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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: bosk1 on December 20, 2018, 04:39:54 PM
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For those who may be newer on the forums, you may not know that since this forum started in 2007, it has been run on a volunteer basis with all of our fees either being paid by me personally or by donations made by forum members. Although we have not done this in a couple of years, it is once again time for our donations contest. And this time around, I have lots of cool prizes directly from the band's own vaults (and likely more on the way before this is over). So I am once again offering prizes for those who donate $10 or more between now and January 15th.
(https://i.imgur.com/i7IaUAR.jpg)
Anyone donating any amount will recieve DTF Alumni status, indicated by green stars/bars under your user name and green user status. Anyone donating $10 or more will be eligible for a drawing at the end of the contest for one several prizes, including:
-Dream Theater CD's.
-Dream Theater DVD/BluRays.
-Transatlantic Official Bootleg DVD (this is the DVD that is being sold exclusively at the merch booth on the TA Whirlwind tour)
-Systematic Chaos tour book, in brand new condition
-Dream Theater Silver Anniversary poster
-Tour laminates
-Vintage DT tour and Prog Nation tour shirts
Rules:
1. Donate $10 or more by January 31, 2019 by using the Paypal donation link on the forum
2. PM me the details of your donation with the words "2018/2019 donations contest" in the title so I can keep track. (user name, real name, date of donation, amount)
PLEASE NOTE: You must follow the rules above. There will be no exceptions. Somebody a few years ago did not send me the proper information, waited until well after the fact, and did not end up receiving their prize as a result. I really NEED to clean out my PM inbox because I have over 1,000 PM's. That isn't your problem; it's mine. BUT what it means to you if you are donating is that you must PM me accurate details on time with the proper title in your PM or else I might miss your message and it may then end up lost in the PM abyss. Don't let this be you! :biggrin:
Whether you donate or not, thank you all for the years and for your continued support of the forum, monetary or otherwise.
FAQ: "How much should I donate?" I get this question a lot. There isn't really a right answer. I've had single donations of as little as a few dollars and as much as a couple of hundred. It's up to you. Every bit helps cover the costs of running this place. If I had to answer, I guess my "preferred" amount would be $35. But please don't let that deter you if you want to give and can't give that much. As I said, every bit helps and is appreciated. Thanks.
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Sent. Felize Navidad. Not gonna clog your inbox with a PM... you know who I am. ;)
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Sent. Felize Navidad. Not gonna clog your inbox with a PM... you know who I am. ;)
Similar.
Couldn't give a ton, a sad part of being a grad student working for barely minimum wage.
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It's also not quite the best time for me, with all the Christmas / New Year shopping and work piled up. I've made a note to do that in early 2019 though.
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Yeah, I understand the holiday crush. That's why I have it open to the end of the January. I can extend it longer if people want to donate a bit later and still be eligible.
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Sent. Felize Navidad. Not gonna clog your inbox with a PM... you know who I am. ;)
Sent!
But I did clog the inbox with a PM cuz I WANT A SHIRT!! :lol
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Sent!
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Donation made :)
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I've been a bit busy for holidays and had not promptly responded to each person who donated. I think I am caught up now (to those who PM'd me, anyway). If I owe anyone some green stars, I will try to get to that soon. Thanks for the support!
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Green stars?
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One of the Lucky Charms?
Thanks for setting up the drawing Bosk.
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some tour laminates as a prize. Interesting. May you be a little more specific please? which tour? Thanks
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So what ever became of this?
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So what ever became of this?
2 things:
1. I need to go back through and tally what we have. And:
2. I was thinking about extending it once I see whether I am going to get any cool swag for the new album/tour that I can throw in.
Sorry, I'll try to turn my attention back to this soon. Thanks for asking.
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I forgot to donate so that's good news. I'll do that this weekend.
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So what ever became of this? So did I win anything?
;D
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I forgot to donate so that's good news. I'll do that this weekend.
Yep, same.
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So what ever became of this? So did I win anything?
;D
You got me :lol
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Since it seems to be a bit slow around here (at least on the DT side) I thought I'd bump this. It's been so long, I might give again. :biggrin: :biggrin: