Ok, I think it's time to wrap up this contest and pick a winner, so effective right now, no more entries will be accepted.
The (valid) contestants are...........................................
JTown15
WizeGuy
himbob12
Shadowknife
GutzLord
And that's it. So, how am I going to pick a winner? Well, that's pretty easy, actually. First, let's cross off the people who ONLY posted in this thread (clearly they are more interested in the $20 than becoming contributing members of this site - as much as I like those psycho eyeballs and the pic of bunny, this is the best way to pick a winner). So, that leaves us with:
JTown15
WizeGuy
himbob12
Shadowknife
GutzLord
Wow, that certainly narrowed it down! We are left with exactly 2 candidates. Both made their first post in this thread on the 5th, with JTown being first. JTown has made a total of 9 posts, while himbob has made 17. JTown's most recent post was on the 18th, while himbob's was on the 22nd. They both logged on to the site as recently as yesterday. Going by that alone, I lean towards himbob.
BUT.... the most important factor for me is the QUALITY of the posts being made, and especially the quality of each of their first posts in this thread, since that's what this entire contest was about. And based on that, I'm leaning towards JTown.
I wouldn't want to runner up to feel completely shafted though, so here's what we're going to do. Neither of them is logged on right now (neither has been on yet today, in fact), so as best I can tell, this is fair. The first person (JTown or himbob only) to reply to this thread with their Stars name will receive $15 and the other will receive $5. If the other guy doesn't ALSO reply to this thread with his Stars name within 24 hours of when the first person replied, the first guy gets the whole $20.
Sounds fair to me. Let the games continue!
To all the other former lurkers (and especially Shadowknife, who has lurked here since 2004!), thanks for finally popping your posting cherry and I hope to see you posting more in the future.
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