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jamei
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:09 pm 
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Mercedes are doing a "reveal" of the new car online in 3 hours time (16:00 GMT), ahead of the launch at Jerez.

Reveal rate will be governed by fans' tweetage.

http://www.mercedes-amg-f1.com/en/#/s/n ... ine-reveal
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amirb
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nice, looks like we need to get tweeting to raise the garage door. Wonder who's idea that was ;)
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hd23
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What will happen if no one tweets
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Asphalt_World
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:43 pm 
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hd23 wrote:
What will happen if no one tweets


Hamilton will blame it on Button for not following him!

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egnat69
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hd23 wrote:
What will happen if no one tweets

they will have to start the season with the W03 ;)

can we tweet already or do we have to wait until its 4?

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MclarenBullet
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Asphalt_World wrote:
hd23 wrote:
What will happen if no one tweets


Hamilton will blame it on Button for not following him!


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amirb
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egnat69 wrote:
hd23 wrote:
What will happen if no one tweets

they will have to start the season with the W03 ;)

can we tweet already or do we have to wait until its 4?


Not sure but it looks like they are saying the reveal will start at 4 so to tweet then, so it should show and raise the door in real time. It looks like everyone is tweeting now tough.
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Asphalt_World
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MclarenBullet wrote:
Asphalt_World wrote:
hd23 wrote:
What will happen if no one tweets


Hamilton will blame it on Button for not following him!


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


Cheer up. I've put up with 'FIA, Ferrari International Assistance' since I was in the womb!

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Benici
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This gives me a great idea for F1 races.

How about the amount of DRS available to each driver is driven by how many tweets are sent during the race? i.e. #HAMDRS

That'll make things a bit more interactive for the fans.
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Asphalt_World
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Benici wrote:
This gives me a great idea for F1 races.

How about the amount of DRS available to each driver is driven by how many tweets are sent during the race? i.e. #HAMDRS

That'll make things a bit more interactive for the fans.


I believe that's in readonly's sporting regs.

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M44
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There website appears to have crashed :D
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hundleton1
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yep. im guessing they not really thought about this much lol
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A2jdl
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yes it has :lol:
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M44
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Tweet from Mercedes AMG F1: "Ahah you guys are LITERALY killing our website!"

What did they expect?
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hundleton1
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Ross probably bought some cheap hosting deal when he setup Brawn GP,
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Lt. Drebin
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Crash on istalation lap! :lol:

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Moley
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Lots of hype... then a letdown

Ironic really
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Benici
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Dear Mercedes. Please don't design your suspension like you design websites: I.e. It breaks as soon as it's under load. That is all.
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dizlexik
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This is why other teams used YouTube.

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Firefox
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Moley wrote:
Lots of hype... then a letdown

Ironic really


Kind of like a marketing trend or something.

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A2jdl
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Moley wrote:
Lots of hype... then a letdown

Ironic really

sign of things to come :lol:
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M44
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dizlexik wrote:
This is why other teams used YouTube.


This.. Nice idea - but it clearly wasn't given much more thought.
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G1n
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hope who ever organized this gets fired.
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Asphalt_World
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Thanks!

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Perhaps Ross Brawn pulled a plug on his way out........

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hundleton1
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the firewall most likely thinks its under attack and shut down
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Benici
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I think the Evil Dr Schumacher has taken control of the Mercedes website from his secret volcano lair.
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M44
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I dont think I have ever hit F5 this many times on one webpage before..
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hundleton1
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Malkiiin wrote:
I dont think I have ever hit F5 this many times on one webpage before..


thats not helping :lol: its most likely thinks its under a DDoS attack
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Asphalt_World
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Malkiiin wrote:
I dont think I have ever hit F5 this many times on one webpage before..


Surely you'd be better hitting F1 in situations like this. Mercedes probably are!

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M44
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Asphalt_World wrote:
Malkiiin wrote:
I dont think I have ever hit F5 this many times on one webpage before..


Surely you'd be better hitting F1 in situations like this. Mercedes probably are!


Didnt think that millions of people hitting F5 would muddle the server into thinkings its a DDoS attack :lol:

EDIT: Tweet reckons there working *hard*..
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Alienturnedhuman
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They should just tweet a picture of it, that will satisfy most people's curiosity for now, reduce the load on the servers and people will come back later when it's all calmed down.
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M44
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Alienturnedhuman wrote:
They should just tweet a picture of it, that will satisfy most people's curiosity for now, reduce the load on the servers and people will come back later when it's all calmed down.


By the time they have sorted it out, there will be enough tweets to fully reveal the car anyway.. !
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OutKast
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I thought the car would be revealed on the 4th? I think today it is only a teaser, not the full reveal.

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amirb
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Damn it, it just loaded now not responding
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Asphalt_World
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It's out.....

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Same happened for the fairy cakes Force India launch. The only difference was it was plastered with 'HOSTING BY INTERNAP' adverts :D

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Alienturnedhuman
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RickM wrote:
Same happened for the fairy cakes Force India launch. The only difference was it was plastered with 'HOSTING BY INTERNAP' adverts :D

A web hosting company who thinks that using a 404 page to advertise their services during a high traffic launch has not thought the logic all the way through.
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Damn, even my hosting is playing up!

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