What was the prize?

No idea.

Basically, (I'm pretty sure it's okay to say this and if it isn't someone can delete the post):
- we lost access to the account containing entries
- we gained access to the account containing entries
- we lost the prizes
- it was determined that prizes could be obtained but someone was needed to recieve them and then handle P&P costs for outward journey
- a few tentative volunteers
- nothing happened
- I tentatively volunteer
- Munro says if he's told the winning entry and so forth he'll send the damn prizes himself
- nothing happens
- after a week, Sulkdodds thinks "wasn't it sui who was judging them? I'm sure he finished. Has he told Munro, either now or ages ago?"
- Sulkdodds PMs Sui but no reply.
- Sulkdodds phones Sui but the line is engaged.
- Suspense!

Thanks,
Nice to know somethings happening.

Oh my aching ribs

oh, we're trying. it's all quite embarrassing, and ****ing annoying

So what's going on now? Is Munro doing anything? Is ANYONE doing anything? What was the last event that happened pertaining to finding a solution to this matter.

Yeah, strangely enough, I can read. So are you saying nothing has progressed since Sulks made that post a week ago? Nothing else has happened to move things along any further?

Brilliant.

The words Brewery and Pissup spring to mind

Woot

10 bucks we don't see mailbag again for a long time. Who wants in.

Well a lot depends upon the nature of the prizes. If they are worthwhile I'll consider entering another competition.

**** I didn't send in a letter!

That is actually really cool..I want one now.

I think I got one of those for that article I wrote for you guys way, way back in the mists of time

*ahem*

I think what Solaris is trying to say is, "so what the f**k please, gentlemen?" Munro filing his nails? The computer on which the entries were being typed up broke and now you're awaiting a new PC before you can continue? Chris stole the replacement prize as well?

Very much looking forward to hearing this week's excuse, at any rate. My money's on:

"It's nearly done, promise. We continue to know who the winner is and still have the prize ready, we now just need to wait until all site staff are sat at their computers simultaneously and a crescent moon adorns the night sky before the time is right to announce the winner."

The last I heard, Sui/Munro/Chris_D were 'writing it up'. Munro inisted on 'writing it up' but being, by now, entirely disassociated from this compo I don't know what that entails. I have a fair inkling, however, that the problem is thus: all stuff is on an email account, which Chris_D has the keys to. And Chris_D cannot be contacted.[/idle_speculation]

No shit. Perhaps, just maybe, that's what's annoying us idiots who took part? We're the gullable prats who took the trouble to pen a letter for this two-bit website and now that the competition is done and dusted, no-one here has the decency to award one of us a prize, indeed as f**king promised, for our efforts. You just said it yourself perfectly: "this doesn't really seem to be a high priority". Well, that's just brilliant. I wish I had the hindsight to know what a bunch of chimps were running this site (with a few exceptions like Sulkdodds); if I did, I wouldn't have bothered. But since I and many others did bother, forgive me if now 4 MONTHS LATER, I would like something done about it.

In fact, f**k it, I'm writing a brief email to Gabe now. It's only fair that they know what happens to the prizes they give to websites like this, when it's promised they'll be awarded to winners of site-run competitions.

I thought he was berating the apparent apathy of those who organised the compo.
Not 'none of us care shut up shut up'.
But! I might be wrong.
To be quite honest I don't know why the prize hasn't been sent. Might as well get it out even if the write-up's going to take ages.

Sorry. Like Sulkdodds said, it seems I mis-interpreted your post as "no-one cares, we've got better stuff to be doing, now shut the hell up." Which obviously didn't help matters. As for my insults, they're borne out of frustration - I don't know any of you, I have no clue what you're like in real life. All I know is that I'm still waiting on the results of a competition that ended in BLOODY MAY. And it's nearly September. I just didn't realise Doug Lombardi was involved in the scheduling of this competition, that's all.

Anyway, I imagine Valve are too busy to do anything about something as completely trivial as this, but at least they're aware of it now, if nothing else.

bumpy

whats going on

* 10 years later....

Well, guys, it's like this...since the war against the Irridans in 2056, our server has been acting up, and hrrrgh <heart attack>

... D:

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-Angry Lawyer

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Missing my arse. Everyone knows what a fanboy Chris is - thieving little bastard, more like. I hope he gets his karma soon.

As for the competition, what to say? You were up-front (eventually!) but it doesn't change the fact that the organisation was a total shambles and I wasted too much time writing that letter and chasing up the results of doing so. I know I'm only one person out of many, and therefore don't matter, but personally I've lost too much respect for this site to continue bothering with it anymore, through this whole debacle. I'll move over to HLFallout, if I'm after Valve-related news or compos in future. Thanks to those who did at least try to be of some help during this affair though - you know who you are.

Well can't Chris_D be contacted, doesn't any of you have his cellphone number?

Well, it just doesn't strike me as a very smart move on his part to seemingly run away with prizes that have been entrusted to him by Valve, when his full address details can be looked up using a simple 'whois' search on his domain www.sinepisodes.net.

Anyway, now that the cat is out of the bag, I'd really like to know what was so "damned awesome" about the "top prize" that it was worth for Chris Deeming to ruin his name as well as the reputation of this site.

Chris keeps signing into MSN "on a mobile device", but I've poked him asking for the login info three times now and he never replies. I sent him a PM too, and so far, natch.