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14 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

well my first reaction was that I never win anything but them I remembered I won a draw about 2 - 3 years ago

I won a daily naked cleaner for a month a while back...I was over the moon until a chap turned up and got all his clothes off and started polishing

Anyway, congrats!

19 hours ago, Auricsstash said:

Thanks chaps, never owned a Kook before so quite excited by this one!!

You will never look back, stunning coins the Kooks, great stuff

Well done Dave, what a win!

I am not jealous at all

Thanks Chris

When is the draw for March coming up please @ChrisSIlver?

Congrats @Micky9776!

@ChrisSIlver I can't find the link to the December draw (I guess it isn't up yet or am I missing something?) Cheers!

Thanks a lot @ChrisSIlver that sounds great! An announcement on the thread would be perfect imo, but don't listen to me, it'd just be really nice to have a bit more activity around this as for me it was one of the nicest things about the community here and then suddenly disappeared! Thanks!

16 minutes ago, ChrisSIlver said:

@kimchi The prize draws are drawn automatically, a member is randomly selected by the system at the close of the raffle. 

Unfortunately it isn't possible to integrate an automatic announcement at this time, although that might change in the future. For now please use the comments section in raffles (here) to congratulate members.

 

Thanks @ChrisSIlver! I think the question was about 'which system' is used, but I guess you mean it's part of the forum software perhaps?

I thought before the upgrade you or another admin or mod used to announce the result on the thread, which led to all the congratulatory posts, and is something I loved. It really was a lovely part about being a Premium Member (quite apart from the listings and entering the raffle in the first place!) - the taking part and all the camaraderie, wishing the winner well (albeit with jealous glances perhaps ). I think it'd be nice if there's some sort of message announcing the winner from one of the team here, and then the congratulations posts would flood in. At the moment some sort of system picks a winner and then (if you're like me!) you realise at some point in the month that you don't know who won, and go in to see a pretty dead thread.

Tldr: please find a way if you can to bring back the good old thread with an announced winner and then all the congratulations - which could be as simple as announcing the winner!  

Ooh a lovely Kook indeed, this must be my month!

@ChrisSIlver there used to be a lovely thread where members congratulated the winner after they were announced, but since the forum changes I haven't seen one, or the result actually being announced, I've just stumbled upon the fact the winner had been decided. Am I missing something (most probably!)?

Also there was a question last month about how the draws are actually made which I don't think was answered. I'm sure you have a completely fair method, it would just be interesting to know

Cheers and good luck to all!

1 minute ago, Madstacks said:

Cheers guys:), still in shock!

I'm not surprised! All that shiny will be a heavy burden indeed for a while (have you read The Lord of the Rings?). The shame, the guilt, the running up to strangers in the street and french kissing them...the resultant time spent locked up.

I will help you Master Frodostacks, I promise to be there until the end. I will carry you to the Crack of The Silver Price Fix myself if necessary. I will share your burden.

I will also of course PM you my address to facilitate the shared quest. Do not do it alone! It is far too much to bare for one alone!

Give me the (2012) Kook, Master. I am ready. Together we shall prevail!

27 minutes ago, Madstacks said:

Holy *&*%!!! This is amazing!!  Incredible! i never win anything usually!

You do now, huge congrats, the jackpot indeed!!!