Are You One in a Million? - A Contest No More

[frankbmd]

Members of the "elite 325"

1. bbcard1

It's March 1st and not April 1st, so this is no joke. You could be rarer than you think and by participating you could win the grand prize.

Rules and Assumptions:

1. There are currently about 325,000,000 folks in the United States in 2016.

2. Without offending our Canadian friends and others, for the purpose of this contest all board members will be considered equal and from the US.

3. Net 54 is a special subset of this total population and as such, the 324,000,000 folks who are not yet members of Net54 will be granted "undocumented" membership for this contest.

4. Activity on the board will be quantified by the number of posts that you have made on Net 54, regardless of the quality of their content.

5. Leon has provided me with the number of posts required to be in the top 325 posters on Net 54. Those 325 members are legitiment claimants to the title of "One in a Million".

6. Post on this thread to learn if you are one in a million. Each day I will choose a random post from this thread by one of the 325 special people and in time, the threshold required to be included will be approached. I will do this by creating a list of the "elite 325" at the top of this post, adding one name per day.

7. The contest, however, will be to identify the person who is 33rd on the list of posters. This individual holds the distinction of being the member of Net54 who is truly "One in Ten Million".

8. When you post on the thread feel free to guess who the "One in Ten Million" board member is?

9. This will be difficult initially, but as the one million threshold becomes clear, it should become easier.

10. When and if the "One in Ten Million" individual posts on this thread, it will be revealed that he or she has posted, but not immediately, but within 7-10 days? Only if this person guesses himself or herself in their initial post, can they win. If another member guesses the winner before the 7-10 day reveal, I will duplicate the prize and there will be two winners.

11. When this occurs, the contest should end rather quickly depending on the volume of posts in that 7-10 period?

12. Leon has provided a prize fund of 250 dimes to the winner.

13. The data used to determine both the threshold and the Ten Million to One individual is constantly changing of course. Both the number and the person were determined at 8AM central time today, March 1st.

14. The contest will end by April 1st, no fooling.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

My head hurts. Even though I post a bit I'm pretty damn new but just to cover my bases. Is it me?

[bn2cardz]

My guess is bnorth

Edit to clarify that is my guess for "One in Ten Million" board member. (33rd most posts)
Of course I assume we aren't counting "Archive" and "Archive2"

Edit to add I think that I am around 56th

[KMayUSA6060]

For 33rd, my guess is Frank himself (frankbmd).

[SMPEP]

So if I read that correctly (and not sure that I did), if I guess I'm Mr. Ten Million I get $25. If I guess someone else is Mr. ten Million, I get nothing.

If that's the case ... I think I'm Mr. Ten Million.

Cheers,
patrick

[bbcard1]

i might be in that range, but i suspect lower. I do spend too damn much time here. I'll guess Ted Zan. I actually thing he's higher, probably in the top 10, but he's a helluva guy and I just want to go on the record saying that.

[DaveW]

I think 250 dimes is $25. I'd guess me, but I'm sure I'm not in the top 1000. I'll guess Adrian (remember him?) although he might have been in the top 10 after 1 month.

Originally Posted by SMPEP

So if I read that correctly (and not sure that I did), if I guess I'm Mr. Ten Million I get $2.50. If I guess someone else is Mr. ten Million, I get nothing.

If that's the case ... I think I'm Mr. Ten Million.

Cheers,
patrick

[SMPEP]

For some reason, I read it as 25 dimes. See I did have the right caveat of "if I read this correctly"!

I edited my math though.

Cheers,
Patrick

[Rich Falvo]

I have no idea. I just wanted to raise my post count closer to double digits.

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

My guess is bnorth

Edit to clarify that is my guess for "One in Ten Million" board member. (33rd most posts)
Of course I assume we aren't counting "Archive" and "Archive2"

I see someone else was thinking the same as me...

[sam majors]

I know it's a one in a million shot but it's probably me. Sam Majors

[Howe’s Hunter]

and even if it was, for a prize, I would be happy for one of the photographic quarters Leon used to put in all his photos.

[njdunkin1]

Great post.

Is it me, said the fly?

[jcmtiger]

Me! Me! Me! Me!

Ha! Ha!

[bnorth]

I will guess me also since 2 others already have. All I know is I am glad post content does't matter. Still not 100% sure what the contest is with Franks crazy list of rules but I can always use a handful of dimes.

EDIT: Just looked and I have 3017 posts, maybe I have a BB card problem.

[wolf441]

B North with 3016
coming in just ahead of Sykes22 with 3004

[scooter729]

Archive has over 58,000 posts, so I am sure they are at least Two in 10 Million. Of course, they will sue themselves over being declared only 1 in a million.

Did I win yet?

[Joshchisox08]

Hmmmm

[irishdenny]

If I'm Correct...
I Think I Remember a Charity Named " March of Dimes"!?
I Thought I saw a riddle within your wonderful write~up Frank...

And of Course, "It's me!"

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

My guess is bnorth

Edit to clarify that is my guess for "One in Ten Million" board member. (33rd most posts)
Of course I assume we aren't counting "Archive" and "Archive2"

Edit to add I think that I am around 56th

Archive and Archive2 ARE counted for this game. It was a 100% data dump on most posts by any member, including Archive...before and after the lawsuit .

[h2oya311]

The Grand Poohbah must be Leon with over 21k posts.

I'm going to guess Bicem (Jeff Prizner) with over 2,500 posts. I'm hopeful that it's a postcard guy and not a t206er (sorry to all y'all monster-chasers out there).

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Leon

Archive and Archive2 ARE counted for this game. It was a 100% data dump on most posts by any member, including Archive...before and after the lawsuit .

Any reference to a dump suggests the need for one of those toilet paper holders.

Another issue not considered is the possibility that a deceased board member (ergo not able to post on the thread) could be the winner of the crown. If that is the case, I will need more than toilet paper to clean my way out of the mess that would create.

[ramram]

It's me.

Rob M

[tschock]

Sooooo... if I said "NOT IT" (touching my nose with my index finger, of course), that would be a correct answer. Would I win???

[tiger8mush]

I'll guess Neal (greenmonster66).

What exactly am I guessing for and what is up for stakes here? I got lost after about rule #5

[brob28]

I'm going to trip-up all the pre-war guys and choose Al Richter from the post-war side.

[brianp-beme]

It is possible I am in the top 325. Hey, anything is possible

As far as the 33rd most prolific poster, I would guess barrysloate. He rarely posts anymore, but back in the day he posted up a post storm.

Brian

[Bestdj777]

My guess is that it's me.

[Rookiemonster]

I'm picking and praying with Jobu

[Butch7999]

Is the poster with the 33rd most posts the poster with the 33rd most posts as of 12:23pm today, or the poster with the 33rd most posts as of April 1st?

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Leon

Archive and Archive2 ARE counted for this game. It was a 100% data dump on most posts by any member, including Archive...before and after the lawsuit .

Given this new information, this is going to be MUCH harder...it is probably a member who was active back in the day but no longer posts. I'll take a SWAG and put in a new guess. He still posts (but not nearly as frequently these days):

Phil Garry - bcbgcbrcb

[PM770]

I'm assuming Archive's posting activity went down significantly after the lawsuit. Archive2 is probably just an alt.

And remember : You are unique.....just like everybody else.

[HercDriver]

[vintagesportscollector]

I have no idea what to do on this thread or contest...but I'll say the winner is La La Land.

[CW]

Only Frank could come up with such a simple contest yet have 14 rules.

My guess is Al, aka "ALR-Bishop" as Mr. One in Ten Million.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by CW

Only Frank could come up with such a simple contest yet have 14 rules.

My guess is Al, aka "ALR-Bishop" as Mr. One in Ten Million.

There will not be any new rules or regulations unless I eliminate two of the existing rules.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Leon

Archive and Archive2 ARE counted for this game. It was a 100% data dump on most posts by any member, including Archive...before and after the lawsuit .

In which case I would say that the 33rd is Rich Klein.

[pawpawdiv9]

I'm was goona guess maybe its TedZ, but as mentioned maybe higher.
I know he put out a ton of info on the Monster.
Maybe its the 'Jolly' Green Giant. JollyElm. He has about 2425 post.

[clydepepper]

Is this Frank's round-about way of letting me know I fill way too many threads - sorry, I just don't do facebook or twitter.


- and I'm retired and single and cannot seem to be able to teach my dog plain English!


- and there's a dad-gum tobacco card that travels a whole lot more than me!

[GasHouseGang]

If they count lurking I might make it, but otherwise I doubt it.

[Marslife]

Per my stats I post 0.16 posts per day. that has to be way down on the list?

Peace!

[drmondobueno]

Nobody I know. Nobody living close by. That leaves damn near everybody.

Good luck with that.

Wutup, Cliff!

[DHogan]

I know it's not me. People tell me I'm too quiet.

[HercDriver]

Originally Posted by Marslife

Per my stats I post 0.16 posts per day. that has to be way down on the list?

Peace!

If you were Methusulah, and you started posting when you were 20 yrs old, that would be 55,442 posts.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Archive has over 58,000 posts, so I am sure they are at least Two in 10 Million. Of course, they will sue themselves over being declared only 1 in a million.

Originally Posted by HercDriver

If you were Methusulah, and you started posting when you were 20 yrs old, that would be 55,442 posts.

I can only conclude that Archive was not Mesthusulah, unless of course he started posting before the age of 20.

[mrvster]

is Peter Spaeth??????

[earlywynnfan]

I'll say it's me, the cash needs to go to a non-card guy!

[irv]

I know I have posted quite a bit since joining back in January of 2016, but without frequenting all the threads in each section on a regular basis, like I normally do in post war and the home page, I am not sure if I make the cut or not?

[39special]

I will say Scott Garner

[mybuddyinc]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ................ In theory:

As Frank announces the top 325, I could figure out where these people sit on list. Then as more names are listed, I could then add to my 1213 posts, to get closer to the "Ten Million" member. Now that may take me responding to this thread 2, 3, or 4000 times. But it could work ...............


....................... in theory

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