Thread killer challenge: $20+ to the last poster in this thread

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I saw this on another message board I read, and was somewhat amused by the idea.

I will give $20 to the last person to reply to this thread, defined as the poster of the last reply in the thread after no one has replied for a week.

The offer is void if the thread is locked or otherwise interfered with by a moderator or administrator. The offer is valid only for subscribed posters who registered on or before 2006/03/20 - posts by any poster not meeting that requirement will be ignored when determining a winner.

I invite other dopers to contribute to the pool as well.

I promise not to interfere with the result by posting after the thread has sat idle for six days and 23 hours, and I ask any other contributors to promise the same. However, contributing to the pool does not disqualify you from winning.

So: thread killers of the SDMB, do your worst!

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here I am :smiley:

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i like this idea. i’ve killed me a thread or five in my day.

get ready to send me the 20 bucks now, dammit.

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This is the only thread I’m guaranteed not to kill.

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The only competition I can’t win is one in which the loser gets the money.

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Last thread like this got shut down by the mods. If that’s the case who gets the twenty bucks? The mod or the last poster to post before the mods shut it down?

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so if it gets shut down, then it’s about “accuracy by volume”?

we guys are well equipped for such measures.

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No one gets the money if the thread is locked, read the fine print.

Why would it be locked, though? Seems relatively innocuous to me.

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Famous last words.

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I rather suspect they’ll consider this to be a “postcount padding” thread, since the only reason for posting is posting itself, rather than contributing content. But, that’s just my 2 cents. They might just allow it, in which case nobody better DARE post after me!

glares at anyone reading

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Do your worst!

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They tend to get locked down when they become massive, bloated, 688-post threads. Otherwise known as “a lot of fun”. :smiley:

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This should do it.

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You know, it’s been my dream ever since I was a litty bitty lurker to someday be a part of a locked thread.* Maybe that dream will come true.

*But not as the reason it was locked. Just so we’re clear. No meltdowns from me so put away your hot dogs. Yes, I see you over there.

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Let’s change the rules to this game.

everyone who posts after me owes me $5

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Hah, considering they left the Lord of the Rings thread going until it died a natural death, that’s not really fair. :slight_smile:

Man, if it gets locked, I will feel like such a rebel. Yeah, I lead an exciting life…

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Speaking of “not fair”, you’re not allowed to post in this thread anymore. How do we know you’re not doing it just to keep from having to pay out, huh? Huh???

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I’ve anchored plenty of threads in my day.

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I agree completely.

Oops.

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It seems like it would be impossible for it to ever end. SOMEONE will always be watching before that 6 day, 23 hour mark hits.