Endersmens Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I was thinking of Earth as both the planet and as ground. So my guess would've been Submarines, Aircraft carriers, Ect. But thats a big number of people, so the percentage wasn't right.Never even thought of the ISS, well played Squad, pulling a space question over a space community's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlubber Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I knew the answer was the ISS right away, but I think I put "ISS" as my answer and not "International Space Station", did it need to be exact? I really hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 There doesn't really need to be any complex string analysis performed on the answer, and there's no need to worry about entering it in a specific way being wrong.The by far simplest, most reliable and most fair way of drawing a winner in a competition with a single text field for an answer is:1.) Randomize a candidate out of all entrants2.) Manually check the answer field3.) If answer correct ---> this is the winner4.) If answer wrong ---> go to 1.)This ensures that you do not need any software or infrastructure beyond a simple SQL database that's queried by hand, and a free public website like random.org that supplies reliable random numbers on demand. It's the cheapest way to implement such a contest.Additionally, it ensures that the answer field is read by a human, and evaluated in the spirit of the question, not matched against a predefined string. A human will easily identify any possibly variation in wording and spelling of the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanz25 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Hey! Just received my little kerbal! Could we maybe have a banana for scale or something? Edited May 16, 2015 by stanz25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowtrout Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Hey! Just received my little kerbal!-snip-Could we maybe have a banana for scale or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwhip Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Oh, dear. These usernames are confusing.I though that stanz25 was stanz250… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fel Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Hey! Just received my little kerbal! http://i.imgur.com/61PwSGt.jpgAww... I wants.... Edited May 18, 2015 by Fel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Hey! Just received my little kerbal! http://i.imgur.com/61PwSGt.jpgThat's great!Nice work, enjoy him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxster Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Anyone received their stuff or is this a con? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Anyone received their stuff or is this a con?The winner posted a pic, no reason to think it's a con:Hey! Just received my little kerbal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It's not a con, per se, but figurine is fitted with listening equipment, and rigged to explode if winner stops playing KSP ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer7as Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It's not a con, per se, but figurine is fitted with listening equipment, and rigged to explode if winner stops playing KSP ...I'd like to request when the figurine explodes, it explodes into a two-part figure and not confetti potato chips. As per many signatures I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagame Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Aw, I missed a banana giveaway? xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjin7 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I just entered! Wish me luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikachuNL Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I just entered! Wish me luck!You may be a little late, the OP is from April... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yeah sorry but this has ended, thread closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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