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Congrats to this month’s winner and good luck to all of you as we continue our mission to help EH-Netters accomplish their dreams of hacking for a living… the legit way!!
Permanent link: [Article]-March 2012 Free Giveaway Winner of Training Camp Prize
[align=center:39lq6vfd]We Have a Winner!!
[/align:39lq6vfd]Recently, EH-Net published an interview with CompTIA’s Product Manager of CASP, where we wondered if this was The Evolution of Technical Security Certifications? Since then, this new credential has been officially released. Here’s your chance to get in early as this month’s sponsor writes:
“Be one of the first to earn this new CompTIA advanced-level security certification. With Training Camp, you will receive CompTIA authorized courseware and expert instruction while learning to conceptualize, design, and engineer secure solutions across complex environments. Our course is designed to provide the maximum amount of material over the shortest period of time, enabling students to walk away certified in a matter of only 5 days.”
And for this month only, Training Camp is offering a free seat in any CASP course to one lucky member of EH-Net! And the deserving winner this month is El33tsamurai. Congrats!! You too can stay ahead of the curve with Training Camp’s CASP Certification Course and meet the growing demand for advanced IT security in the enterprise today.
[align=center:39lq6vfd]Only members are eligible!
Registration Is FREE![/align:39lq6vfd]Still plenty of time to make a good impression for this month’s prize,
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Congrats, El33tsamurai!
@unicityd wrote:
When I look up El33tsamurai, I don’t see him posting anything at all for the month of March. Is this participation-based or is it a random drawing of all members?
It requires some sort of participation, but it can be kind of random. Sometimes previous activity is rewarded, or maybe someone really earned the prize one month won it then but had to turn it down for some reason. It needs to be somewhat relevant for the person too. If the prize is CISSP training and all the top contributors are CISSPs, it obviously goes to someone who needs it. There is also some intentional rotation, so the same people don’t win repeatedly.
At least, I think, anyway. Those are just my observations 😉
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ajohnson is correct in that I look at many factors several of which he hit on the head. One that he mentioned does happen often, where I contact a member and for whatever reason can’t accept the prize. So most of the time I have to ask several members before I get to someone who not only needs it but can use it. That is also why the winner sometimes isn’t chosen until later in the month
I do try to have the winner selected before making the announcement, so that I don’t have to keep making updates to the articles and forum threads. That happened in the past where I put someone in the announcement who found out after the fact that they couldn’t use it. I felt it was only fair to give that member another prize in a future month. Lo and behold, another member noticed the winner’s name twice in a given year and sent a very direct note to me questioning the process. ::) All of this happens behind the scenes, and it’s something that I usually don’t share. It’s just part of running the site.
Another thought… Since we work very hard at coming up with these prizes, we don’t want them to go to waste. So I ask bluntly that if the person can’t use it (or thinks he might not be able to) then let me give it to someone else. I’d hate for a prize to sit on the shelf for a year and eventually not be used.
There is a method to my madness. So although it may seem random, I feel the eventual outcomes are more than fair.
Case in point… El33tsamurai. He was not the first member chosen this month. But in the end, he was the memebr with the most posts who had yet to ever win and who could also utilize the prize.
Hope that helps give a glimpse into how it’s done.
Don
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@El33tsamurai wrote:
“March 2012 Free Giveaway”
Its now 6 days from Nov, I don’t think its going to be fixed 🙁
If it makes you feel better, I had to wait 18+ months to take my February 2011 prize. Don’t give up unless the company actually told you they were not going to do it. Good luck!
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What a crock… I hope they get their act together, and make things right for you. It’s fairly unommon to pull a ‘bait and switch’, when it’s so highly visible, on a popular website. I’d think a little ‘pressure’ would go a long way towards resolving the situation.
Worst case, they should know they’re going to lose any potential business from members here.
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@tturner wrote:
@El33tsamurai wrote:
“March 2012 Free Giveaway”
Its now 6 days from Nov, I don’t think its going to be fixed 🙁
If it makes you feel better, I had to wait 18+ months to take my February 2011 prize. Don’t give up unless the company actually told you they were not going to do it. Good luck!
😮 I’m still waiting to receive the OSCE code for the Offsec prize. Want to take it early next year so I hope I don’t have to wait that long.
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@shadowzero – did you already knock out the pre-reg challenge? (assuming, but just making sure…)
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@hayabusa wrote:
@shadowzero – did you already knock out the pre-reg challenge? (assuming, but just making sure…)
Yeah I already beat the fc4.me challenge just for kicks. Will obviously have to do it again when I’m ready to take the course. Anyway, when I go to register for the course I see a section on Voucher Code, so I assume that’s what I’m waiting to receive so I can take the course for free.
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@tturner wrote:
@El33tsamurai wrote:
“March 2012 Free Giveaway”
Its now 6 days from Nov, I don’t think its going to be fixed 🙁
If it makes you feel better, I had to wait 18+ months to take my February 2011 prize. Don’t give up unless the company actually told you they were not going to do it. Good luck!
The company did not even contact me!
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@cd1zz wrote:
That’s complete bullshit. I’m surprised Don let that fly.
Don was very supportive and followed up with me quite a bit during that period. Much of the issue had to do with course popularity and they kept having to cancel the course due to low registration numbers. Eventually they just did a remote live training for me and 1 other student. So while it sounds really bad I don’t think there’s much more Don could have done.
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