What's that smell, boss?

20 hearts broke. 

LOL....this is hilarious!

Ah! That is much better - Some compensation for posts not making it to the top of the popularity lists.

they will be announced at regular intervals throughout the contest as entries come in

I didn't get this

The logic is weird, I'm not able to get this. How will someone know there entry is "early bird" and will you announce the time from when the entries won't qualify for early bird. Because this will only create confusion.

any post that isn't submitted in the last 2-3 days qualifies for an early bird!

Early bird refers first come first serve, it's not "early bird" rather consolation prize.

how will it be selected? what will it be the criteria? 

the early bird entries ... will be announced at regular intervals throughout the contest as entries come in.

Renie, If this is the case, then why not make the entries public as & when they are posted (like IndiSpire & DoRight?)

What is the point of keeping the entries hidden if winners will be announced at regular intervals?

Also, another Qn- When will IB take the snapshott for this contest? As soon as we submit the entry? (And not at the end of the contest?)

I have just written my entry... Wondering what to do... Waiting for your answers...

20 hearts broke. 

lol...

My bather is gone bathing now and along with it goes my 1k as well.

I think most happy of all to hear this is Ranjith, enjoying the plight of 20,

haha rio.....dont worry...u may still win

Thanks ND, but lady luck is not my forte,

Anyway I could not have written my post any better, even if I thought all the time till April 10th.  

NSV, you stand the chance dude,

I think most happy of all to hear this is Ranjith, enjoying the plight of 20,

 I am enjoying the fact that I still have a chance to win one of those vouchers. 

True Ranjith, but now comptition will be tough withh many many smelliest of the smelly ones will be coming up. I have thrown my one character in the smelling puddle and waiting for it to get more and more stinky and I will take it out later.

U can throw in more characters and bring out a fresh smellyu post Rio

Nice idea NSV, why only one, here I go,

hahahahaha... just read this ....now I can think to write this topic ... hehehehheeh  soooooo happyyyyyyyyy

@Aditya, Yes, early bird prizes surely motivate and encourage us to post early.

I feel entries should be displayed during the contest as people will anyhow know about the early bird winners before the end of the contest...

i dont agree entries being displayed...even in some other contests there were early bird or indi patanni and were fine without entries displayed

@ND, I suggested making entries public as result announcement will be an ongoing process at regular intervals throughout the contest.

Hidden entries are great if all the winning entries - grand-prize winners as well as early-birds- are declared after the contest.

they'll just announce couple of early birds during the contest...rest of early birds they'll announce later on...thats my understanding....

i think it'll be considered along with posts that come in...only entries posted on last few days wont be considered

Since which post will be considered "early bird" and what will be the selecting criteria is not clear...it will only lead to confusion.

So whoever posts before 7th April will be considered an early bird and the best 20 among them win. That is how I read Renie's reply

@Narasimha - That's how you interpreted it but it's not clear from Renie's comment. Exact date and time should be mentioned like you wrote 7th April. It should be like 48 or 72 hrs before the end of the event. 

Sure it does, but all posts submitted before the last two three days of closure of contest are early birds and best 20 out of those lot of entries get the 1k each.

I will vote for any idea that gets me a prize

Or simply give all the 20 prizes to me 

If i get 20, I will certainly give u 19 of them

Ranjith should be thankful for having such great trustworthy friend.

there were indi patanni prizes before too in some contests, i think they were chosen in similar manner too

As far as my knowledge goes, indipattani prizes were not announced at start at contest, they were given after the contest as a gesture of appreciation.

no rio...indi patanni were mentioned when contest started

only this time they used word 'early bird' instead of 'indi patanni' , thats the only diff

indi samosa pattani 

Early birds have just flown away. :P

They are rather blown away

There are so many smelly and stinking people around, everybody is able to relate to this  

where does luck step in @DS, as per words of indiblogger it clearly stated earlybird prizes and those who stressed at the night at 3 am. to write the post to catch the early bird were duffers. you may expect the sky from indiblogger, no stopping there. 

I think without reading the entries, one shouldn't demean it. Isn't writing impromptu a merit, thinking and comiung up with something in such small time does take merit. It was stated in the contest and I do agree we should reward entries based on merit.

true, gaurab, people react as if baseless entries get the prizes. if they announce earlybird, and we meet that challenge within the time frame, why inculcate a hoard of entries into the net. they should have explicitly mentioned it. My idea is precious for me. I risked it and put it up to get the earlybird atleast. now the tantrums.

The 20 vouchers would be given at regular intervals during the contest period.

They are called early bird because someone submitting early will have a greater chance of winning than someone submitting late. For example, if one person submits a post today and another person after fifteen days and 10 early bird prizes are given after ten days from now and remaining ten are given twenty days from now, the first person's chance of winning a voucher will be double that of the second person's chnce of winning. 

I hope I didn't confuse you 

In simpler words, try to submit as early as you can - within the next 5 - 10 days. 

@R who told you this is the way the contest will be judged

I'm curious and also want to know if you are simply assuming all this

@ranjith - with your logic the same entry will be considered mutiple times   It's good for me though 

NSV That is how it works. There were early birds for Kitchens of India contest also 

Gaurab 

Ranjith .. yes u confused me .. but i am relax after reading renie is reply .. now I can write this entry aft the british airways   

Gaurab.. same entry and multiple prizes  (I am lovin it  )

Laksmi Single entry - SIngle prize. You'll not get multiple prizes.  It will simply be considered multiple times. 

Ranjith, i think you are wrong on this one. My three entries can win me three prizes. And one entry can avail earlybird and top prize both as well. Earler we saw an imminent blogger netting two top notch prizes for a single entry. I know many remember him.

I'm not sure about that  Which contest was it? 

It was a contest by colgate, where sourav had won first second and third prize as well. For third i am not sure, but two top prizes were gravbed by him for a single post.

ok I remember seeing it.  but thought that you were talking about some other contest.

Thanks tonns. Very much releived now.

Thank you. Hope the air gets cleared. :)

You can write another one.

I too had hurriedly posted from mobile itself.

Thanks

Read Rio's post also. It is an even more nicer post - a wonderful real life story relavent to this context.

Thanks tonns @the fool,

I too read NSVs and Rio both's. These are good.

thanks saket

You should see my character, bathing not thrice, not six but seven times a day.

Its a funny post Rio. 

And you can submit it for the next dove soap contest too.

You should bathe now, saket,

Yeah Rio, 

Let it comeup in parts dude

Great, GvS. You can bag multiple early bird prizes with your multiple posts!

Change the name of characters etc ...keep the story intact...characters can be little changed..lets read ur post :)

Option I- Ask them to buy you an iPhone or ipad to keep you mum, or else you would blog about them.

Option II- Make them stakeholders. Offer to share 50%  of your prize and take their consent to blog about them.

Thankyou so much Ekta and Saket for your support! I have got time and published the post finally! Phew!!!! (without mention of names)

Yes. I think it will also serve as an encouragement or push for people to submit entries early. 

Today is Saturday. 

My smell is repelling,

Coz chatting is not allowed on the forum :o

No  It is because Racold is not giving water samples as participation prizes 

How many gallons you want bro. Just name it.

3479 gallons *of maaza* 

Hehehe, no way, plain water.

maaza for drinking, not bathing 

3479 gallons *of maaza*

thumbs up for me...its also kinda water...liquidy liquidy

*Bura na mano holi hai*

Ekta, Its like the game of musical chairs. The anchor will stop the music suddenly. We don't know when the music will stop. So keep running! Keep on writting a post a day....hee hee

they'll announce in twitter i think....they did for earlier indi patanis too

Hmmm...but writing a post everyday? Naaah! I need to earn money for living :(

i think all entries are eligible for early bird before last few days of deadline

Up till now it looks like what ND says is right. My thread too is buried in rubble. Let's see if any announcement comes.

Not giving up hope. Are you Rio?

rio... 

Rio - Why sad about your thread. You asked for healthy discussion and got 56 replies. How much more healthier can it get?

The Fool - Rio wants to make it the healthiest 

I am sad about result of the thread. Looks like all late birds too will get early birds

The only thing that is said is that they will make up for it and I think it's good news for the people who submitted early and allowed people to read their posts  

Sure gaurab, let's wait and see.