Updated, hosts came in yesterday, photo's in post 41! only problem is they're glued but thankfully on an SS light there's no ano for heat to damage / to get scratched during disassembely
Hey folks I've been planning this a few weeks now and I'm here asking for the general consensus on something...
First off this isnt a typical GAW where I open a thread and take entries like I did for my 500 post GAW just a couple months ago, this one has 5 pre-selected "winners" and the point of this thread is to choose the last 2, again this isn't open for entry.
First let me tell you about what the point of this GAW is, since my 500 post one was a typical one with 3 random winners drawn I decided I wanted to choose the winners for this one by hand, I selected the 5 people who have contributed most to the OSHPark projects since those are what I use most in my modding business and their work made what I do possible. The 5 people are Mattus, WarHawk, ComfyChair, Rufudbduck and RMM however I have a total of 7 prize lights.
Now let me take a minute to tell you about the prize lights and the people who made it possible: last month I purchased one of the gearbest S1 clones in the GB and thought of the idea after that. I approached Ric from CNQG about the possibility of getting him to engrave some of the clone lights (which I could buy for $6 each from the GB) with "BLF" and "OSHPark" if I had them shipped to him and he came back with the offer to sell me original S1's for the same price and engrave them for me with no minimum order cause he liked the idea! Then I approached Calvin at Illumn and told him about the project and he was equally eager to help so he's supplying me with XP-L's to swap out the outdated XP-E's for free! THEN on top of that I approached Richard (RMM) about getting some 10440's for them too and he's helping me out greatly with those (special thanks to richard, he also helped me out with a donation to the local scout troop a few months back, cant thank him enough for that). My hats off to all the guys that helped me out with this, the prize lights end up being something extra special and with the engraving something that's impossible to replicate.
So thats the prize, a custom engraved "BLF / OSHPark" S1 to recognize the main oshpark contributors with XP-L's and supplied with 10440's (probably throw in an eneloop too), what I'm making this thread for is to take suggestions for "winners" for the last 2 lights, what's the community opinion on who deserves them and why? Keep in mind this project is targeted at the OSHPark guys specifically (cause as I've recently learned eagle my self its so much work and they ask nothing back) but you can suggest whoever you feel is a major contributor around here and I'll either make a poll or just have a discussion about it.
Anyway no pictures of the lights yet, I dont have them in hand, only my first sample came so far but everything is in motion and I'm coming up on my 1 year here in 2 days so I wanted to get this out there and get those last 2 guys chosen now, I expect to have prizes delivered to the US guys in about 2 weeks (Mattus no idea how long it'll take to get there brother but it'll be on its way in soon. Are there any special Li-ion shipping/handling restrictions I need to know?)
Edit: 7/24- I have received word from Ric the engraving is being finished up and the hosts will ship this Monday. I have also received word from Calvin the XP-L's are in route. Still thinking about the last 2 "winners", I'm thinking SB and Justin but thats not final or anything. Also a shout out to tterev3 who will be providing the programmed MCU's for the drivers.