My #3 is true but if you want to…
My favourite birthday was when 6 years old and visited my grandfather’s house. I was playing hide and seek in the wardrobe when I fell backwards and entered a cold snowy world. I met a nice fawn who gave me tea. To cut aong story short I met a lion, became a prince and fell back out of the wardrobe exactly as if no time had passed.
Should I start one, like :
I remember well my first birthday getting 1 year old.
My mom and my dad donated me a mammoth tooth.
I was very proud of that wonderful gift
and showed it to my younger brother,
who was 1/2 year younger.
So he wanted such one too.
Lol they should be writing books
OK… In the spirit of 4 Yorkshiremen.
My best birthday was my actual birthday. I was really comfy and warm. Then I heard a lot of screaming, and I was unside down with someone slapping my bottom.
Then I was wrapped in a towel and handed to a lady. I was exhausted so then had a sleep. When I woke my first meal was weird, no knife, fork, plate, it was a big wobbly thing.
It was so tiring I couldn’t walk for 2 years.
Beat that.
Still no announcement yet 
If they do it won’t be for a few more hours as it is about 7:43 am in China but I thought on some other events it took a few extra days for it to be posted
Yesterday this was due, today the lucky number draw.
They are all very busy with those black friday offers.
@paulstevenewing said it as well that they usually wait til Sunday to post it at times but I think it may be until next Tuesday. It is a lot of stuff to get through as well.
Yep! Delay is unexpected।
Did you count stories or unique commentors?
It said “to the 24th” not " through the 24th"
If it’s not done by now, on Chinese working hours it’s going to be Monday.
I have come to expect that the actual announcement will take place sometime in the week following the announced announcement date. For PowerDraw, Testing, events like this - it is rare to go over a week, but it seems that it always takes longer than they anticipate.
Well taking a week is fine, if you’re busy, lots to do. Just state a later date is all…
In the case of the mystery numbers if they were lower ones there’s a risk same person got two, then there’s the deleted posts, I imagine a hour+ effort, to make fair luck and not unfair luck.
I continue to believe that the mystery numbers are a terrible way to run a giveaway, for all of the reasons you suggest. One entry per person, random draw, it works out close to the same but without people needing to put in effort that doesn’t contribute value to anyone.
This share your story competition (with random draw) basically is that, and better than mystery numbers in every way.
So agree but the argumentative side of me is kicked into the counter point that if a few users didn’t game the system, so more people tried their chances and so it gave more community activity then it’s nearer to the original intent. I get your point, the mystery number beckons a few to keep at it.
They are trying different competition types, as you accept.
So I think to counter that the numbers have to be rerandomised to cancel the gamers.
One entry per person just causes the gamer to make multiple accounts, when thats public then I can check, such as with the likes method.
Total stories
The winners will probably be announced on Monday
Man I hope I can at least win one of the anniversary contest. 
