The MD comp was a poor imitation of the Mr Getbig, which missed the point all together. They had people enter/register that were not even from their board and the vast majority have not been seen since.. The best thing about the Mr Getbig was that it got the keyboard warriors involved- the actual contributors to this board, which is something MD cannot (much to their disdain) cant claim.
No offense intended to MD, but this is a valid point.
MD, obviously as a magazine was able to offer the exposure etc. Mr. Getbig was far more grassroots and had far more camaraderie. The contest included 'real' members, which MD's did not. One thing about the contest that was very nice, was for a brief 24hr period everyone was all nice, congratulating others, the biggest 'trolls' on the site came out with supportive comments. Naturally.....the flaming started back up, but for a while we had some really good spirits on the board.