After looking at the first two Golden Lunch Bucket Contests, making this a wider event seemed like a good idea. So, I tallied up the different winners and their countries, and came up with a table reflecting winning entries. Each Grand Prize got four points, first place got three points, second place got two points and third place got one point. Then I put them in a table and thought that looked like fun. Currently, Finland is in first, the UK and Brazil are tied for second, and the US is in third as you can see in Table 1. We’d further like to encourage more participation; so Golden Lunch Bucket Contest #3 is pretty simple—requiring only a useful example of the Mediator. As we run more Golden Lunch Bucket Contests between now and next July (2010), more people can participate. Also, by adding .5 points toward their country’s World Cup total for Honorable Mention entries (those who entered a contest but were not in any of the four winning categories), we hope to encourage more entries.
Between now and next July, we’ll have plenty of new contests; so there’s ample time to enter and win. Most importantly, though, we hope that everyone has a good time. Table 1 shows the current standings, and after every contest, we’ll update the table.
| Country | Points | Current Ranking |
 Finland |
6 | 1 |
 UK |
4 | 2 |
 Brazil |
4 | 2 |
 USA |
3 | 3 |
The tally will use the following values:
- Grand Prize—4 points
- First Prize—3 points
- Second Prize—2 points
- Third Prize—1 points
- Honorable Mention—.5 points
In case of ties, we’ll have run-off contests until only one winner emerges. By having simpler contests, we can shorten the time between contests and have more contests and thereby (we hope) more participation. All entries and contests will only be for ActionScript 3.0 and either Flash or Flex. (Sorry, Java, C#, PHP and C++ folks.)
We’ve got plenty of lead-time, and so if you have any comments, feel free to share your thoughts with us. If you’re interested in participating, the Golden Lunch Bucket Contest #3 has just begun!
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