CONTESTS
A Counting Exercise
Started on: June 1st, 2011 Ended on: August 1st, 2011
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Counting exercises appear all around us, and some people see them everywhere. Some folks are hardwired to count things. A stack of cement pipes lying by the side of the highway will be counted over and over again by passing motorists many thousands of times a day. Such people can’t help it.
Visual statistical distractions have been around forever. How many gumballs are in that jar? How many oars does the galley ship have? on both sides? How many paving stones on the walkway? Do you remember in the movie Rain Man when Tom Cruise dropped the toothpicks and Dustin Hoffman counted them before they hit the ground? Rain Man had autism and was disabled by being super-enabled to perform rapid counting exercises. But to some extent we all have this affliction – please give us something to count.
What have you got around you now? Is there something visual you’re always adding up in your head? Maybe it’s the number of blossoms on a nearby fruit tree? or the number of sailboats in the harbour? Or maybe it’s the number of bubbles in the plastic wrap that’s covering your ex girlfriend’s furniture? Tell us all why your picture is the best counting exercise in the contest index and leave clues as to what you believe is the correct answer to 'the count' in the comments. Read more in the Lenzr blog. Sponsored by some web savvy Toronto accountants, the prize is a Sony Laptop which makes a counting things easy.
HOW IT WORKS - Upload your photo now, using the Enter Contest button to the left. This contest has a ten day Voting Period that begins July 15th and ends July 25th. During that time, other members and visitors to the site will be prompted to rate the pictures. The Top Ten photos advance to Lenzr Judges on July 25th. The winner is selected based on the eight judges' preferences. Judges' comments are often published in the Lenzr blog. The winner is announced in the Lenzr Blog on or before August 1st 2011. Good Luck! Contest open to all Canadians excluding Quebec -13 yrs or older.
zareen June 9th, 2011 5:27pm
Blixem555 July 10th, 2011 10:43am
Imoxide July 15th, 2011 1:47pm
bobbyc July 22nd, 2011 7:21pm
Blixem555 July 25th, 2011 2:59pm
Some suggestions are:
- Limited the number of entries per person
- Maybe if you win a competition you should sit one out
- Add a number of wildcards to the mix. In addition to the top 10 voted in by us let the judges also add 10 wildcards that are entirely up to their descrection. The winner is then selected from the 20 photos that made it to the final.
This is a great website. Don't let people become discouraged to enter because the same few people win everytime
RobCap July 26th, 2011 3:25pm
billythekid July 26th, 2011 7:34pm
Blixem555 July 26th, 2011 10:41pm
bobbyc July 28th, 2011 11:49pm
Mommakoala and Seattle Dredge, Slimmswitch and ... are the most victorious members
We're looking into the voting issues. Its possible some pictures don't get displayed as often in the line-up but I'm pretty sure they all get displayed - the bug has never come up before in any of our testing, but then, we didnt test with that many pictures.
A Counting Exercise sets a record btw - 152 pictures, but # votes is actually down from average last year and thats because the voting system is humping - its just not as fun. Maybe we need to add a cool sound effect? And words POOR - GREAT at the ends of the number scale. ??
cndlady July 29th, 2011 10:56am
cndlady August 3rd, 2011 10:56am
silversurfer71 August 4th, 2011 2:48pm
bobbyc August 9th, 2011 10:02pm
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