And the winners are............(But first a 25 SBD Bounty!)

in contest •  7 years ago  (edited)

I know that many of you have been anxiously awaiting the announcement of prize winners in my Behind the Mystery Door Contest https://steemit.com/contest/@onceuponatime/the-end-of-the-road-and-behind-the-mystery-door-contest

But,

Oh My God!!!

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This is soul wrenching!

(Trying to choose winners in a contest that has received quite literally HUNDREDS of magnificent entries! How will I do it without tearing myself apart? - pulled in divergent directions by fabulous responses incorporating countless variant themes?)

So many super creative steemers

have replied with so many super creative stories and ideas
as to what could lie behind this door:

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photo credit: @twiceuponatime

That I am blown away!

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And so

in order to lessen the burden of rewarding only 3 of the fabulous steemers
who had put in the effort to write their own post with tag "behindmysterydoor" as a response, I decided to send 10 SBD to every post done under that tag up until my post paid out (14 days ago as of now)!

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But, the Fly in the Ointment,

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Wall,

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Dead End,

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"Do Not Pass Go!"

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...........yes, the conundrum, is:

I can no longer access all the entries under the #behindmysterydoor tag!

Believe me, I've tried!

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What am I to do?

I know!

Twenty-five SBD (steem backed dollars) to the FIRST person who is able to help me get the list of all entry posts under the "behindmysterydoor" tag up until this, my contest post, paid out 7 days after it was posted: https://steemit.com/contest/@onceuponatime/the-end-of-the-road-and-behind-the-mystery-door-contest

This 25 SBD bounty offer

to get the list of posts under behindmysterydoor tag is good until noon April 18th UTC. If I haven't found a way to access the list by then I will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes (50, 25, and 15 Steem) to the best entries that I can recall. This is far from perfect, but the only solution I have been able to come up with so far.

In the interests of fairness,

I also offer a 25 SBD bounty to any suggestion submitted in the responses below, by noon April 18th UTC, of an alternative and more fair solution (as judged by me) to my conundrum.

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Help me retrieve the list of contest entries!

The prizes are awaiting!!!

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ouzo and out,
@onceuponatime

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(3): http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/imagedownload.php?accessNumber=M965.199.2994&Lang=1&imageID=213933

No animals were harmed in the production of this post.

I apologize that @onceuponatime is such an idiot. Sincerely, @twiceuponatime

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I think we have a winner

That looks right!!!

Looks like you've got it. There will be 25 SBD on the way to you unless an even more appropriate answer arrives by noon April 18th UTC.

I got to see in behindmysterydoor but only 3 posts appeared...i really got excited..lol...

Thank you!

Problem with it is that it will bring out all the post made on the tag even after the seven day period.

Intelligent man! Keep it up!

Congratulations @aamirijaz

Thanks you brother!

You seem very smart about finding things on Steemit I was wondering if you could help me? I used to always check my mentions on either http://steemistry.com/steemit-mentions-tool/?mention=@isteemithard or by using the mentions tab on my 'Steemit More info" chrome extension but for the past month or so both of these are not working so I have been unable to find other users posts that mention me. I was wondering if you know of another way?

Sure I will help you with this. Give me a minute.


thanks for the quick response no rush

Hit the Mentions at the left. Good luck!
https://steemworld.org/@isteemithard

Okay I am done with the solution! :D

  • For the mentions I am using Ginabot You need to be on discord to use the service.

  • It used to be possible also through steem.rocks (but you can still monitor your follows, unfollows etc through steem.rocks)

  • If you use or plan to use busy.org your mentions (and all kind of notifications) are also visible there.

I hope these will help : )

Let me know if you have more questions!

your bad man, wishing you luck for next one

He is winner, how did you say about his bad?

Congratulations man!

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Oh my!
417 comments on the contest announcement + 106 comments on the announcement of winner announcement to come! You are a popular man Mr Once.

It was a fantastic initiative @onceuponatime and I am sure it triggered many people's imagination.

I had in my mind what to write and I might do in a future post, just to express my thoughts : )

Congrats to everyone who put their efforts and to you and to the perfect @twiceuponatime and I believe that EVERYBODY is a winner!

💙

If I had known beforehand that I would have to spend 60 hours (and counting) managing this contest - I might have thought twice about holding it LOL

hahaha

Next time you will need a secretary/assistant/helper for sure!

I dispose myself as your personal assistant to manage and file for you the entries to your next contest.
Or better, let's have a contest about that :P

p.s. Make it easier next time, have a word limitation or ask for something that does not require fantasy unleashing

Καλημέρα & Καλή Εβδομάδα Φίλε μου!

LOL No good deed goes unpunished!! @onceuponatime LOL. Took me 5 decades to learn that!

To be honest @onceuponatime I am pleased on both fronts.

  • #1 I am pleased that you received so many entries

  • #2 I am pleased that you have a conundrum

...because that was exactly what the mystery door was... a conundrum.

Conundrum: a confusing and difficult problem or question.

More than prizes, awards, and judging...

I found this entire contest quite fun and spectacular for finding a way to energize everyone.

If anyone deserves a prize for this.. it is you.

P.S. Re-steemed. This was the most out-of-ordinary contest I've seen in a long time. I loved the suspense, uniqueness of it... and how everyone got involved. What a way to build community involvement... even in something as obscure as this.

A lot of fun. I hope you do something similar, but different again. :)

That’s tough work man !! How is it possible to find out 🤔

May be you can ask everyone to make a post again with the tag, or you can ask them all to contact you and send you the link to that post with the tag !!

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If I knew how it was possible to find out then I would not be offering a 25 SBD bounty :-)

And I need a link to a list or something like that. I can't spend another 50 hours on this one contest LOL
It is killing me!

Hmm i understand but people might send their links with that tag to YOU if you ask them to but not to anyone else !! 🤔

Or what you can do is, you can ask for a volunteer!! Participants can send their old links to that volunteer and that volunteer can make a list and send it to you !!

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Your such an intelligent man @onceuponatime. Very creative in organizing a contest like this, so smart! Hope i can join this? If it is okey.

I have a very easy solution @onceuponatime (I wonder how my vibrant friend @twiceuponatime didn't think about it).

So, my suggestion is inspired by Kanye West. You can announce the winner...Let's say you pick (I randomly pick a name) @eliakon for first place. I will interfere (kindly) and say "I am really happy for you @eliakon, I'll let you finish, no disrespect to @onceuponatime for picking you but (randomly picking again) @alinak15 had one of the greatest posts of all time. Of all time!!!!!!!"

Stuff like that:

We will repeat that for the 2nd and 3rd winner as well, I will be booed I know, I know but I am used to that, so in the name of justice and integrity you will decide not to announce winners because of the controversy caused blah blah. We are in Greece @onceuponatime, peeps love drama like that in this country. We may even be on the National News if we do that LOL

With your "solution", there will be blood in the streets!

blood indeed! Lets avoid that, luckily it's not @tkappas contest!

😂😂😂😂😂

Hahahahhahaha. Definitely...and chaos with it.

Blood smells good at times. But just not my blood then we are fine.

LOL And I would insist that @eliakon truly deserved to win. She is a cool person as far as I know :P

😂😂😂

You started another bounty chase with the answer to the earlier bounty contest.
Wow ! This is called, keeping the Wheel of Fortune moving, @onceuponatime :)
My congratulations to the winners :)

Hey, do you think I could get a job spinning those Himalayan prayer wheels?

Why spin the prayer wheels if you have the power to SPIN the minds, @onceuponatime ?

Not just Himalayas. The whole world needs people like you to spin the wheels of fortune and spin the minds so that the prayer wheels keep spinning ! 😎😊😊

Himalayas miss you. I am sure 😊😊.

Have a great weekend master Once, I send more sunshine to your door!)

Well, It looks like I like collecting bounties! @onceuponatime

Here's exactly what you asked for all summed up in one post :) Excluded irrelevant comment threads and late entries!

https://steemit.com/behindthemysterydoor/@awakeningartist/a-list-of-entries-for-the-behind-the-mystery-door-contest-hosted-by-onceuponatime

Twenty-five SBD (steem backed dollars) to the FIRST person who is able to help me get the list

No you are not an idiot, no one is perfect!

I'm perfect! :-)

Really?

Yeah I can understand that it will take a lot time and will tear you apart in searching a of the posts that have been posted under a mentioned tag.
I suggest that look for the replies you gave to the comments on that post beacuse you liked their answer and you replied them, award them according to your will and award less SBD to all of them in deciding hours. Decide some specific hours to vote them.
It will take some days but it will work and it won't put any burden on you.

Wow, I tried to put myself in your shoes and I have to say your solution is outstanding and very classy! Well done @onceuponatime, as I'm not sure what I would have done.
And thanks for the chuckle, I love that you are not harming animals lol Too funny!

I'm on to it, going to create a post with that list.
and i'm waiting for the result ;)

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

One of my favourite post of yours so far, great editing, fun read and the excitetetedment is hard to contain!

May the force find its way through the magic of digital communication to allow you to solve this mystery once and for all.

Namaste :)

Its gonna be a bitch to track them down.
I recall for sure @ruthgirl @evimeria @tkappa my own post and then with some google search I came up to those
http://www.thingsthatstripmygears.com/tag/beyondmysterydoor/
https://steemit.com/behindmysterydoor/@ryunamist/contest-entry-behind-the-mystery-door-afterlife
https://steemit.com/writing/@lordneroo/no-roads-left-behind-the-mystery-door

I will try to see how I can go around this and find them all. I will seek for steemd database results and will let you know If I got any luck tracking them down.

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Wow you have some serious reading to do.

@skapaneas Hey, thank you SOOO much for including my post in this comment of yours! I really appreciate that!

How about those who participated will comment here with a screenshot or their link to the post.
Or make another post in which only those who had participated can comment (others will get the flag)
That'll keep it organized...

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

I saw that...
But I though there was gonna be a runner up.
Can't blame me for trying lol

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Copying there link who have participated and pasting them in the comment box will help.
I will post the link of my entry here
https://steemit.com/behindmysterydoor/@mumin007/what-is-behind-the-mystery-door

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Oo we already have a winner, my bad

congratulations to the winners, my bad i came to know about it later and couldn't get to participate in it... anyways waiting for your next competition it will be fun 🙂

Lol, definitely a conundrum. I don't envy you. But can a panel of judges help? You divide the posts among you and pick the winners. It might be easier to access all post and faster to judge. Well done

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Aww
Congrats to the winner.
Was quite hopeful.
And here I was compiling the list. 25sbd is a grand prize. I was also happy for the upvote even more than the prize. Really helped boost my reputation.
Thank you

Ouch, ugh situation. I'm currently waiting to head out and look for a computer monitor to help my dog-smashed-laptop situation. If I get one, I'll certainly try my best to dig through the tag and compile you a list of all the ones submitted before your post payout! I'm no expert, but I think I can figure it out :)

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Yay community! This is why its so important to remember to ask for help we we need it!

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I won’t suggest any solution (i saw top comment)
This contest was fantastic and i also think you are in trouble trying to read all those entries by yourself

I apologize that @onceuponatime is such an idiot. Sincerely, @twiceuponatime

I was laughing 10 minutes when i saw the bottom line. You are so funny guy!!
God bless you

I think their is a problem in Steemit site because right now all the section where we can explore all the tags is not available and not opening,so it's going to be tough job 🤓

With a bit of scrolling, I think thisight be helpful:https://www.google.gr/search?dcr=0&source=hp&ei=tgXSWvHtEMfNwQLfxqOYCw&q=steemit+"behindmysterydoor"&oq=steemit+"behindmysterydoor"&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...988.8168..8789...0....152.1419.0j12..........1j2..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....0..0j33i160.XPw9rz%2FscFY%3D

I am on my phone though so I can't verify :(

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Damn. I always finish last 😱😱😱😱😱😱

That means then that you are a "nice guy".

NICE GUYS FINISH LAST.

Stop complimenting my sexual prowess 😊😊😊

You can make a post about it, let them know you can't access all the post on the tag again.
Then, you can announce to all those who participated for their links.

They will all drop it in the comment section, and you are good to go.

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Oh!
And I've been compiling the list.
Funny enough, I typed "Steemit Behindmysterydoor" and it brought out every thing from the earliest posts to the ones written for long.

We shouldn't proceed again right?

WOW!!!!
I am speechless......you give 10 SBD to all the entries?????

You are too kind @onceuponatime......as always!!!!!!

Hi, You are very generous for 10 sbd..thank you in advance
you are not an idiot... you are very clever and very good man...
You help on steemit a lot of people..
And you have a big audience that they love you...
Have a beautiful day...

I will perticipate this contest

Great initiative bounty @onceuponatime. I think, Everybody wants to feels good. A fabulous announcement .

what strikes your heart will be the best
go ahead with that !

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my dear friend @onceuponatime,great post,congratulation and great capture,I didn't know about this contest but congrants for the winners :). Regards,i really really love this post all time,thank you for sharing with us,

helpful post!!!!

Sir it's really tough work. But no matter if we winner or not we all try to answer and we are happy you remember the contest (behindmysterydoor) thats enough. Thanks again sir @onceuponatime.

I didn't know about this contest but congrants for the winners :). Regards

Congratulations winners... @aamirijaz thanks for makimg me proud... My real name is also Amir lol.... Super work guys...
@onceuponatime thank me as i dint participate lol

@twiceuponatime thats what i do when i see my bro getting the attention... He is also an idiot hehehe

Well it's difficult believe me I was wondering how you could access all the entries, I don't really know a technical way but I think you should do a posting asking people to submit entries you've not seen in the comment
Or maybe get a list of judges.

well it's not really cool, but that's what I can think of.

wow very excellent post Thanks for sharing i will done upvote..
Looks really wonderful such a cool and fantastic architectural design :)

I came to the party late. Guess our winner has been found. Some of us actually made our contest in your comment section. wipes tears

wow this is really amazing and helpful post............./////////////
Thanks

congratulation and great capture @twiceuponatime
Thank you for the contest

Congratulations to you

congrats to winners, i know that is hard for to decide winner @onceuponatime

Okay, I should give you the result in three hours time. But I want to be sure of what I'll put in my search query. do you mean only post that were made during when your post here https://steemit.com/contest/@onceuponatime/the-end-of-the-road-and-behind-the-mystery-door-contest was still active? That means only post made within the seven day period that your post was active. If that's so, please confirm so I can make my query now.

Yes i believe only people with 7 days entry are eligible.

Okay, one more thing. Should I just list all the post here. Or should a drop a query link that will load up all the post that were made in that time frame?

There has already been a winner (see top comment)

Oh I see. Congrats to him. I thought you needed a query that will take you back in time (a time traveling machine ) and not just a link of all post?

https://joticajulian.github.io/custom-feed/index.html?type=created&tags=behindmysterydoor&olderthan=10080

This query is set to pick only post made from seven days ago. You might want to try it to cut the hassle of checking posts later than time frame. Best to use a PC except your phone has a ram greater that 3gb. All the best.

Also note that this is set to start picking post seven days ago and I believe you'd want to use it immediately. But if you want to use it t a later time like tomorrow, you let of know so I can re-calculate the time frame.

Hello @onceuponatime, well done for your wonderful works and contributions to the steemosphere. If you would ask for my suggestion concerning this, I would say, a panel of curators be set up for this, lest say about 4 persons plus yourself making it 5. When a particular entry is selected, then we hear what each curator will have to say about it. The entry with most positive comments and votes from the curators wins followed by the runner-up entry and so forth.
The purpose of having selected persons work on this is to increase objectivity and sound judgement. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute

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Just tell the people who entered to post a link to their entry in response to one comment you add on this post.

And since my initial reoonse above... I read on and noticed someone listed the links already (not that I checked if it is complete). You could take his list. Post it. And ask anyone who may not have been listed to comment their link....

Someone sure will come up with the solution to your problem and you will get the result of the hard work of yours !

That is indeed quite generous of you !

Hi @onceuponatime, you’re outstandingly generous and my suggestion to your conundrum is to put out a new post where:

  1. You again explain your dilemma and your willingness to reward those who took the time and effort to post separately on time. I’m sure people will understand you’re inundated due to the popularity of the contest.
  2. Request that only Contests entrants who created a post on time reply in the comments with their post link, but ask that they also include a preview. It should include their first 3 sentence or any parameters you prefer that will help you decide.
  3. Review each preview and if you’re drawn in, then read their full post. This way, you’ll not spend too much time time on anything that doesn’t intrigue.

Note:
(i) Every legitimate post will be rewarded for their effort regardless, so I don’t feel people should be upset. And you would have genuinely spent the time to consider the response.
(ii) You’ll be rewarding those who wish to genuinely engage, and I get the sense you value direct engagement.
(iii) There will be those who may abuse your generosity, but that’s on them.
(iv). Yes, I’m creating more work, but your rewards are well worth a few additional minutes, and besides, it’s another opportunity for people to promo their work.

Good luck on deciding! I hope you find what you’re looking for.

Cheers,
Linny

excllent post

is it possible for a person to win who only commented on that post
and didn't make a post with a tag

First, I love your sense of humor and how you put it into your posts.

Second, thank you for your time and effort that you put into your contests. You are one of the most generous Steemers I know of, and I appreciate it. I believe these types of initiatives really are good for the community!

the mind is blown away because steemians are more than amazing :D

Oh, I believe it's a real challenge. Once I organized a competition, I had about 10 records. But even a choice between the 10 was very difficult. I imagine what it must feel like to have all these wonderful posts about the door. Usually, such large-scale competitions have several judges, as it is very difficult to check all records alone. I think you should still at this point pick the records you remember. And next time we will come up with a more organized officiating. Moreover, almost all entries already paid and make the tag impossible now. Choose those who are sunk into your soul, whose stories are most memorable to you. Surely, when you read something crashed into your memory.

Hi, I wanted to participate and I had no chance! Will it be for the next

Hey @onceuponatime! It looks your contest is so popular and you already have many entries. I hadn't foggiest about it before. Maybe next time I join it. When are you going to start the next round?

Hey @onceuponatime, thank you so much for your efforts and for constantly empowering the Steemit community! Giving 10SBD to everyone?? That's truly generous of you!

This contest of yours was truly inspirational and received the love it deserved. Hope you find a way to sort things out that pleases both you and @twiceuponatime!

After reading @aamirijaz' comment, I definitely have no better solution to offer (even though I couldn't spot my entry in there :P)!

Have a great day!