Free Stuff Get! Monthly Contest #1

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Edited By chaser324 Moderator

The Intro

Here's the deal, since I guess I have more money than sense, I've decided that I'm going to try giving away one game a month by way of some simple contest. The contest could be just about anything from guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar to winning a small StarCraft 2 tournament. Prizes will vary in quality from month to month, but I don't think you can really complain when it's free.

The Contest

For this month's contest, your challenge is to tell me the amount of money in the jar pictured below. It's filled with 100% US currency. Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and maybe even a half-dollar or two. Honestly, I can't even fathom a good guess. That's why I'm leaving it up to you to do the guessing, and I'll do the counting. Is it $1.89, $54.21, $212.10, or some other random number I can make up by pounding on the numpad? I have no clue!

The Prize

This month, your money counting skills will net you a Steam code for Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Capitalism, Ho!!

The Rules

Get your guess and Steam username to me by Midnight EST January 28, 2011. You can post it here or private message me if you want to keep it just between us.
Please post your guess in US dollars and cents. I'm not converting your crazy space bucks. (Yes, I'm looking at you Sweep)
The winner is whoever gets closest to the actual value. I'm not Bob Barker, so I don't care if you go over.
In the case of a tie, the winner will be randomly selected from those tied entries.
Only one guess allowed per user. If you try to sneak multiple guesses in, I'll only count your first one.
Winner will be announced on January 31, 2011.

The Results

Congratulations to Dalai for his incredibly close guess of $30.48, only one cent away from the actual value of $30.49. Below is the break down of the top ten entries. Thanks to everyone who entered! I'll see you all again in Free Stuff Get! 2 which I'll create at some point in the next week or so.

User	Guess	Difference
Dalai	30.48	0.01
nywt	29.86	0.63
Vao	29.75	0.74
fazzle	32.14	1.65
tobygw	28.50	1.99
Shademonger	28.32	2.17
KillyDarko	28.28	2.21
Conker	28.02	2.47
wwfundertaker	27.86	2.63
CoheedFavorHouse	27.74	2.75
baconbringer	27.28	3.21

13 years ago

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#1 Edited By chaser324 Moderator

The Intro

Here's the deal, since I guess I have more money than sense, I've decided that I'm going to try giving away one game a month by way of some simple contest. The contest could be just about anything from guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar to winning a small StarCraft 2 tournament. Prizes will vary in quality from month to month, but I don't think you can really complain when it's free.

The Contest

For this month's contest, your challenge is to tell me the amount of money in the jar pictured below. It's filled with 100% US currency. Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and maybe even a half-dollar or two. Honestly, I can't even fathom a good guess. That's why I'm leaving it up to you to do the guessing, and I'll do the counting. Is it $1.89, $54.21, $212.10, or some other random number I can make up by pounding on the numpad? I have no clue!

The Prize

This month, your money counting skills will net you a Steam code for Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Capitalism, Ho!!

The Rules

Get your guess and Steam username to me by Midnight EST January 28, 2011. You can post it here or private message me if you want to keep it just between us.
Please post your guess in US dollars and cents. I'm not converting your crazy space bucks. (Yes, I'm looking at you Sweep)
The winner is whoever gets closest to the actual value. I'm not Bob Barker, so I don't care if you go over.
In the case of a tie, the winner will be randomly selected from those tied entries.
Only one guess allowed per user. If you try to sneak multiple guesses in, I'll only count your first one.
Winner will be announced on January 31, 2011.

The Results

Congratulations to Dalai for his incredibly close guess of $30.48, only one cent away from the actual value of $30.49. Below is the break down of the top ten entries. Thanks to everyone who entered! I'll see you all again in Free Stuff Get! 2 which I'll create at some point in the next week or so.

User	Guess	Difference
Dalai	30.48	0.01
nywt	29.86	0.63
Vao	29.75	0.74
fazzle	32.14	1.65
tobygw	28.50	1.99
Shademonger	28.32	2.17
KillyDarko	28.28	2.21
Conker	28.02	2.47
wwfundertaker	27.86	2.63
CoheedFavorHouse	27.74	2.75
baconbringer	27.28	3.21

13 years ago

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#2 Edited By Ineedaname

$18.34

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#3 Edited By Thoseposers

$23.18
username:
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#4 Edited By KarlPilkington

12 of your American Dollars.

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#5 Edited By Rattle618

Cool idea, I have no clue so I´ll just guess:
$52.14
The user is same as my GB one, Rattle618

13 years ago

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#6 Edited By mracoon

I'm loving all these giveaways, just goes to show how cool the GB community is.

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#7 Edited By Jack268

$63.12

I'll give you my ID when I win

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#8 Edited By JTHomeslice

$52.09
jthomeslice on the steam

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#9 Edited By dungbootle

$19.19
http://steamcommunity.com/id/essess/

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#10 Edited By KaosAngel

16.69

I also own the game, so don't take this post seriously.

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#11 Edited By BraveToaster

$15.25

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#12 Edited By HHAP

16.66

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#13 Edited By sweep Moderator

I guess 22 English Pounds. You will have to convert that as I have no idea how your space money works.

SweepOnSteam is the name

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#14 Edited By Video_Game_King

I'll guess $12.40. I'm only giving you my Steam name if I win, since I fucked up Steam on the site. I don't remember how these two events connect, so I'll pretend that they actually do.

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#15 Edited By Dalai

$30.48 is my guess. Just a quick recommendation... spend the change on a cheap whore.

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#16 Edited By SMTDante89

$19.84 I also fully expect some Price is Right garbage to happen soon.

SMTDante

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#17 Edited By LosDub

$47

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#18 Edited By chaser324 Moderator

@Sweep:
Come on Sweep! I'm not going to do this money conversion nonsense for every non-American user that wants to enter. Oblige me and post your guess in US dollars if you actually want me to count it.

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#19 Edited By teptom

$25.42 seems like a good guess.

Username: TheModestRadio

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#21 Edited By yoshimitz707

$23.20 and my name is yoshimitzu707

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#22 Edited By sweep Moderator

Alright, alright, but only because it's you asking!

£22 converted is $34.91

If I win then I win in pounds, however. God save the Queen!

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#23 Edited By DJRamshackle92

I'll say 15$.

Steam ID is djramshackle

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#24 Edited By SirFratley

I could not even hazard a decent guess, being English and all.
i'll go 19$

ID when i win :D

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#25 Edited By chaser324 Moderator

@SMTDante89:
I'll have none of that Price is Right nonsense here. The closest guess is the winner, regardless of if the guess is over or under.

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#26 Edited By fazzle

$32.14

Also I already own the game, I'm just posting this for posterity when it turns out I was 3 cents away.

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#27 Edited By zeforgotten

$77.5
Steam name is pretty obvious

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#28 Edited By Nat3TheGreat13

$26.50
Steam Username: nat3thegreat13

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#29 Edited By Pickingwings

$49.52 Username: cheese3053
You can take that to the bank.

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#30 Edited By A_Dog

$37.90

Steam ID is ryrulez.

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#31 Edited By benpack

15.00
hotcheesebandit007

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#32 Edited By ch13696

The amount is $78.39

Steam username - ch13696 (if that doesn't work then try pw2566ch)

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#33 Edited By MadeinFinland

$26.74

Steam: Fimoreth

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#34 Edited By fishmicmuffin

$43.28

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#35 Edited By csl316

$17.63, definitely

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#36 Edited By Solarus

Hmm this is interesting. Before I'm going to take a guess, I was wondering if I could get 3 pieces of information:

1. What is the radius of the bottom of the jar?
2. What is the height of the jar?
3. Is it the closest value period, or the closest without going over (if it's the latter, I'm sure lots of people will start pulling the price is right screw job shenanigans as mentioned above)

Thanks!

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#37 Edited By EuanDewar

$26.53

Steam: EuanDewar

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#38 Edited By TJ311

$1 Bob

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#39 Edited By KillyDarko

I've no idea about the "size vs value" of US coins, so this will be completely random ^^
$28.28

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#40 Edited By ShaunassNZ

$12.84

Username: Shaunass

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#41 Edited By President_Barackbar

@SMTDante89 said:

" $19.84 I also fully expect some Price is Right garbage to happen soon.

SMTDante "

Oh you are so right about that! $19.85 is my guess. Steam info here

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#42 Edited By abdo

8 dollars and 12 (twelve) cents

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#43 Edited By korolev

$16.38 cents.

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#44 Edited By Soap

$22.53?

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#45 Edited By s7evn

$34.33

username: dude43345

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#46 Edited By chaser324 Moderator

@Solarus:

Diameter = 3.5"
Height = 5.5"
I updated the first post to say this, but there's no Price is Right shenanigans going on here. Whoever gets the closest, regardless of being over or under, will win.

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