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No Diablo 3? Want to win a copy? CONTEST TIME!!!

#1

Dave

Dave

So one of the members of the boards has an extra copy of Diablo III that they are just itching to give away. So we're going to have a contest. And I'll be using them to prop up the Book Reviews.

So here's the contest.

  • Figure out which book you want to post.
  • Go to Amazon.com and get the requisite information.
  • Post the information about the book using the Book Reviews tab above.
For each UNIQUE book posted to be reviewed, you get one entry. You add 20 books, you get 20 entries! If someone reviews the book you posted (including a review by you!!) you get an additional entry. So if you post the book info from Amazon and then review the book that's 2 entries!
Not sure when I'll end the contest - probably Sunday at some time. When I close it I'll tally the entries and pick at random. The winner gets their own copy of Diablo III!!
Get to reviewing, people!


#2

Dave

Dave

UPDATE!! It doesn't say who put the books up there! So review your book and let me know you posted it! Argh!


#3

Vrii

Vrii

I was going to ask about that.

Also the one that's up was me, and it looks like I have a copy lined up, so don't worry about entering me!


#4

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Snow and Shadows is me!
and so is Prisoner of the Iron Tower
and so is Calvin and Hobbes
and now Watchmen
Salt: A world history is me too!


#5

Covar

Covar

I did not put up A Game of Thrones, I only reviewed it.

Thought you should know.


#6

Vrii

Vrii

Game of Thrones was me, but I don't need credit for it, like I said.


#7

Dave

Dave

I really wish I could tell who put the books up for review. :(


#8

figmentPez

figmentPez

I put up "Changer".

Also, found out it's sequel is on Kindle under a different name. I need to see if I can borrow my mom's to read it on. I've never gotten a copy.


#9

drifter

drifter

I put up "Infinite Jest."

I also put up a review, but I didn't realize that it would be included with the book; I thought it would be included underneath in the review section. It's not a big deal, but I purposely didn't include a plot summary because I presumed the basic review would get automatically pulled from the Amazon page. Is there any way to edit that, [USER]Dave[/USER]?


#10

Dave

Dave

drifter said:
I put up "Infinite Jest."

I also put up a review, but I didn't realize that it would be included with the book; I thought it would be included underneath in the review section. It's not a big deal, but I purposely didn't include a plot summary because I presumed the basic review would get automatically pulled from the Amazon page. Is there any way to edit that, [USER]Dave[/USER]?
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You did the same thing I did the first time. Best way is to copy your text from the book description and paste it into a review.


#11

drifter

drifter

Apparently the person who coded this add-on never heard the saying "You can't judge a book by it's cover."


#12

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I've added :

An Askew View
When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops
Roseanna
and The Fault in Our Stars


#13

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Added Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxay Radio scripts

and we have two pages now!


#14

fade

fade

Added Go the F**k to Sleep


#15

CrimsonSoul

CrimsonSoul

I love that as an audio book


#16

Mathias

Mathias

I put up

The Wind Through the Keyhole

The Hunger Games (cause I just read it recently)

World War Z

Damned

Pygmy

Choke
Catching Fire
MockingJay
The Living Dead anthology
All 7 Dark Tower Books


#17

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I added the 7 Harry Potter books :D


#18

Dave

Dave

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I added the 7 Harry Potter books :D
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Nice!


#19

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Added the 3 Lord of the Rings books.

...And Garfield.


#20

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Added the following:

Looking for Alaska
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
An Abundance of Katherine
Paper Towns
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Othello
Warm Bodies
Water for Elephants
The Hacker Crackdown
Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
The Hobbit


#21

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

And I reviewed one of them! Gimme some karma! Whadya mean this isn't reddit? !!#$! !$%!$%!#


#22

Dave

Dave

If you reviewed one you get a point!


#23

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

And so do I! Everyone's a winner!


#24

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I've got 29 entries if I'm counting right :D


#25

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Bumble all about the quantity, HCGLNS all about the quality.

added the Long Walk, I've seen the movie based on this book and was wondering if it is a good read


#26

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

And that's why my life will always feel empty and meaningless :(



....So I need that game. :awesome:


#27

Dave

Dave

Watch someone with only 1 or 2 entries win it all...


#28

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Dave said:
Watch someone with only 1 or 2 entries win it all...
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A fate I have readied myself for.. :(


#29

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I didn't even know about the contest. 'Twas me who posted "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


#30

Mathias

Mathias

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I've got 29 entries if I'm counting right :D
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Yeah you won't get much more competition from me. I just picked two of my favorite authors. I will, however, get around to reviewing too.


#31

fade

fade

Added some of my favorites:

The Last Unicorn
A Fine and Private Place
Dandelion Wine
The Princess Bride


#32

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Posted Leafs Abomination and posted a review.


#33

Tress

Tress

I added the following books:

  1. The Sisters Brothers
  2. A Confederacy of Dunces
  3. A Dirty Job: A Novel
  4. The City & The City
  5. The War Lovers
  6. Fooled by Randomness
  7. The Graveyard Book
  8. Enslaved by Ducks
  9. True Grit
  10. Good Omens

More to come in a moment.


#34

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Added and reviewed The Chronicles of Prydain Boxed Set


#35

Tress

Tress

I just added:

  1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Undead
  2. Lord of the Flies
  3. All Quiet on the Western Front
  4. The Zen of Zombie
  5. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  6. 1984
  7. Before I Go To Sleep
  8. American Gods
  9. Moby Duck
  10. The Imperfectionists
  11. Predictably Irrational
  12. The Sword of Shannara
  13. The Elfstones of Shannara
  14. The Wishsong of Shannara
  15. The Heritage of Shannara
  16. A Storm in Flanders
  17. To Kill a Mockingbird
  18. The Scarlet Letter
  19. The Jungle
  20. The Diamond Age
  21. Lies My Teacher Told Me
  22. Soldier Dogs
  23. Altered Carbon
  24. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  25. Gulliver's Travels
  26. The Great Gatsby
  27. The Grapes of Wrath
  28. The Canterbury Tales
  29. Thunderstruck
  30. 1776
More to come later. This is fun!


#36

Frank

Frank

Every person here who claims to have added any books is lying. All me.


#37

Tress

Tress

Frank said:
Every person here who claims to have added any books is lying. All me.
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#38

drifter

drifter

Added:

The Dragonbone Chair
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow
Catch-22
The Gormenghast Novels


#39

Tress

Tress

Just added:
  1. Slaughterhouse Five
  2. Anansi Boys
  3. Neverwhere
  4. I Am America (And So Can You!)
  5. Flags of Our Fathers
Added a review for:

  1. Ender's Game
  2. 1984
  3. Calvin and Hobbes


#40

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I hereby move that Tress be disqualified from this contest and all his entries be given to Bumble, because and I quote;

Tress said:
Reading is for losers. Obviously.
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:p


#41

Tress

Tress

HCGLNS said:
I hereby move that Tress be disqualified from this contest and all his entries be given to Bumble, because and I quote;



:p
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:aaah:


#42

Tress

Tress

Just added:

  1. Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
  2. Stardust
  3. Daniel O'Thunder
  4. Of Mice and Men
  5. Heart of Darkness
  6. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
  7. Pavane
  8. The Land of Laughs
  9. The Tycoons
  10. The President and the Assassin
  11. A Star Called Henry
  12. Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence
  13. Boneshaker
  14. Illium
  15. The Devil in the White City


#43

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Just added:

1)How to make webcomics
2)The Walking Dead, Book 1
3)The Walking Dead, Book 2
4)The Walking Dead, Book 3
5)The Walking Dead, Book 4
6)The Walking Dead, Book 5
7)The Walking Dead, Book 6
8)The Walking Dead, Book 7
9)The Walking Dead: Compendium One
10)Why We Suck
11)I am America (And So Can you!)
12)America Again: ...
13)Falling Up
14)Every Thing On It
15)A Giraffe and a Half
16)Runny Babbit
17)Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
18)The Missing Piece
19)A Light in the Attic
20)The Giving Tree
21)Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes
22)Maus I
23)Maus II


#44

Tress

Tress

So now that we have 2 copies of the same book on the list (I Am America and So Can You), maybe we should figure out a way to prevent that from happening?

Just added:
  1. Fahrenheit 451
  2. The Outsiders
  3. Empire
  4. At War at Sea
  5. Speaker for the Dead
  6. Guns, Germs, and Steel
  7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  8. The Catcher in the Rye
  9. The Sound and the Fury
  10. Why the Allies Won
  11. The Idea of America
  12. Freedom From Fear


#45

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Tress said:
So now that we have 2 copies of the same book on the list (I Am America and So Can You), maybe we should figure out a way to prevent that from happening?

Just added:

Fahrenheit 451
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Yeah, I was hoping it would show up if we added multiples and that would stop me, guess not :(

Also, did you read/enjoy I am America? That book has been on the "often read" section of my bookshelf for a while :awesome: That and Calvin and Hobbes of course :p


#46

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Also, also, just reviewed
1)Spike, Mike, Slackers, and Dykes
2) How to Make Webcomics


#47

fade

fade

The World Book Encyclopedia A
The World Book Encyclopedia B
...
The World Book Encyclopedia Z

Just kidding.


#48

Tress

Tress

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Also, did you read/enjoy I am America? That book has been on the "often read" section of my bookshelf for a while :awesome: That and Calvin and Hobbes of course :p
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I hadn't actually read it yet, it's been moving up on my "to read" pile. I'll get to it soon.


#49

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

fade said:
The World Book Encyclopedia A
The World Book Encyclopedia B
...
The World Book Encyclopedia Z

Just kidding.
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I already added The World Book Encyclopedia H, so don't count that one for fade


:awesome:


#50

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Gimme a minute I'm gonna post every single book regarding D&D and review them....


#51

CrimsonSoul

CrimsonSoul

I have I am America as an audio book :)


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#52

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

CrimsonSoul said:
I have I am America as an audio book :)


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Does Colbert read it to you?


#53

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

1)Clapton: The Autobiography
2)Life
3)Scar Tissue
4)The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History
5)Red Hot Chili Peppers: Me and My Friends
6)Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away: The Stories Behind Every Song
7)Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
8)Love That Dog
9)Hate that Cat: A Novel
10)Never Let Me Go
11)Wreck This Journal
12)Urinetown: The Musical
13)The Inferno
14)What's Love Got to Do with It?
15)A Primate's Memoir
16)Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science


#54

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I think I'm at 70? I dunno, I lost count of the entries/reviews :(


#55

Tress

Tress

We're roughly tied. Given the large amounts of books we've added, it's almost certain that someone else will win with one or two entries.


#56

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I'm just glad that it's 1 point per book added and 50 points per review.


#57

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Tress said:
We're roughly tied. Given the large amounts of books we've added, it's almost certain that someone else will win with one or two entries.
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And we'll know what we must do then...

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#58

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I am so glad that's how House ends. Finally gonna take back that ending.


#59

Dave

Dave

Locked for tallying the scores and doing the drawrings.

This went better than I thought it would and now I'm paying for it!


#60

Dave

Dave

Opened up again.

Here's the total entries:

Code: 
Name    Entries
tress    75
Bumble    69
HCGLNS    20
Mathias    19
Drifter    10
fade    5
checkeredhat    3
figmentPez    2
Covar    1
Hylian    1
Winner to be drawn shortly.


#61

fade

fade

Heh. I laughed at the idea of drawing Tress as a midget.


#62

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Go Covar!


#63

Tress

Tress

I'm putting my money on figmentPez


#64

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I'm a Hylian backer what with Tress getting disqualified for blatant steroid usage.


#65

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

HCGLNS said:
Tress getting disqualified for blatant steroid usage.
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I hear he was dual boxing.


#66

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I hear he was dual boxing.
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Well I am just outraged! Shocked and dismayed! Mostly because I have no idea what that means and it sounds sort of game related.


#67

Dave

Dave

Okay, here's how I'm doing this.

The FIFTH person to guess a number is who chooses the winner. For instance, if the fifth person guessed # 37 then a certain person would win. Had that fifth person said #38 it would (potentially) be a different person.

There are a total of 205 entries.

Guess away!


#68

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

48


#69

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

125


#70



SeraRelm

"69 dude!"


Hah! I just thought "what if only four in all guess?"


#71

phil

phil

also 48


#72

Dave

Dave

Tricksy Hobbitses!


#73

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Someone's got to pull that trigger on this one..


#74

Dave

Dave

drumroll....


#75

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

205


#76

figmentPez

figmentPez

From Random.org

178

EDIT: ninja'd!


#77



SeraRelm

You already guessed!


#78

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

SeraRelm said:
You already guessed!
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Good Golly Miss Molly!


#79

Dave

Dave

178 is....TRESS!!!!

In actuality, 4 of the 5 numbers guessed were Tress.

So Tress...Enjoy your Diablo 3!!


#80



SeraRelm

HCGLNS You already guessed!


#81

Dave

Dave

Here are the numbers and the random seed I used to order them.

Code: 
1    Tress    0.000406673
2    Tress    0.00500065
3    Tress    0.005022111
4    Bumble    0.00802577
5    HCGLNS    0.01853092
6    Bumble    0.021167148
7    Bumble    0.022433133
8    Tress    0.027939555
9    Bumble    0.035738162
10    HCGLNS    0.037855224
11    Bumble    0.066233835
12    Bumble    0.080935363
13    Tress    0.080974266
14    Drifter    0.081188549
15    Tress    0.086810764
16    Drifter    0.087453562
17    Bumble    0.090251696
18    Tress    0.100342058
19    Mathias    0.101475921
20    Tress    0.105783524
21    Bumble    0.109911461
22    Tress    0.110145153
23    Bumble    0.117203128
24    Mathias    0.118044335
25    Drifter    0.119754657
26    Tress    0.137334329
27    Tress    0.139118533
28    Bumble    0.150867442
29    Tress    0.156453086
30    checkeredhat    0.157085215
31    Bumble    0.16198845
32    Tress    0.16804729
33    Bumble    0.170006819
34    Tress    0.174248298
35    Tress    0.176857878
36    Bumble    0.178364894
37    Bumble    0.181219843
38    Tress    0.185192635
39    Bumble    0.187383642
40    Bumble    0.191090953
41    Mathias    0.20136511
42    Tress    0.201667074
43    Tress    0.20538775
44    Mathias    0.218967768
45    HCGLNS    0.227959737
46    Bumble    0.232527368
47    Bumble    0.2326737
48    Tress    0.233580413
49    Tress    0.236139347
50    Tress    0.238511185
51    Bumble    0.249034964
52    Tress    0.251815312
53    Hylian    0.252101196
54    HCGLNS    0.252728554
55    Tress    0.252851673
56    Tress    0.256298659
57    Tress    0.259609422
58    Bumble    0.260208785
59    Tress    0.274410331
60    Bumble    0.279610273
61    Tress    0.285769835
62    Tress    0.286722098
63    Tress    0.295490446
64    Drifter    0.302886132
65    HCGLNS    0.304424063
66    Bumble    0.306233747
67    Tress    0.308156256
68    Tress    0.308170085
69    HCGLNS    0.332064408
70    Mathias    0.338133849
71    Bumble    0.338419746
72    Tress    0.338908368
73    Drifter    0.340787622
74    Mathias    0.343378513
75    Tress    0.348198293
76    Mathias    0.348777906
77    HCGLNS    0.353398559
78    Tress    0.356476402
79    Tress    0.360120246
80    Bumble    0.379225945
81    Bumble    0.383036062
82    Bumble    0.385856473
83    HCGLNS    0.386822852
84    HCGLNS    0.389441479
85    Tress    0.38961305
86    Drifter    0.391321502
87    Tress    0.39389708
88    Bumble    0.395172323
89    Tress    0.397969892
90    Tress    0.406503382
91    Tress    0.414862176
92    Tress    0.424188826
93    Tress    0.42602085
94    Mathias    0.428086817
95    Bumble    0.437269136
96    Tress    0.452613679
97    Mathias    0.453196569
98    Bumble    0.464259922
99    Tress    0.468857518
100    fade    0.469384235
101    figmentPez    0.503229864
102    Bumble    0.503297382
103    Bumble    0.510908833
104    Bumble    0.51481109
105    Bumble    0.515380344
106    Tress    0.520617943
107    Bumble    0.521865928
108    HCGLNS    0.522044352
109    Bumble    0.53295467
110    Bumble    0.536985824
111    Tress    0.550011819
112    HCGLNS    0.560685534
113    Bumble    0.563981428
114    HCGLNS    0.564843913
115    Tress    0.572565797
116    Drifter    0.574006845
117    Tress    0.57421472
118    Bumble    0.575486508
119    Bumble    0.577834478
120    HCGLNS    0.578550567
121    Tress    0.587109799
122    Bumble    0.59228516
123    Tress    0.59560213
124    Tress    0.600166433
125    Tress    0.602758028
126    Bumble    0.605841867
127    Drifter    0.614714286
128    Bumble    0.62111394
129    Tress    0.621298186
130    Tress    0.632378678
131    Mathias    0.633850028
132    Bumble    0.634823379
133    Mathias    0.636381992
134    Bumble    0.639860645
135    Bumble    0.642653377
136    Tress    0.650783682
137    Bumble    0.652626543
138    figmentPez    0.654529997
139    Tress    0.656546169
140    Tress    0.659715158
141    Tress    0.660856655
142    Bumble    0.664065902
143    Mathias    0.691909154
144    HCGLNS    0.694023986
145    HCGLNS    0.695433056
146    Mathias    0.709368791
147    Bumble    0.709881145
148    Bumble    0.712730726
149    Mathias    0.713665029
150    fade    0.723401941
151    Tress    0.730947447
152    HCGLNS    0.743261268
153    Tress    0.756533606
154    Mathias    0.763415341
155    HCGLNS    0.765486125
156    Bumble    0.765700481
157    Bumble    0.773385598
158    HCGLNS    0.776505037
159    Bumble    0.782922655
160    Mathias    0.783707537
161    Tress    0.787293037
162    fade    0.795625158
163    Bumble    0.799773807
164    HCGLNS    0.814552742
165    Tress    0.816771605
166    Bumble    0.817295968
167    Tress    0.834258541
168    Tress    0.83532809
169    fade    0.835595017
170    checkeredhat    0.840669998
171    Tress    0.841814597
172    Bumble    0.848976503
173    HCGLNS    0.851356865
174    Bumble    0.858888905
175    Bumble    0.863850009
176    Bumble    0.864879721
177    Tress    0.86583803
178    Tress    0.866959355
179    Tress    0.868193011
180    Bumble    0.880108168
181    Bumble    0.881251968
182    Bumble    0.884872233
183    Tress    0.889039953
184    Tress    0.892126878
185    Bumble    0.896379042
186    Mathias    0.897854176
187    Drifter    0.908660707
188    fade    0.911919304
189    Bumble    0.912488518
190    Covar    0.91272411
191    Tress    0.923004331
192    Bumble    0.930312804
193    Mathias    0.930643263
194    Tress    0.938007358
195    Bumble    0.952611003
196    Tress    0.954137042
197    checkeredhat    0.955768258
198    Bumble    0.964095237
199    Bumble    0.966317511
200    Bumble    0.978771533
201    Tress    0.981970957
202    Drifter    0.982173236
203    Mathias    0.983113105
204    Tress    0.983593268
205    Bumble    0.998983936


#82

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

SeraRelm said:
HCGLNS You already guessed!
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This aware of am I yes?


#83

Dave

Dave

And now that the contest is over there are a lot of cool books to check out, review and get your read on!


#84

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

God damnit...

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#85

Tress

Tress

Whoo hoo!!!


#86

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Whelppp, time to go try to get Diablo some other way.

*Put's on fishnets and heads for corner..*


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