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As a surprise to our forum members, we decided to instigate a competition without telling anybody...

How so? The winner of this competition must have at least one post and must be a member of our forums (not staff or banned). The winner will receive a iqua BHS-701 Bluetooth Music Headset, and will be drawn at random from our member database by a nice SQL Query:

SELECT * FROM ibf_members where mgroup = 3 and posts > 0 order by rand() limit 1

This will select all our members with one post or more, ordered at random, but showing only the first one from the random list. There will be two tests of the query (to prove it works) and then a final winner will be drawn. This is a fair method of selecting one random winner.

The Results

The time of this draw is 19:13 (GMT) on the 15th January 2007 - winners selected at random by MySQL.

Test 1: Ciaran (ID: 11)
Test 2: Jace (ID: 12)
Winner: Marc (ID: 20)

Congratulations to Marc for winning - everybody else watch out for more competitions coming up. Thanks to iqua for providing the prize.

For our first three Shock Gadgets Giveaways, we have three Jabra BT125 bluetooth headsets up for grabs. Each competition will last a week and yield one winner each.

To enter this competition, simply reply to this topic with your answer to the following question:

What is your favourite gadget and why?

The best (funniest or most detailed) reply will win. The winner will be picked by the staff, and will be announced next Sunday (14th January 2007).

You must be a member of our forums to enter these competitions. If you do not have an account, you can sign up for free. There are no other restrictions of entry (such as age or location). You can enter any or all of our competitions, but only each competition once.

We will have a review on the BT125 in the next few days. Don't forget there will be two more chances to win one of these. Good luck to all.

Competition now closed

The winner of the Jabra BT125 Bluetooth Headset is 888Ball with his favourite gadget: the paperclip. Congratulations to him and we will have the next competition online shortly.