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Provider Poll 2023 - GIVEAWAY - Steam Deck / Switch* / TV / Mini PC / Credits / Swags / Dedi / VPS

FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
edited January 30 in Announcements

Hi everyone, it's that exciting time again – the Provider Poll is making a return after a pause during 2022, and it's bigger and better than ever before!

This is a great chance for our providers to claim the prestigious "Top Provider" tag, while our active members stand a chance to win fantastic prizes for their participation! Brace yourselves as we have some exceptional prizes, thanks to the generous sponsors. Let's look at them together:

Top prizes

Are you excited now? :wink: But wait, first look at the terms and conditions

Important

Requirements to vote:

  1. Your account must be created on or before 31 Dec 2023 (EST).
  2. Your account must have at least 5 posts excluding offer threads, spread between at least 2 threads in between 1 Jan 2023 00:00 and 31 Dec 2023 23:59 (EST, inclusive).
  3. Providers can vote, but not for themselves (the same goes for Host Reps).

Rules for voting:

  1. You get 3 votes.
  2. One vote per provider (Providers with multiple brands are considered as one).
  3. You can vote less than 3 times if you want.
  4. This time, you get 1 additional vote for "Most Reliable Provider" , for provider that you think have the best reliability, and is suitable for production use.
  5. Voting will end on 29 Jan 2024 11:59pm (EST).
  6. [NEW] Note that the vote for "Most Reliable Provider" is also counted towards regular vote.

Voting Template:

1.
2.
3.

Most Reliable:

Featured Prizes

(In same order as the image above)

Prizes

(In alphabetical order)

Notes:

  • Most providers require you to pass the fraud check or have additional terms if you are selected as the prize winner
  • IDs will be assigned based on the alphabetical order of the list above
  • In the case where the number of voters is less than the number of prizes, some voters will get more than 1 prize (refer to the algorithm)
  • Each eligible voter can only get 1 featured prize
  • Special thanks to the mods on helping to count the votes :)
  • Providers can still add prizes by PM me the details or comment in the private thread
  • We reserve the right to disqualify providers / members who are found to be manipulating the result

To ensure the fairness of the lottery, this is the hash of the MAGIC_SEED that will be used for selection: 0eb84240027a1c7d113c23d4267a8739bbcc163c2842412f12129c7c47274852 (SHA256)

const seedrandom = require('seedrandom');

// Those values are just an example
const MAGIC_SEED = 'Seed';
const ALL_USERS = ['UserA', 'UserB', 'UserC'];
const HIGH_VALUE_PRIZE_COUNT = 3;
const PRIZE_COUNT = 5;

// Find winners
const rng = seedrandom(MAGIC_SEED + '_' + ALL_USERS.length + '_' + HIGH_VALUE_PRIZE_COUNT + '_' + PRIZE_COUNT);
let allWinners = [];
let prizeLeft = HIGH_VALUE_PRIZE_COUNT + PRIZE_COUNT;

while (prizeLeft > 0) {
  let winners = ALL_USERS.map((user) => ({ username: user, rand: rng() }));
  winners.sort((a, b) => a.rand - b.rand);
  winners = winners.slice(0, prizeLeft);
  winners = winners.map((selected) => selected.username);
  allWinners = allWinners.concat(winners);
  prizeLeft -= winners.length;
}

// Output
console.log(allWinners);

If you have any doubt, you can check out the last provider poll (2021):




[NEW] Am I eligible to vote?

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