Another shot at a weekly raffle...

[cointoss]

Okay, QuwenQ canceled his monthly raffle due to lack of interest. And oh my gawud, let's not even discuss WOW's ripoff. lol. But you have to admit that was funny. I swear, I almost PEED myself. For the simple idea of giving credit where credit is due, I will supply the direct links to their contest pages, since I got the idea from WowChat (oh my god) who got it from QuwenQ.

WowChat's Weekly Raffle
Of course, it was a ripoff...

QuwenQ's Monthly Raffle
Possibly the Father of the raffle idea.
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Unlike WoW's raffle, which I assume none of you would be interested in playing, I won't be entering...either as player number 1 or as a clone winner... And unlike QuwenQ's raffle, I won't be adding 500 credits to the jackpot. After all, I likes me credits. Also, unlike QuwenQ's, there is a 25 credit entry fee. It will also be a weekly raffle, since everyone seemed more interested in that one.


Here is how it will work. You donate 125 credits, 100 of which will be put in the pot, 25 will be eaten by me. After donating, post here to claim your spot. Please donate your credits FIRST. Otherwise, it will start and argument over placement, and I'm only doing this for fun. If it turns into work, someone else can take it up. lol. I will also use random.org to choose the winner. The contest will end on Wednesdays at whatever time I happen to do the contest. The winner will receive the credits in the pot. I did say I would not put credits into the pot, but if there is only one entrant, I will add 100 credits, so you at least get 200 credits. Hopefully there will be many more.


There have been many suggestions as to how to keep the raffle honest. I will not use screencast, because let's be honest, it's a random number generator. If I want the winner to be 3, can't I just keep doing it until the number 3 comes up? You'll just have to trust me. I use x10hosting to host my business, I'm not going to risk having my account deleted over a few credits. If you feel skeptical, I advise you not to play. I only want to do this to have fun and make a few extra credits each week. If it becomes a :rant2:headache:rant2: I won't do it anymore.

So, do you wanna play? If so, send your donation of 125 credits and then post here. I will repost periodically to show the updated jackpot and the order of players. Oh, and for the purposes of shameless self promotion, you can also join my free 10:9 banner exchange. The link is in my signature. I think you'll like it.

 

[QuwenQ]

If you would like to be truly fair and prove you're not going to scam us, I will not be entering as I need to save up credits, so I could draw the number in an unbiased third-party matter, as the starter of the jackpot idea.
By the way, I'm female. xD

If this doesn't work out though because, with all due respect, you enter a lot of multiple accounts or get friends to enter, and we figure it out, I'm going to request that Corey bans this idea. My little friendly idea already failed twice due to unscrupulous users.

 

[Livewire]

Yeah, about the only way I see raffles working is if one of the mods or corey himself run it.

The problem? X10 itself - X10 needs maintaining with how many people forget to log in once every two weeks, or post warez and need to get unsuspended, or have crons running once a minute, or register 90 accounts...

You get the idea; they're too busy.


Thats the only way I can see it being guaranteed that its not a scam

 

[QuwenQ]

Yeah, about the only way I see raffles working is if one of the mods or corey himself run it.
You get the idea; they're too busy.


Thats the only way I can see it being guaranteed that its not a scam

I don't think so, like I said, I can draw unbiased.

 

[Slothie]

Or you could let me do the drawings (whoever wants the prize has to agree to gimme half the credits for a guaranteed win)

 

[QuwenQ]

Or you could let me do the drawings (whoever wants the prize has to agree to gimme half the credits for a guaranteed win)

Heh. :biggrin:

 

[alfren]

hmmmmmmmmmmm....... because of the incident with wowchat's raffle scam... i dont think this kind of thing can trusted anymore. why don't think of another good idea... i'm also planning to make a contest myself it's a good game and fair but i'll just wait until my credits gets big.

 

[QuwenQ]

hmmmmmmmmmmm....... because of the incident with wowchat's raffle scam... i dont think this kind of thing can trusted anymore. why don't think of another good idea... i'm also planning to make a contest myself it's a good game and fair but i'll just wait until my credits gets big.

Yet again, I do, as long as an unbiased party such as myself pulls the number.
I started the idea and I STILL think it's excellent (heh) as long as someone unbiased and un-related pulls the number.

 

[alfren]

yeah ur ryt... your idea is great really dat's why i joined the first i read your raffle but i didn't think someone would do it too..........

 

[Starshine]

I would be happy to step in and conduct this raffle. As a Senior Staff member here, I am not about to risk my job, and the reputation of x10 to scam anyone.

I will, however, be offline for about 6 days as I am in the process of moving ( and have a ton of homework that is behind ) ... but will try and check in to see what people think.

 

[QuwenQ]

I would be happy to step in and conduct this raffle. As a Senior Staff member here, I am not about to risk my job, and the reputation of x10 to scam anyone.

I will, however, be offline for about 6 days as I am in the process of moving ( and have a ton of homework that is behind ) ... but will try and check in to see what people think.

That would be a good idea. ^^
No one trusts me, apparently. xD

 

[alfren]

lol... i trusted you QuwenQ

 

[Slothie]

Or I could code a random number generator, have it uploaded by a staff member to their site.

Would display a history of number rolled as well as the IP of the roller (and time/rolled).

This would be fairly impartial (Again, I'm prepared to slant the results in return for 50% of the credits)

 

[GamingX]

Here's another one, hopefully by the look of it, doesn't look a scam, but who knows??? I was one of those who got scammed by WoWChat but thanks to Corey, alls well that ends well. Getting back to this, it is good that StarShine has offered to regulate proceedings. But don't you think that from 125 you eat up 25, Isn't it a bit expensive???

 

[cointoss]

lol. This is a hot topic. To answer everyone, this is how we shall proceed:

In answer to the question of having an independent party pull the number, I think the independent party should also run the raffle. I would say as far as unknowns go, I'm as trustworthy as anyone else. If someone who is x10hosting staff (such as the honorable :bowhs: StarShine :bowhs would like to take over the raffle, I would gladly turn it over to them. I doubt Corey would be interested in doing such an idea, because as many of us as are interested in it, we are such a small portion of the x10hosting community, and believe it or not, the raffle idea is much more of a pain than the other promos they have running.

So its up to you. I will leave the option open to anyone who wants to play. Beginning next week, if :bowhs: StarShine :bowhs: wants to handle the raffle, I will gladly turn it over to him (that way I can play too, lol.) Even if you don't want to play, you should still post so that we can hammer out all the details. You have to admit this could be a good thing if a lot of people choose to play.

So, to continue forward, post any comments here, or send in your 125 credits to play in this weeks game. And yes, GamingX, its still 25 credits to play. lol. :bowhs: StarShine :bowhs: will most likely do it for free since he has no need for credits. lol. But I'm starving. Oh, and by the way, if one person does choose to play, someone else please play, else I'll have to give out 100 credits of my own since I stated if one 1 person plays I would add 100 credits to the pot... LOL! Hey, I told you I was starving. hehehe Besides, I would like to go on record as saying, no matter what, the raffle is a better way to lose credits than to gain them. Remember, no matter how many people play, only one person will win. And the odds are it it won't be you. I mean think about it, if 20 people play, there are 19 other possible winners. You've got a 1:20 chance of winning and a 19:20 chance of losing. The draw is you've 19:20 chance of losing 100 credits, and a 1:20 chance of getting 2000 credits. But just as with real money, if you don't have the credits to lose, you should NOT play.

I hold no hard feelings to anyone who wants to wait until next week and see if :bowhs: StarShine :bowhs: wants to take over the raffle since everyone was just scammed. I, myself, believe this would be good for the raffle. Afterall, the more people who play, the more you could possibly win. Let's keep this topic alive!​

 

[satbir]

Sorry no offence to anyone.

Somehow I am never in favor of raffles where you have to risk your money/ points and then wait for fate instead of your Karma. Does not sound good. It is gamble which somehow does not attract me.

Again it is my personal preference. In fact I even do not like playing Housie.

 

[Sohail]

I'm not going to take any chances after what happened last time, sorry.

Unless you give us proof that we can trust you.