*** Mystery Subsim Challenge: Winner pool and disbursement. Check daily. ***

[Onkel Neal]

Congratulations to the 99 winners of the 2008 Mystery Subsim Challenge. You are in the prize pool. Here's how the prize disbursement works!

There are 99 winners (no one guessed MS#95 correctly), each winner has a number assigned in the order he won. Each business day, starting with Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at the close of the market, I will copy the last two digits of the Dow Jones Index Average and the person with the corresponding number wins that day's prize pack! Some prizes will have a Choice A and Choice B.

The winner must claim his prize in this thread, so winners, check the thread daily. No claim, no prize.

Here is the winner list:

01 Mikekiller16
02 Fincuan
03 Nisgeis
04 Mookie Mookie
05 Contact
06 To be
07 Fincuan
08 Molon Labe
09 Subnuts
10 Subnuts -- WINNER JAN 6
11 Danlissa
12 Fincuan
13 gandalf71
14 gandalf71 -- WINNER JAN 14
15 SandyCaesar
16 Fincuan
17 Subnuts
18 D'biter -- WINNER JAN 9
19 Subnuts
20 Subnuts
21 Mbot
22 Subnuts -- 1/16 win limit
23 Subnuts
24 Bort
25 ekempey
26 Subnuts
27 Fincuan
28 Subnuts
29 Fincuan
30 Dowly
31 Mikhayl
32 Subnuts
33 Subnuts
34 Subnuts
35 Subnuts
36 HunterICX
37 Seeadler
38 Raptor1
39 Flakchak
40 Sonarman
41 Sonarman
42 VonDos
43 Sonarman
44 Sonarman
45 roman2440
46 Subnuts -- WINNER JAN 8
47 Fincuan
48 Subnuts
49 Sonarman -- WINNER JAN 15
50 Rilder
51 Schultzy
52 Subnuts
53 HunterICX
54 Molon Labe
55 Sonarman
56 Sonarman -- WINNER JAN 13
57 Sonarman
58 Marcantilan
59 Sonarman
60 robbierob2005
61 Fire
62 lesrae
63 j_o_nn_y
64 Sonarman
65 Subnuts
66 Sonarman
67 LobsterBoy
68 Sonarman
69 Syxx_Killer
70 Sheppard -- WINNER JAN 7
71 Sonarman
72 Subnuts
73 Subnuts -- 1/16 win limit
74 Mookie Mookie
75 Sonarman
76 robbierob2005
77 j_o_nn_y
78 Mookie Mookie
79 Mookie Mookie
80 Ramius
81 Sonarman
82 Captain Vlad
83 Ramius
84 Sonarman -- 1/16 win limit
85 HunterICX
86 robbierob2005
87 robbierob2005
88 JanMichaelWallace
89 Rilder -- WINNER JAN 5
90 Sonarman
91 Sonarman
92 Subnuts
93 Subnuts
94 Subnuts
95 No winner
96 Subnuts
97 A Very Super Market -- WINNER JAN 12
98 Sonarman
99 XabbaRus
00 timbob

I will post the prize pack the evening before, so #1 prize pack will be posted and then at the end of the next day, when the DJIA closes, the winner will be announced. This will be clear after you see how it works Monday.

Claim your prize by posting in this thread soon after (within a day or two, three max).

The Dow Jones number will be pulled after the market closes using the number posted on the Wall Street Journal Online: http://online.wsj.com/public/us

So, for example, the closing number on Friday Jan. 2 is: DJIA 9034.69
So the winning number is: 69 Syxx_Killer Then Syxx_Killer would make a reply claiming his package "Hey, I won!"

Please note, if for some reason I do not post a prize package one day, then there will not be a drawing the next day. I do not anticipate this happeneing but in case I am on my yacht and cannot get a satellite connection, I am giving myself this out.






If you guess correctly, your name is added to the prize pool. You can have as many correct guesses as you can manage, they do not count against your three guess limit.

If you reach five correct guesses in the contest, you are considered an Ace* and will get a bonus entry into the prize pool.

*That means: if you are an Ace and your number wins you a prize, you are eligible to win a second prize if your number matches the Dow Jones' closing number.

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Monday, Jan. 5:

Choice A Das Boot book
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519nIQQqRCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg


Choice B SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced around 5:15 PM EST Monday.

Good luck!
Neal

[mookiemookie]

I'm not sure I understand. If the Dow closed at 9034, how does that translate to #69 being the winner? Wouldn't it be #34?

And what happens if the Dow closes at 9034 and then 9134? Does #34 (or #69) win twice?

[Onkel Neal]

Good questions. The last two digits I am referring to are the hundreths place, not the tens place. So the DJIA would close at something like 9034.25 not 9034

And yes, if the market closes with identical numbers during this period of prize determination, if the person holding that number is an Ace, he will get his bonus prize. Each person can win once, except those with 5+ correct guesses, they can win twice.

EDIT: If the market closes with identical numbers during this period of prize determination, and the number is not held by an Ace or if the person has won his 1 prize, we can then move to the amount the DJIA changed, and if that hits a previous winner, we move to the percent change. If that hits a winner, we skip that day.

So, as an example, on 1/2:

........Close .........amount changed........ percent change
DJIA* 9034.69 ----- 258.30 ------------- 2.94%


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http://www.subsim.com/meet08/1_1_ac3.jpg


thanks
Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Monday, Jan. 5:

Choice A Das Boot book
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519nIQQqRCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg


Choice B SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced around 5:15 PM EST Monday.

Good luck!
Neal

Mon. Jan. 5: DJIA*
8952.89
The winner: 89 Rilder

Rilder, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tuesday, Jan. 6:

Choice A: 2009 SUBSIM CALENDAR
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/1_1_ac4.jpg


....OR



Choice B: SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tuesday.

Good luck!
Neal

[Rilder]

Mon. Jan. 5: DJIA*
8952.89
The winner: 89 Rilder

Rilder, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

Holy crap I won? I'l take the Das Boot book then.

[Onkel Neal]

Mon. Jan. 5: DJIA*
8952.89
The winner: 89 Rilder

Rilder, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

Holy crap I won? I'l take the Das Boot book then.

Very cool, PM me with your mailing address.

Neal

[FIREWALL]

Holy Moly !!! I forgot to order my calendar !!!

Will fix that problem. :yep:

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tuesday, Jan. 6:

Choice A: 2009 SUBSIM CALENDAR
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/1_1_ac4.jpg


....OR



Choice B: SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tuesday.

Good luck!
Neal

Tues. Jan. 6 DJIA 9015.10
The winner: 10 Subnuts
Subnuts, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

As an Ace, you are eligible to win one more time.

Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Weds, Jan 7:

Choice A: Blind Man's Bluff
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1a/78/ffaceb6709a0712f6b1f0110._AA240_.L.jpg

OR....

Choice B: Subsim Battle Mug
http://images4.cafepress.com/product/200694654v14_150x150_Front.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Weds.

Good luck!
Neal

[Subnuts]

Tues. Jan. 6 DJIA 9015.10
The winner: 10 Subnuts
Subnuts, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

As an Ace, you are eligible to win one more time.

Neal

Well, that was fast! :rotfl:

I think I'll go with the calendar. Today is the 7th...right? :-?

[Onkel Neal]

Tues. Jan. 6 DJIA 9015.10
The winner: 10 Subnuts
Subnuts, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

As an Ace, you are eligible to win one more time.

Neal

Well, that was fast! :rotfl:

I think I'll go with the calendar. Today is the 7th...right? :-?

Yeah buddy, calendar on the way!

Cross your fingers...well, hell, you have 23 wins, you don't need luck, you'll get a second prize :)

[HunterICX]

Prize package for Weds, Jan 8:

Neal

Wednesday is January the 7th ;)

HunterICX

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Weds, Jan 8:

Neal

Wednesday is January the 7th ;)

HunterICX

Don't confuse me, I'm doing a pretty good job of confusing myself. :doh:


Weds. Jan. 7 DJIA 8769.70
The winner: 70 Sheppard
Sheppard, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Thurs, Jan 8:

Choice A: The Silent War
http://images.ebookmall.com/lsi/s-image/5/555111676X.jpg

OR....

Choice B: Destroyer Command (German version)
http://www.knightdiscounts.com/gamedestroyercommand_small.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Thurs.

Good luck!
Neal

[Nisgeis]

Why so many German versions of software titles offered? Is there a stockpile that needs to be used up?

[Onkel Neal]

Why so many German versions of software titles offered? Is there a stockpile that needs to be used up?

Yep, you wanna buy one?

Thurs. Jan. 8 DJIA 8742.46
The winner: 46 Subnuts
Subnuts, congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

As an Ace, you were eligible to win twice, this is your second time.
Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Friday, Jan 9:

Choice A: SUBSIM "Rigged for Dive!" Ceramic Travel Mug
http://images1.cafepress.com/product/341356551v11_240x240_Front.jpg

OR...


Choice B Das Boot book
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519nIQQqRCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg



The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Friday.

Good luck!
Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Friday Jan. 9 DJIA 8,599.18
The winner: 18 D'biter

Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[D'biter]

well whadda ya know... I won...
I'd like to thank the Dow for this one, I couldn't have done it without you:rotfl:

I'm liking the sound of that book...

[Onkel Neal]

You got it, and thanks for the PM.

Monday, the prizes continue!

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Monday, Jan. 12:

Choice A Das Boot book
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519nIQQqRCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg


Choice B SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Monday.

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Monday, Jan. 12:

Choice A Das Boot book
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519nIQQqRCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg


Choice B SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Monday.


Mon. Jan. 12 DJIA 8,473.97
The winner: 97 A Very Super Market

Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[A Very Super Market]

Bwuh? What are the odds?

I have both of these, but my book is pretty beat up, I'll take that please. Das Boot, that is.

Is it alright if I live in Canada?

[Onkel Neal]

Bwuh? What are the odds?

I have both of these, but my book is pretty beat up, I'll take that please. Das Boot, that is.

Is it alright if I live in Canada?

Sure thing, PM me your address. thanks!

[Subnuts]

Whoops, I forgot to check back on this thread! :damn:

I'll go with The Silent War - even though I've got so many books that I have an old liquor cabinet I bought at a yard sale stuffed full of them! :lol:

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tuesday, Jan. 13:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tuesday.

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tuesday, Jan. 13:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: SILENT HUNTER II GERMAN EDITION (sold in Germany)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1B4TSS6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tuesday.


TUES. Jan. 13 DJIA 8448.56
The winner: 56 Sonarman
Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[Sonarman]

Woohoo, thanks for that Onkel Neal & of course the Dow Jones! The first good thing the stockmarket has done for me in quite some time!

I'll take the "Rising Tide" book, cheers.

[Onkel Neal]

Good deal, and you're an Ace, so you can win one more time if the stock market does you right. :)

Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Weds, Jan 14:

Choice A: Blind Man's Bluff
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1a/78/ffaceb6709a0712f6b1f0110._AA240_.L.jpg

OR....

Choice B: Subsim Battle Mug
http://images4.cafepress.com/product/200694654v14_150x150_Front.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Weds.

Good luck!
Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Weds, Jan 14:

Choice A: Blind Man's Bluff
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1a/78/ffaceb6709a0712f6b1f0110._AA240_.L.jpg

OR....

Choice B: Subsim Battle Mug
http://images4.cafepress.com/product/200694654v14_150x150_Front.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Weds.

Good luck!
Neal


Weds. Jan. 14 DJIA 8200.14
The winner: 14 gandalf71
Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

Neal

[gandalf71]

Wooohooo! Direct hit Sir!

I´d love to have my first coffee, before my 1st morning watch, in a Subsim Battle Mug :)

Cheers,
Michael

[Onkel Neal]

Wooohooo! Direct hit Sir!

I´d love to have my first coffee, before my 1st morning watch, in a Subsim Battle Mug :)

Cheers,
Michael

Congrats! PM me with your mailing address.




Prize package for Thurs, Jan 15:

Choice A: Blind Man's Bluff
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1a/78/ffaceb6709a0712f6b1f0110._AA240_.L.jpg

OR....


Choice B: 2009 SUBSIM CALENDAR
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/1_1_ac4.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Thurs.

Good luck!
Neal

[RickC Sniper]

Wow, great prizes here.

Neal, you are cool beans. (that's a good thing)

:p

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Thurs, Jan 15:

Choice A: Blind Man's Bluff
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1a/78/ffaceb6709a0712f6b1f0110._AA240_.L.jpg

OR....


Choice B: 2009 SUBSIM CALENDAR
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/1_1_ac4.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Thurs.

Good luck!
Neal


Thanks, Rick, nice of you to say. I hope the members here enjoy these contests and prizes :)




Thurs. Jan. 15 DJIA 8212.49

The winner: 49 Sonarman
Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!

As an Ace, you were eligible to win twice, this is your second win.

best,
Neal

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[mookiemookie]

Thanks, Rick, nice of you to say. I hope the members here enjoy these contests and prizes :)

:yep: I've already seen a couple things I wanted! *crosses fingers*

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Prize package for Friday, Jan. 16:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: The Terrible Hours
http://www.submarinebaseph.com/TerribleHours2.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Friday.

[Dowly]

Ooohhh... :o let it be me let it be me let it be me. *Withdraws to his corner to chant voodoo spells*

[Sonarman]

Oooh, the "Subsim stockmarket" does me proud yet again! I'll take the work of art that is the Subsim calendar thanks Neal, and thanks for all the hard work you must have put into the Mystery Subsim competition over the last few months.

[Molon Labe]

Oh noes, skipped!

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Prize package for Friday, Jan. 16:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: The Terrible Hours
http://www.submarinebaseph.com/TerribleHours2.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Friday.


If the market closes with identical numbers during this period of prize determination, and the number is not held by an Ace or if the person has won his 1 prize, we can then move to the amount the DJIA changed, and if that hits a previous winner, we move to the percent change. If that hits a winner, we skip that day.

........Close .........amount changed........ percent change
DJIA* 8281.22 ----- 68.73 ------------- .84%


Looks like the odds caught up with us, all three ending numbers are held by Subnuts & Sonarman, who have already won twice as Aces, so, as Molon Labe says, see ya on Monday!

Neal

[Dowly]

Tee hee hee. my voodoo is working. :smug:

[lesrae]

Tee hee hee. my voodoo is working. :smug:

You can manipulate the DJ? We must talk!

Nice slipknot reference btw.

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tues, Jan. 20:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: The Terrible Hours
http://www.submarinebaseph.com/TerribleHours2.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tues.

Neal

[Onkel Neal]

Prize package for Tues, Jan. 20:

Choice A: RISING TIDE
http://www.submarinebooks.com/RisingTideSB1.jpg

OR...

Choice B: The Terrible Hours
http://www.submarinebaseph.com/TerribleHours2.jpg


The winner will be announced after 5:15 PM EST Tues.

Neal


Another cliffhanger!
DJIA* 7949.09 .... -332.13 ... -4.01%

9 Subnuts, already won twice as an Ace
13 gandalf71, already won
so, #1 Mikekiller16 wins!

Congrats, claim your prize and confirm your choice!


This concludes the 2008 Mystery Subsim Challenge, thanks for playing!
best,
Neal

[Meroka37]

Saved by the bell:up:

Rising Tide is my choice. Thanks

[Onkel Neal]

Cool! PM me your mailing address.

Neal

[XabbaRus]

So has this finished now?

[Onkel Neal]

Yes, the fun is over.