Giveaway prep

I'm supposed to be holding a giveaway, but life doesn't want me to hold a giveaway.

I'm supposed to be holding a countdown of the greatest 100 cards of the 1980s, but life doesn't want me to do that either.

What does it want me to do? Significant adult tasks that you don't need to be reminded of here. But they are all familiar, and they all take up a lot of time, and I am quite exhausted, and there is no end in sight at the moment.

So I've got to make some decisions here.

I'm still going to blog during this period, but the greatest 100 cards countdown will have to wait. I still haven't gotten down to 100 cards yet and that's got to happen before I even start ranking and scanning. So I don't know when that will kick off. All I can tell you now, hopefully, is it will begin sometime in autumn. That's as narrow a time frame I can make.

I'm still holding the giveaway to celebrate 10 years of this blog, but it's probably not going to start this week as originally planned.

So this is a little post so people can get prepared for the giveaway, whenever I kick it off.

I've decided that this giveaway will be of the card draft variety, meaning each participant gets to pick a card according to their rank in the draft. This is a little more difficult for me than the one-shot, one-person-gets-the-whole-booty contests that I usually run, but I think more people deserve to win a card for this anniversary.

As I mentioned last week, the giveaway is for regular readers of this blog only, based on who has commented in the three months between June 12 and Sept. 12. I just went through and noted all the commenters. Here is the list of those who are eligible:

Adam E
Adam Kaningher
Adam Sanders
Alan Deakins
Alex Markle
Al Kawamoto
Angus
arpsmith
Base Set Calling
bbcardz
Ben Henry
Bill White
Billy Kingsley
Bo
Brett Alan
Brian (HSCA blog)
Bru
buckstorecards
Bulldog
Captkirk42
Cardboard Jones
carlsonjok
chirodoctx
Chris (commented on "My Day My Way" post)
Chris (The Collector blog)
Chris Johnson
Colbey Hopper
Collecting Cutch
Commishbob
Community Gum
Corky
crashcrad
Daniel Wilson
Dave
David (commented on "Hot" post)
Defenders50
defgav
Derek McKim
docsamson198
Don (Tigers logo)
EbeSPN
EP
Fred Pike
Fuji
GCA
gcrl
GoGoSox60
Grant Schwagel
Greg Zakwin
Henry Blanchette
Jafronius
Jamie Meyers
jasongerman9
Jason T. Carter
Jay Abbott
JediJeff
Jeff (Dallas star logo)
Jeff Laws
Jeremy
Jeremya1um
Jim from Downington
Jim Jones
John Bateman
Johngy
John Miller
Jongumund
Jordan
Josh D.
Julie Owens
kcjays
ketchupman36
Kevin
kin
madding
Mark Hoyle
Matt (Diamond Jesters blog)
Matt Prigge
Matt Stupienski
Metalattorney
Michael Ott
Mike Matson
mr haverkamp
Nachos Grande
Nick (Dime Boxes blog)
Nick Pain
Nick Vossbrink
P-town Tom
Paul Hadsall
Raiderjo_FO
RAZ
Rob (1982/88 Topps blogs)
Rod (padrographs)
Section 36
sg488
shoebox legends
Snorting Bull
Sport Card Collectors
Stack22
steelhere
Steveat1975bbcds.com
Steve Mentzer
Stubby
SumoMenkoMan
The Shlabotnik Report
The Turrdog
Tim B.
Tony Lehman
TS Henson
Warren Zvon
West Roxbury Animal Hospital
Zippy Zappy
zman40

That's 112 folks.

I don't have cards for 112 folks. Or at least cards that all 112 folks will want.

So I'm probably going to cut off this giveaway at about 30 or so participants.

This is how I will determine who will participate in the contest: I will make a post called GIVEAWAY POST. That will be the cue for those who are eligible to begin entering the contest. They can enter the contest by commenting on the Giveaway Post. Once there are the maximum number of comments for the contest then I will determine the order of the card draft and begin the draft. So it's important to comment when you see the post because there are limited slots available.

Unless I receive 30 or so comments immediately, I'll probably reference the Giveaway Post in subsequent posts with a link to that post for a week or so to allow time for eligible people who may not read the blog every day to comment on the Giveaway Post.

Does that make sense? (in my current state I don't know if anything makes sense now).

It's entirely possible that not even 30 people will want what will be given away, but you can be the judge of that.

This is the majority of what's available:

Almost everything here is a short-print, a relic or a vintage card (no reprints). I think only the Babe Ruth up top (insert) and the Griffey Jr. (no way in the world 1989 Topps is vintage) are the exceptions. Much of this was donated by R.C., who wanted the cards to go to a good home. That's what I'm doing here.

This image amounts to 26 cards. So I will add a few things to this to get it to more than 30 items for selection. You'll see the additions on the Giveaway Post.

An added note: When I was compiling those who commented in the last three months, there were a couple comments that were listed as "anonymous" or "unknown." I know Blogger has done some things recently that converted named comments from nonblogger sources into "anonymous," etc. So if you want in for the contest and you are one of those people, send me an email. I won't let just any random person who emails me, saying "I am Unknown," into the contest, but if the email is from a familiar person who's commented in the past, I'll include you.

So that's all I've got for today. Hopefully, I'll be able to post a few more times this week, but if not, you'll know why.

Life really hates owls writing blogs.