Many people may remember the gauntlet run by alpha builders during the STF Remake ALPHA build and the fun times finding bugs, adding patches and then ultimately ending in building towers on the alpha board. Exxos and I have been discussing putting some more fun into the next adventure of building the Mongrel Remake H4.
We are proposing having a Birth Competition where the first person to have their H4 born, boot and run a GB6 Benchmark will receive a prize. There will also be a runner up prize for the second person and finally a booby prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_prize for the last person to bring their H4 into the world.
We are proposing a few rules as we want to make this fair for everyone:
- Birth time will be what determines the winner. The time is from delivery of the board (when the builder receives the board) to posting a birth picture. Exxos will have the delivery tracking information which will make this a fair completion for those overseas who may receive their boards later than those in the UK
- Birth picture is determined as a completed H4 booting alongside a monitor showing the GB6 benchmark for that board. The picture must be posted showing the board clearly alongside the monitor with the GB6 screen and cables in view so we can see that is the board showing on the monitor
- Builders need to have a page under the Mongrel H4 builders section on the forum https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=78 and this is the page they will post their progress and birth picture too
- Shortest Birth time will be the winner
- Exxos or Icky can not influence the outcome of the competition such as holding back the boards or Icky asking Exxos to ship PhilC's boards to Icky and any other shenanigans that they can come up with
- First prize - The latest Flashy Clock board which has been designed for the H4 https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =80#p24701
- Runner up prize - Mongrel board merchandise
- Booby prize - will be revealed at the end of the competition
EDIT - Competition is closed and the build times are as follows:
- PaulJ - 10 days
- PhilC - 17 days
- btl - 20 days
- kodak80 - 33 days
- derkom - 31 days (may be a few more)
- DoG - 34 days
- IngoQ - 49 days