Post Mania Result Page

[JediJohnnie]

It went by so fast, (hence the "mania" part), that I'm just now looking over some of the wacky things posted.  Although there are several cut-and-pasted "jokes" which should have been disqualified & deleted under the Post Mania rules, many others were actually funny.
 

If you're trying a veiled accusation against me (since roughly 98% of my posts were jokes), you should know I spent three hours before the post mania writing jokes down in a notebook and re-writing them to fit the three line format.NOTHING was cut and paste.I personally think it's more fun to put some thought into the posts.That's why I tried to find something to post that appealed to me,like humor.

[JediJohnnie]

I could've posted 4 hours worth of Bible verses.That would've made Falcon's blood boil!

[JediJohnnie]

It was a lot of fun.Once again,thank you,mine host!

[falcon9]

It went by so fast, (hence the "mania" part), that I'm just now looking over some of the wacky things posted.  Although there are several cut-and-pasted "jokes" which should have been disqualified & deleted under the Post Mania rules, many others were actually funny.
 

If you're trying a veiled accusation against me (since roughly 98% of my posts were jokes), you should know I spent three hours before the post mania writing jokes down in a notebook and re-writing them to fit the three line format.NOTHING was cut and paste.I personally think it's more fun to put some thought into the posts.That's why I tried to find something to post that appealed to me,like humor.

It's interesting that you assumed the reference was to you, "jedijohnnie", when no one was specifically mentioned.  It's also intriguing that you further claim "nothing was cut and paste" when all of 'your' posted jokes come not from you but, from online joke pages, (which would make such cut-and-pasting easy to do for a speed-posting contest).  Since you've decided to not pretend you're "ignoring" my posted comments just to defensively reply to a post which did not accuse you by 'nym, your denial of cheating in Post Mania becomes dubious.

[falcon9]

I could've posted 4 hours worth of Bible verses.That would've made Falcon's blood boil!

It was half-expected that at least one xtian fundamentalist would try that, although it would've violated the Post Mania rule against cut-and-paste, (just as cutting and pasting altered existing jokes would).

[Kohler]

Blah blah blah - take this elsewhere. It is 100% impossible to determine if someone is cutting and pasting. They could type up several sentences in notepad prior to the contest and then cut and paste them into the message body. Can I stop this? No. So I guess I will just have to never do one again.

Now who wants to play Fantasy Football?

[ruevouge]

Blah blah blah - take this elsewhere. It is 100% impossible to determine if someone is cutting and pasting. They could type up several sentences in notepad prior to the contest and then cut and paste them into the message body. Can I stop this? No. So I guess I will just have to never do one again.

Now who wants to play Fantasy Football?

Seems like everyone who is complaining just made those that actually want to do post mania not be able too.

[falcon9]

Blah blah blah - take this elsewhere. It is 100% impossible to determine if someone is cutting and pasting. They could type up several sentences in notepad prior to the contest and then cut and paste them into the message body. Can I stop this? No. So I guess I will just have to never do one again.

Now who wants to play Fantasy Football?

Seems like everyone who is complaining just made those that actually want to do post mania not be able too.

'Shoot the messenger'? On the contrary, a participant who may have done as Kohler noted with cut & pasting would be more responsible for that than someone who objects/'complains' about it.  Nevertheless, Post Mania was otherwise a fun event.

[Kohler]

If you have proof that someone copy and pasted - please send it over

[falcon9]

If you have proof that someone copy and pasted - please send it over

The evidence is circumstantial, (although the content was available from existing websites/published material), and as you pointed out, it is 100% impossible to determine if someone is cutting and pasting conclusively.

[ruevouge]

Just sorry to hear that a few are complaining, and yes falcon 9 i did intend to say "shoot the messenger" just did not want to point fingers, even though I am not sure who the messenger would be.  Anyways, I won't dwell on it- glad to hear that people had a good time with the post mania.

[Kohler]

If you have proof that someone copy and pasted - please send it over

The evidence is circumstantial, (although the content was available from existing websites/published material), and as you pointed out, it is 100% impossible to determine if someone is cutting and pasting conclusively.

Understood, but making accusations based on circumstantial evidence is just stirring the pot for no reason. Next time you will have to include one of several words for it to count - words that would not easily be found on the internet. If you have any other suggestions as to help the cause, I am open to suggestions.

[falcon9]

Understood, but making accusations based on circumstantial evidence is just stirring the pot for no reason. Next time you will have to include one of several words for it to count - words that would not easily be found on the internet. If you have any other suggestions as to help the cause, I am open to suggestions.

Well, there was a reason; compliance with the rules of the contest however, you've pointed out the difficulties in enforcing such a rule.  True, a search for the keywords used in the contended posts could be done were the thread still available but, there'd still be no conclusive way to connect such evidence with the circumstantial accusation without subpoening a computer's hard-drive.  Obviously, that goes well beyond a non-criminal online contest.  That being the case, I'm not sure what could be done to limit the c&p potential other than to rely upon the honor system.

There was no intention to stir any posts for no reason however, I apologize if that was the effect such an inquiry had.

[Kohler]

Yes, I would like to avoid going through everyone's personal computer to match up a line of text. And it is not a big deal - next time I hope the inclusion of a FusionCash related word will qualm any fear of people trying to go around and cheat (and I am not saying someone did cheat - only they know if they did)

[falcon9]

Yes, I would like to avoid going through everyone's personal computer to match up a line of text. And it is not a big deal - next time I hope the inclusion of a FusionCash related word will qualm any fear of people trying to go around and cheat (and I am not saying someone did cheat - only they know if they did)

That inclusion is a good idea and may help to alleviate some of the potential for cheating.  As you say, it isn't that big of a deal with only relatively small bonuses involved and some people do have honor.  Thanks, Kohler.