(09-01-2012 08:00 PM)Coasters Wrote:  I for one am excited about this contest. I am excited to go up against a design by Trackbender, he has some very good designs in the past.

I've been very excited as well, but alas technology has NOT been kind to me. I can't even being to convey my fustration level at performing something as simple as emailing my contest ready design to Velcro. My computer requires some update that won't install to be able attach my coaster file to an email. It really needs to be reformatted but my brother-in-law who has all the program backups lives in another state won't be back anytime soon due to medical reasons. Velcro has been very nice giving me extra time to email it. The reality is I can't email it from my computer. I tried contacting Harvy last night in hopes he might be able to do it because he lives so close to me, but of course he was unavalible. (why would he be? it fits right in will everything else!) It seem like all the forces in the universe are working against me on this one. I don't know how much more time Velcro is willing to give me...and how fair is it to the other contestants being more than a day now past the deadline now???

By the way, untill I read this post this morning I had completely given up on even submitting it. I was going to announce my withdraw, with a contest ready design in hand...Maybe I will still have to. Maybe it just was not meant to be....sigh...

(09-02-2012 05:42 AM)Trackbender Wrote:  

(09-01-2012 08:00 PM)Coasters Wrote:  I for one am excited about this contest. I am excited to go up against a design by Trackbender, he has some very good designs in the past.

I've been very excited as well, but alas technology has NOT been kind to me. I can't even being to convey my fustration level at performing something as simple as emailing my contest ready design to Velcro. My computer requires some update that won't install to be able attach my coaster file to an email. It really needs to be reformatted but my brother-in-law who now lives in another state won't be back anytime soon due to medical reasons. Velcro has been very nice giving me extra time to email it. The reality is I can't email it from my computer. I tried contacting Harvy last night in hopes he might be able to do it because he lives so close to me, but of course he was unavalible. (why would he be? it fits right in will everything else!) It seem like all the forces in the universe are working against me on this one. I don't know how much time Velcro is willing to give me...and how fair is it to the other contestants being more than a day now past the deadline now???

By the way, untill I read this post this morning I had completely given up on even submitting it. I was going to announce my withdraw, with a contest ready design in hand...Maybe I will still have to. Maybe it just was not meant to be....sigh...

Just e-mail it to me and I'd be happy to send it to Velcro for you!

kidding!

I can look at your computer sometime, if you want. I've got skills....

You might be able to upload the file into google cloud storage or something then attach it in a post to LIF. Google "cloud storage". You would need to setup a user account with them then upload the file. Make sense?

(09-02-2012 05:49 AM)gregwibert Wrote:  

(09-02-2012 05:42 AM)Trackbender Wrote:  

(09-01-2012 08:00 PM)Coasters Wrote:  I for one am excited about this contest. I am excited to go up against a design by Trackbender, he has some very good designs in the past.

I've been very excited as well, but alas technology has NOT been kind to me. I can't even being to convey my fustration level at performing something as simple as emailing my contest ready design to Velcro. My computer requires some update that won't install to be able attach my coaster file to an email. It really needs to be reformatted but my brother-in-law who now lives in another state won't be back anytime soon due to medical reasons. Velcro has been very nice giving me extra time to email it. The reality is I can't email it from my computer. I tried contacting Harvy last night in hopes he might be able to do it because he lives so close to me, but of course he was unavalible. (why would he be? it fits right in will everything else!) It seem like all the forces in the universe are working against me on this one. I don't know how much time Velcro is willing to give me...and how fair is it to the other contestants being more than a day now past the deadline now???

By the way, untill I read this post this morning I had completely given up on even submitting it. I was going to announce my withdraw, with a contest ready design in hand...Maybe I will still have to. Maybe it just was not meant to be....sigh...

Just e-mail it to me and I'd be happy to send it to Velcro for you!

kidding!

I can look at your computer sometime, if you want. I've got skills....

You might be able to upload the file into google cloud storage or something then attach it in a post to LIF. Google "cloud storage". You would need to setup a user account with them then upload the file. Make sense?

Oh, can easily upload it to a post...problem is everyone will know it's mine...Velcro wants to keep the entries anonymous.

ps Thanks for wanting to look at my computer but it's 7 years old and not really worth that much effort.

MAYBE VELCRO SHOULD LET ME JUST SNAIL MAIL IT TO HIM ON A CD...haha!

I will upload the coasters very soon. I need to make the final video then start the upload process. It appears that we only had two entries, so it is going to be a head-to-head battle between Coasters and Trackbender. I'm not going to reveal who built each coaster. I will simply list them as Coaster 1 and Coaster 2 during the voting and discussion on the two coasters. Once a winner is picked, I will reveal who built what coaster.

== Update ==

Videos are done. I am uploading them to YouTube right now, and it looks like the upload process will take about two to three hours. I created HD versions of the videos, so people would be able to view them in a larger format without any issues. I will create a post featuring the two videos, a list of info on each coaster that was provided to me, and the poll for voting. The winner selection process will be a little different this time around to try and make things as fair as possible for everyone.