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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 20312, member: 669"]in a couple of ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I set a closing time for the 20,000th Post contest that turned out to be way after the time of the post. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>2) I started the contest a couple of days after the post had been made. </p><p>When I started typing this posting the total number of posts, according to the upper right corner of the "home" screen, was 20,065, but there had actually been 20,311 postings made. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know the technical reasons for the disconnect, but there it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, our own Mr. Procrastination, of all people, made the true 20,000th posting at 6:25 A.M. PDT on October 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 5:54 A.M. PDT today, Geod made the posting which I calculated as #20,000 - guessing that it would be made late this evening!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jody526 guessed 8:56 A.M., but forgot that the rules called for a Pacific Daylight Time guess, not his own Eastern Time Zone. Regardless of whether his guess is considered off by 2 minutes, or by 3 hours and 2 minutes, it <i>was</i> closest to Geod's posting, and since it was the earliest predicted time it was also closest to Art's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, RBM86 had the closest guess posted <i>before</i> Geod's posting.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short, Art, Geod, Jody526 and RBM86 are <i>all</i> hereby declared winners of the most messed up contest in the history of coin forums. PM your addresses guys, and see what you get. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 20312, member: 669"]in a couple of ways. 1) I set a closing time for the 20,000th Post contest that turned out to be way after the time of the post. :( 2) I started the contest a couple of days after the post had been made. When I started typing this posting the total number of posts, according to the upper right corner of the "home" screen, was 20,065, but there had actually been 20,311 postings made. :( I don't know the technical reasons for the disconnect, but there it is. Anyhow, our own Mr. Procrastination, of all people, made the true 20,000th posting at 6:25 A.M. PDT on October 2. At 5:54 A.M. PDT today, Geod made the posting which I calculated as #20,000 - guessing that it would be made late this evening! Jody526 guessed 8:56 A.M., but forgot that the rules called for a Pacific Daylight Time guess, not his own Eastern Time Zone. Regardless of whether his guess is considered off by 2 minutes, or by 3 hours and 2 minutes, it [I]was[/I] closest to Geod's posting, and since it was the earliest predicted time it was also closest to Art's. Finally, RBM86 had the closest guess posted [I]before[/I] Geod's posting. To make a long story short, Art, Geod, Jody526 and RBM86 are [I]all[/I] hereby declared winners of the most messed up contest in the history of coin forums. PM your addresses guys, and see what you get. :D[/QUOTE]
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