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Many Thanks to Mark and crew.
Stupid fat fingers made me dupe someone,1st X ,sorry ment 1334,,But ain't editting it |
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Thank you MND , i was the one with the loudest mouTH and post without saying thank you sir,
WELL THANK YOU , for doing this to help us guys keep the contest more fun, if thats possible, edit :for spelling ???? |
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Thanks for the report, and thank you Mark for another chance at winning a Stealth Upper! |
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Thanks guys!
ETA Whats with all the noob non team member posts in that thread? Does that always happen? |
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Thank you for putting this on, awesome contest! Used the reverse of my wedding anniversary - no dupes yet, so here's hoping!
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Thanks guys! ETA Whats with all the noob non team member posts in that thread? Does that always happen? There appears to be a higher number than usual of non-team posts from the contests I have been involved in. Seems to be a high number of dupes by Team folks also. |
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Quoted: Contests ends whenever Mark wants it too. (Normally it's on the 7th but last month the thread filled up so fast that it ended a day early since no one can post after the 100th page). When does the contest end? When is the "Drawing"? The number is selected after the contest is closed. Normally 30 minutes to a few hours after contest is closed. (one time Mark waited till the next day though) |
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Thanks for the info! Thanks to you Mark for the opportunity. Quoted: Quoted: Contests ends whenever Mark wants it too. (Normally it's on the 7th but last month the thread filled up so fast that it ended a day early since no one can post after the 100th page). When does the contest end? When is the "Drawing"? The number is selected after the contest is closed. Normally 30 minutes to a few hours after contest is closed. (one time Mark waited till the next day though) |
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Yeah, I duped someone, iceman something....Sorry about that I posted before the report was up, didn't have much time on the computer to go through all the pages and couldn't wait! If I win I'll send him a hat or something...!
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Wow this contest is filling up faster than last month's, day 2 and we are already on page 64???
Gonna be maxed out at 100 by tomorrow the 3rd for sure! |
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MND thanks for the report and many thanks to Mark for continuing this great contest.
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Yeah thanks Mark and crew at Larue. This has to be the coolest around. I spent all day Sunday on the computer waiting for this thing to start. In the end I was duped, but oh well. I still have a shot!
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Thank you to the good folks at LaRue for the chance to win and thank you MND for always stepping up with the report.
I noticed that there is no winner listed for July on the contest overview page. Was there a winner? |
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I noticed that there is no winner listed for July on the contest overview page. Was there a winner? Yea, and I need to get off my ass and update the pages. |
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Wow this contest is filling up faster than last month's, day 2 and we are already on page 64??? Gonna be maxed out at 100 by tomorrow the 3rd for sure! Yep, 100 pages will be the end ... 2,000 posts. |
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Quoted: dang!! I DT'd my entry and then got duped to boot.... not my month I guess... FYI: A doubletap will not disqualify you, Mr MND's report will ignore the second entry, when it is obvious that a glitch occurred. Unless, of course, you edit or disqualify yourself any other way.
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How do yo know if you win? Are you IM'd or does one need to keep checking the thread?
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Thanks, as usual, for the awesome report - if only more people used it. I love the guy on page 14 suggesting that you send the new mounts to the sandbox for some real, live testing. What a brilliant idea. Let's send some new mounts for testing into a live scenario where the consequences for failure could mean death. Brilliant. I'm sure your mounts wouldn't fail, but... still...
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Looks like a bunch of people don't know the rules. There a lot of non-team posting. Do we have a sticky somewhere with the contest rules?
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So what happens if someone dupes your number? Are you both out? Or just the duper?
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So what happens if someone dupes your number? Are you both out? Or just the duper? Neither |
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So why do people freak out about being duped? Because if your number is chosen another random number is chosen to decide who wins, op or duper(s). I believe a duper won a couple of months ago. People who dupe are either: 1) lazy 2) stupid 3) both It takes literally ten seconds to check the report thread and pick one of the hundred or so numbers that aren't taken. And... I've been duped |
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That makes sense then. Thanks for the info. I agree it seems to not be too hard to prevent duping someone else's number.
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Once again, many thanks to mnd for the report and thanks to Mr. LaRue for the contest
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Man, someone just duped me. I know statistically it doesn't hurt my chances any more than if they'd picked a unique number, but it's still a bit annoying.
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Quoted: Quoted: So why do people freak out about being duped? Because if your number is chosen another random number is chosen to decide who wins, op or duper(s). I believe a duper won a couple of months ago. People who dupe are either: 1) lazy 2) stupid 3) both It takes literally ten seconds to check the report thread and pick one of the hundred or so numbers that aren't taken. And... I've been duped It does literally take ten seconds to check the report but I've found it can be a pain in the ass to find the report. That being said there are many months I have not posted a number because I can't find it. I don't even know how to find out who won. ETA - but as Mark said, part of the fun is finding the rules. |
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Quoted: Man, someone just duped me. I know statistically it doesn't hurt my chances any more than if they'd picked a unique number, but it's still a bit annoying. Actually it does hurt your chances more. Lets say there are 1200 unique numbers picked. Your chances are 1 in 1200. Now if they picked a unique number, your chances would go to 1 in 1201. Since they duped you, your chances change to 1 in 2400. (or (1 in 1200) * (1 in 2)) Big difference. |
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So why do people freak out about being duped? Because their number is a unique and beautiful flower. |
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Next time. We should have a UHFO thread, mnd report thread, and an offical dupe and how it effects my chances thread.
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I pick the same number every time whether I'm first or last, if it's meant to be it will. Quit crying y'all are starting to sound like the entitlement cry babies!
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So why do people freak out about being duped? Because if your number is chosen another random number is chosen to decide who wins, op or duper(s). I believe a duper won a couple of months ago. People who dupe are either: 1) lazy 2) stupid 3) both It takes literally ten seconds to check the report thread and pick one of the hundred or so numbers that aren't taken. And... I've been duped It does literally take ten seconds to check the report but I've found it can be a pain in the ass to find the report. That being said there are many months I have not posted a number because I can't find it. I don't even know how to find out who won. ETA - but as Mark said, part of the fun is finding the rules. |
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dang!! I DT'd my entry and then got duped to boot.... not my month I guess... FYI: A doubletap will not disqualify you, Mr MND's report will ignore the second entry, when it is obvious that a glitch occurred. Unless, of course, you edit or disqualify yourself any other way. So if you pick a number which is a dupe, and then edit it to pick a non picked number you're disqualified? If so, then doh! I guess I just learned one of the other rules. |
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