db1986's Christmas Forumite Competition!
The Results

OK, firstly I'd like to say a massive Thank You to all the forumites who entered. Without you this competition wouldn't have been so successful.

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/Purple_Heart.jpg

Now, the results are as follows:

In 10th place with 146 points is Saffron

In joint 8th place with 148 points is Bellicimo and Sorsie

In 7th place with 149 points is tasha

In 6th place with 152 points is Nyna

In joint 4th place with 155 points is Fox and Platinium

In 3rd place with 156 points is jenni939706

In 2nd place with 162 points is storm

And in 1st place with 164 points is Alessadri

Congratulations to Alessadri along with all other entrants.

Here are the detailed results.

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/ChristmasCompResults.jpg

If you check all the Christmas comp threads in order you will see some blue letters:
Round 1: If you send me a PM
Round 2: with just the word
Round 2 Poll: at the end of this
Bonus Round: sentence you will
Round 3: get a 5 point bonus

This is the secret PM message. If you sent the word bonus you received 5 bonus points. These letters may be easier to see if you switch to the Hallowe'en style.

Edit: Amended the scores due to ambiguity for question 21 in round 3. View this post (http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=155546)

... OK, firstly I'd like to say a massive Thank You to all the forumites who entered. Without you this competition would have been so successful. ...
What? :eek: We've ruined it, have we? :razz: XD

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What now, Aless gets two custom titles? Oh my, the luxury... he can switch his titles during festive seasons or something XD

Congrats encore Aless!

Lmao, I noticed that too, Storm XD

Many congrats to Alessadri and the runner ups! :D

We should ban Aless from winning anything else :P

Nice comp, db!

if i'd been more careful with round 1 n put the song titles, n also for round 3 where i shouldve checked n notice tht something was wrong with my answers... i wouldve came in 3rrrrdddddd:P db, the score board was well done, very precise...thnks for everything;)

also, my heartfelt congratulations to Alessadri and the rest of the participants.

Congratulations again to Alessadri!

I'm glad everyone liked it, and yes I did typo majorly. Too much drink I say xD
Honestly it's been great organising my first comp and I'm glad it made such an impact.

Now, on with the Christmas celebrations!

Grats Alessadri!!! Awesome comp db! Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas! =D

Congrats Alessadri! ^_^

And Merry Christmas to all. :D

aw i knew i should have read those letterss.

andd well done alessss :)

Congrats Aless :)

and neh....those letters confused me :( phooey.
/me sighs

If you check all the Christmas comp threads in order you will see some blue letters:
Hehe. Nice touch! I saw all those blue letters and figured it was just some weird glitch from copying and pasting from Word or something :rolleyes:

Well done, 'Sadri.
And thanks again Deebs for a brilliant competition.

aw i knew i should have read those letterss.
I did the first contest letters but then got bored of doing it :P

But.. CONGRATS ALESS :)
And hope everyone had a good christmas :)

Round 3 was a big pain. xD

Aww... :sad: Btw, I got 57 points... YAYYyyyyyYYyY. I SUCKkkkkkKKKkkk :sad:

Congrats Alessadri!!! You're becoming a pro at these comps!
And a big thank you to db for organising it!

yepididoda yepididay , congrats aless (i said that like 3 times already)

and lovely competitions db :D

so... what does alessadri get??:eek:

Oh, by the way... Nice spreadsheet... Is that Excel? How did you colour everything?

lol maths XD of all the things you could've said :P

hmmmm. aless should get a custom rank whenev those admins finally wake up ;)

I'm awake. Just not very creative when it comes to assigning a rank.

Any suggestions? ;oP

tsk, custom rank means the person gets to choose ches :P ask aless XD and btw, stormy needs one too.....

Oh, by the way... Nice spreadsheet... Is that Excel? How did you colour everything?

Menu: "Format"; "Cells"; "Patterns";

Or right click and Format Cells; then "Patterns"

In Office 2003, I think it's slightly different in 2007.

In Office 2003, I think it's slightly different in 2007.

Actually it's exactly the same. I originally wanted to upload the actual spreadsheet but that format isn't allowed by the forum. However the picture suffices.

I'm glad you all liked it, you guys can have a little rest before the next one :P

* db1986 hands the competition baton to Saff

Actually it's exactly the same.

Ah well, the 2007 interface makes me angry and I had no desire to find out for sure :twisted:

tsk, custom rank means the person gets to choose ches :P ask aless XD and btw, stormy needs one too.....

I do? What for?

lol, whos who competition i believe :P and the easter drawing comp XD

lol Oh... duh. nice spreadsheet. :biggrin: aww storm u were sooo cloooseee... sooo close to kicking bb's butt! How did you figure out that bonus point thing though? So the next competition is Saff's again?

Menu: "Format"; "Cells"; "Patterns"
I just select the cells and click on the 'fill' icon on the formatting toolbar if it's just to colour the cell.
I <3 Excel.

And yeh, Maths, I do have another comp almost ready to go - but having a bit of a rest after Christmas :razz:

lol, whos who competition i believe :P and the easter drawing comp XD

Oh.

What about you for the Hallowe'en Competition?

... aww storm u were sooo cloooseee... sooo close to kicking bb's butt! How did you figure out that bonus point thing though? ...

The bonus round was just guessing based on what people talked about, what they'd said before, etc. I wasn't sure about any of them except mine XD

The NoHints one I was esp pleased with, because I remembered in the Recycling thread I think it was, he once said something about shoes with holes, so I figured he might be the kind to ask for a new suit :razz: Sheesh...the kind of useless information I store in my head :rolleyes:

/me chuckles at giving Deanily a new keyboard XD

I just select the cells and click on the 'fill' icon on the formatting toolbar if it's just to colour the cell.
I <3 Excel. ...

Saff, let's start an Excel fan club :razz:

(Okay, where is GEEK emoticon??)

HAHA
:geek:
We should start a competition to design one lalalalala
Edit: and I gave the new keyboard to Dean too, cos he was moaning one night on MSN about one of his keys sticking and wanting a new one! Pfft

Ah well, the 2007 interface makes me angry and I had no desire to find out for sure :twisted:

My uni has Office 2007; it annoys me too.

I just select the cells and click on the 'fill' icon on the formatting toolbar if it's just to colour the cell.

I went all posh and used Conditional Formatting :biggrin: I also had an automatic sorting button for alphabetical and scoring orders.

Yay! I <3 Excel too :razz:, especially after my friend showed me that you can set up a timeline which automatically highlights today's date.

* Capt_Sparrow looks for the :geek: emote :p

-_- ......thats like..all i have to say bout this convo.......

/me doesnt know which one she knows how to use tbh....probs the older one :P

and saff's got a competition next.......... :P i believe ^_^
/me skips off

and saff's got a competition next.......... :P i believe ^_^

She does indeed :)

I done it: geeks unite (http://www.isketchforum.net/group.php?groupid=5) XD

oh goodness....i cannot believe u people............ghsijdglshdlas

this comp was awesome :D (i am so on topic :P)

I just select the cells and click on the 'fill' icon on the formatting toolbar if it's just to colour the cell.
I <3 Excel.

And yeh, Maths, I do have another comp almost ready to go - but having a bit of a rest after Christmas :razz:

clicking icons is for noobs.

So is menu clicking though.

keyboard shortcuts are where it's at.

(Okay, where is GEEK emoticon??)


HAHA
:geek:
We should start a competition to design one lalalalala



* Capt_Sparrow looks for the :geek: emote :p


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/GeekType.gif

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/ProofReader/Emoticons/Grin2-ani.gif

No, storm, I was talking about those bonus 5 points... the stuff that was in blue.



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If you check all the Christmas comp threads in order you will see some blue letters:

Round 1: If you send me a PM

Round 2: with just the word

Round 2 Poll: at the end of this

Bonus Round: sentence you will

Round 3: get a 5 point bonus





This stuff... Is it even there?? I never saw anything... and still don't... Nothing's in blue...?

Aww Maths....there are individual letters in blue.
If you look at this thread (http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=149808&postcount=1)(for example), you will see that some fo the letters are in blue:

__________________________________________________ ____________
The competition is split into 3 rounds.

Round 1: Christmas Anagrams (55 Points)

Solve the 40 anagrams to form 40 forumite names.
If there is any punctuation, this should be included to help form the forumite names.
etc

If you put all the blue letters together it spells out Deebs' bonus clue.
Pretty darn clever if you ask me!

Saff, I only see 8 in blue (db1986's Christmas...)! The f of forumite and y of any aren't in blue!

Maths - try setting the forum to Hallowe'en style and you'll see different character colours clearer. (To set to Hallowe'en: User CP > Edit Options > (scroll down to the last section) Miscellaneous Options > Forum Skin > Halloween)

The f in forumite and y in any are in blue in Round 1.

Maths - try setting the forum to Hallowe'en style and you'll see different character colours clearer. (To set to Hallowe'en: User CP > Edit Options > (scroll down to the last section) Miscellaneous Options > Forum Skin > Halloween)

Alternatively, click the drop-down menu at the bottom left of any thread and select "-- Hallowe'en 08"