[ARCHIVED THREAD] - LaRue August 2010 Contest Report (Page 2 of 5)
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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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Cool, 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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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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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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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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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. |
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. |