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Bump Evangeline Lilly Contest

Bump Evangeline Lilly Contest Trophy She's been the daily top post for well over a month or two, she's the driving force behind a huge influx in celebrity related spam attempts, and she did all of this in her underpants.

Our friend, Miss Lilly, has taken over our humble site and it's time to put a stop to it.

So without further ado, I'm announcing the first ever BlogCadre post contest.  The winner will be the person who successfully bumps the Evangeline Lilly post from the top ranking.


Here are the rules:

  • No porny or celebrity posts.  You can post celebrity gossip if you want, but it wont count toward the prize.
  • Posts should fit the general assortment of topics on the site.  We like geek/techy stuff.  We like humor.  We like anything with a high awesomeness factor.  Use your best judgement.
  • If nobody bumps Eva, or if multiple people bump her, the winner will be determined by writing quality, style, post frequency, and whatever other factors that the judges' feel like at the time of judging.  Bribes, flattery, etc. are welcome.
  • Judging will be weighted toward participants who post a high volume of quality posts, rather than a single big entry.
  • Bonus points are given to people who promote their posts across the internets.
  • Extra bonus points to people who promote other people's posts.
  • Stella and I will be the final judges and are not eligible for the contest.
  • If you are suspected of cheating or artificially inflating your post count, you will be disqualified.
  • No prize will be given if nobody gives this any serious effort.
I have yet to determine the award(s) and timeframe.  I have a modest budget of roughly $100 for this.  Please comment on this post if you have any good ideas for prizes, duration, or rule ammendments.  I will take all reasonable comments into consideration.

The contest begins now.  I'm tentatively setting a deadline for June 16, but I'll let you know the final decision in the next couple days after I've had a chance to review your comments.

What are you waiting for?  Go bump Evangeline Lilly!

Update:  The Bump Evangeline Lilly contest if officially over.  (June 16, 2006)

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this rocks

Stella's picture

this is what i've been waiting for... i hope with our powers combined we can bump miss lilly out of the top spot. it's not like i have a personal vendetta against her or anything.


i do have a couple suggestions for the contest:

1. the winner should be able to bump miss lilly from the top spot for 1 or 2 consecutive weeks (or some other desirable timeframe).

2. if no one is successful in bumping miss lilly by the deadline than the contest should be extended to a later date and the prize money is increased to $150. the prize money will increase by $50 increments in each following month if there is still no winner.

3. i think the winner should also receive a "I bumped Evangeline Lilly" winner's certificate with his or her name on it. (okay, it's what i could come up with in a snap, but i promise it will be better--so much better that you'll want to hang it on your wall!)


good luck, everyone. sadly, i will be unable to join you on this quest, but i'll be cheering for y'all. get posting and BUMP MISS LILLY!

more thoughts on rules

Jason Striegel's picture

In response to Stella's proposals:

I dig your rule 1, but I'm worried nobody can bump her and if people really give a good effort I'd still like to be able to give a prize. What I like about this rule is that it's really straightforward. The downside is that Eva gets a _lot_ of hits and I'm worried that she wont get bumped without of a major site mention. Not that that would be a bad thing to have people shoot for, but I'm just not sure I want to make that a requirement.

I'm not a fan of rule 2 unless it's combined with your rule 1 (which I have reservations about). It sets up the possibility that someone works their butt off for 3 months and then some freak post by a newbie steals the whole pot.

The other thing is that I'm not sure I'm totally set on a money prize -vs- another cool prize (ie, a pez mp3 or something). Maybe I can offer a choice?

I totally agree we need a certificate!

What do you guys think? Since you will be competing, I'd like your input. How can I make the challenge fun so that there is a reward for serious effort, but no prize if there isn't any real competition?

I need to think about this for one more day. Please make my life easier and let me know how you think this contest should work.

re: more thoughts on rules

Stella's picture

Jason, I agree with everything you mentioned above--You made some really good points.

If Miss Lilly doesn't get bumped, but people are making a real effort then I think a prize or prizes need to be given out. In this situation, we'd need to look at the hard data: how many hits did this person get, number of referrals, number of posts, etc. If there are people making an equal effort then I think the prize (whatever it may be) should be split.

Since I won't be competing it's hard for me to say what prize would be most desirable to those competing, but maybe a cash prize would be best? What's cool about cash is that the winner will be able to spend it on whatever they want. There are diverse topics discussed on BlogCadre, which brings in diverse traffic--Some people may not dig the techie prize, for instance.

I'll get working on the winner's certificate!

It'th Awn

OK. I've made my post. Time to see how well I do.

--Chris

re: It'th Awn

Stella's picture

nice post, chris, and good luck. miss lilly needs to go!

Oh Boy

I think I'm up for the challenge, I mean, it can't be that hard to knock her off her throne seeing as she looks like a space alien (no offense Jason.)

A real challenge

Stella's picture

I have to admit that it's going to be a real challenge considering I've been trying for a while now. I haven't been posting original stuff though so I'm sure if people start posting original things and the word gets around we can surely knock her off her high horse.

HA HA!! She does look like a space alien doesn't she...

Evangeline Lilly is an alien

Jason Striegel's picture

Does she come from the planet Secksea?

It's probably a very cold planet... You know, because she's obviously very hot here on earth.

some other planet

Stella's picture

Don't you mean the planet Skecksea or Suckee?

Stats?

Any chance we can get daily stats for this? I know I can see the overall number of reads for a givin topic, but I want to see the daily stats for the top 5 articles.

-Ryan Larson
Junster.com

I'll see what I can do

Stella's picture

I think Jason is going to start a 'sticky' article this evening that tracks the daily progress of the contest. Stay tuned.