Thank you for the fun contest - I only participate in one or two others occasionally, but I keep coming back to this one every week - it's the only contest I don't mind losing because it's fun either way!
Regarding the "sniping" - maybe it's deliberate, or maybe it's not. I can see how easy it would be to "snipe" another member's guess without realizing it, unless you went back and read all the posts first. I have tried to not "snipe" another member, but it does takes a bit of time and effort.
Suggestion - this might help? Ask members to post their guesses with a specific preface for each contest. This way maybe we can search the thread for that specific preface, which should give us a list of all guesses for that week's contest.
Example: Require next weeks contest entries to be prefaced with "Contest 99 Entry" so I would post this:
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Contest 99 Entry $123.45 (But of course this won't win LOL)
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Entries without the preface could either be disqualified, or at least not allowed to complain if they get sniped
Regarding the "sniping" - maybe it's deliberate, or maybe it's not. I can see how easy it would be to "snipe" another member's guess without realizing it, unless you went back and read all the posts first. I have tried to not "snipe" another member, but it does takes a bit of time and effort.
Suggestion - this might help? Ask members to post their guesses with a specific preface for each contest. This way maybe we can search the thread for that specific preface, which should give us a list of all guesses for that week's contest.
Example: Require next weeks contest entries to be prefaced with "Contest 99 Entry" so I would post this:
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Contest 99 Entry $123.45 (But of course this won't win LOL)
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Entries without the preface could either be disqualified, or at least not allowed to complain if they get sniped