Contest results
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The contest results are in!
Dear contestants,
Thank you for all the great entries you submitted during the last few weeks. The Feathercoin community has a long road ahead and you have shown great determination already. Thanks must go to Justabitoftime as well for his continuous effort and contribution of the prize money![u]We received nearly 150 entries.[/u] A great number looking at the early chapter the community currently is in! After verification of the entries the final lists of tickets and participants are now listed in each topic. Unfortunately 4 topics did not have enough entries, so the prize money of these categories will be spend on another future project!
[b]What happens now?[/b]
Justabitoftime will hold 2 separate drawings:
- The drawing for the 1000 coins will occur on June 30 at 1:00pm (US Eastern)
- The 5 drawings for $500 total FTC will occur on July 14th at 1:00pm (US Eastern)
[b]Good luck to all contestants![/b]
If you still have questions, or there is a mistake in the ticket-count inform me, ChekaZ or J4c0b5L4tt3r through PM!
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How about extending the deadline since many categories did not reach the minimum number of entries.?
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[quote name=“JohnsonX” post=“18512” timestamp=“1372460825”]
How about extending the deadline since many categories did not reach the minimum number of entries.?
[/quote]The deadline is still not over - there are a few hours left :)
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Is it fair adding new rules on the last day??
Especially because there are only 2 tickets in the merchant section, one of those is mine :-(As you wish community!!
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[quote name=“Markus11” post=“18564” timestamp=“1372481267”]
Is it fair adding new rules on the last day??
Especially because there are only 2 tickets in the merchant section, one of those is mine :-(As you wish community!!
[/quote]Huh?!? Those weren’t additional rules, he’s clarifying a section that was already there.
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As it looks like for people like me … hahah;-)
Sorry, important is that much great work has been done by this contest, if i would win a few ftc, i would donate them for projects, development, …Invest in the future of ftc!!
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[quote name=“Markus11” post=“18577” timestamp=“1372483941”]
As it looks like for people like me … hahah;-)
Sorry, important is that much great work has been done by this contest, if i would win a few ftc, i would donate them for projects, development, …Invest in the future of ftc!!
[/quote]I hate I had to make that document so long. Every time I tried to simplify the rules, I thought of 3 ways to abuse it. hah
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[quote name=“Clearcrystal15” post=“18492” timestamp=“1372455768”]
Unfortunately 4 topics did not have enough entries, so the prize money of these categories will be spend on another future project!
[/quote]So submissions in those categories don’t count at all?
Anyway, at least it was fun doing them especially the jingles. :P -
[quote name=“JohnsonX” post=“18740” timestamp=“1372544929”]
[quote author=Clearcrystal15 link=topic=2369.msg18492#msg18492 date=1372455768]
Unfortunately 4 topics did not have enough entries, so the prize money of these categories will be spend on another future project!
[/quote]So submissions in those categories don’t count at all?
Anyway, at least it was fun doing them especially the jingles. :P
[/quote]I did my best to outline it in the rules. I learned quite a few lessons here, avoid these type of contests in the future. :) I appreciate the submissions. As always, I’ll redirect more coins to the community… I always do.
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[quote name=“Simkill” post=“18804” timestamp=“1372578799”]
So two of my entries don’t count because other people couldn’t be bothered to put the effort in? :( For music and articles, we got 3 entrents. Couldnt you create a fourth entrant with 10 tickets called ‘Future Projects’ with maximum possible tickets for that catagory? Then at least we would have a chance.
[/quote]Unfortunatly not, these rules were created before the contest started. You are listed in the other categories however, so good luck there!
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Take a peek around the board, I’m immediately giving away:
500+ ftc messageboard giveaway
250 ftc irc giveaway
500 ftc facebook giveaway
300 ftc irc giveaway
1000+ Worldcoin giveaway
1000+ Phenix giveawayIn my heart, I felt I’ve offered up a fair deal to everyone. This will most likely be the last contest of this nature, thanks to all that participated.
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It is sort of annoying, that if someone worked on an entry that was harder then the rest he gets no credit for it, but if someone spends 2 seconds on a bad joke they have a shot.
When Virgin Galactic won the Ansari Xprize they didn’t have to hope others would also attempt maned space flight. They just had to get the job done.
The $1000 number was easy to find, but you worked hard to bury this rule that saved you having to pay out.
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[quote name=“Rejinx” post=“19420” timestamp=“1372820766”]
It is sort of annoying, that if someone worked on an entry that was harder then the rest he gets no credit for it, but if someone spends 2 seconds on a bad joke they have a shot.When Virgin Galactic won the Ansari Xprize they didn’t have to hope others would also attempt maned space flight. They just had to get the job done.
The $1000 number was easy to find, but you worked hard to bury this rule that saved you having to pay out.
[/quote]You do realize I’m just some guy that took this out of his pocket to help. It’s comments like this that will prevent me from EVER putting up this type of money again.
Unbelievable
I give… if everyone can run it better, put up your own money.
Besides this contest:
- I’ve given away thousands of coins in giveaways
- I’ve given away thousands in random ‘here you go’ posts
- I paid 5 BTC to help with the hard fork
- I gave away more coins during an impromptu IRC contest
- I’m giving away 500 more for an Facebook contest, 350 more for an twitter contest
I understand I won’t please everyone, but hopefully the majority felt like it was worth your time. These contests don’t benefit me directly, it was to draw attention to our coin, to help attract new people.
[b]I won’t be holding any additional contests in the near future,[/b] I look forward to each of you coming up ones on your own.
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John,
We do appreciate the phenomenal amount of work you’ve put in and the amount of coins you’ve donated out of your own pocket.
To everyone else, the rules were posted before the contest and as John has explained, he tried to make them as fair as possible.
The entries added had a primary goal of adding value to Feathercoin, the contest was a nice bonus, but the entries created for the contest were not wasted effort, even if they did not win or were somehow ineligible.
John has done an amazing job in pushing this community along, using many tools to do so, including contests. Are they all perfect? No, but he is definitely a giver rather than a passive taker and should be given respect and kudos for what he has done. If anybody feels they have a better method for running contests, we’d love you to step forward and organise a contest on the Feathercoin Forums.
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[quote name=“Rejinx” post=“19420” timestamp=“1372820766”]
The $1000 number was easy to find, but you worked hard to bury this rule that saved you having to pay out.
[/quote]Are you serious? If he didn’t want to pay, he wouldn’t organize the contest in the first place. And don’t forget the giveaways. The guy is a giveaway machine. :P
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[quote name=“spynappels” post=“19451” timestamp=“1372836184”]
John,We do appreciate the phenomenal amount of work you’ve put in and the amount of coins you’ve donated out of your own pocket.
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+1
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Thanks guys, that means a lot.
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[quote name=“Rejinx” post=“19420” timestamp=“1372820766”]
The $1000 number was easy to find, but you worked hard to bury this rule that saved you having to pay out.
[/quote]I cant belive how stupid people are…
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[quote name=“JohnsonX” post=“19616” timestamp=“1372893287”]
[quote author=spynappels link=topic=2369.msg19451#msg19451 date=1372836184]
John,We do appreciate the phenomenal amount of work you’ve put in and the amount of coins you’ve donated out of your own pocket.
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+1
[/quote]+2!
I often wonder where you find the time/energy/stamina to keep up this pace you’ve set for yourself - you’re a machine!
TN
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[quote name=“Rejinx” post=“19420” timestamp=“1372820766”]
It is sort of annoying, that if someone worked on an entry that was harder then the rest he gets no credit for it, but if someone spends 2 seconds on a bad joke they have a shot.When Virgin Galactic won the Ansari Xprize they didn’t have to hope others would also attempt maned space flight. They just had to get the job done.
The $1000 number was easy to find, but you worked hard to bury this rule that saved you having to pay out.
[/quote]I understand that you are disappointed, but keep in mind these rules were set to ensure the validity, quantity and quality of the contest.
[quote author=ThirtyNiner link=topic=2369.msg19736#msg19736 date=1372941626]
[quote author=JohnsonX link=topic=2369.msg19616#msg19616 date=1372893287]
[quote author=spynappels link=topic=2369.msg19451#msg19451 date=1372836184]
John,We do appreciate the phenomenal amount of work you’ve put in and the amount of coins you’ve donated out of your own pocket.
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+1
[/quote]+2!
I often wonder where you find the time/energy/stamina to keep up this pace you’ve set for yourself - you’re a machine!
TN
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The amount of effort and time that John spent on the Feathercoin community is nothing short of extraordinary.