Special Puzzle Raffle for a good cause

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:06 am

Hi guys,

Please allow me and David (Calzone) to organise this small, but helpful raffle.
All of the donations will go to a very important cause.
(sorry I cannot tell you the reason now, but you will all know soon!).

I will also personally take care of the postage for my items.

I am happy to include in the raffle:

1. Magic Octopus (one of the very last originals, sent from Australia).
2. Magic Smile (one of the very last originals, sent from Australia).
3. Cubedron (sent from Singapore).

I hope more puzzles from other builders may be added to this list.

David (Calzone), would you like to get the payments for this? (it would be easier)
If not, I am happy to do this separately.

Pantazis

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:15 am

Dr. BNPB,

Can you tell us where to send the money and how much you want for each raffle ticket. Might I suguest a minimum of $5 per ticket as they are truly amazing puzzles up for grabs. Added to that, this really is for a great cause!

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:27 am

katsmom wrote:

Dr. BNPB,

Can you tell us where to send the money and how much you want for each raffle ticket. Might I suguest a minimum of $5 per ticket as they are truly amazing puzzles up for grabs. Added to that, this really is for a great cause!

Mrs Sparrow,

I will leave this to David to decide, because it would be more convenient if all payments go to one person.

I mean, if there is more than one person receiving payments, then some of the money will be gone in PayPal fees,
so it would be preferable that David receives everything.

Pantazis

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:36 am

I'm not a builder, but I'll add a somewhat hard to find Turbo Mind Twister to the pile. If you all will take it that is. Shipping will be on me as well.

trixter · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:33 am

I think I'll be in for 2 tickets. Let us know when the price and recipient is agreed upon and I'll send my payments.

p.s. I just wanted to say how great it is to be a part of such an awesome community!

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:55 am

Thank you again Pantazis, I really appreciate it!!

EDIT: I will post more details of this raffle shortly.

Notoday · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:48 am

I must admit that I'm very excited about this raffle

(hopefully my raffle luck will stay with me for this one!)

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:00 am

I hope your luck holds :wink:

And I wish luck to all those who enter.

I was going to send pm's to all on the board, but going through the names on the first page, I realized that many members listed haven't been on the forum since 2004 :shock:

Instead, I will write that if you want to know the purpose of this raffle, please send Dave or myself a pm. We will gladly tell you but respectfully request that you do not post the reason on this forum. It is ment to be a surprise! For those of you that I already pm'd thank you for your replies.

Good luck to everyone, and remember, this is for a good cause. So Go BUY THOSE TICKETS! :lol:

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:07 am

Ok…..here are the details for the raffle…

Each entry is $5 USD. There are ten (10) prizes up for grabs so far, so there will be ten (10) potentially different winners.

The current prizes are as follows (actual puzzle may not be pictured....colors, etc. may vary. I used what I could find online for some of them).
1. Magic Octopus (one of the very last originals, sent from Australia). (courtesy of Pantazis)

2. Magic Smile (one of the very last originals, sent from Australia). (courtesy of Pantazis)

3. Cubedron (standard) - (courtesy of MindStrat Puzzles)

4. Cubedron (Classic) - (courtesy of MindStrat Puzzles)

5. Cybedron - (courtesy of MindStrat Puzzles)

6. Turbo Mind Twister – (courtesy of Katsmom)

7. A Reuleaux Mastermorphix - (courtesy of Tattooed)

8. A massage ball - (courtesy of Aleksey)

9. Elemental Neon DIY - (courtesy of David Litwin)

10. Japanese Triple Cube - (courtesy of Geert)

EDIT: Please don't send any more payments to my email address, but please do visit this auction link

LINK

Thank you, and be sure to include your TP ID in the message field when paying. This offer is now unlimited! The balance of the funds will go to a reputable foundation. You'll have to trust me to tell you what it is later.

You will be assigned your number(s) based on the order I receive the payments. Numbers will be posted here as we continue throughout this week.

On Saturday, April 25th at 12: noon EST, I will use the random sequence generator at http://www.random.org/sequences/ to determine the winners.

I will input the total number of entries and it does the rest.

The sequence generator spits out numbers in a column like this…..
11
67
74
22
121
54
20
118
62
30
103
69
114
119
16
15
25

The numbers, starting from the top, will determine the winner of each item in that order.

Thank you all and good luck!!

EDIT: If anyone has something that they would like to add as a prize, please PM or email me.

Also, there are members that contributed to this cause prior to this raffle being set up. A separate raffle will be set up for those members! I don't want to confuse or mess up this one.

Here is the list so far.... !!
1 jason9000
2 jason9000
3 jason9000
4 jason9000
5 jason9000
6 jason9000
7 jason9000
8 jason9000
9 jason9000
10 jason9000
11 jason9000
12 jason9000
13 jason9000
14 Derek Bosch
15 Derek Bosch
16 Derek Bosch
17 Derek Bosch
18 Derek Bosch
19 Aleksey
20 Aleksey
21 Aleksey
22 Aleksey
23 Gene
24 Notoday
25 Notoday
26 Notoday
27 Notoday
28 Riceball92
29 Riceball92
30 Trixter
31 Trixter
32 Edam
33 Edam
34 Klara
35 Klara
36 Klara
37 Volitar Prime
38 Volitar Prime
39 Volitar Prime
40 Volitar Prime
41 Volitar Prime
42 Gene
43 Darryl
44 Darryl
45 Darryl
46 Darryl
47 Darryl
48 MarkSS
49 Jaap
50 Jaap
51 Jaap
52 Milan
53 Milan
54 Milan
55 Richard
56 Richard
57 Geert
58 Geert
59 Geert
60 Geert
61 Geert
62 Thio
63 Thio
64 Caphits
65 Caphits
66 Caphits
67 Caphits
68 Caphits
69 dlitwin
70 dlitwin
71 dlitwin
72 Sausage
73 Sausage
74 Sausage
75 Sausage
76 Sausage
77 xsportx
78 xsportx
79 xsportx
80 xsportx
81 Josh B
82 Josh B
83 Taylor
84 Taylor
85 NeoDarkHaven
86 NeoDarkHaven
87 NeoDarkHaven
88 NeoDarkHaven
89 Danny Devitt
90 Danny Devitt
91 Danny Devitt
92 Danny Devitt
93 PaulWozniak
94 PaulWozniak
95 Apollo
96 Apollo
97 Apollo
98 Apollo
99 Apollo
100 Steve
101 Steve
102 Steve
103 juanan
104 juanan
105 juanan
106 cubefan8
107 Hendrik Haak
108 Hendrik Haak
109 Hendrik Haak
110 Hendrik Haak
111 Hendrik Haak
112 the.drizzle
113 the.drizzle
114 the.drizzle
115 the.drizzle
116 the.drizzle
117 Near
118 Near
119 Near
120 Near
121 poloquebec
122 poloquebec
123 Julian
124 Julian
125 Julian
126 Julian
127 Julian
128 Skarabajo
129 Oogyboogawa
130 Oogyboogawa
131 doubleyou
132 Steve Adler
133 Steve Adler
134 Steve Adler
135 Steve Adler
136 Steve Adler
137 ppeccin
138 ppeccin
139 Jeffery Mewtamer
140 Jeffery Mewtamer
141 Jeffery Mewtamer
142 Jeffery Mewtamer
143 Jeffery Mewtamer
144 Alex
145 Alex
146 Brandon B.
147 kastellorizo
148 kastellorizo
149 kastellorizo
150 kastellorizo
151 kastellorizo
152 kastellorizo
153 kastellorizo
154 kastellorizo
155 electroshock106 (not a TP member....yet)
156 electroshock106
157 electroshock106
158 Garrett (snuck in the back door)

159 Garrett
160 Garrett

Winners are...... (full sequence posted here also....)
54 Milan
151 kastellorizo
32 Edam
146 Brandon B
100 Steve
109 Hendrik Haak
64 Caphits
72 Sausage
70 Dlitwin
112 the.drizzle
Congratulations to the winners and thank you all again for participating!!!

Riceball92 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:18 am

Just bought 2 raffle tickets. I hope you guys raise a lot of money!

Sven · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:39 am

Its for something realy Special. Please buy some tickets, I dont make it a must but still you wil notice in a while for what good thing it was.

Sven

trixter · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:57 am

just sent money for 2 tickets

This feels like there will be a really nice turnout! Thanks to Pantazis, Rox, David, and whoever else helped put this together!

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Why only 125 entries?

Sven · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 am

tattooed wrote:

Why only 125 entries?

Its not for a profit. So not more needed.

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:41 am

Thank you to everyone that has participated so far.

tattooed wrote:

Why only 125 entries?

This may increase to 150 depending on something else and because of what those whores at Paypal are doing to me. Why Tattooed .........Do you wanna buy out the raffle???

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:47 am

I think 150 should be the goal.

Pantazis

PS. David, please add both Cubedrons (Classic and Standard) and one Cybedron, instead of just one Cubedron.
I just contacted Siva and he is keen for this, especially as our company structure is such that
some earnings will always go for many similar good reasons in the future.

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

I won't buy out the raffle, but when more details are made public, I'll probably throw in a RXM.

Sven wrote:

Its not for a profit. So not more needed.

I realize its "not for profit" but a good cause is a good cause and it seemed odd to put a cap on it. I'm in the dark about it all so I was just curious.

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Add an RXM from me to the list of prizes.

Edit - RXM = Reuleaux Mastermorphix (sorry if that confused anyone)

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:46 pm

Changes made to my post above....shown in red

darryl · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:48 pm

I would suggest that everything over the 125 or 150 entries or so be donated. Just my 2 cents.

-d

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:49 pm

Excellent suggestion. Without out getting into detail, this is the way to go.

Caphits · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:06 pm

I think I'll buy 5 tickets. I think these raffles are a great idea. It allows poor people (like me) to have the chance to get amazing puzzles.

Edit: 25$ sent.

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:57 pm

More added to this post above. So far we're getting a good response. Let's keep it going.

There are plenty of entries still available, and the odds you'll win something are pretty damn good!

DLitwin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:34 pm

I'm in for three tickets. And while I'm at it, I'll add in a Neon DIY kit to the raffle.

Hey, if I win my own puzzle, think of all the shipping I can save!

Dave

Caphits · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:53 pm

DLitwin wrote:

I'm in for three tickets. And while I'm at it, I'll add in a Neon DIY kit to the raffle.

Hey, if I win my own puzzle, think of all the shipping I can save!

Dave

That really made me laugh. :lol:

Jeffery Mewtamer · **Joined:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:18 am

I just hope the raffle does not fill-up before Wednesday.

theVDude · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:09 pm

Grah, I donated the last of my funds to a different site for extra stuff.

Looks like I miss out. -UNLESS- I can SOMEHOW get some money in for this.

xsportx · **Joined:** Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:14 pm

I just put in for 4 Tickets. I hope a lot of money is raised

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:09 pm

The pot keeps getting bigger and the odds getting better as more puzzles are added!!!

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:06 pm

Wow! 10 puzzles now! I may just have to go against my plan and buy a ticket!

My luck I'd get the one I donated... :lol:

Caphits · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:57 pm

So, is there any real reason not to say who the money goes to? I like the suspense.

sausage · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:16 pm

Why to the DMB expansion project of course. That's a good cause.

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Thats a nice jack pot, if I wasn't donating, I'd be in all the way.

David Calzone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:41 pm

sausage wrote:

Why to the DMB expansion project of course. That's a good cause.

....and I'm still not invited to join.

tattooed wrote:

Thats a nice jack pot, if I wasn't donating, I'd be in all the way.

If I wasn't drawing the numbers, I'd be all over this. With my luck, this would be the only time I would win something! :lol:

$5 for a chance at 10 (currently) different puzzles! This has to be the first raffle of it's kind @ TP!

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

No doubt, I don't want someone to call BS on the whole thing. But I'd honestly put in that puzzle of mine plus a dozen tickets.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:39 pm

The only thing I can say is thank you to everyone for participating, especially to those donating some extra puzzles.
This response is very very touching!

Pantazis

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

If anyone had any doubt of what kind of community we are, take a look at that list of participants...Wow,,,, I'm truly touched. 2009 has been a tough year for many already but look at that out pour, really thanks for everything you guys are doing and please keep it up.

PaulWozniak · **Joined:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:02 pm

Two tickets purchased. What a wonderful raffle, what a wonderful forum, and all for a good cause.

theVDude · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:52 pm

I might be able to get myself in here in the next couple of days, I hope.

Steve · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:39 pm **Location:** UK

Three tickets purchased. Thank you.

Steve

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:38 am

By the way David, the Magic Octopus and Magic Smile are from me, but
the Cubedron Classic, Cubedron Standard, and Cybedron are from the company,
so it should MindStrat Puzzles getting the credit for those, not me.

It was Siva and the rest of the Singapore team who encouraged me to add more items!
I also need to update the Cubedron/Cybedron photos, those are from the old batches and/or samples!!!
(the Octopus background for the red color octopus is yellow... sorry for all the wrong colors LOL)

Pantazis

PS. WIll it be ok if I also take part to the raffle? There are some really good puzzles now!
(I promise if I win one of my puzzles, then the puzzle goes to the next number, not me! LOL)

David Calzone · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:18 am

kastellorizo wrote:

By the way David, the Magic Octopus and Magic Smile are from me, but
the Cubedron Classic, Cubedron Standard, and Cybedron are from the company,
so it should MindStrat Puzzles getting the credit for those, not me.

Thanks for the clarification. I updated the post above with that info.

kastellorizo wrote:

I also need to update the Cubedron/Cybedron photos, those are from the old batches and/or samples!!!

If you have new pics, send them over and I'll update them. I added a disclaimer for now.

kastellorizo wrote:

PS. WIll it be ok if I also take part to the raffle? There are some really good puzzles now!
(I promise if I win one of my puzzles, then the puzzle goes to the next number, not me! LOL)

Since you were the one with the idea to start this, how could I say no?!?!

I'll put you down for 48 entries. Thanks! :lol:

juanan · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:19 am

a very good idea

congratulations

the goal should be..... without limit

David Calzone · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:17 pm

I need to figure out a different way to accept these payments! Please don't send anymore until I figure this out. Paypal is looking to shut down my account...see below. I'll post something else within the next hour or so.

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Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

leave it to paypal to ruin the fun!

David Calzone · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:49 pm

Sorry for the double post, but I needed to get this straightened out ASAP.

Please don't send any more payments to my email address, but please do visit this auction link

LINK

I'm going to revise my post above also. THANK YOU!!!

jason9000 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:11 pm

Awww, I didn't get any pictures with my ticket purchases. :(

ejisfun · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:15 pm

Why would you buy that? Everyone knows you can just right-click and hit "copy picture".

:lol:

Good idea on that auction, let's just hope eBay doesn't take it down.

Caphits · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:04 pm

Edit your post where it says to send the money to your paypal address. That will probably help sort out the situation.

Notoday · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:09 pm

Paypal is so ridiculous sometimes. Maybe they think that you're participating in a pyramid scheme with all of the smallish payments? Who knows...?

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