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#DSGS - DS Pin It To Win It #dsfamous

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by Keeks, Sep 25, 2017.

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  1. Keeks

    Keeks Member

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    Do you love pins? Want to support Downspike in other ways besides hashtags on Instagram? Well you're in luck!
    For this round of the #DSGS, four (4!) users will walk away with a very special prize for repping our Downspike enamel pin in the most creative way possible!

    HOW TO WIN:

    1. Purchase a Downspike enamel pin from Kendama USA through this link, https://shop.kendamausa.com/collections/downspike/products/downspike-pin
    2. Upload a photo of you repping the DS pin in the most creative way possible!
    We will be choosing a winner each week on Wednesday starting October 11th, so you have two weeks to cop a pin! The winner, and the next week's prize will be announced and updated each week.

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    October 11th Prize:

    KROM POP - All 9 Colors!

    WIDE CUPS - STICKY PAINT - BEST BALANCE
    Just a few of the points making this kendama one of, if not, the most affordable slaying machine you will own. Here's a few more...

    Technical specs'

    - Skinny spike and wide tama bevel will have you spiking all night long

    - KROM Scope line will keep your eyes fixed to the hole

    - Chip-resistant grade A beech wood keeps you jamming all year round

    - KROM Rubber paint - Perfectly sticky!

    - Wider cups gives better balance and easier catches

    - Holographic stickers.... Because we can!

    - Japenese style Off-center string hole (better for pull-up tricks)

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    SEIZURE WARNING - STROPE EFFECTS!



    October 18th Prize:

    KROM Pro Model & POP - One choice of Pro Model and one choice of POP

    Pro Model

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    The models are all made on Slaydawg kendamas in either premium ash or maple - each player picked his favourite wood and decided on the details for the 'dama.
    • New shape - slightly larger & competition approved
    • New Laser engravings for maximum grip
    • New KROM LOL Clear paint
    • New KROM Bearing - the bead just got upgraded
    • Draw-string bag for safe storage
    • Bigger hole - for endless spikes
    • Extra string, stringing tool and sticker
    • Full ash or maple
    • The best kendama ever.
    Finally each kendama is packed in a dope KROM string bag with a carabiner.
    Each bag will carry your players signature and pack some special stickers, extra sticker and bead.

    Specifications
    Paint:
    2016 KROM LOL Clear - so sticky it makes you LOL.
    Wood type: Full ash or maple (check your pro)

    Size: Competition+



    POP

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    WIDE CUPS - STICKY PAINT - BEST BALANCE
    Just a few of the points making this kendama one of, if not, the most affordable slaying machine you will own. Here's a few more...

    Technical specs'

    - Skinny spike and wide tama bevel will have you spiking all night long

    - KROM Scope line will keep your eyes fixed to the hole

    - Chip-resistant grade A beech wood keeps you jamming all year round

    - KROM Rubber paint - Perfectly sticky!

    - Wider cups gives better balance and easier catches

    - Holographic stickers.... Because we can!

    - Japenese style Off-center string hole (better for pull-up tricks)

    SEIZURE WARNING - STROPE EFFECTS!



    October 25th Prize:

    Mystery KROM Pro Model & DS Swag!

    Pro Model

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    The models are all made on Slaydawg kendamas in either premium ash or maple - each player picked his favourite wood and decided on the details for the 'dama.



      • New shape - slightly larger & competition approved
      • New Laser engravings for maximum grip
      • New KROM LOL Clear paint
      • New KROM Bearing - the bead just got upgraded
      • Draw-string bag for safe storage
      • Bigger hole - for endless spikes
      • Extra string, stringing tool and sticker
      • Full ash or maple
      • The best kendama ever.
    Finally each kendama is packed in a dope KROM string bag with a carabiner.
    Each bag will carry your players signature and pack some special stickers, extra sticker and bead.

    Specifications
    Paint:
    2016 KROM LOL Clear - so sticky it makes you LOL.
    Wood type: Full ash or maple (check your pro)

    Size: Competition+




    November 1st Prize:

    (?) Mystery Dama! (?)
     
    Last edited: Oct 25, 2017
    Sep 25, 2017
  2. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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  3. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    ARE YOU FOR REALS, DS??
    ALL FREAKIN’

    NINE (9) POPS

    IN ONE PRIZE???

    YOU GUYS BETTER NOT SLEEP ON THIS.
     
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    Sep 25, 2017
  4. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    I better get myself a pin but still got no money hahaha wish i could borrow a pin, @azleonhart i bet you got couple of pins XD hahaha
     
    Sep 25, 2017
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  5. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    Bruh you can get enough bucks for a pin by selling like 6 lemonades at your baby sister's stand. Or shaking a cup at a mall.
     
    Sep 25, 2017
  6. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    This!
    Such a small tradeoff for the complete Pop set!
    Ohh, i wish i wasn't a moderator right now hahahahahahaha


    I do, but i wanna see someone else win this baby!
     
    Sep 25, 2017
  7. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    I wish i could but it's overseas. There is shipping cost XD plus i got other priorities that need to be fulfulled x<
     
    Sep 25, 2017
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  8. Sackxay Lovan

    Sackxay Lovan n00b

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    I am in the same boat homie. It comes out to $17.06 ($21.10 canadian for me). I share the border and yet somehow shipping is always what kills me.
     
    Sep 25, 2017
  9. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    Don't think I can buy a DS pin and get it in time for the giveaway. :(
     
    Sep 25, 2017
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  10. James Hoang

    James Hoang Slayer

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    But it depends on whether your parents will actually buy it for you or not. The sad thing is that I'm probably the ONLY slayer here from Milpitas, so it sucks that no one near me has a pin I can borrow temporarily!

    If I did have a pin and win, I would give the POPs to my friends to try and get them back into kendama because they always borrow mine when they clearly have their own at home.
     
    Sep 25, 2017
  11. Nick Lectura

    Nick Lectura Moderator Staff Member

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    ALL 9 POPS WTF

    9 kendamas as prizes for a pin, that's absurd

    edit: I don't know how to read lol
     
    Sep 25, 2017
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  12. Matty g

    Matty g Member

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    Insanity
     
    Sep 25, 2017
  13. Teodore Fiorina

    Teodore Fiorina n00b

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    Funny how the euro fam always gets slept on for shit like this.. Make a giveaway available for the whole community America isn't the only country playing dama in the world.
     
    Sep 26, 2017
  14. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Nobody said this was for America only..

    When you say "shit like this", there have been past DSGS winners from South East Asia, Europe, and more.
     
    Sep 26, 2017
  15. Teodore Fiorina

    Teodore Fiorina n00b

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    Ordering a pin through kusa and shipping it to the US is logistically easier than anywhere else making it therefore riskier to participate if you aren't in america. Making a giveaway without a purchase through a site would've instantly made it available to everyone. So it's unfair through omission.
     
    Sep 26, 2017
  16. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    1. These are shipping lists to Toulouse, France (based on your profile) from Kendama USA.

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    If you think you can't make it in two weeks, then the second option (Standard France @ 4-8 days) brings it up to nearly 14 Euros.
    Honestly speaking, slayers in Europe have it way better than us, in Asia.


    2. 14 Euros for a pin, in comparison to what you can win, is a 990% gain, bud!
    We run the entire site at no profit, so a pin helps us loads to support server works, paying for the tech wizards, etc.
     
    Sep 26, 2017
  17. Teodore Fiorina

    Teodore Fiorina n00b

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    I get that but this is still a high risk endeavour that I won't parcticipate in. Make a donation system available with perks like featuring and such and then I'll help out.
     
    Sep 26, 2017
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  18. Tortilla_gorilla

    Tortilla_gorilla Honed Member

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    Most competitions are high risk, this just happens to be one where you gotta spend money to make money. Gotta have confidence that you'll win man. And pins usually run at least $15-$20 so it's not bad either way
     
    Sep 26, 2017
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  19. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    Not really! I recently won a #DSGS giveaway for writing about my scene and I live in Southeast Asia. @Gasiek from Poland threw his hat in the ring for that giveaway as well. It's all about not sleeping on this kind of stuff.

    Plus, the admins did say that those with a Downspike pin would have exclusive access to giveaways...
     
    Sep 26, 2017
  20. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    @azleonhart Azrin, could you send some downspike pins to your neighbors in the Philippines? :)))

    (just a joke, but all jokes are half meant after all lol)
     
    Sep 26, 2017
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