The Summer Forecast: Grand & Runner-ups Announced!

[American Eagle]

THE SUMMER FORECAST
The Lounge! | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Finale!



As of 1:07PM EST today, Blimey Cow's video was at 80,923 views. The Old Judge was the closest (3 tickets), followed by Knight Fisher (2), bookworm (1), Christian A. (1) and Shennifer (1). Everyone who played last week received one bonus ticket simply for playing. And that concludes the 2013 Summer Forecast!


The Final Forecast Ticket Tally

• 9 Tickets
  Knight Fisher
  
  7 Tickets
  Sunshine, Woody
  
  6 Tickets
  ~JCGJ~, Marvin D., Monty
  
  5 Tickets
  bookworm
  
  4 Tickets
  Christian A., Eugene the second, Jehoshaphat, snubs, The Old Judge
  
  3 Tickets
  Aftershocker, Fang-wa, godisawesomeness99, Graces4you, Jesus' Princess, Laura Ingalls, Petrichor, radgeek
  
  2 Tickets
  Joy, Musical Shutterbug, Shennifer, Skylerbuck, Termite
  
  1 Ticket
  Brad, Joanne, Sparrow, Taps, The Kings Daughter
  
  0 Tickets
  Moontide, TigerintheShadows, T.S. (myself)

(Here's the list I'll be drawing from.)

The Prizes
Grand Prize (1): $25 Gift Card to Christianbook.com which can be used on Odyssey merch, DVDs, Bibles, music or whatever you want!
Runner ups (3): A hard-to-find Odyssey activity book signed, sealed and delivered by yours truly.

Note: I need your address to ship you these prizes. If you prefer not to share that with me, I'll substitute your prize for $1000 or $250 in ToO cash, respectively.

When will the drawing take place?
Tonight (Monday) in the chat room at 11:30PM EST! I know this is late, but it's when I get off work and I'd rather draw the names while hanging out with whoever can make it. I will be using a random name generator (probably this one) and announcing the winners one-by-one in the chat. Be there or be someplace else.

[bookworm]

Be there or be someplace else.

I'll be someplace else.
Post a transcript.

[American Eagle]

Be there or be someplace else.

I'll be someplace else.
Post a transcript.

Sure.

And of course, winners will be notified tonight even if they aren't in the chat.

[Woody]

*hopes to win the gift card so he can buy Album 57*

[Sunshine]

I just received the the catalog for Christianbook.com today and now I really want that gift card. I'll see if I can hop on the computer for a few minutes later.

[godisawesomeness99]

How did I get 3 tickets again?

[Monty]

It appears as though you got one in Week 2, one in Week 7, and one for guessing in this last week's.

[godisawesomeness99]

I got one this week?

[Sunshine]

I got one this week?

Everyone who participated this past week got one ticket, simply for participating.

[snubs]

Dude, I didn't know Knight Fisher beat everyone in tickets. =o

[Knight Fisher]

American Seagle won the grand prize...

[American Eagle]

And the winner of the 2013 summer forecast grand prize goes to...
FANG-WA!

Runner-up prizes were awarded to Jesus' Princess, Knight Fisher and Taps!

Here's the full transcript. Thanks for everyone who made it out. ^_^

23:30 <BlessediPod>: Game O.o
23:30 <BlessediPod>: ?
23:30 <AE>: Let's begin. Here's the full list of tickets I'll be drawing from: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ra2 ... vmKdXuyhQc
23:30 <KF>: Summer Forecast
23:30 <snubs>: past&
23:30 <snubs>: past*
23:30 Doll likes being mysterious
23:30 <AE>: I will be using this site to random select the winners:
23:30 <AE>: http://primaryschoolict.com/random-name-selector/
23:30 <BlessediPod>: Oh right
23:31 <AE>: We will draw three seperate names for the runner-up prizes, and then one final prize for the $25
23:31 <Sam>: Hey Petrichor. =)
23:31 <KF>: Can you win more than one?
23:31 <snubs>: if it is random. then what were the tickets for?
23:31 <Woody_Mobile>: Was just a bout to ask the same thing
23:32 <snubs>: I thought the more tickets the better our chances?
23:32 <Woody_Mobile>: @KF
23:32 <Eugene_2>: U get more entries
23:32 <Woody_Mobile>: That is true
23:32 <BlessediPod>: The more tickets you have the more chances you have of getting picked
23:32 <Woody_Mobile>: You have better odds
23:32 <AE>: You can't win two of the small prizes, but you can win a small prize and the grand prize.
23:32 <Woody_Mobile>: Okay
23:32 <Woody_Mobile>: Good to know
23:33 <KF>: Okay making sure you wouldn't be out of the running for winning a small one
23:33 <AE>: Good catch
23:33 <AE>: LET'S BEGIN WITH SMALL ENTRY #1...
23:33 <Woody_Mobile>: Is that ticket then nullified?
23:33 snubs doesn't expect anything.
23:34 <AE>: Yes. That ticket will be removed permanently and the rest of your tickets will be removed temporarily and then given back for the grand prize.
23:34 <AE>: The winner of the first small prize is...
23:35 <AE>: ...any other questions, Woody?
23:35 <Woody_Mobile>: Nope
23:35 <Woody_Mobile>: =P
23:35 BlessediPod doesn't recognize that username
23:35 snubs waits
23:35 <Woody_Mobile>: XD @BC
23:35 <BlessediPod>:
23:36 <AE>: Small entry number 1 goes to JESUS PRINCESS 1!!
23:36 <BlessediPod>: Congrats!
23:36 <KF>: Yay Mario
23:36 <KF>: !
23:36 snubs claps
23:36 <Woody_Mobile>: Mario....?
23:36 <snubs>: congrats to JP. =]
23:36 KF shrugs
23:37 <Woody_Mobile>: KAYEFF, you are strange
23:37 <Woody_Mobile>: In a good way
23:37 <BlessediPod>: Heh
23:37 <Woody_Mobile>: =P
23:37 *** JustAChannel joined #aio
23:37 <AE>: Rule change: I've removed all of JP's tickets for the next two small rounds, but they will all be added back for the grand prize.
23:37 <BlessediPod>: Welcome
23:37 <AE>: And now, for the second small prize...
23:38 <AE>: ... the prize goes to Knight Fisher 1!!
23:38 <KF>:
23:38 <BlessediPod>: Congrats KF!
23:38 <snubs>: yay for Knight Fisher. =]
23:38 <Woody_Mobile>: Yay for KAYEFF!!!
23:38 <snubs>: THANKS FOR WINNING ALL THE TICKETS.
23:39 <AE>: All of those tickets paid off. >_>
23:39 <JustAChannel>: Who all won?
23:39 <JustAChannel>: *late*
23:39 <KF>: I was aiming for ten but I was a couple hundred off on that last one
23:39 <Sam>: Congrats KF =]
23:39 <BlessediPod>: JP and KF so far
23:39 <JustAChannel>: Cool, thank ye.
23:40 <AE>: For the final small prize, here we go!
23:40 <Woody_Mobile>: Conveniently, they both have two letter abbreviations
23:40 <snubs>: IT'S RIGGED.
23:40 <snubs>: =o
23:40 <Woody_Mobile>: INDEED >=(
23:40 <AE>: the third prize goes to Taps 1!!
23:40 <Woody_Mobile>: Oh
23:40 <Woody_Mobile>: Never mind
23:40 <AE>: (who only had 1 ticket!)
23:40 <BlessediPod>: There goes that theory
23:40 <KF>: Congrats!
23:40 <snubs>: wow
23:41 <JustAChannel>: Congrats, Tap! \/
23:41 <KF>: TP...?
23:41 <snubs>: CONGRATS TAPS.
23:41 <BlessediPod>: Most impressive
23:41 <KF>: A Single Ticket
23:41 *** Sparrow joined #aio
23:41 <Woody_Mobile>: CONGRATS TO THE GUY WHO ISN'T HERE
23:41 <Sam>: Hey Sparrow. =]
23:41 <KF>: Hey
23:41 <snubs>: hi, Sparrow.
23:42 <Woody_Mobile>: Yo
23:42 <BlessediPod>: Welcome
23:42 <Sparrow>: Hello.
23:42 <Woody_Mobile>: Now for the grand prize....
23:42 <BlessediPod>: Here we go
23:42 <KF>: The winner is... Mike Ditka
23:42 <Woody_Mobile>: Dun Dun Dun
23:42 *** Gracy joined #aio
23:42 <BlessediPod>:
23:42 <AE>: THE GRAND WINNER IS AMERICAN SEAGLE!!!
23:43 <AE>: No, seriously, I haven't spun it yet.
23:43 *** IceDragon joined #aio
23:43 <Gracy>: o.O
23:43 <KF>: Hey
23:43 <snubs>: OKAY. IT'S RIGGED. RIGGED, RIGGED, RIGGED. =o
23:43 <BlessediPod>: Voter fraud!!!!!!
23:43 <Gracy>: Hi
23:43 <AE>: Hi Gracy and IceDragon.
23:43 <Gracy>: I demand ID
23:44 <AE>: WHY IS IT VOTER FRAUD I'M NOT EVEN AMERICAN SEAGLE
23:44 <KF>: B
23:44 <BlessediPod>: >.>
23:44 <Sparrow>: Stalling much?
23:44 Sam had nothing to do with this one... *CrawlsIntoCorner*
23:44 <KF>: rock pulled that one with the Video Contest
23:44 <IceDragon>: Hey Gracy, KF and AE *tips proverbial hat*
23:44 <BlessediPod>: Rod Rathleybone isn't Bart's son either
23:45 <AE>: Okay, okay, let's do this finale. I'm about to spin for the grand prize. All tickets are possible winners. The runner-up prizes are going to Taps, JP and KF.
23:45 <BlessediPod>:
23:45 <AE>: SPINNING.
23:45 <Woody_Mobile>: Dun dun dun
23:45 <KF>:
23:45 <KF>: *
23:45 <Woody_Mobile>: =O
23:45 <Eugene_2>: Drumroll
23:45 <Sam>: Yeah. ...Read that as swimming.
23:45 <BlessediPod>: A hush falls over the crowd
23:45 Woody_Mobile dies of suspense
23:46 <IceDragon>: Lots of people here =o
23:46 <AE>: AND THE WINNER IS FANG-WA 2!
23:46 <KF>: The hush is falling!
23:46 <Woody_Mobile>: Oh c'mon
23:46 <snubs>: whaaaa..
23:46 <Woody_Mobile>: He isn't even active >_>
23:46 <BlessediPod>: Who?
23:46 <KF>: Aw, seriously?
23:46 <KF>: Congrats
23:46 <KF>: !
23:46 <snubs>: ah, well.
23:46 <Sam>: Fang won?
23:46 <snubs>: Congrats.
23:46 <snubs>: =]
23:46 <Sam>: He pulls my hair.
23:46 *** Jasons_walking_blue_nosehair joined #aio
23:46 *** Eugene_2 quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
23:46 <AE>: Lynch him and claim his prize!!
23:46 <Sam>: Oh well. xD Congrats everyone =]
23:46 <Woody_Mobile>: XD @Sam
23:47 <Sparrow>: Congrats, Ninjadoodles.
23:47 <IceDragon>: Hey Jase!
23:47 Woody_Mobile lynches Fang
23:47 <Jasons_walking_blue_nosehair>: Hi
23:47 <KF>: Hey Rex... Grossman
23:47 <Sam>: Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase.
23:47 <JustAChannel>: Congrats Invisible Ninja!
23:47 Woody_Mobile gets the prize! ^_^
23:47 <Jasons_walking_blue_nosehair>: Saaaaaaaaa(etc)m
23:47 <Sam>: Hah
23:48 <KF>: Well that was a ton of fun over the summer AE, Sam
23:48 <Jasons_walking_blue_nosehair>: Prizes?
23:48 *** Sparrow quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
23:48 <BlessediPod>: Sam you may want to have your keyboard checked.... I think the a key is sticking
23:48 *** Gracy quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
23:48 *** Sparrow joined #aio
23:49 <AE>: Jasons_walking_blue_nosehair the runner-up prizes went to Jesus' Princess, Knight Fisher and Taps, and the grand prize went to Fang-wa
23:49 <Sam>: Actually, while I meant to do that this time, it keeps doing that to me unintentionally. 0.0
23:49 <BlessediPod>: Ugh itchy sunburn
23:50 <Woody_Mobile>: But I lynched Fang and claimed his prize
23:50 <BlessediPod>: Oh I hate when that happens
23:50 <AE>: AND THAT CONCLUDES THE OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT.

Added quote tags to transcript. -Woody

[Shennifer]

Well congrats to Fang, even if he isn't here to appreciate it

I'll take his prize for him

[Woody]

I'll take his prize for him

Too bad, I already did that!

Thanks a lot for putting this on, AE! It was a lot of fun.

[bookworm]

Yeah it was fun AE, even though it was all just random chance.

[Sunshine]

23:47 Woody_Mobile lynches Fang

You don't know who you're dealing with, do you?

I'll take his prize for him

Too bad, I already did that!

I think you both are forgetting that he has two sisters who would be next in line to claim it. ^.^


Thanks for all the work you put into this, AE. It definitely takes good planning and diligent work to get things posted on time, week after week. It's also very generous of you to not only give a $25 gift card as a prize, but to give your signature to the three runner-ups.

Congrats to the IN, JP, KF, and Taps! I'm really curious as to what the runner-up prizes look like, exactly. Maybe one of you will post pictures or something?

[Marvin D.]

Of course Fang would win it.

And then his siblings would be next to take it

Congratulations, peoples

[radgeek]

Congratulations to all the winners. This was fun and AE was nice to donate the real $25 to the cause of a great summer for ToO.

[Musical Shutterbug]

This was a really creative contest and I enjoyed it Congratulations to each of the winners!

[Fang-wa]

I actually won.