I actually first got interested in this site when the contest started. Before that, I had visited maybe every couple of days, but during the contest, I was checking the page every day. Even when the contest was over and I didn't win, I still found myself visiting the site every day. I eventually wandered in the forums after I had purchased a bunch of H2O gear looking for suggestions... The moral of the story is, I guess, that a contest can generate interest in a site and eventually bring in good people looking for a place to talk.
At this other forum I have been a member of for 2 years, there are regular contests, but the winners are always newbs who got lucky when stumbling upon the home page to find the contest. Am I mad? Not really, my reward for being a contributing member is getting and giving advice and feeling good about helping someone afterward. Its also rewarding to participate in debates that actually go somewhere. Sure, I want some free hardware now and then, but that has little to do with what I do in the forums. Then again, it's also wrong for someone to manipulate the rules in a contest
intended to reward forum-goers, but I don't think that was the case this time.
Anyway, if your wondering what forum I spend most of my free time in, it's
nvnews.net. Maybe I'll see ya around!
