Are You One in a Million? - A Contest No More

[Leon]

As long as the rules were the same for everyone it it didn't really matter how we counted or who was counted. I told Frank that Archive/Archive2 were being counted and one other member wasn't. This was part of the contest and the same for everyone so it was fair, imo. Yes, 4815162342 3,097. was the 33rd member and is even written on a piece of paper on my desk. It is amazing how people twist and contort a game that was supposed to be fun. No good deed......

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

You can be made to lose by the fact that I said it was Rich Klein previous to your post.

I will say it is a strange contest to allow "archive" and "archive2" which aren't single members, but rather a collective gathering of posts made on previous versions of the board by all members. Then on the other hand remove one member because they requested to be so they are no longer a "member".

It was a fun idea for a contest but there were too many holes in the rules it sounds like.

Just for closure are you stating that 4815162342 really was the 33rd member based on your set of rules?

[Cmount76]

Originally Posted by Leon

As long as the rules were the same for everyone it it didn't really matter how we counted or who was counted. I told Frank that Archive/Archive2 were being counted and one other member wasn't. This was part of the contest and the same for everyone so it was fair, imo. Yes, 4815162342 3,097. was the 33rd member and is even written on a piece of paper on my desk. It is amazing how people twist and contort a game that was supposed to be fun. No good deed......

+1

Loved the idea Frank... Thanks for always breaking up the days' monotony with a bit of baseball related entertainment and humor.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Leon

As long as the rules were the same for everyone it it didn't really matter how we counted or who was counted. I told Frank that Archive/Archive2 were being counted and one other member wasn't. This was part of the contest and the same for everyone so it was fair, imo. Yes, 4815162342 3,097. was the 33rd member and is even written on a piece of paper on my desk. It is amazing how people twist and contort a game that was supposed to be fun. No good deed......

To clarify I am not saying the rules weren't fair. Just strange. You have many fun contests here. I acknowledged that it was a fun idea. But as the person that had to organize the Holiday parties and other office events in my office I know that just because it looks good on paper doesn't mean it will work in reality. This one just fell because of the ambiguous use of the word "member" along with the ability to look up the stats using the tools given to us at the top of the page.

Please don't let this discourage you from putting together other contests. Even if there wasn't a prize it was interesting to see just how often people post.

[PhillipAbbott79]

Originally Posted by Leon

As long as the rules were the same for everyone it it didn't really matter how we counted or who was counted. I told Frank that Archive/Archive2 were being counted and one other member wasn't. This was part of the contest and the same for everyone so it was fair, imo. Yes, 4815162342 3,097. was the 33rd member and is even written on a piece of paper on my desk. It is amazing how people twist and contort a game that was supposed to be fun. No good deed......

I can appreciate that. What I don't see is that this random person was mentioned anywhere in the thread. This would be the reason why archive, and archive2 are counted, but this random 1 person thing is not.

[Leon]

So what? It was the rule that was made between Frank and I and all members were playing under that rule, whether they knew it or not. Had I deleted the person's account as he asked then the 33rd person was who Frank and I decided it would be. You can call this the double secret rule if you must.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0cF2piwjYQ

Originally Posted by PhillipAbbott79

I can appreciate that. What I don't see is that this random person was mentioned anywhere in the thread. This would be the reason why archive, and archive2 are counted, but this random 1 person thing is not.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by PhillipAbbott79

I can appreciate that. What I don't see is that this random person was mentioned anywhere in the thread. This would be the reason why archive, and archive2 are counted, but this random 1 person thing is not.

Let me say as the person that should have won by the rules you are defending that I have no ill feelings that there is no prize now and that there were twists in the rules that would cause me to have lost.

[vintagesportscollector]

Wait!!!....so La La Land didn't win?? what happened??

[Leon]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Wait!!!....so La La Land didn't win?? what happened??

And PriceWaterhouse is out of the picture, fired!!

[vintagesportscollector]

N54 needs a better accountant...Frank is fired!! (just kiddin' we love Frank...he is one in 291,892.)