Expired Promo CM Halloweek Contest 2019 - FINAL STANDINGS

[nikantw]

Did you realise that many of your screenshots posted after time contained wilds in the win lines anyhow?

In the 3oak it is ok, I asked and he explained that only the 5oak need to be without wilds (or a wildline).

 

[spoo42]

I was going to say that you should be allowed to switch your 3oak with your 5oak.

I would love a chance to upload all of mine, as per the rules they are all taken before 17:00:
ONLY screenshots taken between: 28 Oct 17:00 and 04 Nov. 17:00pm GMT. Will be Eligible to get Points.

I wasn't using tactics. I just couldn't play sooner and I had to wait to see how many 5oaks I can manage before I post any of my 3oaks.

And that rule is correct, all your shots had to be taken within the period of the competition.. but further down the page it also says..

Slot Contest starts 28 October 2019 at 17:00 GMT and ends 04 November 2019 at 17:00 GMT

So also by that rule, they also had to be posted before 5pm today too.

 

[Kroffe]

Furthermore, I’d like to add that I’m sick and tired of the bickering after comps close. No wonder the reps don’t like doing them for us.
If Pere allows Nikans shots and he wins, if he allows people to change their entries and I end up 3rd it 4th that’s fine with me.
I respect that the staff will play fair and are also on a learning curve with regards to running comps.
So,
A big thanks for your time and efforts once again Pere.

Im usually a pretty cheery bear, i just think the way the rulechange screwed all my chances for place among the top was and is a bit unfair.

Pere: Must be a date and time visible on screens for them to be allowed
Supa: I cant do that
Pere: Dont worry, we will work it out.

Kroffe: Since you changed the rule, my screenshots i posted before the change became pretty bad, can i swap them for good ones?
Pere: No

Seems sometimes theres room to flex&work things out fair, other times not so much.
Not looking for special treatment, just that the time&money i put into the comp should be counted.

Edit: I get that its to late to change anything now, but it would have been very easy to do during the comp.

 

[bamberfishcake]

So there were a couple of rules broken and amended, lets not bite the hand that feeds us.

There will be plenty more competitions for me, i mean us to win if we praise and give credit where its due

 

[paul7388]

Can only think that as it is Halloween they played trick or treat.

Treated all the members except the bear who they tricked.

Either that or they all suffer Arkoudaphobia and wanted him to leave.

 

[nikantw]

And that rule is correct, all your shots had to be taken within the period of the competition.. but further down the page it also says..

Slot Contest starts 28 October 2019 at 17:00 GMT and ends 04 November 2019 at 17:00 GMT

So also by that rule, they also had to be posted before 5pm today too.

A gray zone really. I prefer it when it is clearly stated in the 1st post like: "take them before 5:00, post them before 7:00".
I did all the "work", paid the cost...... but I should have been just a bit smarter and faster.

Anyway, I truly appreciate all the efforts and comps from @pereblue , @L&L-Jan and @RyanABC
Thank you guys for everything

 

[Kroffe]

Can only think that as it is Halloween they played trick or treat.

Treated all the members except the bear who they tricked.

Either that or they all suffer Arkoudaphobia and wanted him to leave.

One would think they would do my bidding of they were so scared of me. =)

Just a bit bitter over the time&money i put in after the rulechange, stupidly thinking i would not be forced to use the now useless screenshots, and that i could swap for new ones. Atleast i asked before getting all 100 5oaks, so i got that going for me i guess.
Had i asked right away, i could have saved a bunch of time&money that i spent thinking i actually had a shot at top-finish.

 

[ternur]

Pere: Must be a date and time visible on screens for them to be allowed

This requirement always puzzles me. Some casinos insist for it in KYC documents as well (like in a web wallet screen shot). It's just silly. It's hard to accomplish with mobile devices and it's easily changeable to what ever you like it to be. I hate it, because I've set my computers to show only time, not date. So I have to change the settings for these purposes (I'm easily annoyed when I have to change the rules of my own little bubble ).

I do recognise its limited value in screen shot competitions like these, but it has zero value for KYC screen shots ( L&L).

That was just a general little rambling with my morning coffee. The main purpose of this post was to thank L&L, @pereblue and all the participants for another nice forum competition. It was great even though I personally had little time to play. Congrats to all the winners

 

[Supababe]

Im usually a pretty cheery bear, i just think the way the rulechange screwed all my chances for place among the top was and is a bit unfair.

Pere: Must be a date and time visible on screens for them to be allowed
Supa: I cant do that
Pere: Dont worry, we will work it out.

Kroffe: Since you changed the rule, my screenshots i posted before the change became pretty bad, can i swap them for good ones?
Pere: No

Seems sometimes theres room to flex&work things out fair, other times not so much.
Not looking for special treatment, just that the time&money i put into the comp should be counted.

Edit: I get that its to late to change anything now, but it would have been very easy to do during the comp.

The rules were changed at the start of day 2.
At that point I asked if I could change my original ones. I was told no. Fair enough.

Day 3/4 leaderboard announced. You celebrate. No complaints, no request to change shots. You also got some good /big wins from the devil game (full screen -1 for example).

If I could have changed shots I would have made sure I had max amount too.
I scored full marks on every section of the quizzes/image searches and sound clips. I suspect only Nikan (who is rapid at answering) could have scored more with his first to answer points).

as for time:date... this was an additional reason to keep me playing Lucky devil as it has a session ID on each shot (making it easier for it to be verified)

 

[pereblue]

good morning Good people ( you all are good I know ).

First of all thanks for taking part of the Halloween contest, some of the questions / suggestions / thoughts you have posted and my point of view:

- About sending Screenshots: "Slot Contest starts 28 October 2019 at 17:00 GMT and ends 04 November 2019 at 17:00 GMT " that's it, means Ends at 17:00GMT. If someone has waited until the last minute to send screenshots and has encountered difficulties in uploading the images, I can only apologize and for future competitions we will try to define a more flexible and more precise time to avoid "embarrassing" situations.

- About special treatment: I try to be fair to everyone, although sometimes I know that there are opposite positions, I try to be as equanimous as possible with everyone, again we will try to optimize and set much more valuable rules for future competitions to avoid misunderstandings.

I must also mention that the part not related to the Slots has had a low participation, whether it is due to the difficulty of the tests or they are simply not interesting for all of you. An attempt has been made to generate fun mini-tests with a certain degree of difficulty, combining image search, slot identification, slot sound identification, ... all with the intention of generating a fun time and personal challenge to perform certain tests where you can test your level of knowledge and ability to solve puzzles.

Christmas is closer than we think and we hope to offer a new exclusive contest, with the experiences lived in this and previous answers to improve and generate a better experience for all .. I hope your feedback and any suggestions will be heard and put on the Casinomeister table.


Anyway today we're going to consolidate FInal Standings so stay tuned!

 

[bamberfishcake]

Oooh, ooh i cant wait........

Loved the screenshot participation and the Lucky Devil trick, which was surely cleverly intended to be found as the smart game to play, made a nice twist. If i had been smarter i would have worked that out sooner and i like to find little secrets to games and competitions so for me that part was brilliant.

Finding symbols amongst pages and pages of a website is not fun for me. I didnt really get the clues, though to be fair didnt give them much thought as the last hunt in a competition took a couple hours of my time, was not fruitful and i found to be boring. Identifying game symbols is always a good one though.

The questions on L&L were a nice addition to score some points with a little research. The additional points for being first to answer I dont think i will ever get as i just cant give that much attention but i suppose they are a nice feature.

So theres my feedback, im just grateful for any comp really, enjoyed this one the best so far i think........im hoping there is a secret prize for killing screenshot insects as ive felled loads, if not, that would have been a good one

 

[spoo42]

Personally I love the scavenger parts and the puzzle solving and hunting parts - although I can understand some losing interest quick or finding them difficult or something. I don't think they were too hard this time, overall fairly easy (although I got stumped on one or two lol) last year's Halloween contest was quite difficult I seem to recall lol.

If I could give any input it would be to keep these parts for future comps, and maybe any spinning tasks reworked a little ,( maybe even play money instead , like in past comps so if anyone can't play real money during the comp they can still take part).

Loved the comp again though, so thanks for that pere and everyone involved.

 

[nikantw]

Yes the combination of tasks was great. Maybe if it was more balanced more people would take part in all the tasks.
For example 10 screenshots max for each category. I love the scavenger hunt!

 

[ternur]

I must also mention that the part not related to the Slots has had a low participation, whether it is due to the difficulty of the tests or they are simply not interesting for all of you. An attempt has been made to generate fun mini-tests with a certain degree of difficulty, combining image search, slot identification, slot sound identification, ... all with the intention of generating a fun time and personal challenge to perform certain tests where you can test your level of knowledge and ability to solve puzzles.

I personally didn't have much time to give this the effort it required. Simply had no time (that goes for playing slots too). But I do think it was a nice comp, different tasks, something for everyone I think. I'm a fan of this format.

One suggestion if I may? Maybe ditch the "first one to answer/post gets x +points" in the future? I'm making this suggestion solely based on selfish reasons. I'm slow

 

[Kroffe]

The rules were changed at the start of day 2.
At that point I asked if I could change my original ones. I was told no. Fair enough.

Day 3/4 leaderboard announced. You celebrate. No complaints, no request to change shots. You also got some good /big wins from the devil game (full screen -1 for example).

If I could have changed shots I would have made sure I had max amount too.
I scored full marks on every section of the quizzes/image searches and sound clips. I suspect only Nikan (who is rapid at answering) could have scored more with his first to answer points).

as for time:date... this was an additional reason to keep me playing Lucky devil as it has a session ID on each shot (making it easier for it to be verified)

I dont see the post you are talking about, unless you mean the one where you ask if we would be discounting the ones already posted.
And pere said all screens posted would be "eligible".
Probably me just misunderstanding that then, because i thought the screens being eligible meant we were allowed to use the old ones, not that we were forced to.
Like how my left hand is eligible to do alot of things, but since its shit at doing things, i opt for the right hand most of the time.

By celebrate, you mean the joke i posted about my score being without the screenshots added?
I guess one could see that as celebrating.

Really im only salty because of the time&money i spent on the comp thinking i actually had a shot.
I should have asked pere if i could swap the now useless screens right away, but i thought there was no way we would be forced to use the pictures the rulechange had made useless, so i continued spending time&money on participating in the comp.
And then it turns out the money&time i spent counts for nothing, because of something out of my control. I had not done something wrong/broken a rule or anything.
Would of course have stopped playing day1 if i knew all following play would be pointless (quite literally point-less)

Its easy to say things have been done fair when you are more or less guaranteed a top-spot.
If the shoe were on the other foot i dont think you would be as happy to call it fair.

Edit: And im not saying anything should change now, im just saying it should have been changed then.
Making such a major rulechange, everybody should start of with the same opportunities afterwards, not screwing the people who participated before the change different amounts depending on how many screenshots they had posted.
Simple.

 

[Supababe]

I dont see the post you are talking about, unless you mean the one where you ask if we would be discounting the ones already posted.
And pere said all screens posted would be "eligible".
Probably me just misunderstanding that then, because i thought the screens being eligible meant we were allowed to use the old ones, not that we were forced to.
Like how my left hand is eligible to do alot of things, but since its shit at doing things, i opt for the right hand most of the time.

By celebrate, you mean the joke i posted about my score being without the screenshots added?
I guess one could see that as celebrating.

Really im only salty because of the time&money i spent on the comp thinking i actually had a shot.
I should have asked pere if i could swap the now useless screens right away, but i thought there was no way we would be forced to use the pictures the rulechange had made useless, so i continued spending time&money on participating in the comp.
And then it turns out the money&time i spent counts for nothing, because of something out of my control. I had not done something wrong/broken a rule or anything.
Would of course have stopped playing day1 if i knew all following play would be pointless (quite literally point-less)

Its easy to say things have been done fair when you are more or less guaranteed a top-spot.
If the shoe were on the other foot i dont think you would be as happy to call it fair.

Edit: And im not saying anything should change now, im just saying it should have been changed then.
Making such a major rulechange, everybody should start of with the same opportunities afterwards, not screwing the people who participated before the change different amounts depending on how many screenshots they had posted.
Simple.

I asked Pere privately.
As for shoe and other foot... if you look around previous comps there have been a few times that I could have argued, and felt hard done by .... but didn’t.
In fact, I try my best to help others out. As I’m sure many members would testify.

Perhaps you weren’t around 18 months ago when I won a £3.5K holiday that I gave back to a member on the forum (rather than give to a family member).

 

[Kroffe]

I asked Pere privately.
As for shoe and other foot... if you look around previous comps there have been a few times that I could have argued, and felt hard done by .... but didn’t.
In fact, I try my best to help others out. As I’m sure many members would testify.

Perhaps you weren’t around 18 months ago when I won a £3.5K holiday that I gave back to a member on the forum (rather than give to a family member).

Guess i was naive in thinking people would have an equal chance after the rulechange then.
What you are saying is basically that you should expect to get screwed over now and then in the comps, and that instead of objecting to it you should just roll with it.
You are a bigger person than me i guess, because i tend to complain (as you can see) when getting screwed over.

 

[mack341]

Guess i was naive in thinking people would have an equal chance after the rulechange then.
What you are saying is basically that you should expect to get screwed over now and then in the comps, and that instead of objecting to it you should just roll with it.
You are a bigger person than me i guess, because i tend to complain (as you can see) when getting screwed over.

Kroffe what is the prize on offer/ at issue here? I must admit I haven't followed this comp thread from the beginning, it looked a bit complicated and time consuming for my taste [I'm sure people taking part enjoyed it, just that I'm a bit of a can't be arsed person ]

 

[Kroffe]

Kroffe what is the prize on offer/ at issue here? I must admit I haven't followed this comp thread from the beginning, it looked a bit complicated and time consuming for my taste [I'm sure people taking part enjoyed it, just that I'm a bit of a can't be arsed person ]

Im not sure i understand your question.
Thing im having issues with is the rulechange that happened at the start of the competition that made it impossible for me to have a chance at a good placing. Something i learned when i asked a few days later.
It went from No limit on screenshots to max 100, and i had already posted 80. But those were 3oaks, worth one point.
When limited to only a 100, of course one would go to fill up as many as possible with 5oaks worth 4 points.

So basically what happened is i kept playing collecting different screens answering quizzes etc without knowing i was already screwed.
Could have saved time&money had i known.
And thats why, if you were to put your tongue at me in this moment, it would taste of salt.

 

[pereblue]

FINAL STANDINGS​

Congrats supababe for the 1st!
.
Still some "surprise" bonus will be announced by @L&L-Jan in a few.... Please send a PM to him in order to proceed with the Payment.
And remember all members getting Tickets will be elegible to win the 300€Draw stay tuned!

EDIT: Updated fixing kroffe Points.

 

[dionysus]

WTG winners and ty pere and Jan
(and pm comin' yer way)

 

[Supababe]

Thank you. That was a hard fought one.
Well done all.

 

[Kroffe]

FINAL STANDINGS​

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Congrats supababe for the 1st!
.
Still some "surprise" bonus will be announced by @L&L-Jan in a few.... Please send a PM to him in order to proceed with the Payment.
And remember all members getting Tickets will be elegible to win the 300€Draw stay tuned!

I know it wont make any difference, but my score is incorrect.

80x1 point 3oak screens
20x4 point 5oak
20x2 scatter pics
Thats 200 points, and thats not counting the quizzes, scavenger hunts etc.

I may have misunderstood how the scores were calculated.

Edit: Thanks for the comp and work with it @pereblue & @L&L-Jan and any other involved.
Slightly less salty even tho i had enough points collected for #1 had i been allowed to use them.

 

[bamberfishcake]

Thanks!

Well chuffed!

 

[pereblue]

I know it wont make any difference, but my score is incorrect.

80x1 point 3oak screens
20x4 point 5oak
20x2 scatter pics
Thats 200 points, and thats not counting the quizzes, scavenger hunts etc.

I may have misunderstood how the scores were calculated.

Edit: Thanks for the comp and work with it @pereblue & @L&L-Jan and any other involved.
Slightly less salty even tho i had enough points collected for #1 had i been allowed to use them.

sorry rechecking you final score again....