{"id":474,"date":"2008-06-22T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2008-06-22T10:14:08","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T15:14:08","slug":"vcg-2008-forum-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/474\/vcg-2008-forum-contest-winners","title":{"rendered":"2008 VC&G<\/em> Forum Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vintage<\/a>Well, our first forum contest<\/a> was a spirited one. Its goal was to stimulate activity on our previously stagnant forum, and it succeeded. We saw many new members arrive and many interesting discussions held.<\/p>\n

After a month of battling it out for post supremacy, I’m sure our contestants are anxious to hear the results. So without much further ado, I’m proud to announce the winners of our 2008 VC&G<\/em> forum contest.<\/p>\n

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The Gaming Prize<\/span><\/p>\n

Awarded to the creator of the new VC&G forum topic with the most replies in the “Gaming” section of the forum.<\/em><\/p>\n

Winner:<\/h4>\n

benwinch<\/em><\/font>, with the topic “Gigantic NES Controller\/Coffee Table!” (26 replies)<\/p>\n

Prize: AtariMax 128-in-1 ColecoVision Flash Multicart<\/a>
\n<\/small>Courtesy of AtariMax<\/small><\/p>\n

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Runner-Up:<\/h4>\n

th3fr3ak<\/em><\/font>, with the topic “Modding the Wii!” (21 replies)<\/p>\n

Prize: Arcade Gold Pac-Man<\/em> Plug & Play TV Games Unit<\/a>
\nCourtesy of Jakks Pacific<\/small><\/p>\n

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The Computing Prize<\/span><\/p>\n

Awarded to the creator of the new VC&G forum topic with the most replies in the “Computing” section of the forum.<\/em><\/p>\n

Winner:<\/h4>\n

Kitsunexus<\/em><\/font>, with the topic “So like, who else was all ‘WTF!?’ about Safari on Windows?” (25 replies)<\/p>\n

Prize: ACube MiniMig Amiga 500 Emulator Board and Power Supply<\/a>
\nCourtesy of ACube Systems<\/small><\/p>\n

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Runner-Up:<\/h4>\n

silencewordsaway<\/em><\/font>, with the topic “telnet client?” (17 replies)<\/p>\n

Prize: Arcade Gold Pac-Man<\/em> Plug & Play TV Games Unit<\/a>
\nCourtesy of Jakks Pacific<\/small><\/p>\n

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The “Postmaster” Prize<\/span><\/p>\n

Awarded to the forum member who creates the most VC&G forum posts in any topic or category during the duration of the contest. (A “post” is a new topic or a reply to previous topic. Replies to pre-contest topics count as well.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Winner:<\/h4>\n

th3fr3ak<\/em><\/font>, with 149 posts.<\/p>\n

Prize: One NES DVD player, lovingly handcrafted by Benj Edwards<\/a>
\nCourtesy of the Author<\/small><\/p>\n

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Runner-Up:<\/h4>\n

Kitsunexus<\/em><\/font>, with 138 posts.<\/p>\n

Prize: Personal Pride<\/a>
\nCourtesy of the Kitsunexus<\/small><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to all our winners! I will be contacting you via email with more details on how you will get your prizes.<\/p>\n

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in our contest. You’ve helped us get the forum back on its feet — now let’s try to keep to going. I’d also like to thank our sponsors (Acube, AtariMax, and Jakks Pacific), who provided the wonderful prizes.<\/p>\n

The contest may be over, but the forum still lives. Hopefully, I’ll see you all there soon.<\/p>\n

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