The GP2 Sweepstake!

I may as well pick my birthday for the date... :) Eldred Pickett I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!?

I'll take June 13th }=-) Rob. -- ]\obert ])oyle WWW: http://alf2.tcd.ie/~doyler Channel: #amiga 3rd Year Computer Science Student, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland --------- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ---------

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> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators > Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 09:15:28 > Organization: U of M > >resident Nostradamus of rec.autos.simulators. So, throw caution to the > >wind, and join in! Please note that this competition is not open to > >employees of Spectrum Holobyte or Microprose (only because they would > >probably have less of a clue than we would... ;-) ) > >MAY 7 JUN 7 - Eldred Pickett JUL 7 > >MAY 8 JUN 8 JUL 8 > >MAY 9 JUN 9 JUL 9 > >MAY 10 JUN 10 JUL 10 > >MAY 11 JUN 11 JUL 11 > >MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 > >MAY 13 JUN 13 JUL 13 > >MAY 14 JUN 14 JUL 14 > >MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 > >MAY 16 JUN 16 JUL 16 > >MAY 17 JUN 17 JUL 17 > >MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 > >MAY 19 JUN 19 JUL 19 > >MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 > >MAY 21 JUN 21 JUL 21 > >MAY 22 JUN 22 JUL 22 > >MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 > >MAY 24=P.L. Finnemore JUN 24 JUL 24 > >MAY 25 JUN 25 JUL 25 > >MAY 26 JUN 26 JUL 26 > >MAY 27 JUN 27 JUL 27 > >MAY 28 JUN 28 JUL 28 > >MAY 29 JUN 29 JUL 29 > >MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30 > >MAY 31 JUL 31 - Jim Kwon > I may as well pick my birthday for the date... :) > Eldred Pickett > I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!?

-- -Jim

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>Subject: The GP2 Sweepstake! >Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 11:30:17 +0100 >Ta-da! It's here! From the people that brought you the award winning >game, 'Guess the total number of bugs in Grand Prix Manager', comes a >new game of thrills and e***ment - the one and only GP2 Sweepstake! >Listed below are three months worth of dates. Simply place your name >alongside the date that you think GP2 will be released, and take your >chances! One player only per date. The winner will be the player that >most closely guesses the day that GP2 achieves general release in the >U.K. (sorry, American buddies, but I am a Brit...). The winner will then >win, er, well, er, respect. And the kudos that goes with being the >resident Nostradamus of rec.autos.simulators. So, throw caution to the >wind, and join in! Please note that this competition is not open to >employees of Spectrum Holobyte or Microprose (only because they would >probably have less of a clue than we would... ;-) ) >MAY 1 JUN 1 JUL 1 >MAY 2 JUN 2 JUL 2 >MAY 3 JUN 3 JUL 3 >MAY 4 JUN 4 JUL 4 >MAY 5 JUN 5 JUL 5 >MAY 6 JUN 6 JUL 6 >MAY 7 JUN 7 JUL 7 >MAY 8 JUN 8 JUL 8 >MAY 9 JUN 9 JUL 9 >MAY 10 JUN 10 JUL 10 >MAY 11 JUN 11 JUL 11 >MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 >MAY 13 JUN 13 JUL 13 >MAY 14 JUN 14 JUL 14 >MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 John Twitchell >MAY 16 JUN 16 JUL 16 >MAY 17 JUN 17 JUL 17 >MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 >MAY 19 JUN 19 JUL 19 >MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 >MAY 21 JUN 21 JUL 21 >MAY 22 JUN 22 JUL 22 >MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 >MAY 24=P.L. Finnemore JUN 24 JUL 24 >MAY 25 JUN 25 JUL 25 >MAY 26 JUN 26 JUL 26 >MAY 27 JUN 27 JUL 27 >MAY 28 JUN 28 JUL 28 >MAY 29 JUN 29 JUL 29 >MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30 >MAY 31 JUL 31

I choose July 15 1996 John Twitchell

Hahaha :) I'd put my name next to September 31st... ****************************************************** * "What ? Are you mad ?" * Glenn Davies * ******************************************************

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> >Listed below are three months worth of dates. Simply place your name > >alongside the date that you think GP2 will be released, and take your > >chances! One player only per date. The winner will be the player that > >most closely guesses the day that GP2 achieves general release in the > >U.K. (sorry, American buddies, but I am a Brit...). The winner will then > >win, er, well, er, respect. And the kudos that goes with being the > >resident Nostradamus of rec.autos.simulators. So, throw caution to the > >wind, and join in! Please note that this competition is not open to > >employees of Spectrum Holobyte or Microprose (only because they would > >probably have less of a clue than we would... ;-) )

OK, I thought we might as well join in!! As long as developers of other games are allowed to play!

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> MAY 2 JUN 2 JUL 2 > MAY 3 JUN 3 JUL 3 > MAY 5 JUN 5 JUL 5 > MAY 6 JUN 6 JUL 6 > MAY 7 JUN 7 JUL 7 > MAY 8 JUN 8 JUL 8 > MAY 9 JUN 9 JUL 9 > MAY 10 JUN 10 JUL 10 > MAY 11 JUN 11 JUL 11 > MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 > MAY 17 JUN 17=John Wallace JUL 17 > MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 > MAY 19 JUN 19 JUL 19 > MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 > MAY 21 JUN 21 JUL 21 > MAY 22 JUN 22 JUL 22 > MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 > MAY 24=P.L. Finnemore JUN 24 JUL 24 > MAY 25 JUN 25 JUL 25 > MAY 26 JUN 26 JUL 26 > MAY 27 JUN 27 JUL 27 > MAY 28 JUN 28 JUL 28 > MAY 29 JUN 29 JUL 29 > MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30 > MAY 31 JUL 31

That ends the entries from the Bizarre Team! Sarah *** Bizarre Creations ***

zum Thema "The GP2 Sweepstake!": It would be more realistic to bet at the year GP2 is comeing out. Something like: 1997 1998 1999 2000 If you guess i have forgotten 1996......, no I am realistic. Thomas

Hi, How about the 11th of november at precisely 11:11.11 -Dennis. -- Ing. D.M. Joris, Software Specialist, Philips CE/ASA Lab, tel: +31 40 27 33826 Building : SFJ-7 +31 40 27 35365 Homepage : http://www.iaehv.nl/users/gto ==================================================================== Butt-Head: That SUCKS, uh uhu uhu. Beavis: Yeah.... and it SUCKS too, uhuhu uhu uh. --------------------------------------------------------------------

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I'll take June 28th

Bruno Schleich Well, I'll plump for July 26th 199(_)

Robin Goodall I'll take June 21st Perhaps you should have included August and September at least.

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>MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 >MAY 19 JUN 19 JUL 19 >MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 >MAY 21 JUN 21 JUL 21 >MAY 22 JUN 22 JUL 22 >MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 >MAY 24=P.L. Finnemore JUN 24 JUL 24 >MAY 25 JUN 25 JUL 25 >MAY 26 JUN 26 JUL 26 >MAY 27 JUN 27 JUL 27 >MAY 28 JUN 28 JUL 28 >MAY 29 JUN 29 = Pete Lewis JUL 29 >MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30 >MAY 31 JUL 31 >*********************************************************************** >* Paul L. Finnemore - Apprentice Veterinarian * >* "I haven't lost my mind. It's backed up on tape somewhere..." * >***********************************************************************

I'll take July 30....but only because there are no avaliable later dates listed. I don't plan on holding my breath for the release. Actually, Aug 24, 1996 sounds more realistic to me. (i.e. Win95 year 1) I'm not too optimistic on how good the program will be either. The Microprose sims have been very good, however the Spectrum Holobyte car sims have looked like bad arcade games. When I heard that SH took over Microprose, my expectations dropped considerably. All I can say is, I hope I'm wrong and it is a fantastic game that doesn't run like a sled like NASCAR does. Mark

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>It would be more realistic to bet at the year GP2 is comeing out. >Something like: >1997 >1998 >1999 >2000

That's becoming a bit of a tired 'joke' now isn't it?! Stuart

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>>> >Listed below are three months worth of dates. Simply place your name >>> >alongside the date that you think GP2 will be released, and take your >>> >chances! One player only per date. The winner will be the player that >>> >most closely guesses the day that GP2 achieves general release in the >>> >U.K. (sorry, American buddies, but I am a Brit...). The winner will then >>> >win, er, well, er, respect. And the kudos that goes with being the >>> >resident Nostradamus of rec.autos.simulators. So, throw caution to the >>> >wind, and join in! Please note that this competition is not open to >>> >employees of Spectrum Holobyte or Microprose (only because they would >>> >probably have less of a clue than we would... ;-) ) >>> >MAY 1 JUN 1 JUL 1 >>> >MAY 2 JUN 2 Matt Whorlow JUL 2 >>> >MAY 3 JUN 3 JUL 3 >>> >MAY 4 JUN 4 JUL 4 >>> >MAY 5 JUN 5 JUL 5 >>> >MAY 6 JUN 6 JUL 6 >>> >MAY 7 JUN 7 Eldred Pickett JUL 7 >>> >MAY 8 JUN 8 JUL 8 >>> >MAY 9 JUN 9 JUL 9 >>> >MAY 10 JUN 10 JUL 10 >>> >MAY 11 JUN 11 JUL 11 Chris Keenan >>> >MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 >>> >MAY 13 JUN 13 JUL 13 >>> >MAY 14 JUN 14 JUL 14 >>> >MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 John Twitchell >>> >MAY 16 JUN 16 JUL 16 >>> >MAY 17 JUN 17 JUL 17 >>> >MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 >>> >MAY 19 JUN 19 JUL 19 >>> >MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 >>> >MAY 21 JUN 21 Robin Goodall JUL 21 >>> >MAY 22 JUN 22 JUL 22 >>> >MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 >>> >MAY 24 P.L. Finnemore JUN 24 Dave Gymer JUL 24 >>> >MAY 25 JUN 25 JUL 25 >>> >MAY 26 JUN 26 Bruno Schleich JUL 26 >>> >MAY 27 JUN 27 JUL 27 >>> >MAY 28 JUN 28 Ant Holloway JUL 28 >>> >MAY 29 JUN 29 JUL 29 >>> >MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30 >>> >MAY 31 JUL 31

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I take it you've never heard of Geoff Crammond, then :-) Pete ----

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> Okay, here is the revised and official state of the GP2 sweepstake so > far. Apologies to those of you left out (Imre Olajos (Jun 3), Michael > per date. > Perhaps it would be better if you e-mail me if you want your name to be > added, so that there is only one person (i.e. me!) updating the list? > That should stop people going for the same date due to posting latency. > line by betting on the second coming.

I'll plump for June 21st please!

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> > The Object: To guess the U.K. release date of F1GP2 > > The Prize: Endeavour is it's own reward... > > The Hopeful Optimist: Terrance Xavier > > The Hopeless Pessimist: 'Double Clutch'

MAY 2=Oliver North JUN 2=Steve Staneland JUL 2=Kari Uusitalo MAY 3=John Wayne JUN 3=Jacques JUL 3 MAY 5=Kermit the Frog JUN 5 JUL 5=Rob James MAY 6=Genghis Khan JUN 6=Mark Dyball JUL 6 MAY 7=Nick Leeson JUN 7=Eldred Pickett JUL 7 MAY 8=Doris Day JUN 8=Tim Lycho JUL 8=Paolo Zanetto MAY 9 JUN 9 JUL 9 MAY 10 JUN 10=Imar de Vries JUL 10=Marcel Leferink MAY 11 JUN 11 JUL 11=Kent Coleman MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12=Enzo MAY 13 JUN 13=Robert Doyle JUL 13 MAY 15 JUN 15=Daniel Bratell JUL 15=John Twitchell MAY 17 JUN 17=John Wallace JUL 17 MAY 18 JUN 18 JUL 18 MAY 19=Terrance Xavier JUN 19=Julius Roberts JUL 19 MAY 20 JUN 20=Rene Smit JUL 20 MAY 21 JUN 21=Robin Goodall JUL 21 MAY 22 JUN 22=Daniel Deslandes JUL 22=Ken Nicolson MAY 23 JUN 23=Torgeir Foss JUL 23=Vesa Slotte MAY 24=P. Finnemore(me!)JUN 24=Dave Gymer JUL 24 MAY 25 JUN 25=WODAN JUL 25 MAY 26 JUN 26=Bruno Schleich JUL 26=C.R.P. Heath MAY 27 JUN 27=Michael Koudrin JUL 27=Bob Mallett MAY 28 JUN 28=Anthony Holloway JUL 28 MAY 30 JUN 30 JUL 30=Mark Formo MAY 31 JUL 31=Jim Kwon AUG 1=Richard Beckett SEP 1 OCT 1 AUG 2 SEP 2=Jay Freels OCT 2 AUG 3 SEP 3 OCT 3 AUG 4 SEP 4 OCT 4 AUG 5 SEP 5 OCT 5 AUG 6 SEP 6 OCT 6 AUG 7 SEP 7 OCT 7 AUG 8 SEP 8 OCT 8 AUG 9 SEP 9 OCT 9 AUG 10 SEP 10 OCT 10 AUG 11 SEP 11 OCT 11=E. van't Woud AUG 12 SEP 12 OCT 12 AUG 13 SEP 13 OCT 13 AUG 14 SEP 14 OCT 14 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15=G. Nickelson AUG 16 SEP 16 OCT 16 AUG 17 SEP 17 OCT 17 AUG 18 SEP 18 OCT 18 AUG 19 SEP 19 OCT 19 AUG 20 SEP 20 OCT 20 AUG 21 SEP 21 OCT 21 AUG 22 SEP 22 OCT 22 AUG 23 SEP 23 OCT 23 AUG 24 SEP 24 OCT 24 AUG 25 SEP 25 OCT 25 AUG 26 SEP 26 OCT 26 AUG 27 SEP 27 OCT 27 AUG 28 SEP 28 OCT 28 AUG 29 SEP 29 OCT 29 AUG 30 SEP 30 OCT 30 AUG 31 OCT 31=Double Clutch