CLKeenan said:
I'll tell you exactly why. It's because you don't know how to argue without sounding immature. All of your points could be completely valid but when you can't make a coherent arguement, it doesn't matter how strong your agument is.
Also, the fact that you cheated on the contest and feel like you still deserve a prize is another thing; regardless of how legitimate the contest is. Scamming a scam won't get you anywhere.
Almost everyone who I meet in person that I've met on forums think I am a lot older than I actually am and they are shocked to find out how old I am when we meet in person at conferences and other networking events.
-Chris
Then again, I do not have an exact point to make. I simply was stating a personal opinion. The only point I had to make was how unorganized WF was and how it contrasted significantly with every other webmaster forum around. Then I pointed out and acknowledged how one could easily enjoy a forum environment such as this one.
Regarding cheating on the contest, don't get into what you don't know. You're simply jumping on the bandwagon with what Jon said, although he is only making assumptions based on evidence, although everyone knows that there is at least, if not more, a 50% chance that he is wrong.
Please contact VinSVT who was another contest winner from here, he actually helped get me a lot of referrals for this contest. As I previously mentioned, I asked a bunch of friends to join from my huge AIM/MSN lists. If Jon wants to bitch about the fact that I got like 37 referrals and the majority, if any, never posted, let him do so. Its his fault for not stipulating in the contest rules that they should post, not mine. That said, maybe him and all of you reading this should make up your own logical conclusions before taking the easy way out and blaming me, based on your personal opinion of me after reading this thread. If you think you know my personality just by reading this thread, you're wrong. I don't cheat on online contests, I merely took advantage of the fact that my referrals didn't have to post (since it wasn't stipulated anywhere), and got 35+ referrals just to be on the safe side.
Thanks for sharing that little tidbit about meeting people in forums and stuff. Frankly, I don't care. I prefer people to underestimate me than overestimate me.