Non-Sport Update's Card Talk
Who Will Be Member 1000?
July 23, 2003, 06:18 PM
tialessaWho Will Be Member 1000?
quote:
Originally posted by DaveH:
quote:
Hey, I know I was dead wrong, so I'm not worried anymore
Lessa
Do you have some insider info, if you know your guess is wrong?
My guess was 30th June and it's nearing the end of July. Odds are DARN GOOD I was offbase. If I had inside information, I'm Harris would already have used that

icon on me a few dozen times...
Lessa
http://members.fortunecity.com/smithsonian/July 23, 2003, 08:31 PM
starwolf1001hummmmm......
and how do we know Harris hasn't miscounted and now has to recount again?
remember Harris 1 2 3 6 4 9 26 31 5....
just kidding

"No Amount of therapy will ever make this moment ok."
July 24, 2003, 04:42 PM
H_ToserOK....Sheez, I can finally announce this. We do indeed have a winner, and his name is Phoenix. His real name is Carlos Gabeiras and he resides in the U.K. (it figures he would be in the U.K. considering the amount of new members we are getting from across the pond, doesn't it?). I have been in touch with Carlos and he has told me it was alright to "reveal" his name (I normally would not post a member's name but I wanted to in this case). If you know Carlos, give him a big pat on the back!
I have been wanted to post about this for the longest time but couldn't. A funny thing happened. As soon as I posted about the 1,000th member competition, new member sign-ups slowed to a snail's pace. I have no idea why other then people were waiting to see if they might be sign up at the right time or perhaps the Mark fiasco scared some away. Anyone have thoughts on that?
I'll be sending Carlos his prize in the next few days.
Carlos is actually our 1,007th member. There are 7 members who signed up who haven't completed the registration process for one reason or another. I will eventually be purging some, if not all, of those.
Carlos joined Card Talk on Tuesday, July 22. Carlos was the only person to join on Tuesday but I want some others to join in on the fun so I'll be sending smaller prizes to members who joined on Monday and Wednesday. Those members include jamjeffjet who joined on Monday and cdectc and schuhdog who joined on Wednesday. If you are one of those three people, please e-mail me your mailing address so I can send you your prize. That'll save me the trouble of tracking you down.
And wait, Monty, er....Harris has another prize to give away. And that's for our 1,000th member pool. That prize goes to Barbara C. She was the closest person to guess the day and time of when our 1,000th member joined. Barbara guessed 7/21 at 3:00 PM. So Barbara C, you get a prize too. If you could e-mail me your mailing address as well, that would be appriecated.
As for what the prizes are....I'll let our winners tell you for themselves. Let's just say that they can have some fun games of pack wars courtesy of Comic Images, Inkworks, and Rittenhouse Archives as well as some loot courtesy of the Card Talk community.
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www.nonsportupdate.comJuly 24, 2003, 04:44 PM
tialessaCongratulations to all!
Here are some balloons

Lessa
http://members.fortunecity.com/smithsonian/July 24, 2003, 04:45 PM
xSaBxquote:
Originally posted by H_Toser:
And that's for our 1,000th member pool. That prize goes to Barbara C.
Congratulations Barbara! Glad to see a woman scooped the pool!!!
Yeah, and I wonder how much it's gonna cost to ship all that stuff to the UK

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July 24, 2003, 04:48 PM
H_ToserBy the way, just in case you need my address Barbara C, cdectc, jamjeffjet, or schuhdog, it is
h_toser@nonsportupdate.com. I will try and reach you via e-mail as well in the meantime.
Harris
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www.nonsportupdate.comJuly 24, 2003, 04:50 PM
BCWMy guess was gonna by July 22nd

, but I told Harris I wouldn't guess after figuring out exactly how to work out the current membership total! Go figure.
Anyway, congrats Barbara. enjoy your ill-gotten gains

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http://www.buffycards.co.ukJuly 24, 2003, 05:27 PM
starwolf1001first congradulations to one and all

second, <sigh> another one i didn't win <sigh>
"No Amount of therapy will ever make this moment ok."
July 24, 2003, 06:27 PM
DaveSBCongrats to all the winners

Dave
...The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong...
July 24, 2003, 09:39 PM
The MouseketeerFinally!
Congratulations Barbara and Carlos!

(When you get your prizes, you must spill all the details.

)
"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." ~ Walt Disney
July 24, 2003, 10:39 PM
DisneyChick74Congrats to the winners!! bout time!!
I thought we would NEVER get there! hehehe
And YES you must tell us all what you got as goodies so we can all drool and bee green with envy lol
WHAT??! Did everyone Eat their CRAZY flakes This morning? ~XANDER
~~~WILL WORK FOR CARDS~~~
July 24, 2003, 11:12 PM
Barbara CThank you all. I was on vacation and happened to bring my laptop with me. I was totally surprised when reading this post. It's too bad I don't play the lottery.

July 25, 2003, 10:20 AM
Quaint1Congratters to one and all!
Now, Anyone care to guess when the 2000th Card Talker will join?

Carlos, welcome to the growing UK contingent!
Au Res.,
Paul
Sometimes, one pack is not enough...
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~paulbinesJuly 25, 2003, 04:08 PM
miket999Congratulations Carlos and Barbara.
I should have picked the 22nd because that was my birthday, but I thought we would have hit 1,000 way before now!!!!!!
Again, congrats!!!!
Mike.

July 25, 2003, 06:50 PM
ghostrider666So has Phoenix posted yet???
July 25, 2003, 08:13 PM
PrezkotH'lo, I represent Phoenix... the city...
And yes, Phoenix posted once in the Avengers Breakdown section at 5:07 EST
"Hey! No one ruins our family vacations except me!... and maybe the boy!"- Homer Simpson
http://hometown.aol.com/prezkott29/myhomepage/sale.htmlJuly 26, 2003, 12:25 PM
phoenixThanks to everyone for the warm welcome. It's nice to become part of your little community. Thanks also to Harris for the e-mail telling me i was the 1000th member, a very pleasant surprise indeed. I will share with all details of the prize when it arrives.
July 26, 2003, 12:30 PM
BCWWelcome to the party, Phoenix.

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"Who knows where thoughts come from? Sometimes, they just appear."
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