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1 July 2010 - 11:22pm

Ideas wanted: monthly competitions for all members

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As you know we have a monthly ipod draw for new members every month. But I would like to start something to rewards you guys who visit the site regularly every month.

So I would like your feedback on the kind of prize you would most prefer and also what you should do to get it?

Some of my ideas for competitions:
- Best forum post of the month
- Most posts made in the month
- Most helpful member each month (i.e. helping new member or others with questions/problems)

And ideas for prizes:
- Free chip at a casino
- Cash prize
- We get a custom forum avatar made for you, (like the cartoon of me)
- Maybe an ipod like the new member promotion but we wouldn't be giving away an ipod for every competition otherwise we'll go broke! 😉

So please tell us what you would like and any ideas that you may have and we will make it so!

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30 December 2011 - 5:17pm
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CL-Ed wrote:

We like the idea and its on our radar. The thing is we have to protect ourselves with referrals. Its very easy for someone to open up multiple accounts and refer themselves for example (people have already tried it as things are now, just to try to get more CLchips). And we need to make it so that the referred person has to post a minimum number of times before the credit is granted for example. So its definitely something we want to do, but we need to have a programmer work on it and do it right.

Thanks for considering this CL-Ed. To limit fake accounts, could you ask for the person to verify themselves with either a credit card or driver's license? Perhaps you could send them a code to their telephone number that they would have to enter to get CL chips? I know you wouldn't want to make it so hard that it discourages people or is a lot of trouble for CL. It would be hard to fake accounts I would think with the above verifications. You could even send a code in the mail to them that they would have to enter into their CL account to get chips. That would definitely cut down on fake accounts. I guess the reward has to be worth the hassle though. On the other website they have us buy credits, use to be like 10 for $1 (which is charged to credit card) and therefore identifying bidder but also giving them an incentive to verify their identity. Just an idea. 🙂

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4 January 2012 - 12:01am
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We really don't want to get into recording credit cards or other identifying information like that. The less places people have to provide that sort of info the better as far as I am concerned. I can tell you its usually fairly easy to spot duplicate accounts - it just takes a bit of time and effort to deal with. And I'm all about minimising time and effort! 😂

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4 January 2012 - 12:59am
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CL-Ed wrote:

We really don't want to get into recording credit cards or other identifying information like that. The less places people have to provide that sort of info the better as far as I am concerned. I can tell you its usually fairly easy to spot duplicate accounts - it just takes a bit of time and effort to deal with. And I'm all about minimising time and effort! 😂

I understand this could be a hassle. I will keep thinking about other contests.

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5 January 2012 - 10:26am
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hope777 wrote:

Did you really make that avatar GM? And what does it say? I can't quite make out the words. That is too cool.

Which reminds me.... I noticed a few weeks ago that I still don't have an avatar. I have to do that one day soon!

Hi Hope, yes I did make it myself, in Paint LOL, but I tried to do my best 🙂

Here I have one attached for you 🙂

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7 January 2012 - 12:31am
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I have another idea. You know how we love winning bonuses at the casinos. What about a scavenger event on the site. You would give us clues and whomever is first to post the phrase or word you have listed would win something. We wouldn't know what day it would be on. It could be sometime within a week or some other time period. What would really be fun is if when we clicked on that word, the bonus would appear. I'm not sure how much trouble to program that would be though.

I loved the identifying the slots idea that someone posted. That would get people to check out the casino games at various places.

What about an "identify this casino" game? Each casino is unique in it's own way. You could give clues like...this casino has a soandso tournament on suchandsuchdate.

Another idea...random winner. When someone logs in sometime during the month they could win so many chips. Again, I don't know how hard that would be to program.

Screenshot winner. I know there is one for jackpot winners but what about one for us losers? I mean I have won as little as a few cents....lol. It would be funny to see who could be a winner with a screenshot of a penny win or a nickel win. It would include everyone too if they wanted to participate. I've even thought about starting my own thread about small wins. 🙂 I will be thinking of other things.

You could also have a monthly draw for anyone who has posted over 10 comments (however many comments you want). Again, if you set the limit too high, it could be abused but setting it at ten or 5 lets everyone participate. The gift could be anything. It could be a $5 gift certificate or CL apparel.

Another one....I'm on a roll. Have people wear your CL Listings clothing to a casino and take a photo outside. This would be great advertising for CL. I wonder if we would get thrown out? I would wear one of your shirts inside a casino. 🙂

CL-Ed

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13 January 2012 - 7:28pm
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Sorry I haven't been back to this thread for a while, GM! I really like that, and thank you for posting one for me. I can now enlarge it to see the message. So cool! 🙂

I may have already voiced this suggestion, but I would like to see more little fun contests to earn CL chips. Again, NOT FaceBook related, because not everyone (me, lol) has Facebook or even LIKES FaceBook (me). (LOL, I will not "like" FaceBook).

Anyhoo....I like little challenges, and I think games and contests to earn, even a couple of CL chips would be fun from time to time (like more often, lol).

Thank you for listening to your CL members and giving us a chance to voice suggestions! 🙂 Still THE BEST!!!

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10 July 2012 - 6:39pm
#37
CL-Ed wrote:

As you know we have a monthly ipod draw for new members every month. But I would like to start something to rewards you guys who visit the site regularly every month.

So I would like your feedback on the kind of prize you would most prefer and also what you should do to get it?

Some of my ideas for competitions:
- Best forum post of the month
- Most posts made in the month
- Most helpful member each month (i.e. helping new member or others with questions/problems)

And ideas for prizes:
- Free chip at a casino
- Cash prize
- We get a custom forum avatar made for you, (like the cartoon of me)
- Maybe an ipod like the new member promotion but we wouldn't be giving away an ipod for every competition otherwise we'll go broke! 😉

So please tell us what you would like and any ideas that you may have and we will make it so!

i think a choice prize would be a great idea for all members.. like 1 of 3 prizes!! just a uggestion..

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10 July 2012 - 6:40pm
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thats an awesome idea!!