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The 2010 Neoseeker Raffle is a little over four months away and I wanted to let you all know some of the changes that are coming, what is happening between now and then, and ask if anyone has any cool ideas! :D

At the end of the 2009 Neoseeker Raffle, I made a post detailing what went on behind the scenes and asking for suggestions. Here are the things that were mentioned that I plan to change from last year, and maybe a few things I need feedback on:

+ No More Waiting! A huge change from last year that will really bring the Raffle up to par with some of the other events I've done... no more waiting for updates! That's right, one way or another, you will no longer have to wait for me to get online and update the system with new items/bids/tickets, everything will be done automatically. It will be much like the Neo Awards where you interface with a standalone webpage that has the abili
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I have received a lot of questions regarding the Neo Raffle and what goes into running it. This post will detail the system that is used to coordinate Neo Raffle, and a bit of history behind it as an event.

History

The Neoseeker Raffle started in 2008 as a way to replace the annual Neoseeker Slave Auctions. The administration of Neoseeker and a number of moderators and members thought that the Neo Slave Auctions had grown stale and meaningless. Instead of entirely scrapping the slavery concept, we sought a method to come up with something new that still incorporated slavery. The Neo Raffle was born.

The Neo Raffle System

Introduction

Upon analyzing the depth of the Neoseeker Raffle and how complicated of an event it is, I determined that it would be best to use some sort of coded system with a database instead of doing everything by hand. There is so much to keep track of... auctions, ra
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