here's your 6th chance to win a sub.

Aug 7, 201113 min read

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Published: Aug 7, 2011

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Jahahahaaa...

...it's that time of the year where everybody jumps the bandwagon of celebrations to praise what has been the home for all our creative ideas over the past 11 years.

Yes, that's right, deviantART turns 11 today.

..and just see what has become of it.
despised by some and loved by millions, deviantART has evolved to the one and second to none network of awesome over the years. but it would be nothing without you -the community- having all contributed to what it is today.

..and that is exactly the reason why we CVs (as in Community Volunteers. formerly known as GMs and MNs) are now given the great opportunity to give you something back in return as a sign of gratitude for all your time spent and your love shared during more than a decade here on deviantART.

that being said, i will constantly update this journal today and provide you with lots of and hopefully fun stuff that will give you the chance to win one of eleven 3 month premium membership subscriptions.

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please note that i can't give anybody, who has already won a sub from me, a 2nd chance to win again. i hope you'll understand.

okay, so let's start right away:

CHANCE #6 (over. won by Judiette and Yondita

see both winning entries in my journal here.

so, having won the previous challenge, here's what liquidborn wants you to do next:

"For Chance #6, people should write a poem/limerick/etc - starting each line with the letters of the name deviantART."

so the text you have to write will start with the letter D, and then the next sentence/line starts with the letter E, the one afterwards with the letter V, then the letter I etc and so on.

to sum it up, i am now waiting for any text you like (the funnier or thoughtful the better) that is made of exactly 10 textlines, while the first letters of all sentences -if read from top to bottom- should mark the word deviantART. i will be the only one who decides which story/poem/limerick wins. good luck.

CHANCE #5 (over. won by liquidborn)

now it's your turn to decide in which direction this challenge will go.
send me a note (titled "CHANCE #5") and tell me your idea for the next round (CHANCE #6).
the person whose idea i like best will win a 3 months sub and i will present your idea in CHANCE #6.

so, tell me what the people should do to win the next sub.

CHANCE #4 (over. won by Arichy and burnsplayguitar)

alright, time to re-activate the old and forgotten #SkinsNThemes chatroom again.
your job is to get as many people inside of that chatroom as possible. go and tell your friends, buddies, watchers or even complete strangers to join the chatroom chat.deviantart.com/chat/Skins… and make them say your name when they enter. something like "hey Otis, ~yournamehere has sent me." will do it. the first person who manages to get 11 people to say your name in that chatroom will win a 3 months sub. if nobody will get close to the amount of 11, then i will select the person that's nearest. i don't know how much time i should allow for this. let's just start and i will see when i had enough of it.

one more thing tho... please don't just create 11 new deviantART accounts and then go to that chatroom with those fake accounts. deviants who have only joined deviantART today won't make you win this.

both winners were able to invite the same amount of people to that chatroom, so i call it even, hence they each won a 3 months sub.

CHANCE #3 (over. won by ShaolinAssassin)

here's a quick tho maybe also a tricky one.
if you look at my skins' preview images otisbee.deviantart.com/gallery… what is it that most (not all) of them have in common? i'm looking for 3 particular items and/or characteristics in the majority of my preview images. the first who names the right combination of these three items wins a 3 months sub.

solution:

many of my skin previews show my otisbee@cdartdisplay.com email address
many of my preview images are created to have a square shape
in many of my skin previews the music is at 2 mins 47 seconds.

CHANCE #2 (cancelled)

okay, since the last one was done in what seemed to be a breeze, here's something even more challenging (i hope).

for the next task i would like you to use deviantART's Search function. type in an eleven letter word and then see how many search results are showing up. the person who will post the largest amount of search query results plus the word/name that was searched for, will win the next 3 months sub.

since this isn't something that requires any of you to be the first, and since i can anticipate a pletora of different eleven letter words to be searched for, i decided to announce a time limit for this. you'll have exactly 4 hours starting now.

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i decided to take the word "photography" off the list of possible search queries. the deviant who named it was most likely right about it achieving the largest amount of search results, but then again he made a mistake in posting the wrong and inappropriate amount of search results. however, i will now head on over to matthiasmuth' account and give him a 3 months sub. for the rest of you this means that the challenge is not over and you can proceed sending in your search queries.}

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okay, it seems that with this challenge we have exposed a glitch in deviantART's search functionality, as it tends to show various amounts of search results for the same word that was searched for. we're talking about amounts that differ by millions and not just about the amount of newly submitted deviations that'd alter the overall search results amount the natural way here. i have no idea why this is happening, but i'm sure that you'll all agree that we can't have a fair challenge this way.

that's why i have now cancelled this round and i will soon update the journal with your 3rd chance to win a sub.
please apologize for the inconveniences and stay tuned for more to come soon.}

check out this comment reading: "CHANCE #2 has started right now!" and see when that comment was made. that should give you an indicator of how much time you have left accross all timezones. if it reads "5 hours ago" your chance is over and i will then see who found the most search results.

good luck again!

CHANCE #1 (over. won by Kishan-Bagaria)

well, this might be a tuff and probably time consuming one, but the first person who will link me to 11 deviants with an overall pageview amount that's currently between 11.000 and 11.995 will be the first winner of a 3 months sub. to make things a tad easier for you, you should consider using the "random deviant" link that's located somewhere at the very bottom of your message center, or simply click the button below. good luck.