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O.k...i was sussing out my points and noticed ive missed like a dozen or so competition points and checked out "The advanced filters" which i had no understanding of and then wemt through all of this months comps. In doing this i come across some expired comps which i pressed into. Then i discovered that when i go into the expired comps, i actually lose a point for each one i pressed into, so i was surprised and thought i should put it out there to all who didnt know this. We all want to gain points,not lose them.Not to worry my phychiatrist told me, its going to be alright.....lol. Happy comping everyone!!!! :) Trevsta

Trevsta
16 Feb 16 5:38 AM

Hi, Trevsta. Hoping everything is alright there...?

As for expired comp (re-)viewing, I had experienced this quite a while back though not recently. I thought @admin @zedmin had rectified / removed this action.

toxicgherkin
16 Feb 16 8:56 AM

Trevsta... Sending positive thoughts your way, hope all is well..

Slouise
16 Feb 16 12:35 PM

I've noticed that I've entered about 20 or so less comps last month then some of the others .. keeping an eye on it. Thank you for the heads up and all the best

Anna2077
16 Feb 16 1:31 PM

Thanks Trevsta, also noticed last month that the leaderboard can't add up 3316 + 12 does not equal 3327. Hope all's well.

fourleaf
16 Feb 16 4:32 PM

Get well trevsta,I know your havin a big battle right now,the big C is gonna be kicked to the gutter, I noticed your FB acc was closed,obviously too much with the amount of friends u have,thinking of you friend from Newcastle!!!

JoLee
16 Feb 16 10:20 PM

cheers guys. 33 more radiation treatments to go and two more chemos. Only started this week...so faf so good but the Mater Calvary Hospital is fantastic. good luck guys and positive vibes all round. !!!

Trevsta
17 Feb 16 12:58 PM

@Trevsta, thinking of you mate. Sending positive vibes. I had no idea.. :(

toxicgherkin
17 Feb 16 11:55 PM

@toxicgherkin cheers my good friend. Found out before xmas. got onto it quite quick after my left lymph node swelled up and i just knew it was not right. Good thing i did,so i closed my fb down as you can well imagine the influx.i just need to concentrate on winning(comps and cancer) he he . All the best buddy and i love your witty humourous style. It does make me laugh. trev

Trevsta
18 Feb 16 12:46 PM

Trevsta, your positivity is inspiring!!! Bless you!!!! :)

Slouise
18 Feb 16 5:45 PM

Trevsta, your positivity is inspiring!!! Bless you!!!! :)

Slouise
18 Feb 16 5:45 PM

@Trevsta Glad to see that you didn't ignore it and that you have a good doctor as well ... not do as you are told, ask questions and stay strong ...

Anna2077
18 Feb 16 6:14 PM

@Slouise cheers mate. all the best luck to you!!!

Trevsta
18 Feb 16 6:40 PM

@Annaar cheers annaar. will do. i know that ive won the biggest thing i possibly can once ive .....well won!!! good vibes and luck to you. life is short but great. bless you all here!! my true regards trevsta!!!!

Trevsta
18 Feb 16 6:45 PM

@Trevsta thank you! For NOW you first... argue if you think you want something else done, doesn't hurt LOL

I had a Dr who had the attitude 'she'll be right mate! see you next year' After 5 years I got second opinion.. was on operating table for my thyroid within weeks. When my new Dr asked me if I let the old one know, I told him that better that he does it as my comment would be 'thank you for letting me go on for years with the thyroid issues, and thank your for missing the obvious' (cannot expect me to be diplomatic, right? LOL)

I email my new doc if I have questions... poor guy was emailing me and calling pre and post surgeries to answer all my questions... he is pure Gold

Anna2077
18 Feb 16 8:01 PM

cherrs mate. i have drs on my family with vast knowedge who are all of the same opinion and i am on the best hospital in oz without a doubt. ive done lots of research and am comfortable and thanks for your advice. its always good to know any and every little thing. regards my friend!!!

Trevsta
18 Feb 16 9:31 PM

So sorry to hear of your recent illness, hope you continue with your positive attitude and good luck and best wishes p, from JulieD@Trevsta

JulieD
19 Feb 16 9:24 AM

@JulieD thanks my comping friend. that means alot. I reckon attitude is everything and that is more than positive right now. thanks again. Good luck to you with everything too!!! @trevsta

Trevsta
19 Feb 16 9:56 AM

Just keep thinking about your fabulous Beyoncé win, which I can tell you, kept me going whenever the wins were drying up. You are always a super positive person. Good luck@Trevsta

JulieD
19 Feb 16 10:44 AM

@JulieD thanks again julie. That was definately a trip of a lifetime and hard to top. I reckon @surferboy is by far the luckiest with his 3 or 4 overseas holidays. Talk about luck and good wiitty 25wol. Your a gem!!!!

Trevsta
20 Feb 16 7:10 AM
General Chatter

Does anyone drink Coke but not collect the labels for CokeRewards? I am trying to get as many tokens as I can before the program finishes in July. I almost have enough for some movie tickets if anyone wants to kindly share their labels with me for some good karma?

Slouise
15 Feb 16 7:20 AM

yeh ive been collecting them for ages as each label is equivilent to 50cents each when u work it out. just cashed all mine in for some nice gift cards. Good luck @Slouise with it all. regards....

Trevsta
15 Feb 16 6:58 PM

Good Stuff Trevsta! Literally turning Trash into Treasure ;)

Slouise
15 Feb 16 8:38 PM

@Slouise Exactly. Spot on :)

Trevsta
15 Feb 16 9:56 PM

@Slouise, I've stopped collecting labels. I tend not to drink soft drinks though the rest of the family does. I had a goodly number of points after a while so redeemed those for a watch (6-8 week delivery; this is week 7 now I think). I wish there was an option to transfer / gift points to other Coke Rewards accounts prior to closure. I have 55 points left... you could happily have mine.. :(

toxicgherkin
16 Feb 16 9:03 AM

Thanks toxic!!

Slouise
16 Feb 16 12:35 PM

Toxic for President!!!my last 150 odd points I swapped for frisbees 50 pts each,lol

JoLee
16 Feb 16 10:16 PM
General Chatter

Unusual question - just wondering if anyone may have won an Instax camera that they don't want or want to sell?? Looking to buy one and I know there were heaps of comps over Christmas for these - cheers

Iwanttowinit
13 Feb 16 7:02 PM

hey....i will keep an eye out for you my friend! u never know.I will put it out there and see how it goes. Good luck too!!

Trevsta
15 Feb 16 7:00 PM
I

Thank you that would be awesome only need it for one day so would rather try to get a good deal lol cheers

Iwanttowinit
15 Feb 16 9:37 PM

@Iwanttowinit :)

Trevsta
15 Feb 16 9:59 PM
I've Won

A tad embarrassed to say - won my second laptop in almost as many weeks, with the latest one bundled with a fashion makeover - an extreme one in my case I suspect! I get to keep the clobber! I had to agree to a video shoot. My trailer and staff are still to be confirmed! ;)

toxicgherkin
12 Feb 16 11:03 PM

Congrats Mr Gerkin, your a true crack up mate!!

JoLee
13 Feb 16 6:51 AM

Photos are mandatory

Di_D
13 Feb 16 8:53 AM

Congrats and looking forward to the photos

bj74
13 Feb 16 9:33 AM

..and I am practising turning left on the catwalk. It's a challenge but I'll get there. Now to work on my world peace answer to the judges... ;)

toxicgherkin
13 Feb 16 9:59 AM
K

Haha awesome! I agree photos are mandatory! Don't forget us when you are famous!

kaybee72
13 Feb 16 11:09 AM

Congratulations!

fourleaf
13 Feb 16 11:41 AM

Congrats!!

Anna2077
13 Feb 16 12:10 PM

@Di_D, @kaybee72, @bj74, I gather images/footage will be in the social media 'ether' shortly. There's nothing I can do, it seems, to repress that! Filming is a condition of prize allocation - thinking I maybe should have read the T&C's a bit closer...lol. I'm touching base with the promoter next week to sort out details. Needless to say, I don't want to post my pre & gentlemanly makeover post-images or vid here in this forum. Too sh*t scared...lol. The documentary experience I was recently part of was awesome but I cringed when finally viewing the footage, and now, after signing more 'artist' releases, the student doco is being entered into film festivals as we speak. It even has me playing piano. Lol. I eschew red carpet and the paparazzi! All clashes with my skin tones! ;)

toxicgherkin
13 Feb 16 4:00 PM

@toxicgherkin Fashion makeover? Tell them you are allergic to make up ;-)

Anna2077
13 Feb 16 4:45 PM

Nice one tox. You never cease to amaze me. Congrats mate!!!

Trevsta
13 Feb 16 5:18 PM

It was the Pitti Uomo promo.. (sounds like a Kath & Kim scene..lol...), run by ASUS Australia and New Zealand, through their fashion ambassador, Jared Acquaro, who travelled from Melbs to Florence to cover the fashion event. Entrants had to follow his Tweets, and answer various questions relating to his posts/Tweets. Some may call it stalking...? erhmm... ;)

toxicgherkin
13 Feb 16 6:22 PM

@Trevsta, too kind. Hey, I won a recent indie-classic album on vinyl, and the person interviewed in the RSS feed had your name...but was a Yank....??? ;)

toxicgherkin
13 Feb 16 6:26 PM
J

With two new laptops that means you can enter more comps!?!

Jrob71
13 Feb 16 7:54 PM

@toxicgherkin too much work ... glad that you've won

Anna2077
13 Feb 16 7:59 PM

@toxicgherkin ha...i actually have a yanky mate with my full name but he is an irishman...go figure!!!! Have fun Mr Model Man lol

Trevsta
14 Feb 16 9:02 PM

lucky you, im in need of a new laptop :) my screen slowly dying . good wins

Mamma
15 Feb 16 10:08 AM

@MammaPigga84, thanks. My current laptop is my partner's. I destroyed mine. We share this one though it struggles everytime I do an OS update. It's definitely on its last legs ... lap? This is a timely win thankfully. Cheers.

toxicgherkin
15 Feb 16 1:15 PM

this Gherkin not in a pickle! Congrats : )

Goldmember
15 Feb 16 11:32 PM

@Goldmember yeh......too toxic to go there!!!! lol

Trevsta
16 Feb 16 12:10 AM

@Goldmember @Trevsta hehe

toxicgherkin
16 Feb 16 8:45 AM

...

toxicgherkin
16 Feb 16 8:47 AM

@toxicgherkin Yet another classic....crack up :)

JoLee
16 Feb 16 10:24 PM

Cheers, @JoLee. :)

toxicgherkin
17 Feb 16 11:56 PM
Feedback / Suggestions

Happy birthday, @cann2man!

General Chatter

Howdy Compers!

The latest blog post on Competitions.com.au is now live:

PRESSURE, JOBS, STRESS AND WINNING
http://blog.competitions.com.au/uncategorized/pressure-jobs-stress-and-winning/

Enjoy,

Nicole Cappelleri

LuckyNicky
08 Feb 16 8:20 AM
P

Great post! I always try and force myself to think of 25WOL as well. Congrats on the new job!

Pineapples
08 Feb 16 11:41 AM
A

As a mum of two under 4 who works full time and is away from home 13 hours a day 5 days a week, I feel your pain. But I push myself to enter as many as I can, on the train, at lunch, instead of the gym lol it's a hobby I enjoy so just trying to squeeze everything in :) good luck in the new job

Alittlebitoffun
08 Feb 16 5:28 PM

Congratulations on the new job it sounds fantastic!

fourleaf
09 Feb 16 6:24 PM
Voting Requests

Hello everyone,
My mum and I entered a competition where we post a photo of our dog Gemma in the backyard
We would really appreciate votes for this competition and would love for Gemma to win xx
I will vote back for any competiton you may have aswell if you post it in the comments xx Much appreciated
https://www.popepetsofsummer.com.au/details/1980

maevegroom
06 Feb 16 5:40 PM

Voted, very cute!

fourleaf
06 Feb 16 6:56 PM
C

Done! Could you please vote for my photo please?
http://woobox.com/kd7im6/gallery/s_LXk2RiuME

cheekz
06 Feb 16 7:21 PM

:) Very cute. That's emotional blackmail. When I get the energy to get around to it. will look into it.

Lemond
06 Feb 16 8:17 PM
A

Done

Alittlebitoffun
06 Feb 16 10:28 PM
M

voted xx @cheekz

maevegroom
07 Feb 16 11:41 AM

done, good luck :)

Delighted
09 Feb 16 4:05 PM
I've Won

OMG I've just won a 65 inch TV - woo hoo am beyond thrilled!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about making my day!!

Alittlebitoffun
06 Feb 16 5:02 PM

Congratulations,nice to see a happy go lucky winner!!

JoLee
06 Feb 16 7:15 PM

Congratulations! That's a great win!

fourleaf
06 Feb 16 7:58 PM
J

Woo hoo for sure. Congratulations.

Jrob71
06 Feb 16 7:58 PM

Woo Hoo. :) What competition was that for @Alittlebitoffun ?

Lemond
06 Feb 16 8:19 PM
A

Thanks all, talk about making my weekend!! @Lemond it was on a site called Oz Mates Rates on Facebook. Still can't believe it!!

Alittlebitoffun
06 Feb 16 10:26 PM

That's amazing! Congrats :)

Bel7861
07 Feb 16 3:53 PM

@Alittlebitoffun lol Yeh OMG. Wait until it arrives, you can do all your comping on the big screen. :) Was it a WOL or random draw?

Lemond
07 Feb 16 4:42 PM

Congratulations :)

Trevsta
07 Feb 16 4:43 PM
A

@lemond it was a random draw - am still in shock, biggest thing of won (both in size and value lol)

Alittlebitoffun
07 Feb 16 11:10 PM
A

Thanks everyone and good luck to you all :)

Alittlebitoffun
07 Feb 16 11:11 PM

Congratulations - that's a great prize

Di_D
08 Feb 16 7:47 AM

Awesome! Well done :)

Delighted
09 Feb 16 4:07 PM

Great win and congratulations

Winner1
09 Feb 16 8:21 PM
Voting Requests

Hi all,

I've entered a competition requiring votes on a travel photo.

Would really appreciate it if you could all help cast a vote via the link below:

http://woobox.com/kd7im6/gallery/s_LXk2RiuME

The photo was taken by my friend at Stockton Dunes. I've attached the image below just in case. Thank you in advance!

cheekz
04 Feb 16 11:13 AM

Ha,I live in Newcastle too

JoLee
04 Feb 16 2:21 PM

Great photo. :) Voted

Lemond
04 Feb 16 6:38 PM
C

THank you for the votes! Appreciate it :)

cheekz
04 Feb 16 8:15 PM

Voted.

fourleaf
06 Feb 16 6:57 PM
C

@fourleaf thank you! :)

cheekz
06 Feb 16 7:20 PM
A

Done :)

Alittlebitoffun
06 Feb 16 10:27 PM

Voted - fabulous picture and love your quote

Di_D
08 Feb 16 7:49 AM
C

thank you @Alittlebitoffun @Di_D

cheekz
11 Feb 16 11:29 AM
General Chatter

Did anyone else get an email from ebay voucher today regarding 15% anything today? Sounds great if find something you like on special etc.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 8:37 PM

@Lemond, yes. I saw that email amongst the hundreds. More fool me for having one email account!

toxicgherkin
03 Feb 16 8:44 PM

@toxicgherkin Verses having two with email accounts with twice the junk to sort through. At least I can easily spot when something is spam if it goes to both accounts. lol

Lemond
03 Feb 16 10:32 PM

@toxicgherkin You don't want many email accounts :-)

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 11:03 PM
General Chatter

Facebook comps so often ask for you to tag one or more people in the comments so I was wondering if anyone wanted to be my tag buddy? You need to expect to be tagged by me quite often and I would expect the same from you. And it would mean we have to be Facebook friends so we have to put up with each other in our feeds. (This is starting to sound like a lonely hearts ad!)
And no problems if you decide to unfriend me if this doesn't work out for you.
So if you like pina coladas ....
I think if you search Dianne.dean.5 you should find me - I have a wren on my cover photo.

Di_D
02 Feb 16 8:27 AM

lol. :) Was thinking the same for some competitions I was going to ask @toxicgherkin a few times. Ended up not worrying about it.

I mainly use facebook to enter competitions.

Glad to help I don't mind tagging etc just hope doesn't become a full time job. lol
I
sent a request sorry think I forgot to put a message with it.

Least help someone win :)

Lemond
02 Feb 16 10:45 AM

Got it @Lemond, I think.

Di_D
02 Feb 16 12:41 PM
J

If you need another tag buddy, or if someone else is looking, I'll give it a go. ATM I skip over tag comps because I don't think my non-comper friends want to know.

Jrob71
02 Feb 16 8:57 PM

@Di_D Good Luck. How do I know if I've been tagged etc out of curiosity. Never tried that to see the results. Does Facebook send a notification?

Lemond
03 Feb 16 3:51 AM

@lemond Facebook comes up with a notification. There weren't any in today's batch that I entered.
@jrob71 I was skipping them for the same reason. Happy for another tag buddy if you want to.

Di_D
03 Feb 16 7:17 AM

@Di_D Thanks least I know what to expect. Just something I haven't tested. :) Good Luck for the competitions.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 2:23 PM
J

@Di_D I just looked for you on Facebook, but couldn't find you.

Jrob71
03 Feb 16 8:04 PM

Did you search for Dianne.dean.5 ?

Di_D
04 Feb 16 7:20 AM
J

@Di_D yeah...."We couldn't find anything for dianne.dean.5" - strange.

Jrob71
04 Feb 16 7:57 PM

Have you tried typing it in as:
https://www.facebook.com/dianne.dean.5
?

Di_D
05 Feb 16 7:22 AM

@Di_D Good Luck for the hamper. Also entered via your facebook link for the Mazda I think. :) Was easier then trying to find my bookmark for it. Seemed to lost my Feb bookmarks

Lemond
05 Feb 16 11:12 AM

@Di_D Groovy Luxo Deluxe 3 Piece LED Bar Setting competition. Thanks for the tag. Was that a competition from here. I haven't check the competitions today yet.

If anyone needs someone to tag my FB is Mark Johnstone. No pics just you will just see various competitions etc etc

Lemond
05 Feb 16 10:20 PM

I think I picked it up from someone else's feed.

Di_D
06 Feb 16 9:26 AM
J

@Di_D Thanks. I've sent you a friend request. My profile pic is me in grey dress with floral print and my husband in a white shirt.

Jrob71
06 Feb 16 7:57 PM
Leaderboard

And I'm off to a flying start this month with 1 Bonus point for daily visit the last 2 days!!!
Chances of being in the top 3 are highly unlikely this month :(

Mellyxo
02 Feb 16 8:18 AM

Hang in there @Mellyxo....good luck!!!

Trevsta
02 Feb 16 9:08 AM

@Trevsta Thanks :)

Mellyxo
02 Feb 16 11:14 AM

@Mellyxo Good luck see how you go by the end of week 2. You will have a good idea if too far from the leaders. Still plenty of time of catch up. :)

Lemond
02 Feb 16 12:10 PM

@Mellyxo it's only the start.... good luck! :)

fourleaf
02 Feb 16 12:22 PM

@fourleaf You should lend @Mellyxo your four leaf clover. You won't need it for a couple of days. :)

Lemond
02 Feb 16 12:24 PM

No problems! I think I'll give it a good buff and polish and hopefully we can all win holidays....lol :)

fourleaf
02 Feb 16 12:54 PM

@fourleaf @Lemond I'll be happy to win something little, January was bleak as was December... So far I've managed to only enter 3 comps ...

Anna2077
02 Feb 16 4:51 PM

@Annaar, is that because of facebook? There are so many different competitions out there and lots listed here.......often I find many just by opening my e-mail, (as painful as it is sometimes) or being a member of a blog site which have some great prizes for members. Sometimes as well as this site, Google can be your best friend. Cheer up and don't despair! Often Facebook tends to give away smallish prizes anyway...also check out local newspapers. Facebook is only one part of the picture.

fourleaf
02 Feb 16 6:34 PM

@fourleaf might have to give in & let Facebook use my full name in profile ...

My online friends will UN friend me if I start tagging them lol

Haven't given up yet!! Not entering large prices, only small to medium..
Find that some places only give away to people with Angosexon names

Friend was having a baby & I entered countless baby giveaways & didn't win a thing ... Shame as those things a expensive, especially when it's not immediate family

Anna2077
02 Feb 16 7:11 PM

@fourleaf Great advice. I find facebook competitions odds don't look good as well especially for larger organisations as you got there usual followers plus the comping crowd for a small prize. lol. Usually see 1000+ entries.

Thinking about FB Appliances online I think got a competition going for a washing machine for a guessing competition.

@Annaar

Finding more obscure competitions or ones that require a bit of effort your more likely to have a win.

Reminds me as a kid doing a find as many words using the letters of a given word. I went through the whole Websters Dictionary to win a massive Mothers day cake and photo with the Mayor etc. lol. Also a few hours keeping a hand on a car catching footballs etc to win Grand Final AFL tickets. Doh close got a cap. lol Was fun thou. :)

Yeh Facebook are cracking on the naming policy lately.

I wouldn't think judges for competitions would discriminate deliberately. Might be case judges are of a different age/culture/sex etc etc and have different opinion what they are looking for creative competitions.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 3:50 AM

@fourleaf @Lemond @Annaar Thanks :)
9 Points today!!! Im on a roll... :)

Mellyxo
03 Feb 16 8:28 AM

@Mellyxo lol. Ok will put up a post what I suspect could of been occurring. Could be wrong, hard to tell after the first day apart from quiet periods. Might as put it out in the open and if correct or a flaw in the daily random points system the @admin might investigate it.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 12:17 PM

@Lemond only received 15 points today and logged in after 8.30 ...

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 1:09 PM

@Annaar At least your in double digits :) hopefully tomorrow that will be me.
@Lemond Thanks will keep an eye out for the responses :)

Mellyxo
03 Feb 16 1:33 PM

@Mellyxo Hopefully double digits for you tomorrow :-) I don't care about daily scores, just want to start winning LOL

Last year only won movie tix to see one movie ... since then nothing. The year before I only won tix to see one movie.

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 2:01 PM

@Annaar No your score was added least by 1:00AM. I noticed it had been updated to 65 daily points. After the system was back. Which was weird as mine had as well and I hadn't specifically logged in. I knew what score I had got Something I need confirm tomorrow as the system issue last night. Definitely you had 15 points added least by 1:00 AM looked like was more towards 12:30AM I recorded it down. Did you visit the site of leave a page open on competitions.com.au. I got 25.

Your profile was the only one I could see that had changed but hadn't done the guessing game when I got back on.

I was hoping maybe the reason for the system being offline was a redo of the first day "random" points or some maintenance or new feature.

When I saw my profile had "extra points" and yours before I logged in officially, I was in hope. I soon realized when I logged in it was showing the points I got for today.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 2:06 PM

@Lemond Didn't log in after 12, I noticed that the site was down late in the evening. ... nice to be closer to the top, but I'd rather win a comp... and they are evading me

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 3:50 PM

@Annaar Same. I need a win too. lol.

Only problem if I finally do win is finding the email among at least 200 emails coming in at least each day.

For the daily points I just expect at least an equal and fair chance of winning. With the improved odds of ticking off the competitions etc. :) The first day definitely defied probability. Not going to look at till next month if there's an issue. Bit hard to prove or disprove either way from my end. At least the admin might read it and look into it.

I see some sites doing things to help promote themselves and keep interest going. If not designed well or clear terms and conditions, which are followed through with, over zealous members take it to the extreme, abusing the "spirit" of the competition.

See FreeStuff.com over the last few months. They do a "random points hunt" and referral bonus points. It seemed a good idea, however some members took that to the extreme for a free for all. Lucky being in top 100 only gives you a chance only of winning their monthly draw and not being first. Least now they have got all the points required for eternity to enter all member only competitions. Pity I didn't take advantage and score enough to keep me going for a while. I just did enough to make sure in Top 100 for their monthly competition.

People are quick to sense when a system is broken or has weakness. Competitions having bonus referrals often look suspicious. We should all group together help each other with referral chains. Maybe nominate or cycle members to get the referrals. At least improve the odds for those type of competitions from about 1/3000 to under 1/500. Thought of that a few times. I was thinking for @toxicgherkin birthday get him to enter first and use their referral. Only problem I had already entered most I had found. lol.

There's an idea for birthdays to do that. A better chance of winning something :)

Lemond
03 Feb 16 4:02 PM

@Annaar Well your daily points for today were definitely showing before 1.00 AM. I knew before 1.00 AM what you had scored. The last couple of days I was observing if the 1st day issue was reoccurring. Maybe when you tried to log late its generated your daily score. Bit weird will test visiting my own profile tomorrow before login and see what happens. Thinking about it could be due to trying to log in when the system was offline at least seems the common connection offhand.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 4:19 PM

@Lemond May be all scores are allocated after midnight

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 4:26 PM

@Lemond referral is great, but I'm off facebook, refuse to put up my full name ... security for one, then there is identity theft, bullies ( i was bullied and their response was' block them' ... that aggravates bullies more) ... stalkers. One informed me that he cannot find me on google.. YUP safe to have full name published ... .then my ex might find me, each time I let my guard down he finds me. They are suppose to be protecting women from such encounters .. haven't received an auto response email from them over the last 2 days .... guessing he bot is taking a break LOL

My online friends will wonder who I am if my FULL name goes up. I either know them or know who they are....

still annoyed lol

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 4:29 PM

@Annaar I agree regarding taking precautions about security theft etc. I hope they don't crack down on birthdays. lol.

Sorry to hear that you've had a rough time. :( I guess there's lot more to it with an ex involved. No wonder your cautious regarding personal identity being displayed. If your having an issue of stalking etc looking into a protection order could be worth investigating.

There were a few comments I noticed on that site I posted regarding similar issues with display full names on Facebook. Have you argued your case with Facebook to keep your existing profile name? There might be a way to hide your last name on FB. Google that.

See:
http://thetechrism.com/use-single-name-on-facebook-hide-first-name-trick/

https://www.facebook.com/iFactOfficial/posts/522075221191141 regarding how to hide your last name on Facebook. I haven't read it yet, it might help.

Facebook or even the police can't do much without a protection order in place if another incident occurs.

If you've got an issue of stalking/harassment.
*Record all incidents, date time, description and how it effected you and if police called etc etc.
*Don't respond back to the other person or do anything that might complicate the case and give them an "excuse" for their actions.

If a protection order is taken out then the police can act quickly, if it is breached. Note it works both ways you can into serious legal complications, if you breach your own protection order. They shouldn't be abused for trivial situations then make up etc.

I can understand how it may effect you. The longer it goes on the worse it can effects you and can escalate depending on the person. The easy solution is just trying to ignore the issue try and move on. Depending on the situation it may go away. Still can't hurt to record any unwarranted incidents of harassment/stalking etc.

I've had extensive experience with a harassment/stalker from a neighbor in my previous place who was ex prison, two years back. It escalated from harassment, stalking to violence over a 6 month period. It ended in VCAT hearings to get them evicted and protection orders.

I extensively recorded every incident over that period and didn't respond back in any form to their harassment etc. Like you said "ignoring bullies aggravates them more". A no win scenario, best on keep ignoring them, then stoking the fire. They had no chance when it was proceeding finally to VCAT. In the end they were there own worse enemy as they resorted to violence. This sped up the whole processes and finally brought it to a conclusion excluding hearings. It was a very frightening and traumatic experience, I wouldn't put anyone through it.

At least now all away from that. I think the property manager felt partially responsible ie. They had supplied the person with the hammer for gardening purposes, which they used to attempt hammer down my door! There was a lot more I went through that was the just the icing on the cake. so to speak.

XMas a year ago I was offered a great modern place by the property manager. My best win :) Very close to shots trams etc., quiet, great neighbors I never see, large terrace and it even came with a lot of great stuff left in storage cage, from the previous tenant. Most which I gave to a good friend that helped me move like a dishwasher, pram , child car seat etc. Kept the microwave.

A previous neighbor knew someone with a washing machine throwing out close by and was a renovation and friend had a fridge. Being like Christmas morning and moving hard to find all that at the last moment. Was a sudden offer and move.

So you when you least expect it a win may pop up. Always find the harder I try nothing happens and when I least expect it all happens at once, ike mates dropping by. I swear they have ESP. lol

Lemond
03 Feb 16 8:07 PM

@Annaar I couldn't see any evidence of scores being added to everyone. . Excluding those that had just logged when the site came back online and had done the guessing game there were a few. If anything members had missed yesterdays points/guessing game. Which what I was troubleshooting with one member at the time. Appolizes @jessiebutcher being late night confused with jessiebutcher88 who had just logged in roughly at the same time. hmmmmm maybe related. :)

Lemond
03 Feb 16 8:22 PM

@Lemond Logged in after 8 to test your theory :-) Tried to guess the number at same time

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 8:43 PM

@Lemond Sorry to hear about your experience... hope you are feeling better.

My ex gets verbally nasty, if he decides to go looking for me, he cannot find me.. easier then quitting, as blocking will do nothing.

When people don't see eye to eye with you and start searching for you online, it's scary... sadly fb protects them.

They are insisting I use my full name, so that people can find me... Haven't heard from them in 2days.

They are suggesting I block people, like that would help with the un know stalkers LOL

Will wait a few more days and then try searching again... they did same to a journalist in USA, she had a nice rant on a tech blog.

even though companies are using fb, it's not the end of the world if I'll not be... will miss some of my friends and the updates

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 8:48 PM

@Lemond too much trouble to use just single name, as you have to change servers and log in from Indonesia.. not honest way of doing it either :-)

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 8:50 PM

@Annaar All worked out in the end. You Just struck a nerve talking about stalkers.

My infinite patience got me through it just... Explains why I "enjoy" cricket and computing/programming/problem solving.

Online stalking is just the easy way to try and harass with not much effort. You should really worry if they are going out their way to cause grief.

To let a stalker dictate what you do, means they have won in a way. Not doing what you natural enjoy etc. Other social sites like google+ I don't think have that policy. About being not honest to use your full name etc. It's not like your deceiving anyone to take advantage. Lying/omitting some details can be way of saying politely it's none of your business. I don't find that dishonest.

Maybe try get the Facebook account back and mothball it for a while. What will happen if not resolved they will close the case, and you will have no option to get it back, if you change you mind later.


Good luck for comping.

Lemond
04 Feb 16 1:28 AM

@Lemond Apologies...

We never know who lurks in Facebook ... Difference of opinion & they start looking you up, then causing trouble if they don't find you.

I was still myself, just with altered name. Some of my fb friends know me. ... Told one Chef that u had problems booking in as I wanted to see him, few days later the restaurant called. Reservations parting words were 'will tell him you are coming in'

Geniuses never consider the fact that phone numbers if listed could be in partners or flat mates names.

Not having an account is not the end of the world!

Haven't heard from then in 4 or 5 days. Account is still open.

It's their way or the highway. Their new rule is 'message pops up, you submit docs, explain' old way was account is locked & you jump through hoops. Somehow I got the old treatment ... Feel so spesh lol

Will miss updates & expending my network of online friends

Good luck compung this month

Anna2077
04 Feb 16 7:32 AM

@Lemond Apparently Google had the 'real' name policy & then dropped it.

Blogs from few journalists on this issue was interesting, both didn't use 'real' names as they didn't want to be harassed

One stuck to her guns, didn't submit anything & list account

One submitted docs, changed name as per their demand & was harassed by freaks

Fb are refusing to see the whole picture, they do cave into bad publicity but just

Last year they were in trouble for blocking native Americans for having unusual names

Anna2077
04 Feb 16 7:41 AM

They are right when they say the early bird gets the worm... Or in my case the early bird gets single digit bonus daily points. Only 5 today!!!

Mellyxo
04 Feb 16 8:14 AM

@Mellyxo lol. Well if midnight counts 4. Doh was still logged in.

Lemond
04 Feb 16 4:25 PM

@Mellyxo

First day there definitely was an issue of 3 clear groups. Before approx 8.30AM (1-10), 8:30AM- approx 6:00pm( 40-50) then 6:00pm onwards only a small sample with no clear pattern. The 6:00PM is rough might of been about hour earlier.

For determining the login for Monday time, I was using the assumption of the first view competition as the approximate login time. Which seems to stand fairly well looking at data. I.e. The first day the points system kicks off when after you view the first competition. After the first day it's only a rough guide but not absolute as lot do the guessing game ASAP then view competitions later in the day etc.

From memory as I didn't record your time. etc on the first day I think I saw 8:29AM when it had recorded your first viewed competition the last of the (1-10) range. The first in the (40-50) range looked to be 8:27AM of 49 when I was determining when the range seemed to clearly change. The reason I recall as it was the only member to overlap and only by a minute or two. The last score using first competition viewed before the change. Thinking about why could of been that overlap my assumption you probably logged in early viewed the competition then reviewed at 8:29. Just tested that assumption looks like what probably occurred for that discrepancy.

Sadly I didn't officially record most of the "early birds" from Monday as they quickly fell off the leader board later. I observed all the "early birds" around 7:30 AM checked their scores and fell into (1-10) thought weird, at least all in the same boat. lol Only when I came back later around 9:00AM and could see a distinct grouping. And later in the day I started doing a detailed record by then most of early ones where dropping like fly's off the leader board to record.

It would of been interesting to get a more detailed analysis for the regular early birds ie before 8:00AM to see if it is a reoccurring distinct pattern. Most of those profiles are members I rarely see on the Leaderboard. I can't make any assumptions based on a couple of samples it could just be random variability and bad luck.

If I was being superstitious around midday has being looking good. lol

If there is "something" weird going on like Monday with a specific score range for a time period it could easily move about. It doesn't have to be on a 24 hour time period and would give the impression things look "random" by moving about or changing the base value of the range of scores. So jumping ship to a different time period you can't make any assumptions.

Some questions in general over a few months about why I see the same members consistently with the higher random daily points. Also the overall distribution of the total daily points at the end of the month, seems skewed consistently above average from observation. Is it within random variability? Is/was there a reoccurring issue? Unsure without a good reliable sample of daily points and log in times. The Admin could do that easily. After Monday definitely questioning the "random" generator.

It shouldn't be an issue with a pseudo-random number generator on the server. There are pseudo-random functions that should do a good enough job in most programming languages. Some technically better then others, it depends what your using it for like medical research or complex simulations. Genuine random numbers you would need an input source such as a particle decay source etc etc. I'm not expecting that. lol

For that It would still be the same for all and be random enough. Seems absurd to question a "random" generator. Most likely using a random function, but somehow the range of values got restricted for a period of time on Monday.

The system was offline Tuesday night so maybe they addressed Mondays issue. Who knows. Who knows......

Lemond
04 Feb 16 5:28 PM

@Mellyxo Is that 21 daily points in total for 5 days? Ouch

Lemond
05 Feb 16 10:45 AM

@Lemond there is another curve ball to the algorithm.... if you've won a guessing game you might not get as many points, giving others a chance to get to 2 guesses a day and win.. just a thought

I've entered 2 comps in 5 days .... lol (set myself a goal to enter 200 per months, last month I was 100 short, so now I need to catch up 100 for Jan and still enter 198 for this month)

Anna2077
05 Feb 16 12:12 PM

@Annaar Sorry was missing notifications for last day or so. Issue with Chrome with not showing the post button and notifications. Think just a browser problem. Probably need to clean up the browser cache or reinstall it. Thought for a bit might of been silenced from posting lol. Switched to IE seems ok.

I wouldn't think so. Doesn't look that way as it hasn't obviously hasn't seemed to affect the Leaderboard over the last few months. Unless a vey recent change. Unlikely hasn't effect some members so not uniform that assumption. On Monday was time dependent. Ie was a distinct time periods for the (1-10) and (40-50) ranges.

I'm guessing quite a few might be avoiding the early period. lol.
Without conclusive proof of a large enough sample after Monday hard to tell. It gets lost that information just looking at the leaderboard. Members log in various times etc etc. I was keeping a rough eye on @Mellyxo score as seems they regularly login about that time. I'm not 100% sure if they had (1-10) every day or missed a daily score. Assuming as very very low total score most likely. After the 2nd day stopped checking it's too time consuming. lol. Easier to check 1st of next month early in the day before the leaderboard fills up.

Apparently a GPS satellite that was put out of commission the last few days caused all sorts of havoc around the world as it effected telcos timing, 13milliseconds out caused all sorts of issues. lol. I wouldn't think it's related to this issue.

Lemond
05 Feb 16 12:39 PM

@Annaar I been slack doing competitions. I should do a few today before my long weekend of umpiring.

Lemond
05 Feb 16 12:41 PM

@Lemond not many comps around today ... Would have thought with CNY & Chocolate Heart day there would be comps galore

Anna2077
05 Feb 16 2:06 PM

@Lemond kill IE, use Firefox instead

Anna2077
05 Feb 16 2:07 PM

@Annaar I got all of those installed and Opera. Nothing worse then trying to enter a competition at the last minute and can't submit the entry due to a web browser issue. Especially if it's a WOL and put some thought into it. lol

I mainly use Chrome. It's starting to play up. Problem is I keep all my competition bookmarks on it so I know what competitions I have entered. Helps if I accidently try to reenter and notice it's already bookmarked as entered. Also quick link for multiple daily entries.

I'm starting to like Facebook tagging easy way to get notified of FB competitions. I might ask for some people to tag as well.

Lemond
05 Feb 16 10:16 PM

@Lemond you might be able to import all your tags into all the other browsers from Chrome... I run a spreadsheet..

Have links galore & each time I get rid of 50,I add another 70 lol

Anna2077
05 Feb 16 10:22 PM

@Annaar You can and import bookmarks passwords etc. I installed another relatively unknown browser this morning called Pale Moon. Seems ok at first glance. Thou the bookmarks need a good clean up. My first couple of months comping they got a bit disorganized.

Lemond
06 Feb 16 8:20 PM

@Lemond I keep on going one step forward 10 steps back with bookmarks lol... keep on finding things to bookmark... in few months I'll wonder why :-)

Anna2077
06 Feb 16 8:50 PM

@Annaar lol. If you the bookmarks into folders it makes it easy to remember why. EG I do a Feb 2016 Entered, Feb Gleam (for all those daily/multiple entries etc gleam run type competitions), Feb 2016 Facebook, Feb 2016 WOL (Empty as been slack) lol, Feb 2016 To Enter Later, Feb To Share (Makes it easier if I get around posting to the forum).

A Lot of times I deliberately bookmark more then once if falls in multiple categories. It's Just remembering to enter the competition before it expires or checking up on results.

Lemond
07 Feb 16 10:44 AM

@Lemond I bookmark a lot of things eg companies I apply for work, opera, restaurants, gardening, geek stuff & the list goes on.

Some help sites end up with many links as different pages are bookmarked ... Need one HUGE tidy up!!

Btw, how did you go with the coffee / Tennis pro comp?

Anna2077
07 Feb 16 12:43 PM
Leaderboard

Hmmm weird lot of low or high scores. Anyone so far get from 11 to 39? Looks like all the early birds got 10 or less and later 40 to 50.

Can't tell me that the daily "random" points is truly random. Not passing the sniff test. No wonder the the average seems skewed. Was also thinking to add in the time when logged in as a variable as usually time is used to seed the pseudo random numbers.

Be interesting if anyone who logged in before 8:30am got low (1-10) and after that (40-50). OMG there definitely is a connection between the time when logged in and the daily "random" points awarded. This could be abused.

@Admin Has their been a change in the daily points generation? Or does it usually go like this? Which if that's the case might explain why the same people get near the top of the leader board. Looks too suspicious the daily "random" points.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 8:44 AM

@toxicgherkin Have you noticed this before? The daily "random" points seems suspiciously having a pattern according to a time period logged in. Guessing as you haven't logged in yet I'm betting you got (40-50). Unless it changes every hour or so.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 9:38 AM

It's a sus pattern without a doubt and don't expect an answer either

JoLee
01 Feb 16 1:36 PM

@JoLee I see you logged in early today as well. I can tell just by the daily points. lol
Sus doesn't even come close. Flawed/broken

Unless a recent change has been made it explains why I've been suspicious about the random daily points for a while. If this is how the "random" daily points works you can imagine the rest. Maybe it's a one off being the first of the month. Hmmmm doubt it.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 2:13 PM

I thought comping was a bit of fun but lately people seem to be getting a bit serious and paranoid...

Vicki668
01 Feb 16 6:25 PM

@Vicki668 all for an obvious reason,it's not paranoia but plain as day! Happy comping

JoLee
01 Feb 16 8:12 PM

@Vicki668 @JoLee lol. Yeh all fun when the system has integrity and fair.

Argh! Even thou I was suspicious over the last few months with the daily "random" points I still just passed it off as being within random variability without proof, until today.

I appoligize if it seems I'm taking the fun out of comping, my analytical side. lol. Too much time previously analyzing statistical abnormalities in a old job.

The daily "random" points appears broken, at least for today. The next few days of observation should confirm that.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 10:09 PM

@toxicgherkin I must have ESP like the mentalist going around on TV predicting the cricket scores last night. Woot Woot for 44 points today for you.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 10:11 PM

Ive got 1 point from yesterday and 1 point today... I think my score beats yours by miles!!!
Both my log ins were before 8.30am too

Mellyxo
02 Feb 16 8:23 AM

I log on between 7 and 8 most mornings and my scores vary. Today I got 17, logged on at 6:50am. Yesterday I go 2, logged in at 7ish am.

Di_D
02 Feb 16 8:30 AM

Mine were both around 7am (Brisbane time)

Mellyxo
02 Feb 16 8:57 AM

@Mellyxo lol I noticed. :( Was checking if a similar pattern of scores occurs this morning.

It's a lot harder to check after the first day as a lot of members don't do all the competitions etc and get lost off the leader board. Also you cant always easily see when members logged in for the daily points.

Yesterday was obvious as the start of the month and you need to click on a new competition to start off the points system. You can see all the scores as members log in.
It defied probability and was a definitely set pattern for most of day till about 5:00 PM and again 11 PM all with run of values within a range. Thou there was not many I could see that logged in at those times.

Most members got either (1-10) the early birds :( or (40-50) after about 8:30 am to 5ish PM excluding the very few that logged in later in the evening.

There seemed to be a run of low scores around 7AM from a few members below 10 this morning. The later looks like 30's after 8:00AM. Only looking at a small sample compared to yesterday morning as cant confirm if their is a possible issue with the implementation of the "random" daily points.

Possibly more "random" then yesterday. Unconfirmed without a bigger sample of points and approx log in times. Overall I questioning the implementation of the random daily points after yesterday. It pointed to some interesting things how it might be implemented.

One weird thing I noticed. How can someone have 100 points for the guessing game i.e. 2 days but only 1 daily point. lol Poor soul that logged in looks like before 8AM.

http://www.competitions.com.au/profiles/286752/

If there is an issue with the daily points I hope the @admin are aware.

Lemond
02 Feb 16 10:28 AM

I received 18 points this morning though I had forgotten to log off last night. I've never understood @admin's randomisation algorithm. Newcomers too see to do quite well on the Leaderboard. Hmm? By newcomers, I'm hoping they are bona fide entrants and not an alternate account. I suspect they were a few here a while back but hopefully these have been weeded out.

toxicgherkin
02 Feb 16 12:23 PM

It is day 2 and someone has 100 daily points = 50 points, 2 days in a row! Meanwhile poor @Mellyxo has 2 daily points (1 point, 2 days in a row). What are the odds? Feels like those of us who login in early get penalised with low "random" points.

bbjsr
02 Feb 16 9:43 PM

@bbjsr A couple have 100 points. lol.

50*50 is the odds of getting the same in a row 1/2500. Not impossible , improbable maybe.

First day it didn't look random, far from it. if first day 1/10 and then 1/50 odds 1/500. if counting the odds of being in the early batch or later as 1/2 then 1/1000. Assuming all random and fair.

Odds something suspicious about the "random" generator. lol

If looking at a small sample or one doesn't prove much. It's when you look at a larger sample can see if it doesn't confirm to normal random distribution. An absolute perfect distribution each month might raise questions as well.

I wouldn't assume it's going to be low every morning. The first day was an issue. I'm "predicting" (26-45) for the early morning. Thou some changes might of been made last night wonder why the site was down.

Looks like a few missed out yesterday on daily and guessing game points when the system was down till about least from 11:30PM to 12:30AM. :(

Lemond
03 Feb 16 2:48 AM

@toxicgherkin What I was suspecting from the "randomization" algorithm after looking at the first day of scores it wasn't random. Simply it appeared it could be an incremental score as each user logs in. The random part the order members logged in. Scores rolling from (1-50) and cycling back to 1, or could be reverse order.

Now people being creatures of habit I was proposing that similar log in times might result in similar daily scores in that cycle. So @Annaar the log in time each day wasn't what I was looking at to determine a score but using that as a starting point for the next.

Things to note during busy periods a lot of people might log in similar times, those members might not show up on the leader board, and viewing the first competition doesn't always suggest when they actually logged in. and the daily score generated. On the first day this was lot more obvious until the leader board filled up.

On the 1st it appeared ALL the scores before about 8:30 AM were (1-10). Then after approximately 8:3 0AM it appeared for ALL subsequent scores set to a range of (40-50).
Only till the evening approximate from 6:00 PM I see a change maybe back to more usual only got a small sample which all didn't fit into the above.

Out of about 40 samples looked at from about 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM all where in the range (40-50). I recorded only a small sample in the end of the early ones of about 10 all got (1-10). By the time I had thought to look into it I lost the profiles off the leader board. There were more profiles I noticed least 1/2 dozen all with low scores when I logged in about 7am. .

Also during what could be the quieter periods during the day it looked like descending score (50-40) . Which makes me suspect its not a random number for each user as they logged in but a increment from the previous log in score.

Notes: Not a complete examination of all scores on the 1st as once the leader board filled only those that had bonus points etc appear on the leaderboard. After the first day it's lot harder to spot the same abnormality due to competitions viewed etc affecting the score and don't see all most of the members not on the leader board.

Now it doesn't mean its not random since then. Definitely on the first day it defied probability. I still suspect an increment loop (1-50) could be used. Possibly resetting to a new range or value at a random time, if the first day is anything to go by.

Overall the confidence in the site for some aspects low. Especially from you comments @toxicgherkin regard maintenance etc for a period.

Now if what I'm suspect could be the case the implications for the monthly leaderboard would question it's integrity. Using alternative profiles could have "prior" knowledge of what daily score to expect or find same profiles grouped roughly on the leader board consistently if they logged in similar times daily.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 1:55 PM

@toxicgherkin Looks like could be some security measures in using alternative profiles to get "prior" knowledge etc if using the same IP etc. If it's not actually randomly generated. I had one interesting experience this morning using a new browser but same PC windows log in etc and showed my new daily score update before I officially logged in.

I was testing my suspicions out, and helping out another member who reported on facebook that the system was down from least 11:30PM to 12:30AM. Looks like they missed out on the daily points etc yesterday as the system was offline for a while.

To confirm the above would need a number of members log in at a very quiet period to see the results.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 2:46 PM

@JoLee lol The @Admin seem quiet. Nothing unusual there the most predictable thing can bet on. lol. I'm sure they keep an eye on the forum. :) Do they have an official profile to message? Apart from directly messaging them. If there's issue I rather put it out there for all to see. Plus my email is overwhelmed with junk.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 3:22 PM

@Lemond as I said, they never answer but do see all that's written,too sus lol

JoLee
03 Feb 16 8:53 PM

@Lemond, I just bite my lip and hope for the best 'random' outcome I can receive. That sentence is incongruous, which I suspect the random allocation of points to be - INCONGRUOUS!

toxicgherkin
03 Feb 16 8:59 PM

@toxicgherkin lol. :)

Lemond
03 Feb 16 10:24 PM

The plot thickens.....

JoLee
04 Feb 16 7:13 AM

@JoLee The soup needs stirring. lol

@toxicgherkin Would make a great conspiracy plot for a X Files movie for your next episode. :) Throw in some atmospheric noise a particle decay source and got yourself a random action thriller. :)

Lemond
04 Feb 16 6:12 PM

@Lemond, well one of our cats IS called 'HalfLife'...LOL.....Partner was responsible for the naming- Schrödinger reference to quantum superposition if anyone is wondering... ;)

toxicgherkin
04 Feb 16 8:00 PM

Entertainment at its best. Lovin it!!!

JoLee
04 Feb 16 8:29 PM

@toxicgherkin Can title the movie Quantum of Entanglement staring Halflife. :)

Lemond
04 Feb 16 10:00 PM

@Lemond, now to pick our stars.... ;)

toxicgherkin
04 Feb 16 10:22 PM

@toxicgherkin :). Classic. At least you weren't thinking of another cat youtube video showing it's version of String theory. :)

Lemond
05 Feb 16 10:30 PM

@Lemond, hehe.

toxicgherkin
06 Feb 16 11:52 AM
Leaderboard

Congratulations @elbia and @fourleaf again. :) Unless @shuching makes a last minute push checking off competitions and bonus points. New month and new hopes for the rest.

Lemond
31 Jan 16 8:20 PM

Bonus points? I'm still new LOL. I was hovering around 20 and now at 30 ... don't care so much as winning a comp this month would have been nice .... January result zero

Anna2077
31 Jan 16 8:51 PM

@Annaar See http://www.competitions.com.au/leaderboard/ for the "bonus" points for profile etc. lol Yeh I had a shocker. I don't think there is anyone with a lower daily point score that log in every day. Most competitions viewed thou lol.

Looks like @jessiebutcher got robbed of a position somehow missing a guessing game a couple of days ago. Hmm the same three people top 3 spots again. What would be the odds of that? Think the last 3 months same names at the top. Makes me a touch suspicious about how random the daily points are.

Overall the daily points seem to be "above average" consistently. i.e. average is 25.5 (50+1)/2. Looks like about 40-50ish people log in daily the spread seems a bit high each month. Could be some logical reasons e.g. people getting low scores early give up and don't log in daily etc.

Assuming nothing breaching rules etc would be interesting to note what setup they have. PC or MAC and what browser they use. Will see how my first few days go I've hopefully "timed" each browser for a above average amount for its first login next month. Sounds a bit superstitious. Odds are thou next month should be better then this one. lol

Lemond
31 Jan 16 9:32 PM

@Lemond Do you think that OS and browser mater? I thought that if I remove image I lose points and get them back when I upload a new one ...

Had few good days daily points and had some shockers 2 or 5 , Made an appearance more days then I can remember :-)

Didn't matter that much, sadly I've won zilch this month ... hopefully February will be better and hopefully I'll be back on facey... they are being stubborn and so am I LOL

They want to use my full name, and I tell them that no one knows it... rules have changed and if you have a good reason and I do, they should listen... finally a person started answering and I called him a bot LOL

Each day he sends a reply pointing me to settings, privacy and name and kills the case.. I keep on telling him that the case cannot be closed till this issue is resolved... so tiring dealing with people who don't know their own rules and changes.

Full name published and I can be easily found by my abusive ex. some people commented on threads that I don't exist since I cannot be found via google.. YUP very safe medium... The bot advised me to block those people... VERY helpful ... NOT

I'm too old to play games ...

Anna2077
31 Jan 16 10:10 PM

Given up on the leader board, there's no point hitting every link if you can't even make the top 20 in your birthday month ! Good luck all !

Goldmember
31 Jan 16 10:15 PM

Everyone must be updating, as I'm going backwards lol

Anna2077
31 Jan 16 10:39 PM

@Goldmember lol. No luck. Yeh I noticed you had a bad run. :( Good luck next month.

Lemond
31 Jan 16 11:29 PM

@Annaar Gee the joys of social media. About the browser and OS possibly you would need proper statistical analysis of that data. They should be able to track which OS etc people are using.

Lemond
31 Jan 16 11:34 PM

@Lemond Fb is an invasion of privacy ... Sadly fb is needed these days for networking

Numerous places know what IS, browser you are using, what versions etc

Anna2077
01 Feb 16 12:04 AM

Congrats to this month's winners! Pipped at the post! I was number 1 or 2 pretty much every day this month but ultimately missed out. @Goldmember - yep I agree as I had birthday points too and didn't win. Although numbers 1 and 2 also had a birthday this month, so maybe it helps to a certain degree in some months. But daily points makes the most difference - a gap of 140+ more daily points seems impossible to make up even with a birthday bonus. @Annaar - yes I also had a bad run of daily points towards the end - three 3's, one 1, others below 10 etc. The number 3 is my most frequent random daily number. @Lemond - I would love to see a statistical analysis. Wow, same three winners two months in a row. I'd love to have that luck :) Congrats again!

bbjsr
01 Feb 16 12:42 AM

Same! So far off.
Maybe time for a refreshing new idea.
Birthday month shouldn't count anyway, as immediately you are on the back foot 11 months of the year...

sann-oh
01 Feb 16 8:05 AM

I've noticed that some people have seen more competitions then I have. How is that possible ??

Fb used to show some content hours or days after it was published ... Some saw it immediately, others didn't

Anna2077
01 Feb 16 10:24 AM

@Annaar I've got 20 competitions listed for today so far. Check that your on page 1. Check no filters etc etc.

Probably what happened you logged in early as competitions were being posted. More competitions were posted after your early morning log in. Competitions seem to be post one at a time every few minutes when they are doing a batch. Sometimes at different times of the day. Usually early morning, evening and late evening/midnight.

Have you noticed the "random" daily points today and log in times of people. I noticed early this morning everyone had low daily points and thought very suspicious. Then after 8:30am all high scores. Now thinking back to last couple of weeks I think your log in times were roughly same as mine, same with bbjsr at least for the last week or so. I noticed all doing the "early" guessing game lol. No wonder we all got low scores at the same time. I'm questioning the integrity of the daily random points.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 10:58 AM

I've been online after midnight & received 40 points, other days at same time 3

This morning only 10

At the end of the month have a look at the total comps vievwd by you & 3 top winners

Anna2077
01 Feb 16 11:27 AM

@Annaar Same it's not always low etc. What I'm saying people that log in in the same time period get similar scores looking at today as an example. Can you see any scores between 11 and 39 today? And if dig deeper those that got 1-10 logged in before 8:29 am and those after 40-50.

Can you recall the last few days. Think I got 13 yesterday. Probably logged in midnight to 6am. Weekend not sure what time. Just earlier in the week I recall you saying you got lows similar scores on the same days I was getting them.

Only the first time I'm directly noticed this. I have thought of mixing up times to see if makes a difference before.

Yeh I haven't missed many competitions. Usually I check @toxicgherkin and a couple others lol. Warning I may miss competitions on the weekend if exhausted from umpiring. Last weekend was a washout. :(

Lemond
01 Feb 16 11:41 AM

Thanks @Lemond, :) I really don't know how I did it. It is honestly a mystery to me. I received 1 log in point yesterday but caught up on some competitions I hadn't viewed due to work. I do work odd hours from time to time so as far as logging in goes, it could be any time of the day. (I don't log in in the early morning or late at night).
It's going into my freezer slush fund. It was one of the reasons I joined comping and I haven't seen a comp for one yet! Lol..... Although with your talent for finding comps, I'm sure you could ;)
@bbjsr, yes happened to me a couple of times last year. Went to sleep on first and ended up fourth and seventh when I woke up so I didn't expect this to happen at all! Ah those twilight hours! Good comping everyone, there's lots of great prizes out there....

fourleaf
01 Feb 16 12:03 PM

@Lemond I couldn't sleep last night so checked the website and was given 10 points, I did log in around 3am

Will test your theory this week lol

On the 28th check the winners viewed comps scores and they would have viewed more comps then you

Anna2077
01 Feb 16 12:41 PM

@bbjsr, I noticed you were to, sorry you weren't in the top 3

bj74
01 Feb 16 1:00 PM

@fourleaf lol. Well a birthday and good daily points helps. Congrats

Probably the random log in times helped after looking at today's scores.

I wasn't too surprised thou the same three ended up towards the top of the leaderboard. Since September seems to be like a mixture of the same few towards the top of the leaderboard. Usually toxicgherkin in 4th lol.

Looking at last few months it seemed the averages are skewed a bit high to be truly random. I would expect if a random distribution a grouping either side of the average of 25.5 approx 790 daily points for 31 days and tapping off in both directions. I've noticed scores up to about 1000 but none less then 750 that logged in every day. It seems an average scores is about 28 each month.

Today definitely have noticed something not right with the random daily points distribution. Now thinking back with members that log in the same time as me and their scores recently.

I only suspected something wasn't quite right but with looking at randomness can be tricky to prove if looking at a small sample. There's definitely a very strong correlation "99.99%" today between "random" daily points and log in times. Way it looks for today anyone logging in from 8:30am will get 40-50 points and earlier got (1-10). Now if that is the case usually then that could have major issues.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 1:02 PM

@Annaar lol. Well bit more then a theory for this morning. I wouldn't make a claim without checking facts first. Could be a once off if some changes where made that effected the daily random points system.

I actually was up early doing some reading on random generators in reply to your question regarding browsers and random generation. Basically computers have difficulty generating random numbers. They try and simulate pseudo random numbers using clever algorithms. As previous daily random points seemed touch suspicious thou within random variability, I thought what variables influence it's generation. Different browsers/versions use different methods. Without knowing exactly how competitions.com.au generator is implemented it i.e. on the server or client browser side I was looking at the client side browser having an issue. Looks from today might be server side issue as all members had similar daily scores either (1-10) or (40-50) and dependent on time logged in. Too much of a coincidence!

See https://www.random.org/analysis/

Unlikely have many with more competitions viewed. lol

Depends how vigilant I'm checking off competitions. As I've noticed some irregularities with competitions "viewed" previously I do a rough check once in a while.

Strange I lot of people towards the top seemed to miss 1 competition last month at the same time. I wonder if it was the same competition. It appeared to happen at the time when I noticed one slip pass me and by luck found it toggling options. It was probably a delayed competition posted bit after doing a batch I missed, thou for me it already appeared "viewed". Hard to pinpoint what could be the reason.

Lemond
01 Feb 16 11:47 PM

@Lemond may be top 20 got 40-50 and the rest got 1-10... don't know how the random generator works... depends on the coding

I had a look and top 5 viewed more competitions then I did ... I double checked and apparently I have viewed all, but top 5 viewed at least 20 more.

Could be that some are shown to some but not others ... just like fb hides some posts from some but not others ... I remember reading a post that was more then 24hrs old but on my thread it appeared for the first time... even when I searched for it, never came up until it did 24hrs later.

Nice to be at the top, but as long as I start winning comps I don't care :-) For now January II've won zilch and entered about 150 comps

NOT a good way to start a year LOL

Anna2077
01 Feb 16 11:57 PM

@Annaar Try first make sure on page 1 then filtering competitions to hide all entered. That should give you a count of competitions not viewed and display only those you can "Enter". :)

For being below what you expect the number of competitions displayed for the day/month. Possible something has gone wrong with added the points for a viewed competition. Try selecting on the saved/not interested options. This seems to refresh the competition back to "Enter" if it hasn't been added already. Note this is a slow process to find competitions not added. Sometimes I check my tally before I start clicking and note how many new competitions there are and compare afterwards. Usually forget.

Looks like you have viewed all 36 competitions put up yesterday. Refresh the browser competition page etc go back to page 1. Are you using a PC or mobile?

Another option try a different web browser. I find that handy for some competitions the a web page plays up due to javascript or security setting/ad block installed on my default web browser.

My issue could be using a mobile phone tethered via bluetooth to the pc. Also PC doesn't like when display too many competitions/web pages at once. Also tends to crash grrr. Thats if it doesn't once in a while drop connection. So might be a case of networking problem causes the issue.

Now for the "random" daily points it's probably done on the server side. Hmmmm I cant find anything nice to say about it despite getting 50 points this morning. Looks like It needs fixing.

Wouldn't find getting to the Top 20 just to test getting the extra daily guess. lol

Be great to win some competitions. Most random draws you are looking at odds about 1 in 2000. lol X fingers. I think you will find the compers that win regularly have a knack for doing WOL competitions which lot of people avoid for being too hard. Best to find those type of competitions which have lots of prizes and WOL to regularly win.

I have to get in the mood to do those and haven't done any for a couple of months. Think keep it simple works the best from looking at winning examples.

Lemond
02 Feb 16 5:02 AM

@Lemond Thanks :-) Done all that. View comps on both desktop and mobile ... if you are using IE, change to Firefox, Chrome and Opera (still have to try it)

Check the number of comps viewed towards the end of the month, there will be a difference :-)

Anna2077
02 Feb 16 11:10 AM

@Annaar Well possible with so many competitions listed or relisted it can be easy to miss a couple. One question what time did you log in this morning? Just seeing if it follows like yesterdays pattern at all. lol

Lemond
02 Feb 16 11:23 AM

@Lemond I think around 9 when I woke up ... had a late night and since I didn't sleep well the night before, the old body needed to recover LOL.

What time did you log in?

Anna2077
02 Feb 16 12:23 PM

@Annaar About 3am lol. Was doing some reading. Just wondering if logged in a similar time as similar scores. Daily "random" scores seem back to more usual. Hmmm interesting around 9am your daily score fits in with other scores around that time. Hints something I was looking at. Limited sample looking at compared to yesterday.
Bit harder after the first day to clearly identify any abnormalities. More complex with varying log in times and knowing previous score. Think 1st of next month be easier to spot again.

Lemond
02 Feb 16 4:09 PM

@Lemond I don't like being awake at 3am LOL

Anna2077
02 Feb 16 4:13 PM

@bj74 Thanks! Yes I noticed you were up there all month and only just missed out too. Best of luck for this month :)

bbjsr
02 Feb 16 9:48 PM

Just logged in & today I received 15 points, don't think the time matters :-) @Lemond

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 8:33 AM

@Annaar A specific score/restricted range unlikely be linked to a specific time every day. That would of been detected long ago. Especially if the time period was a long as it was.

Plus if looking at time you got seconds/milliseconds to consider etc. Not impossible hard to detect and duplicate.

Got me thinking ...
Might work as a simple random number generator substitute by using the server time say last two digits of milliseconds when logged in and divide by 2 to make out of 50 and rounding up. :) if hasn't being done before and works patent pending.. Better then what ever happened Monday.
I wonder what the pitfalls might be using that method. Maybe if somehow could automate a login at a specific time, unlikely. With human interaction response times, network speeds lot of random variables be hard to replicate.

It's not what I was looking at. I was using a specific time as a base for comparing other daily scores generated in chronological order.
Apart from Mondays restricted range of values for a given/random time period there it also hinted to have order. So even if the restricted range of values for a time period was removed it possibly wasn't still randomly generated.

After Monday definitely something was/is not right. Maybe last night that issue was addressed.

Lemond
03 Feb 16 8:52 PM

@Lemond there must be an algorithm that works it out .... odd times, even times might have be brought into the equation... then there are 15 minute increments ...

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 9:18 PM

@Annaar Just looking what I saw monday. Looked like a loop of numbers (40-50) or (50-40) possible in log in order. I don't think I see that last couple of days. Too hard to spot anyway as only see a small sample. Anyway till next month might have a quick look. X fingers don't see any issue. :)

Lemond
03 Feb 16 10:09 PM

Have a look at 10 day increments, definitely look on the 29th

Anna2077
03 Feb 16 10:26 PM
General Chatter

Win A family weekend escape opens on 4th February and not toay

Anna2077
31 Jan 16 11:58 AM
I've Won | Mum Central - Win a Kids Baking Set!

I'm one excited comper this month!! Won a family holiday to Western Plains Zoo (yaaaay my youngest has never left WA), a crate of muesli bars (just in time for back to school), muffin break baking kit, dreambaby pack, and a leapfrog. Happy days :)

paulah2
29 Jan 16 3:50 PM

Well congratulations. Thats just awesome for sure. My very first win was a holiday. Makes it all worth while. Happy days for sure!!

Trevsta
29 Jan 16 7:28 PM

Now that is a great start to 2016!

Di_D
30 Jan 16 11:38 AM

Congrats!!!!

JoLee
30 Jan 16 12:35 PM

Some great wins! Congratulations!

fourleaf
30 Jan 16 6:50 PM
K

Awesome wins!

kaybee72
30 Jan 16 9:17 PM

Well done! I saw either this comp or something similar but it was for the tickets only not the transportation to get there so I didn't enter as it would cost me too much to get there. It is a Great Zoo. Enjoy!

gaseja
31 Jan 16 7:03 PM
General Chatter

Hi! Has anyone had any luck with Lavazza competition? I keep on getting he is sleeping, watching tv, robot or anything but drinking coffee

Anna2077
25 Jan 16 2:15 PM

lol. Also reading the newspaper, doing a crossword, on the phone, snacking, getting dressed, deciding what shoes to wear and in the shower. :)

Lemond
25 Jan 16 11:29 PM

Haven't seen him n the shower yet ... He sleeps & watches TV A LOT :-)

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 5:29 AM

Secretly I think he's a tea drinker....it's all a ruse... lol

toxicgherkin
26 Jan 16 9:15 AM
K

He is currently listening to his playlist!

kaybee72
26 Jan 16 9:17 AM

He's been getting dressed for the last 2 hours

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 11:43 AM

@toxicgherkin starting t think that he only drinks water & protein shakes :-)

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 11:45 AM

@toxicgherkin Remember talking about low daily scores? I received my lowest today ... The lowest daily allocated :-)

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 1:16 PM

@Annaar, yes, quite a few single digits for me on a daily basis too...swings and roundabouts. Swings and roundabouts, dear Annaar. ;)

toxicgherkin
26 Jan 16 5:02 PM

@toxicgherkin I've had a few good days & now back to single digits. Wonder how they are worked out :-)

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 5:33 PM

@Annaar lol. Got a feeling February is going it be my month to finally get into the top 20. :) Doing the limbo with the daily scores this month.

Lemond
26 Jan 16 10:31 PM

@Lemond would be nice to be in the top 20, but not such a big deal. I just want to win a bit now & again

Anna2077
26 Jan 16 10:57 PM

@Annaar Would love the extra guess for the weekly random number. Been very close this last few weeks. Been a very disappointing month on the daily points. Was hoping least beat @toxicgherkin. lol

Seems like the same members get in the top 20 every month. I reckon @toxicgherkin will sneak in on the last day. :)

Usually a few member's hide down the list then at the last moment check off any missing competitions and points. So you need a couple more good days to make sure of top 20.
Gee one member 959 daily points. Either they have missed a lot of competitions or are going to do a lot of clicking on competitions on the next few days.

Lemond
26 Jan 16 11:27 PM

@Annaar Yeh next month can't come soon enough. Another below average day. Just hope I time my high points for the start of next month.

Time for a coffee break. :)

Lemond
27 Jan 16 12:06 AM

@Lemond May be they haven't bee playing the guessing game

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 12:14 AM

@Lemond what was the last wining number? Yesterday was 1 & today 6 ... Not aiming to be in top 20.

Over the last 2 days haven't entered any comps, I just want a better year then last when it comes to wins.
Last year only won one thing ....

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 12:16 AM

@Annaar They have. :) I've noticed a over a few months some people wait till the last day to update any competitions missed or bonus points. Possibly don't realize haven't got all the bonus points. Will see over the next few days.

For the guessing game there seems to be a intermittent problem for some members. Looks like @MammaPigga84 eariler in the month had an issue again. :( Maybe she missed a day or two thou she had issues over the past few months.

If so it maybe a JavaScript problem they are having. I would recommend trying a different browser or clearing the browser cache to start with. Possible security settings interfering with JavaScript.

Lemond
27 Jan 16 12:28 AM

What were the winning numbers ??? If I ever guess it, will buy a lottery ticket lol

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 12:39 AM

@Annaar You still got a chance of making it. A Week ago was 45 above average now 21 below for the month. :(

Well you got to enter to win. In it to win it. :) Been the same last few days. Time I did another competition binge and post some competitions up.

Lemond
27 Jan 16 12:46 AM

@Annaar lol Well I was betting on certain numbers finally coming up. 67 was this weeks guessing game which were the two numbers I was betting on coming. And previous week was 768 did 767. So close. :(

Lemond
27 Jan 16 1:14 AM

@Lemond you'll get there soon!!

I avoid competitions that ask me to share it with all my fb friends & tag people.

Just checked Lavazza & at almost 9 am he is asleep & almost midnight he was eating at 1 he was watching TV. For 2 hours straight yesterday he was putting on a shirt

Don't think I'll ever win that coffee machine :-)

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 8:54 AM

@Lemond lol.

toxicgherkin
27 Jan 16 9:16 AM

I'm officially out of the running for this comp ... someone on fb didn't like my name and until fb are happy with the proof I provided my account is locked ... highly annoying.. It's not like they can claim my name lol

Years ago in chatrooms almost everyday people messaged me telling me they wanted my handle... until we were able to register them on the server...

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 6:00 PM

@Annaar Weird. Hope it get fixed up soon. :)

Lemond
27 Jan 16 7:53 PM

@Lemond thank you :-) They want bank statements, utility bills, cheques, drivers licenses, passports etc as proof of id .. not going to happen.

SO I forgot to block the number from the RSL club I'm a member of oops, guess will now let membership go after it expires... that's the only ID they've been sent.

Have been googling it and it's a common occurrence ... some people wait a month, some wait longer....

Emailed them a number of times but still no response....

annoying and infuriating ... almost 7 years on fb and now this. Will miss some people an their updates

Anna2077
27 Jan 16 8:03 PM

@Annaar You need to read up on Facebook policy's etc and use that to your advantage to resolve the issue. What's the official reason for your account being disabled? You think they would email/message first before any taking action.

This may help how to recover a temporary lock facebook account. Looks like need a government issued ID with photo.

http://www.tricks99.com/how-to-enable-recover-disabled-facebook-account/

Gee looks like may take from 2 -20 days to get it resolved. :(

Lemond
28 Jan 16 3:43 AM

@Lemond Account is Locked not disabled.

They want the long list of id's I listed previously.

Someone I & many others had a difference of opinion with & guess her way of handling it is reporting people

Now I know why some people haven't been around for sometime

Sent my old RSL card through .. Will take a while to get fixed

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 8:32 AM

@Lemond they don't warn, just take action.. The messages are auto generated. Multi billion dollar company is so prehistoric LOL

IT will be worked out, I've not done anything wrong... Annoyed

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 8:37 AM

@Lemond having re read TOS I'll wait till account is reopened, find out how I can keep I touch with some people I only know on fb & deactivate

Should re read TOS every year ... Didn't realize that FB are tracking me via the Mobile app no matter where I'm

If the app is logged in, I'm tracked.

They obsolve themselves from all responsibility & they own all my content ... Guess will delete ALL photos as well :-)

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 9:40 AM

@Lemond I've not entered a competition in 7 days .. getting pretty dire

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 11:44 AM

@Annaar Sounds like a name issue that FB have been cracking down on lately. If you submit a form of ID X fingers it should be cleared up. The link and comments might be worth a read of similar situations.

Lemond
28 Jan 16 3:10 PM

@Lemond did that yesterday, forgot to block out the rsl id number ... they aren't suppose to be cracking down but relaxing the laws...

They are suppose to be cracking down on people who report others ... plus they have over 70 million fake accounts to worry about.

Too many people are complaining, complaints are going back to 2009.. nothing has changed since then.

if you use fb on your phone your are tracked via gps. if you are logged on to fb but the tab is shut they are tracking your every move.

it gets better and better with them LOL

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 4:24 PM

@Annaar For tracking either disable GPS or use a Fake GPS app. Personally I don't use FB on my phone. Good luck for getting a quick resolution.

You can still enter plenty of competitions that only need email.

Lemond
28 Jan 16 7:32 PM

@Lemond logged in phone app has GPS built in ... Not a good thing :-)

Will get it back sooner or later, it's annoying as I can only keep in touch with some people on it.

Not crazy about fb comps as they almost always want you to share & tag.

According to fb, new rules that are coming in will force people to explain why they don't like others names, tagging people as fake will not cut it any more.

They are trying to cut down on work, but having 1.6 billion accounts to look after is a lot of work :-

Anna2077
28 Jan 16 10:47 PM
General Chatter

@Trevsta, Happy Birthday for the other day. Woot. Woot

toxicgherkin
24 Jan 16 9:34 AM

How do you find people's birthdays?

Anna2077
24 Jan 16 2:34 PM

Hi, @Annaar. If you check the Leaderboard, you can peruse each member's stats (in the Top 50 or so). Cumulative daily points, completed profile, Guessing Game cumulative points etc. You may see birthday boy or birthday girl's profile stats showing Birthday Points, there for the rest of that month. These are awarded just prior to midnight, on their respective birth date. It's a nice little points (and morale) booster, though no guarantee of a win for the month. It all depends on your profile completion, participating daily or not in the Guessing Game and clicking on 'fresh' competitions, to maximise your score. Good luck, and looking forward to wishing you a Happy Birthday whenever it arises.. :)

toxicgherkin
24 Jan 16 7:19 PM

@toxicgherkin Thank you :-) Agree it's a great point booster... Having much luck winning anything this month? So far I'm doing last years thing... nada wins... Need a tiny moral booster just about now... nothing major, movie tix would be great. Will remember to wish you Happy Birthday in about 340 days ;-)

Anna2077
24 Jan 16 8:02 PM

A few minor wins. A few free double passes to movies. More DVD's - later seasons of TV series so I feel compelled to buy the earlier ones to catch up...More fool me.. lol

toxicgherkin
24 Jan 16 9:37 PM

That's great!! I've been gifted Modern Family Season 6 and thinking of getting the previous 5. You aren't alone there....

Anna2077
24 Jan 16 10:26 PM

Cheers toxic!! Im the big 45 and feel 25!!!

Trevsta
25 Jan 16 8:03 PM

@Trevsta Happy Birthday. 1971 a great year for Penfolds Grange. :)

Lemond
29 Jan 16 12:21 AM

Thanks @ Lemond
I happen to have a bottle at dads place for a special occasion!!! Great year indeed!! Good luck mate!!

Trevsta
29 Jan 16 7:25 PM

Hope you had a great day trevsta !!

JoLee
30 Jan 16 12:36 PM

Thanks jo lee :)

Trevsta
30 Jan 16 10:01 PM
General Chatter

So I won the guessing game about a month ago and still haven't received even an email, is this normal? I've used the contact us section to send three messages with no reply. My paypal is linked to hubbys email not the email I use for this, long story but my brother decided to use my email before he had one. Sorry for the rant any feedback would be helpful. Thanks guys :)

KungFuKittty
24 Jan 16 8:18 AM

You should of received an email within a day, maybe contact admin via the fb page with a PM

bj74
24 Jan 16 9:13 AM

Great advice, thank you!

KungFuKittty
24 Jan 16 4:46 PM
Tips & Tricks

Hi Everyone!

The latest blog post from Competitions.com.au is now live:

COMPETITIONS FOR THE NEWBIE OR PRO

http://blog.competitions.com.au/tips/competitions-for-the-newbie-or-pro/

Thanks,

Nicole

LuckyNicky
23 Jan 16 2:35 PM

Great blog. Sounds like me lately, doing the easy random draw entries. The only problem with doing the daily routine of multiple entries you need some organisation to remember to do them all.

Thou optimism isn't going to help for this months Leaderboard. lol

Now a good blog how to search for competitions.

Lemond
23 Jan 16 3:08 PM

@LuckyNicky, thanks for the sound advice.

fourleaf
25 Jan 16 4:42 PM
General Chatter

there is a comp where you can get an entry for a car,and you join choice whatever,which i did.it's turning out to be ver difficult getting them to keep their side of the bargain.without ruffelling some feathers,after all,i have only been a meber for all of 15mins,how can i get to the competition?

kerriejoy
21 Jan 16 5:22 PM

What's the link to the competition? What site? Maybe you need to verify registration first before entering from an email.

Lemond
21 Jan 16 7:45 PM
General Chatter

Happy Birthday, Goldmember!!!!! Woot Woot (for the other day).

toxicgherkin
20 Jan 16 8:52 AM

Happy Birthday, @Goldmember! Hope you enjoyed the "Gold" themed competitions. :)

Lemond
20 Jan 16 11:07 AM

@toxicgherkin I noticed about 3 days ago. Lots of birthdays this month. :)

The GOLD 104.3 "POST YOUR TOAST? TO WIN! looks tasty. Has this competition been posted on competitions.com.au? If not, I'm sure they will post it up with a day to go before it ends.

Lemond
20 Jan 16 11:08 AM

Happy days bunna!!!!

Trevsta
20 Jan 16 12:38 PM

@Lemond The Helga competition is here today ...

Anna2077
21 Jan 16 10:39 AM

@Annaar :) I noticed. That competition makes me feel hungry. :) Maybe the admins read the forums. lol

Lemond
21 Jan 16 11:25 AM

@Lemond may be :-) I want a cup of coffee each time or almost each time I look at the lavazza comp... Still no luck getting past 1st stage

Anna2077
21 Jan 16 1:31 PM

@Lemond got one for you https://www.aldi.com.au/en/about-aldi/fitness-terms-and-conditions/ enter on facebook

Anna2077
21 Jan 16 5:02 PM

@Annaar This was meant to be @Goldmember birthday thread. :)

Lemond
21 Jan 16 7:39 PM

@Lemond sorry

Anna2077
21 Jan 16 8:00 PM

Thanks everyone! Turned my birthday into birthday week with awesome family times! Good luck all !

Goldmember
24 Jan 16 8:30 PM

@Goldmember I do that every year... one day is just not enough :-)

Anna2077
24 Jan 16 9:21 PM

@Annaar agreed! Its taken me a while but I finally cottoned on!

Goldmember
24 Jan 16 10:45 PM

@GoldMember took me a few years as well, but I've made up for it over the last 3 years :-)

Anna2077
25 Jan 16 6:31 AM
I've Won | Perth Now - Win a double pass to see The Danish Girl

Won two double passes! My first win since joining this site.

olibgoli
19 Jan 16 4:43 PM

Woohoo! Well done!

fourleaf
19 Jan 16 6:15 PM
K

Awesome! The first win is always the sweetest.

kaybee72
20 Jan 16 8:31 AM

Nice one, olibgoli!

toxicgherkin
20 Jan 16 8:50 AM

Its just the beginning. Congratulations!!

Trevsta
20 Jan 16 12:39 PM
General Chatter

@Goldmember Happy Birthday! To our illustrious leader of the LUC Klan for a couple of days ago. :) Just for you I've found some "gold" themed competitions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwB0ZJbwmpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab10tnP-mJs

Competition: WSFM, GOLD 104.3 & 4KQ's HELGAS "POST YOUR TOAST? TO WIN!
Prize: Upload your tasty snap here, and you could be enjoying a Helga's brunch in Sydney with Tobie Puttock. Where you'll then go into the draw to win a culinary trip around Australia worth $10,000!
Start Date: Monday 18 January 2016 at 05:30am AEDST
End Date: Thursday 28 January 2016 at 05:30am AEDST
Link: http://www.gold1043.com.au/win/helgas-post-your-toast-to-win#J2dk04RbxPb5fAXQ.99
Terms and Conditions: http://cdn.arn.com.au/media/7138689/helgaspostyourtoast-terms-conditionsdoc.pdf
Restrictions: Only to VIC, NSW, QLD

Competition: Win a $10,000 Gold Coast Experience
Prize: The winner will receive a Gold Coast SL Holidays voucher valued at $10,000 including GST
Link: https://competition.gc2018.com/
Terms and Conditions: https://competition.gc2018.com/assets/docs/gold-coast-commonwealth-games-trivia-comp-terms-and-conditions.pdf
End Date: 12 noon on 31 January 2016

Competition: Maison Beda Grand Opening Giveaway
Prize :Enter to win a Silver and Rose Gold Plated Ula Wrap Bangle. $70.00 Value
End Date: 31/1/2016 11:59 PM EST
Link: http://www.fishbowlprizes.com/giveaway/791/grand-opening!!!/
Restrictions: 18+ Worldwide Limit: 1 Per Person
Note: Confirm entry via email with extra entries to post on facebook/twitter

Prize: SmallWorlds | 10k Gold Giveaway 2016
End Date: February 1st 2016
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hreoj49q0jE

Competition: 24K Bio-Brightening Pigment Balancing Mask Giveaway!
Prize: Orogold luxurious facial mask that will brighten and even skin tone. (Contains gold)
5 winners will be randomly selected
End Date: February 2, 2016.
Link: http://orogoldgiveaway.com/24k-bio-brightening-pigment-balancing-mask-giveaway/
Restrictions: Worldwide 18+
Note: You will receive a confirmation email once your entry has been received.

Prize: win a pair of 1ct studs. Set in white gold, they're valued at $4,999.00.
End Date: 31/1/2016 11:59 PM EST
Link: www.superjeweler.com
Terms and Conditions: https://www.superjeweler.com/official-contest-rules
Restrictions: 18+ Worldwide Limit: 1 Per Person

Lemond
19 Jan 16 4:32 PM

Aww thanks for the birthday wishes ! Been busy with new job, new car, new phone, birthday extravaganza and every spare moment at the beach! Did I win something? Hadnt noticed lol !

Goldmember
24 Jan 16 8:26 PM

@Goldmember lol . Sounds like you had a great week.

Lemond
24 Jan 16 11:31 PM
General Chatter

Prize: Win A Decadent MAGNUM 'Indulgent Night In' Prize Pack!
The prize (per winner) consists of:

5 x 25g MAGNUM Signature Chocolate (white)
5 x 25g MAGNUM Signature Chocolate (dark)
5 x 25g MAGNUM Signature Chocolate (milk)
5 x Classic MAGNUM Almond bar
200ml bottle Moet Chandon Brut Imperial
$30 Netflix Voucher
Mercer + Reid Paraguay Throw Rug (pale silver)
End Date: 18/1/2016
Referral LInk: https://wn.nr/HhtGs
Note: Winner of the competition must be 18 years old and over and residents of Australia.
Get in quick to get todays bonus entries. Sorry only came across the competition tonight.
Doh was listed a few days ago on competitions.com.au didn't see it. :)
Good to see the Tru Leather competition put up before it ended. lol
Good Luck. :)

Lemond
17 Jan 16 8:16 PM

Was about to say congratulations on the win ... then I noticed it wasn't listed under I've won LOL

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 8:26 PM

@Annaar lol. I should check my emails. Least delete some junk before I reach 7000 emails. Just doing my daily routine of clicking on the comps I posted up. Doing the bonus daily entries.

Lemond
17 Jan 16 8:29 PM

@Annaar Any good last minute competitions to enter? I haven't had the time to check what's been posted. Just clicked on the all early this morning before having a nap then rushing off to umpiring.

Lemond
17 Jan 16 8:48 PM

@Lemond I posted 2 links earlier this week as reply to one of your posts. Not sure if you've seen them.

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 9:12 PM

@Lemond I keep on entering and so far no winnings, not even a movie ticket LOL. Will double check during dinner and if anything fun will let you know

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 9:13 PM

TV Soap - Issue 02 dated 28 January 2016.

Answer the following question:-

Tell us in no more than 25 words which guest star you'd like to see on a TV soap and why?

Entries must be made on the original coupon from the magazine.

Prizes:-

1 of 15 - Everest DVD (worth $39.95 each)
1 of 25 - Take Care DVD (worth $29.95 each)
1 of 25 - Impy's Wonderland DVD (worth $24.95)
1 of 17 - Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper novel (worth $29.99 each)
1 of 5 - Happy Home Outside book (worth $49.99 each)
1 of 1 - Hoselink Retractable Hose Reel (worth $267.50)
1 of 10 - Cardini's Salad Dressing gift pack (worth $26.75)
1 of 15 - All The Rivers Run: Part II DVD (worth $19.95 each)

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 9:34 PM

@Annaar Ok forgot to mention my terms and conditions for tonight. Not WOL competitions. lol. I've had a long weekend of umpiring and few vodkas. :)

Hmm TV soap
I like to see Arnie as the Terminator go back in time and get rid of all TV Soaps and Reality TV shows.

Lemond
17 Jan 16 9:43 PM

@Lemond lol me too ... but reality tv and some soaps serve the purpose of not thinking about any thing for 30 min...

Having a few vodkas might help with the dreaded WOL competitions :-)

Mention Arni and you might win ...

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 9:57 PM

@Lemond Got 4 comps for you ... http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/list-competitions/

Anna2077
19 Jan 16 9:15 PM

@Annaar :) Thanks. Think I've entered competitions from that site before. :)

How did all the clicking go for all those posted competitions today? God 52 competitions posted up this morning. I noticed a couple I had already posted. I've put up a few more competitions up earlier. Was looking for competitions "Gold" themed.

Lemond
19 Jan 16 9:36 PM

Pleasure :-) Only entered one from this morning... still no wins.

Since I'm out of work I'm entertaining things I'd like & cannot afford, some I'd love to gift and cannot afford to buy... Not entering holidays as I'm hoping to get a job and then for a year holidays will be out of the question ...

Hoping to win something little in January... still nothing. In 2014 i won one thing, in 2015 I've won one thing (movie tix both years)... hoping my luck will improve LOL

Anna2077
19 Jan 16 9:48 PM

@Annaar I've only really been actively doing comps since September. Only a DVD and 3 months Netflix and $50 Coles voucher for doing a survey. Competition shopping list is new PC or laptop, TV, fridge. Air con might be nice atm lol. Give Melbourne a couple of weeks be cool again.

Lemond
19 Jan 16 9:57 PM

@Lemond I signed up in Dec 2014, but have been entering comps not so regularly.. entered about 300 last year with one movie tix win ... lol

Don't have a shopping list, but winning tix to plays/opera/movies a bit more regularly would be nice... may be chance to dine some where ...

I saw aircon comp today... hope you entered.

New TV would be nice, apple tv a well :-)

Anna2077
19 Jan 16 10:10 PM

@Annaar I entered the aircon competition about 6am when it was posted up. :)

God think I've done at least 300* since September. I would have to check bookmarks from the last few months. It would be around 100 per month. Over 100 already this month .

Lemond
19 Jan 16 10:37 PM

@Lemond I have a spreadsheet going to keep tabs of the competitions ... bookmarks, I need to clean up... 2 years ago it was very tidy little list... right now it's a monster

Anna2077
19 Jan 16 11:31 PM
I've Won | Michel's Patisserie - Win a Summer Sensation cake

Yay I won a lovely looking cake from Michel's and just in time for my sons birthday!

Alittlebitoffun
17 Jan 16 4:30 PM

Congratulations. :)

Trevsta
18 Jan 16 2:50 PM

Nice win :)

JoLee
18 Jan 16 8:43 PM

Congratulations!

fourleaf
19 Jan 16 6:14 PM
I've Won | Taste - Win a KitchenAid KSM160 Artisan Stand Mixer

Made hubby a bit grumpy - "Why couldn't you have won this before we bought one?"
Plus side is it will go into the auction instead for 1st Myrtleford Scouts so all good!

Di_D
17 Jan 16 3:43 PM
A

Congrats, lovely win!!

Alittlebitoffun
17 Jan 16 4:31 PM

:) Congrats. lol.

Lemond
17 Jan 16 7:49 PM

Congrats

Anna2077
17 Jan 16 7:54 PM

Congratulations on the win, Di_D, and all the best for the upcoming community group's auction event.

toxicgherkin
18 Jan 16 8:37 AM

Thank you all.

Di_D
18 Jan 16 9:14 AM

Congratulationns!!

Trevsta
18 Jan 16 2:50 PM

Congratulations! :)

fourleaf
19 Jan 16 6:13 PM
Feedback / Suggestions

The RACQ David Bowie Album competition is open to Queensland residents only

Di_D
17 Jan 16 9:55 AM
General Chatter

Hi!

How safe are Cashrewards surveys? Still new and don't want to make any costly mistakes...

Anna2077
16 Jan 16 7:44 PM
I've Won

Yay I won a Jurlique Rosewater Mist from their spin & win competition!! Woo hoo and I won gold class movie tickets earlier this week. Great start to new comping year

Alittlebitoffun
16 Jan 16 8:25 AM

Awesome!!!!

JoLee
18 Jan 16 8:44 PM
General Chatter

January Competitions - Part 3
See Parts 1&2 below somewhere for comps still running.
Last Edited 15/1/2016

Prize: iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil
End Date: 30/1/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/6LmqB

Prize: His and Hers smart watches
End Date: 29/2/2016
Referral Link: https://p.antavo.com/f/Dfs/+419/
Note: Top 4 points earners win. Help me win please. :)

Prize: Win this $250 back to business prize pack! One genuine leather backpack One luxury leather wallet Express shipped direct to you! (Australian Comp)
End Date: 22/1/2016
Referral LInk: https://wn.nr/GFHtU

Good Luck

Lemond
15 Jan 16 5:53 PM
Feedback / Suggestions

@admin, @Zedmin, so, why is it that some account holders can view (with 'count' for viewing) comps that seem to be hidden from other account holders? This is a chronic problem, that is unrelated to comps added late then being expired. There seems to be an inconsistency in what each and every account can view. Please respond.

toxicgherkin
14 Jan 16 8:57 PM

I'm guessing how is it you missed a competition?

I've noticed a couple of strange things. I was only lucky to noticed somehow I "missed" a competition. I first noticed from viewing one of the top few profiles on the leaderboard that I was down one competition. Then using filtering to hide entered competitions didn't give any results. I started toggling the saved and not interested options on a few competitions in hope to try and reset the "Viewed/Entered" for that missing competition. I was lucky to find it almost straight away else I wouldn't of worried. Somehow a competition that I have "Viewed/Entered" hasn't registered with the leaderboard points, but shows up as "Viewed". I found this trick initially when I joined up if this happens try toggling the options. By doing this it resets the "Viewed/Entered" with the server If it hasn't been registered/counted as viewed but is displaying as "Viewed".

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:56 PM

Lemond, yes I do try that each month if there's one or two that I seemed to have missed. Given this stage of the month, that's a whole lot of clicking involved. Then you also run the risk that the comp has expired so no point! No points!

toxicgherkin
15 Jan 16 8:18 AM

@toxicgherkin Yeh it's a slow process toggling the options in the hope find the rouge competitions. I was lucky to find one this month that was expiring on that day took me about one minute. It definitely was displayed as "Viewed" and changed back to "Enter" after toggle the options.

Trying to understand you initial question.

I wouldn't think competitions would be hidden from particular members. I would check if any filters are set up (easy to forget) and are on page one of the list. I find it best first go to page 1 before setting the filters.

I had a case last week of using a the filter to hide competitions "Entered" no results. Tried immediately again got one competition and did this a few times. Kept getting 1 competition. For a while thought was on a gold mine lol. Trying to think what could of really happened. The competitions that came up were not just posted in the previous minutes. I suspect I wasn't on page one or due to the high number of featured competitions pushed them to page 2 but only showing as 1 page. Thou from memory only said was 1 result each time. All up was four competitions which I had missed.

Lemond
15 Jan 16 8:55 AM

@Lemond, yes it leaves me scratching my head... I've done the click around....I suspect rogue comp has expired now. :( Oh well, that one went through to the keeper....

toxicgherkin
15 Jan 16 9:44 AM

@toxicgherkin
@Admin

I don't think/unlikely competitions are being hidden from view for a particular member.
The only ways that could happen on your side:
* if you have got a filter set.
* Not on the first page when viewing results for a filter.
* If not running a filter, not on the first or first few pages when viewing new competitions, depending how many new competitions displayed.
*browser error , maybe javascript disabled

It's not impossible thou it depends on how they have implement things on the database. There could be decisions made to decrease workload on the server which may cause inconsistencies. Still highly unlikely as any issues most likely occur on mass not to a particular member.

If there is indeed competitions not being displayed do you have any examples? You would need a couple of members/accounts to verify. From looking at profiles the last few months I suspect it's more likely the example I've come across why competitions aren't added to the tally.

If referring to why are competitions are displayed as "viewed" but not registered as counting to the daily points. Then latter may be displayed "Enter" after toggling the "Saved" and "Not interested" options.

There is definitely an issue here. I saw that the first month I joined up, and this last week. I was down one competition. There were no competitions, not viewed. For the competition I toggled the options it was definitely displayed as "Viewed" and saw it refresh back to "Enter". Then once clicked the "Enter" button on my viewed tally went up one.

Which probably explains why some people miss a couple of competitions. I.e. Competitions displaying as "Viewed" but not counted.

Why this happens????
As it seems an intermittent problem the code behind the event listener for the "Enter" button seems to fail or not complete under certain circumstances. Could be a network issue on either end and/or some logic failing. I.e. Sets to "Viewed" but not compete and addition to the competitions viewed tally. Reclicking on a competition once set to "Viewed" doesn't seem to help. I.e. the code possibly doesn't check/query the database and assumes it's already counted.

There would be at least basic tables on the server listing member details, competitions details and one storing the relationship between Competitions and Members for competitions viewed. Most likely when you request competitions to be displayed it queries the Competitions and Competitions_Member_Viewed and merges then into a view to be displayed. Applying any filters requested.

Eg. Giving a list of all competitions and whether "Enter/Viewed/Expired" for that member
Future reference below will call this "Competitions_Member_Query"

Solution
Now as toggling the options seems to refresh the competition before it's expired, I assume there is probably in the database there is a field storing it's "Enter/Viewed/Expired" call it "Competition_Display" for reference, and another storing the "Viewed_Status" "0/1" for a member. I.e In a Competitions_Member_Viewed relationship table. There also already exists a query to update the "Enter/Viewed/Expired" if not "Expired" back to "Enter" if the "Viewed tally" is 0.

Quick solution instead of having to go through all competitions togging the "Saved/Not Interest" options. Which is a slow and painful process.

Add/Change a condition/logic to the Competitions_Member_Query to reflect the following pseudocode
If Competitions.Expired is true Competitions_Member_Viewed.Competition_Display = "Expired"
If Competitions_Member_Viewed.Viewed_Status" is 0
Competitions_Member_Viewed.Competition_Display" = "Enter"
else
Competitions_Member_Viewed.Competition_Display = "Viewed"
End if
End if

Seems currently test the Member_Competitions_Viewed.Competition_Display. I think most members would rather a competition show up as to "Enter" if it hasn't been updated to their competitions "Viewed" tally then display as "Viewed" thou it somehow hasn't been added to their tally. Hope that makes sense.

The "solution" wouldn't fix directly the competitions viewed tally but show up the competition to "Enter" once the member refreshes the browser etc. Then they can add as usual via then "Enter" button.

Some ideas, hopelessly this helps admin solve this issue.

Lemond
15 Jan 16 1:50 PM

@toxicgherkin lol. Howzat! DRS shows there was an edge.

Yeh I was lucky wasn't expecting for mine to reshow. Thought give that old trick a try.

Damn can't seem to catch you again on the leader board. Every month so far you've been ahead. Except for the New Years hangover.

Lemond
15 Jan 16 1:53 PM

Omg how confusing(with total respect)!! Lol

JoLee
15 Jan 16 6:59 PM

@JoLee lol. Not as confusing the the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Lemond
15 Jan 16 7:15 PM

@Lemond lol

toxicgherkin
15 Jan 16 8:55 PM

I'm hearing you!!!! lol

JoLee
16 Jan 16 10:41 AM
I've Won

Another win this week. Back on a roll! A copy of "The Final Days of Anne Frank" on DVD courtesy of Nat Geo TV. I love unexpected surprises in the mail!

kaybee72
14 Jan 16 4:16 PM

kaybee72, congratulations there. A challenging documentary, no doubt.

toxicgherkin
14 Jan 16 4:49 PM

Congratulations :). Happy Days

JoLee
14 Jan 16 6:45 PM
J

I agree with toxicgherkin - a challenging documentary but I'm sure a very good one.

Jrob71
14 Jan 16 8:50 PM
K

Yes it does look very sombre. One to watch when I am in the right frame of mind. A story of a very brave girl that deserves to be told and remembered.

kaybee72
14 Jan 16 9:17 PM

@kaybee72 you've never read the book?

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 9:53 PM
K

I have read the book but this tells the story of what happened after she was found and sent to the concentration camp. Her diary entries stopped a couple of days before she was found.

kaybee72
15 Jan 16 3:21 PM

I went to the museum, her house. Very confronting. The human race is evil.

Goldmember
24 Jan 16 8:33 PM
General Chatter

HI! Is there a chance of 'blocking' constant and recurring competitions? Every time I see a featured competition I think it's a new one

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 12:59 PM
Tips & Tricks

Hi Compers!

Here's the latest post from the Competitions.com.au Blog:

SOCIAL MEDIA COMPETITIONS
http://blog.competitions.com.au/tips/social-media-competitions/

Happy Winning!

Nicole

LuckyNicky
14 Jan 16 10:35 AM

A LOT and I mean A LOT of people how social media accounts dedicated to comping. Each time I get on fb to enter a comp there already 200+ comments.... almost not worth it

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 11:05 AM

@Annaar Free entry except internet data charges and depreciation of hardware used to enter. :). Gives you practice for WOL competition if it's that for next time. Feeling you get when you win! Priceless.

Even if it's only free WIFI and one nights stay in Japan. Travel expenses excluded. :)

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:46 AM

Yeh gone are the days of posting in entries by mail. Especially as the cost of mail has gone up. Just imagine all the paper and postage that's being saved.

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:53 AM

WOL? Wifi is expensive...Leaving your phone on roaming even more :-)

The stamp now costs $1, plus there was always things getting lost

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 12:31 PM

@Annaar lol the WIFI/Japan reference was an in joke to member. WOL means in comping terms words or less.

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:33 PM

@Lemond Worked out what WOL meant after I asked and didn't know how to delete the message lol

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 11:42 PM

Just a note, remember it's against Facebook Terms of Service to have more than one facebook account. So no-one can have a second or "fake" facebook account to tag themselves. (I found one the other day that won a prize).

Also "technically" it's also against Facebook Terms of Service for promoters to ask you to share or tag a friend. Most do though and I share and tag now and then. Just a note, I guess Facebook is trying to get you to keep all your friends and not loose them because you overshared!
https://m.facebook.com/terms.php (4-2 then scroll to "Promotion Guidelines" at the bottom of the page then E3)
I will share and tag now and then and there are so many pages that ask you to do it especially smaller ones. I have heard of some Compers that have nearly had their Facebook pages shut down for oversharing. (eg the person who shares the most wins)
I saw a comp the other day that asked for people to tag 10 friends!
Just be aware of the fact that's all and happy comping.

fourleaf
15 Jan 16 7:29 PM

@fourleaf Thanks. Thou never have tagged people of facebook competitions. Usually avoid those comps. Minus the one I just posted be the first close to that kind of comp. Thou its share a link generated thou entry form is on facebook. I would love a win. :)

Actually I think Facebook are about release a version for businesses. Where I think you can have two and separate private and business. Well I only use facebook for comps. If friends what to share something they can pop over or call. :)

Lemond
15 Jan 16 8:22 PM

@fourleaf God reading terms of facebook. Hmm no false personal information. I'm not sharing my birth date with them etc for identity thieves to harvest.

Lemond
15 Jan 16 8:30 PM
General Chatter

@Admin The "Win a VIP trip for 2 to the Malaysian MotoGP! for Stanley Tools says already expired, that was posted this morning.
See http://www.stanleytools.com.au/motogp-vip

Lemond
14 Jan 16 10:11 AM
General Chatter

@bbjsr, happy birthday (for yesterday I see). Hoping it was a great one! Cheers.

toxicgherkin
14 Jan 16 9:05 AM

@bbjsr, happy birthday. :)

Lemond
14 Jan 16 9:56 AM

Thank you both @toxicgherkin and @Lemond for your lovely birthday wishes! That is incredibly kind of you! Yes, I had a wonderful, relaxing day with my family at home and topped it off with icecream cake (our tradition!). We are really struggling at the moment on the pension so couldn't afford any gifts but I was genuinely happy just being with my family :) I have never made it to the top of the leaderboard so maybe I can have some luck in reaching that milestone this month...fingers crossed! Thank you again for your thoughts - it is very much appreciated.

bbjsr
16 Jan 16 3:15 AM

:)

toxicgherkin
16 Jan 16 7:59 AM

@bbjsr Good Luck on the monthly leaderboard :). You've got a good chance this month. Make sure you click all those competitions posted. There are a lot of competitions posted today that end in a day.

Lemond
16 Jan 16 9:55 AM
General Chatter

A long the line of competitions, US Lotto has reached $1.3 billion USD and now we can purchase tickets as well ... minimum spend $14USD, $20 AUD

If you ONLY select correct red ball, you get $5 lol

Chances of winning are very slim, but never know unless we try ...

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 3:55 PM

What are the terms and conditions for purchase and if you win? From what I briefly saw on A Current Affair you don't directly purchase a ticket. Sounded like you place a bet with the Australian site on the US Lotto and they buy a ticket to insure against the bet. No catches like they only pay a percentage etc etc?

I reckon my chances of winning the US Lotto would be better then me winning this months leaderboard lol.

Lemond
13 Jan 16 8:15 PM

Will have to look into it.... Pretty sure that my chances are just like yours :-) Was reading somewhere that the chance of 1.3 billion which is probably more by now since there is a freenzied buying spree is something along the lines of 1:250 million

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 9:04 PM

@Annaar
From their website if you can get in.

All states except SA can play US Powerball
Only QLD, TAS, ACT and NT can take
advantage of the free game promotion

I think they are having a promotion for those states to enter in free till Midnight. Which was mentioned on ACA

See https://www.lottoland.com.au/

Will try and get more info from the site. Having problems might be having high load atm.

Damn I'm from VIC can't get a free entry. :(

Lemond
13 Jan 16 9:06 PM

Thank you!! Guessing there will be some charges added to playing overseas game by the people in Australia.

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 9:13 PM

@Annaar Yeh you pay a premium of $10.50 v's USA of $2.
Anyone from QLD, TAS, ACT and NT here taken advantage one free entry offered?

@Mellyxo ?

Lemond
13 Jan 16 9:16 PM

Something to do with the gaming license that NT acquired ... might give i a miss

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 9:21 PM

it already reached 1.5 billion, by the time it goes off it will get to 2billon. LOVED the comment that if you have almost 600million that you want to spend, you can buy every single combination... the problem is that after tax you'll have less left

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 9:22 PM

@Annaar You can't directly enter the US Lotto from Australia. They also do other lottos around the world in the same manner. Yeh they have a gaming licence that allows them to bet on the US Lotto. They buy a ticket with your numbers to hedge against the bet.

Lemond
13 Jan 16 9:30 PM

@Annaar Hmm odds of winning the US Lotto still better then me getting 6 50's in a row to get me near the Top of the Leaderboard. Probably still wouldn't win the monthly leaderboard with that

Lemond
13 Jan 16 9:33 PM

you might be luckier getting to the top of the leader board then winning US lotto

Since you pay them to get you he ticket, wouldn't surprise me if they'll pocket the winnings. Telling you that you didn't enter, something went wrong, you gave them different numbers.... unless I'm the one who submits the ticket, I'm not touching it

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 9:53 PM

@Annaar lol 50^6 = 15,625,000,000. So 6 straight days of getting 50 of I would almost catch the leaders assuming they had 6 average days. 148 points behind at the moment.   Now what was the odds of the US lotto 200 million?

Lemond
13 Jan 16 10:34 PM

@Annaar I know some aussie lotto sites only pay like say upto $20,000 for Powerball etc. Can't recall the exact terms and conditions. If you won the minor divisions you got full payment. The issue was if you won the first couple of divisions.

Lemond
13 Jan 16 10:38 PM

That's why I'll not be entering the USA one ... on the home ground, read somewhere that if you live in VIC ch 7 have comp going for tix to Australian Open.... was going to book mark it but my phone reception kept on dropping out... 2 hrs of that nonsense and I've used up 100mb of data lol

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 10:45 PM

@Annaar Damn. Reminds me must get around putting the internet on where I am. Just using my 5 GB mobile data connected to the pc, which is usually enough. It will be a big difference with unlimited data on TPG fibre to the basement VDSL. Won the internet lotto last year when they connected the building up :).

Good luck with tomorrow's daily points. Popping out doing some late shopping before the change hits. Damn it's still warm in Melbourne.

Lemond
13 Jan 16 11:00 PM

http://www.smh.com.au/wa-news/aussie-players-in-us15-billion-powerball-crash-lottoland-website-20160113-gm58vj.html?&utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Afac-14omn0013-optim-nnn%3Anonpaid-25062014-social_traffic-all-organicpost-nnn-smh-o&campaign_code=nocode&promote_channel=social_facebook

Hope they connect you soon! Don't know why the phone kept on dropping out.. must have been the area I was in ... although outside had no problem, just indoors...

thank you! Good luck to you too... almost fell over when I noticed 49 points this am, as yesterday was 6 ... must be totally random

Anna2077
13 Jan 16 11:17 PM

@Annaar if your going to the tennis, hint get seats on the west side of the stadiums not too close to the court for the shade in the arvo.
Yeh 49 today. Only 5 more great days in the next week and in with a chance. :)

Thanks guess the site was having problems coping with the mass of people trying to enter.

Lemond
14 Jan 16 12:28 AM

Fingers crossed for you :-) I'm looking forward to winning this year ... last year was just sad, and it was my first year of entering a lot of comps... so far this year, nothing...

Since I'm out of work, every little bit helps.. sadly Christmas I had to resort to making things instead of buying gifts

People have lost the plot and crashed the site LOL

Someone commented on facebook that he didn't buy the ticket in the US lotto, that he payed for the numbers with Australian Gambling Co

Some crazy people are saying that they don't want to win that much, as everyone will want them to help 1. You never tell a soul that you've won.... 2. Money comes in annually as income.... 3. Still work and donate a lot ...

Never had money apart from basic income and some family always wanted help, they wanted luxuries and expected others to pay for them. As my reply was a NO or ignoring their requests, they don't talk to me any more LOL

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 12:48 AM

@Annaar lol. Well I put a lot of international competitions random draws on Monday in the forum. It's a numbers game for the random draws. Enter 1000 competitions win 1. lol.

The best odds are for word or less competitions if your good at them. I've been slack on those for the last month. Haven't seen any that interest me.

Well if you know the laws of cricket they are always looking for umpires on the weekend. :) . Tax Free etc players usually well behaved. :)

Lemond
14 Jan 16 1:00 AM

I know it's a numbers game. Too many competitions need you to purchase something. I stay away from those.

Sometimes I can think of something 'witty' to say, other days not.

By the time I see some fb comps they already have 200+ comments, I move on

Thank you for the tip, I don't follow cricket. Money would be good. Applying for work is a numbers game as well... More stressful then comping lol

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 7:48 AM

Hey @Lemond ... Will definitely sus it out. I don't normally play lotto but my husband loves to get a ticket for all the big ones :)
If we win I will throw some your way!!! :)

Mellyxo
14 Jan 16 1:14 PM

Lucky numbers were .... For those who took a US Powerball ticket for $2.15 billion, the winning numbers are: 8, 27, 34, 4, 19,10 (from news limited)

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 3:16 PM

@Annaar Grr some of those numbers are my lucky numbers for birthday. lol.

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:29 PM

@Mellyxo The one free entry was for selected States for the promo which ended last night at midnight for one free entry. Unfortunately Victoria was excluded. :(

Lemond
14 Jan 16 11:36 PM

@Lemond just posted a message and attached it to another thread..

Anna2077
14 Jan 16 11:41 PM
General Chatter

Weird. Was missing a competition "Entered/Viewed". Lucky found it by toggling the saved/not interested options to reset to "Enter". Trick found out while back. Sometimes it doesn't register for some reason but sets it to viewed. Yeh, one point closer to the Top 20. lol

I've Won | Pedestrian.TV - Win 1 of 2,200 Gold Class double movie passes!

Thanks for my first win! GOLD CLASS tickets now to choose a movie:)

Jewelle
12 Jan 16 4:17 PM
A

Congrats - I won this one too. Am thrilled I love gold class - great prize :)

Alittlebitoffun
12 Jan 16 4:52 PM

Me too! The drought has ended!

RoseEatsCake
12 Jan 16 6:00 PM

Nice wins. :)

Trevsta
13 Jan 16 9:05 PM

Awesome wins :)

JoLee
14 Jan 16 6:45 PM
General Chatter

January 2016 Worldwide Random Draw Competitions - Part 2
Last Edited 12/1/2016 Added New Competitions
But wait there's more ...... :)

Prize: (Ended)
Grand Prize Winner (Their Choice of one of the following)
(1) Nikon D810 DSLR Camera (Body Only)
(1) Canon 5Ds (Body Only)
(1) $3,000 cash
As an added bonus, we'll donate an additional $1000 to one of these awesome children's charities on the winner's behalf: St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Toys for Tots or Make-A-Wish Foundation.
End Date: January 13th, 2016
Referral Link: http://bit.ly/1NIqyeE
Note: Winner will be selected March 14 2016

Prize: Xbox One Elite Bundle
End Date: 15/1/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/Yx7Q3

Prize: Nexus 6P Gold Smartphone Giveaway
End Date: January 17th, 2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/4pv39

Prize: Win The Vantage Watch in Rose Gold!
End Date: January 17th, 2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/2hrbT
Note: Not 100% sure if it's international

Prize: Coinweek 105th Giveaway
2016 Canada $5 1 oz. Silver Maple Leaf NGC MS69 Early Releases
End Date: 11:59PM on Sunday January 17th, 2016.
Referral LInk: http://www.coinweek.com/contest/~cd569472c663504

Prize: Blackview Omega Pro Smartphone Giveaway
End Date: January 21st, 2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/TBgHc

Prize: Surface Pro 4 Giveaway
End Date: 22/1/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/PbMg4

Prize: Moto 360 Smartwatch
End Date: 22/1/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/ffAwr
Note: Winner has to respond within 7 days of winner announcement

Prize: iPhone 6S Plus 64GB
End Date: 24/1/2016
Referral Link: http://bit.ly/1K4uuWr
Note: Thanks @MammaPigga84 I entered via their referral. https://gleam.io/wDpFb/iphone-6s-plus-international-giveaway :)

Prize:
1 x Call of Duty: Black Ops III PlayStation 4 Console Bundle, Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition and a KF Prize Pack*.
1 x Call of Duty: Black Ops III Jugger-Nog Collector?s Edition and KF Prize Pack*.
3 x Runners Up: KF Prize Packs will include FPS Freek Ali-A Signature Edition, KF Logo Tee, and KF glow-in-the-dark bracelet
End Date: January 25th, 2016
Referral Link: https://sdqk.me/jiaNF2a8-qXxxAXmD/tmartn-s-kontrolfreek-lucky-7-giveaway

Prize: iPad Mini 4 International Giveaway!
End Date: 29/1/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/YxUFd

Prize: 6 Prizes!
Giveaway will be start officially on Jan 15th but you can sign up early for BIG Android January Giveaway !
End Date: Approx 29/1/2016
Referral Link :https://wn.nr/qxZSr

Prize: Digital copy of Assassin's Creed
End Date: 30/11/2016
Referral Link: http://bit.ly/1OCPfj8
Note: A Uplay Account is needed if you win!

Prize: Win a Camera - Olympus OMD EM5 Mark II
End Date: midnight (GMT+10) January 31st, 2016
Referral Link: http://bit.ly/1R8WZcY
Note: The Giveaway is open internationally, however, additional customs costs may apply for international winners.

Prize: MacBook Pro Retina 13" valued at $1,999.00 and a Jansport Right Pack valued at $99.95
End Date: 4/2/2016 at 4pm AEST.
Referral Link: http://rushfaster.com.au/win-jansport-13-inch-macbook?referrer_id=41425

Prize: Best of CES 2016 Razer Blade Laptop Giveaway
1 x Razer Blade 12", Razer Blade Core, ASUS STRIX Radeon R9 390X, $100 Steam Wallet Credit, Razer Blackwidow Chroma, Razer Diamondback CE, Razer Firefly, Razer Tactical Pro Backpack, Razer Windrunner Jacket
5 x Razer Windrunner Jacket
End Date: February 6th, 2016
Link: http://www.razerzone.com/ces-2016?sf18398979=1
Note: No bonus entries

Prize: GSPN Gaming PC
PC Specs:
CPU: AMD A10?7870K 12 Core (4 CPU 8 GPU) 3.9GHz FM2 4MB w Radeon R7
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600
SSD: 250GB EVO 850 SSD
HDD: 1TB HDD
Capture card: Elgato HD60 PRO
DRIVE: DVDRW
CASE: NZXT S340 ? Black Case
OS: Windows 10
& A downloadable copy of Star Wars: Battlefront!
End Date: February 7th, 2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/FjFBL

Prize: Apple iPhone 6s and 6s plus
End Date: 13/2/2016
Referral Link: https://wn.nr/XXHct

To be continued...

Good Luck :)

Lemond
12 Jan 16 1:12 PM
General Chatter

Well haven't started the new year with any wins yet, but prizes I won from competitions last year are coming in, does that count lol was very lucky to have won a gorgeous JLO endless bracelet and charms, a chocolate hamper, key finder & Haviana's. Good luck in the new year all

Alittlebitoffun
11 Jan 16 8:28 PM

Cheers! Best of luck to you too, Alittlebitoffun. :)

toxicgherkin
12 Jan 16 8:55 AM

Congratulations, the amount of entries took me by surprise! and good luck with the new year!

fourleaf
12 Jan 16 2:51 PM
J

They certainly count. I only count a win when it arrives. Until then it's only a promise that might finish up broken.

Jrob71
12 Jan 16 8:21 PM

Congratulations! Of course it counts!!

Anna2077
12 Jan 16 9:39 PM
I've Won

Off to see the world premiere of 5th Wave on Wednesday night thanks to Dymocks and Penguin. Looks good!

kaybee72
11 Jan 16 8:26 PM

Congrats and enjoy!

toxicgherkin
12 Jan 16 8:54 AM

Congratulations, looks like a good movie!

fourleaf
12 Jan 16 2:49 PM
K

Thanks, it was an awesome movie. If you love the Hunger Games, Maze Runner and Divergent you will love this one too!

kaybee72
14 Jan 16 4:12 PM