Alpha Protocol Tactical Vest Giveaway

SEGA will be hosting another “Free Stuff Friday Twitter Giveaway” this week, and one of the items up for grabs is an Alpha Protocol tactical vest. These were given away as part of a press dossier pack last year, so you can bet they’re pretty rare. To drum up some excitement, they’ve released this YouTube video showcasing the items:

If suiting up in a Michael Thorton tactical vest gets you excited, you’ll want to read through these rules and requirements to participate in the giveaway:

How it Works
1. You must be following us on Twitter to be eligible. (If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can create one by going to http://www.twitter.com and click the green (get started join!) button in the center of the page.)
2. At random times on Friday, we will announce the prize we are giving away, and what number of response you need to be to win. Send us a direct message (DM) via Twitter and be that number to win the prize. (@ replies do not count as entries!)
3. All followers are eligible to win all prizes, unless a restriction is noted. Restrictions are usually due to the prize being region-locked. For example, US games that won’t work on UK gaming systems. There may also be age restrictions due to the rating of the game.
4. We will announce the winner on our Twitter feed once eligibility is confirmed.

Make Sure We’re Following You on Twitter
If you are currently following us on Twitter, please be sure that we are following you as well. You can do this by making sure that SEGA is in your (followers) list, or by going to DoesFollow and typing SEGA in the first blank, your Twitter username in the second, and pressing the (check) button. You can reverse this to be sure that you are following us. If you are following us, but we’re not following you, please send a message to @SEGA and we will follow you. This is important, because only people we follow can send us direct messages (DMs), and DMs are the only way to enter the giveaways.

How to Send Direct Messages on Twitter
There are a few ways to send us a Direct Message on Twitter. The easiest way is to go to our Twitter page and select (message) under the (Actions) heading in the side bar. If you do not see (message), this means that we are not following you. Please send a message to @sega to let us know, and we will follow you. When you click (message) you will be taken to a window where you can type a message and press send.

You may also select the (direct messages) tab from your Twitter homepage, and select SEGA from the drop-down menu at the top of the page. Again, if you don’t see our name there, it’s probably because we’re not following you. Let us know, and we’ll follow you.

There are also many Twitter clients that you can use instead of using the website. These include TweetDeck, Twitteriffic, Tweetie, and Twhirl. Each of these programs works differently, so you’ll want to figure out how to send a direct message on the program you use. If you want to send us a test message, we’ll let you know if we received it or not.