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Oceanic Airlines is giving away the goods

by Dustin Burg on Feb 2nd 2008 1:00PM

Xbox Live subscribers in the United States have a chance at winning an Xbox 360 bag-o-goodies with Oceanic Airlines' Taking You Places You Never Imagined sweepstakes.

If you haven't noticed already, Oceanic Airlines has partnered with Xbox Live to give away Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft points, Live subscriptions and special surprise packages to nine lucky peeps who download their theme. No Play & Win, no registration via Xbox.com, you have to download the theme to enter and that's it. Entry into the sweepstakes ends on February 10th, so make your way to the XBLM, locate the Oceanic Airlines theme and give it a download for a chance to win. Because even though they are out of business, Oceanic Airlines wants you to love 'em.

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Reader Comments (41)

Anyone else see the weird creepy messages on their website?

Hidden in their HTML code:

If anyone should find this message, please get word I'm alive and stranded on an island somewhere in the South Pacific. Please send help soon. Things are bad. And they're getting worse...
Sally

AND

I survived a horrific plane crash and am stranded on an island somewhere Northeast of Australia and Southwest of Hawaii. In the event that I am never found, please forward word of my fate to my parents.

They're hidden by the "we're shutting down announcement"...odd...I saw some text behind it, so I checked the source and thats what I found...creepy? yes...

Indeed creepy.

its Lost viral marketing.
Oceanic is the airlines the lost survivors flew on, more specifically flight 815.

This is a cool way of promoting Lost now that it is on the marketplace.

Yeah, i was about to say, Flight 815, wtf? haha.

Crazy Lost marketing and a free theme, say no more!

I don't think there is a contest: the theme details don't have any rules and restrictions like every single other contest download, like the Army Halo 3 contest, that Madden Bowl thing, and the Guitar Hero contest.

There definitely is a contest.

I noticed ads promoting the theme/contest via the Marketplace blade & dashboard.

I downloaded the theme to register, and the bottom of the theme has ABC copyrights and a message thanking you for using the theme and entering the sweepstakes.

I got the same thing, but aren't those rules required to have a contest like this? Seems a little weird. But then again, It's Lost related, so I guess it has to be. :P

Oh mothereffer! I just got my three red lights, too...

hmmm I saw it on LIVE earlier but now it seems to be gone.

It is a viral marketing campaign; flight 815 was the flight that crashed in Lost. JJ Abrams does this stuff all the time. I'm sure you've guys heard of Cloverfield.

great movie

I can't find it anywhere.

Giveaways! YAY for giveaways!

This theme would have been much better if they wouldn't have put the "you've been entered in the sweepstakes" crap on the bottom of every blade. It's actually a pretty cool theme. I like the clouds on the guide.

People interested in entering, please note... You have to download not the Lost theme for 150 points, but one called "Oceanic Airlines Free Theme." I found it when browsing the New Arrivals, there is a Lost ad which goes to the lost theme page with three links to theme, picture pack, and episodes. Just wait, and there will be an airplane with the oceanic airlines logo and a "Win an Xbox360 from Oceanic Airlines" text underneath. That is the one to download.

can't find the banner for my life, where is it! dadgum random banners, taking too long to load

L O S T

Uhhmmm.... yeah. Next time that you have a headline that says, "giving away the goods", can you please not pair it with a picture of a pair of hot chicks? kthxbai...

I disagree. I think we need more posts like that.

w00t! What you can't see is that they aren't wearing anything below the waist.

I love these viral stuff. If you go here: http://www.oceanic-air.com/seatingchart.htm and click on the flashing "F" at the bottom next to 11-42, then a seat in the back becomes selectable. It will have a rollover label "Lucia, Ana, 42F". Click it.

Afterwards you can spell "Other Man" from the letters, and something else happens. Did anyone see the "Hanso Foundation" website they built last year?

There's my WTF moment for the day.

WTF?! Where is the theme?

Another funny little message is hidden:
If you use the flight tracker the info on Flight 572 spells "giveus the boy". I wonder if the mentioned boy and his father survived their journey back? Didn't hear from them for a whole season.

Herobotic, I got my RROD two days ago and did the the towel trick. It works fine now, but I'm still sending it in. Just wrap your 360 in a towel when it's on, let it run for about 25 mins, then take off the towel, turn it off and let it cool for about 15 mins. Turn it on and it should work. It did for me.

I can't find the damn theme anywhere. Is it hidden under a game theme?

wait, they'll give a free XBOX 360 along with other crap to someone who already has a 360? hmm..Sign me up, I need one for the living room.

It'd be nice to have a backup >.< haha

Damn, what about us RRODers, O'well maybe xbox should come up an achievement for us RRODers to make up for it..

I cannot find it any where I looked on all the advertisements I looked in the Themes and Gamer Pictures, I literally looked every where possible and cannot fnd the damn thing.

Look harder. Try the "spotlight" section.

The only theme that's up, is the pay theme as of 4:00am Sunday morning. When did it first go up? Guess ABC wants our monies. (I'll pass since I don't pay for advertisements disguised as themes. Free themes FTW.)

The clues are part of the Lost ARG which has just ended. www.find815.com

Once again only xbx live users is the US are allowed to enter. This is becoming to much of a joke what about the other live users in europe, we pay more for the games, consoles and accessories but always get the bum deal.

Lol son of a bitch i never saw lost so i was sitting here thinking "WTF first compUSA billboards on the burnout demo and now this?" i was thinking companys keep fucking up marketing deals XD

Damn viral marketing, its getting stupid =/

lol yes, very creepy lol

Wasn't free for me when I just checked, they were charging 100-150 points. Um, isn't requiring a purchase to enter a contest considered gambling, and thus illegal?

I guess this is where all the new 360's are. On that damn Island!! Cause they ain't in stores!

Ok so i've seen countless people question the location of this theme and no one answers and i know its not Feb. 10th yet so the contest hasn't ended so it should still be there so if anyone can answer the question please do so because i cant find it anywhere on the XBM

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