Winter Competition 2008

3 July 2008, 11:28 am. View comments. Filed under Miscellaneous, Site-related.

Oh great. Short holidays. I've studied, I've partied; and as promised, here's the Winter Competition 2008 (Winter where I am; idea from Amanda and Tracy). Make sure you read ALL the information below if you intend to enter!

What's happening?

I'm thinking of a three-digit number. The first person to get the number wins (otherwise the first person to get closest to the number).

Note: close as in numerically close. If the number is 654, person getting 647 wins rather than 645.

Hints

The three individual digits in the number are bolded on random pages of this site. You'll just have to rearrange the numbers to form your guess. Alternatively, you can just guess any three-digit number and ignore the hint.

Note: they are not bolded together with other words e.g. "level 16" is ok, but "level 6" and "2006" are not. They are also not part of headings, links or any of my blog entries.

You'll need to...

Submit a comment to this post with "Answer: ###" on a new line. You can write other comments but in a separate paragraph. And don't reveal any of the pages with the hint number or you'll be helping those after you!
Submit the answer before 10 July 2008. No actual time. It'll end whenever I check this post on 11 July 2008 (in NZ).
Be ready to send me your actual postal address once you're announced as the winner! I'll contact the winner for this privately.

Note: One guess per person only and I advise that you don't base your guess upon guesses in previous comments because of... *cough* obvious reasons (answers are hidden). And if you fail to find all the numbers, hey, it won't hurt to submit a random guess answer anyway! ;)

Prize!

You'll get this little... "thing" sent to your place. I absolutely adore them. They're suitable for both genders and there are many different styles/colours to pick from. If you have a website, I'll be picking one which I think matches you or your website the most. Otherwise I'll just go by intuition based on your name, email and comment.

Alright I think that's all. 3... 2... 1... and the competition starts!

29 Comments »

Ashlee. 3 July 2008, 12:23 pm

Answer: 362
Ramsha. 3 July 2008, 12:42 pm

Oh, yay, surprises are always fun!

My guess: 271.
Lexie. 3 July 2008, 1:04 pm

Sounds fun. ;) *goes to look for the bolded numbers*

Answer: 721
Anne. 3 July 2008, 1:08 pm

Answer: 217

I wonder what that "thing" is? o__O
Lucy. 3 July 2008, 1:24 pm

My answer is 712.
Tiffany. 3 July 2008, 1:25 pm

127
Shen-Shen. 3 July 2008, 1:36 pm

712!
AdrianC. 3 July 2008, 2:43 pm

Answer: 217

*sobs i skipped my breakfast for this so yeah give lady luck a try*
Cindy. 3 July 2008, 5:37 pm

Um I could be wrong but I was under the impression that we were actually supposed to put down the numbers we were guessing? I don't get what's with all these "###"s.

So here's my guess:

Answer: 721
Cindy. 3 July 2008, 5:38 pm

OOOH!! There's a filter thing! =D I get it now =D
ForteXIV. 3 July 2008, 6:30 pm

Answer: .... *deeeep breath.....* ..... 271....

If it's not right... I will cry

o \o
<\=- - - - - - __ / \
/\ \ bang bang
ForteXIV. 3 July 2008, 6:33 pm

arg... my text-art got pooped....
adastra. 3 July 2008, 8:05 pm

I'm saying 291.
Sahil Jain. 3 July 2008, 9:57 pm

Answer: 271

In the event that I am wrong, I demand permission to lodge a formal complaint. Should that permission be denied, I shall demand permission to lodge an informal complaint.
Vasili. 4 July 2008, 1:17 am

HOLY CRAP THAT TOOK TOO LONG!

Anyway, my answer is..

Answer: 271
Saya. 4 July 2008, 2:36 am

Answer: 219
I could only find two of the bolded numbers, thus one of the digits is a complete guess!
Anna. 4 July 2008, 7:01 am

Answer: 179

*crosses fingers*
Hev. 4 July 2008, 2:17 pm

Ok, I play this game.

Answer: 007

Hee hee, this is fun. Though I still want to what this "thing" is.
Chien Yee. 4 July 2008, 8:35 pm

Answer: 273

I put in the last digit since it's my fave number, since I'm just guessing
But if it's a "thing" that gets mailed, I hope my parent's won't confiscate it if by chance I'm damn lucky
Nika. 5 July 2008, 1:51 am

Let's see how close will I get.

Answer: 217
ChizukaHime. 6 July 2008, 8:31 am

I'm usually very unlucky, but oh well, I'll give it a try anyway xD

Answer: 217
ChizukaHime. 6 July 2008, 5:18 pm

Umm.. umm.. is it ok if I change my guess? >____< I swear I won't change it again after this. So... if it's ok, then.. here is my answer again ;;

Answer: 172

Very sorry for spamming...
Skye. 7 July 2008, 2:32 am

I would like to purchase your bottle of luck and use it for this rather than romance at uni. heh.

Answer: 271
Rilla. 7 July 2008, 10:50 am

That's fine ChizukaHime!
suki. 7 July 2008, 12:14 pm

answer: 217
Rosie. 9 July 2008, 7:53 am

This is my random guess...

Answer: 299
Leo. 9 July 2008, 9:32 am

Answer: 271
Cyanide. 9 July 2008, 11:07 am

Answer: (I'm guessing off the top if my head) 740
Rosie. 10 July 2008, 3:25 am

(Not sure if my last comment went through out not - sorry if this is a double post)

My lucky guess would have to be...

Answer: 299