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THWACK Monthly Mission - January 2017

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Thwacksters, it is important that you remember the journey to the cloud begins with one step.

In this mission you will encounter spiritual cloud guides on your way to the snow-capped peaks where happy little clouds roam. These guides include: Librato, Papertrail, TraceView, and Pingdom.  Use the wisdom and hints they give you each day to answer the questions.

By the end of your journey you will learn that SolarWinds Monitoring Cloud is a suite of SaaS products that helps you solve complex performance and reliability problems with your cloud infrastructure or apps.

We wish you luck as you embark on your journey to the cloud.

Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off.

JANUARY MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win!

  • Correctly answer each question during the week and you'll be entered to win the weekly prize.
  • Correctly answer all 20 questions over the course of the month and you'll be entered to win the Grand Prize: Oculus Rift + Oculus Touch

MISSION RULES

A new question will open every day (Monday - Friday) starting on January 9th.

Once a question has opened, it will remain open until February 5th @ 11:59pm.

Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.

Correctly answer all five questions within a given week and you’ll be entered to win the weekly prize:

150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 20 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 3,000 points for this mission.

Weekly PrizesMon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Winners
Week 1 - Librato: Remote control Sumo Wrestlers + Automatic sand drawing (zen garden)

Complete questions 1-5 by January 15th to be entered to win

Week 2 - Papertrail: Sphero BB8

Complete questions 6-10 by January 22nd to be entered to win

Week 3 - TraceView: XBOX 1S + Battlefield

Complete questions 11-15 by January 29th to be entered to win

Week 4 - Pingdom: Sonos Play:3

Complete questions 16-20 by February 5th to be entered to win

Correctly answer all 20 questions by February 5th and get entered to win the Grand Prize!
Oculus Rift + Oculus Touch!

Official Terms & Conditions: US, UK, & Canada | Germany

Parents

  • 100% success so far--but this mission's questions are too easy, IMHO.  Not to look a gift horse in the mouth (I mean, who doesn't love easy points?), but the mission questions require little thought or digging--the answers are right there on the page, and most of the multiple point correct choices end up being in the same position for every question.

    I learn more about a product or a process if I have to think, if I have to dig.  I know folks have complained about tough questions in the past, but that's ok as long as the questions aren't tough because they're wrong or confusing.

    I really like the style and tone and graphics--and the brevity(!)-- of today's Video Hint.  It's something I can bring to my Apps Analysts and Marketing team to whet their appetite without worrying about losing them to boredom.  Performance & Real User Monitoring | Pingdom

    This one's a winner.

Comment

  • 100% success so far--but this mission's questions are too easy, IMHO.  Not to look a gift horse in the mouth (I mean, who doesn't love easy points?), but the mission questions require little thought or digging--the answers are right there on the page, and most of the multiple point correct choices end up being in the same position for every question.

    I learn more about a product or a process if I have to think, if I have to dig.  I know folks have complained about tough questions in the past, but that's ok as long as the questions aren't tough because they're wrong or confusing.

    I really like the style and tone and graphics--and the brevity(!)-- of today's Video Hint.  It's something I can bring to my Apps Analysts and Marketing team to whet their appetite without worrying about losing them to boredom.  Performance & Real User Monitoring | Pingdom

    This one's a winner.

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