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Welcome brothers and sisters to this emergency meeting of the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel.
As always, I am your High Exalted Big Fish, Douglas MacKrell. As most of you know, in
my last meeting I expressed wanting to hold a giveaway when I reached 500 Subscribers!
And amazingly - as of this filming - I'm now over 600 subscribers! I had meant to get in
front of a camera sooner, but I was side railed. I don't want to get into how I got this cut
under my eye and how my new glasses were smashed - I'm now back on track and about to lay down
all the fine details about this giveaway.
First up - after tallying all of the votes on the poll and the write ins, the popular
choice was 10 smaller hand crafted prizes. Which is good. Because I really wanted a way
to reach out to as many of you as possible. And after a few days of research and some
heavy investing, I can now proudly declare what this giveaway will be for.
10 lucky winners will be the first people ever to receive an official Royal Order of
the Holy Mackerel Membership Kit! What does this entail? Well, you'll receive a top secret
envelope with a newly updated, serialized, and professionally printed membership card.
A professionally printed gold foiled certificate of membership. High quality printings of both
of the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel Secret Decoder Disks. Copies of the Greasy's Diner
placemat and the Lil' Gideon's Fun Time Activity Book page. And the best part of all, your
very own Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel Secret Decoder Ring!
Do I have any images just yet of the completed kit? No - I'm still in the design process.
Plus it's going to take a few days to get my shipments in of the rings and cards and
the certificates - but I do want to include even more secrets and surprises. So as the
rest of the kit takes shape, I'll be sure to send along updates on the Tumblr and Facebook
pages.
Now here comes the rules: Firstly - you do not need to follow or subscribe or comment
or like any of my videos or Social Media pages to be eligible to enter this giveaway. I mean,
if you're new to the show and you like it and you'd like to stay in the loop - by all
means, subscribe or follow. But you are not obligated to do so.
Secondly, I am willing to ship anywhere world wide - but due to shipping costs and customs
fees all membership kits sent outside of the US will be sent as cheaply as possible. This
means that they may not have tracking info, and it may take a long and twisty route to
where you live, and you may be responsible for paying additional custom fees when you
pick up your package. I know - that sucks. But I just don't have the budget to cover
a huge increase for shipping individual packages at this moment. So, if you're outside of the
USA, please bare this in mind before you decide to enter.
Thirdly is the fact that YouTube's rules and regulations are very strict and require that
winners can only be 18 years and older to be eligible to win. Personally I find that
outrageous, but if you are selected as a winner I feel that I can fully trust that you are
old enough to enter, or have the authorization of your legal guardian to receive this prize.
You can find a copy of YouTube's rules and regulations in the about section below.
Fourthly, the application process! To enter this contest, you need to fill out the simple
Google Form that I've posted to the about section of this video. It asks for two things:
your full legal name, and an email address I can use to contact you if you are the winner.
I'm asking for both up front, because I don't want to have to hunt folks down through Tumblr
or YouTube pages if they win.
Also, multiple people from the same household can enter - as long as each has their own
email address. I will be disqualifying and deleting any entries that double their email
addresses with various names. Likewise - I will be disqualifying and deleting any entries
that use the same name with various email addresses. I don't want folks stacking the
odds in their favor. So make sure that you only enter once with your full legal name
and an email address I can easily get you at.
Fifthly, is the use of information. I am not going to give anyone your personal information,
and after the giveaway all of this information will be erased and destroyed. That said, all
winners need to be completely okay with giving me their shipping address - which will only
be used once in order to send you your membership kit.
And that should do it! The deadline for entering the contest is Midnight Eastern Standard Time
Saturday the 21st of December 2013. I'm giving you all just one week to get your names in
the hat - so make sure you fill out that form below right away. On Sunday the 22nd, I'll
be entering all of the names into a randomizer and I'll be filming a screen capture of the
drawing. Shortly after I'll upload the video declaring the winners and showcasing that
this isn't some sort of Grunkle Stan scam.
Wow, that was a lot to get through, but if you're still a little confused, you'll find
all of these rules again - as well as a few others that apply only to the giveaway winners
- in the about section below. In the coming days, keep your eyes peeled for the updated
membership roster, this coming Tuesday's regular meeting, and regular updates on the Giveaway!
With this order of business concluded, I hereby call a close to this emergency meeting of
the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel. Until next time, share, subscribe, and keep cracking
those codes!