Originally posted by Malkavian The date changes effective of 00:00 Hours OR 12:00am (Midnight). Not 00:01 or 12:01am. - Malkavian - MMORPG.COM Staff -
I usually wouldn't take the time to argue but work is slow today and this is kinda of intresting. True midnight is defined at 00:00 or 12:00 am but it is also traditionally defined as the end of a day not the beginning. Midnight the 15th would be the end of the day or (12:00AM or 00:00). So far I've looked in about 10 references and most of which are very loose on the term midnight . So to say we are both probably correct but you can see where confusion could occur.
( This would be a common usage definition) From www.wordiq.com
Midnight, literally "the middle of the night", was a time arbitrarily designated to determine the end of a day and the beginning of the next in some, mainly Western, cultures. Originally midnight depended on the time of the sunset and dawn, varying according to the seasons. With the advent of clocks and the division of the day into twenty-four hours, midnight was established at 12 AM (0:00 hrs).
When relevant conventions were made, it was officially established that midnight was going to be the moment of the end of one day and the beginning of the next. This convention has been generally accepted for international purposes (although some peoples continue their tradition of ending and beginning a day at another time for religious purposes, i.e. in Judaism).
I usually wouldn't take the time to argue but work is slow today and this is kinda of intresting....
I agree with what your saying and you also proved that I was correct. The fact that there was a "count down timer" indicating how many hours, minutes there was left makes me all the more dumb founded as to why there is still confusion over when the contest was indeed set to end. It was clearly stated in the rules and by the timer...
We couldn't have made it any easier... Go figure.
- Malkavian
"When you find yourself falling into madness... Dive." - Malkavian Proverb
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"When you find yourself sinking into Madness, dive"
ya,guess congrats ,i'm not a post whore,so i expect to never win,i just don't have the time to log in everyday and make up a topic to discuss,and thats what ya GOT to do win anything from this site.
OMG are you for real? Well if you dont have time to log in to this site everyday, then you dont have time to do CoH Beta. Good thing you didnt win.
If its true that when you drop a cat it lands on its feet or if you drop toast it lands butter-side down... what happens if you strap toast to a cats back and drop it?
I may be bucking the "dissatisfaction with the contests" trend, but, I find it quite fair. As stated before, it doesn't matter how ofter you post. And loging in helps your chances slightly but that's not a big problem either.
Vent if you must, but don't crap your proverbial pants over it.
DKRNS
I may not agree with what you say, but to your death I will defend your right to say it
I have to say something, i won and i am not a post whore for the last time, you are increasing your posts by saying stupid things so pls who is stupid here?
Ever heard of the word communtiy, or are just a person playing on his own not having a few minutes to post/talk. If you don't wanna be part of this community, so be it but let the people alone who wanna be
One day all will die, surely you but never I.
"One day all will die, surely you but never I." Wheel of Time
""Nah,i always have the time to spare to set punks straight,figure i owe it too thier stupidity. ""
Might want to learn to spell before calling other people stupid.
If its true that when you drop a cat it lands on its feet or if you drop toast it lands butter-side down... what happens if you strap toast to a cats back and drop it?
Did i spell their wrong?hmmm,u must be slightly more intelligent than the other post-whores and this communistic site.They like to delete stuff when it strikes home,lmao
Originally posted by killerTwinkie When MMORPG.COM receives information regarding your betas from Cryptic Studios you will recieve an E-mail at your MMORPG.COM account. - MMORPG.COM STAFF -
Ahh your right i got an email askin about my connection speed for whether i was to download or get a CD in the mail. I was close to telling them i had dialup so i could get the CD just to have but i didn't .
Ohh and i wanted to add that i am not a forum whore or whatever, but i do log onto mmorpg alot dureing the day for new storys. I think the names picked for the drawing were random cause there are alot of people that post that have a ton more posts than most of the winners.
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I usually wouldn't take the time to argue but work is slow today and this is kinda of intresting.
True midnight is defined at 00:00 or 12:00 am but it is also traditionally defined as the end of a day not the beginning. Midnight the 15th would be the end of the day or (12:00AM or 00:00). So far I've looked in about 10 references and most of which are very loose on the term midnight . So to say we are both probably correct but you can see where confusion could occur.
( This would be a common usage definition)
From www.wordiq.com
Midnight, literally "the middle of the night", was a time arbitrarily designated to determine the end of a day and the beginning of the next in some, mainly Western, cultures. Originally midnight depended on the time of the sunset and dawn, varying according to the seasons. With the advent of clocks and the division of the day into twenty-four hours, midnight was established at 12 AM (0:00 hrs).
When relevant conventions were made, it was officially established that midnight was going to be the moment of the end of one day and the beginning of the next. This convention has been generally accepted for international purposes (although some peoples continue their tradition of ending and beginning a day at another time for religious purposes, i.e. in Judaism).
Kall
"When you find yourself falling into madness... Dive." - Malkavian Proverb
- MMORPG.COM Staff -
"When you find yourself sinking into Madness, dive"
Anyone know how we will get the beta. Do we download it off a FTP or they goin to send us a CD?
Anyone else that got in the beta look for me. I will be playing same name as my forum name
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When MMORPG.COM receives information regarding your betas from Cryptic Studios you will recieve an E-mail at your MMORPG.COM account.
- MMORPG.COM STAFF -
KillerTwinkie - That one guy who used to mod mmorpg.com's forums.
OMG are you for real? Well if you dont have time to log in to this site everyday, then you dont have time to do CoH Beta. Good thing you didnt win.
If its true that when you drop a cat it lands on its feet or if you drop toast it lands butter-side down... what happens if you strap toast to a cats back and drop it?
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I may be bucking the "dissatisfaction with the contests" trend, but, I find it quite fair. As stated before, it doesn't matter how ofter you post. And loging in helps your chances slightly but that's not a big problem either.
Vent if you must, but don't crap your proverbial pants over it.
DKRNS
I may not agree with what you say, but to your death I will defend your right to say it
-Voltaire
However, Bitching he has time for.
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I have to say something, i won and i am not a post whore for the last time, you are increasing your posts by saying stupid things so pls who is stupid here?
Ever heard of the word communtiy, or are just a person playing on his own not having a few minutes to post/talk. If you don't wanna be part of this community, so be it but let the people alone who wanna be
One day all will die, surely you but never I.
"One day all will die, surely you but never I." Wheel of Time
""Nah,i always have the time to spare to set punks straight,figure i owe it too thier stupidity. ""
Might want to learn to spell before calling other people stupid.
If its true that when you drop a cat it lands on its feet or if you drop toast it lands butter-side down... what happens if you strap toast to a cats back and drop it?
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Ahh your right i got an email askin about my connection speed for whether i was to download or get a CD in the mail. I was close to telling them i had dialup so i could get the CD just to have but i didn't
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Ohh and i wanted to add that i am not a forum whore or whatever, but i do log onto mmorpg alot dureing the day for new storys. I think the names picked for the drawing were random cause there are alot of people that post that have a ton more posts than most of the winners.
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Shatter Soulich
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Shatter Soulich
Necromancer
Didn't get in either .
I guess its time for preOrder
Beta here I come!