#602 - "I Spy"

[Meg]

A true week 1.

[Toby]

I have mixed feelings about Matt's doing away with the prizes. On the one hand, I ceertainly don't need another notepad. On the other hand, it is fun to see who won, even though it is pretty random, just as I still aspire to a WSJ mug, even though I have perhaps 80 mugs in my cupboard. Maybe he would be allowed to continue awarding some sort of imaginary or virtual prize.

[TMart]

Got it. Looking forward to my pen, pencil and notepad set!

You're one of the winners? Congratulations!

Quick beam up this week.

No, he said everyone’s getting one next month because he’s going to stop the weekly prizes.

[jakeorjacob]

Got it. Here’s what I texted to a solver friend this afternoon:

“I'm never going to win a mug! I'm only going to RECEIVE a mug like some heathen.”

[Hector]

I have mixed feelings about Matt's doing away with the prizes. On the one hand, I ceertainly don't need another notepad. On the other hand, it is fun to see who won, even though it is pretty random, just as I still aspire to a WSJ mug, even though I have perhaps 80 mugs in my cupboard. Maybe he would be allowed to continue awarding some sort of imaginary or virtual prize.

Agree. A shout-out would be just as fun as a bit of swag. That's what they do at fivethirtyeight.com's Riddler every week, and no one has ever complained that no physical prize was involved.

[Thurman8er]

Love it! We haven't had a Week 0 for a while!

[damefox]

I'm a little sad Matt's doing away with the prizes, although really what I'm sad about is that I didn't discover this contest until just a couple months ago, so I haven't had tons of chances to win a prize yet. I know many of you are rolling in notepads and various other crossword swag, but as someone who has yet to win a drawing for any of these various contests, it's kind of a bummer to have one opportunity taken off the table. Oh well. At least next year I have a shot at being eligible for the yearly prizes.