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Andrew Lyle   on 11 July 2009 - 19:25 · 51 comments & 10569 views

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Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs. The contest does not require any form of entry, only for users to simply click on an image made up from millions of pixels, selecting the winning pixels that contain prizes. The contest is similar to that of the 6th anniversary contest two years ago.

Beginning at Sunday July 12 at 00:01 (GMT -5) the contest will open to everybody. Anyone with Messenger Plus! Live (4.82.368) installed can play the contest. Users will see a gold Messenger Plus! Live logo on the top of their Windows Live Messenger contact list that looks like this: . Once you click on the icon, users will be prompted with a board game window where they can simply click and reveal what is behind each pixel.

Each contestant is eligible to win up to 10 prize packages each of their own choice, selected from Evolution Store with the users choice of figures and high-end collectibles. Each prize package has a randomly assigned value between $20 to $1,500, giving the users a choice of what they want.

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger, allowing users to customize their messenger experience from skinnable chat windows and contact list, tabbed conversations, custom colour formatting in messages, custom scripts, boss protection lock, customized events and many more.

The contest does require Windows Live Messenger and Messenger Plus! Live to be installed in order to enter the competition.

Patchou has put together a video to kick start the competition!


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(2 replies) #1 2Cold Scorpio on 11 Jul 2009 - 19:42
This sounds pretty cool! I've been using Messenger Plus! since well before v2.0 came out a long time ago. Great little app that adds some nice things to Messenger.
#1.1 Andrew Lyle on 11 Jul 2009 - 19:45
I use to use Plus! v1, it only had 10 shortcut keys to it.. but damn was it useful. The current Plus! is smply amazing
#1.2 2Cold Scorpio on 11 Jul 2009 - 21:38
Andrew Lyle said,
I use to use Plus! v1, it only had 10 shortcut keys to it.. but damn was it useful. The current Plus! is smply amazing

Yeah, I came in on v1.x (I forget which version exactly it was buti t was one of the earliest ones). Extremely handy back then and is still so today.
#2 +warwagon on 11 Jul 2009 - 19:50
Damm those are some ugly skins in that video.
(7 replies) #3 Slimy on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:06
0:07: can you catch the typo?
#3.1 Andrew Lyle on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:11
LOL.. Mindows Live Messenger.. Must be new
#3.2 xirazus on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:14
Mindows
#3.3 turk4n on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:21
Well, I am currently using Mindows, ask me about anything !
#3.4 Patchou on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:43
lol, yeah yeah, this will be fixed soon :p
#3.5 Glendi on 11 Jul 2009 - 20:58
I'd download anything named Mindows instantly.
#3.6 Krome on 11 Jul 2009 - 22:16
I think *atchoo* forgot to flip the M
#3.7 Andrew Lyle on 13 Jul 2009 - 00:42
Fixed
(1 reply) #4 Ruran on 11 Jul 2009 - 21:01
I'm looking forward to this, though.. i never win any contests.
#4.1 jameswjrose on 11 Jul 2009 - 21:35
Then I guess you're due. Good luck
#5 qdave on 11 Jul 2009 - 22:20
i guess its worth a try
(2 replies) #6 Ricksterm on 11 Jul 2009 - 22:41
my messenger seems borked right now and wont sign me in although trillian seems fine... hopefully I can get messenger working again in time for this awesome looking contest!
#6.1 Andrew Lyle on 11 Jul 2009 - 23:02
Have you tried rebooting?

Some simple tricks that usually work is change your password, than change it back. Sign into the web based messenger (Via hotmail only now).

Make sure you enable multiple instances, or if it is enabled already, try disabling it. See if it kicks you off trillian. Or close trillian and attempt to login to WLM.

Hope some of these tips help
#6.2 Ricksterm on 11 Jul 2009 - 23:29
Thanks man! All sorted
(4 replies) #7 -Vivicidal- on 11 Jul 2009 - 23:38
Adware? No thanks.
#7.1 2Cold Scorpio on 11 Jul 2009 - 23:46
-Vivicidal- said,
Adware? No thanks.

Completely optional; always has been. Simply uncheck the option for it during installation.
#7.2 PCBEEF on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:20
2Cold Scorpio said,
Completely optional; always has been. Simply uncheck the option for it during installation.


Exactly! I don't see why people don't use it because it contains OPTIONAL adware. And it's not even adware now, it's simply setting your browser to the ask.com homepage.
#7.3 Calum on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:20
Yep, you do not have to install the sponser program, at all
#7.4 Andrew Lyle on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:48
Yup, you do not need to install the sponsor, just read carefully
#8 Apple-a-Day on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:10
Bless Patchou and plus...
#9 Calum on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:21
I'm really looking forward to version 5. Patchou really has put together a very nice competition here!
(2 replies) #10 PCBEEF on 12 Jul 2009 - 00:33
Was checking out the evolution store and found this little gem

https://store.evolutionstore.ca/animation/j...s-gunblade.html

Spot the mistake.
#10.1 Andrew Lyle on 12 Jul 2009 - 16:40
I don't see it
#10.2 PCBEEF on 13 Jul 2009 - 02:17
final fantasy 7 - advent children squall's gunblade.
squall appears in ff8
(1 reply) #11 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#11.1 Patchou on 12 Jul 2009 - 01:38
This means that you can win up to 10 times over 4 weeks. If you win a prize thanks to a referral win, it does count in the limit of 10. It's prize "packages" though, each package can have more than one item in it.
#12 Umbrello on 12 Jul 2009 - 01:40
Gotchya. Can't wait.
#13 +Anarkii on 12 Jul 2009 - 03:51
Just wanted to say thank you Patchou for the wonderful program! I've been using it since the early days
#14 nunjabusiness on 12 Jul 2009 - 04:29
down to 223 prizes left
#15 dezzo on 12 Jul 2009 - 08:00
Pointless and boring contest.
#16 WAR-DOG on 12 Jul 2009 - 09:41
Thats a really nice contest...
(1 reply) #17 Shasoosh on 12 Jul 2009 - 10:47
why would i want a simpson doll?
Last year it had a point
#17.1 +what on 12 Jul 2009 - 11:47
No it didn't.
#18 BigCheese on 12 Jul 2009 - 13:24
The prizes are terrible.
(1 reply) #19 Chasethebase on 12 Jul 2009 - 15:56
My icon isn't even gold o_O
#19.1 WAR-DOG on 12 Jul 2009 - 16:06
update msn plus. I don't know why, but this time I didn't get the notification that a new version was out. Only here I discovered I have an older version of MSN plus installed.
(4 replies) #20 Comic Book Guy on 12 Jul 2009 - 15:59
I remember something similiar back in '99, you could win $1,000,000 for clicking on the right pixel.
#20.1 Andrew Lyle on 12 Jul 2009 - 16:41
Sure that wasn't the million dollar home page?
#20.2 shockz on 12 Jul 2009 - 18:59
Comic Book Guy said,
I remember something similiar back in '99, you could win $1,000,000 for clicking on the right pixel.


I think I remember that too... it was a big tree with other prizes in it as well.
#20.3 Comic Book Guy on 13 Jul 2009 - 11:05
Andrew Lyle said,
Sure that wasn't the million dollar home page?


No, that came out years later.
#20.4 Comic Book Guy on 13 Jul 2009 - 11:05
shockz said,
I think I remember that too... it was a big tree with other prizes in it as well.


Yes, you are correct, there was a tree in it, and some other stuff, but everyone tried for the big prize, don't know if it was ever won though.
#21 Patchou on 12 Jul 2009 - 17:45
To those playing: don't give up too soon, some of the winners from last night won after less than 10 clicks on the game. Some win so quickly that they don't even bother to fill the winning form with real information, meaning the prize goes back in the game :-).
#22 s3n4te on 12 Jul 2009 - 21:52
I won a $20 prize after 3 hours of clicking!
#23 smashguy on 12 Jul 2009 - 22:14
#24 Patchou on 12 Jul 2009 - 23:50
Smashguy: this is fake :p
#25 qdave on 13 Jul 2009 - 04:17
ok after 30 mins i give up.
#26 DaGrayMan on 13 Jul 2009 - 17:57
I played for a while then thought to myself "I've been doing this for an hour and I'll probably only win some sh1**y $20 prize. I don't even like figurines that much. F*** it."
#27 gtp0rong on 18 Jul 2009 - 17:19
You guys won't believe me but i'll say it anyway:
I was just about to go to bed (2am here) and then i saw a funny gold icon, and i thought 'hey why not?' and clicked it. Up came a pop-up about a prize, and I thought sure why not, i clicked, sorry you didn't get a prize, i clicked again, same pop-up, then i thought hell there's only 14 prizes left in a ~700x~700pixel image, i have a 14 in ~49,000 shot in getting a prize, last one (of course i was lying to myself, i love taking chances and was probably going to go again) and i got a prize

Bad thing is i forgot to take a screenie for proof, long story short, it prompts to claim ~value of prize, try for a diff prize, or stop, i chose to claim. A pop up then comes up that asks what your primary, alternative, and last alternative prize is, then it asks for your details to ship to. 4thish click, i think i clicked somewhere around... astro-boy and superman. Only a $20 prize though... damn

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