PAR Contest - sponsored by Orphek

[jimsflies]

Posts and Replies Contest!!!

Post new topics and reply to others and you will be entered in a drawing to win a PAR38 LED fixture from Orphek!

All post and new topics must be aquarium related topics and replies.

We will have 10 qualifiers each week for four weeks. At the end of four weeks we draw the winner from all the qualifiers. I will announce the top 10 at the end of each contest week. The member with the most points at the end of each week will get 5 entries and the other 9 qualifiers will get 1 entry each. You can qualify more than once...qualify all 4 weeks to maximize your chances. Here are how the point's are calculated:

Point Scale
3 Points for each new topic started in the Reef Help and Information Forums (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/forums.html#reef-aquarium-help-information) (i.e., Basics, Hardware, Chemistry, Corals, Marine Fish, Other Marine Life, Product Reviews, Identification Forum, Breeding Journals, and Pay it Forward) in addition Member Reefs, Photography and DIY Forums will also be awarded 3 points per new topic.

- Topics must be at least 25 words and be aquarium topics.

5 Points for each new topic in qualifying Reef Aquarium Showcase forums
- These forums include the Coral Collector, Fish Finder, and Invert Index forum.
-Topics must include a photo and completion of the data form (note tapatalk users will need to post from a regular browser to see the data form).

10 Points for each new Feature Article
-All articles must contain accurate information on a marine aquarium related subject, must be a minimum of 300 words, and should contain pictures relative to the subject matter. Articles will need to be submitted to me and I will edit and post the article on your behalf in the Feature Article Forum.

1 Point for each new reply made in any of the forums mentioned above.
- Post must be at least 25 characters long.


Drawing
At the conclusion of the contest each qualifier will have their entries included in the drawing which will be picked at random and announced in this thread.


The Prize: Orphek PR-25 UV PAR-38 Fixture

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5431

The winner will receive the new Orphek PR-25 UV PAR-38 fixture (http://orphek.com/led/orphek-products/pr-25/). This latest fixture from Orphek is dimmable and has UV leds in the matrix for increased fluorescence and growth.


http://orphek.com/led/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ORPHEK.jpg (http://orphek.com)

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[MizTanks]

Hahahaha I just may have this one IN THE BAG!!

[jimsflies]

You can view the standings for Week 1 here:
PAR Contest Weekly Standings (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=4)

[larryandlaura]

Best of luck Jamie and cootl contest Jim.

[Saltwaternoob]

I could use a par38

[jimsflies]

Last day for week 1. The current leaderboard is here: http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=4


All you have to do is post and reply to get a chance to win this Orphek light!

[jimsflies]

Week 1 Qualifiers:
rank|username|points
1 | 04charedcompg | 54
2 | AJ :) | 46
3 | greenstarfish03 | 16
4 | MizTanks | 13
5 | binford4000 | 8
6 | BigBoi5680 | 6
7 | schminksbro | 6
8 | Tom@HaslettMI | 6
9 | Manoj's Reef | 4
10 | estanoche | 4


So 04charedcompg is the top qualifier and gets 5 entries for week #1 (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1) . The remaining top nine posters will be entered once for week #1 (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1) .

Here is the link for Week #2 (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=2) Standings: http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=5

[Saltwaternoob]

What was the cut off time last night?

[greenstarfish03]

Sweet I'm in the running.

[jimsflies]

Last day for week #2 (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=2) ...check the standings here:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=5

Remember you can qualify each week to increase your chances of winning.

[jimsflies]

What was the cut off time last night?

Sorry just noticed your question... the cut off time is 11pm EST each week. Your posts count...its just that after 11 they go on the next week's tally.

[Saltwaternoob]

Ok thanks, I was going to make some posts that night for week one. It ended up on week 2

[jimsflies]

Ok thanks, I was going to make some posts that night for week one. It ended up on week 2

Sorry about that. After I posted the time above, I started thinking about it and I believe the cut off is 11pm EST. I have it set for 10pm however the servers are in the central time zone which would make the cut off at 11pm EST. If anyone noticed, feel free to confirm or correct me.

[jimsflies]

So for week 2, dputt88 gets 5 entries for being the first place poster.

Here are the qualifiers:

rank|username|points
1 | dputt88 | 84
2 | Tom@HaslettMI | 22
3 | Saltwaternoob | 18
4 | dknuckles |18
5 | MizTanks | 17
6 | Mr. Microscope | 8
7 | bigbill | 12
8 | 04charedcompg | 11
9 | voltz7320 | 10
10 | slapshot | 9


To follow along for Week 3, here is the link to check your progress:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=6

[dputt88]

hopefully i can get a few posts in tonight and tomorrow so i can still make the cut while on vacation, lol.

[jimsflies]

hopefully i can get a few posts in tonight and tomorrow so i can still make the cut while on vacation, lol.

You can still post from your phone...just don't let your wife see you. :hide:

[dputt88]

unfortunately ill be backpacking isle royale. no cell phone because there is no service anyways.

[slapshot]

Woot woot woot, just under the wire but I'll take it!

[dputt88]

Can we get a standings page for week 4?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2

[jimsflies]

Because I screwed up and didn't reset the counter on Monday, these points also have to be added into the points in the link I provided below to get this weeks qualifiers:

username|points
Tom@HaslettMI | 5
Titus | 5
MizTanks | 3
AJ:) | 2
Bongo Shrimp | 2
bravo2 | 2
chort55 | 2
slapshot | 2
BC United | 1
binford4000 | 1
chazde3 | 1
fishyman | 1
jduck | 1
jim48442 | 1
Manoj's Reef | 1
Rook | 2
Tankster | 1


For Week 4, here is the link (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/activity-contests.html&action=standing&contestid=7) to check your progress (+ the points in the table above):

[AJ :)]

What happened to week three?

[jimsflies]

What happened to week three?

Excellent question...week 3 shaped up like this:

rank|username|points
1 | AJ:) | 65
2 | 04charedcompg | 29
3 | dputt88 | 24
4 | MizTanks | 20
5 | Tom@HaslettMI | 15
6 | dknuckles | 13
7 | jstan | 11
8 | binford4000 | 11
9 | BeakerBob | 9
10 | mislaura | 8
11 | slapshot | 8


AJ:) was the top qualifier and gets 5 entries. We had a tie for #10 (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=10) so for week 3 there are 11 qualifiers.

[AJ :)]

Thanks! I was wondering how that worked out. :)

[binford4000]

Man AJ your fingers must hurt from all that typeing !! :-) lol

[jimsflies]

Man AJ your fingers must hurt from all that typeing !! :-) lol

You have to build up to it... :weightlifter2:

[jstan]

Wow, i made it on the list without even trying. New record for me, especially cause I rarely ever post. I prefer to lurk in the back round most of the time.

[MizTanks]

Wow, i made it on the list without even trying. New record for me, especially cause I rarely ever post. I prefer to lurk in the back round most of the time.

STOP lurking you lil perv :jester:

[jimsflies]

One more day!

[dputt88]

whats up with the counter, it hasn't changed in over 24 hours for me. ive started a few threads too.

[jimsflies]

Oops I was off a day last night. It makes sense that the counter stopped last night since the contest was going Monday to Monday. For some reason I was thinking it was Sunday night. :stupidme:

EDIT: List pulled pending evaluation....

[dputt88]

the counter didn't change all day yesterday though didnt it go until last night at 11pm?

[jimsflies]

It appears you are correct. I'll have it sorted out shortly.

[dputt88]

cool, sorry to be picky but it baffled my all day yesterday, i figured it was just a delay or something.

[jimsflies]

no problem. We want to have it right. :)

[jimsflies]

Here are the qualifiers for Week 4:


Rank |Username |Points
1 | dputt88 |20
2 |Tom@HasslettMI |17
3 | Titus |14
4 | AJ:)|12
5 | MizTanks |10
6 | Bongo Shrimp |8
6 | chort55 |8
6 | Gr8birds | 8
9 | binford4000 |7
9 | bravo2 | 7
9 | BC United |7
9 | jstan | 7
9 | BeakerBob | 7


dputt88 ends up being the top qualifier after we add in the missing days worth of posts. Also we had a 5-way tie for 9th place, so we have 13 members that qualified this week.

The drawing results will be announced around 10pm tonight.

[dputt88]

sweet looking forward to seeing the results

[dputt88]

we should have arranged a 10 way tie for first, then we'd all get 5 entries right? lol

[jimsflies]

we should have arranged a 10 way tie for first, then we'd all get 5 entries right? lol

Yeah...that's what we would have done.

This is the first contest we've done like this so there are a few things to work out if we want to do another one.

[dputt88]

Great idea for a contest. Thanks jim and orphek for setting it up and what not.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2

[jimsflies]

So we have a winner....first here is how the winner was chosen:

The four tables of qualifiers were copied to a spread sheet, the top qualifier for each week was duplicated so that their name appeared in the list five times. So the list for the drawing looks like this:

entry # | username
1 | 04charedcompg
2 | 04charedcompg
3 | 04charedcompg
4 | 04charedcompg
5 | 04charedcompg
6 | AJ :)
7 | greenstarfish03
8 | MizTanks
9 | binford4000
10 | BigBoi5680
11 | schminksbro
12 | Tom@HaslettMI
13 | Manoj's Reef
14 | estanoche
15 | dputt88
16 | dputt88
17 | dputt88
18 | dputt88
19 | dputt88
20 | Tom@HaslettMI
21 | Saltwaternoob
22 | dknuckles
23 | MizTanks
24 | Mr. Microscope
25 | bigbill
26 | 04charedcompg
27 | voltz7320
28 | slapshot
29 | AJ:)
30 | AJ:)
31 | AJ:)
32 | AJ:)
33 | AJ:)
34 | 04charedcompg
35 | dputt88
36 | MizTanks
37 | Tom@HaslettMI
38 | dknuckles
39 | jstan
40 | binford4000
41 | BeakerBob
42 | mislaura
43 | slapshot
44 | dputt88
45 | dputt88
46 | dputt88
47 | dputt88
48 | dputt88
49 | Tom@HasslettMI
50 | Titus
51 | AJ:)
52 | MizTanks
53 | Bongo Shrimp
54 | chort55
55 | Gr8birds
56 | binford4000
57 | bravo2
58 | BC United
59 | jstan


I then used a random number generator app on my iphone, the app is apply called "Random". To use Random, you just key in the first number and last number and it randomly pics a number between the two. In our case, I entered "1" and "59"....the random number I got was 52.

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Thus our winner is MizTanks!

[dputt88]

congrats Miz!

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Congrats Jamie! That ought to help get rid of your reefing doldrums.

Tom

[binford4000]

Congrats Jamie !!! :jester:

[04charedcompg]

Aweosme!! Congrats miz! :-)

[Titus]

Congrats Miz!

[MizTanks]

OH MY!! How awesome is this!?! Thank you Orphek for the wonderful prize! Thank you Jim for all the hard work you've done on this contest and all those before it.
Captive Reefs is the best!!! Love you all :)

[BC United]

Congrats MizTanks!

Par38 bulbs make great prizes.

[AJ :)]

Congrats!! See you knew you had it "in the bag' the whole time!

You know we will expect some sort of review. :)

[MizTanks]

I'm thinking about the Nano Contest ;)

[AJ :)]

I guess I missed that we are having another nano contest!

[Gr8birds]

Way to go!:propellerhead:

[BeakerBob]

Congrats Jamie!! Let's see some pics of the tank under the new light!

[slapshot]

Nice!!! You deserve it

[MizTanks]

I guess I missed that we are having another nano contest!

Well I don't know that we actually are but...it's a thought :)

jimsflies: What do I need to do now?

[AJ :)]

Isn't more of the growout contest season? That would be a cool light for a nano.

[jimsflies]

I guess I missed that we are having another nano contest!

Yup we'll be having another one. Its a CR tradition... captivereefing.com started doing the contests even before my time.


Well I don't know that we actually are but...it's a thought :)

jimsflies: What do I need to do now?

PM your address and I will get it sent out in the next couple days.

BTW - You are the first recipient of CR's newest activity trophy :) :

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/icons/vbactivity/medals/par-award.png

[MizTanks]

Awesome!! This has put a much needed smile in my heart :) Thank you again Orphek and Jim!! Maybe a Nano is called for :)

[MizTanks]

My Orphek arrived today!!! Thank you Orphek and Jim and Captive Reef!!

[dputt88]

So jealous, i had big plans with that light

[MizTanks]

So jealous, i had big plans with that light

Sorry darlin but ya know what they say....make plans but don't plan the outcome ;)

[BC United]

MizTanks, are you going to try that on your current tank or save it for the new build?

[MizTanks]

Well I don't believe it would be enough for my current tank. So I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it...yet :)