Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Winner Announced Below...
Time to start Picking again...
With a good response to the first and second Pick-A-Number contests, I thought we'd do one more before Christmas. But this time, I'm going to change the "game" rules to add a little more interest. Would you like to win a signed copy of Pick & Pack? Then read on...
The Rules
 Send me GeekMail with the subject Pick-And-Pack-Contest#3
Enter your 7 responses (see below) in the message body
Only one entry per user (previous winners are not eligible)
Contest deadline is Friday December 21st at midnight
Worldwide shipping paid for by me
Have fun trying to out-guess your fellow geeks
The Choices
(1) Red or Blue? What color do you want to play?
(2) Premium or Wholesale? Do you increase your own score, or decrease your opponent's score?
(3) Apple or Action? Do you pick apples, or play an action?
(4) Odd or Even? Do you prefer an odd number or and even number of apples in your tray?
(5) Box Cover or Box Bottom? Do you prefer the box cover or the box bottom?
(6) Online or Face-to-Face? Pick a style of play.
(7) Convention or Game Group? Where do you like to play games?
The Elimination Process
The winner will be selected using the following process...
 For the first round, entries will be divided into two groups: Red and Blue. All the entries in the larger of the two groups will be eliminated. All the entries in the smaller of the two groups will move on to the second round.
The second round will divide the remaining entries into another two groups: Premium and Wholesale. Again, the larger of the groups will be eliminated.
This process will be repeated as necessary. Each time, the larger of the two groups will be eliminated.
 In the event that two groups are tied, I will invoke "Aldie's Choice" (which he sent to me in an email before this contest was published) to eliminate one of the two groups.
In the event that the smaller group contains 0 (zero) entries, (i.e. everyone is in the larger group), everyone will progress to the next round.
In the event that the smaller group contains exactly 1 (one) entry, that entry will be declared the winner.
In the event that more than one entry makes it through to the end of round 7, we will hold a Tie-Breaker to produce a single winner. As a consolation prize, some -- as yet undisclosed -- amount of geek gold will be distributed amongst the non-winners (including all  tips to this thread).
The Results
Will be announced on Saturday December 22nd
This may include the announcement of a tie-breaker, which will require the participants to send me one more GeekMail.
The Entries
113 users submitted entries to this contest.
Round 1
Users who chose Blue -- 62
Users who chose Red -- 51 <-- move on to round 2
Round 2
Users who chose Premium -- 31
Users who chose Wholesale -- 20 <-- move on to round 3
Round 3
Users who chose Apple -- 13
Users who chose Action -- 7 <-- move on to round 4
Round 4
Users who chose Odd -- 5
Users who chose Even -- 2 <-- move on to round 5
Round 5
Users who chose Box Cover -- 1
Users who chose Box Bottom -- 1
So, "Aldie's Choice" needed to be invoked. For #5, Aldie chose Box Cover. **The adjusted results:
Users who chose Box Cover -- 2**
Users who chose Box Bottom -- 1
 And the winner is... OldestManOnMySpace who picked the winning sequence:
Red, Wholesale, Action, Even, Box Bottom, ...
And the unfortunate runner-up, subjected to "Aldie's Choice", is... El Jefe.
As a consolation prize, El Jefe wins the tip jar (4 ), with a matching contribution from me, for a total of 8 .
Click HERE to see the complete list of entries.
The Winner
will receive a signed copy of Pick & Pack .....
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Here is an example of how your geekmail might look:
Subject: Pick-And-Pack-Contest#3
(1) Red
(2) Wholesale
(3) Apple
(4) Even
(5) Box Cover
(6) Face-to-Face
(7) Convention
Have fun picking your answers...
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Ok, we've got some traction going.. 31 entries as I write this...
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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A quick update.. 70 entries now. There is still plenty of time for you to participate.
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Just a couple of days left to enter.. 104 entries now.
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Contest ends at midnight tonight!
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Simon Hunt
United States
Roseville
California
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Results Posted
(See the top of this thread)
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Sure.
Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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Congrats!
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Peter Mergaerts
Belgium
Werchter
Vlaams-Brabant
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Congratulations to the winners and thanks to Simon for the original contest.
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Chris H.
United States
Altoona
Wisconsin
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Wow. I think I actually picked wrong in every category. I guess that makes me part of the majority
Congrats to the winners.
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Jeffrey Babb
United States
Edgewater
Maryland
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GAH! Dang it Aldie! Your choice has destroyed me!!!
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