Presser said:
why does it suck just cuase the contest was cancelled? did you post those articles for the members and the better of the board or for personal gain through winning a contest? Sorry you feel this way bro but after seeing how this whole thing turned out i dont like it thats all
What did you think was going to happen Presser?
IMHO the contest was a thing to encourage posts and mostly articles. And prizes were offered as an incentive, were they not?
When you offer an incentive, it generally makes people work harder for the goal. In this case the goal was to encourage posts.
So what does it matter the reason of him posting articles? I did not see a rule stating that one's heart must be in the right place while posting articles.
Articles are articles. No matter what his reasons were for posting them, they ARE going to help people. You can't argue that. Maybe people who would have never seen that "particular" article - but thanks to the contest they did get to see it.
I will add that yes, there was a lot of bullshit being posted, but I'll add that it was all in good fun. And kept to it's appropriate place, the general forum. And this behavior was not limited to peeps such as Learner and myself, you had WELL respecter members, and EVEN mods joing in.
You got what you asked for is all I'm saying.
I did not start posting up a storm because of the prizes (which I don't even remember what they are except for a shirt). I posted to get to know the people on the board better. Because of this contest I no longer feel like a stranger in a familiar place, but rather a peer with some of the most intellegent guys and gals around about this subject. I for one can't just go gabbin' away at the gym about my use of steroids and hope someon will chime in.
Learner202, please PM me for my email addy. I'll like to get your address so I can send you one of the MC shirts I bought a while back. I got two and I didn't wear one of them yet. You're more than welcome to it.
Sorry
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-jay