Well I'll be the devil's advocate here-don't make this contest like our society today-too many laws and not enough justice. If you want to punish the no shows-punish them. adding an arbitrary post count or time on the board doesn't really mean much-some members say more in five posts than others say in five hundred. inane forum chatter doesn't make you a more worthy forum member than somebody who is too busy making a living or god forbid HUNTING to be on here as much. Some of us have big families and dial up connections lol. As for the prizes I'd say keep them-not to belittle them but they aren't all that big a dealbut still nice to get some recognition I guess-a realtree shirt with winners name on it would be good. Bottomline is deal with who needs dealing with insteaf making more rules for everybody else.