It’s been a little while since we held a competition here at Esports News UK and we’ve got an Insomnia62 special for you here.
We’re teaming up with IT infrastructure monitoring solution PRTG Network Monitor from Paessler AG to give away goody bags to five lucky winners.
Each goody bag includes the following:
- £10 Steam voucher
- The Game Against Downtime
- T-shirt
- Bottle opener
Enter the competition on Twitter here
The prizes
The T-shirts feature a cool retro video game theme, as you can see above (note, there’s one T-shirt per goody bag, the above images are examples of the type of shirt each winner will receive).
So we all know what a Steam voucher, bottle opener and T-shirt is, but what the heck is The Game Against Downtime?
Well, it’s a card game for IT Admins in the fight against downtime (pictured top). If you’re in IT and have a warped sense of humour, you might like it.
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Who are Paessler and how is PRTG Network Monitor relevant to esports?
German IT specialist Paessler sells network monitoring software – obviously something that anyone with a computer network should have. It can even be used for LAN parties to help monitor the routers and switches etc.
PRTG Network Monitor is an end-to-end monitoring solution. It tells you when your routers, switches or workstations are overloaded, so you can take appropriate measures. 96% of users would recommend it.
More uptime means more play time – when your network’s down it’s game over.
Paessler’s vision is to ensure that computers and networks – the foundation of modern society – work reliably at all times.
Enter the competition on Twitter here:
? #i62 competition time! ?
Win a goody bag from @paesslerAG including a £10 Steam voucher, T-shirt, The Game Against Downtime and a bottle opener. https://t.co/oyZOosccYZ
5 goody bags up for grabs.
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— Esports News UK (@Esports_News_UK) March 12, 2018
The deadline for entries is likely to be around March 20th so that some of the winners can receive their prizes at i62 at the end of this month. Competition open to entrants across Europe. Full competition terms and conditions here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
