Posted by masseur
so... it seems tranquil has either bought laffen a beer or two, bent his ear, twisted his arm, sent the boys around or in some other way managed to get him to agree to some more Playtime!!!
Initially the prizes will be small, such as necklaces/lanyards,
torches and lasers etc and the games will be kept shortish so laffen can see how the server responds
As we have alot of new members since Playtime!!! was last run we'll go over the rules here
One of the moderators will create a new thread at a random time and in a random forum which will have the title of Playtime!!!
The opening post of that thread will nominate a reply number which will be the winning reply. It will also nominate the prize to be won in that game
Remember that the opening post in a thread is not a reply itself so the first person to post a reply after that opening post is reply number 1.
Sometimes its possible for the same member to make two or more consecutive posts (i.e. 2 or more posts in a row with no other member posting in between). If that does happen and one of those posts is in the winning position then it will be ignored and the very next member to post after that will become the winner. Multiple consecutive posts not in a winning position make no difference so don't worry about those.
Each reply you make must be different from the last. If the winning reply is identical to the reply you made (if any) prior to posting the winning reply then your winning reply is ignored and the next member to reply is then the winner assuming they also made different posts. This stops people just pressing submit and then pressing back in the browser and pressing submit again, i.e. this slows you down a little
other than that... enjoy! The first game will be coming sometime in the next day or two
Tranquil: May I just add a little something here...
Please read the first post in the Playtime topics! If you don't want the prize played for then don't play.
By winning something you don't want you take away the chance for others who actually might want the prize.
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[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2004-10-15 10:10 ]
[ This Message was edited by: tranquil on 2004-10-19 18:56 ]
Posted by Vlammetje
that is so cool
thanks laffen
Posted by tranquil
It's amazing what a base ball bat can do
No, seriously. He was quite easily convinced actually.
Posted by methylated_spirit
Wahoooooo! I've heard the old-timers talk about these, they seem like fun
Posted by Sammy_boy
Sounds like fun!
I think these playtime threads were before my time too!
Posted by mince-inside
Sounds good - may the best person win - too many calls today for me to play
Posted by Krubach
Yeeeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
It's PLAYTIME!!!!
Posted by absinthebri
Have I won yet?
Posted by masseur
this isn't a game, this is just a thread to describe the rules and I guess for people to say yay! if they are happy to have playtime again
Posted by govigov
Will this be in a section where wappers can post too, or will they be kept out?
Posted by masseur
wappers have always been welcome
Posted by Vlammetje
wappers can even win
Posted by Elrond
Yeeaaaaaah. I won on wap, so wappers are welcome. Or juststay away and I will have more chance to win.
BTW. Are custom playtimes allowed?
Posted by Fritz24
Woo
welcome back Playtime!!!
Posted by methylated_spirit
Could say its a "wappers delight"
Posted by manunitedfan
nah u cud, but tht wud be sad
Posted by Ayush
@krubach :-D ;-)
Posted by Guy89
I wanna win something this time!
Posted by *Jojo*
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Posted by mince-inside
Has it been and gone yet?
Posted by Krubach
AFAIK it didn't start yet... I hope!
Posted by Ayush
You are ready as ever!
Posted by Krubach
Posted by *Jojo*
I have a gutsy feeling here that it will be a long (shot) one before the winner manages to get his hand on the prize
. . . say, the mods will post, the 432nd poster wins the 'SE necklace . . .
Posted by Krubach
You still didn't get how Playtime works.
There'll be several runs and scores will be acumulated.
Posted by Ayush
In the begining only single games
Posted by *Jojo*
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Ohhh . . . and what's that you call the - 'fastest-fingers-first' game back then mate? Say, whoever has the 6th post (eg) wins this prize . . .
Posted by masseur
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no, there is no series this time. the games are single games and prizes are are awarded to the winner of each game played.
thought that was clear in the first post of this thread? I'd better check and if not I'll try and make it clearer
Posted by Krubach
You only say:
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Could mean anything...
Posted by *Jojo*
So, my guess here was right after all
@krubach - Go get some reading glasses mate
- just kidding here pal!
Posted by Ayush
yeah like the threadS can be closed early
Posted by Krubach
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Sorry...
But it was a valid mistake...
Posted by *Jojo*
I guess this was the birth of the 'Playtime-Beat The Lock Contest' slogan ! That idea I guess was won by - @gelfen
if I'm not mistaken, he won a digicam at that . . .
Posted by Universal Exports
This is great news! :-D now if I could only get my computer to start, and get broadband (will get in december!), this will be a lot of fun.At first when reading this thread from my k700 it didn't work so I haven't read all replys and must therefor (even though I hope someone already have ;-) ) remember you all of the playtime chit chat thread! It should be somewhere in garbage! :P
Posted by Krubach
I went there the other day and posted after 3 months of inactivity in that thread.
I think that made masseur and tranquil talk to laffen
Unless i'm very much mistaken...
Posted by Ayush
Ha ha
Posted by masseur
I'm afraid you are very much mistaken. Tranquil and I have been talking about it for a week or two and I couldn't believe the coincidence that the inter-playtime thread got reactivated just as we were about to post this new rules thread and start playtime again!
Posted by Krubach
I was mistaken after all...
But talk about coincidences.
Posted by tranquil
@Krubach, believe me; you are very much mistaken.
Posted by tranquil
@masseur
Now then, mate. Up to anything special this weekend?
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@krubach - Nobody is perfect mate . . . as they say: To err is human, but I am not
!
Posted by Elrond
As have somebody in signature, nobody is perfect, i'm nobody, therefore i'm perfect
Posted by *Jojo*
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I do remember thas 'sig' mate . . .
@mods - So, everybody here is just up and about . . . when will the contest start
I hope that you'll make some - 'countdown' mates.
Posted by Krubach
That sig was fijbert's? Wasn't it?
Posted by masseur
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busy doing my taxes mate, not sure I'll have much time for any of this playtime malarky!
how about you?
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Posted by *Jojo*
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@masseur - Hmmm . . . well I hope the prizes this time will also be 'tax-paid' - just like before mate
!
Posted by Krubach
You mean "Tax Free"...
Posted by *Jojo*
@krubach - Either way mate . . . Prizes will be: 'tax-paid' by Esato.com or will come 'tax-free' for the potential winners of the game . . .
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Posted by tranquil
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Yeah, I quite knackered after a shopping trip so...
Don't know if I'm really that bothered about this Playtime thingie after all.
Posted by Vlammetje
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i'd like to think we're all interested in the game rather than the prizes but that is apparently idle hope.