WIN A Share of $150,000 EXPEDIA

[colins]

I still think there's something fishy about this. It all seems to be over within 15 minutes. Does the clue get released at the same time in NZ - 1pm their time? I also think it's possible to cheat - what's stopping someone signing in with different email addresses to get unlimited tags? So if you get withing 100m you could cover every square metre. Also does anyone know what the Lottos people are saying about this comp?

[JRN]

They have been asked (on FB or Twitter) and stated that the release time IS THE SAME.  I guess it is plausible to get more pins, i.e. with multiple identitiies.  However, that won't help much in a FASTEST FIND competition.

The winner is the FIRST within 10m.

We can't obviously be sure where the promoter drops THEIR pin, but today (with Nathan outside) it seemed easy enough to drop the pin at the footpath to the house.  I'm sure I'll be within 10m.  I might just not be the FIRST.

As for the "other side" I'm not a member so can't see their chatter (I'm sure they will read ours!)

[settowin]

They have been asked (on FB or Twitter) and stated that the release time IS THE SAME.  I guess it is plausible to get more pins, i.e. with multiple identitiies.  However, that won't help much in a FASTEST FIND competition.

The winner is the FIRST within 10m.

We can't obviously be sure where the promoter drops THEIR pin, but today (with Nathan outside) it seemed easy enough to drop the pin at the footpath to the house.  I'm sure I'll be within 10m.  I might just not be the FIRST.

As for the "other side" I'm not a member so can't see their chatter (I'm sure they will read ours!)

Are many people on ACC members of Lottos as well? I don't know anyone who uses it but they seem to have lots of members..

[Sophie27]

I think that they should have all the pins in the 10m zone put in a barrel and drawn.. it would be a lot fairer!

[ross]

I think that they should have all the pins in the 10m zone put in a barrel and drawn.. it would be a lot fairer!

Not really... then everyone would wait until just before 10am (when it closes) and throw their 5 pins at the location that would well and truly be solved by then.

I'd suggest that they do the first 100 to pin within 10m or maybe everyone who pins within 1 hour of the first pin within 10m - then this tactic wouldn't work.

[JRN]

Most compeittions require us to compete, to beat someone else, even when it is because we beat people by being randomly drawn first (and I have a number of good wins from that including a laptop and a TV and a weekend away).  This one is run in a manner which makes votes, likes, "false" IDs give no advantage.  Someone on FB said they got there in10 minutes today, I was really pleased to find it in under 30 minutes.  I will probably not win today, but I will be so pleased for the person who won, and the many others who beat me!

The reward in this comp is huge, a chance at $10,000 each day!  I'm pleased we are required to put in some effort.  I just hope that one day I can beat everyone else!

[gilmour]

I like this comp and its format as well, but not much effort is required to find the correct answer. If you don't start playing almost as soon as the first clue is released
you are wasting your time.They might as well announce the winner as soon as it is found instead of stringing it along for another 23.5 hours each day.

Considering the big prize money, and the supposed 24hr time limit to find it and that they roll over prize money to the next day if it is not found (a bit of a joke)
the first clue video should be a lot harder or shorter and possibly not show where Nathan is so precisely or only give you 1 or 2 pins to place. That possibly would
make the game last a bit longer and be more of a challenge.

[ross]

That's more like it.

Todays is Joshua Tree National Park in California - that's one big park.

[eveready]

Yep! Could be anyones today

[curiost]

I've put my 3 pins already randomly around the park and none of them even got within 10km...