Contest FAQ

[Ryan]

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can I win more than once?

Yes.

What happens if the 2500, 5000, 7500, or 10000th poster doesn't post a Happy Anniversary message with PriceCanada.com in it?

They don't win. The next person to post a Happy Anniversary message with PriceCanada.com in it wins instead.

[emz]

If I post a winning post, and I had "Happy 1st Anniversay PriceCanada.com!" as my Signature but not in my post, would that count as a win? I get the feeling the answer is no...but it's worth a shot asking!

[ElChico]

If I post 2501, can I delete a previous post to become 2500?

[Hurk]

If I post 2501, can I delete a previous post to become 2500?

You can't delete posts in that thread. Permission is locked / disabled.

[CHINAdeals]

You can't delete posts in that thread. Permission is locked / disabled.

rofl that would be inSANE ahhaa.

ppl would be deleted posts left right and center

[ElChico]

You can't delete posts in that thread. Permission is locked / disabled.

Darn...there goes my plan >:(

[Ryan]

You can't delete posts in that thread. Permission is locked / disabled.

Yes, a handy feature for this contest.

[Ryan]

If I post a winning post, and I had "Happy 1st Anniversay PriceCanada.com!" as my Signature but not in my post, would that count as a win? I get the feeling the answer is no...but it's worth a shot asking!

It has to be in the message itself.

[Bazooka Joe]

Do edits count for the winning post?

[lapopal]

What boggles my mind is that a contest is here and there are people publicly trying to exploit the contest.

[Hurk]

What boggles my mind is that a contest is here and there are people publicly trying to exploit the contest.

I don't think anyone is trying to publicly exploit the contest, I think they're just making sure it's failsafe when the time comes...

[AmberMoon]

as it gets closer people are gonna be slamming the posts good luck everyone.. awsome prizes and Kudos to RFD for another fantastic idea for a contest!

[emz]

Do edits count for the winning post?

valid question.

[Tijuana]

Since Ryan posted the first 2 posts, im assuming its going to be whoever has 2500 as the post count in the thread, right?

[Hurk]

Since Ryan posted the first 2 posts, im assuming its going to be whoever has 2500 as the post count in the thread, right?

Yes, that's correct. The 5th post in the thread (Link here) (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4307735&postcount=5) shows that Ryan deems it the 5th post in the thread.

[hybrid.09]

Do edits count for the winning post?Ryan, answer please? :)

[Hurk]

How hard is it to post a Happy Anniversary message? When you submit it, you'll know in less than 10 seconds if you won or not, and if you edit it quick enough, it doesn't even show up as an edit (even though mods can see it, me thinks).

What else are you planning on typing? Purplemonkeydishwasher?

[just_For_ipod]

Do edits count for the winning post?

Ditto
I thought that post editing was locked... but I just checked now, and you can edit posts...
Am I going crazy?

[Binden]

Do edits count for the winning post?

what possible reason would you need to edit a post for?
anyone posting a non-greeting around the 2500 post mark are idiots, ha.

just spam spam spam the same greeting message.

[jm20]

What boggles my mind is that a contest is here and there are people publicly trying to exploit the contest.

I could very easily cheat to win by coding a program to post 50 messages concurrently when there is 9960 posts. Suffice to say... I wont ;)

[Tijuana]

I could very easily cheat to win by coding a program to post 50 messages concurrently when there is 9960 posts. Suffice to say... I wont ;)

wow, I guessed you missed the part where there is going to be several hundred or even thousand who post. And im sure at 9900 everyone wil be posting, so good luck with that genious

[jm20]

wow, I guessed you missed the part where there is going to be several hundred or even thousand who post. And im sure at 9900 everyone wil be posting, so good luck with that genious

Thanks, and sending over 600 HTTP transactions / second does help. I don't see why you are even arguing with me when you do not, most likely, know what I was talking about :rolleyes: I'm sure Ryan and Derek do however ;)

[matkun]

Isn't there a 1 message every 25 seconds post limit? So even if you did code a program.. you'd be limited by that?

[Alvito]

4. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.

No it doesnt. Your odds of winning can be calculated.

1 out of 2500
1 out of 5000
1 out of 7500
1 out of 10000

[dreadknot69]

Man, this is a lot of work....

[just_For_ipod]

4. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.

No it doesnt. Your odds of winning can be calculated.

1 out of 2500
1 out of 5000
1 out of 7500
1 out of 10000

well, actually, your odds entering right at this minute is 1 to infinite. You know for sure the number of posts right now is 1300, you are not going to win. Where as if you entered when the number of posts was 2455, your odds are about 1 in 50. So it should say, "Odds of winning depend on the time of posting."

But in a sense it does depend on the number of entrants, as with only yourself entering, the highest number of posts you can legally have is 150, ;)

[just_For_ipod]

Isn't there a 1 message every 25 seconds post limit? So even if you did code a program.. you'd be limited by that?

Yeah, and I think there is also a script running that doesn't let you post the exact same message that you have recently posted. As you can tell, there are some messages that say: “Happy Anniversary PriceCanada.com!23” ;)

[CanadaBoy]

Do you get a prize for having 10% of the total posts and the top number of posts in the thread as of now ;)

[jm20]

Isn't there a 1 message every 25 seconds post limit? So even if you did code a program.. you'd be limited by that?

I don't post fast enough normally, I wouldn't have knew. If I was MJM on the other hand...

[TheBull]

Yeah, and I think there is also a script running that doesn't let you post the exact same message that you have recently posted. As you can tell, there are some messages that say: “Happy Anniversary PriceCanada.com!23” ;)

I think people are doing that to keep track of their posts in the contest thread since you're only allowed to post 150.

Good idea!

[mahjongmaniac]

Ditto
I thought that post editing was locked... but I just checked now, and you can edit posts...
Am I going crazy?

lol you're kidding me right?

since when was "post-editing" locked?


i guess what Ryan can do is lock post-editing in that thread :)

[kingsley]

4. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.

No it doesnt. Your odds of winning can be calculated.

1 out of 2500
1 out of 5000
1 out of 7500
1 out of 10000

lol....dude, that's wrong. Odds of winning is dependent on the number of entrants. The more people the harder it is going to be.

[just_For_ipod]

lol you're kidding me right?

since when was "post-editing" locked?


i guess what Ryan can do is lock post-editing in that thread :)

Obviously I meant only in that thread.
I swear, the day before, I tried editing a post in that forum, and there was no button, but when I try now, there is a button. Probably I'm going crazy.

[just_For_ipod]

lol....dude, that's wrong. Odds of winning is dependent on the number of entrants. The more people the harder it is going to be.

Like I said before, odds of winning, depend on the number of entrants at the time around 2450-2500 posts.

[siwo]

what about double-postings? just curious..

[chococrazy]

is this eligible for qc residents?

[Ryan]

is this eligible for qc residents?

Yes

[siwo]

no answer my ques?

[Ryan]

I don't understand your question

[Jedi--]

no answer my ques?


I don't understand your question


pwned :D :cheesygri

[AmberMoon]

Simply WOW!!!!!

I missed todays 2500th post but i scanned the pages and lets just say a mess load of people posted ar 4:39 the very minute the 2500th post area..

[Shiznacka]

Simply WOW!!!!!

I missed todays 2500th post but i scanned the pages and lets just say a mess load of people posted ar 4:39 the very minute the 2500th post area..

Hahah I know...it was like 2200 and i refreshed and than it was 2300 in like 5 mins so i was like damn i better reply....first attempt and the page wouldn't open, closed firefox, re-opened it was at 2400. Started freaking out so i hit reply it went through and i hit send. Ends up I was like 50 posts too late. I checked out all the entries and like all 50 of us were at like the same time :(.

Heheh now the post count will slow down and once it gets to 4600 it will be like mad fire.

[saltatrix]

Should up post per person to 300, gonna take a whle to hit that 10k :P

[mahjongmaniac]

Probably I'm going crazy.

you're goin' crazy :D

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pwned :D :cheesygri

:lol:

[siwo]

what about double-postings? just curious..

umm. my question was about 'double-postings' ?

..like, if there was an actual generated error during that very moment and two posts appear one right after another, even though the 25second rule applies, it gets voided all-together and the posts will appear in synchro.

..this has happened to me plenty of times.. and my question would be, what if this occurs and the second of the two postings landed on the 2500/5000/7500/10,000 mark making it a winner? does that double-posted reply get removed/revoked or does it apply?

(trust me, this happened to me often)

[Bargain_Junkie]

I posted 5500, so do I win some stickers :D How do I claim them?

[noxe2]

I posted 5500, so do I win some stickers :D How do I claim them?

You forgot to post Happy Anniversary PriceCanada.com ;) :razz:

[bmaz]

4. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.

No it doesnt. Your odds of winning can be calculated.

1 out of 2500
1 out of 5000
1 out of 7500
1 out of 10000
Wow, just wow.


Like I said before, odds of winning, depend on the number of entrants at the time around 2450-2500 posts.
You can't narrow it down that close, just leave it at depends on the peak number of entries at any given time.
Yesterday when I looked @ the posts it was close to 4930, after I submitted my entry I was way off the mark.

[bmaz]

umm. my question was about 'double-postings' ?

..like, if there was an actual generated error during that very moment and two posts appear one right after another, even though the 25second rule applies, it gets voided all-together and the posts will appear in synchro.

..this has happened to me plenty of times.. and my question would be, what if this occurs and the second of the two postings landed on the 2500/5000/7500/10,000 mark making it a winner? does that double-posted reply get removed/revoked or does it apply?

(trust me, this happened to me often)
Double postings are no longer possible, since the forum added the 25 seconds wait time between posts.
Moreover, even if by some freak of nature (programming) you got a double posting, whichever posting that hits the milestone will be the winning post.

[mannie511]

that's a good idea~ great contest though. I have been on RFD so much since the launch of Wii asI still didn't get one. Thought i might as well come in and post.

[Bargain_Junkie]

You forgot to post Happy Anniversary PriceCanada.com ;) :razz:

No I didn't :confused: How do I claim the stickers?

[Mimicat]

Q: Can a poster with more than 150 thread replies (ie me) win the stickers?

[TheBull]

Can I win stickers twice?

[YLSF]

Q: Can a poster with more than 150 thread replies (ie me) win the stickers?

I was going to ask how do you have over 150 posts when you total post count is only 4 but I guess they don't include posts in the contest thread in your total post count!

[hybrid.09]

Congrats msb45 for the 7,500 :D

Go PriceCanada.com!

[Bargain_Junkie]

I guess there not giving out the stickers. I was poster 5500 and i've got nothing to show.

[TheBull]

I think they'll probably send them out afterwards.

[Ryan]

Stickers will probably go out in early January. The winners have to send me their mailing address.

Anyone with over 150 posts is ineligible to win anything after post 150.

[TheBull]

Hey Ryan,

Are you going to send me 2 sets for post #'s 3500 and 8000?

[mahjongmaniac]

Hey Ryan,

Are you going to send me 2 sets for post #'s 3500 and 8000?

i don't think there's a restriction saying you can't win twice...



and it's only stickers... i'm sure they've got lots to giveaway :razz:

[Ziggy007]

Boo for lurker wins on forum prizes.

/end jealousy.

[ivangogh]

coolspot you're an idiot for this comment (in the closed thread):

That sucks - some newbie/lurker/leech wins

just accept it that you didn't win and don't attack others for no reason... not everyone has time to sit around the computer all day and make posts every 5 minutes.

[radeonboy]

facking BS. stupid system said I couldnt post a duplicate and I had to wait like 5 minutes. wtf is that?

[ivangogh]

lol another one... bite it boys

[bug]

There were lurkers/newbs playing with 0 posts :mad:
At least try to contribute to the forum.

[humayouj]

hahah canguy??? give me the xbox

[TapemanPL]

There were lurkers/newbs playing with 0 posts :mad:
At least try to contribute to the forum.

true man, next time for contests like these it should only be open to people who registered before the contest started

[ivangogh]

posts count when you start threads (i think)

If there's no reason to start one?...

and why does it hurt you so much that someone else won?

[TapemanPL]

hahah canguy??? give me the xbox

see like this guy only signed up to the forum to play the contest

[canguy9999]

Say all you want about a newbie/lurker winning.

I use to have another user name(like a year ago), not one of the most active people, but I've been coming here for years. My brother is a regular trader/buyer on these forums.

I post messages when I can and have good input to say.

[radeonboy]

posts count when you start threads (i think)

If there's no reason to start one?...

and why does it hurt you so much that someone else won?

because its BS that newbies who contributed nothing can win, and the stupid ***** gat duplicate post thing is BS too.

[wraybling]

haha sore losers much? there were no eligibility requirements on minimum number of posts. this contest was a great way to encourage new people to sign up here

[ivangogh]

Say all you want about a newbie/lurker winning.

I use to have another user name(like a year ago), not one of the most active people, but I've been coming here for years. My brother is a regular trader/buyer on these forums.

I post messages when I can and have good input to say.

they're just jelous and bitter that they didn't win...

[canguy9999]

Thank you very much for those supporting though, I'm very surprised about this but its pretty cool.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

[ivangogh]

Shows you how "friendly" this forum is.

[bmaz]

facking BS. stupid system said I couldnt post a duplicate and I had to wait like 5 minutes. wtf is that?
If you were posting consistently before you would have realized that all you needed to do was alter the text.

[TapemanPL]

Say all you want about a newbie/lurker winning.

I use to have another user name(like a year ago), not one of the most active people, but I've been coming here for years. My brother is a regular trader/buyer on these forums.

I post messages when I can and have good input to say.

actually i dont think you are the winnner 10002 or 10003 is the winner because of the 2 or 3 posts that ryan put in at the beginning, and that post count error that brought up earlier, so don't get so happy just yet

[tallshorty111]

I'm sure there are those who created new accounts so they can post faster than every 25 seconds. Probably some of the "newbies" are those people

[ivangogh]

actually i dont think you are the winnner 10002 or 10003 is the winner because of the 2 or 3 posts that ryan put in at the beginning, and that post count error that brought up earlier, so don't get so happy just yet

Pathetic! Dude take away that PL tag from your name... You're an embarassment to Polish people.

[Ryan]

actually i dont think you are the winnner 10002 or 10003 is the winner because of the 2 or 3 posts that ryan put in at the beginning, and that post count error that brought up earlier, so don't get so happy just yet


He's the winner. Just tested all the forum settings.

My posts at the beginning count as well.

Congrats! PM me.

[TapemanPL]

Pathetic! Dude take away that PL tag from your name... You're an embarassment to Polish people.

im not polish u freaking tard those are my initials

[bmaz]

actually i dont think you are the winnner 10002 or 10003 is the winner because of the 2 or 3 posts that ryan put in at the beginning, and that post count error that brought up earlier, so don't get so happy just yet
Get a life, the Posts Ryan makes are included.
Look at all the other winners.

[ivangogh]

im not polish u freaking tard those are my initials

nvm then... you're still pathetic

[TapemanPL]

Get a life, the Posts Ryan makes are included.
Look at all the other winners.

im just stating what i thought...i didn't know also some guy did bring up a problem about the post counts in threads...

[Ziggy007]

Hey I put at the end of my post that there is jealousy there, but there is just something about it that lets you down.

I mean RFD is a community, and the deals, and survival of this community depend on contributing members. In all honesty, why should I contribute now, if I could just come and take without ever needing to give back?

Having lurkers / zero posters winning contests fosters this mentality.

Personally I think contests should only be available to those people who were already signed up before the start date of the contest, AND have a minimum of 50 or 100 posts.

And yeah I did admin other very popular boards, and I know post requirements sometimes lead to a bit of spam, but from what I have seen RFD deals with it quite appropriately.

I think it is a valid argument or discussion

[Ryan]

Chill out people. It's just a contest.

canguy999 has no multiple accounts or anything like that.

[coroner]

Shows you how "friendly" this forum is.

IT IS a friendly forum.
Congrats canguy9999! Merry Christmas.

[ivangogh]

IT IS a friendly forum.
Congrats canguy9999! Merry Christmas.



yea I know. there's just some rotten apples here

[optimum]

MDG sucks

[mahjongmaniac]

blahhh... i missed the boom once again! :mad:



gone for 10 mins off the thread and i miss it :(




ah well, congrats to the winner, which is canguy9999 i suppose... another lurker who just joined in Oct :-0

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4370110&postcount=10000

[Mimicat]

Ryan, did you look at the postid's leading up to Post #10000?
Did you make sure that with all the traffic, the posts were displayed accurately?

I think you'll need to review the postid's of the 100 or so messages before canguy's message just in case, no?

Or maybe someone else is willing to do it...

[ivangogh]

blahhh... i missed the boom once again! :mad:



gone for 10 mins off the thread and i miss it :(




ah well, congrats to the winner, which is canguy9999 i suppose... another lurker who just joined in Oct :-0

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4370110&postcount=10000

why not just hand the prize to you right off the bat since you had so many posts?

[mahjongmaniac]

why not just hand the prize to you right off the bat since you had so many posts?

sure why not :lol: i wouldn't mind :P

[radeonboy]

nvm then... you're still pathetic ...


Shows you how "friendly" this forum is.

[rubberband]

MDG sucks

AAAAAHahaha!

That, right there, is the sign of someone who knows RFD. Way to lighten the mood! :cheesygri

(Posts like this are the reason that we have a community, and the reason that lots of people wish the contests were closed to community members, and not lurkers, new sign-ups, etc. It's too bad I missed winning by probably a second or so, but I'd be less dissapointed if the eventual winner were a regular contributor to the forums.)

oh well.

Canaguy, enjoy the prize! And while you're waiting for it to arrive, why not join in the forums, post a bit, maybe track down dome deals on games for your new console? :cheesygri

[Carpe Diem]

Congrats canguy9999.



Damn...i was 9998

[Mimicat]

Congrats canguy9999.



Damn...i was 9998

With your 150th post. Funny.

[radeonboy]

canguy999 has no multiple accounts or anything like that.

I think you spoke too soon...VV


Say all you want about a newbie/lurker winning.

I use to have another user name(like a year ago), not one of the most active people, but I've been coming here for years. My brother is a regular trader/buyer on these forums.

I post messages when I can and have good input to say.

I would call 2 accounts "multiple".

[canguy9999]

I have no idea what that username is, what e-mail is attached to it or anything. As to why I had to sign up again. I took about a year off coming to these fourms and just signed back up in september.

[canguy9999]

I signed up back in 2004 originally, after my brother(username: cjpark) told me about this site.

If there is some sort of issue with all this Ryan please contact me first.

Thanks.

[Composter]

didn't I read somewhere that everyone that posts gets an Xbox 360 and the 10,000th poster doesn't?

just kiddin congrats canguy9999

[jonkaho]

congrats for your first ever video game system!!!


maybe you can find some people on here with free 48 xbox live trial codes!

[Ryan]

I think you spoke too soon...VV


I would call 2 accounts "multiple".

That account wasn't used in this contest and has been dormant for 1 year+.

It's a clean win.

[mahjongmaniac]

didn't I read somewhere that everyone that posts gets an Xbox 360 and the 10,000th poster doesn't?

just kiddin congrats canguy9999

hahaha... yeah we wish! :lol:

[cjpark]

Congrats!

For those with any concern, the winner is my brother so its all good :cheesygri

[Alcetic]

wow i go out for lunch and it's like +1000 posts..wtf?

[ElChico]

What? I walk the dog and it's over??????????????????

[coroner]

Ryan, it will be great if you have some statistics, just for the fun of it - like how many posts per seconds starting with the 9000th post, etc. Your servers hold up pretty good.

I'm sure there are other people curious about this.

[CanadaBoy]

:( I missed it (149 posts....)

[hybrid.09]

That was fast :confused:

I got 495 before :(

[xslitx]

No user can post more than 150 times in this thread.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=376062

620 - 150 = 470

10,147 - 470 = 9677

Contest should still be going. :twisted:

Congrats to the winner!

[jonkaho]

hey canguy are you going to play the 360 on a HDTV?

[cjpark]

sadly, no he isn't.

[Gogi]

Congrats !

My sister was 10,001. Almost !

You know what the funny thing is ? After the thing finished, I talked to her and I said "Imagine what the guy feels like that had the 9999th post ?" ... and then about 2 minutes after I let her know that she had the 10001st post of the thread :lol:

Oh well, next time. But, the people in 9999th and 10001st place definitely also must get an Xbox 360 :D

[canguy9999]

hey canguy are you going to play the 360 on a HDTV?

Ya as cjpark said, no HDTV.

[gogpop]

Ya as cjpark said, no HDTV.

congratulations,
seems they did not really give out stickers:(

[canguy9999]

For Ryan or anyone else who might know.

I haven't heard anything about the x-box yet, as to e-mails or PMs. I PMed Ryan, how long do these things normally take? Not trying to push anything, just curious just incase maybe I didn't recieve the e-mail for some reason or another.

Thanks.

[bmaz]

For Ryan or anyone else who might know.

I haven't heard anything about the x-box yet, as to e-mails or PMs. I PMed Ryan, how long do these things normally take? Not trying to push anything, just curious just incase maybe I didn't recieve the e-mail for some reason or another.

Thanks.I would just PM Ryan.

[canguy9999]

Thanks, I've sent two off was just wondering if there was anything else I should do.

[CoolBear]

I PMed Ryan my address for my USB key, seems he did not read it yet.

[canguy9999]

Ya same with my 2 messages. I know some contests take a while to get everything worked out properly but just thought I would have heard something in 9 days.

Well at least were in the same boat here.

Thanks for letting me know.

[Ryan]

FYI, I'm on vacation until Tuesday and things were just too crazy around boxing day to sort it all out then.

First thing next week, I promise. :)

[canguy9999]

Thanks a lot for the post. I kind of expected so, just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something.

Thanks again.

[Ryan]

Stickers and prizes from those who have PMed me are going out today.

I didn't hear from a lot of the sticker winners though (all the other prizes were claimed).

[canguy9999]

X-box 360 arrived yesterday. Very quick.

Thanks Ryan and Pricecanada!

[TheBull]

Got my stickers today.
A whole bunch of PriceCanada.com and RFD stickers.
I'm thinking about holding my own sort of contest to get rid of some of them.

Thanks RFD.