Competitions Discussion Thread Part 12

mjm3346

ginjim wrote: »

to those that think this is a bad idea i really cant see why
for example take a look at this comp

its a fantastic prize but its somewhere hidden on the main board
it finishes tonight and a new one starts tomorrow

Its a daily competition.

The point was weekly and monthly ones not daily.

fire**fly

toniq wrote: »

Seems we are all on go slow, im guessing mse is gonna crash? xxxx

going very slow for me as well, are they tweaking in the towers
again

toniq

They are looking into it according to webmaster on a thread in site feedback x

Miss_Cinnabon

Glad wrote: »

I'm working my way through the regs board and sending all dead comps to GO, once I've finished your sticky can be updated, it might even be an idea to split it into 2 threads, one for monthly comps and one for 'register with this site/sign up for our newsletter and be entered into a draw'
having looked through the board it's the second type of monthly thread that people don't seem to comment on when the link goes dead

will have to go through whole monthly thread and see whats game over so i can remove the link, will wait until your finished though monthly thread does need some work on it so will have to see what can be done to make it look better and easier to use and what exactly will be going in there

Glad wrote: »

got an idea if people would like to comment on it please
we could have a thread in GO for expired postals, it would mean people pm'ing a link to an individual post which can be moved into the thread in GO, now that's slightly more work for the BsG but I'd be happy to do them all if whoever starts the thread posts in the OP 'please pm Glad with expireds by clicking on the post number and sending a link for the post'

this has been tried before glad and because its within a thread, then when a post is moved to game over then the whole thread gets moved

same with merges, its difficult doing that in the postals as you will see from the current postal thread, there is a post in there at the mo right at the start of the thread that was merged from main board i think, that was originally posted before i posted the new thread, so the postal thread has moved down to post 2 iyswim

would it not be possible for it to have its own section glad? that way there could be room for a lot more and be easier to search for, as it is we are having to search back over 4 to 5 previous threads to check if something has been posted or finding a comp we have won from

that way loads more people could enter as they could easily see what comps there was, as it is they would have to scroll through 80 odd pages to see if there was something they wanted to enter, if at all, just a thought though and great to see comments on this so far, just that shortly within the next couple of weeks a new thread will have to be started

Barnabysue

I've had the site down message a couple of times this evening already.

fire**fly

here.. if anyone wants the link

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/38706182#Comment_38706182

crin

Re: post 1449 I think you misunderstood the point I was making unless I didn't explain it very clearly.

I use Gilla's daily thred and the weekly thread & PPD's monthly thread as they are at the moment.

What I meant was that id fot example there was a sticky or thread for say all ITV comps, Company, Cosmo, Glamour etc it would be very difficult to keep track of where you were upto as there would be loads of comps posted under the one heading with different end dates.

I appreciate all the work the bg's put into tidying the threads and keeping the boards clean and working but the discussions all seem to be about entering comps by end date rather than entering what you can on the days they are posted and cleaning or catching up by using the end date search.

Having read back I think it better if I just stay out of any discussions about dailies etc from now on.

mintymoneysaver

Amilucky? wrote: »

Definately the last post in this thread by me and maybe the last post ever see #4670

Best of Luck

I might not like the changes either, but I don't see the need to throw your dummy out the pram. If changes happen, then maybe that is the time to act, but as far as I can see this is just a discussion at the moment. Comps are a part of my life, but they are only a part and although I would be disappointed if certain things disappeared out of the main board it wouldn't be the end of the world. It looks like some people like the suggestions, some don't so someone's going to be disappointed somewhere along the line. I'll just carry on sticking to my main board, maybe subscribe to some of the regulars if I choose too, and maybe I'll have a bit more time to live my real life then...:rotfl:

Nicky63

Great!

I don't have time (or the inclination) to read the Inn or discussions anymore, and I dont have time to go in Regulars so I knew nothing of these changes until I went looking for something that had vanished into thin air! I have since found I've missed a number of comps that would normally have been in my daily run through the board ( I comp "as they're posted" not by "end date")

I'm not a fan of the proposals, so I would vote NO if I were given the chance, but it looks like it's already been decided. Can we at least have a warning sticky somewhere visable to the people it's going to effect most please, ie those, like me, that just mind their own business and work through the main board daily.

Thanks

fire**fly

Nicky63 wrote: »

Great!

I don't have time (or the inclination) to read the Inn or discussions anymore, and I dont have time to go in Regulars so I knew nothing of these changes until I went looking for something that had vanished into thin air! I have since found I've missed a number of comps that would normally have been in my daily run through the board ( I comp "as they're posted" not by "end date")

I'm not a fan of the proposals, so I would vote NO if I were given the chance, but it looks like it's already been decided. Can we at least have a warning sticky somewhere visable to the people it's going to effect most please, ie those, like me, that just mind their own business and work through the main board daily.

Thanks

hi nicky, Glad did say any changes made would be

#1300

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