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geek ('gēk), noun.
1. Obsessive Computer User: somebody who enjoys or takes pride in using computers or other technology, often to what others consider an excessive degree
2. Someone with greater than normal computer skills.
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2. Someone with greater than normal computer skills.
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  Apr 25 2008, 01:44 PM
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Next week we'll be announcing a contest where you'll have a chance to win a very nice prize. We haven't yet decided how we'll award the winner.
Have any contest ideas? Seen any creative contests elsewhere we could 'borrow'? Let's hear 'em! 
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Apr 25 2008, 02:15 PM
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Have some kind of draw like the last 4 digits of SS# or last 4 digits of CC # you generate the numbers the person with the numbers wins (:
We are having a draw in my area you call in when a certain song plays on the radio if you match their numbers for last 4 digits of your ssn you win 100 thousand dollars! Of course chances are slim 
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Apr 25 2008, 02:28 PM
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we'd need something that's guaranteed to win though...i think (if no one wins can i have it?).....so the chances of someone having the right SSN but not being here at G2G is pretty high...also people in other countries don't have SSNs
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Apr 25 2008, 02:31 PM
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i say we do an easter egg hunt......admin hide's an image or something somewhere on the page...could be in a post or could be in one of the articles on the main page.....first person to accurately find it's location and post a screen shot wins?
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Apr 25 2008, 02:43 PM
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QUOTE (dsenette @ Apr 25 2008, 11:31 PM)  i say we do an easter egg hunt......admin hide's an image or something somewhere on the page...could be in a post or could be in one of the articles on the main page.....first person to accurately find it's location and post a screen shot wins? That's a nice idea... --------------------  Excellent free tools: Has it been more than 3 days since my last reply? Send me a PM! Please don't PM me asking for support. Ask on the forums instead so everyone could benefit from your experience. My help is always free, but if you feel that I have helped you, please consider donating to help me continue the fight against malware.  |
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Apr 25 2008, 02:46 PM
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Except there aren't enough blog pages to make it a challenge, and there are enough forum pages to make it almost impossible.
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Apr 25 2008, 03:29 PM
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You can give out clues.
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Apr 25 2008, 03:45 PM
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I think I'd like it to be more personal and creative. A couple ideas we've tossed around:
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Apr 25 2008, 04:36 PM
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The first idea sounds fun!
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Apr 25 2008, 06:23 PM
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Have them guess the number of unpopped kernels in a bag of microwave popcorn.
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Apr 25 2008, 06:46 PM
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Come up with a series of somewhat trivial questions, from say cartoons to history, and everthing in between. i.e the names of all the cast members and who they played on Gilligans Island. Who ever gets it right the fastest gets so many points, and set a time limit with its own Forum. May it last a week or so.
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Apr 25 2008, 07:20 PM
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Member Group: Member Posts: 184 Joined: 16-April 08 From: Alabama Member No.: 246,300 Operating System: Win XP
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eww I think thats good idea Admin like who can advertise G2G to best? I would love to make a huge sign around my town by the intersections that would be fun!
I also like the Easter Egg idea that would be fun  We could do something like go interviewing people at the mall or something un the Trivia questions like whompuscat was saying... This post has been edited by CamTheMan: Apr 25 2008, 07:21 PM -------------------- Hi, I'm a huge fan of technology and I hope to help anyone I can to understand technology.
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Apr 25 2008, 07:38 PM
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have an elimination style contest with some of the games from the jokes and games forum or any quick and easy game that you can find online
for example start off with a trivia game for a week and the top 150 move to the next round which could be how fast do you type and the top 75 move on again to monkey kickoff where the top 25 move on to something like tower defense then the top ten move on to another game where a winner would be crowned. -------------------- 376006 ƒïΓɃΩx² OL Dapps
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Apr 25 2008, 07:39 PM
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I think it would be nice if you handed out images of GTG logos and see who can place it in the best location with Photoshop or something like that. Sure would be neat (tack a GTG logo onto a NASA spacecraft - that would be funny!)
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Apr 25 2008, 07:39 PM
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QUOTE (keithr128 @ Apr 25 2008, 09:38 PM) have an elimination style contest with some of the games from the jokes and games forum or any quick and easy game that you can find online for example start off with a trivia game for a week and the top 150 move to the next round which could be how fast do you type and the top 75 move on again to monkey kickoff where the top 25 move on to something like tower defense then the top ten move on to another game where a winner would be crowned. Start with how fast do you type and tower d, I'm best at those 
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