We're going to be running a posting contest for 30 days here on the forum beginning November 20th, and ending December 20th. Just in time for the holiday vacations, I hope - so everyone can make tons of posts in their free time.

Scores will be generated based on the number of posts you make during this period. But be careful; these posts are scored based on the quality of your post, so don't spam - you won't get as many points. We can't reveal how posts are scored, but here as some general rules you can follow to help you win the contest.

1. Posts are not scored based on length.
2. Spell check your posts.
3. Helping other members will increase your score.
4. Post intelligently - quick, one sentence posts will earn you far less points than a paragraph filled with great writing.
5. Participate in a role playing game: you'll be able to post back and forth and earn lots of points with your friends.
6. The contest counts all posts within the time period, from the Main Lobby to the Role Playing Games, and even includes threads in Debate and Discussion.

We will be giving away over $300 in cash prizes, including prizes given to the top 5 posters. We will regularly hold a lottery, with one chance per post, for some great prizes above and beyond the top post rewards.

The prizes:
1st place: $100. 2nd place: $75. 3rd place: $50. 4th and 5th place: $25.

The Winners!
View the scores here.

#1. jadelinghawkins: 372 total posts, scoring 2436 points. (12 posts per day)
#2. Angel_Melfina: 360 total posts, scoring 2219 points. (11.61 posts per day)
#3. MetusOccultus: 297 total posts, scoring 2050 points. (9.58 posts per day)
#4. aeleon: 214 total posts, scoring 2021 points. (6.9 posts per day)
#5. Tarmo: 217 total posts, scoring 1566 points. (7 posts per day)

Please PM me your preferred payment method and I'll get on sending everything out. (PayPal is the quickest!)


Please post any questions or comments here!

Soulless wrote:How are you keeping track? Where are you pulling the money from? Do you have a criteria list that you use when you read posts? How many people are working on this?

There's a very detailed set of criteria we're using to score each post, to the degree that we can use a very complicated algorithm to determine the base score of a post, and then hand rate each of them for further points. There will be a leaderboard posted that will keep a constant tally (give or take every 10 minutes) of the current scores. This should thoroughly increase the competition, too.

Everyone is eligible - except me. I know how the ranking system works, so unless someone suggests otherwise, it wouldn't be fair for me to participate.

Wow, that's so exciting! Nothing like a little holiday contest to get everyone posting! Good luck to everyone!

LitomoSilver wrote:Eric....question.

Since I'm often posting such a large post in the Gundam Academy, what would this do to my post?

I mean, I have a few people in the same post as mine....so, what are we going to do about that?

The content of a post will be scored and attributed to the author, on the same scale as other posts. Length and verbosity is not a major factor in the scoring method.