Disqualified List for Mod Contest

[skydragon]

I really hope so. Especially after holding a contest of this magnitude. I'm grateful to a lot of vendors who I have bought/won stuff from but I think this is the biggest all in one giveaway I have seen since I've been here.


I do too Thy, I really do. It will be good. It just takes awhile to get going.

 

[Poeia]

One suggestion: In rule #3 you might want to mention which time zone determines when midnight on the 30th is. (I'm assuming that it's eastern as you are in Pennsylvania.)

And thanks for creating this lovely giveaway.

 

[just-cass]

sorry if its been mentioned but i couldnt see it on the contest page...when is the draw being held???so i can set my alarm!!!where do we go to watch it?will it be live???ohhh its like the lotto

 

[HzG8rGrl]

1/28 post 341 @ 1:48
1/29 post 475 @ 1:45
Still going through the numbers. Long day! Tired and beechie.

 

[skydragon]

Hello all,

I am a little confused as to the end date of the contest. I just received Isaac's e-mail stating it ended tonight at midnight but I thought from his initial post in the contest thread that it stated midnight on 1-30-10 which would make it tomorrow. Can anyone clarify this for me. Also, when do we get to watch the drawing?

 

[Thyestean]

How in the world do you guys stay up so dang late/early? Insomnia much be catching on! Hope ya'll get some sleep!

LOl it's a PITA. I finally fell asleep today around 10am sitting here lol

Lol all in a day's work Tina!

or lack thereof in some cases

I do too Thy, I really do. It will be good. It just takes awhile to get going.

Agreed

1/28 post 341 @ 1:48
1/29 post 475 @ 1:45
Still going through the numbers. Long day! Tired and beechie.

Ouch!! that one's gotta hurt lol
But that's the price people pay for not wanting to take the, what maybe minute?, to find their last post

 

[Thyestean]

Hello all,

I am a little confused as to the end date of the contest. I just received Isaac's e-mail stating it ended tonight at midnight but I thought from his initial post in the contest thread that it stated midnight on 1-30-10 which would make it tomorrow. Can anyone clarify this for me. Also, when do we get to watch the drawing?

My first reaction was ..."well technically midnight is the start of the day even though most think of it as the end of the night" ... but then I wondered if I was wrong about that. So............. then came wikipedia.....

Start and end of day

Midnight marks the beginning and ending of each day in civil time throughout the world. It is the dividing point between one day and another.
But it is unknown as to whether "midnight" belongs to the previous day or the next day. I.e., if we are to meet at "midnight December 24th," is that at the beginning of Dec. 24th or the end?
With 12-hour time notation, most authorities recommend avoiding confusion by using "midnight", "12 midnight", or "12:00 midnight".[citation needed]
Digital clocks and computers commonly display 12 a.m. for midnight. While that phrase may be used practically, it helps to understand that any particular time is actually an instant. The "a.m." shown on clock displays refers to the 12-hour period following the instant of midnight, not to the instant itself. In other words, 11:59 p.m. shows until midnight; at the instant of midnight it flips to 12:00. Simultaneously, the p.m. flips to a.m., though, strictly speaking, a.m. does not apply to the instant of midnight which separates p.m. and a.m.
In 24-hour time notation, "00:00" and "00:00:00" refer to midnight at the start of a given date. Some styles, such as ISO 8601, allow 24:00 to refer to the end of a day. Noon is 12:00:00.
While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m.", those notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem or before noon and p.m. stands for post meridiem or after noon. Since noon and midnight are neither after noon nor before noon, neither abbreviation is correct (although the length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time — 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated). Similarly, midnight is both twelve hours before as well as twelve hours after noon, so both are ambiguous as to the date intended.
The most common ways to represent these times are, (a) to use a 24-hour clock (00:00 and 12:00, 24:00), (b) to use "12 noon" or "12 midnight", although unless the person is referring to a general time and not a specific day, "12 midnight" is still ambiguous, (c) to specify it between two successive days or dates (Midnight Saturday/Sunday or Midnight December 14/15), and (d) to use "12:01 a.m." or "11:59 p.m." This final usage is common in the travel industry, especially train and plane schedules, to avoid confusion as to passengers' schedules.[1]
The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon.[2][3][nb 1]

Interesting reading but really no help at all LOL


My guess is he must have either (a) initially intended it to mean it would end as soon as the 30th started or (b) accidentally sent the email a day early.



But I'm sure before midnight he will be around to clear it up.



Even better would be if the thread gets locked at the intended time and then there will be no dispute about it after the fact.

 

[MrsIken]

Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to clear up the confusion about the ending time of the contest... It will be ending tonight at 12am GMT-5 .... meaning Friday night into Saturday. We will lock the contest thread and when the video is ready we will have a new thread of the winners!!! The best of luck to all of you!!!

 

[skydragon]

I was just going to say.................HUH????????????

Dang, this just keeps getting more and more confusing. It's true that 12:00 on the dot can be neither a.m nor p.m but I would think that midnight of a particular date would mean the end of that day. Otherwise it is early morning. Hence I would think that midnight of 1-30-10 would be midnight tomorrow. Personally it would suit me fine to end tonight as then I don't have to agonize about posting too soon tomorrow.

 

[Thyestean]

LOl skydragon.


thanks for the info Mrs. Iken

 

[skydragon]

Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to clear up the confusion about the ending time of the contest... It will be ending tonight at 12am GMT-5 .... meaning Friday night into Saturday. We will lock the contest thread and when the video is ready we will have a new thread of the winners!!! The best of luck to all of you!!!

Hey Isaac,

I can't wait to watch the video. Once again I would like to say thanks to you, your modder and even your wife (I'm guessing she helps out. Heck, maybe she is the mystery modder.) for this opportunity. It's been great.

 

[skydragon]

Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to clear up the confusion about the ending time of the contest... It will be ending tonight at 12am GMT-5 .... meaning Friday night into Saturday. We will lock the contest thread and when the video is ready we will have a new thread of the winners!!! The best of luck to all of you!!!

Gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't even notice it was MrsIkensmoke. Sorry about that.

 

[MrsIken]

LOl skydragon.


thanks for the info Mrs. Iken

you are quite welcome Thy!

Hey Isaac,

I can't wait to watch the video. Once again I would like to say thanks to you, your modder and even your wife (I'm guessing she helps out. Heck, maybe she is the mystery modder.) for this opportunity. It's been great.

Gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't even notice it was MrsIkensmoke. Sorry about that.

Unfortunately Sky I am not the mystery modder, I wish I was that talented. LOL

 

[MrsIken]

and no need to be sorry Sky... i forgive you!

 

[HzG8rGrl]

Well. what am I going to do now? THIS WAS MY LIFE.
Val, do something, it can't end!
Good luck to all who entered and walked the walk and stayed within the lines.

 

[skydragon]

and no need to be sorry Sky... i forgive you!

. Even if you aren't the mystery modder (and I'm not talented enough for that either) helping out makes a huge difference. Thanks for everything.

 

[bikergirl1908]

I just put in my last entry before the contest closes.

Good luck to everyone who entered and a special thanks to Iken and the mystery modder for such great contest prizes!

 

[MastiffMike]

Any idea when the video will be up? If it's before Tuesday I'll have to figure out my damn iphone+internet !

 

[MrsIken]

Well. what am I going to do now? THIS WAS MY LIFE.
Val, do something, it can't end!
Good luck to all who entered and walked the walk and stayed within the lines.

Haha... Just because the contest will be over doesn't meant that you've gotta go... Stay, make Ikenvape your new ECF home. We'd love to have ppl around to chat with! Everyone is welcome to stay!!!!

 

[skydragon]

I agree it would be a great place to chat. A fun place to get together. We can't all abandon Ikenvape just because the contest will be over.