We're offering incentive in our referral system to a free game.... by choice... with a cost of nothing to you for doing so...

You've voiced your opinion in the past about how you very much disagree with a volunteer system Toribash has going on with most to all of it's staff positions. It's duly noted. I just want you to remember that clearly there are plenty of people who do like or want to volunteer to make Toribash a better game. And in this situation they're (the people who try to win this) receiving a legitimate payment for it. And recognize that not everyone entering this are 16+ and can just go out and get a job. Furthermore, many internet games that are a lot bigger fish in the sea like World of Warcraft offer a lot smaller incentives for referring a friend to the game, where Blizzard/Activision makes money very blatantly off the situation as the game ISN'T free. It's a normal constitution of video games, and shouldn't be considered shady.

Regardless: the more people joining Toribash the better. Maybe events like these will encourage guys like Hampa to polish up Toribash more and implement all of the things you talked about in your "E-sport edition".