
In the last newsletter I hooted and hollered about the growing number of Facebook fans RWC’s page has amassed in a relatively short period of time (611 at the time of that writing). I also mentioned the possibility of making a fun contest out of predicting when we will reach the 1000 fan mark.
Seeing a couple of fan predictions being made on the Facebook page itself reminded me that I should put something together before we get to close too our milestone!
Nothing too fancy here, but the person who guesses the right date (or closest) get’s a free pound of Red Worms shipped to them. Unfortunately, this can only be awarded to U.S. participants – international fans are still welcome to play too though, since the prestige of winning such an event is surely reward enough! Haha – ok, I’m kidding! I’ll see if I can think up some other possible rewards for those who can’t have worms shipped to them.
The one thing that came to mind right away was the question of how to deal with multiple people wanting a given date – WELL, to make things super simple, and to reward those who are super keeners, I’ve decided to count comments on this blog post as the only “official entries” for the contest. Once someone declares a particular date it is theirs – no one else can register for that date. SO, make sure you read through the comments before leaving your guess!
Let’s recap…
1) The contest involves guessing the date you think the RWC Facebook Fan page will hit 1000 fans (you can see the current number simply by looking at the banner in the sidebar – 686 as I type this post). If you guess the right date (and you live in the continental U.S.) you will receive a pound of Red Worms (shipped to you).
2) Only one person per date (and one date per person – haha) – first come first serve.
3) To register your date, leave it as a comment on this blog post (not on the Facebook fan page) – make sure you have read all the others posted before you to see if anyone has already taken your desired date.
NOTE: From time to time my site will hold comments for moderation (if it’s your first comment ever etc etc), so don’t sweat it if you don’t see it appear instantly. I will approve them as fast as I can, and will ensure that any duplicate dates posted as a result are corrected (with the first person being credited with registering the date)
That’s it!
Should be fun!
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Oops. Just saw July 5th. Looking for another day.
July 9th.
August 10th
June 6 Egg hatching day, may as welll go with a two for one event 🙂
Hi Laurie,
The only day in June that’s available is the 26th unfortunately.
I’ll take June 26 if it is still available. if not then put me down for July 29.. Thank you.
August 8th!
I pick the closest day to today that isn’t taken, but I really think it will happen on Friday (May 28th).
It will be a 1000 on October 15th
My guess would be July 2nd
OOPS Someone has it. August 28th
july 2/10 08:00
OK…. I am going with July 16th?? Am I good …??
June 2nd
july 1st/2010
Guess it’s getting to be a pain to check through the dates (judging by the dates people are requesting).
All of June is now full (Jean you got June 26, as requested)
Troy – you are good to go
Alyssa – you made me work a bit (haha), but I’m a nice guy so you get July 10th (the closest available date)
Betsy you are good with Aug 28
Kevin – not much competition there, so you are good
🙂
Cliff – July 2 is taken
Gwen – you are good with July 16th – thanks!
Pat – June 2 is taken
Koolkid – July 1 is taken
July 31
My guess is August 2, 2010.
August 7th
Jul 31 and Aug 2 are taken
Joe – you are good to go with Aug 7
June 17th!
OOPs, I meant July 17th
Sorry Jeff – all of June is booked.
Here are available dates in July and August:
JULY – 14, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30
AUG – 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31
June 16
Sorry I will go with August 16 hope that day is open
July14th
July 14th, or if that is now taken I will take the next available date after!
I just noticed the time stamp on my post (#127) Its only 11:51p.m. here – its 3:51a.m. there????
Hi Everyone. Thanks for taking part! I am going to close comments on this post (contest ended on Friday), and will notify the winner (and of course make an announcement on blog and in newsletter) once we hit 1000. Only 121 fans needed as I write this, so things should get interesting pretty soon.
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