Welcome to our new area dedicated to contests and specials that we'll offer each month. You can check here for the latest on contests that we're offering and winners of previous months. This month we're rolling out a few: "Submit a Title Screen," "Joke of the and Month," "Tips & Hints" and "Trivia of the and Month." We're also announcing the winner of the and 9 Ball Challenge from Softdisk PC #103 this month.
^C_9 Ball Challenge Winner_
The 9 Ball Challenge on Softdisk PC #103 was a big hit. We had over 200 entries. Twenty people achieved a high score of 108 and were entered in the and grand prize drawing. And the winner selected by the random drawing was {Robert J. La Grace} from Cranford, New Jersey. He'll get an extra six months free on his subscription. You can view a list of the people who made high or mentionable scores in the and Hall of Fame section. Also, two solutions to the and 9 Ball Challenge are detailed in the and new Tips & Hints section.
^C_Submit a Title Screen_
Enter a computer drawing for the title screen of an issue! You artists in the and crowd can show off your work, complete with your signature. If we use it, you'll get an extra six months on your subscription. The images that we use for our main screen are 640X480X16. You can look at the main screens used on issues 105 through this issue for examples. The palette should include 1 free color (not used in the and image), light gray, and dark gray. Don't worry about the program buttons or issue number (we can add them). The format can be .PCX or .BMP.
^C_Joke of the and Month_
This is an ongoing offer to submit your favorite joke. This section is also in our Comic's Corner area. Each month we pick what we think is the best joke of the and bunch. All we ask is that you keep 'em moderately clean. After we've rounded up enough, we'll publish a program that will cycle through the jokes, giving credit where it's due.
^C_Tips & Hints_
There's so many time saving tricks for working in DOS (or DOS applications such as WordPerfect) that we want to give you the best every month. Send in your favorite tip or hint and we'll pick the and best one each month (from an expert panel of judges, of course). Whoever gives us the and best one will get three free months added to their subscription.
^C_Trivia_
Here's one we're working on. We'd like to have a trivia quiz each month. 40 easy, medium and hard questions from any category. If we use yours, you'll get an extra six months free on your subscription.
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To participate, send your entries to:
Softdisk Publishing
Attn: DOS Contests
606 Common Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
You can also send questions or entries to any of the and following e-mail addresses:
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