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<img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/images/aff/ipodmini_fam.jpg" alt="Ipod Mini You can win!" width="300" height="196" hspace="10" align="right">There are quite a few factors that go into the Karma Formula and for the next 10 days, I'm running a contest to see who can get closest to cracking the Karmic Formula. The winner will get 20,000 Karma Hits. Plus, if the winner is a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Member</a>, he'll also get a free iPod Mini! We will randomly select one winner if there are more than one correct entry and if no one gets all the factors right, we will give the prizes to the member who is closest.</p> <p>I'll give you a few hints to help you crack the formula a little further down, but, in case you don't know what Karma is, here's a very short refresher.</p> <p> Karma is the green currency of the Elite Fitness.com Discussion Forums. It looks like this <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltgreen.gif"> and appears next to a member's posts. When you read a post on the forums that you like, take your mouse and touch a member's Karma Yin Yang, the small icon that look like this <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/buttons/reputation.gif">, and let the member know that you approve of his or her posts. You can also leave a little note if you really think the post was helpful. It's a cool way to give props to all the members on the forum. If you dislike a member's post, you can give him "negative Karma" by disapproving of his post when you click his Yin Yang.</p> <p>The more good Karma you get, from members' clicking on your Yin Yang, along with the number of months you've been on the site combined with your total post count equals how much Karma you'll be able to give to other members when you click their Yin Yangs. A new member may only be able to give 1 or 2 karma hits at a time. But a well respected veteran of the boards, can perhaps give out 50 karma hits at once or even more! The cool thing about Karma is that it let's you know who the most knowledgeable and trusted members of the site are. They are the members with the most Karma!</p> <p>What can you do with your Karma? Well, in addition to hoarding it, you can spend it in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a> on cool things like bombs that let you help the moderators. You can wager it on different events in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86" target="_blank">Karma Bookie</a> forum. And soon you will be able to wager in a Karma poker game! </p> <p>Here's where a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Membership</a> comes in. You also get more Karma when you become a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Member </a>of the forums. Now you get 500 Karma hits for each month of a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Membership</a> that you invest in. Get a Month to Month membership and you get 500 Karma hits when you join and 500 more EVERY time your membership renews. Choose the three month membership which includes a fourth month free, and you'll get 2000 karma hits when you join plus 2000 more every time the membership renews. The six month membership includes three months free, 4500 Karma hits plus a 1000 karma hit bonus. The one year membership comes with 7 months free, 9500 karma hits plus a 3000 karma hit bonus. And the Lifetime membership includes 20,000 karma hits. Still want more? You can even buy Karma from the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a>!</p> <p>And now, some hints for helping you crack the Karma Formula. These are the variables you need to get right to win the IPod. (Remember, there's nothing wrong with posting a guess!)</p> <ul> <li><strong>Daily Karma Clicks Limit:</strong> Hint: 20 thanks to <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?u=51290" target="_blank">Mr. dB</a>!</li> <li><strong>Daily Karma Clicks Limit Platinum Members</strong>: Hint: 30 <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?do=getinfo&userid=58621" target="_blank">HamsterShaver</a> cracked this one!</li> <li><strong>Karma User Spread:</strong> Hint: 20 thanks to <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?u=51290" target="_blank">Mr. dB</a>!</li> <li><strong>Karma User Spread Platinum Members</strong>: Hint: 15 <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?do=getinfo&userid=58621" target="_blank">HamsterShaver</a> cracked this one!</li> </ul> <p>Here are the remaining values you need to crack:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Default Karma</strong> - How many Karma Hits do you get when you become a member?</li> <li><strong>Register Date Factor</strong> - For every X number of days, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Register Date Factor for Platinum</strong> - For every X number of days, Platinum Members gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Post Count Factor</strong> - For every X number of posts, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Post Count Factor for Platinum</strong> - - For every X number of posts, Platinum Members gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Karma Hit Factor</strong> - For every X Karma Hits, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Karma Hit Factor for Platinum</strong> - For every X Karma Hits, Platinum Members gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Post Count</strong> - Non-Plats must have X posts before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Post Count for Platinum</strong> - Platinum Members must have X posts before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Karma Count</strong> - Non-Plats must have X Karma Hits before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Karma Count for Platinum</strong> - Platinum Members must have X Karma Hits before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Negative Karma Hit</strong> - X% of the total Karmic power that a negative hit from a non-Plat counts against you.</li> <li><strong>Negative Karma Hit for Platinum</strong> - X% of the total Karmic power that a negative hit from a Platinum Member counts against you.</p><p>Post your answers right here in this thread. And good luck!</p>
<img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/images/aff/ipodmini_fam.jpg" alt="Ipod Mini You can win!" width="300" height="196" hspace="10" align="right">There are quite a few factors that go into the Karma Formula and for the next 10 days, I'm running a contest to see who can get closest to cracking the Karmic Formula. The winner will get 20,000 Karma Hits. Plus, if the winner is a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Member</a>, he'll also get a free iPod Mini! We will randomly select one winner if there are more than one correct entry and if no one gets all the factors right, we will give the prizes to the member who is closest.</p> <p>I'll give you a few hints to help you crack the formula a little further down, but, in case you don't know what Karma is, here's a very short refresher.</p> <p> Karma is the green currency of the Elite Fitness.com Discussion Forums. It looks like this <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltgreen.gif"> and appears next to a member's posts. When you read a post on the forums that you like, take your mouse and touch a member's Karma Yin Yang, the small icon that look like this <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/buttons/reputation.gif">, and let the member know that you approve of his or her posts. You can also leave a little note if you really think the post was helpful. It's a cool way to give props to all the members on the forum. If you dislike a member's post, you can give him "negative Karma" by disapproving of his post when you click his Yin Yang.</p> <p>The more good Karma you get, from members' clicking on your Yin Yang, along with the number of months you've been on the site combined with your total post count equals how much Karma you'll be able to give to other members when you click their Yin Yangs. A new member may only be able to give 1 or 2 karma hits at a time. But a well respected veteran of the boards, can perhaps give out 50 karma hits at once or even more! The cool thing about Karma is that it let's you know who the most knowledgeable and trusted members of the site are. They are the members with the most Karma!</p> <p>What can you do with your Karma? Well, in addition to hoarding it, you can spend it in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a> on cool things like bombs that let you help the moderators. You can wager it on different events in the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86" target="_blank">Karma Bookie</a> forum. And soon you will be able to wager in a Karma poker game! </p> <p>Here's where a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Membership</a> comes in. You also get more Karma when you become a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Member </a>of the forums. Now you get 500 Karma hits for each month of a <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Membership</a> that you invest in. Get a Month to Month membership and you get 500 Karma hits when you join and 500 more EVERY time your membership renews. Choose the three month membership which includes a fourth month free, and you'll get 2000 karma hits when you join plus 2000 more every time the membership renews. The six month membership includes three months free, 4500 Karma hits plus a 1000 karma hit bonus. The one year membership comes with 7 months free, 9500 karma hits plus a 3000 karma hit bonus. And the Lifetime membership includes 20,000 karma hits. Still want more? You can even buy Karma from the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karmastore.php?" target="_blank">Karma Store</a>!</p> <p>And now, some hints for helping you crack the Karma Formula. These are the variables you need to get right to win the IPod. (Remember, there's nothing wrong with posting a guess!)</p> <ul> <li><strong>Daily Karma Clicks Limit:</strong> Hint: 20 thanks to <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?u=51290" target="_blank">Mr. dB</a>!</li> <li><strong>Daily Karma Clicks Limit Platinum Members</strong>: Hint: 30 <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?do=getinfo&userid=58621" target="_blank">HamsterShaver</a> cracked this one!</li> <li><strong>Karma User Spread:</strong> Hint: 20 thanks to <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?u=51290" target="_blank">Mr. dB</a>!</li> <li><strong>Karma User Spread Platinum Members</strong>: Hint: 15 <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/member.php?do=getinfo&userid=58621" target="_blank">HamsterShaver</a> cracked this one!</li> </ul> <p>Here are the remaining values you need to crack:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Default Karma</strong> - How many Karma Hits do you get when you become a member?</li> <li><strong>Register Date Factor</strong> - For every X number of days, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Register Date Factor for Platinum</strong> - For every X number of days, Platinum Members gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Post Count Factor</strong> - For every X number of posts, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Post Count Factor for Platinum</strong> - - For every X number of posts, Platinum Members gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Karma Hit Factor</strong> - For every X Karma Hits, non-Plats gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Karma Hit Factor for Platinum</strong> - For every X Karma Hits, Platinum Members gain 1 point of Karma-altering power.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Post Count</strong> - Non-Plats must have X posts before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Post Count for Platinum</strong> - Platinum Members must have X posts before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Karma Count</strong> - Non-Plats must have X Karma Hits before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Minimum Karma Count for Platinum</strong> - Platinum Members must have X Karma Hits before their Karma Hits count on others.</li> <li><strong>Negative Karma Hit</strong> - X% of the total Karmic power that a negative hit from a non-Plat counts against you.</li> <li><strong>Negative Karma Hit for Platinum</strong> - X% of the total Karmic power that a negative hit from a Platinum Member counts against you.</p><p>Post your answers right here in this thread. And good luck!</p>
