September Contest: Guess Spam Count – Win a Copy of Armadillo Run Game!
Guess SPAM – 5 people will win free copy of Armadillo Run game
Good deeds sure bring you good rewards! I received a gift from makers of Armadillo Run. Total of 5 free copies of their game – and as I’m too busy with my business, I have no time to play… so I thought you might enjoy it
The idea of the contest is simple:
Guess what will be the TOTAL number (including ALL, not just NEW) of SPAM caught by Spam Karma at GameProducer.net. The SPAM count will be checked in the end of September..
Point being: the idea is to guess the TOTAL amount of Spam – not just the SPAM I would receive in September. so that means the spam count cannot be 400 or 6000 … as it’s already past that. I would also recommend to check out these figures:
- The current number is 9181 and within the last hour, there’s been 7 spam messages.
- EDIT: The current number is now 9215 (in 10 hours and 45 minutes there’s been 42 spam messages). This is the last number I’ll be giving, so the faster you guess, the better chances you have to win the game
To make the guessing fair, I let all of you who made comments 1-15 to change your guess if you want. (But then of course your first guess is deleted)
The rules are also simple:
Rule #1: Guess one number, and comment to the blog entry.
Only one comment per person, and don’t try to cheat by using multiple email addresses, spambots or anything – I’ll do an extensive IP search check-up on email domains in the end, and anybody who tries to cheat leaves empty handed. In the end of the month (September 30, 2006 – 23:59 GMT) I’ll check the all time total spam count and five (5) lucky ones who guessed most close get the free copy of Armadillo Run game.
Rule #2: If there’s a tie – the one who GUESSED FIRST wins
That simple. The faster you guess, the better chances you have.
Rule #3: Include your email address in your reply
Be sure to include your email address in your reply, otherwise your comment does not count. Your email won’t be used in any other purpose than to tell you if you have won. The point of the SPAM contest is not to get you SPAM – but to get you a game. :)
Now – let the contest begin!
11480 spams
:)
Hi,
I guess you receive 14789 spam comments by end of the month.
Cu,
Johannes
14823
19600. :)
12036 Spam Messages
13656.
15536
11247
1499810050
15301
15301I mean… 15302
Schlecht must have used the same math as I did. :)
I guess 11,400.
Jason
14690
16,000
(Would I be disqualified if I guessed high like 100,000 and then pointed a spambot at you? :) Just asking. I’d disqualify me.)
@Tom: ARGHHH :)
Yes – I would disqualify everything that even *smells* like cheating.
PLUS: I’d point a spambot at you ;)
10415
14500
I’ll try 10500…
10112
10,400
Vedran
10500 seems close enough.
14550
I’d guess 14,444
10227 spams. :)
13897 :)
I think it will be 15342
NEW GUESS: 12954
My guess is: 10449
My guess: 11000
13473
16500
10,340
10455
Message Count Guesstimate: 17438
11855
3500
100000
15670
I’ll keep my old answer: 10050
12235
I think not too much about 5000 unwanted messages
I’m also keeping my old guess, 14690.
9900
10338
59432
Hello,
my new guess is:
71342
21480
I guess that will be about 9540 :D
i think about 800.
I think 10002 spams
but it is only a speculation:)
15843
10931!
My guess is 10300.
15360
10928
16,429
15000. Wish me luck!
10,045 spams
10442
September 19th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
My guess: 11984
I will say: 28940
10353
10183
20000 spams!!! :)
10701
My guess: 1324 spam mails.
10333
10823.
13843
10280 vote from Tuna!
11347
17501
11000
I like the contest (:
My guess is 10,215. Am I too late?
10655
17331
12345
10888
13625.
10241
17993
I don’t know if a last minute guess counts, but hey. :)
October guesses: sorry guys, you are bit too late – contest ended on September, so… better luck next time! :)