Delphi-PHP 1st Forum Competition !! - Delphi-PHP Forums

delphi-php · #1 (**permalink**) 17th April 2007, 12:01

Announcing the first ever forum Competition here at Delphi-php.net.

Competition Overview:

The competition is a posting based competition where the users with the highest average posts per day count (This can be found in your Profile "My Profile" section) will be the winners.

How Can I Enter This Competition?

You do not need to enter, just start posting

, if you are a visitor to the forum, all you need to do is go through the simple forum registration process at forums.delphi-php.net and you can start posting.

What Are The Rules:

As with all competitions there are always rules to keep things fair:

No spam posts.
Minimum word count: 10
Post must be of substance, not just 'I agree with that' type posts.

If a member violates any of the rules above they will receive a 0.2 deduction per rule violation on their final posts per day count. The forum moderators’ have the final say and their decisions are not open for debate.

Competition End Date:

The competition will end on 18th June 2007, at 19:00 (7:00pm) GMT time.

Competition Prizes:

There is $100 (USD) worth of cash prizes to be won. The prizes are broken down as follows:

$50 = First Place
$30 = Second Place.
$10 = Third Place.
$5 = Forth and Fifth Places.

Payment will be made by Paypal only.

So go start posting! The contest starts now!

Trumpetx · #2 (**permalink**) 17th April 2007, 15:43

You mentioned a contest, but most definitely did not mention cash!

delphi-php · #3 (**permalink**) 17th April 2007, 16:14

Well I was debating between gift vouchers or cash .... I thought to myself "What would a programmer want?". Then I suddenly realized that I was a programmer!! and said, I'd take the cash!!

Jess · #4 (**permalink**) 18th April 2007, 23:28

Awesome contest! Thank you for even having something like this! I will definitely spread the word!

Just one quick question...if it's the highest average post, what if someone joins on June 18 and posts like 40 times? Then that means that person would have 40 posts and that wouldn't really be fair!

delphi-php · #5 (**permalink**) 19th April 2007, 10:18

Hi Jess,

Yes you are right. It wouldn't be fair.
I think I will modify the rules and instead of using the average daily post count which is based on when someone joined, I'll do it manually from when the content started (17th April).

So if someone did join and post 40 times on the 18th of June, their average post count will only be 0.66

For those people who joined and posted before the 17th of April I will apply the same rule as above but your posts before the 17th of April will NOT be included in your daily average.

I think that's as fair as it can be? Does anyone else have any suggestions?

I'll also add a rule to say no duplicate content. This will be at the discretion of the forum moderators

Cheers ...
Delphi-PHP