SubscribeHow To Announce The Winner Of Your Super Sexy $100 Giveaway Sweepstakes Blog Contest Thingy
Posted on Dec 30, 2007 under How To Contest, How To Win |It’s the moment we’ve all been reading for. The moment that How2Blogger announces the winner to his Super Sexy Holiday ‘How To’ Contest.
Don’t worry - I’m not going to type “Drum roll, please…” before I announce the winner.
But, seeing as this contest was by my own words, super sexy, I wanted to announce it in a big way. I looked into a few options to announce the winner (which was drawn by assigning each of the 810 entries on my ’super duper master contest entry list’ a number between 1 and 810 and then generating a ‘random integer’ between 1 and 810 from the Random Integer Generator over at Random.org which describes the Random Integer Generator like this:
The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs.
which I’ll be the first to admit I’m not exactly sure what they mean by generating numbers out of atmospheric noise, but it sounds really freaking cool and makes me feel a lot better than knowing the ‘random’ number came from some complex math algorithm. This is what they gave me:
which means that the entry assigned number 342 is the winner - congrats! Now, luckily I had the ’super duper master contest entry list’ to go from, which led me to the owner of entry number 342, who is now $100 dollars richer at my expense.) and I thought that I could announce the winner in one of the typical blog contest winner announcement ways (Was that parenthetical phrase too long?). You know:
- An ad in USA Today
- Skywriter
- Carrier Pigeon
But I ultimately decided against these because they were (in no particular order):
- Too expensive for my now $100 dollars poorer ass
- It’s dark out right now, duh!
- Would take too long to train seeing as I don’t own any of those things right at this moment
So, I thought I would announce the winner in a few more practical and logical ways.
- A random John Chow Comment (we’ll see if it makes it through moderation)
- Gotta try Problogger as well
- Can’t leave the Cow out of the fun.
- One on Gorilla Sushi for good measure.
- I also decided it might be wise to post it on Craigslist. So I posted in Las Vegas (my home town), British Columbia (the winner’s home province), and Kalamazoo, MI (because there really is a Kalamazoo, MI(I went to school there)).
- Since so many told their moms about the contest - I thought I should call my mom. She now knows who the winner is. She said, “Congrats.”
- Just for fun, a little scavenger hunt. I went into an old post and edited a random comment on this blog. Anybody that can find it and then be the first to leave it’s location in a comment on this post will win 150 EntreCard Credits.
- And finally - I wanted to link to the winner: Sweet Mummy!!! Congratulations
(It’s there in the white space -you have to highlight or click - visit and congratulate them!)
Thanks everybody who entered! And I’m sorry I didn’t have $100 bucks to give each and every one of you. Though if I did, I would. I promise!
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by Jason - GorillaSushi, on December 30 2007 @ 5:51 am
I saw that comment and thought “wha? I thought this How2 guy was pretty on the level. What’s this all aboot?” (I was feeling Canadian).
It all makes sense now - at some point during the process you must have had some kind of flashback/seizure and mistook my blog for a popular one!
Excellent contest, uber-excellent way(s) to announce the winner and congratulations to…wait, should I not say her name? Uh. Congrats to Saccharine Child-Bearer!
by Karen, on December 30 2007 @ 6:18 am
Well it doesn’t get any more random than that baby! Congrats to ze winner, who I saw on Gorilla Sushi whose feed is above yours on my list because the list is alphabetical. I’ll admit, I wanted your money. But then, we ALL did. Won money is so very SWEET.
by JamieO, on December 30 2007 @ 7:38 am
The link to the winner is in ‘How To’ Links From How2Blogger’s Super Sexy Holiday Contest - Vol. 2. Does that one count or your ‘hidden’ one is buried elsewhere in the site?
by How2Blogger, on December 30 2007 @ 10:12 am
Jason: lol. I was trying to get the post up before any of the site owners got to their comment moderations, though I was a little worried as I was writing the post, commenting on the blogs, editing the screenshots, posting on craigslist all at the same time. I’m actually surprised my blog didn’t implode as I hit the publish button. Anyways - thanks for letting me hijack your comments! Feel free to return the favor lol.
Karen: On Wednesdays and Fridays I’m going to need you to read your feeds in reverse alphabetical order. 2 days for me, 5 for the gorilla.
JamieO: I’m sending you 50 EC for the effort! But I was looking for a buried ‘comment’ on a different post. So that part of the contest is still open
by Beth, on December 30 2007 @ 2:23 pm
My seduction didn’t work. Oh well, not the first time. I suppose this means I’ll be drinking cheap liquor on New Year’s Eve. Wait, I always drink cheap liquor. Congrats to the winner.
by How2Blogger, on December 30 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Beth - Oh it worked. I will now forever associate red lingerie with grilled possum. Cheap liquor = More liquor.
by Kotsengkuba, on December 30 2007 @ 6:40 pm
cool! this is the best announcement i’ve even seen. though i didn’t win, i had fun just reading your announcement.
especially the ‘parethetical phrase’
by The Winner (YIPPEE!), on December 30 2007 @ 8:57 pm
Thanks SO much! This was totally awesome. A little bit of a late Christmas present. I blogged about it, but I’m not sure how to link to it in the comment here (with an a href or a url tag or whatever). Yes, I’m pretty much a novice! But I’m a THRILLED novice to be sure!
by witchypoo, on December 31 2007 @ 1:53 pm
First: Thank everything bloggish for the math question. I always fail the word verifications at least once. (I must be part bot)
Second: Thanks ever so much for voting for me as Freakiest Blogger. That was a real rush. I looked all over for your button. Please don’t tell me you’re not nominated. Or do. I’ll nominate you.
by Free Money maker, on January 3 2008 @ 10:04 am
Happy new year.i am going to participate in your contest to win $100.Check my site for the post and obcourse take a look for me and left some comments for me.Thanks.