I should win because the game was named after the world's most beautiful princess.
Win a copy of Victoria II
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Now come and hear a tale of woe, of how a gamer's dreams lay dashed upon the ground...
There once was a young gamer who loved two things: deep, complicated strategy games and history. For many years of his life the gamer searched a magic formula that would combine these two passions. Long did he search for a game that might capture his heart and his mind, a game that would let him lead a country to greatness in a simulated historical world. Civilizations passed and Empires went through the Ages, Nations Rose and new shores were Colonized, yet the gamer could not find that magic, perfect game of history and strategy.
Then one day, the gamer happened by chance upon a small box hidden in the back of a store. What impulse brought him to that store, what thought drove him to search in that isle, he would never know. Fate? Luck? The intervention of the gods? Whatever the answer, the box he found changed his life. It's modest packaging belied the wonders that lay within. For here was that elusive holy grail of games, the one that perfectly combined deep strategy with immersive history. Forever would the gamer remember the day he laid eyes on the title "Europa Universallis II."
And yet, for all it's perfection, this game contained a Paradox. If it was the perfect, magical game, how could there be other perfect, magical games? Seemingly impossible, the gamer soon discovered it to be true. Perfect, magical game followed perfect, magical game, and the gamer spent many happy hours with conquistadors and explorers, tanks and airplanes, castles and crusaders, and factories and railroads. His journeys took him from the Conqueror's arrival on England's shores to the dawning of the nuclear age. Triumph followed triumph, and the gamer was satisfied.
As the years passed, another Paradox emerged. How could the perfect, magic game be made more perfect, more magical? And yet it was so. Two followed one, and three followed two, until soon the gamer saw the news. A game he had long loved, a tale of a long lived queen, was getting a second chance. As he had with all the others, the gamer lusted after this game, this Victoria II. He read the diaries, learned of its progress. Eagerly he awaited the day that once again, he could see perfection perfected.
This time however, things had changed. The gamer had grown older in years, and the circumstances of his life had changed. No longer was he a carefree youth, devoid of responsibility and worry. No longer did benefactors provide him with food and shelter, leaving him free to pursue his quest for gaming perfection. Now there were bills to pay, food to buy, rent checks to send. There were others to think of besides the gamer. There was a wife to help put through school. There was the thought of children in the future, and money had to be put aside. This time, the joy of gaming perfection was not to be.
Yet in his woe, the gamer saw a golden light. There was yet a way to rule a country through the age of steam and steel. A glorious chance had presented itself, and chance to win a copy of that golden game, Victoria II. The gamer schemed furiously, planning ways to win the contest. Flattery? Lies? Bribery? Threats? All of these ideas sprang into his head but were just as soon discarded. No gimmick or trick would win him gaming perfection, only the simple truth of his love for the game and his inability to acquire it otherwise.
So the gamer presented his tale. But how did it end you ask? Did the gamer succeed in convincing the powers behind the contest? That dear reader, can only be answered by a Swede...
There once was a young gamer who loved two things: deep, complicated strategy games and history. For many years of his life the gamer searched a magic formula that would combine these two passions. Long did he search for a game that might capture his heart and his mind, a game that would let him lead a country to greatness in a simulated historical world. Civilizations passed and Empires went through the Ages, Nations Rose and new shores were Colonized, yet the gamer could not find that magic, perfect game of history and strategy.
Then one day, the gamer happened by chance upon a small box hidden in the back of a store. What impulse brought him to that store, what thought drove him to search in that isle, he would never know. Fate? Luck? The intervention of the gods? Whatever the answer, the box he found changed his life. It's modest packaging belied the wonders that lay within. For here was that elusive holy grail of games, the one that perfectly combined deep strategy with immersive history. Forever would the gamer remember the day he laid eyes on the title "Europa Universallis II."
And yet, for all it's perfection, this game contained a Paradox. If it was the perfect, magical game, how could there be other perfect, magical games? Seemingly impossible, the gamer soon discovered it to be true. Perfect, magical game followed perfect, magical game, and the gamer spent many happy hours with conquistadors and explorers, tanks and airplanes, castles and crusaders, and factories and railroads. His journeys took him from the Conqueror's arrival on England's shores to the dawning of the nuclear age. Triumph followed triumph, and the gamer was satisfied.
As the years passed, another Paradox emerged. How could the perfect, magic game be made more perfect, more magical? And yet it was so. Two followed one, and three followed two, until soon the gamer saw the news. A game he had long loved, a tale of a long lived queen, was getting a second chance. As he had with all the others, the gamer lusted after this game, this Victoria II. He read the diaries, learned of its progress. Eagerly he awaited the day that once again, he could see perfection perfected.
This time however, things had changed. The gamer had grown older in years, and the circumstances of his life had changed. No longer was he a carefree youth, devoid of responsibility and worry. No longer did benefactors provide him with food and shelter, leaving him free to pursue his quest for gaming perfection. Now there were bills to pay, food to buy, rent checks to send. There were others to think of besides the gamer. There was a wife to help put through school. There was the thought of children in the future, and money had to be put aside. This time, the joy of gaming perfection was not to be.
Yet in his woe, the gamer saw a golden light. There was yet a way to rule a country through the age of steam and steel. A glorious chance had presented itself, and chance to win a copy of that golden game, Victoria II. The gamer schemed furiously, planning ways to win the contest. Flattery? Lies? Bribery? Threats? All of these ideas sprang into his head but were just as soon discarded. No gimmick or trick would win him gaming perfection, only the simple truth of his love for the game and his inability to acquire it otherwise.
So the gamer presented his tale. But how did it end you ask? Did the gamer succeed in convincing the powers behind the contest? That dear reader, can only be answered by a Swede...
Years of loyal service to the company, forum, and the modding community!
And have I ever asked for anything else?
And have I ever asked for anything else?
I should get a free copy of the game because I want to lead the almighty Scandinavian Empire (with Sweden as the cultural and political center) to a glorious victory after defeating the Russian Bear and Chinese Dragon! And my Empire will not tolerate Folkskolan getting abandoned!!
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Best motivation contest:
If you grant me a free digtal download version copy of Victoria II, I'll grant an equal sum in Euro** to a swedish wildlife reservation project of your choice.*
*I expect the choice to be serious of course.
**the regular price on gamersgate
If you grant me a free digtal download version copy of Victoria II, I'll grant an equal sum in Euro** to a swedish wildlife reservation project of your choice.*
*I expect the choice to be serious of course.
**the regular price on gamersgate
Why do I think I should get a copy?
Well, I'm an unemployed college student. My financial situation was aided this past Saturday when a lady was kind enough to remove my car payment for me... by totalling my car & breaking my leg in the process. So I'll be stuck in a cast for 8 weeks, immobilized & online.
Add to that, I really want to raise my ancestral home (Lippe-Detmold) to world dominance
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So help show my luck is improving by awarding me this much-anticipated game!
This guy should be awarded the copy. I hate having to sit around all day when I'm injured, but when I'm healthy I sit around all day anyway...
I spend all my money on beer, and haven't been able to buy Victoria. (I'm in college.)
I should get it because it's the worst recession in U.S. history, with record level joblessness and foreclosures, but my job is secure, my mortgage is paid, my kids and dogs have food and clothes, and things are generally looking up. I'd like to keep the trend moving in that direction by getting a free game.
I'd also like it signed.
I'd also like it signed.
I should win a copy, because even though I'm American, I think England is awesome, and I must have Victoria II so I can bring the rebellious colonies back under my control!
i think i should win a copy because i cant buy one no website has my country on it but since they dont have i soppose i cant have the free copy either
they dont have i soppose i cant have the free copy either
Good luck, man. They don't even fix the typos for the Danish provinces, and we are like next door!
I should win a digital copy so that I can give it away and have someone to play against in multiplayer!!
And also because think I know someone that might know someone that I suspect have talked to Johan in person! It's almost like were buddies!
And also because think I know someone that might know someone that I suspect have talked to Johan in person! It's almost like were buddies!
I should win a copy because I'm a direct descendent from two POPs!
What, you might ask, am I talking about?
My paternal grandfather came on the 1910s wave of immigration to Brazil, hailing from Italy. He came into southern Brazil and made his money as an RGO guy, working the tropical wood industry, barely making money but living off the land (damn high taxes!).
My manternal grandfather and grandmother came from Germany, escaping the troubles of WW1, and they too settled in southern brazil, producing tobacco (another great export from Brazil, as the overexpansionist Brazil AAR told us!).
Now I am here, wanting to be able to relive their histories through the making of a country that I hope will be better than reality. Or at least make their hardships better in irtual reality. One can only dream.
What, you might ask, am I talking about?
My paternal grandfather came on the 1910s wave of immigration to Brazil, hailing from Italy. He came into southern Brazil and made his money as an RGO guy, working the tropical wood industry, barely making money but living off the land (damn high taxes!).
My manternal grandfather and grandmother came from Germany, escaping the troubles of WW1, and they too settled in southern brazil, producing tobacco (another great export from Brazil, as the overexpansionist Brazil AAR told us!).
Now I am here, wanting to be able to relive their histories through the making of a country that I hope will be better than reality. Or at least make their hardships better in irtual reality. One can only dream.
So as I already have one,
I would like one for my brother to his 48th birthday, which is on the 7th September ...
as he was disappointed about HOI3 and I hope Vic2 (with mods) could convince him to try a Paradox game once again ...
(as he has a gamersgate account, it would be a surprise if it would show up in his account at his birthday ) ..
so anyway happy birthday to my brother
I would like one for my brother to his 48th birthday, which is on the 7th September ...
as he was disappointed about HOI3 and I hope Vic2 (with mods) could convince him to try a Paradox game once again ...
(as he has a gamersgate account, it would be a surprise if it would show up in his account at his birthday ) ..
so anyway happy birthday to my brother
So that I can grumble nostalgically about the good old days of Victoria I when I could conquer Shanghai and the surrounding country and draft millions of Chinese peasants into the steel mills as Japan, instead of this namby-pamby liberal "national focus" crap.
If I get it, I'll write and record an instrumental metal song for either Paradox Interactive or Victoria II. And it's gonna be the subgenre the devs prefer, since I can write and record in any of the metal subgenres. If they would like to, they could include that song in a patch.
P.S:..Or if you're the only one deciding who's getting it, it may be about you too Susana
P.S:..Or if you're the only one deciding who's getting it, it may be about you too Susana