User talk:SamRosenfeld/Countdown to 99

Pre-Season 4
I have archived Season 3 here. I have archived the Season 3 Talk Page here. I have also announced Season 4 on the main page. Signup here. SamRosenfeld 13:54, December 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * W0000t! Can't wait 'till this season starts! Signed up for Smithing cause I got to train it more, and because I also need to train mining, but igning up for a harvesting skill isn't really much fun. By the way, when does it start? I've got to go get some coal and iron ores.... -- 17:22, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if my strength icon in my siggy is causing the strength to turn red? LOL. 18:00, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Quite possibly. I'll check it now. 18:02, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * It was. I added  around your sig (easier than adding huge amounts of code to the table page), so that should be used in future for problems like that.  18:12, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * That won't affect his sig, will it? Lol, anyhow. -- 18:15, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, not at all. 18:21, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

The thing that automatically tells you which skills are taken is not working. It has not registered the previous two signups. SamRosenfeld 20:18, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed. A  was not closed correctly.  20:55, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for fixing that Gaz Lloyd. I have edited the colours of the main Countdown table. SamRosenfeld 23:43, January 2, 2010 (UTC)

So when is the anticipated start. The dates still show Sept. 4th. Hopefully some time before the end of the month? 13:24, January 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was just thinking about that. I want the competition to end on either March 11th, March 18th, or March 25th, and I would start accordingly with one of those dates in mind as the end. The number of weeks that a season lasts is always two less than the number of participants. We currently have ten contestants signed up. In order to start this week, we will need to have at least eleven people signed up in order to end on March 11th. Id we do not get an eleventh person this week but get two more people next week, we could end on March 25th. If we do not get another signup this week but get three next week, we will have pull some strings. Hopefully we'll start this week. SamRosenfeld 02:31, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

I did a little work on updating the page tonight because I am going to be very busy Thursday. I should probably be able to finish the page tomorrow morning. SamRosenfeld 02:40, January 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you want to advertise on the events forums this time? 16:27, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, great idea! (If you don't mind making the thread yourself) SamRosenfeld 23:09, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

I did a little work on updating the page tonight because I am going to be very busy Thursday. I should probably be able to finish the page tomorrow morning. SamRosenfeld 02:41, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

I may be the first to get eliminated. My motherboard is dead on my home computer. I bought a hard drive for my old backup computer and I am awaiting a copy of XP in the mail from dell. It is supposed to show up on the 14th. If for some reason it doesn't, then I can almost guarantee being out first. I can only access the wiki from work, gaming sites are blocked. So, keep your fingers crossed for me that I will back up and running the 14th. 14:44, January 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, as long as you get it within a week of the 14th, but I would be surprised if everyone with a lower level than you gained a level. SamRosenfeld 03:16, January 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am good. Software showed on the 12th. I am back up and running. Although a little laggy on the old computer with only 512mb RAM. phew. 14:19, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

Am I allowed to sign two of my accounts up for two different skills? 10:35, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * You may sign up two of your accounts for different skills but if anyone wants either of the two skills you sign up for, they may delete your signup for whichever skill they want and sign up with their own account. SamRosenfeld 19:46, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Total improvisation, and I hope I didn't mess anything up, but I switched which skill I signed up for to Runecrafting, because I want to train the instead. And I got the Earth runecrafting gloves, and I hate smithing, and, well, you get the picture. Hope I didn't break any rules. Now to go obtain some essence... -- 18:07, January 11, 2010 (UTC)

First Week
Congratulations! Most have you have made it to the first week of the competition. Unfortunately, Arch Bowyer has changed his/her name and I cannot figure out what his/her new one is. If anyone else can work on that I would appreciate it; I am very busy. SamRosenfeld 00:36, January 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * His new display name is HS Ezio Bowyer, I added his level and exp.
 * I also think we should allow tLUL to join, I see no harm since he was only a few hours late - currently level 72 and 976,728 exp. 16:26, January 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for finding Floppy's new name. I completely agree with you about tLUL.  Thank you for telling me how much experience he had so that as much of his training as possible towards this competition.  SamRosenfeld 20:09, January 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Anytime. Good luck everyone! 21:13, January 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Close to 50 Runecrafting!!!   -- 02:45, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh Heh. I got 50 Runecrafting! I'm just gonna play the Great Orb Project and hope I get a level now.... -- 19:00, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Grats. I don't see me lasting long, it'll either take me many hours or will cost me ~1.2m to get one level (under 50k exp)... thats ridiculous, even prayer isn't that bad (~2.4m for 130k exp in half hour)... Bah I say, bah to herblore. 19:43, January 18, 2010 (UTC)