GEG Activity Contest: Rules and Records - 1 Feb 11 UPDATE!

[GoldDiggingWhore]

The Official "Gold Everyday Giveaway" Activity Contest Thread

Update Log
2011-6-20 - The GEG is currently on hold, indefinitely.

2011-2-1 - Modified the rules for the selection of the Monthly/Yearly Prize to exclude members with insufficient total post count.

2011-1-11 - Goldie's computer battery/charger have bit the dust, so until they're ordered Ginhi~kun will be taking care of the GEG until the triumphant return.

Goldie's back!!

2010-11-13 - Trading Pass was finally reinstated after exactly one month of restriction. All trades have been sent to all winners.

2010-10-24 - Modified the rules for the selection of the Weekly Prize to better reflect winning chance based on weekly activity.


Welcome to the official grand opening of our most ambitious contest ever! A contest that costs nothing to you but your time and dedication to doing what you already do: posting right here in this guild! Before we get into details, I need to say this first:

exclaim All of the funding for this contest is being provided by yours truly. As it is a free contest, this means that I'm earning all of the Gold being given away myself. If circumstances arise that make it impossible for me to keep up with the planned schedule, I may be forced to either scale it back or (hopefully not) suspend the contest altogether. Sadly, that's just life.

exclaim Speaking of life, there may (or rather, will probably) also come a (some) time(s) when I don't have the ability to come online everyday. In this situation, the prizes will still be given out at the earliest opportunity available; the only difference will be that the eligible users will increase since I won't be able to keep track of daily activity.

exclaim This is my first attempt at running an event so complicated. As there may be bumps in the road along the way, and since it's not costing you anything to win in this contest, I reserve the right to tweak the rules as I deem necessary. My main goal is to try to keep them as fair as possible.

That said, let's get into it!

Giveaway Guidelines:

Daily Giveaway
Everyday a list of all of the users who posted in the last 24 hours (rounded up to the beginning of the day) will be posted in this thread from most recent to least recent. The post will generate a random number from one to the number of users on the list (see the contest beta thread for examples). The user whose number matches the randomly generated one will win 10K.

Weekly Giveaway
This Giveaway will run exactly like the Daily Giveaway with the following exceptions: 1) The prize given out will be 100K. 2) Winners will be selected every Sunday. 3) All users who posted between Sunday and Saturday of the previous week will be eligible. 4) Each day that you've posted throughout the week will give you an additional "slot" to win.

Simplified example: Bob and Alice are the only two people who posted all week. Bob posted all seven days and Alice only posted one day. If the random number is 1-7 Bob wins. If it's 8, Alice wins. Bob will probably win.

Granted, with the Weekly your chances cap out at 7, unlike with the Monthly where it's virtually unlimited. And yes, there will be a Daily Giveaway on Sundays as well as a Weekly one.

Monthly Giveaway
On the last day of the month, all users who have posted that month will be eligible to win 1,000K. Users who have been more active will have a higher chance of winning. To do this, users' guild post count will be kept track of.

Simplified example: Bob and Alice have posted 30 times this month, but Eve has posted 60. A random number will be chosen from 1 to 4. Bob will win if the number is 1; Alice will win if the number is 2; Eve will win if the number is 3 or 4.

Actual situations will be more complicated than that, but you get the idea. That said, remember that SPAMMING IS NOT ALLOWED in the guild. UPDATE: As of 2011, if you do not have enough posts at the end of the month to stay in the guild (which is a scant 20), then you will not be eligible for this drawing. If you joined on the last day of the month and just haven't managed to get 20 yet, well...better luck next month.

Yearly Giveaway
The mother of all our Giveaways. This contest will officially start on the first of January (starting in 2011) and run until the end of the year. Rules are similar to the Monthly Giveaway with an added twist: posts by other members within threads that you create will count towards your post count.

Simplified example: Let's say that Bob and Alice both post 1000 times this year. All of these posts are in a thread that Bob created. Since the number of posts in the thread is 2000, Bob's Yearly post contribution is 3000 instead of 1000.

The more popular the threads you make are, the higher your chances of winning will be. And yes, according to this set up, posts you make in your own threads essentially count double for your yearly total. So again, just so we're clear, NO SPAMMING. One winner, selected in the same manner as the rest, will win 10,000K.

As a side note, since the Yearly numbers will take some fairly massive analysis and calculation, the actual winner may be selected several days (weeks, maybe? God, I hope not) AFTER the end of the year. Please be patient, it's 10,000K.

exclaim An important note: As soon as the winner for each contest is picked, I will send the trade. If the trade isn't confirmed within a week of sending, and the member has NOT informed anyone that they will be absent from the guild during that time, the prize will be redrawn and given to another member. Just let us know if you plan to be away for a while, ok? It would be in your best interest, especially if you know it's going to be around, say, the 1st of the month or the 1st of the year.


I think that covers everything. If there's anything I forgot, or if anything changes, I will update this post and make sure the thread title reflects the date of the most recent revision.

Post early, post often! Good luck to you all!  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Hall of Winners! GRAND TOTAL GIVEN AWAY - 14,290K

This post will list all of the members who have won, which of the contests they won, and how much they have won from them.

Daily Giveaways
Clover_IceQueen/SparklingSchist - 320K
xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx - 230K
Blackdragon0228 - 170K
Citrus Novii/Dead Novii - 170K
vegasshopgirl - 160K
dark_kezuki - 160K
DarkMoonSlayer - 160K
Oranib - 130K
Lord Tai - 100K
TJ_Jaganshi - 90K
Laharl-Kunshu - 90K
shappyshap - 70K
Carrot57/Carrot59 - 60K
zheena_07 - 60K
Chaosfox8888 - 60K
Spottedteddybears - 50K
Kari Twilight Mist - 40K
Xx_NiKkI_xXx/Forbidden Drunk Cupcake/iScream Condom - 40K
Nerdodactyl - 40K
Hypocoristical - 40K
PsycherXX - 30K
nefret2011 - 30K
army of 12 monkeys - 20K
The Hourglass Shattered - 20K
Igotvtec - 20K
idku12 - 20K
Aristar - 20K
Lexicon Wielder Zexion/Ace of Rainbows - 10K
ii L u c k y m e - 10K
magic_girl7 - 10K
ii_FameMonsterr - 10K
My Solicitous Nightmare - 10K
T4NGO - 10K
khushi1 - 10K
NintendoGirl969 - 10K
Rosa Cantante - 10K
judgementpanda - 10K
ll_Karl_Fei_Ong_ll - 10K
thedenomerator - 10K
Shadelight - 10K
deAngeli - 10K
Clumsy_Lost_Child - 10K
Austria_1880 - 10K
xX_Lieutenant Skittlez_Xx - 10K
Nero_Gataki - 10K
Lady Epitaph - 10K
Noriboshinoga - 10K

Weekly Giveaways
Blackdragon0228 - 500K
Clover_IceQueen/SparklingSchist - 500K
TJ_Jaganshi - 300K
DarkMoonSlayer - 300K
shappyshap - 200K
Clumsy_Lost_Child - 200K
vegasshopgirl - 200K
Citrus Novii/Dead Novii - 200K
ii L u c k y m e - 100K
Lexicon Wielder Zexion/Ace of Rainbows - 100K
The Hourglass Shattered - 100K
army of 12 monkeys - 100K
Spottedteddybears - 100K
Laharl-Kunshu - 100K
xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx - 100K
dark_kezuki - 100K
zheena_07 - 100K
Nerdodactyl - 100K
nefret2011 - 100K
Oranib - 100K
Ms Panda May - 100K

Monthly Giveaways
DarkMoonSlayer - 4,000K
xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx - 1,000K
shappyshap - 1,000K
Carrot59 - 1,000K
Clover_IceQueen/SparklingSchist - 1,000K

Yearly Giveaways

Giveaway Totals
DarkMoonSlayer - 4,460K
Clover_IceQueen/SparklingSchist - 1,820K
xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx - 1,330K
shappyshap - 1,270K
Carrot57/Carrot59 - 1,060K
Blackdragon0228 - 670K
TJ_Jaganshi - 390K
vegasshopgirl - 360K
Citrus Novii/Dead Novii - 370K
dark_kezuki - 260K
Oranib - 230K
Clumsy_Lost_Child - 210K
Laharl-Kunshu - 190K
zheena_07 -160K
Spottedteddybears - 150K
Nerdodactyl - 140K
nefret2011 - 130K
army of 12 monkeys - 120K
The Hourglass Shattered - 120K
Lexicon Wielder Zexion/Ace of Rainbows - 110K
ii L u c k y m e - 110K
Lord Tai - 100K
Ms Panda May - 100K
Chaosfox8888 - 60K
Kari Twilight Mist - 40K
Xx_NiKkI_xXx/Forbidden Drunk Cupcake/iScream Condom - 40K
Hypocoristical - 40K
PsycherXX - 30K
Igotvtec - 20K
idku12 - 20K
Aristar - 20K
magic_girl7 - 10K
ii_FameMonsterr - 10K
My Solicitous Nightmare - 10K
T4NGO - 10K
khushi1 - 10K
NintendoGirl969 - 10K
Rosa Cantante - 10K
judgementpanda -10K
ll_Karl_Fei_Ong_ll - 10K
thedenomerator - 10K
Shadelight -10K
deAngeli - 10K
Austria_1880 -10K
xX_Lieutenant Skittlez_Xx - 10K
Nero_Gataki - 10K
Lady Epitaph - 10K
Noriboshinoga - 10K

Winners that had to wait out the month of idiocy (AKA **Q* YOU, TRADING PASS, **Q* YOU)

army of 12 monkeys - 13 October 2010, 10K
Lord Tai - 14 October 2010, 10K
DarkMoonSlayer - 15 October 2010, 10K
Blackdragon0228 - 16 October 2010, 10K
shappyshap - 17 October 2010, 10K
The Hourglass Shattered - 17 October 2010, 100K
ii_FameMonsterr - 18 October 2010, 10K
My Solicitous Nightmare - 19 October 2010, 10K
TJ_Jaganshi - 20 October 2010, 10K
TJ_Jaganshi - 21 October 2010, 10K
Chaosfox8888 - 22 October 2010, 10K
Clover_IceQueen - 23 October 2010, 10K
Lexicon Wielder Zexion - 24 October 2010, 10K
Blackdragon0228 - 24 October 2010, 100K
Blackdragon0228 - 25 October 2010, 10K
The Hourglass Shattered - 26 October 2010, 10K
Oranib - 27 October 2010, 10K
Kari Twilight Mist - 28 October 2010, 10K
Oranib - 29 October 2010, 10K
army of 12 monkeys - 30 October 2010, 10K
T4NGO - 31 October 2010, 10K
army of 12 monkeys - 31 October 2010, 100K
Lord Tai - 1 November 2010, 10K
DarkMoonSlayer - 1 November 2010, 1000K
Blackdragon0228 - 2 November 2010, 10K
Laharl-Kunshu - 3 November 2010, 10K
Blackdragon0228 - 4 November 2010, 10K
Clover_IceQueen - 5 November 2010, 10K
Laharl-Kunshu - 6 November 2010, 10K
Blackdragon0228 - 7 November 2010, 10K
TJ_Jaganshi - 7 November 2010, 100K
Oranib - 8 November 2010, 10K
Laharl-Kunshu - 9 November 2010, 10K
khushi1 - 10 November 2010, 10K
The Hourglass Shattered - 11 November 2010, 10K
Spottedteddybears - 12 November 2010, 10K
xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx - 13 November 2010, 10K

 

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Daily Giveaway Drawing for 1 October 2010

1) Laharl-Kunshu
2) TJ_Jaganshi
3) Chaosfox8888
4) John9618
5) Oranib
6) Clover_IceQueen

EDIT: Clover_IceQueen wins the first drawing on the beta AND the official launch threads? Can you say LUCKY?  

[TheNewLibrarian]

GoldDiggingWhore

Daily Giveaway Drawing for 1 October 2010

1) Laharl-Kunshu
2) TJ_Jaganshi
3) Chaosfox8888
4) John9618
5) Oranib
6) Clover_IceQueen

EDIT: Clover_IceQueen wins the first drawing on the beta AND the official launch threads? Can you say LUCKY?

Yay! 4laugh What can I say? I like posting in this guild because this guild was a genius idea 3nodding  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

It is quite a shame that not everyone on the site has the mental capacity to appreciate the genius of this guild the way that you can. Most of those users aren't all that literate. God, now I feel like Deno.  

[TJ_Jaganshi]

*TJ's brain just foams out the mouth and she keels over* Goldie I've said it before and I'll say it again...You're a mad man!  

[NekoLaharl]

TJ_Jaganshi

*TJ's brain just foams out the mouth and she keels over* Goldie I've said it before and I'll say it again...You're a mad man!

...Your brain has a mouth? D:  

[TJ_Jaganshi]

Why yes, how else do you lowers communicate? (Darn it! I wish Magello were here to web comic that whee )  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Yup. Mad I am. But considering that I've earned approximately 600K in the last three days (I could be off...I didn't measure the exact cost of all the items in my cosplay), I think I'll be able to manage. For now. Again, I may become really busy at work when I switch squadrons and I DO want to start taking classes online. Both of these will likely suck away much of my time. But even I only make half as much as I'm making now, the contest will still be able to go on without a hitch. I just won't be able to buy anything for myself xd  

[TJ_Jaganshi]

poor Goldie cry Don't worry if that happens then we'll spoil you 4laugh  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

All I want is what's on my wishlist~ For now ninja

Though since the three most expensive things I want cost 6 million, 14 million and 17 million, it may take a while. All the rest of the stuff I want is only like...3 million combined.  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Daily Giveaway Drawing for 2 October 2010

1) Xx_NiKkI_xXx
2) Angeloney
3) Lord Tai
4) Clover_IceQueen
5) TJ_Jaganshi
6) army of 12 monkeys
7) John9618
8) xxX-FinDInG NeMo-Xxx
9) Oranib
10) Laharl-Kunshu

EDIT: And the winner is...Oranib! Congratulations!  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Daily Giveaway Drawing for 3 October 2010

1) Laharl-Kunshu
2) DarkMoonSlayer
3) Xx_NiKkI_xXx
4) army of 12 monkeys
5) Chaosfox8888
6) Clover_IceQueen
7) John9618
8) jetter43
9) Oranib
10) Lord Tai
11) Angeloney
12) TJ_Jaganshi
13) Kari Twilight Mist

EDIT: And the winner is...Lord Tai! Congratulations!  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Weekly Giveaway Drawing for 26 September through 2 October 2010

1) Laharl-Kunshu
2) DarkMoonSlayer
3) Xx_NiKkI_xXx
4) army of 12 monkeys
5) Chaosfox8888
6) Clover_IceQueen
7) John9618
8) jetter43
9) Oranib
10) Lord Tai
11) Angeloney
12) TJ_Jaganshi
13) Kari Twilight Mist
14) xxX-FinDInG NeMo-Xxx
15) Aristar
16) Totenglaut
17) ii L u c k y m e
18) raiica
19) VivaLaCheesecake
20) iS A Wi
21) BabyKayIce
22) ShikiCharlie
23) xxToyixx

EDIT: And the winner is...ii L u c k y m e! Congratulations!  

[GoldDiggingWhore]

Daily Giveaway Drawing for 4 October 2010

1) xxXSleepy_NinjaXxx
2) II Katsu Yomori II
3) ii L u c k y m e
4) Laharl-Kunshu
5) II Shinjuko II
6) Lord Tai
7) DarkMoonSlayer
8) TJ_Jaganshi
9) army of 12 monkeys
10) Chaosfox8888
11) AngelAmy
12) Phrozen Pikachu
13) magic_girl7
14) Xx_NiKkI_xXx
15) Clover_IceQueen
16) Oranib

EDIT: And the winner is...ii L u c k y m e! Wow, two in a row. Maybe there's something to that name you've got. Congratulations!