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        <title>IncogNET CONTEST give away TODAY!  VPN, CloudLinux Shared &amp; Finland KVM VPS!</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4582/incognet-contest-give-away-today-vpn-cloudlinux-shared-finland-kvm-vps</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 14:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Our newest "<em>Trusted Premium Provider</em>", <a href="https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/profile/IncogNet" rel="nofollow">@IncogNet</a> LLC (incognet.io) is proud to share it's 1st giveaway TODAY!</p>

<h2>The giveaway. "Okay, cool. I want free stuff!"</h2>

<p>IncogNet is offering the following products for FREE as part of a contest TODAY! Do not delay to post in this thread to enter:  <a href="https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/172011/incognet-were-giving-stuff-away-ad-blocking-vpn-cloudlinux-shared-and-finland-kvm-vps-promos" rel="nofollow">https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/172011/incognet-were-giving-stuff-away-ad-blocking-vpn-cloudlinux-shared-and-finland-kvm-vps-promos</a></p>

<p>Here are the services they offer:<br />
Luxembourg based Shared Hosting. We're using CloudLinux, DirectAdmin, and Softaculous. Not only is this a rock solid service for general, everyday use type of shared hosting, we let you publish content direct to the 'regular internet' as well as mirror that same content to the Tor and/or the I2P anonymity networks if you wish! Our goal is to push normal, regular, 'every day content' to networks that respect your privacy. This feature is optional and is setup manually, but those who opt in will receive a native .onion address and/or I2P address. (v3 onion, I2P b32 + .i2p upon request). For sites requiring the most privacy, please consider using a VPS and setting up your hidden service or I2P eepsite yourself. We'll have guides posted soon!</p>

<p>Ad, tracker, malware, and other "bullshit" blocking VPN service! We maintain our own blocklists and DNS cluster to offer an excellent barebones VPN service with an anycast DNS over Tor setup. Locations: Las Vegas, USA - New York, USA - Roost, Luxembourg - Kiev, Ukraine - Helsinki, Finland. We have plans for additional locations but think these five are a good starting point. This is a barebones service. You receive a OpenVPN configuration file (.ovpn) and we encourage you to use OpenVPN's official software/apps to connect. We have no in-house VPN app or software because we can't do it better than the official software from those who manage the protocol. WireGuard support coming soon, and will be at no extra cost.</p>

<p>AMD Ryzen KVM Virtual Servers in Helsinki, Finland! The people want Ryzen, and the people want privacy. We combine both with our Finnish based KVM servers. We currently have very limited VPS capacity due to small initial deployment with Hetzner. New stock will be added as interest is gauged. Additional service locations coming soon, including Moldova (Intel based) and Luxembourg. We are currently renting/leasing hardware due to being a new company and COVID / Crypto negatively impacting the hardware market (IE: It's insanely expensive to build out nodes). We have several location and lease options available to us now, all thanks to relationships formed from a long time in the industry... So keep an eye out!</p>

<h2>Rules For the Contest</h2>

<p>Three lucky people will win our annual "Standard" Shared Hosting plans (<a href="https://incognet.io/webhosting" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/webhosting</a> ) that use DirectAdmin and CloudLinux in our Luxembourg location with the option to mirror content on both the I2P and Tor anonymity network upon request! This package is worth $30/YR!</p>

<p>Three lucky people will win an annual VPN service with three locations of their choice. ( See VPN details here: <a href="https://incognet.io/vpn" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/vpn</a> ). Browse the web and use mobile apps without all the ads, trackers and 'bullshit'. This package is worth $45/YR!</p>

<p>One lucky person will win an annual 512MB VPS in our Finnish location! (Plans are shown here: <a href="https://incognet.io/vps" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/vps</a> ) This package is worth $50/YR!</p>

<p>How to enter:</p>

<p>Step 1.) Follow us on social media! Honestly, we hate social media but we can't ignore an outlet for promoting products that help fight against big tech.</p>

<p>Follow us on Facebook or Twitter, either one or both. Doesn't matter. We'll use these platforms to share updates and promote our blog posts as they're written.</p>

<p>Step 2.) Respond to this thread and enter by posting a comment, "GIVEAWAY ENTRY: VPN" (or "VPS" or "SHARED". You can enter more than one or all three to express interest in entering to win for that particular service)</p>

<p>NO NEED to tell us you liked or followed us on social media. We don't care or want to know who you really are on social media, this is basically just the honor system. We are trying to grow our social media accounts, however, so if you use them please follow us. If you don't use Social Media, good for you. You can still enter... We really have no way of knowing anyway...</p>

<p>Step 3.) Wait one week. Seven (7) days after this post, we will announce all of the winners in this thread. They will be chosen at random by us and tagged. Details on how to claim your winning will be sent via PM.</p>

<p>Don't want to wait a week? No problem! We have some LowEndTalk special deals available in limited supply, right now!<br />
Although we're not a "low end" specific business, we do want to offer occasional and limited LowEndTalk specific deals. We all have a lot to owe to communities like this, so this is sort of a way of giving back. Everything is limited stock right now however stock will be replenished as needed and able.</p>

<p>VPS Deal - KVM - Finland - $7 per month</p>

<p>vCPU: 1 core @ 3Ghz+ (AMD Ryzen)<br />
RAM: 2048MB<br />
Disk: 30GB<br />
IPv4: 1<br />
BW: 5TB @ 1Gbps<br />
DDoS Protection<br />
Just $7 per month! - Order Here! (Normally $13/mo) Use Coupon: LETVPS</p>

<p>VPN DEAL - Choose 3 locations for just $7 per quarter!</p>

<p>Choose your locations: Luxembourg, Finland, Ukraine, Las Vegas, New York.</p>

<p>Receive a configuration file for each location you choose! (Ex: Desktop can be<br />
 connected to Ukraine, laptop connected to Finland, and mobile connected to<br />
 Luxembourg. Switch one device between all three locations or use each location<br />
 all at once from different devices!)</p>

<p>Blocks ads, trackers, and other "BS".</p>

<p>No data cap, no logging, no trickery.<br />
Just $7 per QUARTER! - Order Here! (Normally $13/quarter) Use Coupon: LETVPN</p>

<p>SHARED DEAL - CloudLinuxOS - DirectAdmin - Softaculous - Just $7 per quarter!</p>

<p>15GB fast SSD Storage<br />
Unmetered Bandwidth<br />
No hard domain limit.<br />
Apache+Nginx Reverse Proxy. It's fast!<br />
Clearnet, I2P, Tor availability<br />
No email account limt<br />
No sub-domain limit<br />
No MySQL DB Limit<br />
No FTP Account Limit<br />
NodeJS Version Selector<br />
PHP Version Selector<br />
Python Version Selector<br />
CloudLinuxOS for performance and security<br />
Direct Admin Control Panel<br />
Basic support after initial setup<br />
PGP Encrypted Webmail<br />
DDOS PROTECTION*<br />
Located in Luxembourg<br />
Just $7 per QUARTER! - Order Here! (Normally $13/quarter) Use Coupon: LETSHARED</p>

<p>Links:</p>

<p>WWW Site: <a href="https://incognet.io" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io</a><br />
Tor Site: <a href="http://incogwebxwgsnbkrquxku3qwh5qkywvlet77st5i5tcvqmq4xdmspuad.onion/" rel="nofollow">http://incogwebxwgsnbkrquxku3qwh5qkywvlet77st5i5tcvqmq4xdmspuad.onion/</a><br />
I2P Site: ( .i2p | .b32 | Helper )<br />
Yggdrasil Site: ( IPv6 | .YGG )</p>

<p>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://incognet.io/privacy" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/privacy</a></p>

<p>TOS &amp; AUP: <a href="https://incognet.io/legalstuff" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/legalstuff</a><br />
FAQ in the comments.</p>

<p>EDIT: All orders are manually accepted. Please allow "up to" a day for setup, though generally it's within a couple of hours. This time frame is the same for support.</p>

<p>FAQ:<br />
So what is IncogNet and why should I give you my business?</p>

<p>I formed IncogNet because I grew tired of the current state of the internet where privacy is rarely offered or encouraged, and where companies big and small collect, track, sell, and often leak personal details about their users. There seems to be a new trend of big tech acting politically, whereas I believe freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental human right. I don't have to like what you say to support the right for it to be said. It's in my opinion that companies and service providers should be apolitical and not take hard stances on speech and that normal, everyday internet users should consider taking steps to protect themselves online.</p>

<p>TL;DR: We're just a very small team of people who have been in the hosting industry for a very long time, all in different roles, and who just want to offer simple solutions to what we consider modern day digital problems. That's really about as simple as I can explain it.</p>

<p>How does your VPN service block ads?</p>

<p>We maintain our own DNS blocklists that was sourced from other public lists. We then ran a beta program for a few months to help fine tune it more with common, everyday usage. It blocks most embedded ads, including all of the major ad-networks as well as analytic trackers, known malicious sites (IE: Sites serving malware) and other "bullshit". The idea is to not block CONTENT, but instead to just block JUNK. So, if you don't want to run heavy browser extensions or app addons to block stuff, let us do the work for you at the DNS level on all devices. We still rely on feedback to improve the blocklists so it's something that is changing and becoming better with time.</p>

<p>What is your VPN's DNS over Tor?</p>

<p>We're using a surprisingly fast and stable anycast DNS setup over Tor, where your DNS requests get sent to the nearest DNS server in our small cluster of 3 DNS servers (Las Vegas, New York, and Luxembourg. Miami soon. Thanks BuyVM!) and is finished from a random selection within a pool of geographically near Tor nodes. The end point of your DNS request will be changing frequently. This is a big improvement where we were recently using a single DNS server and unbound in Luxembourg for all locations. While this setup worked, it still provided a single point of failure and we wanted to eliminate that.</p>

<p>Is this a legit business? Where are you registered?</p>

<p>IncogNet is legally operating as an LLC and registered in the great state of Wyoming in the USA. We chose Wyoming due to taxes and privacy, as they're one of the few states that allow anonymous LLCs. We received our legal status on April 21st of 2021, though had been offering services in very limited capacity since around November of 2020. Despite the short time frame of operation, those of us who contribute and make up IncogNet have been in the industry for a very long time, in various roles within different companies. This isn't a fly-by-night summer host operation, despite the suspect timing, ha!</p>

<p>Can I host whatever I want?</p>

<p>Absolutely not. While we are very strong supporters of free speech and privacy, there are simply things that are recognized in practically all areas of the world as illegal. Our full Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy can be reviewed here: <a href="https://incognet.io/legalstuff" rel="nofollow">https://incognet.io/legalstuff</a> .</p>

<p>What payment methods do you accept?</p>

<p>Currently we accept PayPal (though we are considering dropping them and replacing them with a different merchant for cards) and Crypto as traditional payment. The crypto we accept include: BTC, BCH, DASH, DOGE, ETC, ETH, LTC, OXEN, THETA/TFUEL, XMR. We will also accept cash or precious metals mailed (with a delay in setup, we must first receive and verify it is real) and barter for larger or for semiannual or longer service periods. We're pretty libertarian. If you offer services like graphic design, content creation, etc -- Hit us up. We may be willing to trade service for service as well.</p>

<p>If you have any other questions, ask them in the comments below or send us a support ticket!</p>

<p>VPS Benchmark</p>

<p>Benchmark ran on the plan offered as a promotion in this thread. Results will obviously vary. Testing with LVM FDE on a remote desktop resulted in similar scores.</p>

<p>Modest nodes intended to host a small number of containers. SSDs, not NVMe's, but performance that will be suitable for most.</p>
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        <title>New LOGO Contest!</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4534/new-logo-contest</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 11:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<h2>New Design Contest</h2>

<p>If anyone is a designer, we're holding a design contest for Travelzilla.com starting now &amp; ending May 2nd, 2021.<br />
To join click here:<br />
<a href="https://www.namepros.com/threads/travelzilla-logo-contest.1239969/#post-8283806" rel="nofollow">https://www.namepros.com/threads/travelzilla-logo-contest.1239969/#post-8283806</a></p>
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        <title>Logo/Header Contest Has Begun!</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3000/logo-header-contest-has-begun</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[The contest for the new header and logo for WebmasterPost.com is now open to all. The current design will be changed so the header should not be based on the current design of the header. The height of the header should be around 70px high and the width should be at least 779px.<br />
<br />
I am open to any color choices, but the shade of blue that we use in the current skin will remain so the colors should match with this blue.<br />
<br />
(hint: if you make a flash header, or animated gif to make like a moving logo you've got my vote though I can't speak for the Moderators.  If you did use flash or the moving logo, then there is no need to use layers.)<br />
<br />
The slogan is:  Our Addiction of Choice is the Internet<br />
<br />
The winner will need to provide the layered header image, and logo with a transparent background.<br />
<br />
Besides the pride of your design being chosen and displayed for all to see, you will receive $150 USD via Paypal.  Please post your entry here in this thread and the Moderators (who don't enter the contest) and I will be the judges.  The contest starts today and ends August 18th.  The Moderators and I will then review and vote and the winner will be chosen on August 19th.<br />
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        <title>Win A Domain! (Available to the next 100 new signups)</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3877/win-a-domain-available-to-the-next-100-new-signups</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate the Grand Opening of WebmasterPost, for the next 100 people to sign up, if you registered after 9/16/06, earn 80 in Forum$, and you will win a free domain!(donated Froum$ doesn't count toward a domain).  This thread shows what domains have been won so far: <a href="http://www.webmasterpost.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25339#post25339" rel="nofollow">http://www.webmasterpost.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25339#post25339</a><br />
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Here's how you earn Forum$:<br />
New Thread..........................................2 Forum$<br />
New Post.............................................. 1 Forum$<br />
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Important: Your posts must be meaningful and relevant to the topic in the thread.  If you make one line posts like &quot;That's right&quot;, &quot;Thank you for posting&quot; or &quot;good post&quot;, these posts will not be counted and the forum$ will be reduced based on the number of posts not counted.<br />
<br />
When you've earned your 100 Forum$, private message the Admins. Once the Admins verify it, you'll receive 1 free new domain registration from our own registration service (from our Enom.com reseller account).  You can choose from, .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, or .us.]]>
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        <title>Computer Forumz ::  Non ending contest!</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4179/computer-forumz-non-ending-contest</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>WatchOut</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Computer Forumz Contest #3<br />
<br />
Hello Dear Members,<br />
<br />
Computer Forumz are now offering free Premium accounts (49$) at MisterUpload.com. It's a very good deal, since we have very low requirements, and you can get upto five accounts.<br />
<br />
What you will need to do :<br />
<br />
- Do 20 posts to get a premium account<br />
<br />
- If you want to obtain 5 premium accounts, simply do 80 posts.<br />
<br />
<br />
When you have done one of the options above, please go to <a href="www.misterupload.com" rel="nofollow">www.misterupload.com</a> and signup for a free account, remember your account id, very important! Now once you have done this, go back to computerforumz.com and send an private message with your post count, and with your Misterupload account username.<br />
<br />
When you have done these requests, you will get your account upgraded to a premium account within a couple of hours.<br />
<br />
Good luck to all the contestants, and only quality posts are valid posts, no ''thank you a lot mate'' replies.<br />
<br />
<br />
Best Regards,<br />
<br />
Computer Forumz Administration]]>
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        <title>Highest Post Count</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4137/highest-post-count</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>rebelagent</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[First one to 50 posts<br />
<br />
Be the first to get 50 posts on off-life.com/forum.<br />
<br />
Starts: December 26th, 2006<br />
Ends: January 2nd, 2007 12pm -8 GMT<br />
<br />
Rules/Terms:<br />
-No double posting<br />
-No spam<br />
-15 + words per reply or topic<br />
-Must post at least 10 new threads<br />
-Cannot have more than 2 posts in introduction<br />
-Must register a new account and confirm email<br />
-No adult content or advertising schemes such as viagra stuff<br />
<br />
<br />
Link: <a href="http://www.off-life.com/forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.off-life.com/forum</a>]]>
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        <title>Win $100!! Forum Contest!</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>PostPrincess</dc:creator>
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<b>Web Market Zone is holding a competition!</b><br />
<br />
From 21st December until 14th February every 3 posts you make will earn you an entry into the draw!<br />
<br />
<b>1st Prize: $100<br />
2nd Prize: $50<br />
3rd Prize: $20<br />
4th Prize: 3 Month Banner Ad<br />
5th Prize: 1 Month Banner Ad<br />
6th - 10th Prize: 1 Month Text-Link</b><br />
<br />
The more you post the more chances you have to win!<br />
<br />
Good luck to you all and happy posting!!
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>rebelagent</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blog for Blog<br />
<br />
All you have to do is write 1 blog entry with 100 words or more. The best blog entry will win. The blog must be a keyword rich entry about uneeknoise.com a music review &amp; news site. The blog entry will be judged by myself and someone known as lpstong on another forum. We will look at grammar, spelling, keywords, and other things.<br />
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If you win (1 winner) you will get a keyword rich entry on the following sites:<br />
<a href="http://yappal.com" rel="nofollow">http://yappal.com</a> PR0<br />
<a href="http://raviewyou.com" rel="nofollow">http://raviewyou.com</a> PR0<br />
<a href="http://uneeknoise.com" rel="nofollow">http://uneeknoise.com</a> PR0<br />
<a href="http://scriptinstallation.info/" rel="nofollow">http://scriptinstallation.info/</a> PR0<br />
<a href="http://secretcrush.info/" rel="nofollow">http://secretcrush.info/</a> PR0<br />
<a href="http://offlife-hosting.com" rel="nofollow">http://offlife-hosting.com</a> PR3<br />
<a href="http://off-life.com/forums" rel="nofollow">http://off-life.com/forums</a> PR2<br />
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Starting and Ending Date: Starts the 26th, Dec 2006 and ends January 2nd at 12PM -8 GMT Winner will be picked by the 3rd of January<br />
<br />
Rules:<br />
- Your blog must already have at least 5 entries<br />
- Your blog must be at least 1 week old<br />
- You must keep up the article about uneeknoise in order for us to keep up the article we write about you.<br />
- Original content only<br />
- No network blogs such as livejournal, blurty, diaryland, myspace, jibble, mycrib, etc. Only Blogger and Wordpress hosted diaries are allowed.<br />
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Link: <a href="http://www.uneeknoise.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.uneeknoise.com</a>]]>
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        <title>Top 3 Tutorial Contest Rules</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3661/top-3-tutorial-contest-rules</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">3661@/index.php?p=/discussions</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[Starting now: Submit A Tutorial to our Tutorial Section here: <a href="http://www.webmasterpost.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=92" rel="nofollow">http://www.webmasterpost.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=92</a><br />
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1st Place Tutorial receives $100 usd via payapl.<br />
2nd Place Tutorial receives $50 usd via paypal.<br />
3rd Place Tutorial receives $25 usd via payapl.<br />
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1) Each member can submit as many tutorials as you like<br />
<br />
2) When you post your entry, put in parentheses: &quot;(Tutorial Contest)&quot;.<br />
<br />
3) Contest ends Sun. Nov 26th at 4pm EST / 9pm GMT.  At that time, all Moderators who haven't entered the contest, will vote on the winners.  The winners will be announced and paid on Nov 27th.<br />
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4) A tutorial doesn't have to be original to be submitted but you must own the rights to it to submit it.<br />
<br />
5) By winning this contest, understand that you are transferring your rights to that tutorial to WebmasterPost in return for your prize money.  This means WebmasterPost will have copyrights to those winning Tutorials, and will continue to use/display them.<br />
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6) WebmasterPost will continue to use/display all non-winning tutorials that are submitted and will continue to give credit to you, the copyright holder (Please include your info with each Tutorial you submit so we can give you credit).]]>
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        <title>Longest Thread Rules!</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3660/longest-thread-rules</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rules: Starting now: Make a new thread anywhere in this forum and after your thread title put in parentheses: &quot;(Longest Thread Contest)&quot;.<br />
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Get as many of your friends to post a reply as possible. The thread starter with the most replies wins $50 usd via PayPal.<br />
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1) If you post in your own thread, only your first post counts toward your total.<br />
2) For someone's post to count in your thread, they must<br />
first have 5 posts (anywhere) in the forum.<br />
3) Each member can only enter one thread into the contest<br />
4) Only one post from each member counts toward your total.  People can respond more than once in your thread, but only one of their responses is counts.<br />
5) Contest ends Sun. Nov 26th, at 4pm EST / 9PM GMT time.<br />
6) You can not create additional &quot;fake&quot; members to post in your own thread.  Anyone who does this will be disqulified from any contest as we will watch your IP addresses.]]>
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        <title>Logo/Header Contest Rules: Use Web 2.0 Format</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3787/logo-header-contest-rules-use-web-2-0-format</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>DeluxeNames</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate the Grand Opening of WebmasterPost.com, the contest for the new header and logo for DeluxeNames.com &amp; DeluxeHost.com is now open and will end Saturday, December 16th.  The winning designs will use the Web 2.0 format as seen in the examples of this thread: <a href="http://yh.yayhooray.com/thread/90661/yh-collab:-redesign-famous-logos-in-web-2-0-format?page=1" rel="nofollow">http://yh.yayhooray.com/thread/90661/yh-collab:-redesign-famous-logos-in-web-2-0-format?page=1</a><br />
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Web 2.0 format is using rounded corrners, gradient, reflected text (often you see the text being reflected below as if in water), Out-lines (also known as strokes, especailly outlined letters), fun colors, the &quot;shadow&quot; affect (aka: &quot;shading&quot;), and different fonts (not just &quot;ariel&quot; or &quot;times new roman&quot;).  This format sometimes gives logos a &quot;shinnyness&quot; to them, but doesn't have to.<br />
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To enter, you will be submitting two versions but they will be exactly the same except replace the word &quot;Names&quot; with the word &quot;Host&quot; in your second version.  So really, the two versions will be virtually identical.  You may submit as many versions as you want.  Each and every submission and re-submission you enter will be considered.<br />
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I don't like the current design and logo but you can view it at: <a href="www.DeluxeNames.com" rel="nofollow">www.DeluxeNames.com</a>.  The current design and colors of the site will be changed to match the winning header so the header should not be based on the current design of the site. The height of the header should be around 116px high and the width should be at least 745px.<br />
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I am open to any color choices.  My favorite colors are blues, and white but you don't have to restrict yourselves to those colors.<br />
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One of the keys to winning is to use a web 2.0 logo, not just the words &quot;DeluxeNames&quot; and &quot;DeluxeHost&quot;.  This logo could be some abstract rendering of &quot;Deluxe&quot; or just something totally abstract and yet fitting.<br />
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Please use this slogan on the &quot;DeluxeNames&quot; header:<br />
&quot;Owning a Domain Means People Can Find You...Anywhere&quot;<br />
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Please use this slogan on the &quot;DeluxeHost&quot; header:<br />
&quot;Hosting At It's Best: Quality &amp; Integrity&quot;<br />
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The winner will need to provide the layered header image, and logo with a transparent background.<br />
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Besides the pride of your art being displayed for all to see at DeluxeNames.com and DeluxeHost.com, you will receive $150 USD via Paypal (from a verified Paypal account). Please post your entry here in this thread and the Moderators (who don't enter the contest) and I will be the judges. The Moderators and I will then review and vote and the winner will be chosen and paid by 11pm EST on Sunday, December 17th.]]>
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        <title>(Longest Thread Contest)</title>
        <link>https://hostboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3768/longest-thread-contest</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Contests</category>
        <dc:creator>Constance</dc:creator>
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