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gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
Instead of doing weekly contests I will now be doing monthly. The reasons for this are that it usually takes longer than a week for enough threads to get highly-rated, and we won't end up with so many repeat winners so close together. This gives other people a chance.

Contest will officially start on the 1st of each month.

I'll leave this thread open to hear your ideas.

Also as a heads up, the Q2 Worst Poster of the Year thread will happen in about two weeks.


Prizes:

1st - Choose one:
  • Give out a week probation
  • Give custom avs to 2 posters
  • Have 2 threads stuck for a week
  • Special surprize prize from the head honchos at corporate
  • gnarly's secret special winning gift
2nd - Choose one:
  • Give out a 3 day probation
  • Give a custom av to 1 poster
  • Have 1 thread stuck for 3 days
  • Special surprize prize from the head honchos at corporate
  • gnarly's secret special winning gift
3rd - Choose one:
  • Give out a day probation
  • Give yourself a custom av
  • Have 1 of your threads stuck for 1 day
  • Special surprize prize from the head honchos at corporate
  • gnarly's secret special winning gift

gnarlyhotep fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jun 1, 2015

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WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

im gay

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Zev
Apr 3, 2009
How will the prize structure change?

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Zev posted:

How will the prize structure change?

It won't. Unless I have some compelling reason to change it.

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

With potentially a lot more votes does that matter if they vote for their own thread?

I remember some got disqualified for being that dumb before

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

donkey salami posted:

With potentially a lot more votes does that matter if they vote for their own thread?

I remember some got disqualified for being that dumb before

That rule hasn't been in effect for the past 3 weeks or so.

Irrational Bees
Nov 2, 2013

by Lowtax
I hope I make a good thread this month :) I don't think I know how to though

Robbie Fowler
May 31, 2011
lmao SA is now too pov to hand out weekly awards

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Robbie Fowler posted:

lmao SA is now too pov to hand out weekly awards

too point of view?

WAMPA_STOMPA
Oct 21, 2010
Now thats paper.

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Robbie Fowler posted:

lmao SA is now too pov to hand out weekly awards

This is my fave of his so far

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3678788&pagenumber=2&perpage=40#post437208146

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
i liked this better when it was called The Comedy Goldmine

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

OMGVBFLOL posted:

i liked this better when it was called The Comedy Goldmine

I like it better when you stfu and either voted or made threads


oh wait you never did anything worthwhile






sorrrryy!

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
lol this is what its like to be cucked by a message board

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Iron Prince posted:

lol this is what its like to be cucked by a message board

except that cucked means that someone was cheated on

I'm not understanding that in this context

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
recommend a last minute moving of "pics of animals" threads off to PYF right before the month ends because lol at those goons trying to take the easy way to rob forum gold
ive got a specific goon in mind who made 2 animal threads that went gold in like 10 replies before there was even a 2nd replier contribution

FreshCutFries
Sep 15, 2007

gary oldmans diary posted:

recommend a last minute moving of "pics of animals" threads off to PYF right before the month ends because lol at those goons trying to take the easy way to rob forum gold
ive got a specific goon in mind who made 2 animal threads that went gold in like 10 replies before there was even a 2nd replier contribution

:agreed:

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
The worst rated poster thing is a bad idea unless it's an 11year probation, FYI you're just enabling them otherwise

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Spanish Manlove posted:

The worst rated poster thing is a bad idea unless it's an 11year probation, FYI you're just enabling them otherwise

Seems to have worked out ok with redshirt

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN

gnarlyhotep posted:

Seems to have worked out ok with redshirt
lmao

a whole buncha crows
May 8, 2003

WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO HATE, WE HATE OURSELVES.-SA USER NATION (AKA ME!)

gnarlyhotep posted:

except that cucked means that someone was cheated on

I'm not understanding that in this context

wtf i thought cucked meant you watched and jerked off while someone bangs your wife

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
Oh good i was wondering if this contest was still going on. Ive been saving all of my good thread ideas. Time to :justpost:

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
And all this time I could have voted 5 on my own Hamburglar thread and voted the CYOA a 1 to try to ensure me first place. Darn you!

The math probably wouldn't have worked out anyway. Second place was pretty cool.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Retail Slave posted:

And all this time I could have voted 5 on my own Hamburglar thread and voted the CYOA a 1 to try to ensure me first place. Darn you!

The math probably wouldn't have worked out anyway. Second place was pretty cool.

Hamburglar thread got featured goldmine, too.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

good luck to the goons making threads

Windows 98
Nov 13, 2005

HTTP 400: Bad post
You can't stop me Garly. I'm still going to win.

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
We shall see.

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS

CISMALES DID 9-11
Jun 5, 2002

chaotic good STEM major; INTJ
GBS isnt chaos enough you should make it so that there's a lottery where a random postid # is drawn weekly or something and that author gets probated for a few days

i think if you're posting in GBS you should have to live with the fact that you live on a razor's edge like that BASE jumper who died

Robbie Fowler
May 31, 2011

thanks, I'll try and best this in the future but it's a tough ask and can't promise anything.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

So many great contenders for Worst Poster this season. I'm excited.

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



Here's a cool idea: if the person who made the best thread picks the person who made the lowest rated thread, that person gets probated for double the time instead

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



Instead of having the worst poster just be a poll it should be a sweet sixteen bracket where bad posters have to compete against each other. The winner of the sweet sixteen gets a ban, the people who make it to the finals get a month probate, semifinals 2 weeks, etc.

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



also, mandatory islam

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
yeah and then we could have my dog sniff the posts at random and decide from that

closed until further notice

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
Winners!

1. les fleurs du mall with thread Post ur reading of the niggerstomper58 post
30 votes, 4.87 average

2. Windows 98 with thread Give snakes human teeth
56 votes, 4.75 average

3. Applewhite with thread SPACE TITS AND rear end (CYOA)
158 votes, 4.67 average

Since we're transitioning from weekly to monthly, and I've already given out prizes for the first 2 weeks in May, I started this one mid-month (15th). I also updated the OP with the prize lists.

Winners can post their prize choices here.

gnarlyhotep fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Jun 1, 2015

Windows 98
Nov 13, 2005

HTTP 400: Bad post
Is the special prize going to be the same special prize I got earlier or a different one?

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
can the special prize be to ban tezzor

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gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Windows 98 posted:

Is the special prize going to be the same special prize I got earlier or a different one?

Different, of course. It wouldn't be very special if it was the same every time.

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