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Or, "CoNtest." lol R51 funny lol.

You might have noticed that we just the other day crossed the line of 95000 posts. We're still a small forum, of course, but as Tiddles has said before, there's something magical about having lines of zeroes in numbers, and soon we'll have five of them in the post total.

To commemorate the one-hundred-thousandth post, we're throwing a little contest. It's really just the guessing game we've always liked to do, but this time you're going to get a prize!

Here's the game. You have between now and the time when post number 97,500 is made to give me a guess on which date 100k will fall. You should PM me this guess so the winner is a surprise, but feel free to post in this thread to let us all know you're in the game. We'll cut off entries after the 97,500th post to make sure there's no advantage in guessing later. Once we hit the big 100k, we'll take note of when the post was made, and who's closest to it.

If you're the closest to the date, you'll win something fun from CoNStore, specifically a mousepad or a mug. If you manage to get the date exactly right, you'll get a t-shirt too. I personally suggest the MAWAII~ shirt, though I'll try to get some new items up between now and then too.

If two people magically get the same date, well, I guess I'll go broke buying prizes.

Note that it would probably be not terribly easy to spam up the place to win. However, should you try, you'll find yourself disqualified from the contest and given a +40% warning at a bare minimum.

In any event, feel free to start guessing now! Make sure you get the entries in before the 97,500.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 13th September 2005 20:06

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Yes it will be an important day for CoN, having 100k posts!

From top statistical operations, I'll be saying that at [SENSORED] morning, CoN will notice I was right and give me a mug!!!

Well I hope

Why, WHY not 99999? I think it's looking much better than 100000

Hey R51 how much people do you think will spam to get as close as possible to their date?

This post has been edited by Zodiac on 13th September 2005 19:50

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Sayonara

But yet I got no PM from you as yet. >_>

Thanks for reminding me about the spam issue, though. I mentioned it in my pre-post in the staff forum, but forgot to here. It will be edited in soon.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Ummm I was going to search for statitics about this forum, but things turned out that I couldn't find any... so I'll just what until 97,500 and see what I can guess

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Sayonara

I'm going to guess completely blindly and then pay someone else to spam the boards so my guess is right.

This post has been edited by karasuman on 13th September 2005 20:39

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Veni, vidi, dormivi.

All your capitalist Beelzebub-induced guesses will not stand before the vote the one that is I has cast.

You think you know, but you have no idea.

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The Collapse of Heaven and Earth

That "Q" in my PM header's really a "G". Sometimes those keys just switch on me, y'know...

Aw. I think Djibriel's right. I DON'T have any idea. And I'm gonna keep thinking that and being aaaall humble 'bout it. 'Cause then I'll win, assuming these things work out the same way as in every television Christmas special ever made.

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Words of Wisdom:

If something can go wrong, it will.

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law

Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn

I guessed completely on a whim, which I figure is as good a way as any to guess, since post count fluctuates so much day to day on the site and the new schoolyear for many of us can affect postcount.

Also, when I saw the news headline 100K Post Contest, I immediately thought the worst - that it was some kind of postcount++ contest. Reading the actual message body was a relief.

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Sent.
I made a blind guess as well, since you don't exactly have a lot to base it upon besides how many posts already exist.

Well, I made me guess based on me top-secret, patented, and revolutionary equation, so me win is in the bag!

Or maybe I'm jest throwing out a wild guess like everyone else...

Edit

Bleh, bothersome lil typos there was...

This post has been edited by Galsic on 14th September 2005 10:16

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Console RPG Cliches

I declare now that I'm going to win this game. Hold me to it. ^__^

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It's gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck can change

Well, unlike all of you, I'm not getting my hopes up over it. I believe I'll lose, and thus when I do, I won't be disappointed, unlike all of you spare the winner(s).

So in that respect, I win.

You can stop posting in this thread now, for I have just submitted the correct answer. After spending countless hours in the laser lab with a stopwatch, I have arrived at the final end date.

Of course, if you don't believe me, you can go on sending your guesses to R51.

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Is PJ

Hehehehe. This spam post I am creating at this moment assures my victory.

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

Sent. My chances of winning are probably about 1/100,000, but oh well.

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eh?

I sent mine last night.. YAY!


Although I don't REMEMBER what I sent. Oh well. If I win, I win, but I doubt I will.

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"And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped” -Sir Bedevere the Wise

Under 1000 posts left until we close the contest. Don't forget to submit!

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Woo, made it in at the last second. Probably I'm a little off, though.

As the deadline is based on postcount and not a calendar day, I can't tell you exactly when the contest is going to close. But I bet it's going to be quite soon, so consider this your last chance. I will close off the submissions after the 97,500th post, and any PMs that come in after I see that post go up, according to the official timestamp in the forum database, will not be included.

Short version - get them in during the next few hours if you have any desire to participate.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

It's now closed, and so is this thread, at least for now.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?