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Re: Problems (was Re: The Official Ice Planet 2002 Contestant/Entry List)
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lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:55:31 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Well, a strange thing happened on the way to wrapping this contest up...
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> Many contestants have their entries loaded onto the Brickshelf Gallery for
> viewing purposes. Apparently, and without prior warning (as far as I can
> see), the Brickshelf Gallery is unavailable for a period of time that is
> stated ambiguously to be from "15 seconds to days." Now, I don't know what
> "days" may mean, but I know enough to know that when one adds days together
> they become weeks, months, and even years. Someone has to go through at
> least hundreds and possibly thousands of images to set things right and I am
> guessing that this will take no small amount of time. Sure, Kevin's site is
> free -- so I guess we all get what we pay for...
>
> Now this might be jumping thee gun, but given these extant circumstances we
> are faced with three main approaches to the problem:
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> 1) Call the contest closed, without winners.
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> 2) Wait for such time as all contest entries reappear on brickshelf ::yawn::
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> 3) Give Kevin L. the Fickle Finger of Fate, load everything onto free sites
> like http://www.ozbricks.com/ (and there is a VERY strong preference that
> only sites without banner ads or popups be used), reorganize the Official
> contest webpage and now finished ballots to reflect these changes, vote, and
> declare winners.
I doubt any of these besides #2 will be neccessary. Brickshelf is already
up, except that most if the thumbnails will not work yet.
<much snippage>
Curt Tigges
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