would be Pacific Time though, makes no sense really.

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Sorry, that's 3pm Pacific time, also known as 6pm Eastern and 5pm here in Texas. In other words, you have 48 minutes left to enter!

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Dood...I live in Waco.  I doubt I'd be able to get the day off work, but if I win, I'll try. 
 
GB4LYFE

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Someone better film the entire thing.

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I live in the Wasilla, Alaska area...I guess it's a little far for me to drive

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Borderland's new art style is awesome.

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I wonder if I had made it if I had taken an airplane from Sweden when this thing first surfaced.

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@Chex_82 said:
" Someone better film the entire thing. "
Lol...like walk in with a hidden camera on the collar of your shirt, and then video the entire time you play the game.
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Borderlands? I just met her! 
 
GB4LYFE

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I wonder who won this, because it's already 3:10 in california.

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Brad

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Hey all, the winners have been selected. See the original post!

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GRATS YOU TWO!!!!

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i never win anything :(

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 Would like to say thanks for the personal reply and reading my comment. Thank You.

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Wish I won, but hey congratulations to those two, and yall better take a lot of photo's or video!

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@ahab88 said:
" i never win anything :( "
there've been like three contests...I think its a bit early to be saying that.
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I would love to play Borderlands, but it's kind of impossible for me since i'm MANY MANY MILES AWAY!

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Lucky bastards.

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Thank you Giant Bomb and Gearbox!!! I can't say any more because we were NDA'd... ;)
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@jspill said:
" Thank you Giant Bomb and Gearbox!!! I can't say any more because we were NDA'd... ;) "
Congratulations man. Almost makes me wish I lived in California. 
 
Not really though. 
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@Jayge: 
 
It took place in Texas. And we don't want you in Cali anyway!
 
And congrats to the winners....I hate you Mr Hedgehog.
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@jspill said:
" Thank you Giant Bomb and Gearbox!!! I can't say any more because we were NDA'd... ;) "
GODDAMMIT!!!
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@Stang said:

" @Jayge:   It took place in Texas. And we don't want you in Cali anyway! And congrats to the winners....I hate you Mr Hedgehog. "

Holy shit Texas? Even worse! I almost don't envy them now!
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Damn, I live too far to enter this contest, but it does like it'll be fun though.