Update: November 3, 2018
Contest ended
Final score: Rustin 28, Oxford 0. Total points: 28.
Unfortunately, there were no contest entries, but the pre-selected number was 5016:
$ echo '!!!$$$%%%************^^^^^^^^^^((()))) 5016 ^^^^%%%%$$$$#####@@@@@@@###$$$$ ----=====-----====' | sha256sum
58ef6f1565bef76e1f2c01d0db936ca06e3a034b6104a1c97e4a1959a4eb8e97 -
#73 ranked Rustin's (8-2) next game will be on November 9 against #81 ranked Academy Park (9-2), presumably at 7pm. Not sure of the location and not sure if the marching band will be there.
Can Steem predict the game outcome?
To celebrate Rustin Football's undefeated regular season conference record and inclusion in the high school football playoffs, we're going to deviate from our usual practices again and offer to give away the liquid rewards from this post to a contest winner. Our last contest's prize went unclaimed. Here's hoping that doesn't happen again this time!
| Steem's First Marching Band in the stands at the September 21 game against Penn Wood |
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In order to win the contest you need to do 3 things:
1.) Upvote this post with at least 10% on your voting slider.
2.) Resteem this post.
3.) Enter a comment with 3 or 4 elements:
- Predict the winner of the November 2 high school football game between the Rustin Golden Knights and the Oxford Hornets
- Guess the total points scored in the game -and-
- Guess a random number between 1 and 10,000.
- (Optional) Enter your other thoughts about the game.
As before, we have already selected a number between 1 and 10000, padded it with some extraneous characters and generated this hash using sha256sum:
58ef6f1565bef76e1f2c01d0db936ca06e3a034b6104a1c97e4a1959a4eb8e97 -
The number will be revealed some time after the game's start time at 7pm on Friday, November 2. 
All 3 steps must be completed before 7pm (US/Eastern) on Friday, November 2. The contest winner(s) will be the account(s) that guess(es) closest to our preselected random number. In the event of a tie, the closest without going over will win. If it is still tied, the prize will be split among all matching guesses. The random number was generated using the linux bash shell command:
echo $(( ${RANDOM} % 10000 + 1 ))
| Football Team and Cheerleaders at the October 5 Game Against Oxford |
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A game prediction must be included in the comment, but that part is just for fun. Here are some stats you can use when you're making your prediction
| Team | Location | Wins | Losses | State Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustin Golden Knights | Home | 7 | 2 | 73 |
| Oxford Hornets | Visitor | 5 | 5 | 252 |
| Team | Location | Conference Wins | Conference Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustin Golden Knights | Home | 5 | 0 |
| Oxford Hornets | Visitor | 2 | 3 |
Both teams are in the Ches-Mont - American conference, and they have seen each other once before on October 5. The October 5 game was Rustin's homecoming game, so it was also a home game for Rustin, and Rustin won by a score of 49-13.
Thank you for supporting Steem's first marching band, the Rustin Golden Knights Marching Band!
And for your enjoyment, here is a video of the band playing the school's Alma Mater after the August 30 game at West Chester Henderson. The Alma Mater was composed by Samuel Barber. Be ready to turn the volume down!
As one final reminder, in order to win, you must upvote (10% or greater) and resteem this post, and enter the following in a comment, before 7pm on Friday, November 2.
- (Required) Choose a number between 1 and 10,000
- (Required) Predict the winning team
- (Required) Predict the total points scored
- (Optional) Your other thoughts, research, and expectations about the game.
If a single account enters multiple comments, the first comment with all required elements will be used.
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