Who should be given the last R4i

[shakirmoledina]

This is a poll (and hopefully not spam) to ask gbatempers whether Rowan should be given the last R4i or not AS he finished the contest first in the very first hours

We hope this will make the gbatemp decision easier

 

[Fishaman P]

Maybe all you people in weird time zones should move to some place that's awake at 9 AM EST!

 

[.Chris]

Redraw.
There's the time-zone issue. Person x could still have been sleeping while Rowan was solving the clues. If Person x was awake when Tempmas started, they could have finished before Rowan.

 

[hunter291]

Redraw.
There's the time-zone issue. Person x could still have been sleeping while Rowan was solving the clues. If Person x was awake when Tempmas started, they could have finished before Rowan.

QUOTE(UniqueGeek @ Dec 27 2010, 03:56 PM)

http://gbatemp.net/t270130-merry-tempmas?v...t&p=3334268

If it was a race, then however, Rowan would deserve it.

 

[Omega_2]

West Coast US, nocturnal/doesn't really sleep for days at a time. I don't see any issues here.
Also

"Time doesn't exist, clocks do."

 

[Infinite Zero]

LOL?
Hundreds of people begun the hunt just minutes after it was posted.
Don't make all of yourselves so important. Just sayin'.

 

[shakirmoledina]

the thing used here is assumption that MAYBE someone MAY have started late so MAYBE that person could have finished it faster... i ask anyone who has finished to tell me how long it took them
say Rowen started 15mins after the official announcement and that would make him finish the whole thing in 1hr 45mins... who finished the contest in 105mins? or even 120mins?

PS - it would seem the yes percentage has gone really low albeit still winning BUT what if rowan himself just wanted the 3ds and not the r4i... that would make "yes" useless

 

[koimayeul]

since when the first not get the prize .. ? vote Yes

 

[mameks]

Maybe he's like Layton, and did it for the kicks.

 

[Omega_2]

Maybe he's like Layton, and did it for the kicks.

someone find Rowan and ask?

 

[mameks]

Maybe he's like Layton, and did it for the kicks.

someone find Rowan and ask?

Nah, that'd make sense.
Speculation ftw

 

[Piggy Poo]

Yes, why not? I believe he deserved it.

 

[Pyrmon]

Just a question, when does the poll end?

 

[dice]

I'd say no because of the reason SoulSnatcher gave.

 

[The Pi]

I voted yes.

If I hadn't already won one I might have been greedy and said no

 

[r3gR3t]

Give it to TheMan dudes, I wasn't able to do half of the quest thingui in like 4 hours and he did it two...

 

[Adr990]

To Rowan, he was the first.
Just give him that little appraticement. I mean, second and third don't matter, just give it to the one who fingured it first.
It's really more fair imho.

 

[Lacius]

Since I also won a Wood R4i Gold, I have nothing to gain from a redraw and am impartial.

That being said, I think a redraw is the only fair option. While I don't mean to take away from Rowan's achievement in being able to finish the hunt first and in such a short amount of time, he was operating under the assumption that he could be the first to finish it. People who started the hunt later due to time zone differences or for other reasons would have operated under the assumption that they would definitely not be the first to finish, even though they might have had the ability to finish just as quickly from start to finish as Rowan did if they tried. Likewise, to take away a prize and automatically give it to someone means that the chances of winning that prize are less for each player than indicated.

 

[shakirmoledina]

ahaa lacius, tht is still an opinion but it could not be true such tht rowan was just good enough to finish it quickly
the poll ends when the r4i's decision is made (confirmed)

PS - Maybe rowan is still laughing for which he cant answer right now

 

[hunter291]

No. It's NOT a race. That would be unfair due to time zone differences.

I am not giving out anymore information.

This

 

[Lacius]

ahaa lacius, tht is still an opinion but it could not be true such tht rowan was just good enough to finish it quickly
the poll ends when the r4i's decision is made (confirmed)

PS - Maybe rowan is still laughing for which he cant answer right now

I did not complete the Tempmas hunt in one sitting. Had I known that my chances of winning a Wood R4i Gold could could have been 100% depending on how quickly I did it, how I played would have been different. Also, timezones.