Contest: share your most "beat" yo-yo, win a new yo-yo! [ended 11/16]

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Let the judging … begin!

Thank you very much for all your entries… :bowing_man: here is the current like count on each entry post, as of the end of contest (right now!)
@Clifton :x: 17 :heart: 18d
@Theolodger 15 :heart: 18d
@Atomsk 15 :heart: 18d
@Mark_Leithead 14 :heart: 8d
@yoyo_girl_700 13 :heart: 8d
@GizzmoTheGreat 12 :heart: 14d
@hobbygod 10 :heart: 3d
@saule 9 :heart: 13d
@joshxz 9 :heart: 8d
@Ambre9864 8 :heart: 6d
@TheYoyoer27 8 :heart: 19d
@Spacebassface 8 :heart: 16d
@shatterFX 7 :heart: 13d
@Johninmi 7 :heart: 10d
@MrMiracle 7 :heart: 4d
@Yoyosampler 7 :heart: 2d
@shadowstar2417 7 :heart: 15d
@LinksLegionaire 6 :heart: 21d
@smileypants707 6 :heart: 21d
@yomega_fan_335 6 :heart: 2d
@Quartzite :x: 6 :heart: 19d
@AlexDerYoyo-er 5 :heart: 19d
@shubham24121996 5 :heart: 4d
@coyo7e 4 :heart: 18d
@markd 4 :heart: 21d
@MastarMash 3 :heart: 18d

26 entries!! :tada: By pure votes, @clifton would win (and I agree he has an awesome photo) but he didn’t post a pic of the forum with his yo-yo, so sadly not eligible.

So let’s look at the next six and factor in the story with the pic!

  1. Theolodger – Pulse
  2. Atomsk – Maverick
  3. Mark L – Skyline
  4. yoyo_girl – Shutter :1st_place_medal:1st
  5. gizzmo – Pivot :2nd_place_medal:2nd
  6. hobbygod – Hectic :3rd_place_medal: 3rd

Also I am throwing in a SURPRISE fourth winner of a General-Yo ministar based on random selection… from the above list, Google will now generate a random number:

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That’s you @Ambre9864, you are #10 on the list!

Congrats to our winners @yoyo_girl_700, @GizzmoTheGreat, and @hobbygod!

Please contact me via PM if you won and provide your address. I’ll try to get your yo-yo out to you ASAP but I may be slightly interrupted by some thanksgiving holiday travel. :turkey:

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Also funny trivia… when I generated the random number between 1 and 26, the first two numbers it picked were five and six… which were already winners :thinking:

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Great contest @codinghorror. Thanks so much!

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Awesome! Thank you so much! The blues looks really interesting and unique.

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Congratulations to the winners! I am sincerely happy for you!:smiley:

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Congrats to the winners! This was fun. I enjoyed sharing my story and hope it was fun for the readers!

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I know this is late but I just wanted to show it off

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It’s all on the rims of my Wide Angle

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Congrats to the winners!!!

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Congrats to the winners, and congrates to @codinghorror for the contest. My throw was one of the most beat, but my story was pretty meh compared to some of the other entries.

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Ahhh yess!!! Thank you so much @codinghorror Congratulations to the other finalists too! :grin:

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@MastarMash are you liking all my posts???

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No complaints

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If I read it I like it. If someone stops you and cultivates your attention then you owe them something.

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Just liked yours :smile:

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HOLY HECK I WON??? Thank you so much man!

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Wow…

Codinghorror, you’re a pillar of the yoyo community. Thanks so much for running this! One of, if not THE, best thread on the board.

Also a really great way to remind folks not to fear dings!

So much awesome here. And I’m THRILLED, I never win these sorts of things :flushed:

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Me too. I can’t stand it when I get the smallest scratch

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Well, can’t say I’m not disappointed, but thank you for hosting this contest @codinghorror.

A second big thank you for StackOverflow.com, which I’ve used for years, and is probably responsible for keeping me employed.

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I second that sentiment.

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I deem this contest COMPLETE!

1st :1st_place_medal:, 2nd :2nd_place_medal:, 3rd :3rd_place_medal: and bonus prize have been mailed out and the majority already received.

One thing I thought you all should know, @yoyo_girl_700 asked if she could send her prize to a friend who was affected by the California Camp Fire. That was such a generous gesture that I was also inspired… and asked her if she would permit me to send a second yo-yo (of equivalent value, a MIB bimetal CLYW) to her friend, so both of them could “win”. She graciously agreed. More winners = more awesome!

Thank you to everyone who participated, and I hope everyone enjoyed the stories of well-loved and played yo-yos!

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