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kazalala;1028316 wrote: :wah::wah::D


yea real popular i am kaz...i recruited 1 person :-1 wonder if my son would count...pity he joined before the official start

kayleneaussie;1028444 wrote: yea real popular i am kaz...i recruited 1 person :-1 wonder if my son would count...pity he joined before the official start


erm i think he would count Kay,,, people have been recruiting all through it,, he would need to make 15 posts at least i think though ,, G man will put us right im sure:Dand hey you recruited more then me and floppy:wah:

kayleneaussie;1028444 wrote: yea real popular i am kaz...i recruited 1 person :-1 wonder if my son would count...pity he joined before the official start


I wouldnt have a problem with it:D

As long as hes real, he or any other members count

It may be just a game - but some of us are competative which is fine - that in itself can be fun for us.

BUT

It stops being a game and stops being fun for us when we've spent hours trying our hardest to do our best and the rules change...

I'm not up on the politics on this site at all - I just play the games but it just seems to me that there's something going on that isn't quite right

Thats all.....

Midget40;1028478 wrote: It may be just a game - but some of us are competative which is fine - that in itself can be fun for us.

BUT

It stops being a game and stops being fun for us when we've spent hours trying our hardest to do our best and the rules change...

I'm not up on the politics on this site at all - I just play the games but it just seems to me that there's something going on that isn't quite right

Thats all.....


Why do you think that? I dont understand what has changed? From the start G-Man has kept a running tally on our bonus's and posted them on this thread.

Its just a game, whether your competitve or not, claiming scullduggery may be afoot is bad show in my opinion. G-Man has worked damned hard on this hunt.

Your not the only team that worked HARD. We all had to work to find the answers and complete tasks.

kayleneaussie;1028444 wrote: yea real popular i am kaz...i recruited 1 person :-1 wonder if my son would count...pity he joined before the official start




how old is this son? is he married? if he is, is he happy?:D

Midget40;1028426 wrote: Why do we have to list now - there's still 5 days before the hunt ends...

Now everyone knows who they have to beat and they've got 5 days to do it in!

Plus how can you bonus someone for having the most prolific recruit when there's still 5 days to go?

When you added the bonus a couple of my friends said they'd get back on and post but I told them they had till Fri?

And you will have to wait - out of my 30 (now that everyone knows) I know who 26 are but I only know about 18 of the usernames they picked - I'm going to have to try and find them all out.

I thought you could just check 'referrals'?


flopstock;1028434 wrote: So what you are really NOT saying is that you have ways to KNOW if it happened........... and it'll be bad news for folks that don't withdraw fake members from their lists before submitting them?

Yes. I'm giving everyone an opportunity to come clean, essentially. Plus, it violates the rules of the forum outside of cheating in this game and that's not fair to anyone. If you have fake accounts, they WILL be traced.

Should they perhaps submit an email with a list asking for the duplicate accounts to be deleted.. send that to you dear?:-3


That will be acceptable.

kayleneaussie;1028444 wrote: yea real popular i am kaz...i recruited 1 person :-1 wonder if my son would count...pity he joined before the official start


I noticed that... I'll accept that.

Midget40;1028478 wrote: It may be just a game - but some of us are competative which is fine - that in itself can be fun for us.

BUT

It stops being a game and stops being fun for us when we've spent hours trying our hardest to do our best and the rules change...

I'm not up on the politics on this site at all - I just play the games but it just seems to me that there's something going on that isn't quite right

Thats all.....


There was a bonus for early submissions... at some point, it becomes essentially impossible to catch up with the leaders, hence... an early decision. Should anything change, adjustments will be made. There's also a lot here to sort through, so just wanting to stay on top of it, also.

This is a game and the primary intent is for it to be fun. I certainly hope that there isn't anyone here who isn't having fun.

Midget40;1028478 wrote: It may be just a game - but some of us are competative which is fine - that in itself can be fun for us.

BUT

It stops being a game and stops being fun for us when we've spent hours trying our hardest to do our best and the rules change...

I'm not up on the politics on this site at all - I just play the games but it just seems to me that there's something going on that isn't quite right

Thats all.....


It was always a game and yes, everyone has had fun doing the work. That's the point. I would agree that some of you have been competative...it went to your heads. This isn't an Ego game. It's just a game.

If it stopped being a game and you weren't having fun, what was the point of joining in the game? As far as throwing politics into this...what is your point?

flopstock;1028486 wrote: how old is this son? is he married? if he is, is he happy?:D


:rolleyes:

flopstock;1028486 wrote: how old is this son? is he married? if he is, is he happy?:D


he is 21 in november and he is happy cause i am his mum lol lol

Chezzie;1028482 wrote: Why do you think that? I dont understand what has changed? From the start G-Man has kept a running tally on our bonus's and posted them on this thread.

Its just a game, whether your competitve or not, claiming scullduggery may be afoot is bad show in my opinion. G-Man has worked damned hard on this hunt.

Your not the only team that worked HARD. We all had to work to find the answers and complete tasks.


Actually Chezzie - I should have quoted QS before I added that comment - it was a response to her comment about people stroking their ego - which I think was off colour.

I have hardly posted on this thread and I think is obvious that I didn't WANT people to know what I was doing. I was just having fun competing against myself and hopefully being of value to my team.

Along those lines I KNOW there has been things between people here - which I have NEVER taken part of so I don't appreciate people taking pot shots at me.

My appologies to G-Man - you have done a great job - but I did get frustrated when your original rules stated

"Once an individual or team submits the answers they are finished".

so we deliberately don't submit early, others do and get the points which is fair but then you mentioned that you were letting two of the teams change an answer.

Sorry if that offends you and anyone else on here but I'm one of those ppl who read the rules and follow them so it is frustrating and diminishes the fun.

That is my personal opinion - Everyone is entilted to their own but please note that I have just explained mine here and NOT knocked yours

kazalala;1028454 wrote: erm i think he would count Kay,,, people have been recruiting all through it,, he would need to make 15 posts at least i think though ,, G man will put us right im sure:Dand hey you recruited more then me and floppy:wah:


he did more than 15...he was on the foc thread and also the intro thread

Midget40;1028511 wrote: Actually Chezzie - I should have quoted QS before I added that comment - it was a response to her comment about people stoking their ego - which I think was off colour.

I have hardly posted on this thread and I think is obvious that I didn't WANT people to know what I was doing. I was just having fun competing against myself and hopefully being of value to my team.

Along those lines I KNOW there has been things between people here - which I have NEVER taken part of so I don't appreciate people taking pot shots at me.

My appologies to G-Man - you have done a great job - but I did get frustrated when your original rules stated

"Once an individual or team submits the answers they are finished".

so we deliberately don't submit early, others do and get the points which is fair but then you mentioned that you were letting two of the teams change an answer.

Sorry if that offends you and anyone else on here but I'm one of those ppl who read the rules and follow them so it is frustrating and diminishes the fun.

That is my personal opinion - Everyone is entilted to their own but please note that I have just explained mine here and NOT knocked yours


Thats a very fair point and one only G-Man can answer.

Midget40;1028511 wrote: Actually Chezzie - I should have quoted QS before I added that comment - it was a response to her comment about people stroking their ego - which I think was off colour.

I have hardly posted on this thread and I think is obvious that I didn't WANT people to know what I was doing. I was just having fun competing against myself and hopefully being of value to my team.

Along those lines I KNOW there has been things between people here - which I have NEVER taken part of so I don't appreciate people taking pot shots at me.

My appologies to G-Man - you have done a great job - but I did get frustrated when your original rules stated

"Once an individual or team submits the answers they are finished".

so we deliberately don't submit early, others do and get the points which is fair but then you mentioned that you were letting two of the teams change an answer.

Sorry if that offends you and anyone else on here but I'm one of those ppl who read the rules and follow them so it is frustrating and diminishes the fun.

That is my personal opinion - Everyone is entilted to their own but please note that I have just explained mine here and NOT knocked yours


My apologies for any frustration, but this is a trial period... we've had to make adjustments as we went along... some questions didn't work and adjustments were made... I did point out that early submissions would be given bonus points... but only if they were 100% correct... a few were... the adjustments that were made to the list were links that had become broken via their pm submission. They had to redo it, so that I could verify the link. If any other members have the same issue or similar, I'll allow them the opportunity to do the same. I'm trying to be as fair as possible with this and make it fun for everyone. I've also made certain that no member is left out... everyone who has participated has been considered and will be credited for their hard work.

Okay Some Of The Names I Know:

SuzieQ

Wayjak

Alias

Fffer

Madison

Benim

Elena

Zelda67

Longcoolwoman

Foosyeroos

HenryBear

Timtam

Wayjak63

Willowtree94

Have sent out an E-mail to try and get some of the others...

I just want to thanks g-man for all his hard work....its been fun and i have learnt a lot but still got heaps more to learn :-6

Thankyou for the explanation G-Man, A link not working I can fully understand being able to be redone.

It appeared as if they were being allowed to do a question again - I should have clarified this at the time instead of getting frustrated - which is why I got so annoyed now because it seemed as if it was being changed again

P>S>

Fffer, Benim & Madison work at the same company and probably used their work PCs - don't know if that makes a difference :-2

Okay thanks, Midget40. Feel free to pm me with any further information.

We'll make necessary adjustments to the next scavenger hunt and see what input we can get to make it even better next year. After this is fully over, we'll have a discussion on how to improve this for the upcoming scavenger hunts.

kayleneaussie;1028509 wrote: he is 21 in november and he is happy cause i am his mum lol lol


jailbait...:rolleyes::wah: i think i have varicose veins older then him...:p

flopstock;1028548 wrote: jailbait...:rolleyes::wah: i think i have varicose veins older then him...:p










Well, not in the eyes of the legal system... he's old enough to get into a pub and to drive. If he has his own car, he might even be able to pick you up for a date. Of course, he might be feeling insecure about being seen with an older woman and may want to seek out a dark bar on the outskirts of town away from all of his usual haunts or risk taunting. :p Now if you look like Demi Moore, then there should be no problem whatsoever, though.

flopstock;1028548 wrote: jailbait...:rolleyes::wah: i think i have varicose veins older then him...:p










:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

kayleneaussie;1028609 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


you tell him he's on our team next time!:sneaky:



auntie diane promises to behave...:p:D



hey, he probably has friends... he's young..make him sign them up and have them all post 15 times referrring to you...

flopstock;1028615 wrote: you tell him he's on our team next time!:sneaky:



auntie diane promises to behave...:p:D



hey, he probably has friends... he's young..make him sign them up and have them all post 15 times referrring to you...




will pass the message on :sneaky::sneaky: hey flops I have another son too he is 34 :sneaky:;)

All I know is that I appreciate Gmans hard work with this thread. It was a lot of fun trying to find FG facts....even though I probably only found 5 correct ones...:wah:

Thanks Gman...the search was great fun, especially rereading the "auld" threads and viewing videos of members when they 1st joined. It brought some tears to my eyes to see pics and threads by members who have left.

Thank you Gman...

kayleneaussie;1028648 wrote: will pass the message on :sneaky::sneaky: hey flops I have another son too he is 34 :sneaky:;)


That's a lil' closer... she'd still be robbin' the cradle, though.

:sneaky::p

what an awesome surprise when I hit the casino tonight.............tanks hun!

G-man;1028657 wrote: That's a lil' closer... she'd still be robbin' the cradle, though.



:sneaky::p
Ya think? I have a son that's 32...last time a guy young enough to be my son saw me naked was when he was entering this world..:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

flopstock;1028836 wrote: Ya think? I have a son that's 32...last time a guy young enough to be my son saw me naked was when he was entering this world..:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

:wah:

Nothing has changed with the rankings thus far... still have a few days left and the tally is currently up to date.

I may consider entrusting team leaders with dividing the winnings equally amongst their team.

G-man;1029490 wrote: :wah:

Nothing has changed with the rankings thus far... still have a few days left and the tally is currently up to date.

I may consider entrusting team leaders with dividing the winnings equally amongst their team.


Do I not get points for posting alot?

G-man;1029490 wrote: :wah:



Nothing has changed with the rankings thus far... still have a few days left and the tally is currently up to date.



I may consider entrusting team leaders with dividing the winnings equally amongst their team.
Just send me all the teams winnings... I'm sure they all trust me to do the right thing..:sneaky::yh_whistl:yh_whistl

Odie;1029494 wrote: Do I not get points for posting alot?


Depends upon where you post I'd suppose... :p

flopstock;1029500 wrote: Just send me all the teams winnings... I'm sure they all trust me to do the right thing..:sneaky::yh_whistl


I might just take you up on that offer just to make things easier here on this end. :wah:

I just noticed that Milly is playing and added her to the list... if anyone else is playing who isn't posting on this thread, please let them know they need to contact me or they may not receive credit.

The scavenger hunt isn't over yet... even if you don't want to attempt completing the list, you can still participate.

Oh, who erased my tags, tsk tsk.......

May I ask what I've done wrong with my siggy to only get 100 points instead of 150?

I've obviously missed something AND can i still fix it?

With regards to my new referrals – I have been extremely upset the last couple of days over the implications that I have obtained these from duplicate accounts.

I put a lot of time & effort into that part of the Hunt because I knew it was something I could do.

Upon receiving some of my E-mail answers back today it has dawned on me WHY there may be some questions but it would have been appreciated if people would have actually asked me instead of not-so-veiled posts on an open board.

It has seriously put me off the site for a while and I would just leave and ignore it all except for the impact it may have on my team mates.

I originally recruited via E-mail. I had some signups.

Then I had a committee meeting at my house and four people there were people I had E-mailed – they kept forgetting at home so they stayed back and had a few drinks and joined up from here.

I then realised that getting people to sign up was easier in person so I hosted a FG dinner party with 11 friends - I provided the food and drinks – all they had to do was sign up, Alias already had so I got the other 10 that night.

Therefore they joined from my PC but I did NOT let them verify from my PC – I told them they had to do that from their home so if you want to check you will find the verifications all come from different computers.

Only seven of them actually verified – trust me if I'd done it all 10 of them would have.

If I'd wanted to create multiple accounts I would have done it from my work computer where I belong to a gigantic govt computer network – or I could tell you that I did but I don't believe I broke any rules so I'm not going to lie.

I still do not know all the names attributed to me.

The others I now know are:

Rottiegranma

Lladro

JackieRe

Tosca

Boadi

Micah

Baylisstic

MickDoohan

BarbaraAnn

The three who have joined but not verified (yet) are

Brownie

Jenna

Echo



I have a friend called Digby who joined from England on 15/10 but I don't know his Username.

That is 27 – I have no idea who the others were.

As I said earlier – I really don't care anymore, it's totally lost any meaning for me now but I think my teammates deserve what they should have got.

Well Done & Congratulations to whomever wins!

chonsigirl;1030107 wrote: Oh, who erased my tags, tsk tsk.......


my tag has been erased as well

You have posted 2 tags Odie, exactly how many would you like? I deleted mine so you could put some on. If you feel the need to have more than 2 tags, delete all mine.



This was a great game but all the fun has gone right out of it and as of now I quit it. I want nothing more to do with it, I will not be accused of cheating in any way shape or form...Enjoy your hunting.

Chezzie;1030979 wrote: You have posted 2 tags Odie, exactly how many would you like? I deleted mine so you could put some on. If you feel the need to have more than 2 tags, delete all mine.



This was a great game but all the fun has gone right out of it and as of now I quit it. I want nothing more to do with it, I will not be accused of cheating in any way shape or form...Enjoy your hunting.


hey, don't jump at me! I had two tags last night, only one was here now.......I am not accusing you of deleting tags.........not sure where you got that from?...........'I added my own in,' and it was taken off!.....it was not added in by you!

other members are also missing tags!

and never would I delete someone elses and put mine in! thats just nasty!

your are however right about this game

Odie;1030990 wrote: hey, don't jump at me! I had two tags last night, only one was here now.......I am not accusing you of deleting tags.........not sure where you got that from?

other members are also missing tags!

and never would I delete someone elses and put mine in! thats just nasty!

your are however right about this game


I never said you accused me of deleting you tags. I pointed out you had 2 already.

So id suggest you re-read my post.

The only time I addressed you was to point out you have two tags already.

Its not nasty deleting someones tags when they give you permission like I just did.

Midget40;1030711 wrote: With regards to my new referrals – I have been extremely upset the last couple of days over the implications that I have obtained these from duplicate accounts.

I put a lot of time & effort into that part of the Hunt because I knew it was something I could do.


That's highly commendable that you thought to much of us to put forth that sort of effort for your teammates and for the forum. The best way to handle the handle the implications of wrong-doing is to simply explain to everyone else why it's not true.

Midget40;1030711 wrote: Upon receiving some of my E-mail answers back today it has dawned on me WHY there may be some questions but it would have been appreciated if people would have actually asked me instead of not-so-veiled posts on an open board.


You were asked initially and sent PM's to try and sort this out, but you must understand that you had quite a few more recruits than everyone else, first of all. The only suspicion arose on my part due to the fact that a large portion of those were from the same computer. Hence, why you were asked via PM to explain these. At that point, it was suspicion and you were given an opportunity to explain. I was hesitant about doing this in the first place, knowing how some members might try and cheat by creating multiple accounts. So it was something that was going to be checked. I want this game to be as fair as possible and give everyone an equal opportunity to win and enjoy playing.

Midget40;1030711 wrote: It has seriously put me off the site for a while and I would just leave and ignore it all except for the impact it may have on my team mates.

I originally recruited via E-mail. I had some signups.

Then I had a committee meeting at my house and four people there were people I had E-mailed – they kept forgetting at home so they stayed back and had a few drinks and joined up from here.

I then realised that getting people to sign up was easier in person so I hosted a FG dinner party with 11 friends - I provided the food and drinks – all they had to do was sign up, Alias already had so I got the other 10 that night.

Therefore they joined from my PC but I did NOT let them verify from my PC – I told them they had to do that from their home so if you want to check you will find the verifications all come from different computers.

Only seven of them actually verified – trust me if I'd done it all 10 of them would have.

If I'd wanted to create multiple accounts I would have done it from my work computer where I belong to a gigantic govt computer network – or I could tell you that I did but I don't believe I broke any rules so I'm not going to lie.


Midget40;1030711 wrote: I still do not know all the names attributed to me.

The others I now know are:

Rottiegranma

Lladro

JackieRe

Tosca

Boadi

Micah

Baylisstic

MickDoohan

BarbaraAnn

The three who have joined but not verified (yet) are

Brownie

Jenna

Echo



I have a friend called Digby who joined from England on 15/10 but I don't know his Username.

That is 27 – I have no idea who the others were.


I'll do my best to verify these, but you must understand that other players are going to cry foul and why they might feel that way, okay? I'll make certain that all the members that verified from another computer are credited, though. If they actually post that's even better. The primary purpose of doing this was to help promote the forum by introducing new members. So any new members joining in and participating will look better for you.

Midget40;1030711 wrote: As I said earlier – I really don't care anymore, it's totally lost any meaning for me now but I think my teammates deserve what they should have got.

Well Done & Congratulations to whomever wins!


I certainly don't see why there needs to be any hard feelings... this is supposed to be a fun event. I would hope that this would not soil all of the fun that the majority of members seemed to have and that it won't inhibit other members from starting their own contests. I've stated previously, that this was a trial and that changes may be made along the way, as this is a relatively new event. Even if it ends up in total failure (which I don't believe it was), at least we'll glean knowledge in order to make it better next time.



On a related side note: Please don't make unfounded accusations via post or via tags. I've adjusted the tags to do what they are intended to do and am going to go ahead and give everyone credit for that portion of the scavenger hunt. Moving forward, please don't abuse the tags, okay? Thanks.

I encourage members who try and get along and/or help out other teams/members... generosity is strongly encouraged and will likely be rewarded after this is over. A big part of this was intended to bring some of that out, the comradery, teamwork (not just among teams, but individuals), and generosity. A lot of money is involved in this casino hunt... an unprecedented amount on this forum. I'm very curious to see what happens with all these winnings and members becoming closer and meeting new friends... that sort of thing. :-6

Anyway, best of luck to everyone! There are three days left.

Odie;1030119 wrote: thats nasty!:sneaky:


*ahem* :p

isn't Saturday the last day?

so two more days posting in green?:-5

The Official FG Scavenger Hunt List will be posted on:

Thursday October 9th at 12.00 AM (GMT -7:00)

Organize your teams and select a team name and list members prior to this time.

Judgement Day is Sunday, October 25th. Please PM me the completed lists by that day.

You said we only have 1 more day???????

Okay, can we all get along and work together from here on out? Yes, I removed that nasty tag once again, please don't add it once more.

Cow Patty;1030999 wrote: The Official FG Scavenger Hunt List will be posted on:

Thursday October 9th at 12.00 AM (GMT -7:00)

Organize your teams and select a team name and list members prior to this time.

Judgement Day is Sunday, October 25th. Please PM me the completed lists by that day.

You said we only have 1 more day???????


its - Saturday the 25th.

Cow Patty;1030999 wrote: The Official FG Scavenger Hunt List will be posted on:

Thursday October 9th at 12.00 AM (GMT -7:00)

Organize your teams and select a team name and list members prior to this time.

Judgement Day is Sunday, October 25th. Please PM me the completed lists by that day.

You said we only have 1 more day???????


Erm... I fixed it. *cough* It was just a test, yeah, that's the ticket... you did well. That's another five points for your team. :p

it was always Saturday the 25th, Sunday is the 26th......so what day does it close now?:-5