ArizonaDave
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Everyone did a Great Job!!!
drum roll please
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Ben Brand
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Webmost. Happy birthday. Hope you enjoy yuor day. Enjoy all those cigars. Hope the bearswatter will spoil you. All the best.
Ben
Ben
grgfinney
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Happy birthday Webmost
Happy Birthday, may you draw ss for a long time 
Indianamac
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Happy birthday webmost!!!
This afternoon, a Debian Linux server I've had running for like twenty years finally decided to give up the ghost. Been busier than a cross eyed boy at a three ring circus with that. So I gave up. Cut loose from my dead server duties long enough for this:
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I like a long term project is what. Good thing; cause this contest was every inch of long term.
The contest was this: whoever could best roll up a cigar in the shape of a Punch Champion wins a resplendent prize. To get started, every participant received an example Champ, a WebMost Uppowoc perfecto, an FX Smith Smithdale Maduro, and, jeepers, I even forget what the fourth stick was, right now. I picked the Champ because of its difficult drumstick shape. Here is a pic:
What ho! ... and now you see what Bearswatter got me for my birthday today! I have been admiring these sandstonescapes from Utah for some time now. Better get used to it, cause all my cigar pics prolly be on the sandstone slab for a while. Love it.
Anyhoo... back to the subj ... where was I?
Right. I sent out six sample drumsticks to the first six volunteers at FairTradeTobacco. We have a real international crew over here, from Oz to Turkey and back again the long way round. I knew there had to be time for long distance mail to travel. Week or two later I turned to cigar.com, where I sent out six more such example packages, but this time including bags of leaves to roll. A kit containing filler, binder and wrapper leaves.
Over the weeks, contest entries slowly trickled in. Yesterday, I rifled through all the entries each contestant sent, and picked out the best single effort from each package:
Going left to right...
These first six drumsticks were rolled by:
Mad Oshea, burning his brain pan in that red hot Albuquerque NM
Ben Brand, starting a brand new job this month in Vaalwater South Africa
Indianamac, out of that bustling downtown Mooresville IN
Buck, enjoying every bit of his cool and clammy Vancouver BC
BigDog, truck driver from Zuurfontein South Africa
ArizonaDave, from the land of horny toads Chandler AZ
Next is the real Punch Champion, set there for comparison. Each contestant received one of these to use as a model. Ben Brand's model arrived after he had sent his entry; so he was working from pictures.
Starting just right of the Punch Champion example, you see the handiwork of the four from cigar.com who returned an entry:
Walt stepping out of El Paso TX
Roland, rolling in from Malvern AR
Morgan, splashing round Brandon MS
PuffDougie, thirsty denizen of a strong city famous for weak beer, Latrobe PA
ShadowInTheMoon and EChambers did not return contest entries.
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Now, we don't need but a glance at this layout of all entries side by side to see how the four to the right of the real champ don't hold a candle to those to the left of the real champ. This is no more than we would expect. After all, those on the left are made by golden hands guys who roll their own sticks all the time; while those on the right are four guys may never have rolled more than a shopping cart before this. Well, after just a couple entries came in, I could see there would have to be not one, but two prizes; one for the practised rollers and another for the first timers. Furthermore, the prize could not be awarded on the merit of the stick entered, cause none of the first time cigars they rolled bore enough resemblance to the champ to make that the basis of an award. For the most part, these sticks would need to be taken apart and re-rolled before they could even be burnt. So what I've done is entirely arbitrary; but I am the arbiter, so:
First prize for first timers goes to MorganGeo just because he gets it. Enjoyed the process. Loved the stinkfinger. Praised the aroma. Here's his entry:
Okay; well; he tried. Prize is, Morgan gets more opportunity to get it, if he will put it to good use. Our affable host here Don Carey donated a pair of complete cigar leaf blend packages. Each package includes filler, binder, and wrapper in proportion. One is named Oscuro y Rico, dark and rich. The other is named Melodioso y Cremosa, roughly translated as smooth and creamy. Each package also includes a tiny packet of powdered Xanthan and a tiny bottle of pre-mixed cellulose. A package like this should be enough to roll up 25 or 30 coronas. I recently rolled 24 of my perfectos from a similar package; but I have a bad tendency to roll way too tight, as those of you who have sampled an Uppowoc will have noticed. So. Morgan will choose which flavor profile he would prefer. I will throw in an ulu so that he has a capable cigar leaf knife. (I actually scored a nice chavetta to send him; but when I tried it out, I thought the ulu was way easier to use, so I'll send that, and I'll get me another ulu.) All he needs to add is a beer, a smoke, a cutting board, and some hours of enjoyment. Told him there's plenty instruction at fairtradetobacco.com; so give him a welcome if he shows. This leaf is the real deal. Good stuff.
Whichever blend Morgan does NOT choose I'm ready to give away to some other worthy cigar.com BOTL. If some other BOTL who did not enter the contest wants to try rolling cigars, and fancies he owns golden hands, he can shoot me a PM, pledge to follow through, add his address, and wait by the mailbox. Send back one he makes, if he wants. That would be fun.
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Now to the original business at hand.
Laying them all out on the white board beside the original champ, the three best immediately jumped out:
Third place on the left, Ben Brand.
Second place on the right, Big Dog.
First place in the center, Buck.
Other than the cap is a much lighter color, this entry has the taper, the bulb, the round head, and the flair. Feels firm and smokable. Soon as the weather breaks enough to find out, I'll tote it to the garage and report back.
Your prize, Buck:
Black Pearl figurados of each blend. I like these things; tho I've never had this shape.
Buck, get hold of me, we need to come up with a strategy how to get a package carrying twenty cigars to British Columbia without setting off your Canadian tax maggots.
This was fun. But the best fun is just beginning. I'm gonna smoke a raft of sticks which are the handiwork of my interwebular friends. That's the fun I've been looking forward to.
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I like a long term project is what. Good thing; cause this contest was every inch of long term.
The contest was this: whoever could best roll up a cigar in the shape of a Punch Champion wins a resplendent prize. To get started, every participant received an example Champ, a WebMost Uppowoc perfecto, an FX Smith Smithdale Maduro, and, jeepers, I even forget what the fourth stick was, right now. I picked the Champ because of its difficult drumstick shape. Here is a pic:
What ho! ... and now you see what Bearswatter got me for my birthday today! I have been admiring these sandstonescapes from Utah for some time now. Better get used to it, cause all my cigar pics prolly be on the sandstone slab for a while. Love it.
Anyhoo... back to the subj ... where was I?
Right. I sent out six sample drumsticks to the first six volunteers at FairTradeTobacco. We have a real international crew over here, from Oz to Turkey and back again the long way round. I knew there had to be time for long distance mail to travel. Week or two later I turned to cigar.com, where I sent out six more such example packages, but this time including bags of leaves to roll. A kit containing filler, binder and wrapper leaves.
Over the weeks, contest entries slowly trickled in. Yesterday, I rifled through all the entries each contestant sent, and picked out the best single effort from each package:
Going left to right...
These first six drumsticks were rolled by:
Mad Oshea, burning his brain pan in that red hot Albuquerque NM
Ben Brand, starting a brand new job this month in Vaalwater South Africa
Indianamac, out of that bustling downtown Mooresville IN
Buck, enjoying every bit of his cool and clammy Vancouver BC
BigDog, truck driver from Zuurfontein South Africa
ArizonaDave, from the land of horny toads Chandler AZ
Next is the real Punch Champion, set there for comparison. Each contestant received one of these to use as a model. Ben Brand's model arrived after he had sent his entry; so he was working from pictures.
Starting just right of the Punch Champion example, you see the handiwork of the four from cigar.com who returned an entry:
Walt stepping out of El Paso TX
Roland, rolling in from Malvern AR
Morgan, splashing round Brandon MS
PuffDougie, thirsty denizen of a strong city famous for weak beer, Latrobe PA
ShadowInTheMoon and EChambers did not return contest entries.
==================================
Now, we don't need but a glance at this layout of all entries side by side to see how the four to the right of the real champ don't hold a candle to those to the left of the real champ. This is no more than we would expect. After all, those on the left are made by golden hands guys who roll their own sticks all the time; while those on the right are four guys may never have rolled more than a shopping cart before this. Well, after just a couple entries came in, I could see there would have to be not one, but two prizes; one for the practised rollers and another for the first timers. Furthermore, the prize could not be awarded on the merit of the stick entered, cause none of the first time cigars they rolled bore enough resemblance to the champ to make that the basis of an award. For the most part, these sticks would need to be taken apart and re-rolled before they could even be burnt. So what I've done is entirely arbitrary; but I am the arbiter, so:
First prize for first timers goes to MorganGeo just because he gets it. Enjoyed the process. Loved the stinkfinger. Praised the aroma. Here's his entry:
Okay; well; he tried. Prize is, Morgan gets more opportunity to get it, if he will put it to good use. Our affable host here Don Carey donated a pair of complete cigar leaf blend packages. Each package includes filler, binder, and wrapper in proportion. One is named Oscuro y Rico, dark and rich. The other is named Melodioso y Cremosa, roughly translated as smooth and creamy. Each package also includes a tiny packet of powdered Xanthan and a tiny bottle of pre-mixed cellulose. A package like this should be enough to roll up 25 or 30 coronas. I recently rolled 24 of my perfectos from a similar package; but I have a bad tendency to roll way too tight, as those of you who have sampled an Uppowoc will have noticed. So. Morgan will choose which flavor profile he would prefer. I will throw in an ulu so that he has a capable cigar leaf knife. (I actually scored a nice chavetta to send him; but when I tried it out, I thought the ulu was way easier to use, so I'll send that, and I'll get me another ulu.) All he needs to add is a beer, a smoke, a cutting board, and some hours of enjoyment. Told him there's plenty instruction at fairtradetobacco.com; so give him a welcome if he shows. This leaf is the real deal. Good stuff.
Whichever blend Morgan does NOT choose I'm ready to give away to some other worthy cigar.com BOTL. If some other BOTL who did not enter the contest wants to try rolling cigars, and fancies he owns golden hands, he can shoot me a PM, pledge to follow through, add his address, and wait by the mailbox. Send back one he makes, if he wants. That would be fun.
===================================
Now to the original business at hand.
Laying them all out on the white board beside the original champ, the three best immediately jumped out:
Third place on the left, Ben Brand.
Second place on the right, Big Dog.
First place in the center, Buck.
Other than the cap is a much lighter color, this entry has the taper, the bulb, the round head, and the flair. Feels firm and smokable. Soon as the weather breaks enough to find out, I'll tote it to the garage and report back.
Your prize, Buck:
Black Pearl figurados of each blend. I like these things; tho I've never had this shape.
Buck, get hold of me, we need to come up with a strategy how to get a package carrying twenty cigars to British Columbia without setting off your Canadian tax maggots.
This was fun. But the best fun is just beginning. I'm gonna smoke a raft of sticks which are the handiwork of my interwebular friends. That's the fun I've been looking forward to.
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Bigdog
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It was great fun, congrats Buck. Thank you mister Webmost.
What a great contest. Congratulations to you, webmost, and congratulations to the contestants. My special appreciation goes to the cigar.com participants for taking on the daunting challenge.
Bob
Bob
Ben Brand
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Gongrats Buck. Geluk Alberts Bigdog, ons het die klomp gewys, twee uit die drie. Webmost gongrats to you, it was fun. Hope you enjoyed your birthday.
Ben
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Mad Oshea
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Would have loved the last contender to send. Ask Them all to visit Us here on FTT. Would love to hear from them, and enjoy the company as well as the new post they well have for Us. Great work and wins Folks. I had a blast. I will post the fried contendors that got away as well as the one I found for knucks. Mad- Again "GREAT JOB TO ALL" PS: I told You You would get Me AZD. LOL just didn't know how bad............................ Thanks for getting in buddy....................
buck
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Wow, didn't really expect to win especially with all the good rolls out there, thought that at least Ben and Big Dog had me beat.
Nice rolling everyone.
Thanks to Webmost for setting this up and for Don's contribution as well.
Nice rolling everyone.
Thanks to Webmost for setting this up and for Don's contribution as well.
quo155
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Congrats to ALL of the winners...and Buck...well done!
This has been a very entertaining and fun contest to watch! It may have gone on for awhile, but that's what made this contest so epic. And, with those prizes...WoW!
Great job to all involved!
This has been a very entertaining and fun contest to watch! It may have gone on for awhile, but that's what made this contest so epic. And, with those prizes...WoW!
Great job to all involved!
Ben Brand
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Okay the contest is over, now what?? What are we looking forward to. Anybody else want to organise another??
I have developed a computer algorithm to determine the best match for a new contest objective.
By feeding in the word "punch" and an image of the Punch Champion, the algorithm has provided the following:
Bob
By feeding in the word "punch" and an image of the Punch Champion, the algorithm has provided the following:
- must be made from your own materials
- it should be of a similar color and shape (note the bulge in the middle)
- it should withstand the force of a punch
- 10" L x 17.5" H x 10" W
- the entry should be sent by priority mail to webmost before the deadline of July 8, 2018
Bob
quo155
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I'm on it! And...I can even beat that deadline!
Drum roll........................LOL!!!
Drum roll........................LOL!!!
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Whatever you're drinking, I want some of that.
Indianamac
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Congrats to you Buck, Ben and Big Dog.
Thanks again to you webmost, for having this contest!!
Thanks again to you webmost, for having this contest!!
buck
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Webmost,
Smoked the perfected you rolled and sent to me and wow great flavor.
Didn't think that the Ecuadorian maduro wrapper would make such as difference in taste. I have rolled criollo 98 and nic binder based sticks but nothing close to tasting like that all being equal that wrapper sure makes a whole lot of difference.
Smoked the perfected you rolled and sent to me and wow great flavor.
Didn't think that the Ecuadorian maduro wrapper would make such as difference in taste. I have rolled criollo 98 and nic binder based sticks but nothing close to tasting like that all being equal that wrapper sure makes a whole lot of difference.
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