[Announcement] Return of the Contest...Sort of.

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Dave

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Okay, you all know me and the fact that no matter what I hate taking. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm restarting the Monthly Contests but with a slight twist.

I've gotten an addon called the Donation Manager. It will allow me to receive and count the number of donations. Here are the rules.

A ticket into the Monthly Contest costs $5. Buy as many as you want. Yes, the system will allow you to purchase weird numbers, but these will be rounded down to the nearest $5 amount. So if you purchase $12 worth of tickets, that's only 2 entries. You can also donate anonymously, but what the hell, man? Why would you DO that? You'd get no entries at all! :aaah:

Anyway, each contest will run about the 1st of the month to the last day of the month. At that time I will randomly draw a winner. The winner will get a prize based on amount donated:

  • $0 - Winner gets nothing. Because nobody gave anything. Hey, I'm not dumb!
  • $5 - 40 - Winner gets item worth up to $20 from some place like ThinkGeek. Or even Halforums swag. Did I say Halforums swag?!? Holy shit, what has Dave been working on?!?
  • $45-75 - Winner gets a game of his/her choice (up to a $40 value). Hell, really it can be anything of a like value. But games are so easy for me to do through Steam or Direct2Drive. It also may include some swaggy items.
  • $80-120 - Winner gets a game or item up to $60 value.
  • $125+ - Winner gets 1/2 total take from teh contest donations. Might be a sizable amount. Who knows?
Remaining money will go to site software and server costs.

Note that prizes will be determined by ME when I find out at the end of the month how much moolah I have to work with. I'll determine the winner through random drawing and then post in the thread:

Person X has won the January Contest! He/She wins a shiny new Item Y!!

Of course, before I do any of this I want your thoughts. Do you think this is a good idea? Or do you think it's dumb? Or did you like contests where I made some arbitrary competition and then gave something out as a prize?

Tell me what you want to see or if this idea totally turns you off.
 
Dave

Dave

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Want a taste?

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And for those whose comics may appear on the swag, I MAKE NO MONEY FROM THEM! I have the commission/markup set for $0. I might make a buck or two out of logo gear, but NOTHING that has any of your comics. I just added them because I thought you'd think it's cool to have your creations on products...
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And yes, that's a Fistful of Fists mousepad...
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

makare said:
it's smart to have the contest pay for itself.
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I agree. It's kind of a lottery and I think that's a smart way to do this, with people feeling like they're helping, participating, and possibly winning something all at once.

You should've done this years ago. For an old guy, you're no Morgan Freeman. :p
 
Dave

Dave

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Oh, and if you have any old pictures from HF past and present, send them my way. Like North_Ranger's compilation pictures and such. Or anything Juski did. (Remember, I am making NO money off of other people's stuff. $0 commission.)
 
Dave

Dave

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That's a copyright by AP.
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And I just spent hours setting up a store at Printfection only to find out they don't take PayPal. :thumbsdown:
 
Dave

Dave

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But they allow for 2 sided printing for no extra. Damn it!

How important is PayPal to you guys?
 
Jay

Jay

I'd suggest neat things, like mugs or thermos.... like the cool shit we talked in the past from sites from ThinkGeek and the such... heck, I just saw Brownie Bar Factory

:eek:
 
Dave

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Jay said:
I'd suggest neat things, like mugs or thermos.... like the cool shit we talked in the past from sites from ThinkGeek and the such... heck, I just saw Brownie Bar Factory

:eek:
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You mean like...

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Back of the Juski Mug:

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Jay

Jay

Here's a bold question, what if there was no Halforum.com website address? Maybe I'd loooove to have those things but don't want RL friends to see on this site?

:oops:
 
Dave

Dave

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I can specially make stuff if you want it. Just tell me what you want on it and I'll do it.
 
Dave

Dave

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Man that's tiny. I hope I can make it big enough to fit and still be a viable picture.
 
Gusto

Gusto

Yeah I'd go for some of those steins (read: multiple) if they didn't have the URL. I'm thinking the durr face with a the light blue and transparent starburst, preferably in a circle, behind it.
 
Dave

Dave

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charon_mug.png

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Gusto said:
Yeah I'd go for some of those steins (read: multiple) if they didn't have the URL. I'm thinking the durr face with a the light blue and transparent starburst, preferably in a circle, behind it.
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Make me the image and I'll put it on.
 
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