500 Post, Give Back, Do Unto Others GIVEAWAY: Case Small Texas Jack ->WINNER CHOSEN

[pertinux]

And We're Off:

Members of the Selection Committee Hard At Work (half-way into the Choosing, after the remaining marbles had been rescrambled and regrouped for renewed interest; we had a lot of Walking Away):

Yuffie was not into it:

But wait, why is there only marble left, carefully re-placed center stage?

IT'S THE WINNING MARBLE:

Quote M.TEX:

BTW I never won anything in any Forums....

Looks like that just changed. I'll be in touch so we can set up details, including how best to ship the knife to you.

Simply a request to see a video of the kitten selection process, if possible. Sounds awesome!

I tried with my iPhone's video camera, with mixed results. I will have to rely on one of my teenagers' video editing expertise to splice together select footage, but I'll see what we can come up with.

~ P.

 

[Knife Crazied]

Very cool way to pick the winner. :thumbup:

 

[confucius37]

congrats M.TEX and thanks for a very awesome giveaway pertinux! :thumbup:

 

[festerfromnzed]

Congrats to the winner! and a most novel way of picking the winner too..random for sure!...love the Celtic? horses too.....very cool........................FES

 

[supratentorial]

LOL! Very cool, pertinux!. Congrats, M.TEX!

 

[Humppa]

Congratz M.Tex for the win!

Thank you ~P. for that nice GA!

I´m sure, that knife will find a good new home

Kind regards
Andi

 

[Robert.B]

This is the coolest give away with the selection process! what could be better than a kitty picking the winner?

Congrats to the winner!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Fantastic give-away there P, thank you for this, and congratulations to the winner.

 

[Railsplitter]

That was awesome, P!

Congrats, M.TEX!

 

[Finedges]

Congrats Tex, and thank you P for an outstanding giveaway!

 

[Flying Guillotine]

Congrats M.TEX, you lucky cat.

Thanks for the fun giveaway, Pertinux! Great idea

 

[M.TEX]

OHHHHH MY GOOD LORD !
I just can't believe that !

I have 5 cats and they are always on my side , no metter where in the house I go....
So I have been dow on my luck for a long time , and looks like someone made me VERY VERY HAPPY !
I only can say THANK YOU for a chance to play ....and thank you for your donation....
Mark my words....as soon I get a JOB , I will GIVE A WAY SOMETHING NICE at Blade Forums !

Again THANK YOU !

 

[sitflyer]

Congrats to you M.Tex! And thanx to ~P for an Awsome Show:thumbup: Well Done!

 

[Gevonovich]

Thanks so much P. Very cool give away. Congrats M.Tex. I hope the knife brings you great luck, as I'm sure it will.

 

[M.TEX]

That's all I can hope....I can't stop looking this thread....
It's a big day for me... Thanks to Pertinux and the cats...
M.TEX

My Cats also want to say thanks ( Bob , Thomas , Emily , Fred and Jr. ) Jr . was found on the street eating trash....he was very snkiny
and now he is pure muscle! I do not have a pic of all of them but when I moved from US to here 4 months ago many people said to leave them behind
and not waste $$$$ . My wife and myself , we saved all the cash we could to take care of them end not to live with " someone" or shelter etc....
I guess the Cat Karma was looking at my direction when I did everything to keep my cats safe with my family.
So , count me for a future give away as soon I get back to work . I WILL DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE HERE !
Thanks to all good people at Blade Forums !

 

[meako]

Well Done -selection doesn't get more random than that.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Thanks for the chance P and congrats to M.TEX on the random win.

 

[AKC]

Congrats! M.TEX

What a cool selection process!

 

[pertinux]

Well Done -selection doesn't get more random than that.

No, I don't believe it does! I wrote down the post entry numbers on a piece of paper, then labeled the marbles, then put them on the board for the first pictures, then put them in a box, then wrote out the last seven entries, labeled those marbles and added them to the box, then counted the entry numbers and marbles, then (when it seemed we'd misplaced a marble) rechecked all the online entries and had my son pick the marbles back out of the box in no order at all and read off their numbers, then I mixed them around and around on the board, and then Kittens Happened, then I realized the board wasn't level so I took the marbles off, mixed the around again and started over, and then when Kittens Happened And Then Walked Away I emptied the pockets of the eliminated marbles, gathered the remaining marbles in the middle, and brought the kittens back. A few different times.

Whew. At least I had fun!

Imagine my surprise when the last remaining marble turned out to be the first one I'd labeled, M.Tex's! Pretty amazing.... I guess "random" does mean that everyone has a chance, as it should be.

(I was concerned enough about inadvertently favoring some marbles over others, I took off my glasses before starting so I couldn't see the numbers. .)

As mentioned, I will try to put together some video for those who might be interested, but most of what I captured (including the marbles rolling too easily before I leveled the board) looks more suited for a Fail Blog than anything else! Funny, disinterested kittens. Okay, funny Pertinux, too.

Happy Saturday, everyone.

~ P.

 

[Curtis_Lowe]

I'd just like to say that I think that's how every random drawing should be done from now on