420 Magazine's Nug of the Month: November 2016

[dr.h00k]

Agreed os64...while the 50 post requirement makes sense...there are so many beyond that threshold(and still active!) that seem not to participate...otherwise the #'s would be higher...I think sometimes, the vote is determined by popularity and friendships...rather than the nug presented...that isn't necessarily a bad thing..those folks have a following for a reason...butt...let the visual decide... rather than the heart...personally...I have entered twice...and cast my vote for someone other than myself, cause clearly their nugs were above my offering...the Mag should address participation in these friendly contests somehow...cheerz...h00k...

 

[golfer420]

Agree it could be easier to find. I add the contest link in my signature but you have to navigate to the contests each month. Thinking out of the box (and not taking software logistics into account) it would be nice to get an email each month with the link to the new contest to vote. It would only be sent to those with 50+ posts to keep that same integrity.

I think the contests are a great way to get members to see what other great growers are doing

 

[TheBoogyman]

Agreed os64...while the 50 post requirement makes sense...there are so many beyond that threshold(and still active!) that seem not to participate...otherwise the #'s would be higher...I think sometimes, the vote is determined by popularity and friendships...rather than the nug presented...that isn't necessarily a bad thing..those folks have a following for a reason...butt...let the visual decide... rather than the heart...personally...I have entered twice...and cast my vote for someone other than myself, cause clearly their nugs were above my offering...the Mag should address participation in these friendly contests somehow...cheerz...h00k...

couldn't have said it better.

 

[lexort420]

It is a bummer that not more people vote At the end of the day though i just find it an honor to have some pictures of my bud sitting up there with so many great entries grown by so many awesome growers!

 

[MrCanada]

Would have loved to voted but can't! Too bad. No bias either.


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[Teddy Edwards]

Hi Everyone

Thanks for the comments about how to get more members voting. We will give it some thought. If you would, please add the link to the contests to your signature if it's not there already, and spread the word.

Meanwhile, with the end of the month approaching, votes are being checked in case members with fewer than 50 posts have mistakenly cast their ballot. Changes may therefore happen.

Good luck to all.

 

[Blazinjones]

Welcome to the 420 Magazine Nug of the Month Contest.

Please submit a photo of your best nug. (There is a separate contest thread for plants)

The nug must be your own, either purchased or grown. Optionally, we'd love to hear about the strain, taste, aroma, potency, effect, weight or any other frosty details that you're willing to share.

The contest will be open for submissions from the 1st until the 14th at midnight PST. At one minute past midnight on the 15th, we will begin voting for a winner.

The winner earns 420 rep points, "Nug of the Month" title, 420 Mag T-Shirt, Bic 420 Magazine Lighter, 420 Mag Stickers and a Medium 420 Magazine Nug Jar!

MagicalButter Contributes The Following Item To Our 420 Contest Winners.

• MagicalButter - Cannabutter Making Device

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• 420Packaging - Medicine Bottles
• Smoke Cones - King Size Cones
• Smoke Cones - J-Tubes

Space Case Contributes The Following Item To Our 420 Contest Winners.

• 1 2 Piece Magnetic Medium Space Case Grinder

Crop King Seeds Contributes The Following Items To Our 420 Contest Winners.

• 
  $100 gift certificate and prize package including a magnet, lighter, papers, jar & stickers

Gorilla Seeds Contributes The Following Item To Our 420 Contest Winners.

• $50 Gift Certificate from Gorilla Seeds

Vapor Warehouse Contributes The Following Item To Our 420 Contest Winners.

• VB11 Pen Vape

Shipping fees may apply to packages shipped outside of the U.S. We are not responsible for any additional fees applied by customs.

Additional information on prize shipping can be found here.​

With so many contests and even more winners, we unfortunately don't have the time and resources to offer organizing the 'gifting' of prizes anymore. Due to the nature of numerous, confusing logistics involved, delivery times get pushed back weeks waiting for everyone to reply with contact information, which causes delays in getting prizes to everyone. This causes a massive drain on our resources when everyone starts asking where their prizes are and why it's taking so long, some have even gone as far as to complain in public about us being lazy stoners, which couldn't be further from the truth. Mistakes in translations have also occurred, wasting valuable time, energy & shipping costs. Obviously you may pass prizes on yourself, and you are more than welcome to contact the sponsor yourself with a 'gifting' request.

Monthly winners are automatically eligible for our prestigious "Nug of the Year" contest in January.

Rules:

1. The contest is open to members with 50 or more posts. Members must also have at least 50 posts to be entitled to vote.

2. Contest entries must be original photos of your own nug. The nug photo may include several nugs or a cola. This nug may be grown by yourself or purchased at a legal medical Marijuana co-op, collective or dispensary.

3. Entries must include ONLY photos of the nug. But you may add one photo as a reference point for size or a closeup/macro.

4. Maximum of two photos per member. Both photos must be of the same strain or batch of nugs. Updating photos throughout the month is not allowed.

5. Remember to upload your photo through our Photo Gallery before posting it on this thread: Photo Gallery Guide - How to Resize, Upload & Post Photos

6. Nugs must be dry and ready to smoke or vaporize. Any nug that appears to be too moist to smoke or vaporize will be deemed an invalid entry. No "wet" nugs please.

7. Self-nominations only. Past winners are ineligible for 3 months from date of win.

8. Competition is open to the first 25 entries.

9. Promotion (i.e. campaigning) for yourself or a friend, or any attempt at voting more than one time per person (i.e. multiple user names, etc.) is considered cheating and is prohibited. Promotion also includes family and friends who register a new account for voting purposes. Campaigning in any form - including but not limited to mentioning the entry in any thread outside the contest, a signature link to the entry and campaigning via PMs - will result in the entry being removed from the month's contest. A second instance, either in a different contest during the same month or in any future contest, will attract a lifetime ban from all future contests.

10. Editing Photos: You may resize and/or crop your photos, however adding text, images and effects are prohibited. This makes it a fair contest for all, as not everyone can afford photo editing programs and/or know how to use the them.

11. Staff members from this or any other cannabis forum/community and/or 420 Magazine sponsors are not permitted to enter our contests.

By posting a submission into this contest, it is assumed that you have read and agree to abide by each of the aforementioned rules. Consider your submission your "virtual signature".

Consolidated Entries

Old School 64 - Dark Devil Auto

Spacef - Ayaweshca Purple

Urbanmonk - Deep Purple

Dirt Mcgert - Automazar

Light Addict - 707 Truthband

Cola Monster - Organic Jilly Bean

Noob4x4grow - Carnival

Cannatard - Ghost Train

Lexort420 - Sour Diesel

Pontiacman - Girl Scout Cookie

Xave420 - Cheese Candy

Pleaddafith - AK47

Scop - Blue Dream

Golfer420 - White Widow

Underthunder - Northern Lights

Greenethumb42 - Chocolate Kush

Mono - Cotton Candy

KingstonRabbi - Black Cherry Soda

TheBoogyman - Lemon Garlic

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man tht was a tough one it took me a full hour of trying to decide i had to go and jus to think this 1 threw haha in the end i had to go with ohhh wait i cant say lol............................................................ jk i went ahead and went with l.a i jus love me sum old fashion whites and man tht shit was lite up like the vegas strip on new years but yea man great job and keep it green my friends

 

[CareStaker]

So close

 

[Habitual]

I think sometimes, the vote is determined by popularity and friendships...rather than the nug presented...that isn't necessarily a bad thing..those folks have a following for a reason...butt...let the visual decide... rather than the heart...personally...I have entered twice...and cast my vote for someone other than myself, cause clearly their nugs were above my offering...the Mag should address participation in these friendly contests somehow...cheerz...h00k...

I agree , I think the ability to see the vote results before casting one biases the vote! I know right now a vote outside of Mono or LA is wasted. So I wont vote for my favorite as an example.

 

[Habitual]

I re read the above, it doesn't sound as kindly as I meant it drinking coffee this AM. Both Mono and La put up superb nugs. I used them for illustration only, not in anyway a judgment.

 

[Weaselcracker]

Agreed os64...while the 50 post requirement makes sense...there are so many beyond that threshold(and still active!) that seem not to participate...otherwise the #'s would be higher...I think sometimes, the vote is determined by popularity and friendships...rather than the nug presented...that isn't necessarily a bad thing..those folks have a following for a reason...butt...let the visual decide... rather than the heart...personally...I have entered twice...and cast my vote for someone other than myself, cause clearly their nugs were above my offering...the Mag should address participation in these friendly contests somehow...cheerz...h00k...

I know most ideas on ways to change the contests have already been put to the mods over the years, many times. But hey, they love having us suggest this stuff to them every month, right mods? So.... another thought I had about the POTM and NOTM contests is that they could be set up so when the entries are compiled on the first page, entrants' names would be hidden, subject to 'view the entrants' or whatever.- same as the poll results. I realize for the early thread subscribers they will see the names and entries as they come up - but for those who wander in after the 15th and go to the last page.... It would make for a beautiful list of nugs, from which I would choose and vote for my favorite. I mean that's what I do anyway, but sometimes it's hard to ignore the social stuff, or the voting strategy aspect. If I enter a contest I just want my entry to stand on its own merits, nothing else.

 

[KingstonRabbi]

I know most ideas on ways to change the contests have already been put to the mods over the years, many times. But hey, they love having us suggest this stuff to them every month, right mods? So.... another thought I had about the POTM and NOTM contests is that they could be set up so when the entries are compiled on the first page, entrants' names would be hidden, subject to 'view the entrants' or whatever.- same as the poll results. I realize for the early thread subscribers they will see the names and entries as they come up - but for those who wander in after the 15th and go to the last page.... It would make for a beautiful list of nugs, from which I would choose and vote for my favorite. I mean that's what I do anyway, but sometimes it's hard to ignore the social stuff, or the voting strategy aspect. If I enter a contest I just want my entry to stand on its own merits, nothing else.

Anonymous entries would make the polling more objective, but for me it would remove a lot of the fun. Main reason I participate is the social part. I entered this month even though I had no chance of winning because I wanted to share my little success. I also like to check out members' journals to find out 'how did they do that?!' And I like encouraging and congratulating others on their entries.

Yes i tend to root for members I know (part of the fun) but my votes are based mainly on the nug/plant itself. So I'm okay with the way things are done now. I will be adding link to my signature to help drive more participation.

 

[Weaselcracker]

Yeah I agree, and anonymous entries could never really work. I just meant as I said, having the option of first seeing the entries stand alone without names. Gives the option of a clear look at the entries without a look at the entrants.
The same as, when you first view the thread, the results are hidden and you have to click to see where the voting is at. Or at least I do.
Anyway, just an idea. Not even that good an idea-

 

[lexort420]

Yeah I agree, and anonymous entries could never really work. I just meant as I said, having the option of first seeing the entries stand alone without names. Gives the option of a clear look at the entries without a look at the entrants.
The same as, when you first view the thread, the results are hidden and you have to click to see where the voting is at. Or at least I do.
Anyway, just an idea. Not even that good an idea-

I think at the very least names should be hidden until after your vote has been cast, the way i see it is even if contestant's names are hidden til after a vote, the voters who want to vote for their friends still can cause its not like they haven't seen what their friends been growing. Just so im clear (cause i don't feel like i was clear) if contestant's names are hidden it wouldn't be to hard to figure out "O thats lexort's sour d i know this because i followed his journal" etc etc etc. Just some thoughts on the matter thats all.

 

[OldSchool 64]

Dam this is a close one..good luck you two..anyone's game..
I'll get em next month..lol

 

[Teddy Edwards]

The poll is now closed.

Wow, that was close. Congratulations Mono and your Cotton Candy.

Special commiserations to Light Addict.

 

[GrizzWald]

You got mine mono... Nice nug mate, awesome colour...

 

[Weaselcracker]

It was a beauty. Congrats. I feel bad for that LA guy but I guess some people just have to lose sometimes. Someday will be his turn.

 

[Mono]

Thanks Guys! Really didn't expect to wake up this morning and still be in the lead, LA is a tough contender when it comes to the contests .

Big thanks to all who voted for the cotton candy, needless to say that nugs well and truly up in smoke

 

[Cola Monster]

Congratulations Mono!