My congratulations to Blue Tyrant and Toughit. You gave me a run for my bits!
Following is what I wrote up after Bitcoin gave me advance notice. When I saw the while you were typing warning for the official announcement, I had to go back and review the spreadsheet...
Well, hello, aa5a6f6fd078f76dea8d16d5841b53699cca4a593f9304f206471e495e726627.
Frankly, I didnt have a great weekthough it was certainly better than the week before! I think I made a strong start, then got sucked back into drama which went to a new nadir:
It's amazing how you went from "verified by theymos" to "red trust from theymos" to "banned by theymos"!
In case someone wonders what happened to alia_alt2, see
modlog:
Autoban user: N/A in topic #0 by member #1924085
Not only did that consume much time (both on and off the forum), but it also had me largely preoccupied for a few days.
Some of the other contestants put on a very strong showing. Good game, folksyou had me worried!
New rule request: The winner each week has to suggest his top post as a learning experience, (and maybe expound on it if there is interest)
Out of my 90 posts, although many were good in their own right, I count 8 which I think are exemplary outside the strictly limited situation of aforestated drama:
Of course, the judges opinion was what mattered here!
Cheers, all.