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WireHead: One thing is sure, is that their music makes me remember a great movie, a bit forgotten, which I watched a lot when I was younger (I can still remember some scenes clear as day), and one I really should watch again:

Top Secret!
I LOVED that movie when I first saw it, and still watch it from time to time....great find.
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gameon: Surfin USA is an iconic song, it's a song that captures the historic moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNM6fAiJjs

The beach boys have catchy tunes, although it's a bit for mum and dad, or perhaps nan and grandad music :)
Yay, you won! Sending prize via PM......enjoy. :)
Post edited August 02, 2012 by GameRager
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GameRager: Mac&Me
I'm not sure I've watched that. If I have, I know I didn't watch it as much as Flight of the Navigator. That was on the Disney channel almost every week back then.

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Congratulations to gameon! And thanks for another contest, GameRager!
Post edited August 02, 2012 by adambiser
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adambiser: I'm not sure I've watched that. If I have, I know I didn't watch it as much as Flight of the Navigator. That was on the Disney channel almost every week back then.

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Congratulations to gameon! And thanks for another contest, GameRager!
It's a knockoff of E.T....great little film, fwiw.

And no problem.....I plan on holding these every so often....well until I run out of monies that is.
Post edited August 02, 2012 by GameRager
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GameRager: Random.org usually rarely picks the first and last numbers in the range one sets in the randomiser box, so to make the contest fair for all I start numbering the entrants in the thread at 7. Then when I go to random.org I set the range starting at 1. (If the randomly chosen number is 1-6 I roll it again.)

(I could use any number beyond 2-3, I guess, but I like the number 7 for some reason.)

I also add a buffer at the opposite end. If the last entrant in a contest is numbered 26, for example, I add another 6 to the maximum range I set at random.org.

(In this example i'd set 1-32 as the range at random.org, with the numbers 1-6 and 27-32 being buffers and the actual entrants being the other numbers from 7-26.)
First of all, congrats to Gameon and thanks for the giveaway!

Second, about the random.org part (as I have to use it -for the first time- to draw my current giveaway), this also happens if you use lists of names (http://www.random.org/lists/) instead of numbers? Something else I should know?

*very concerned*
Post edited August 02, 2012 by thespian9099
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thespian9099: First of all, congrats to Gameon and thanks for the giveaway!

Second, about the random.org part (as I have to use it -for the first time- to draw my current giveaway), this also happens if you use lists of names (http://www.random.org/lists/) instead of numbers? Something else I should know?

*very concerned*
I never used the list method, but it could be similar(In that the first and last list items could have a lesser chance of coming in than the rest of the list items.)....you'd have to ask someone more versed in that to be sure, though.

As far as my contests are concerned, just check the OP post to see how I run my random.org draws.....I add a buffer of 6 at the low and high end of the draw range to make the contest fair for all. If(When I draw) a "buffer number"(In this contest's case those would be 1-6 and 19-24.) is chosen, I draw again.
Thanks GameRager for your generosity and congratulatins gameon
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klaattu: Thanks GameRager for your generosity and congratulatins gameon
If I had more money to play around with i'd be gifting a heck'uva lot more, lemme tell ya.
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GameRager: I never used the list method, but it could be similar(In that the first and last list items could have a lesser chance of coming in than the rest of the list items.)....you'd have to ask someone more versed in that to be sure, though.

As far as my contests are concerned, just check the OP post to see how I run my random.org draws.....I add a buffer of 6 at the low and high end of the draw range to make the contest fair for all. If(When I draw) a "buffer number"(In this contest's case those would be 1-6 and 19-24.) is chosen, I draw again.
I will immediately create a question thread about this issue. Do you mind if I put a link to some posts of yours?
Post edited August 02, 2012 by thespian9099
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klaattu: Thanks GameRager for your generosity and congratulatins gameon
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GameRager: If I had more money to play around with i'd be gifting a heck'uva lot more, lemme tell ya.
You're doing more than enough with all your giveaways
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GameRager: I never used the list method, but it could be similar(In that the first and last list items could have a lesser chance of coming in than the rest of the list items.)....you'd have to ask someone more versed in that to be sure, though.

As far as my contests are concerned, just check the OP post to see how I run my random.org draws.....I add a buffer of 6 at the low and high end of the draw range to make the contest fair for all. If(When I draw) a "buffer number"(In this contest's case those would be 1-6 and 19-24.) is chosen, I draw again.
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thespian9099: I will immediately create a thread about this issue. Do you mind if I put a link to some posts of yours?
Not really. :)
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GameRager: If I had more money to play around with i'd be gifting a heck'uva lot more, lemme tell ya.
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klaattu: You're doing more than enough with all your giveaways
I must do more though........much much more. The universal balance must be restored.....Ka'plagh!
Post edited August 02, 2012 by GameRager
Beach Boys, man that does bring back only good memories. I think it reminds me most from my childhood. Spending time at my best friends place. His dad had a Beach Boys LP. That's been played a lot for sure ;).

In regards to visiting the beach, my best trip to the beach ever was a 5 hour adventure ride on a rented mountainbike (sorry rentalagency :P).
I took it across the beach for 2 1/2 hours, ending up on a huge sand bank. Near the end I came across a group of seals. I stopped to make some pictures. Afterwards I headed back to the entrance point of the sand bank only to notice the last 300 meters were kinda flooded by now. 40 cm's of sea water to cross through. Ah well, it was a rental bike anyways, how bad can salt water be for a bike anyways (cough).
Went into the dunes later, and then into the forest. Lotsa mountainbike trails there. Didn't see a single soul. Was an awesome day.
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WireHead: One thing is sure, is that their music makes me remember a great movie, a bit forgotten, which I watched a lot when I was younger (I can still remember some scenes clear as day), and one I really should watch again:

Top Secret!
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GameRager: I LOVED that movie when I first saw it, and still watch it from time to time....great find.
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gameon: Surfin USA is an iconic song, it's a song that captures the historic moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNM6fAiJjs

The beach boys have catchy tunes, although it's a bit for mum and dad, or perhaps nan and grandad music :)
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GameRager: Yay, you won! Sending prize via PM......enjoy. :)
Thanks very much GameRager. It's much appreciated, and thankyou to everyone who congratulated me for winning.
Congrats gameon, and a big thanks to GameRager for a nice, fun give-away :)
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Zoltan999: Congrats gameon, and a big thanks to GameRager for a nice, fun give-away :)
I only wish I could do these more often.......:)
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WireHead: One thing is sure, is that their music makes me remember a great movie, a bit forgotten, which I watched a lot when I was younger (I can still remember some scenes clear as day), and one I really should watch again:

Top Secret!
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GameRager: I LOVED that movie when I first saw it, and still watch it from time to time....great find.
Yeah, I love the Zucker brothers works, like Airplane ("Roger, Over, Over, Dun!"), the Naked Gun and Hot Shots!

Congrats to gameon!