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Author Topic: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??  (Read 2569 times)

Offline Ohio Joe

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2020, 10:00:19 AM »
Congrats John!!!  :hairy
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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2020, 06:50:27 PM »
Hey, it's not June 19 yet!  How can the only one to sign up be the winner before the contest even started? :o

Just to give him a run for his money, I'M IN!!!   :bigsmile:  :laffing

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2020, 07:54:23 PM »
Hey, it's not June 19 yet!  How can the only one to sign up be the winner before the contest even started? :o

Just to give him a run for his money, I'M IN!!!   :bigsmile:  :laffing

~Kees~

That's a good question... You all may want to check your dates...  :shake

Who Can Post The Most??
It’s time for a new kinda contest! In an effort to increase the number of members posting in our forums and to try and get everyone involved, we are giving away a free one year membership to the TMA! But this will be first time that we have done something like this, so there will probably we bugs and goofs and oops until we get it all worked out really well. But if it goes well this time, maybe it’s something that we can do more often. So here is how it is going to work.
•   So the goal is to see who can make the most posts over a 90 day period.
•   The last day to declare that you will compete is June 19, 2020.
•   To be considered for this contest you will have to declare yourself on this thread below and rollingb will add the number of posts that you have at that time to your profile and the date that you signed up and you are off and running with your 90 days. The last day of your 90 day window will also be added, and at the end the total will be added. The winner will be declared after we have had a chance to gather the info.
•   There will be two different categories of members: registered members who haven’t paid for a membership, and contributing members who have paid for a membership. If you are a contributing member, the free year will be tacked on to the end of your current enrollment.
•   These posts have to be more than just “hi” or a smiley or something like that. We need complete English sentences for each post. You can do it. If you need help with how or where to post, contact a BOD member for help. Now we aren’t going to be checking each and every post, necessarily, but we are all adults here so work hard!
BOD members are exempt from this contest. We post a lot anyway!  So let’s get this going and have a lot of fun with it. Maybe in the future we will have a contest to see who makes the longest post!

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2020, 08:28:00 PM »
Well yall gotta good point there. And it's easy to explain...

When we were discussing this on the exec board, I thought we would get started on the 15th. Then I changed it on paper, but my tiny little very busy brain didnt register it.

So the contest is still on! John you may (hopefully) have some competition! I'm sure glad there's some people here that can read better than I can remember.

I do apologize to all.

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2020, 08:29:40 PM »
Hey, it's not June 19 yet!  How can the only one to sign up be the winner before the contest even started? :o

Just to give him a run for his money, I'M IN!!!   :bigsmile:  :laffing

~Kees~

Awesome Kees! We will get your signature set up, and on the 20th at 00:00:01 yall get after it!

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2020, 10:34:54 PM »
So, this has got me a little confused.  Easier and easier to do these days.
So, the contest is going to start the 20th, correct?  And what happens to all the lines of drivel that has already been posted?  Will those postings be just practice, or will they count for the contest?
It don't matter to me, he said magnanimously.  (sp?)  Of course, I won't be able to post much for the first week as I will have a lot of family business to take care of, but...
Practice up, Kees, don't want you to get writer's cramp. :bigsmile:
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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2020, 10:57:03 PM »
Yes John, all that "mindless drivel" was just practice.  Actual post count begins the 20th at 1 second past midnight.

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2020, 10:59:33 PM »
SO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE NOT PAID MEMBERS PLEASE JOIN IN ON THE CONTEST! ITS PROBABLY THE EASIEST CONTEST EVER TO WIN!

Please.

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2020, 11:49:38 AM »
So far, we have,....

TMA Contributors,....

John Shorb
Winterhawk
Sharpstick
Oldetexian


TMA Non-Members,....

??
   (don't be shy folks,.... even 1 name here is guaranteed to win this half of the contest) :laffing


,..... who else wants in on a chance to win a 1-year FREE TMA Membership??


(additional names will be added to the above list,... as they enter the contest by responding to this topic.)  :bl th up






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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2020, 01:19:26 PM »
On the off chance I get feeling real wordy or very inquisitive, I declare.

Though, I'm not sure why we need this. I can hardly keep up with the daily posts now.
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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2020, 02:32:32 PM »

Though, I'm not sure why we need this. I can hardly keep up with the daily posts now.

Well Sharpstick, the real purpose is to get some of the guys that don't post, or don't post very much, to come out of the shadows and vie for a membership. Ideally we would have a BUNCH of non-paying members do this and then win a membership and become regular contributing members.

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2020, 04:26:46 PM »
OK you "non-members",.... I'll even mail this pack of Pre-1840's, 5 snack size, HERSHEY'S milk chocolate (with) almonds,...  to the non-member who wins the 2nd. portion of this contest.  :bl th up

Here's your chance folks, to be munchin' on some good stuff in camp,.... while everyone else is sittin' around the campfire, tryin' to gag down their greasy pemmican.  :laffing :*: :applaud :bl th up



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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2020, 05:29:27 PM »
 :hairy Count me in fur the new contest...got my peepers scraped and can actually see again, so I'll be posting agin.
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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2020, 05:31:59 PM »
:hairy Count me in fur the new contest...got my peepers scraped and can actually see again, so I'll be posting agin.

Great to have you back sir. I was wondering how you were. You were on my short list to PM this evening.

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Re: Contest Announcement! Who Can Post the Most??
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2020, 05:35:35 PM »
:hairy Count me in fur the new contest...got my peepers scraped and can actually see again, so I'll be posting agin.

Your name has been added to the list.  :hairy  :shake
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