And the winner of the In Memory of Texas Dreams Contest is...
 

Let me start by thanking all the sponsors of this contest that chipped in. I think you all did a good thing here and I can?t thank you enough.

Now I also need to say that this came down to several different people, a few from each of the forums I posted this on. I have been reading posts over and over again and a few really effected me. I just couldn?t decide on my own so I asked for some help and we all petty much came up with the same names. I took those names, went back to the various forums and read their posts again and again. This contest is important to me and means a lot. I didn?t want to jump in to any thing.

I finally threw out a name and ran it past the others. They thought it was a good choice. I could go on and on about how everyone we considered deserves to win just as much as the other the one that did but, in the end, there can only be one. So without further ado here is the winning post as posted.

NY Jester wrote:

"I want to first start off and say that from all I know of TD he was knowledgable beyond what we all have seen. I was saddened to hear of his passing and especially the situation with which he was found. I dont feel Im above anyone but I do want to try and have the chance to win this contest as I feel Im worthy of it.

I started in the adult business just before the year 2000 - I was self taught. I have tried each and everyday since to learn something. On August 14th 2003 I was married and as many of the people from the USA know it wa sthe day of the great blackout...which should have been a sign...not for a bad marriage but for the black cloud that would follow.

My wife had a stroke 2 days after we were married. She had 3 children from a previous marriage that I suddenly and without any question had to take care of, which I did...along with caring for her. She spent most of the next week in ICU at the local hospital and once able was transferred to rehab hospital. We spent the next 7 weeks travelling each day to and from that facility (myself as she stayed there) This also came with the 3 kids starting strange new schools and adjusting to life here. We made it through that, after 19 weeks my wife was able to walk, talk and take care of herself..with just some residual effects to hot and cold.

This isnt an attempt to win with a sob story as she has done well and we have moved on. Its more a story of perserverance and taking care of business.
I remained in adult until the end of 2004 beginning of 2005 when record keeping and what we know now as 2257, the site that I owned and ran much like voyeurweb (it was peepersweb.net) I shut down, living here in the US and because my main content was that sent in by surfers, I was not covered I just couldnt chance myself nor my family with that scenario of being nabbed and I surley didnt want to be in violation.
I have regrouped to hit the ground running this past fall..2007 and have made great strides in learning whats new with the business and how things have changed, stayed the same and grown. I have learned each and everyday Ive been back and feel I am on track to make it once again in the adult web world. This contest and all it offers would solidify that notion and really kickstart it for lack of a better word. if I should win it, id be very grateful as I have made some great friends since Ive been back and I enjoy the ideas that are bounced aorund and also the BS that comes down the pipe..because we all need a good laugh now and then.
The opportunity would not go wasted and Id be able to keep my feet firmly planted within the adult web world once again. A place I truly believe I belong and am capable of staying and doing the best I can every day I can.

Thanks for the opportunity to share my story. And I just want to say in closing that I feel Id be the most deserving because I have nothing but respect for what it is we do..and the winnings would not go to waste.

Thanks

Jay

NY JESTER"



Congrats and please shoot me an email at [email protected] so we start getting you all your stuff!

Thanks again to everyone to who took part from the fun responses to the heartfelt ones you all made this a great contest and a fitting tribute I think.

Bullet?

Damn you all! Grats NYJESTER!!

Congrats, Jester - you're getting the tools to get it all going again!

Congrats Jester

"I want to first start off and say that from all I know of TD he was knowledgable beyond what we all have seen" NY Jester

Seriously thats goto be the fucken lamest thing i ever seen on GFY. TexasDreams was a fucken Noob that could make animated bananas.

So the deeepest TD ass kisser wins along with the I got starving kid's reutine...

LOL!

Congrats ya fucken moron.

congrats!

Congrats man, you deserve it!

Congrats to my good friend Jay. :thumbsup

Very fitting that a truly decent guy like yourself picks up the prize. :upsidedow

Congrats Jester.

My thoughts exactly.........lol, nahh the guy beat us to it, thats a sad story...it makes my day turn blue.....:( ....... I'd give him a UNICEF and Spitzer award too :winkwink:

That was a great post..moving

congrats Jester:thumbsup

I'd call you a moron but that would be an insult to all the morons out there. :321GFY

Congrats NYJester!

Do you whine like this all the time? Jesus STF up already. On a side note your dumb mouth has just lost you some business.

Why? because soem fuck head noob Former GFY admin Died?

Death is over rated.
If you read what I had to say about em you might understand where I am comming from.

Sure it is to bad he died especially the way he did, but he died because of this industry.

Dipshits like you freaked him out, the stress of what everyone is doing weighed on him. In short he was to new to really understand to take eveeything with an ounce of salt.

Texas was fucked up mean to me during his time on this board, he fed people informatin he should not have from time to time. That shit is a fact. Remember Jim The Fiend? Yup they were bed buddies.

Once TD was out of GFY he was a much better person but still not a saint.

Just because he is dead does not make him a saint.

It makes him somebody I actually liked at the end when you people were not fucking him up and distorting his view. I am known around here for speaking exactly my mind.

You people are full of shit.
Me losing GFY business is like uhh umm..
Let me see...

A none factor.:1orglaugh

It's like saying OMG you just spilled a little milk on the table and thinking its a good enough call for execution.

Nice Choice!

And AlienQ are you always this pathetic loser or is this just a weekend thing?

Probably a weekend thing:)

I am just saying shit other people wish they had the balls to say themselves.

Again I liked Texas when he left GFY. We got along good then, was even going to maybe start up on a project.

That's good to know. But, you don't really know me or my relationship with TD. I don't think he was saint and never said he was. I just said that he was someone who helped me out more than once. And, your comments show that you lack class, compassion and have no dignity at all.

You can bash on him all you want, whine all you want, just go make your own thread about it and get the fuck out of mine.

Then really why not just let it rest why keep going on about it, TD died and you still go on about it as if he just banned you.

Think about it and grow up.

I got plenty of class and dignity.
I just call it like I see it, if you think being dishonest about a situation to make a legacy then who is lacking class and dignity here?.

It's not like Texas would be pissed at me for saying what I am saying.
He was a good guy but certainly he needed to know more about the biz before being an admin. His choices in people while being an admin was rather poor.

Need I mention Jim The Fiend again? Sorry giving JTF information to attack people lacked class, only reason why that guy was able to go over the top on GFY was because of TexasDreams.

How About EPicCash? Remember that? TD allowed that shit to go way over the top.
Truth again here Texas Lied to Lensman about me making death threats on this board just so he could ban me.

Not fucking cool at all at that time.

COngrats to the winner's but people should know the truth about the situation.

Seems to me you just want to get the last word in over a dead guy! :upsidedow

Pure Class.

Another one of your facts I take it? The years and years he spent on PCbbs and MP before coming to GFY accounts for nothing? How about the years he was in the industry before even those boards?

But hey, you knew him better than me, I only hung out with him a few times... chatted a few hundred. Obviously you'd know better than me.

Carry on with your dignity and class.

Congrats

Respect the dead..one day it will be you

No, its the contest.
It's a complete mockery and fucking insult in the name of self promotion of your own business.

What I am saying Texas would readily accept, I have not said anything on this board that I would not or have not said to him myself already. He knews when he was alive that he was outright cold blooded mean to me.

You guys are quick to donate something now, but when he was alive many of you probably could have saved his life with a steady job and some medical insurance.

Texas did love this industry most certainly and he died alone because none of you fuckers would even give him a job.

Except HomeGrownVideo that briefly unemployed him shortly before he died.

SO all this well wishing crap you can shove straight up your asses.
It's all fuckin fake.

Hey alien fuckhead, why not give your keys and your shit attitude a rest.

As usual you've got most of your shit backwards and way off anyway, why not do yourself a favor and quit while you're behind? I've known who TD was for years before some idiot named "AlienQ" ever limped his way onto a webmaster forum. Maybe you're the noob.

Homegrown didn't "unemploy him" you idiot. He left of his own volition.

And he wasn't "mean" to you dude. He knew a fucking horse's ass shit-attitude-having piece of crap excuse for a human when he saw it, one that does nothing but stir shit on the this board and everywhere you go. What the fuck good are you? He had you pegged and you know it, and he treated you accordingly. Your posts on this thread only confirm it.

And it bothers you to know end that if you yourself were to croak tomorrow NO ONE would miss your sorry ass, whereas TD was obviously very well liked and is missed. All you did while he was alive was give him headaches, grief and possibly the odd bit of light amusement (at your expense).

Now quit trashing up this thread and let them have their contest.

Btw, congrats to the winner. :thumbsup

Congrats to a deserving winner :thumbsup

And why doesn't everyone just ignore Alien? You're just giving him what he wants.

congrats and kick some ass - keep on keepin on - RIP TD

Say's King of the shits out of mouth sig whores.
Good night ya ass kissing loser.

Jesus H Christ your an ass, we have know TD for years before he was ever here, this contest is the same exact one he ran for us years back, Bullet thought it was a nice thing to do, we all knew TD had issues and we always did what we could.

Your the king of all assumptions I guess you know it all :321GFY

Weak, even for you.

Congrats Jester

You're just a fucking stupid Idiot :2 cents:

Congrats :)

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Dude you're a fucking joke.

Congrats Jester... Sounds like it was well deserved!

Awright guys I do apologise maybe I should make my own thread regarding this whole thing. Maybe it has no place and all of you sincerely loved Texas.
Maybe you do not grasp the kind of shit that happened between me and Texas, point is he has passed on and this is no place to be negative about his passing. Whats is important is that I agree he was a good guy.

We definatly had our differences, but at the end of it all and I am know TexasDreams mean alot to many people.

It is kind of wrong of me to express this in the thread and I do apologise to everyone.

Congrats NY Jester I hope you do well with the prize.

I'll even up this a little and Provide NY Jester with a great design if he should ever need it for his efforts to make money with the project.

A few galleries, a tour design a BYOT you name it NY Jester:)

Congrats.

You can ICQ me at 78943384.

Trust me I do not bite I am just a little to expressive and abbrasive for the lot of adult webmasters. However I do good work that sell's and helps convert:)

So hit me up if you need it or want the services.

Finally some sense from you. :thumbsup

Nice offer on the prize, and yes you actually do good work in case anyone out there is wondering.

Lastly, I too may have been a bit harsh with the whole "if you died no one would miss you" thing. In light of you coming to your senses I'll apologize for that remark. Sorry. I just couldn't sit back any longer and let you run keyboard like you were.

I'm Emo.

It's good.:thumbsup

I just wanted to say thank you..I didnt truly expect it at all. Im grateful to have been picked..and Im just sorry it the thread took a "wrong turn". Congrats to me!

Alien..I dont take any of what you said to heart..I understand you were on a rant..anyone that knows me knows Im far from a moron..and again I realize it wasnt a personal thing.

Thats a very nice gesture for a design to be included.

Well be sure to contact me when you are ready mano:)
Again I apologise. I was way out of line.

Wow. Not many people wouldn't have the guts to stand up and say that. And, that's a very nice offer on your part. If I actually had Christmas a card list, you'd be back on it. :)