FIBS 20th

[Tom]

On Thursday FIBS.com tweeted https://twitter.com/FIBSdotcom/

FIBS will celebrate its 20th birthday on July 19 of this year. How will you celebrate?

It should be no surprise that MY first reaction was "Have a Tourney!" :shocking:

Patti is also graciously donating a FIBS T Shirt!

Then I got thinking (dangerous, I know) let's get a whole bunch of prizes and make it a week of winning!

We can have prizes (TBD) for the weekly winner of the TPR and for each tourney series, like the Kiwi, Tampa 7's
and the daily 3/5's.

The best options I have found are at FlintBG http://www.flintbg.com/boutique.html#anchor6851622

If you would like to contribute anything, let me know!

They should be small, so I can ship them cheaply and easily. Some prizes will be going to Europe and Australia!

Tom

[Tom]

There are 26 weekly tourneys, could we possibly get enough prizes to have one prize for each tourney?

That would be *very* cool!

Tom

[diane]

Sounds good - I will make a donation - we will talk

[Tom]

Sounds good - I will make a donation - we will talk

We talked and Diane had a GREAT IDEA!

If anyone who wants to make a donation contacts me I will make a list in the first post of what has been offered.

You can be named or anonymous, gifts can be $5, $20 or equal share up to $50. Any amount will help!
Honestly I would rather have 20 x $5 donations than 2 or 3 $50 donations, the more people involved the better.

Including shipping we will need about $350 I think. I am hoping to get the key rings at a slight discount (26, one for each tourney)
and I would like to engrave them "FIBS 20th" if possible.

Tom

[Tom]

• Patti an Original FIBS T Shirt - Blue L or XL
• Carol Joy Cole (Flint BG) Backgammon T Shirt, size TBD
• Tom $50 (Mostly Shipping costs)
• Diane Equal Share up to $70

The more that are in, the less each person needs to send.

Even $5 helps a LOT!

To be added just PM me and I will be happy to add you by name or anonymously.

When the time comes I will let you know how much to send (paypal) where.

I can get these key rings for $10 each, stamped "FIBS 20th" and I really like them!


Tom

[diane]

They are nice for a small commemorative gift - for sure

[Tom]

New updated list

• Patti an Original FIBS T Shirt - Blue L or XL Thanks!
• Carol Joy Cole (Flint BG) Backgammon T Shirt, size TBD Thanks!
• Tom $50 $70
• Diane Equal Share up to $70 Thanks!
• anonymous - 501 Essential BG Problems by Bill Robertie Thanks!
• jeeves - up to $20 $30 ! Thanks!
• manxcat - Patti and Kit's book "52 great backgammon tips" Thanks!
• KissMyAss - $30 (*) Thanks (*)
• Toado - $5 Thanks!
• Linus - $10 Thanks!!
• wildeman - $20 Thanks!
• sixtie - $20 Thanks!
• saukriver - 5 copies "Backgammon for Blood" Thanks!

That is $255, leaves $5 for all 26 Tourneys!!!

The more that are in, the less each person needs to send.

$5 will finish us off!

To be added just PM me and I will be happy to add you by name or anonymously.

When the time comes I will let you know how much to send (paypal) where.

Tom

[KissMyAss]

I'll happily jump in on this.  I really want one without having to go hard out trying to win a tourney, so I'll pay for one for me, on top of what I donate. 

[manxcat]

Tom, check into drop shipping from the supplier, so you are not paying for shipping twice. Perhaps those who donate other items will ship, themselves, as well. A Euro donor could ship within Europe, USA within USA, to lower shipping costs.
I will donate, and ship to the winner,  Patti and Kit's book "52 great backgammon tips"

[Tom]

Tom, check into drop shipping from the supplier, so you are not paying for shipping twice. Perhaps those who donate other items will ship, themselves, as well. A Euro donor could ship within Europe, USA within USA, to lower shipping costs.
I will donate, and ship to the winner,  Patti and Kit's book "52 great backgammon tips"

Thanks!

I can ship first class within the USA for $1-$2, most stores the shipping starts at $5, and yes I am planning on shipping a single box to various countries. Once we know who gets what, I am sure I can ship to one winner who can ship the others out locally!

This brings up another thought I was having, how to let players pick their prizes...

Maybe let the donor say which tourney they want the prize for...

Keep THOSE PRIZES COMING!!!

Tom

[Tom]

Thanks to jeeves and KissMyAss!

We only need 5 people to offer $20 each and we have enough to get all 26 key chains!

Tourneys start Monday with the "Week In" tourney!

Ok I'll kick in another $20 to match Diane's contribution!

Now we only need 4 more people to offer $20

tom

[KissMyAss]

Woohoo Jeeves!   Awesome darlin! 

Now i know there's a lot of you out there who can afford more than a broke solo mother on frig all.....    I challenge my Kiwi tourney regs to match or better me!   Don't make me have to threaten the boobage removal!    Cos I'll do it..... 

SAVE THE BOOBAGE!!


Hugs

[Tom]

Now i know there's a lot of you out there who can afford more than a broke solo mother on frig all.....    I challenge my Kiwi tourney regs to match or better me!   Don't make me have to threaten the boobage removal!    Cos I'll do it..... 

SAVE THE BOOBAGE!!

I fear we may lose the boobage today!

tom

[captainmubbers]

I fear we may lose the boobage today!

tom

Faints with shock   

[Tom]

Faints with shock   

When you fainted did you happen to drop $5 into your paypal?

Hey a man can try!!!

tom

[garp_02]

Can we finish the FibstyTen tourney before we consider starting new ones? 

[Tom]

Can we finish the FibstyTen tourney before we consider starting new ones? 

We're not starting a new tourney, we are just giving away prizes next week to the 26 weekly tourneys that we already have.

Tom

[Tom]

I would like to thank everyone for their donations!

This is going to be a fun (crazy) week!

It turns out that we ended up with 7 books donated, so each daily TPR winner will receive a book!
So EVERYONE better play them ALL!!!

The winner of each tourney will be able to receive a BG Key Chain that is stamped "FIBS 20TH"


In the likely event that someone wins more than one tourney, they will have the option of offering their key ring to the runner up,
if the runner up has one already then the key ring will go to the player that was the runner up when they got their key ring.
This is so that it would be possible for a Monday/etc runner up to get a key ring.

Here is a list of the other prizes when how they are earned:

• Original FIBS T Shirt - Winner of Thur3/5 (FIBS 20th Birthday)
• 52 great backgammon tips by Patti and Kit - TPR Winner Monday
• Backgammon For Blood - TPR Winner Tuesday
• Backgammon For Blood - TPR Winner Wednesday
• Backgammon For Blood - TPR Winner Thursday
• 501 Essential BG Problems by Bill Robertie - TPR Winner Friday
• Backgammon For Blood - TPR Winner Saturday
• Backgammon For Blood - TPR Winner Sunday
• Backgammon T Shirt (BG in 7 languages) from Flint BG - TPR Winner of the week

The T Shirt winners will need to give me their size preference as well.

I really wanted a nicer prize for the TPR Winner of the Week, I have a few unanswered emails, so there is hope
Suakriver may send the BG For blood books from Amazon.
So if there is a Great Book you would be willing to send that may be a reasonable way, especially for the Amazon Prime members (free shipping)

If YOU have something that would be fitting please let me know!!

I may revise this list slightly if there is an obvious blunder in my thinking...

Tom

[manxcat]

Good plan for the multi winners Tom...

[manxcat]

UHH what is TPR please?