Administrators Nathan 288 Posted February 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted February 29, 2012 Free Domain Contest! The user that accumulates the most points during the 2 weeks will win one of the prizes of their choice. The winner will be chosen by the staff based off a points system. Rules: 1. You can accumulate points by the following: New Member Referrals New Threads Unique Content New Posts 2. Spam or junk threads/posts will not count towards your points so make sure what you post is quality! 3. Do not create fake accounts as referrals, we will be able to tell and you will be disqualified. Prizes: 1. Domain The free domain is up to $12.00 cost. (You can get a .com/.net/ect... for this price) The domain will be purchased for 1 year. Godaddy only, we will purchase then transfer to your Godaddy account. 2. Hosting Free hosting for 2 months 250GB Transfer 1GB Harddrive Space 3. Advertising Free 30 Day Text Link in Footer *Domain of your choice based on availability and price. Link to post Share on other sites
DevilKid 5 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Great competition. Will keep the next two weeks quite free so that I win this competition. Good luck to all! Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 13, 2012 Everyone better get all the rest of the points earned that they can as this ends Wednesday and I will announce the winner! Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckTesta 37 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Are there certain forums that do not count? For instance, people can beef up some posts in the off-topic by talking about worthless stuff... but will increase their posts. Just looking for clarification on which forums. Link to post Share on other sites
Jessi 65 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Oops, I didn't see this when you originally posted it. Time's almost up! For future contests, you might want to have an actual point tracker or bank type plugin installed so we can see how our progress. If there already is one and I just don't see it, feel free to slap me or something. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 13, 2012 Are there certain forums that do not count? For instance, people can beef up some posts in the off-topic by talking about worthless stuff... but will increase their posts. Just looking for clarification on which forums. It's any forum on this contest since I didn't clarify, but makes sense for the next round I will specify certain boards. I did say no spammy crap, so I will monitor that. Oops, I didn't see this when you originally posted it. Time's almost up! For future contests, you might want to have an actual point tracker or bank type plugin installed so we can see how our progress. If there already is one and I just don't see it, feel free to slap me or something. Yeah I'm in progress of making a plugin for tracking that stuff, right now it's all just a query I run against the database then check users posts for any spam/junk. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2012 Well Congrats to ChuckTesta as he won the contest! ChuckTesta: PM me and let me know the domain you would like, your GoDaddy email address and login name. I will then get it purchased and transferred. Here was the top 5 this round: 1. ChuckTesta 2. DarkGizmo 3. bryce12 4. SpikeTheLobester 5. dojo Starting again for the next two weeks this time it will run from 3/14/2012 until 3/28/2012. Get to posting! Link to post Share on other sites
Jessi 65 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Congrats ChuckTesta! And yay, a new round. Maybe this time I can actually participate then. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2012 I'm also working on free hosting, so if someone doesn't need a domain they could get a free hosting account on one of my servers. Still working out the specifics but free hosting will be an option. Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeTheLobster 61 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 If we don't need a domain or hosting, can we have donuts instead? Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckTesta 37 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 That's pretty wild! Def didn't expect this! Thanks for the congrats everyone, and thanks for the domain name! I'm pretty stoked! Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2012 If we don't need a domain or hosting, can we have donuts instead? Hmm....it might get stale by the time it arrives Have any other suggestions to do with web stuff I could offer in the same price range that could be useful to you? I would consider adding it. Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeTheLobster 61 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hmm. Donuts are just about the best thing I can think of (I just ate two, by the way). Most web stuff is more expensive - stuff like licenses, ad slots, traffic, backlinks, database junkie services, design, widget coding... it's all unlimited but not as cheap as a domain. Probably best to stick with the domain or hosting, I would guess. Link to post Share on other sites
Jessi 65 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yeah, I don't exactly need any more domains myself. I suppose you could just give the person the money that you would've spent on the domain, but that might not be as fun. You could certainly offer up free ad space for a month or something. Or a link in your own signature for a month or something? It might not be worth quite as much for some people, but it's still a nice prize if they don't need an additional domain. Nathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2012 You could certainly offer up free ad space for a month or something. Or a link in your own signature for a month or something? Good call Jessi. While signature links don't provide that much, an ad space would make sense. I'm going to work on that tonight and I'll figure out something with that. Between a domain, hosting or ad spot I thing we should be able to cover most people! Link to post Share on other sites
Jessi 65 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Good call Jessi. While signature links don't provide that much, an ad space would make sense. Well technically, that's free advertising for a person for every single post you make...and every post you've made before. It's an ad spot spread throughout the whole site and not just on a sidebar that someone may ignore or have blocked by an addon entirely. It's not a permanent backlink, of course, but it still provides a nice chunk of exposure. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Tony 10 Posted March 14, 2012 Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2012 How about 2 Free Gifts from Fiverr courtesy of DeveloperBase?? You never know when you'll need something from this guy: http://fiverr.com/fivrimpressions/impersonate-peter-griffin-stewie-or-clevleand-perfectly-or-many-others Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckTesta 37 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I think the Ad spot is a GREAT idea! So great i'm surprised i didn't think of it! Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeTheLobster 61 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 How about 2 Free Gifts from Fiverr courtesy of DeveloperBase?? I have a feeling the logistics of arranging that would be so cumbersome that it'd cost you a lot more (in time and effort) than simply giving them $10. Nice idea if you could manage it, though. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 15, 2012 Alright for this round I have updated the prizes. You can choose from: 1. Domain 2. Hosting 3. Footer Text Link for 30 Days Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 28, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 28, 2012 Alright here are the standings: Looks like Godric is the winner, PM me what you were wanting for you prize. Now we are starting again for another 2 weeks. Running from 3/28-4/11. Good Luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Jessi 65 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ha, nice breakdown. It looks like I have the highest ratio of threads-to-posts. I didn't really post much over the last couple weeks, but did make quite a few threads, so cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted March 28, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted March 28, 2012 Yeah the current points setup is: New Topic = 3 Points New Post = 1 Point Going to install a referral mod to track referrals. They will be worth 5 points. Link to post Share on other sites
Godric 23 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks everyone and to DB.net Admins too. I actually forgot about the contest. I just make sure to pop once in lolforums and DB.net everyday. Didn't think that I would be that high. I really appreciate the Prize and thanks again. I am gonna find a good domain now. Link to post Share on other sites
ford1001 7 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Is there going to be another round of this? Link to post Share on other sites
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