*Sniff Sarcasm* I've been around since the internet was "text based", and not yesterday coming out of mom's womb like some kids these days, cell phone and daddy's wallet in hand. Playing contests since Windows 3.2 didnt mean since the release of the OS. Exaggeration: probably. But the contests have been a farce.. By the third or fourth week of Q6 I think most teams quit because of server and time issues. All that stress for an X360 or Plasma TV, I dunno..
The Windows operating system is a game all of its own. I think we've all been playing the Windows game with its highs and lows, crashes and blue screens of death. Infact I had to laugh on the MSN Blog about MSN Messenger's stability, reliability factor. Loading a Windows OS is as much a gamble as the time we spend looking at a photo to win a hidden prize online. When its done right, you feel like a million bucks. When its done wrong, well you cant get online to enter contests