300 + Challenge
By .ed. Wednesday, 7. February 2007, 16:42:37
You know, yesterday I was thinking I should issue a challenge. To see if we could get 8 new members to bring us up to 300 by today. I didn't, and we hit the number anyway. Check out our Member List to see the latest N+ Members (hint: with the exception of the moderators on the first page, people are on the list in the order they joined). We've grown steadily over the months and have built an excellent community, active forums, a sexy blog, and kicky sweet content from our well informed members. Other sites are linking to us every day, so far we've been featured in over 110 blogs and over 22 gaming websites.
This got me thinking. I should issue a challenge to our 300 Members. A challenge against incredible odds...
I tried to think of something fun, rewarding, and kind of tough. Something that we can work together on. So here it is: Kill like a hundred thousand Persians.
Ha, no seriously... Lets try to get 500 N+ Members by the time Opera releases the Final Version of the Opera Browser for Wii, set for late March. Wha?! Don't worry, it's not nearly as difficult as killing 100,000 soldiers, but it's going to be tough. By working together, bringing in friends, brothers/sisters/cousins/coworkers/etc., promoting on our other personal sites with banners and links, spreading the word on N+ through message boards and other community sites, and spotlighting this blog (by clicking the spotlight link at the very top of the page) I am confident we can reach this number.
But Ed, you said this was going to be rewarding! Ah... well, it's hard to reward all 300 of you, some will undoubtedly work much harder than others, and many of the additional 200 will put in a great deal of effort as well. So I will proclaim the first 500 as N+ Founders. There will be a link in the Side Bar that will be a page that has all 500 of you named, honored, and of course, a link to your my.opera page. For those putting in even more effort, I will arrange something a little better, perhaps some Opera or Nintendo goodies (I have some stuff floating around here), and maybe we'll find out that we've got a future moderator in the ranks that we didn't even know about. This is your opportunity to really step it up and show us your support. So to see who is working the hardest, you can have the members you bring in leave a comment here letting everyone know who showed them the N+.
FOR SPARTA!
Update: I made an
badge to put in your about or blog pages. Just place the below code
This got me thinking. I should issue a challenge to our 300 Members. A challenge against incredible odds...
I tried to think of something fun, rewarding, and kind of tough. Something that we can work together on. So here it is: Kill like a hundred thousand Persians.Ha, no seriously... Lets try to get 500 N+ Members by the time Opera releases the Final Version of the Opera Browser for Wii, set for late March. Wha?! Don't worry, it's not nearly as difficult as killing 100,000 soldiers, but it's going to be tough. By working together, bringing in friends, brothers/sisters/cousins/coworkers/etc., promoting on our other personal sites with banners and links, spreading the word on N+ through message boards and other community sites, and spotlighting this blog (by clicking the spotlight link at the very top of the page) I am confident we can reach this number.
But Ed, you said this was going to be rewarding! Ah... well, it's hard to reward all 300 of you, some will undoubtedly work much harder than others, and many of the additional 200 will put in a great deal of effort as well. So I will proclaim the first 500 as N+ Founders. There will be a link in the Side Bar that will be a page that has all 500 of you named, honored, and of course, a link to your my.opera page. For those putting in even more effort, I will arrange something a little better, perhaps some Opera or Nintendo goodies (I have some stuff floating around here), and maybe we'll find out that we've got a future moderator in the ranks that we didn't even know about. This is your opportunity to really step it up and show us your support. So to see who is working the hardest, you can have the members you bring in leave a comment here letting everyone know who showed them the N+.
FOR SPARTA! Update: I made an
badge to put in your about or blog pages. Just place the below code <a href="http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog" title="N+ Founder"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/DotEd/albums/161273/N%2BFounder%20Gray.gif" alt="Nintendo Plus Founder"></a>in your profile, message board signature, or in a sticky blog on your site to brag while supporting N+!
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WIDGETIZE
Xoder # 7. February 2007, 18:42
I use Firefox on WinXP here at work.
DotEd # 7. February 2007, 18:55
Update: I tried the link (after logging out) and had no problems, I know it's corny to say this, but it may be your browser. The Join Group link worked fine for me using Opera 9.1 and IE 7 on WinXP Pro.
Try refreshing, or clearing Firefox's cache, closing the browser, etc.
Also thanks for joining! - Any efforts towards recruitment will be much appreciated!
seaempty # 7. February 2007, 19:02
Xoder # 7. February 2007, 19:36
Thanks for the advice, however switching to IE 6 (no 7 on this machine yet) did not fix it. However, I rolled, undaunted, through the about page and tried the join link on: http://my.opera.com/Nplus/about/ which, as you may be able to see, worked.
airman360 # 7. February 2007, 20:41
Khadgar # 7. February 2007, 21:23
I don't know why I didn't sign up earlier, though. I was a member of the Wii group that merged with this one, so I thought well I might as well join... been reading the newsfeed for ages.
Also I'd love to kill you .Ed... I was trying to keep myself from buying a Wii game so I can save my money and you haul off and mention Prince of Persia: Rival Swords for Wii last month. I never knew Ubisoft was going to do it for the Wii. I quit playing Two Thrones because the controls stunk. You're dead for making me go broke... DEAD!
Maybe it can calm me until Super Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros. come out... maybe.
DotEd # 7. February 2007, 21:47
CaptainSeagull # 7. February 2007, 21:57
Yeah!
Also if we can somehow get things together I can make some kicky-sweet exclusive N+ design T,shirts! maybee using the DK, Para Troopa, and Super Mushroom!? eh!?
fluffybunny # 7. February 2007, 22:02
DotEd # 7. February 2007, 22:03
G-off # 7. February 2007, 22:30
Anton. T-Shirts would make my life.
Beeks # 8. February 2007, 02:41
CaptainSeagull # 8. February 2007, 05:11
fluffybunny # 8. February 2007, 11:11
FB xx
airman360 # 8. February 2007, 12:18
Ramunas # 10. February 2007, 11:07
mindseye04 # 13. February 2007, 02:25
Travis1988 # 15. February 2007, 22:09
pecka # 16. February 2007, 20:59
DotEd # 16. February 2007, 21:58
then it spreads from them too... like Zombievirus!
yeeliberto # 16. February 2007, 23:21
DotEd # 16. February 2007, 23:36
pecka # 17. February 2007, 16:43
DotEd # 17. February 2007, 23:17
Anonymous # 19. February 2007, 03:59
no comment
danielcs # 19. February 2007, 04:12
Been reading Beeks' blog, good to see she is a moderator here.
DotEd # 19. February 2007, 04:19
Opera kicked in and put alink to us again on the main http://my.opera.com page again!
DotEd # 19. February 2007, 05:03
Anonymous # 20. February 2007, 04:46
What is happening here? Any Ideas? ;0
MC2Kool # 22. February 2007, 23:01
Lynge # 26. February 2007, 22:19
I tried with Firefox IE and Opera and nothing worked i only got the message 404 - something with monkeys
only when i got this link: http://my.opera.com/Nplus/about/ -thanks to xonder i could join...
seaempty # 27. February 2007, 07:11
DotEd # 2. March 2007, 06:23
noisewar # 6. March 2007, 12:25
DotEd # 7. March 2007, 06:27
Furie # 8. March 2007, 00:52
yeeliberto # 14. March 2007, 14:49
CristWii # 9. July 2007, 22:44