Comment Contest Winner
I have exercised my right to end the contest prematurely due to a rather hectic schedule this weekend. This weekend was when the contest was likely going to end and the free time to potentially tally the results looks a little lacking.
So Who’s the Winner?
I imagine that Bes Zain is having a good week. He already won one contest this week. Now he has won another. Congratulations Bes.
So How Was the Winner Selected?
To celebrate Bes and his stance on transparency, I have attached the excel spreadsheet I used to randomly select a winner.
I gathered all the trackbacks, Peeve Week entries, and comment IDs that were eligible for the contest and put them in one column. In two more columns, I added random numbers. I multiplied the random numbers together in another column. I then sorted by column with the multiplied result. Bes came out on top. If you look at the top five, you can see that the odds were definitely in his favor.
Thank You
I want to thank everyone that commented, linked, and/or participated in Peeve Week. I look forward to the next contest.
Join the Discussion (7 Comments)
Thank you Ronald. I am honored! It has been a very interesting week indeed.
To everyone else reading and wondering about online competitions and their prizes: Ronald contacted me right away regarding the results and I now have a very nice Amazon gift certificate balance in my account, all waiting to be used. Thanks Ronald!
I am also looking forward to the next contest. May be I will start one soon too.
Posted on February 7th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Congratulations, Bes! I really enjoyed reading all the posts. Actually, because I’ve been so busy with my normal life, I had to catch up on what everyone wrote today. At least it helped pass the time here at work. Enjoy your gift certificate!
Ronald,
I am going to start using my screen name of hawgdaddy since I noticed another Nathan posting comments. I don’t figure you’ll have any other hawgdaddies posting, so that’ll help keep our comments separate. Take care,
hawgdaddy
Posted on February 8th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
[...] 2nd prize for the WTLC Blog Essay Competition, I found out that Ronald had randomly picked me as the winner of the Ronalfy Comment Contest. I got the $50 Amazon gift certificate the same night Ronald announced the results. Thank you [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
hawgdaddy,
That’s fine with me. I’m sure the other Nathan won’t mind at all. I also set you up a Gravatar to further differentiate yourself. If you want me to change it, send me another 40×40 image.
Take care.
Posted on February 8th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Ronald,
That gravatar is just fine. I should have set one up already, but I suffer from an ailment commonly called laziness.
hawgdaddy
Posted on February 9th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Congrats, Bes. I enjoyed reading your submissions during Peeve Week.
cetroyer
Posted on February 12th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Congratulations Bes! Amazon is my 2nd favorite store, the other is Wally World. LOL
Everyone, have a blessed week!
Grandma
@ Grandparents Corner
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:42 pm