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Re: Pimp My Mech WINNERS
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:14:13 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Peer Kreuger wrote:
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Whoo! I never thought I’d win a something like this... There were plenty of
awesome contenders, and it’s great to see that lots of folks got involved.
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Yeah, the turnout was about twice what I was expecting/hoping for. And the Mechs
were about six times more spiffy.
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By the way, I propably missed this, but why doesn’t the guy who places second
get any prize? I figure this must be quite a bummer for him, seeing as the
final grades are so close...
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It’s a strange tradition that I’ve always used for my contests at
ReasonablyClever.com. I think it came out of a desire to use that Willy Wonka
soundbite (“You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY, sir!”). Yeah, it sucks to get
2nd in my contests, but at least I warn people up front. ;)
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(P.S; great work on the site, too. it’s great to see where everyone ranks on
the different requirements, and the judges’ comments are very insightful.
Give ‘em a big hug from me.)
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I’ll be sure to pass that along! I added a “comments” field to the voting
spreadsheet almost as an afterthought...one judge didn’t have anything to add,
and one judge thought it was a mandatory thing.
It was certainly interesting to watch the rankings change as each judge mailed
me the form...many of the mid-field entries were top placers at one point.
(Believe it or not, the Up-Rev wasn’t even in the top 10 for a while)
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 | | Re: Pimp My Mech WINNERS
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| Whoo! I never thought I'd win a something like this... There were plenty of awesome contenders, and it's great to see that lots of folks got involved. (Hey, almost anyone can shell out $5 for a darn spiffy lego set.) It was a bit hard since orange (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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