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Message: [QUOTE="Tero, post: 7202143, member: 415793"] Thank you [USER=22767]@Zorba[/USER] for seeing my point. That is exactly what I did. [B]But that is only part of the story...[/B] After having second most items collected I received a message from SpecialEvents saying I am missing only one item. To which I replied, and I quote myself [I]"...since others already have all items collected I see no reason to add my final entry. Hopefully I was the fastest to the second place."[/I] My view of the matter was not corrected even though there still was time to get inside the final four. But that was not the only blunder... [B]***********[/B] On Monday one of the tasks was originally worded like this: [B]One of your admins lives in California. Find the California State Flag on the CSUS website. Message [USER=16232]@Special Events[/USER][/B] Now what the heck was CSUS? But as a good soldier I don't question the orders no matter how strange they might sound, I follow them. And you know what? There actually is a CSUS website that belongs to California State University. And you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find that flag from a place where (in retrospect) I wasn't even supposed to look. But I found it. And I dare anyone to do the same. [B]The next day this line:[/B] One of your admins lives in California. Find the California State Flag on the CSUS website. Message [USER=16232]@Special Events[/USER] [B]was changed into this:[/B] One of your admins lives in California. Find the California State Flag on the website. Message [USER=16232]@Special Events[/USER] When I confronted them after changing the line they brushed it off simply as a typo and said: Well then, if it was supposed to be so clear that all items should be collected from casino.us then why mention the site name (CSUS) at all? But the soldier I am I took that as an exception to the rule. And at the time, time was the essence and there was no-one to ask for clarifications. As I have understood from a private discussion I was not the only one who was confused about CSUS. And I also point out that[B] this was the first time that I've seen that casino.us is referred as CSUS or with any other abbreviation[/B] for that matter which made it even more unclear. If I hadn't been sent to a wild goose chase to CSUS would I had been the fastest to reach the first or second place? I believe I would since I was present from the get-go. [B]*************** The wordings[/B] It would have been so simple to make the wording clear and understandable. It should have said: Prizes awarded between the four fastest competitors who collect all the items. (In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the timestamp of the entry submitted) $100 for first $75 for second $50 for third $25 for fourth But this: gives it a whole different meaning. [B]****************[/B] Was I good sport? H**l yeah. I have been nothing but a good sport during my (close to six years) time here. I even helped maronza in this race when he had a hard time understanding some things. But as I said, I am done with these labor intensive tasks. I won't waste my energy in the future deciphering what is actually written and what is meant by it. [B]And to add a final thought...[/B] Admins are not always right. They are only humans and make mistakes too. But one can either own one's mistakes or ignore them - that is the difference. [/QUOTE]

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