First and foremost, this has been approved by Rick (Turd Ferguson). I thank him very much for giving a green light to this.

INTRO
Due to overwhelming PM's of members asking me to have them included in my free box break giveaways, I decided to hold a monthly contest where everyone will have equal chance of getting into one without "first come first serve " rule. All it will take on your part is little bit of luck you could say. With permission of Rick, these will be held on monthly basis. This is done out of my own pocket.


WHATS GOING ON
Each month I will purchase a hobby box to be broken, live here on SCF. It will vary from Football, Baseball, Basketball and if enough interest is shown possibly Hockey & Racing.

OBJECT OF THE CONTEST
Guess the final number of trades our lovely member Enigma will have at the end of the month.

RULES


Only one guess per member is allowed. EDITING of your post is not allowed. It will result in automatic disqualification from the contest.
All guesses must be entered prior to deadline date which will be posted by me. No guesses after the date will be accepted. All picks after that date will be locked in.
Number of participants that advance in the contest will be determined by a box and how many hits there are per box. It will vary from month to month. Information will be posted in advance along with type of box we are breaking.
Box break will be conducted in form of "draft pick group break" Names of the final participants will be entered into randomizer. Based on randomizer pick, will determine in which order you will have your picks. For example: Number one pick has picks of 1,7 number two pick has picks 2,8, etc.
There cannot be identical guesses by multiple members. Please check thread before you post your number to see if someone else claimed/guessed that number. If you post the identical number like someone else before you, you will be disqualified. This is the only time "first come first serve" rule is in effect.
Final rule. A member, that guesses the exact number, will automatically have number one pick. The rest of the members that are closest to the final number, will advance into randomizer to determine their position. If there is no exact picked number, all final participants will be entered into randomizer.

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BOX FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER: 2008 Sage Autograph Football

Picks 1, 5, 9 mackattack56601 Flacco, Brohm, Davis
Picks 2, 6, 10 hippoz64 Slaton, Flynn, Hester
Picks 3, 7, 11 rockman Avery, Phillips, Franklin
Picks 4, 8, 12 flea Zbikowski, Clady, Patrick


THE PULLS:
Joe Flacco Silver Level
Donnie Avery Silver Level
Jacob Hester Red Level
Fred Davis Silver Level
Tom Zbikowski Gold Level
Kenny Phillips Gold Level
Ryan Clady Platinum Level
Brian Brohm Gold Level
Steve Slaton Silver Level
Allen Patrick Red Level
Matt Flynn Silver Level
Will Franklin Bronze Level

Only 4 members will be able to advance.
Deadline for all entries is 9/17/08


GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU :thumb:

I would say about 110, thanks for the contest, Daniel

100 even

108 trades

99 trades

thanks for the great contest!

127 thanks!

My guess is 98. Thanks!!

Scobes

60 for me

88

Thanks

93; thanks for the contest!

I guess 102. AWESOMENESS! thanks.

105 thx

117, this is the new greatest thread in history! and Tony will have some major pressure to perform for all of us!

Innovative idea, I'm guessing 111. Thanks!!

GREAT Idea! 114 please.

96 Trades. :) Thank you.

ill say 74 thanks for the contest

92 trades for me :)

118. thanks

103 please.

Thanks a bunch for the contest man! Good luck to all!

He will have 107...

I will let someone else in on this contest but thanks again man you are a real stand up guy. If you ever do hockey I am in again though. I am hoping the ryan grant redemption comes in. If not a guy at my local card store said that he bought a lot of donruss classic and would call them up for me if I dont get it.

Thanks again

97!

thanks for the contest!!!!!

112, and cool idea for the contest.

im gona say 106

113 please...thanks!

122 for me....and again, awesome contest! Thanks for all you do.

Sweet contest idea. I'll guess 119

I'll go with 95.

Thank you!

79 thanks for the contest.

87 thanks! looks like a fun contest

I'll go with 101.

94 - thanks for another great contest!

135.

my guess is 115

WHOO-HOO...look at the vote of confidence in my trading ability...

96!! (http://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=574606&page=2)

92 thanks!!!

91 Thanks!

Enigma already has 23 trades!

36!!!!!

WHOO-HOO...look at the vote of confidence in my trading ability...

actually i would say your pack sale ability :)

116, thanks so much!

123..

My guess is 109!

79 is my guess

121 great idea

I'll guess 104. Thanks!

I say 90. Thanks.

89 thanks

91 thanks!

The number 1 is lucky because Enigma is #1!

111 trades.

By the way, you're still the man! :)

86.

thanks

101... A guy guessed 101 but he edited so I am assuming this is ok?

96!! (http://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=574606&page=2)

Sorry brother, number was already taken, please read the rules, you're out of the contest. Nothing personal, just trying to have everyone abide by the rules.

101... A guy guessed 101 but he edited so I am assuming this is ok?


EDIT: I apologize, didn't see that. You are correct, he is disqualified, you're at 101.

I'll go with 101.


Can't edit your post, automatic disqualification from the contest. Sorry.

92 thanks!!!

Number already taken, disqualification from the contest, please read rules.

79 is my guess

Number already taken, you are disqualified from the contest, please read rules.

The number 1 is lucky because Enigma is #1!

111 trades.


Ouch brother, 111 was already picked, disqualification from the contest as per the rules. Sorry my friend.

wow, man this is really cool. good to see there are still people with heart out there. ill guess 120!!!!!!!!

115 good luck! and thanks

105!

Thanks for a great contest, I'll take 134.

124 thanks

69, thanks for the contest =)

119 Trades!

Wow....Enigma needs to either pick up the pace or slow down, depending on who you are....lol

Thanks for this contest. I guess 141

115 good luck! and thanks

Already taken, read the thread & rules. Disqualified.

105!

Already taken, read the thread & rules. Disqualified.

119 Trades!


Already picked, please read the thread & rules. Disqualified.

Wow....Enigma needs to either pick up the pace or slow down, depending on who you are....lol


I bet you get daily PM inquiry's on pending trades LOL

I will say 100

Thanks Ed

I will say 100

Thanks Ed


Sorry Ed, # 100 was taken in the second post of this thread. Per rules of this thread, I gotta disqualify you from this contest due to double posted number.


Please guys, read the rules and thread. Browse quickly through 8 pages. That's at least you can do for 100 free bucks. C'mon :thumb:

125 trades

I'll guess 85

read through all the pages ill guess 128 trades, dont think i saw it, thanks for the contest!!!!

139 is my guess..

thanks for contest.

I will say 84 lets go mets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to say 141..... Sounds crazy, but I think that almost might be to LITTLE trades. Thanks a lot man. Awesome contest!

Go Tony!

I will say 78, thanks for the contest.

145..

ill go 81

I'm going to say 141..... Sounds crazy, but I think that almost might be to LITTLE trades. Thanks a lot man. Awesome contest!

Go Tony!


Already taken. Disqualified.

126 thanks!

83 looks like it's not taken....i hope. Thanks for the contest!

94............

108 trades
already taken i saw...so it basically is 1st come 1st serve

Just like rules states, when it comes to number picking, it is first come first serve. Otherwise we would have 50 winners.

I will check all posts on 9/17. All duplicate posted numbers or edited posts will be disqualified. I strongly advise you to read every post to make sure the numbere you're thinking of has not already been posted.

Box was ordered yesterday.

i know i was just kidding already got some cool stuff from you dont think i need to be that greedy

I'll go with 75.... thanks!

129.... thanks

139.

130. Thanks for the great contest. Very generous of you.

i dont think i saw my number so im gonna go with 144, thanx for the contest man :D

77 please

Not many choices left...that's what I get for getting into it late.....

So I'll take - 131.

(Come'on Enigma...have a good month! :) )

I'll take 82 thanks.

142. Thanks

132. Thanks.

133 thanks

i would say 150

Time to make your picks has ran out. No other picks will be accepted here on out. Now we wait for the final result at the end of this month.

Those that posted double numbers or edited their post will be disqualified and their pick will not count at all. It will go to the next closest guy.

Thank you and good luck to everyone that entered.

ill sayyy, 71

Wow I can't believe my guess was taken! I thought I looked through all the pages too!

That last one must of breezed right over me. What a shame too :/

ill sayyy, 71


How about you read the last post before yours ? :rant:

Contest is closed, we are waiting for final result.

I say 123 Trades!

I say 123 Trades!

And I'll say time to make your picks has expired. We are just waiting on final result at the end of this month.






NO MORE PICKS GUYS, IT'S CLOSED!

Update

I'm planning on announcing the winners Wednesday night (10/01) and having the box break following the announcement and randomly assigning the spots.

If you see that you are close with your pick that night, plan on being here so we can get it rolling.

Thanks.

great contest! i think i'm out, guessed 117 and more than 3 people guessed higher meaning i'm probably out but can't wait to see next months contest!

maybe we can do "gladdyontherise's" trade total? i feel a big month coming on!

We'll see, I'm always thinking forward :)

haha, or "trucker's" total, i'd guess 12-15 :winking0071:

Enigma was doing so well...right on pace to hit about 113-115 trades...

Must have had a couple box breaks or something the last couple days :(

haha, or "trucker's" total, i'd guess 12-15 :winking0071:


:heh: Trucker is different kind of breed, I mostly participate in group case breaks and buy my own wax (usually high end, not enough cards in the box) type of product. So you wont see me doing 100 trades in a month anytime soon :cool:

Enigma was doing so well...right on pace to hit about 113-115 trades...

Must have had a couple box breaks or something the last couple days :(

Yeah, lot of pack sales are coming in right about now for him.

:heh: Trucker is different kind of breed, I mostly participate in group case breaks and buy my own wax (usually high end, not enough cards in the box) type of product. So you wont see me doing 100 trades in a month anytime soon :cool:

i know :) i like to read the group breaks in the VIP forum's. i can't wait to get in there! i think at 600 feedback i will get premium membership!

113.......................

Serioulsy MJWright, did you not bother to read at least few previous posts ? Or the fact that the man already has over 113 trades.

Jesus, these kind of people get me really going.:mmph:

no more picks.

Deadline for you to make your pick was on 9-17-08


results will be posted on 10-01-08

along with box break.


Thank you.

**UPDATE**

With little over 48 hours to go, Tony stands at 136 trades.

Here are the last 10 still in the game with closest picks so far as of 9/28/08

STANDINGS

131 = armybabn1

132 = tcoker79

134 = raymor77

135 = angel0430

139 = cam98

141 = drewdude

142 = rockman

144 = hippoz64

145 = flea

150 = mackattack56601


Remember, only the closest 4 will be the winners in 48 hours.

congrats to those who will win, Tony had such a great pace going for me to win, then suddenly one night he gets 30 trades?

anyway, i can't wait to see this box get broken, have you ordered it yet?

Yes I have, box is already here, will be broken on Wednesday night.

haha still in it, but not for long, lol

**UPDATE**

With little over 48 hours to go, Tony stands at 137 trades.

Here are the last 10 still in the game with closest picks so far as of 9/29/08

STANDINGS

131 = armybabn1

132 = tcoker79

134 = raymor77

135 = angel0430

139 = cam98

141 = drewdude

142 = rockman

144 = hippoz64

145 = flea

150 = mackattack56601

i picked 133 :[ (pg 11)

i picked 133 :[ (pg 11)

You're right, sorry I missed that, glad somebody is paying attention :thumb:


**UPDATE**

With under 48 hours to go, Tony stands at 137 trades.

Here are the last 11 still in the game with closest picks so far as of 9/29/08

STANDINGS

131 = armybabn1

132 = tcoker79

133 = halekulani

134 = raymor77

135 = angel0430

139 = cam98

141 = drewdude

142 = rockman

144 = hippoz64

145 = flea

150 = mackattack56601

144 trades, looks like im out of top 4...

Thanks for contest.

**Update**

With couple of hours left go go, here are the last 5 still in the race. Tony stand at 144 trades so it is a toss up between drewdude & mackattack56601. One will be eliminated when clock strikes midnight!



141 = drewdude

142 = rockman

144 = hippoz64

145 = flea

150 = mackattack56601

Arnel...it's not over yet...the leaderboard only updates once per day...at around 12:10 pm EST. You'll need to wait until tomorrow at that time to get the final number as I know I have a few more complete...

Thanks for the info, didn't know when it updates. I figured I would just wait until it resets itself and shows OCT. Not a problem, I will update this with final winners tomorrow night after work then.

Thanks Tony.

Congratulations:thumb: to the 4 finalist in this contest. Here they are in no particular order.

rockman
flea
hippoz64
mackattack56601

Since nobody picked the exact number of trades that Tony had for the previous month (151) there will be no automatic #1 spot winner, but all names will be entered into randmozier to determine the picking order.

After that, I will continue with the box break.

I will now notify all winners by PM and will enter them into randomizer and post the results in a minute.

Live box break will be done right after Cubs vs. Dodgers game

Here is the official picking order from the randomizer

There were 4 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


mackattack56601
hippoz64
rockman
flea

Timestamp: 2008-10-02 01:46:54 UTC

Picks 1, 5, 9
Picks 2, 6, 10
Picks 3, 7, 11
Picks 4, 8, 12

Cool, thanks trucker, looking forward to the draft.

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Various%20Images/345003.jpg

Alright guys, here's the box.
I will do one pack at a time and will take pic and post up at the same time.
I will only list autograph cards that come out of packs. Base cards will be divided up randomly. There are 12 packs per box, one autograph per pack. Let's hope for some MOJO!:thumb:

Alright, here we go:cheer2:

Pack #1

Bronze Level - Non Numbered
WILL FRANKLIN Card #A23

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt001.jpg

Hugeeeeee ha ha

Pack # 2

Silver Level
Numbered 127/400
MATT FLYNN Card #A22
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt002.jpg

Pack # 3

Red Level
Non Numbered
ALLEN PATRICK Card #A45
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt003.jpg

Pack # 4

Silver Level
Numbered 354/400
STEVE SLATON Card #A54
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt004.jpg

Sorry for the dealy. Let's continue

Pack # 5

Gold Level
Numbered 86/200
BRIAN BROHM Card #A7
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt005.jpg

Steve Slaton! One of the most productive running backs the last couple weeks!

Pack # 6

Platinum Level
Numbered 23/50
RYAN CLADY Card # A14
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt006.jpg

Yes he is, good pull on him. Wish this platinum level was of a better player..oh well, forward we march, half way done.

Pack # 7

Gold Level
Numbered 103/200
KENNY PHILLIPS Card #A46
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt007.jpg

Pack # 8

Gold Level
Numbered 147/200
TOM ZBIKOWSKI Card #A60
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt008.jpg

Pack # 9

Silver Level
Numbered 33/400
FRED DAVIS Card #A16
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt009.jpg

Pack # 10

Red Level
Non Numbered
JACOB HESTER Card #A30
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt010.jpg

Pack # 11

Silver Level
Numbered 300/400
DONNIE AVERY Card #A3
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt011.jpg

Davis and Hester are pretty solid players I think, too bad the Platinum wasn't that good!

Last Pack # 12

Mojo of the box :thumb:

Silver Level
Numbered 360/400
JOE FLACCO Card #A20
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt012.jpg

Last Pack # 12

Mojo of the box :thumb:

Silver Level
Numbered 360/400
JOE FLACCO Card #A20
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/Arn60601/Gone/ttt012.jpg
noice

Overall, decent break, we didn't have too many Red Levels.
I agree, Platinum could have been better, those lower numbered cards are tougher pulls. But, anything free is good :thumb:

I will post all the pulls on first page.

Winners, please go ahead and select which cards you want based on your draft order. To make it easier and less wait, you can also send me a list of the cards in order you would like, that will speed things up. I would like to get your cards shipped to you this Saturday.

Thanks to everybody that participated, looking forward to doing more of these in the future!

-Arnel

Congrats to everyone who won in this contest...

I've sent a PM to all 4 winners asking them for their pick list. Received 2 so far, still waiting on 2 more.

sorry ive been on vaca, don't know how this works

99

Eric

99

Eric


Yeah, good luck Eric. :frusty:

Alright, finally got everyone's pick list. Here is the official order. You will be getting these cards in your mail shortly. Thanks for participating. Please post in here when you receive your cards so I know you got them.


Picks 1, 5, 9 mackattack56601 Flacco, Brohm, Davis
Picks 2, 6, 10 hippoz64 Slaton, Flynn, Hester
Picks 3, 7, 11 rockman Avery, Phillips, Franklin
Picks 4, 8, 12 flea Zbikowski, Clady, Patrick

very nice!

125 thanks for the contest

125 thanks for the contest

i'll save you the trouble of saying anything Arnel.

contested ended a long long time ago...

Thank you Dan for understanding my pain.. (sigh)

Ill take...147

JUST KIDDING!

Thanks for offering this contest arnel and congrats to the winners!

i'll save you the trouble of saying anything Arnel.

contested ended a long long time ago....


:cheer2: :cheer2:

Yay for people being able to read.

150 thanks for the contest

150 thanks for the contest


your kidding right?