[UPDATE: 2 May 2012]

Final Winners’ List:

88 Followers

Winner: @LIkonen, No. 69, 18 April 2012

138 Followers

Winner: @RobertLif, No. 88, 19 April 2012

188 Followers

Winners:

1. @rowanstruwig, No. 42, 23 April 2012

2. @Aubreebree, No. 96, 23 April 2012

225 Followers

Winners:

1. @fleppe, No. 72, 29 April 2012

2. @ugurdenizmrc, No. 233, 2 May 2012

250 Followers

Winners:

1. @V1rus92, No. 50, 29 April 2012

2. @Veorr, No. 211, 29 April 2012

Unfortunately, as @Pineda_94 did not respond within the 3 day timeframe from being selected as one of the winners for the 225 Followers bracket, his entry has been forfeited. A re-pick was done on 2 May 2012 at 10PM (+8GMT), and the new winner, @ugurdenizmrc, has been notified via Twitter Direct Message.

[UPDATE: 29 April 2012]

Updated Winners’ List:

88 Followers (Winner: @LIkonen, 18 April 2012, No. 69)

138 Followers (Winner: @RobertLif, 19 April 2012, No. 88)

188 Followers (Winners: @rowanstruwig, No. 42 and @Aubreebree, No. 96, 23 April 2012)

225 Followers (Winners: @fleppe, No. 72 and @Pineda_94, No. 149, 29 April 2012)

250 Followers (Winners: @V1rus92, No. 50 and @Veorr, No. 211, 29 April 2012)

[UPDATE: 23 Apr 2012]

There will be some changes made to the milestone brackets. This is to allow for quicker beta key giveaways so that people can enjoy the game sooner =) The new brackets and corresponding number of beta keys given away are:

88 Followers (Winner: @LIkonen, 18 April 2012, No. 69)

138 Followers (Winner: @RobertLif, 19 April 2012, No. 88)

188 Followers (Winners: @rowanstruwig, No. 42 and @Aubreebree, No. 96, 23 April 2012)

225 Followers (2 Winners)

250 Followers (2 Winners)

For 188, 225 and 250 brackets, instead of one winner, we will now have two winners which means to say that two random numbers will be generated for each of these rounds. This doubles everyone’s chances of winning a key in each round. As usual, the upper limits on the numbers generated will correspond to the milestone for that bracket and all other rules apply.

[UPDATE: 19 Apr 2012]

Since some people are clearly getting confused about the rules, let me try and make it clearer.

There are a total of 8 keys up for grabs. I have 8 milestone follower numbers that I hope to achieve in order to give out all 8 keys. They are:

First Key: 88 Followers

Second Key: 138 Followers

Third Key: 188 Followers

Fourth Key: 238 Followers

Fifth Key: 288 Followers

Sixth Key: 338 Followers

Seventh Key: 388 Followers

Eighth Key: 438 Followers

Implications:

Every time the milestone is reached, I will give a random follower who falls within that milestone the key. That means:

Simply being a follower does not entitle you to a key Being a milestone follower (88th, 138th, 188th etc etc) does not entitle you to a key If you happen to follow after a milestone has been reached but before the key for that milestone has been given out, you will be entered for the next round instead If you were not selected in your particular milestone, you will still be entered into the next round of selections. This gives you the incentive to follow as early as possible and stay locked in for as long as possible to have as many chances as you can to win a key Being selected / not selected in any round preceding the next draw does not affect your chances of being selected again. Everyone for that draw receives the same probability of being selected.

Probabilities of being selected in each round are:

First Round: 1 in 88 chance

Second Round: 1 in 138 chance

Third Round: 1 in 188 chance

Fourth Round: 1 in 238 chance

Fifth Round: 1 in 288 chance

Sixth Round: 1 in 338 chance

Seventh Round: 1 in 388 chance

Eighth Round: 1 in 438 chance





How Selection Is Done:

Once the milestone has been reached and when it’s time for me to pick a winner, I will go to a random number generator site like http://www.random.org My lower limit will always be set to 1 My upper limit will always be set to the milestone number for that draw (88, 138 etc) I will press ‘Generate’ and a random number will be generated for me Using this number, I will count from the bottom of my followers’ list until I reach the follower who corresponds to the random number that was generated That follower will be informed via Twitter Direct Message that he/she has won the Beta Key In an event where the user declines or no longer needs the Beta Key, I will repeat steps 4 to 6 again until the user accepts

For example:

Step 1: I have just reached 100 followers and I decided to pick a winner for round 1 (88 Followers) so I go to http://www.random.org.

Step 2: I key in 1 as my minimum

Step 3: I key in 88 as my maximum

Step 4: The number that comes out happens to be 69

Step 5: I open up my follower list and start counting from the bottom “1…2…3…”

Step 6: I finally reach 69 and the user happens to be someone called X so I message him through DM to inform him that he has won.

Step 7: Unfortunately, X has already won a Beta Key somewhere else and decided to very generously let someone else have a go at it. I therefore repeat step 4-6.

Step 4: This time, the number comes up to be 54

Step 5: Like before, I open up my follower list and start counting…

Step 6: Number 54 turns out to be this guy called Y and I message him through DM to inform him that he is the winner

Step 7: Y accepts, thanks me and supplies me with his email address. I send him the key via Steam Gift and he follows the instructions properly and gets to play DOTA 2. The round ends.

Additionally, once the winner has been announced, he/she has 3 days to respond to the DM to confirm the acceptance. Once those 3 days have passed, I will have to re-pick so that someone else in that round has another go at it. This has to be done to prevent keys from being wasted. I hope you understand.

I hope that clears things up. If you have any other doubts, feel free to drop me a tweet. =)

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[POSTED: 17 April 2012 @ http://mrgrape.tumblr.com/]

Hey guys, anyone of you still waiting for Steam to send you that DOTA 2 beta key? Well I have good news! I have a total of -EIGHT- DOTA 2 beta keys up for grabs and here’s how to stand a chance at getting one of them (it’s really simple).

DOTA 2 Beta Key Giveaway:

Step 1: Make sure you have a Twitter account. If you don’t, sign up here.

Step 2: Come over to my Twitter account and be one of my followers.

Step 3: Hope you’re lucky =)

Right now I have 38 Followers on my Twitter, a really small amount (I Know).

But!

For every 50 additional Followers that I get on my Twitter, one lucky Follower from in that milestone range will be picked to receive the Beta Key. So the earlier you become a follower, the higher probability you’ll have of being picked for the key (1 in 88 followers chance vs 1 in 438+ followers chance by the time this ends).

So the milestone numbers that we’ll be looking at here is:

88 Followers (Winner: @LIkonen, 18 April 2012, No. 69)

138 Followers (Winner: @RobertLif, 19 April 2012, No. 88)

188 Followers

238 Followers

288 Followers

338 Followers

388 Followers

438 Followers

Once you have been picked as the lucky winner, I will be contacting you via Twitter DM to ask for your email address so that I can send you your Beta Key. Instructions to using the key to activate the DOTA 2 Beta game will be included in that email. Follow it and you’ll be fine. That said, please provide me with a valid email address that is working – I don’t want these keys to go to waste =)

Easy right?

So what are you waiting for? Follow now and stand a chance to win!

(For those of you wondering why I am only giving away 8, the 9th one is being reserved for someone else. BUT, it may be released as a bonus for you guys as well if it turns out that they don’t need it)

Good Luck, Have Fun!

Twitter: @mrgrapetv

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