RMR Descon14: Winners Announced

[EMRR]

Congratulations! After receiving 94 votes, we have a winner!

I have included all the points (1=3 pts, 2=2 pts, 3=1 pt) as well as the ranking. Ranking was only needed for one tie break, but yields interesting results. Does anyone like the idea of only using Ranking for the next contest? (note to self: save that question for next contest)

Special thanks to the Sponsors!!!! Also, thanks to the voters and the all-important... participants. This was fun.

Winners may start to choose their prizes: https://www.rmrdescon.com/prizes.shtml

You may make your choice announcement here on this forum.

* Please be sure to send me an e-mail (get address from Descon site) that includes your prize choice, your valid e-mail address and your snail mail address for me to communicate with the sponsors.

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WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS
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1) Niall Oswald, 89 Pts, Rank 1 - 412, "ETV2/Crumple Zone", RMR
2) Mark Schrader, 55 Pts, Rank 4 - 504, "Project OMEGA", TRF
3) Art Applewhite, 52 Pts, Rank 2 - 475, "3-Stage Cluster Cone", TRF
4) Drake "Doc" Damerau, 40 Pts, Rank 6 - 549, "Prometheus", RMR
5) Tater Schuld, 37 Pts, Rank 7 - 552, "The Day The Earth Stood Still", RMR
6) Adrian Hurt, 36 Pts, Rank 8 - 558, "MIRV Gatling", TRF
7) Adrian Hurt, 34 Pts, Rank 3 - 501, "Rheinbote", TRF
8) David Fergus, 33 Pts, Rank 15 - 743, "Heavy Lifter", RMR
9) Niall Oswald, 31 Pts, Rank 5 - 546 "SA-2 Guideline SAM", RMR
10) Drake "Doc" Damerau, 28 Pts, Rank 10 - 566, "Three Bird", RMR
11) Mark Schrader, 25 Pts, Rank 9 - 561, "Polish Meteor 2K", TRF
12) Jason Hommrich, 22 Pts, Rank 11 - 644, "Renegade Extreme", RMR/TRF
13) Dennis McClain-Furmanski, 16 Pts, Rank 14 - 727, "Thunderchild", TRF
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14) Eldred Pickett, 13 Pts, Rank 16 - 744, "Round Robin", RMR
15) Tim Breland, 12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782, "Aeon", TRF
16) Stuart Lenz, 10 Pts, Rank 13 - 709, "1000 lb Laser Guided Bomb", RMR
17) Doug Gardei, 7 Pts, Rank 19 - 805, "American Spirit", TRF
18) Nick Esselman, 6 Pts, Rank 12 - 657, "Mercury Transport", RMR/TRF
19) Eldred Pickett, 6 Pts, Rank 18 - 787, "X-Factor", RMR
20) Jim Myers, 5 Pts, Rank 21 - 880, "Chubby Boy With FatBoy Booster", TRF
21) Dennis McClain-Furmanski, 4 Pts, Rank 20 - 826, "Sandman", TRF
22) Dick Stafford, 3 Pts, Rank 22 - 883, "Fat Boy 3x4", TRF
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SPONSORS - SPONSORS - SPONSORS - SPONSORS - SPONSORS
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Sponsors - be sure to thank them and buy something now!
(Listed in order of sponsorship):

U.S. Rockets - https://www.usrockets.com/
Xavien - https://www.xavien.com/
Rocketflite - https://www.rocketflite.com/
QuickBurst - https://www.quickburst.net/
Art Applewhite's Rockets - https://www.artapplewhite.com/
QModeling - https://www.qmodeling.com/
ARA Press - https://www.arapress.com/
FlisKits Rockets - https://www.fliskits.com/
Micro Classics - mailto: [email protected]
Propulsion Polymers - https://www.propulsionpolymers.com/
Public Missiles - https://publicmissiles.com/
Aerotech - https://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/

 

[EMRR]

Hi Nick,

I can't believe it! Its just a shame there weren't more votes, but then I don't know how many people usually vote in Descon Contests.

As my prize I will take the Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set, with 2 reloads.


Thank you very much for all the time and effort you have put into running the contest, its very much appreciated. I shall definitely be purchasing a couple of this years EMRR calendars, and your EMRR-ware looks nice too

Thanks again,

Niall

Okay, on to Mark Schrader!

 

[MetMan]

I watched your launch video--very impressive!

Nick--thanks for your hard work. I emailed earlier but thought this might help speed things up.

For a prize I'd like the ARA Press Spaceship Handbook.

On to Art...

Mark

 

[nialloswald]

Originally posted by MetMan
I watched your launch video--very impressive!

Thanks! I'm looking forwards to flying it again, I've been thinking about putting a timer in both stage and going with 6 D12's in the booster, igniting 2 E9s with the interstage timer, and then airstarting another pair with a timer in the sustainer (since I made two timers.) I just wish I'd made all the MMTs 95mm long instead of 70!

I really liked the look of your Polish Meteor, that is such a cool rocket. I could do with putting some more time into finishing, yours looked really nice.

 

[EMRR]

Folks, due to Rule #8 being added during this last Descon, I failed to appropriately ID who should be picking prizes:

8) Each entrant may only win one prize based on the highest placement of the entrant's one or two entries.*

* If there are more than enough prizes, then prize selection will begin again with the highest placing second entry per entrant

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WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS - WINNERS
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PRIZE: 1) Niall Oswald, 89 Pts, Rank 1 - 412, "ETV2/Crumple one", RMR
PRIZE: 2) Mark Schrader, 55 Pts, Rank 4 - 504, "Project OMEGA", TRF
PRIZE: 3) Art Applewhite, 52 Pts, Rank 2 - 475, "3-Stage Cluster Cone", TRF
PRIZE: 4) Drake "Doc" Damerau, 40 Pts, Rank 6 - 549, "Prometheus", RMR
PRIZE: 5) Tater Schuld, 37 Pts, Rank 7 - 552, "The Day The Earth Stood Still",RMR
PRIZE: 6) Adrian Hurt, 36 Pts, Rank 8 - 558, "MIRV Gatling", TRF
7) Adrian Hurt, 34 Pts, Rank 3 - 501, "Rheinbote", TRF
PRIZE: 8) David Fergus, 33 Pts, Rank 15 - 743, "Heavy Lifter", RMR
9) Niall Oswald, 31 Pts, Rank 5 - 546 "SA-2 Guideline SAM", RMR
10) Drake "Doc" Damerau, 28 Pts, Rank 10 - 566, "Three Bird", RMR
11) Mark Schrader, 25 Pts, Rank 9 - 561, "Polish Meteor 2K", TRF
PRIZE: 12) Jason Hommrich, 22 Pts, Rank 11 - 644, "Renegade Extreme", RMR/TRF
PRIZE: 13) Dennis McClain-Furmanski, 16 Pts, Rank 14 - 727, "Thunderchild",
TRF
PRIZE: 14) Eldred Pickett, 13 Pts, Rank 16 - 744, "Round Robin", RMR
PRIZE: 15) Tim Breland, 12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782, "Aeon", TRF
PRIZE: 16) Stuart Lenz, 10 Pts, Rank 13 - 709, "1000 lb Laser Guided Bomb",
RMR
17) Doug Gardei, 7 Pts, Rank 19 - 805, "American Spirit", TRF
18) Nick Esselman, 6 Pts, Rank 12 - 657, "Mercury Transport", RMR/TRF
19) Eldred Pickett, 6 Pts, Rank 18 - 787, "X-Factor", RMR
20) Jim Myers, 5 Pts, Rank 21 - 880, "Chubby Boy With FatBoy Booster",
TRF
21) Dennis McClain-Furmanski, 4 Pts, Rank 20 - 826, "Sandman", TRF
22) Dick Stafford, 3 Pts, Rank 22 - 883, "Fat Boy 3x4", TRF

 

[slim_t]

So this means I get a prize?! Woo hoo!
What exactly do all those #'s mean?:
"PRIZE: 15) Tim Breland, 12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782, "Aeon", TRF"
I'm sure it's simple, but I can't figure it out.
12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782 ??

Also, a big thank you to Nick and all the sponsors.
It was a lot of fun, and I hope to get into more of these contests.

Tim

 

[n3tjm]

I missed a prize by one place!!! . Bummer.

It's all good.

 

[MetMan]

I think if I interpret the rule correctly, I shouldn't be getting prize #11 and the list should get bumped downward so American Spirit would pick up the last prize after all.

Mark

 

[n3tjm]

Originally posted by MetMan
I think if I interpret the rule correctly, I shouldn't be getting prize #11 and the list should get bumped downward so American Spirit would pick up the last prize after all.

Mark

Cool . Thanks for pointing that out. It will be interesting to see what prize I end up with, since I am last in line (so far) .

 

[EMRR]

Adrian - You're up.

Niall Oswald - Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set
Mark Schrader - ARA Spaceship Handbook
Art Applewhite - Xavien "XCIC-1"
Drake "Doc" Damerau - Maglite Kit
Tater Schuld - AT Initiator

See https://www.rmrdescon.com/prizes.shtml

* Please be sure to send me an e-mail (get address from Descon site) that includes your prize choice, your valid e-mail address and your snail mail address for me to communicate with the sponsors.


Regards,
Nick

 

[adrian]

Thanks to:

• Nick for running the contest, and for making my entries look good in HTML!
• Sponsors for supplying prizes
• Everyone who voted for my entries
• Everyone else who took part, be it as contestant, voter or both

I'd like the Fliskits Freedom Forge. It won't be built as standard, I've had an idea I want to try out - Fred 'n' George...

Originally posted by slim_t
What exactly do all those #'s mean?:
"PRIZE: 15) Tim Breland, 12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782, "Aeon", TRF"
I'm sure it's simple, but I can't figure it out.
12 Pts, Rank 17 - 782 ??

My guess would be 15th place, 12 points from the voting system; 17th place, 782 points from the ranking system.

 

[EMRR]

Jason - You're up.

Niall Oswald - Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set
Mark Schrader - ARA Spaceship Handbook
Art Applewhite - Xavien "XCIC-1"
Drake "Doc" Damerau - Maglite Kit
Tater Schuld - AT Initiator
Adrian Hurt - FlisKits Freedom Forge
David Fergus - QModeling MRS-Stilletto

See https://www.rmrdescon.com/prizes.shtml

* Please be sure to send me an e-mail (get address from Descon site) that includes your prize choice, your valid e-mail address and your snail mail address for me to communicate with the sponsors.


Regards,
Nick

 

[Zak Orion]

As posted in RMR, I am taking the choice of cluster kit from Art Applewhite. I would also like to thank all the ppl from TRF that entered and I hope you plan to continue to enter in future Descon's

 

[EMRR]

Dennis - You're up.

Niall Oswald - Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set
Mark Schrader - ARA Spaceship Handbook
Art Applewhite - Xavien "XCIC-1"
Drake "Doc" Damerau - Maglite Kit
Tater Schuld - AT Initiator
Adrian Hurt - FlisKits Freedom Forge
David Fergus - QModeling MRS-Stilletto
Jason Hommrich - Art Applewhite U.F.O.


See https://www.rmrdescon.com/prizes.shtml

* Please be sure to send me an e-mail (get address from Descon site) that includes your prize choice, your valid e-mail address and your snail mail address for me to communicate with the sponsors.


Regards,
Nick

 

[DynaSoar]

Originally posted by EMRR
Dennis - You're up.

I would like the Quickburst $20 gift certificate.

I would like it made out and sent to to:
Greenhill School TARC Team
c/o Rocketguts
4077 Olympic Ct.
Plano, TX 75093

Payforward.

 

[EMRR]

Originally posted by n3tjm
I missed a prize by one place!!! . Bummer.

It's all good.

Nope, due to another prize selection mistake, you actually will get a prize... the last remaining one, but as I see it, ALL the prizes are very nice.

Now I'm the one that missed it by one...

Regards,
Nick

 

[EMRR]

Tim - You're up.

Niall Oswald - Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set
Mark Schrader - ARA Spaceship Handbook
Art Applewhite - Xavien "XCIC-1"
Drake "Doc" Damerau - Maglite Kit
Tater Schuld - AT Initiator
Adrian Hurt - FlisKits Freedom Forge
David Fergus - QModeling MRS-Stilletto
Jason Hommrich - Art Applewhite U.F.O.
Eldred Pickett - $25 PML Certificate

See https://www.rmrdescon.com/prizes.shtml

* Please be sure to send me an e-mail (get address from Descon site) that includes your prize choice, your valid e-mail address and your snail mail address for me to communicate with the sponsors.


Regards,
Nick

 

[EMRR]

Anyone know Tim (see previous)... please ping him, he's up.

 

[n3tjm]

So... any word on the last three claims? Its down to the PML Gift Certificate, the Micro Classics Kit, and the U.S. Rockets kit. I know what I would like ... but I have a 33.33333333333333333333333333333% chance of getting that... .

 

[EMRR]

I'm giving Tim until this time tomorrow and then moving on. I sent him a private e-mail as well.

Nick

 

[slim_t]

Whoa. Wait. I'm here. Just recovered from Ivan.
Been without power and phone for 4 days.
Ok. I'll let you know my choice in a minute.

Tim

 

[slim_t]

I'll take the $25 PML Gift Certificate.

Thanks for waiting.
Good thing I'm not in the 20% of Alabamians still without power.
Man, what a mess.
I never expected Ivan to cause us so much trouble, so I didn't bother preparing or posting anything. Then after the storm, and after knowing our home was fine, all I could think about was how long would it be before I could get back on the forum. Almost 5 days. I was having serious withdrawals.

Tim

 

[EMRR]

Niall Oswald - Propulsion Polymers PentaMax motor set
Mark Schrader - ARA Spaceship Handbook
Art Applewhite - Xavien "XCIC-1"
Drake "Doc" Damerau - Maglite Kit
Tater Schuld - AT Initiator
Adrian Hurt - FlisKits Freedom Forge
David Fergus - QModeling MRS-Stilletto
Jason Hommrich - Art Applewhite U.F.O.
Eldred Pickett - $25 PML Certificate
Tim Breland - $25 PML Certificate
Stuart Lenz - USR Fire&Forget

Doug Gardei - MicroClassics

Doug, please send me your mailing address.

Nick