100K Post Contest!
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.
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Zodiac | Comment 1: 2005-09-13 19:49 |
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? | |
Rangers51 | Comment 2: 2005-09-13 20:03 |
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. | |
Zodiac | Comment 3: 2005-09-13 20:18 |
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 | |
karasuman | Comment 4: 2005-09-13 20:34 |
I'm going to guess completely blindly and then pay someone else to spam the boards so my guess is right. | |
Djibriel | Comment 5: 2005-09-13 21:14 |
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. | |
SilverFork | Comment 6: 2005-09-14 02:24 |
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. | |
laszlow | Comment 7: 2005-09-14 03:04 |
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. | |
Shadow Monroe | Comment 8: 2005-09-14 04:33 |
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. ![]() | |
Galsic | Comment 9: 2005-09-14 04:41 |
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... | |
Shotgunnova | Comment 10: 2005-09-14 18:35 |
I declare now that I'm going to win this game. Hold me to it. ^__^ | |
Mimic | Comment 11: 2005-09-14 19:16 |
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. | |
Caesar | Comment 12: 2005-09-14 19:32 |
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. ![]() | |
The Ancient | Comment 13: 2005-09-14 20:37 |
Hehehehe. This spam post I am creating at this moment assures my victory. | |
Kimahri | Comment 14: 2005-09-14 22:26 |
Sent. My chances of winning are probably about 1/100,000, but oh well. | |
Fadien | Comment 15: 2005-09-15 07:06 |
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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