V8SP10: Press Release Re: New www.ShellSeries.com.au tipping competition
Shane Rogers
ATTENTION!
Shell’s Hot and New Motor Racing Tipping competition not so hot and new
after all!
“Shell Marketing people from outer space” – says V8SP10 project coordinator
The V8Supercar Pick 10 project is fuming following a press release from
Shell announcing a new V8Supercar tipping competition at
http://www.shellseries.com.au. The press release claimed that their new
competition was an “exciting new concept”, when there has already been a
V8Supercar tipping competition on the Internet for three years.
“It’s utter garbage,” says V8Supercar Pick 10 project coordinator, Shane
Rogers. “I can only assume that Shell’s marketing people have just been
beamed from outer space. It’s either that, or they have intentionally stole
our concept.”
“Our web site has been listed in Australian Auto Action and Motorsport News,
and is more popular in terms of hits than 75% of V8Supercar team web sites.”
“We are the original V8Supercar tipping competition. Everybody knows who we
are and what we do. We would like to notify our supporters that Shell are
not associated with us in any way. The original V8Supercar Pick 10 is still
at http://v8sp10.nectar.com.au, and is still their premier independent
resource for V8Supercar information on the Internet.”
“It’s like comparing New Millenium AUSCARS to V8Supercars, if you want a
‘lightweight’ tipping competition, then the Shell Series web site is for
you. We think that V8Supercar fans would prefer the challenge of the
original competition.”
“There’s no way in the world that they couldn’t have known we were here.
Claiming it’s a new concept is an absolute joke. Not even we claim that the
V8SP10 is a new concept!” – Rogers added.
The EA Sports/Nectar Online Services V8Supercar Pick 10 tipping competition
(located at http://v8sp10.nectar.com.au/) was started in 1997, and is
beginning it’s fourth season with a 120% growth rate in entries for the
first event compared with the same time last year.
The V8Supercar Pick 10 was based on the successful Formula 1 Pick 6 (F1P6)
competition that started on the Internet in 1988, three years before the
advent of the World Wide Web.
Rogers continued with his assault on the oil giant’s unoriginal marketing
scheme. “We would not be surprised if this is a blatant rip-off of our
successful web site. We recently sent a sponsorship proposal to Shell Helix
Racing, and got no response. Obviously they liked the idea so much they
decided to copy it. We wish them all the best on their next project,
copying whatever project we decide to do next!”
“It seems like they built it in a hurry, they haven’t thought about their
rules much at all,” he added.
The Shell Series Tipping Competition point scoring system is “simpler” than
the V8Supercar Pick 10 system, but will result in more tied scores. “There
is no mention on how they are going to separate these”, said Rogers. “You
also get the same amount of points for picking fifth correct as first, work
that one out…”
“Additionally, they state that entry lists will not be posted for endurance
races until driver combinations are confirmed. There’s no way they can do
that, the V8Supercar rules state that any team can change their drivers up
to 12:00pm on Saturday before the race.”
The project coordinator also raised concerns about other aspects of the
competition. “We can understand them asking for name and address, but why
would they want your demographics, like age, sex, and so on? I’ve already
been added to a Shell Marketing mailing list via the Internet once, I’m not
making that mistake again. If you’re not in it, you can’t win it, but you
won’t get any unwanted mail either! The V8SP10 will never use private
details on our participants for anything other than V8SP10 business.”
The V8Supercar Pick 10 project is a non-profit web site which features the
latest news, team profiles, and statistics on V8Supercar racing, including
the V8Supercar Pick 10 tipping competition. The web site is sponsored by EA
Sports and Nectar Online Services, and can be found at
http://v8sp10.nectar.com.au.
Media Contact:
Shane Rogers
E-mail: v8s...@nectar.com.au, interviews can be arranged.
Alleycat
of flattery?
Don't let the bastards get you down
Cheers
RonD
Shane Rogers wrote in message <38a2b7d0@nap-ns1>...
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23:15 10/02/2000
>
>ATTENTION!
>
>Shell’s Hot and New Motor Racing Tipping competition not so hot and new
>after all!
>
>“Shell Marketing people from outer space” – says V8SP10 project coordinator
>
>mucho snipo
Shane Rogers
>What was that about imitation being the most sincere form
>of flattery?
I know... :-)
>Don't let the bastards get you down
We're not, but it's frustrating, esp. considering the response to our
mailout to Level 1 teams asking for sponsors....
BTW, there are 160 players for Round 1 of the V8SP10! That's about a 150%
increase on same time last year, as well as being a V8SP10 record for the
number of players for a race, and the number of players for a season!
Shane
Shane Rogers
V8Supercar Pick 10 project co-ordinator
Web: http://v8sp10.nectar.com.au
Shane Rogers
^Temuchin^ wrote in message <38a4973f$1@dnews.>...
>I followed your posts on the Picking comp last year and was waiting for
this
>year to join.
>I sent the page to all the race fans on my ICQ list and 6 of them joined, i
>hope you don't mind.
Don't mind at all!
The main reason we have 195 players this year, is word of mouth. You can
(in theory) link up about 150 of the 200 participants by word of mouth. :-)
Shane