Mountain Dew Game Fuel site launches for reals

Update: This promotion seems to be US only. Sorry, rest of the world. Hopefully you guys will get something like this soon as well. China had a Coke promo, so maybe the EU/Oceania will get a turn sooner or later.
The Mountain Dew Game Fuel site is officially live, and we're all free to earn lots and lots of tokens. You'll need to register first, so be prepared to hand over a fair amount of personal information. They want the usual things, like your name and birthdate and home address. If I had to guess, I would say they need all of that for contest reasons. You always need to ask those things so you don't run into any regional legal issues.
Now, tokens. How do you get tokens? There's a full list of ways to earn them on the official site (that you need to be logged in to see,) but I can tell you this: Almost all of them involve clicking on some random links scattered around the internet. Watching videos on their site, clicking banners on Facebook, going to their Twitter page, all of that sort of thing. Time to start setting up a Mountain Dew bookmarks folder, folks.
There's also an FAQ that confirms one of our suspicions: Yes, a WoW vanity pet is one of the potential prizes you can win. It doesn't state what it is, but we can all safely assume it's the battlebots we posted about previously. Among the potential prizes is a trip to BlizzCon as well, so if you can't afford the trip yourself, you ought to start hoarding tokens.
The Mountain Dew Game Fuel site is officially live, and we're all free to earn lots and lots of tokens. You'll need to register first, so be prepared to hand over a fair amount of personal information. They want the usual things, like your name and birthdate and home address. If I had to guess, I would say they need all of that for contest reasons. You always need to ask those things so you don't run into any regional legal issues.
Now, tokens. How do you get tokens? There's a full list of ways to earn them on the official site (that you need to be logged in to see,) but I can tell you this: Almost all of them involve clicking on some random links scattered around the internet. Watching videos on their site, clicking banners on Facebook, going to their Twitter page, all of that sort of thing. Time to start setting up a Mountain Dew bookmarks folder, folks.
There's also an FAQ that confirms one of our suspicions: Yes, a WoW vanity pet is one of the potential prizes you can win. It doesn't state what it is, but we can all safely assume it's the battlebots we posted about previously. Among the potential prizes is a trip to BlizzCon as well, so if you can't afford the trip yourself, you ought to start hoarding tokens.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
Zaniac May 16th 2009 1:11AM
artifex said...
»How would they know where you lived, to say you weren't eligible, before you told them?«
1. Put the country selection up front? - You know, before we tell them everything else?
2. Have the country selection field block anything from being sent to the server, unless a valid country is selected.
3. Be honest about things, and state clearly on the front page, that this contest is open to US residents only.
It's actually quite easy, especially since only ONE country is eligible...
But no.
They let you provide all of your personal information.
Why? - If they contest is only open to US residents, why even have a selection for your country of residence? Why not simply say up front that it's for US residents only?
I even spent some time hunting for that important detial before the contest opened, but no mention of it on the site.
When did they inform you that it was for US residents only?
AFTER you'd provided all of your personal details.
Mountain Dew, and it's parent company, Pepsi, leaves me with a very bad taste in my mouth.
artifex May 16th 2009 2:38AM
@Zaniac: ok, good point. :)
Garouk May 16th 2009 2:25AM
Alas, I forgot to read the comments here myself before adding my account. And seeing as I'm a Canadian, I'm illegible for it.
WTG Canada. :P
Sikaros May 15th 2009 10:17PM
so can we buy the drinks yet?
kuri May 15th 2009 11:15PM
zomg, 10 more calories on the Horde GameFuel. They're trying to fatten you guys up faster!
Cryptus May 15th 2009 11:45PM
Australians cant do it, GREAT
Domi May 16th 2009 12:22AM
As an Australian, I am a sad panda at this.
Hopefully they won't mind the use of US addresses in order to participate...
Kef May 16th 2009 2:28AM
"maybe the EU/Oceania will get a turn sooner or later."
And LA don't?
OutlandishTrendz May 16th 2009 2:21AM
I just hope there is a way to get both vanity pets, I really don't care about the gear, I just want the two pets, or any and all pets they offer.
Captain Zig Zag May 16th 2009 3:07AM
US residents only. So much for the "World" of Warcraft :-|
Lucres May 16th 2009 7:39AM
I hate to break it to you, but this isn't the first region-exclusive in-game reward.
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48408 - Chinese-only.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32498 - Korean-only.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=22114 - Europe-only (though having a US counterpart).
Note I am basing these off of the Comments posted on each item's page, and I'm sure there are more than these three.
Joe Smith May 16th 2009 11:01AM
Great example. Now tell me, how many of those region exclusive in game items weren't avaliable to people who played on those servers simply because they lived in a specific country that server was open for?
US/Oceanic/Latin America servers are open to EVERYONE in the Americas region, not just people living in the United States.
Odok May 16th 2009 4:26AM
I like how the embed code for their CLICK ME forum banner is in HTML. Never mind that a sweeping majority uses BBC...
Oh, and it's 1,173 characters long...
This is already annoying. WTF do I have to do for the silly little pet?
Pyrodwarf May 16th 2009 4:29AM
Yeah boy, 300 tokens in no time!
Eric May 16th 2009 1:06PM
Ugh I HATE THIS its only for U.S and i live in canada im so sad :(
terrevil May 16th 2009 10:15AM
thanks pepsico for remember me in latinamerica...
Pyornthe May 16th 2009 8:17PM
"China had a Coke promo, so maybe the EU/Oceania will get a turn sooner or later."
What about Canada? :( I'm an hour away from the border; this blows. At least I've got a US mailing address I can use.
DEVo_AS May 18th 2009 11:02AM
Anyone find some links to share and get everyone some more points for the:
Clicking on an ad to the site
Clicking through hidden URLs found on partner sites
Also is the View timeline/history/survival guide not clikcable for anyone else besides me?
Radiophonic May 19th 2009 7:25AM
US players only? QQ
Karl Jun 10th 2009 1:49AM
Only works on US servers. It could have mentioned that before taking hours to sign up.