Where in the World is GizMOE Today Contest

FIRST Robot Showcase
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The Miracle Workers have created a contest to amuse and entertain all the FIRST-a-holics out there. All you have to do is to surf on over to our website (www.MOE365.org), click on the Where is Gizmoe link, and enter your guess.

Why should you do this, you ask? For the prizes, of course! Each daily winner receives two custom-designed limited-edition MOE buttons available ONLY to the contest winners. Not even our own team members will have one of these! And, if the winner picks up their buttons at the 365 pit area at either the Philadelphia Regional or the Championship Event, they also receive a pair of MOEstix (which, unfortunately, we had to retire this year due to changes in the rules at the events).

You want more? OK. There will be a GRAND PRIZE winner, to be randomly selected from among all daily prize winners. What is the GRAND PRIZE, you ask? Good Question! We don’t know yet. But I promise it will be better than buttons and MOEstix.

Here’s the rules of the contest: (most of these are also posted on the website)

  • Only one entry per person per day
  • A new contest begins every day, at 12:00:01 EST
  • You must provide both the name and the location of where GIZMoe is today (e.g. The Space Needle, Seattle, WA). Entering only the name or the location is not sufficient.
  • No purchase necessary to win
  • Odds of winning is determined by the number of correct entries
  • The winning entry is chosen from the list of all correct entries
  • Only one prize will be awarded per day
  • You must provide a valid email address
  • Team 365 studentz, mentorz, boosterz, parentz, sisterz, brotherz, and widowz are not eligible to win any prizes, although they are welcome to submit entries.

So, surf on over to www.MOE365.org and enter the contest! Most days, the answer will be fairly easy to discern. But some days, it will really test your visual memory. And, every day, there will be a winner. Good Luck to all!

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after entering, I got the following error messages

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/cust2/usr2233/html/calendar/game.php:1) in /home/cust2/usr2233/html/calendar/game.php on line 53

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I got the same error message.

Cool game! :slight_smile:

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Sorry for the problems, folks. I’ve forwarded your reports of the error messages to our Web Team. When they have the problems fixed, I’ll post again.

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Same error

“Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/cust2/usr2233/html/calendar/game.php:1) in /home/cust2/usr2233/html/calendar/game.php on line 53”

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Our Web Team told me the messages were just warning messages, and did not affect your entries. They are removing the warning message, so you should not see them any more.

b/t/w, there were 30+ entries as of 4 p.m.! Keep 'em coming! (but remember, only one entry per person per day)

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Did anyone notice how the Robot picture this year is ridiculously Hi-res and against a blue photography background (a green background would be kinda pointless :slight_smile: )? Yup, that is for easy Photoshopping for the “Where in the World is GizMOE?” game.

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I resubmitted my entry just now since I hadn’t been back here to see what the deal with the error message was…you might want to put some sort of thank you or message accepted on the screen that comes up after you submit so people like me know that our entry was received.

Kev

P.S. I love this game/idea :] :stuck_out_tongue:

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GizMOE is in a crate on a FedEx truck that is where his is lol :stuck_out_tongue:

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great minds think alike i see. back in 2001 when i was back in hs we did an inside contest for the school called where in the world is wilma (2001 Robot) and did exactly what you guys did just take a picture of the robot and place it randomly throughout all the landmarks. The prizes were digital cameras i think. the game was discontinued due to the fact that there was a lack of interest.

I wish you much luck with your game. everyone will play for the famous moe stix. not so much the buttons hehe.

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I’m sure you’re all wondering who won the contest each day of the first week, and what the correct answers were, so here goes:

March 9: Correct Answer: Buckingham Palace, London, England
Winner: Kevin Kolodziej, Team 1064

March 10: Correct Answer: Mount Vernon (or President Washington’s home), Mount Vernon, VA
Winner: Nelson Green, Team 1108

March 11 Correct Answer: Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO
Winner: Merle Yoder, Team 571

March 12: Correct Answer: National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
Winner: Tyler Wetzel, Team 116

March 13: Correct Answer: The Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Winner: Dan Neal, Team 999

March 14: Correct Answer: Dueling Dragons Coaster (or Fire and Ice Coasters), Islands of Adventure Theme Park (or Universal Orlando), Orlando, FL
Winner: Joe Ross, Team 1405

Congratulations to all of our first week winners, who will be individually notified by e-mail.

Now, on to the second week of the contest! Don’t forget to enter every day. You too could be a winner of a pair of limited edition MOE pins, and, if you pick up your prize at our pit at Philly or the Championship Event, a pair of coveted MOEstix!

Today’s picture is not easy. But, if you’ve been there, you should remember it. It was the most distinctive room in the whole place. Go to www.moe365.org now!

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have the number of entries stayed the same as at the beginning, or are they declining?

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Joe, I’ll know better tomorrow night when I get to look at the database containing the entries and determine the winners for week two. However, based on the results for week one, there was a definite drop in entries from the start of the week to the end of the week.

Six of the seven winners from week one will be picking up their prizes at the MOE 365 pit at the Championship Event, and thus will be receiving a pair of MOEstix along with their limited edition MOE buttons. We’ve still got enough MOEstix left for another few weeks of winners.

We’re currently finalizing the design of the buttons for the prize winners, and I can guarantee you that only prize winners will be receiving these limited edition collectible/tradeable buttons.

And remember, there will be a GRAND PRIZE WINNER, with an even more valuable MOE prize. The winner’s name will be drawn from all of the daily prize winners at the end of the contest, probably on or about March 10.

So, for those of you who haven’t yet won, there’s still plenty of time to be a winner. Go to www.moe365.org and click on the Where is GizMOE link. Remember to list the place name and the location name. For example, The Space Needle, Seattle Washington. You must have both correct to be a winner.

Even if you have won once, you can win again and thus increase your chances for the Grand Prize, and have more unique buttons to trade!

Good luck to all!

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March 15: Correct Answer: Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Winner: Jon K, Team 173

March 16: Correct Answer: Infinity Room, The House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI
No winner.

March 17 Correct Answer: Christ the Redeemer (Statue) (or Statue of Christ) (Corcovado Hill / Mountain) Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Winner: Jeff Rice, Team 1359

March 18: Correct Answer: Transamerica Building, San Francisco, CA
Winner: Tyler Wetzel, Team 116 (Second time winner)

March 19: Correct Answer: Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Winner: Nelson Green, Team 1108 (Second time winner)

March 20, 21, 22: Technical problems, no pictures were available, and thus, no winners.

Congratulations to all of our secondweek winners, who have been individually notified by e-mail.

We’re back online now with a whole new crop pf pictures for the third week of the contest! Don’t forget to enter every day. You too could be a winner of a pair of limited edition MOE pins, and, if you pick up your prize at our pit at the Championship Event, a pair of coveted MOEstix!

And remember, the more times you win, the better your chances at winning the GRAND PRIZE at the end of the contest!

Go to www.moe365.org now!

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And remember, there will be a GRAND PRIZE WINNER, with an even more valuable MOE prize. The winner’s name will be drawn from all of the daily prize winners at the end of the contest, probably on or about March 10.

You posted this on March 21. Is it supposed to say April 10? Some clarification would be nice.

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You’re absolutely correct. I meant April 10, or somewhere in that vicinity. Another case where the hand is faster than the brain.

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March 23: Correct Answer: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Winner: Jeremiah Plageman, Team 386

March 24: Correct Answer: Whistler’s Mother painting, Musee d’Orsay, Paris France
Winner: Jeremiah Plageman, Team 386 (Second time winner)

March 25 Correct Answer: John Hancock Center, Chicago, IL
Winner: Jon Kentfield, Team 173 (Second time winner)

March 26: Correct Answer: Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
Winner: Tom Ham, Team ???

March 27: Correct Answer: New York Public Library, New York City, NY
Winner: Chris MacCoy, Team 173

March 28: Correct Answer: Ellis Island, New York City, NY
Winner: Jon Kentfield, Team 173 (Third time winner)

March 29: Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY
Winner: Mark Lemons, Team 1364

Congratulations to all of our third week winners, who have been individually notified by e-mail.

The fourth week of the contest is now in progress! Don’t forget to enter every day. You too could be a winner of a pair of limited edition MOE pins, and, if you pick up your prize at our pit at the Championship Event, a pair of coveted MOEstix!

Coming next week: A special version of the contest for the fifth and final week of Where in the World is GizMOE today, and the announcement of what the GRAND PRIZE will be!

The more times you win, the better your chances at winning the GRAND PRIZE at the end of the contest! But why keep all the fun to yourself? Tell all your teammates to enter!

Go to www.moe365.org now!

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I hope my guess was right today!! :wink: :rolleyes:

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Wait you know the location of the red x box. LOL

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Hmm.That is also what I have been seeing on that page for a couple of days or more now. When I tried getting the image itself and opening it, I got errors about some bad format or something like that.