Author Topic: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted (Read 76,976 times)

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:43 AM »

Quote from: worstje on January 14, 2011, 11:13 AM

Personally I think that if the giveaways were meant for NANY entrants

No... the give-away is part of the New Year Software Celebration: not restricted to NANY at all, but because they were given specifically for NANY Volunteers we were thinking of a slight bias in their favour. But my understanding is that the selection algorithm still strives for "total happiness" of all participants.

Quote from: worstje on January 14, 2011, 11:13 AM

but more variety in the prize pool would be very nice as well. Mugs are awesome, and I will love my NANY mug to a porcelain death

I think it would be wrong to think of the give-away in terms of a prize pool for NANY entrants: that is what the mug is for (or other DC Shop merchandise). The give-away was a happy occurrence that we hadn't actually planned on...

worstje · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:55 AM »

It's a good thing I used an if in that sentence then. Means I don't have to make my post have most of its contents magically disappear on us.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:22 PM »

Quote from: worstje on January 14, 2011, 11:55 AM

It's a good thing I used an if in that sentence then. Means I don't have to make my post have most of its contents magically disappear on us.

No, no... it's all good: this thing is bound to evolve further and good discussion is what helps that... who knows what will happen ~~next~~ this year?

CodeTRUCKER · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:31 PM »

Quote from: CleverCat on January 14, 2011, 04:56 AM

There is a way.....

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!

My only concern is if CleverCat won, what algorithm would have to be implemented to bias the "giving?"

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:38 PM »

Quote from: CleverCat on January 14, 2011, 04:56 AM

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!

You could also use the application to create ancillary content for NANY (and other) applications... it's sort of what happens here on DC anyway: but that was the idea behind the give-away in the first place. I think it ran into a timing issue, so what will probably happen is that this year's winners will probably be next year's volunteers

...and that sounds ok to me

CodeTRUCKER · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:43 PM »

Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #31 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:46 PM »

Quote from: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 11:43 PM

Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.

Of course... my comment was just something I had wanted to mention previously and yours reminded me

CodeTRUCKER · « **Reply #32 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:02 AM »

Quote from: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 11:46 PM

Quote from: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 11:43 PM
Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.

Of course... my comment was just something I had wanted to mention previously and yours reminded me

Whew! I was beginning to think I had lost my comedic talent,...but,.... wait a minute?!? It "reminded" you of *something*... it didn't make you laugh.

[Informational Notice: Given the present level of my jocose abilities, I find it incumbent to advise the above statement should be qualified as a "joke." (Rats! How demoralizing.)]

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #33 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:08 AM »

Quote from: CodeTRUCKER on January 15, 2011, 12:02 AM

Whew! I was beginning to think I had lost my comedic talent,...but,.... wait a minute?!? It "reminded" you of *something*... it didn't make you laugh.

Actually... it was after I stopped laughing (which took some time -- hence the delay in posting my remembrance)

CodeTRUCKER · « **Reply #34 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:10 AM »

Quote from: Perry Mowbray on January 15, 2011, 12:08 AM

...
Actually... it was after I stopped laughing (which took some time -- hence the delay in posting my remembrance)

Awww. You're too kind!

CleverCat · « **Reply #35 on:** January 15, 2011, 09:08 AM »

Quote from: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 11:31 PM

Quote from: CleverCat on January 14, 2011, 04:56 AM
There is a way.....

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!

My only concern is if CleverCat won, what algorithm would have to be implemented to bias the "giving?"

Non needed - I'll choose.....

mouser · « **Reply #36 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:42 AM »

Almost time to run the giveaway drawing -- all you last minute stragglers, enter now!

vlastimil · « **Reply #37 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:16 PM »

NANY is getting better and better. This is the first time I participated and I am amazed. The press release possibly helped my tiny tool being added to komando.com getting 1000's of downloads, then the mug

, and now a chance to win :-).

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.

mouser · « **Reply #38 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:56 PM »

Awesome! That's very generous of you vlastimil

Bionic71 · « **Reply #39 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:33 AM »

Thank you vlastimil, "yes that is really awesome" and I've sent you a pm,
maybe you got a few hence i set the subject in the multiple recipents and i hit back to correct.

Oh well..

Deozaan · « **Reply #40 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:12 AM »

January giveaway got mousered.

mouser · « **Reply #41 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:13 AM »

Results should be posted in next 24 hours i think.

skwire · « **Reply #42 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:19 AM »

Quote from: vlastimil on February 01, 2011, 05:16 PM

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor

That is an absolutely wonderful gesture, vlastimil. Very cool.

Renegade · « **Reply #43 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:21 AM »

Quote from: vlastimil on February 01, 2011, 05:16 PM

NANY is getting better and better. This is the first time I participated and I am amazed. The press release possibly helped my tiny tool being added to komando.com getting 1000's of downloads, then the mug , and now a chance to win :-).

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.

Thank you! That's very kind of you. (Sent a PM

)

worstje · « **Reply #44 on:** February 04, 2011, 07:55 AM »

Quote from: vlastimil on February 01, 2011, 05:16 PM

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.

First you make me the awesome lady bug icon, and now you offer up this awesome license.

Your generosity knows no bounds, good sir!

phitsc · « **Reply #45 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:14 AM »

Quote from: skwire on February 04, 2011, 06:19 AM

Quote from: vlastimil on February 01, 2011, 05:16 PM
I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor

That is an absolutely wonderful gesture, vlastimil. Very cool.

That is indeed very nice of you vlastimil! Thank you very much for this generous offer.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #46 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:30 AM »

Winners of the New Year Celebration Giveaway Drawing

January 2011 Giveaway Drawing

Supporting Members, you've got until the last day of the month to take advantage of this month's Discounts..

This Month's Special Discounts and Giveaways:

Winners of 'Axialis Icon Workshop Professional' (10):

llc_silly
u-ki
rno2
codemonger
edbro
Bionic71
app103
y0himba
dcm
kimajac

Winners of 'Dr. Explain Advanced' (2):

limelect
mrainey

Winners of 'Help & Manual Pro + Premium Pack' (1):

Renegade

Winners of 'Camtasia Studio 7' (2):

NinJA999
vlastimil

Winners of 'BB Flashback Pro' (4):

kyrathaba
skwire
CodeTRUCKER
wraith808

Winners of 'Sagelight Image Editor' (5):

tomos
nharding
richdr
HOTGA
hamradio

All winners are now being notified by email to their forum email address. If you haven't received an email but your name is listed above, check spam filters and forum email address, and then mail prizes@donationcoder.com and let us know you never got any mail. It can take a few days for companies to send you your serial number; if a few days pass and you haven't received it - send a reminder to the company email as noted in your winning notification email, or to us by replying to the email you received or to us directly.

Curious about how we award prizes? See http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1684.0 for a discussion about our custom prize optimizer utility. Winning something one month reduces your chances of winning the next month, and being helpful on the forum slightly increases your chances.

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #47 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:33 AM »

Congratulations all the winners!!! There are a lot of great tools there... hopefully some of them can be used on DC

...and thanks to everyone for helping to make the Celebration such a success!!

mouser · « **Reply #48 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:41 AM »

just a quick note that the giveaways were basically assigned randomly with a slight bump in likelyhood of winning something for nany participants. but because of how you rated your preferences and how many of something we had to give away, and mostly because of luck you may not have won anything. but this just makes it more likely you will win something next time, so don't get discouraged!

phitsc · « **Reply #49 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:44 AM »

Also, with vlastimils offer, every NANY participant basically won a powerful Icon Editor