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CoNtest 2006

Posted: 25th November 2006 01:52

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The Caves of Narshe forum community has seen a number of very interesting and amusing new users. There's the Kimono^_^Kitsune the Japanophile, The Green Mage the aspiring author, Inque the capitalizer, and chou the obnoxious jerk. Just one thing you should know about those four....

Each of them was a staff member posting in disguise.

This is where the contest comes in - we will be awarding Amazon.com gift certificates to anyone who can correctly guess the true identity of those four users. Each of them is one and only one unique staff member - no staffer did more than one fake, and no staff member shared a fake with any other staff members. The prizes will be Amazon gift certificates ranging from $20 to $30, depending on how many perfect entries we receive, but we will guarantee that at least one user will win one, even if no one gives a perfect entry. We'll stop accepting entries and determine the contest winners two weeks from today's date. If you aren't sure who's a staff member and who isn't, then check the staff link here - any current staff member on that list is a possible candidate.

To enter, just send an email to contests@cavesofnarshe.com, with a subject line of "CoNtest". Your entry should clearly and concisely show who you are and what your guesses are, sort of like this:

laszlow's guesses

chou is Rangers51
Kimono^_^Kitsune is Tiddles
Inque is Neal
The Green Mage is Mr_Thou

Now, I'll give you an extra hint and say that the above entry isn't 100% correct. Aren't I generous? Anyway, have fun! You guys didn't actually think chou was for real, did you?

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:02

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:02
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what the heck i am not a fake account.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:11

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:< Well, I tried it, I don't know how good i did. wink.gif anyone wanna try and beat me?

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:13

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Quiet, chou.

To MMB: You weren't supposed to know the others were fake. If it was blatantly obvious for every one of them, I don't think it would have been nearly as fun.

We really bothered because we wanted to give our loyal forumgoers something to do besides posting for a little while. Discussing weird new members (come on, they're ALL weird) certainly went on both here and in chat, and now the payoff is that one or more lucky person/people is/are going to get some free stuff from Amazon.

There are no other fake accounts. The four described are the only four ever created by CoN staff, or at the very least the only four my aging, addled brain can recall. biggrin.gif

Oh, and I should note that nobody needs to worry; nobody who is now or has ever been on the staff is eligible to win any prizes here.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:20

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Added my reply to the mix too...I knew Kimono was too spunky and random to be real, now if only I had an excuse for myself.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:24

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I wish I could vote, but obviously I can't. Good luck to all the people guessing. smile.gif The staff worked hard on this and had a lot of fun with it, and that's really the point of this contest, for people to have fun, both members AND staff.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 03:51

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UGH. I knew it. I knew there was something fishy here with chou! But I'd never think that there'd be more than one 'alternate account'! Well, at least this is a creative idea for a contest.

You guys suck. xD

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Posted: 25th November 2006 05:44

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Thanks for another great CoNtest

I must say that the 100k post CoNtest was almost a joke, since all I had to do was checking the number of posts at specific dates, the average number of posts per day, then calculate the date. I remembered wrong a number (by 1-2 days) which screwed up completely my calculations and because of that DP also won.

But now, NOW that's a real challenge, I doubt I can tell with accuracy who played who.

So if Sabin would be Kimono, then Mr Thou would be chou, and Hulk my grandmother...!?

Good luck to all of you, you'll need it.
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Posted: 25th November 2006 05:54

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Given that the cat is out of the bag now, don't you all feel a little bit sheepish about the whole Chou being moderator debacle? Botched joke as it was, it amused the hell out of me. smile.gif

PS: I may or may not be one of the fakers... or am I?

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Posted: 25th November 2006 06:32

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh my god, You guys just made my year. Christ, I can't stop laughing.
Alright, I'll try and guess. Wish me luck.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 07:14

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The best part of this is that chou isn't in fact a user we have to hear any more from.

I need to go back and read some of Inque's posts before submitting an entry.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 08:14

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Pretty cute, guys happy.gif . My guesses are in the e-mail.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 11:20

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Three out of four of those false accounts were made on the same day. Interesting.
A genius idea for the CoNtest. I'll be sending my ideas along soon, after i've done some more research.
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Posted: 25th November 2006 12:13

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Wow, I thought chou was just another user who wanted to get some crazy ideas off his chest. But a mod!? I've always detected a kind of love/hate relationship between him and R51 happy.gif I just thought The Green Mage was like, 7 years old or something... Kimono was a total shock, I liked her! Never even came across Inque. Thanks to the Mods for the effort in doing this.



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Posted: 25th November 2006 13:39

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Oops.
I had guesses but can't enter.

Creative thing to do.
XD

Whee!

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Posted: 25th November 2006 14:15

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No entries from me.

Standing ovation to the CoN staff, however, for this. Absolutely ingenious! One of the best pranks I have ever seen on any forum anywhere. Ever.

I would also like to point out that I was the first one to suspect that chou was an alt account. My guess at the time was Josh, though I'm now leaning towards Nealio. dry.gif

Excellent job, CoN staff.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 16:28

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No entries from me.

Standing ovation to the CoN staff, however, for this. Absolutely ingenious! One of the best pranks I have ever seen on any forum anywhere. Ever.

I would also like to point out that I was the first one to suspect that chou was an alt account. My guess at the time was Josh, though I'm now leaning towards Nealio. dry.gif

Excellent job, CoN staff.

Thank you, though most thanks need to go to Laszlow (and also our four mystery participants, of course).

Funny that you're willing to talk about it but not actually attempt to win a prize, though. tongue.gif

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Posted: 25th November 2006 18:13

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Oh...chou wasn't real? ...I...feel stupid now.

As for Kimono, I thought she was quite amusing, and Green Mage and Inque...well I didn't notice much too weird about them...

But I'll try anyway. Oooh, I can't wait for the results.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:06

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heart.gif heart.gif chou heart.gif heart.gif

I'm delighted that you all were confused.
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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:25

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Actually, what I found most suspicious about chou was that he hadn't gotten himself banned yet.... As for the others, I didn't notice, but now that you mention it...

As I said earlier, I never noticed who Inque was, but The Green Mage was pretty noticeable. Maybe because of which forums and what topics I frequent.

And Kimono Kitsune was also pretty darn obvious. In my being high off the election, I was imagining her as a sort of "swing vote" between the sensible and the crazy, but...oh well.

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What about Phoenix and Hikaroo?


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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:36

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Wow. Well, I definitely feel stupid now. Massive props for having me completely so annoyed with someone that I didn't even bother to think it could be a prank. In hindsight, I really should've suspected something, as generally Josh wouldn't let someone as idiotic as chou's "persona" continue posting.

I've got some idea, so I'll probably participate.

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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:39

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I love it. I'm prolly wrong, but what the hell, my reply's been sent.
Shut up, chou! XD

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Posted: 25th November 2006 20:37

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OOOHHHH!!!!! That crazy chou!

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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:00

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I have to admit, when I learned about chou I was pissed. But like I told Rangers in PM, I don't think that would've been my reaction except for things going on irl.

I had a feeling chou was fake but never would have guessed a staff member. I second whoever said Kitsune was nice and they liked her, and didn't pay much mind to the Green Mage or Inque. Although I do remember Inque saying some pretty idiotic things...

What the hey, I might throw my guesses in later. But def a well-planned prank.
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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:32

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Quote (Glenn Magus Harvey @ 25th November 2006 14:25)
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What about Phoenix and Hikaroo?

Um, what about them?

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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:56

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Haha, I wouldn't never figured chou was a fake user... There are only a few people like that in the world and sadly, those people have the Internet... Gee, I feel kinda dumb now... happy.gif

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Posted: 25th November 2006 23:05
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Eh?.. Hell, I thought chou was just the average jerk who'd wander into some random forum to piss people off. Hmmm... Four of them are four staff members... Tough nut to crack.
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Posted: 26th November 2006 01:37
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my guesses are rangers (inque) neal (green mage) and hikaroo (kimono).

i am not a fake account. that part of the contest is just a joke. i think the joke has gone on long enough i am a real person and i find it very offensive that youre continuing to make light of me like this.

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Posted: 26th November 2006 02:00

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Under the circumstances, chou or whoever you are, I'm not inclined to believe anything any of the four of you or any staff says till the CoNtest's over.

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