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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2700782, member: 83845&quot;]I think [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] stated my intentions more eloquently than I could hope to... thank you zumbly! Before this game I hadn&#039;t had a chance to talk with any of you past the occasional &quot;nice coin!&quot;&nbsp; Now I have had the opportunity to interact with many of you and I think it&#039;s been great</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am glad you posted this [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] as I was worried some might feel this way.&nbsp; I want to give you a good answer so I hope you will all excuse me if this is a bit long winded <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The competition is not meant as a competition between coins to measure the &quot;best&quot; coin it is meant as a fun game where the MEMBERS compete based on the category system.&nbsp; Think of it like playing cards or something.&nbsp; I am going to play this coin against XYZ because I think it will do well in category XYZ.&nbsp; My biggest fear before starting this was that someone will get upset if their coin loses.&nbsp; <b>Please don&#039;t do that!</b> The voting does not measure the &quot;best&quot; coin (which is really just personal preference) because if it did there would be only two vote choices <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> A good example of this would be #2 vs #15.&nbsp; I have been after a MA denarius for a while and would have snagged that coin at auction in a heartbeat.&nbsp; However I gave 2 out of 3 to the Probus because I thought it was a beautiful coin that was shockingly good value!</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus I&#039;ve learned a ton from this already... a coin minted from appropriated church silverware... cool! The first troubadour... wow!... I spent an hour on Wikipedia after I posted that coin lol</p><p><br /></p><p>As for likes not mattering I will tell on myself... I like when you guys like OR comment on one of my coins. I also enjoy liking and commenting on all of yours. There are no ancient coin clubs around me so you guys are really the only other adults I know that share my interest in this great hobby.&nbsp; It&#039;s nice to be part of the community and have others appreciate the same stuff you do.&nbsp; I think what we ALL advise against is when people start judging the value or interest of their own coins based on number of likes on a thread.&nbsp; That is self destructive behavior that will lead to losing sight of the fun of the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in summation this is just for fun and something I thought you would all enjoy and I hoped to get to know some of you better.&nbsp; And it&#039;s working... this is the longest interaction we have had TIF <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I should start referring to it as a &quot;game&quot; instead of &quot;competition.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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