Halo and how it has helped me teach my Son li

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Halo and how it has helped me teach my Son life lessons

  1. Spartan Ops
    While Playing Spartan Ops with my son we ran into a couple people that did not play the whole game.
    Son asked “why are they just standing there?”
    Lesson - “Son, some people cheat to rank up. One way of doing this is to rig something up on their controller so they go into spartan ops over and over and get experience points by doing nothing.”
    “But Daddy, what fun is that if you don’t get to play the game.”
    People just like to cheat so they get the high rank even though they didn’t earn it. This happens in video games and real life as well.

  2. Doritos and 2X XP
    At 7-11 this morning to grab some donuts. We walk by a dorito display that says Halo 4. Son asks what that is and I explain you get a code and then you get double XP when you play. He was so excited he got me to buy him 2 bags of cool ranch doritos. Soon as we got home we created an account for him on dewxp.com. After that we entered the codes.
    However…the codes did not work. They said…“Code already used”
    “Daddy, we have not used that code?”
    Lesson - Son, someone must have written down the code off the back and didn’t buy the chips.
    “But isn’t that stealing daddy?” Yes it is, and it’s not something you should ever do. “Oh, I know daddy, that would be a bad choice.”

In closing. I don’t really care about the weenies cheating to rank up. They are just lame. It just meant more kills for us. But the person that stole the codes off the back of our chips should rot in Hell. I mean seriously, someone actually took the time to take the code and steal it and I have to then explain that crap to my son? If you know anyone here that has ever done that please pass along that I think they as low of a piece of crap as Jerry Sandusky. (Not really, but that’s about how mad it makes me).

Anyway…Thank you to Halo and it’s sorry players that have helped me teach my son life lessons.

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Hate to break it to you, but you’re wrong about lesson 2.

The Double XP promotion stated that no purchase was necessary to participate. Ergo, taking the codes from the packs is not stealing. Morally grey? Sure. But if anything, you should teach your son to be a crafty person when the situation allows.

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> Hate to break it to you, but you’re wrong about lesson 2.
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> The Double XP promotion stated that no purchase was necessary to participate. Ergo, taking the codes from the packs is not stealing. Morally grey? Sure. But if anything, you should teach your son to be a crafty person when the situation allows.

You need to go reread the terms and conditions regarding the promotion and then go contact the customer service department for the promotion.

I won’t debate this with you, but you are mistaken.

The terms and conditions presented are very specific about this:

> PROMOTION OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THROUGHOUT THE PROMOTION PERIOD WHO ARE SEVENTEEN (17) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
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> NO PURCHASE NECESSARY <mark>TO ENTER OR WIN</mark>. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE TO WIN. INTERNET ACCESS AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

The explanation, when all legal and other factors are considered, is that no purchase is necessary to sign up, enter codes, or be a particpant in the contest. It further goes into detail how a consumer, cannot retaliate against a sponsor for they assume no liability.

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That’s what I said? Unless you’re just backing me up, because I’m saying what you’re saying.

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> That’s what I said? Unless you’re just backing me up, because I’m saying what you’re saying.

> The explanation, when all legal and other factors are considered, is that no purchase is necessary to sign up, enter codes, or be a particpant in the contest.

Ok, let me explain this to you…

#1. No purchase is necessary for you to sign up on dewxp.com.
#2. No purchase is necessary for you to enter codes online, at dewxp.com.
#3. No purchase is necessary for you to continue entering codes ala, particpating, in this contest/promotion.

This entire situation is the legal defining points of dewxp only. It does not, and will never, apply to any physical or online domain, owned and operated by another company.

This means, under U.S. law, that any code copied and removed from the premises. Is in violation of business ethics policies. The relevancy that pertains to this is a service is holding a promotion and is honorbound to respect a buyers commitment to the promotion.

No where, in any of the instructions, does it state people are allowed to take the codes without a purchase. All it states is no purchase is necessary to enter or win. That means someone who signs up for an account, gets an automatic free point ONLY towards the drawing into the grand prize contest.

Under the promotion, all willing particpants must follow the outlined steps to be considered valid, which was: sign up, enter the codes you get through a legal process, and redeem the prize.

What others chose to do, is circumvent the system and manipulate a technicallity within the promotion instructions. If any retailer wanted to pursue this, you would not have any legal or otherwise defense beyond denying you ever took the codes. If they have a video camera record you though, you would be guilty for theft and infringements violations.

Obviously a silly game promotion is not worth the legal fees.

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Well then it just comes down to if the business cares about it or not.

And my code-jacking was never pursued by any stores I did it from. Take chances into your own hands sometimes.

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I just bought my codes from Ebay. I’m 130 now. :confused:

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That’s pretty cool. Don’t want to be one of those ‘how to raise your kid’ -Yoinks!-, but I think you got the right idea that being morally correct is the most important thing in life. Hope he likes actual science.