Okay, I give in...

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261292#Comment_261292

Favorite non-Logos pastime: running and/or target practice

We're not doing both at the same time, are we Stephen?

That was my 1st guess: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34712/261082.aspx#261082

EDIT: Oops. It was my 2nd guess: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34712/261097.aspx#261097

I think we are "right on target" Big Smile

But how is that

an in-joke that people familiar with the forums should be able spot as incongruous and then discover what it really is/means.

? [:^)]

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261294#Comment_261294

But how is that

an in-joke that people familiar with the forums should be able spot as incongruous and then discover what it really is/means.

?

I was just joking with the other Richard. I had not read his earlier post, which would have eliminated that as a possibility for me. It is kind of funny that Stephen lists running and target practice... Even though I understood when Richard wrote that it must be wrong - I could not pass up the pun. So shoot me. [;)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261297#Comment_261297

I am having a problem not believing this is the Easter egg:

Click on anybody else's avatar and you just get their post count with their picture. This one says "- 1 years old" in addition to the post count. Why?

Rich DeRuiter

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261297#Comment_261297

So shoot me

Okay. Start running.

Ready...

Set...

"Bang!"

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261300#Comment_261300

Missed. I like to run.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261299#Comment_261299

Click on anybody else's avatar and you just get their post count with their picture. This one says "- 1 years old" in addition to the post count. Why?

Matthew, click on your name and your age shows up.... where did that information come from?? Probably something you entered on your profile. Mr Young probably entered a date other than his birthdate.

I am having a problem not believing this is the Easter egg:

Stephen posted pretty quickly after this was discovered and I think his post indicated that it wasn't it.

EDIT: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34712/261068.aspx#261068

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261299#Comment_261299

I am having a problem not believing this is the Easter egg:

Click on anybody else's avatar and you just get their post count with their picture. This one says "- 1 years old" in addition to the post count. Why?

Observation: initial reply was 2 months ago => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/31849/241679.aspx#241679 (bit before Forum Week).

Edit: seems bit odd for Logos Public Relations to reply with non-Logos app list yesterday => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34673/260678.aspx#260678

Likewise noticed and appreciated Stephen's reply => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34463/258325.aspx#258325

Keep Smiling [:)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261308#Comment_261308

Matthew, click on your name and your age shows up.... where did that information come from?? Probably something you entered on your profile. Mr Young probably entered a date other than his birthdate.

Oh, that's right. Duh.... I need to give up.

Stephen posted pretty quickly after this was discovered and I think his post indicated that it wasn't it.

I guess it was clear as mud to this one-eyed puppy. I'll go ahead and take your word for it. [|-)] [S]

David Paul

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261299#Comment_261299

I am having a problem not believing this is the Easter egg:

Click on anybody else's avatar and you just get their post count with their picture. This one says "- 1 years old" in addition to the post count. Why?

I agree with you completely, Matthew! [:D]

If it looks like an egg and rolls like an egg...IT'S AN EGG.

I'm still waiting on the gift card! But they can just credit my account...[A]

While I'm here...am I the only one irked by the fact that Stephen's recent posts are not listed on his page. It makes finding the posts related to this hunt absurdly difficult and random to work through.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261326#Comment_261326

While I'm here...am I the only one irked by the fact that Stephen's recent posts are not listed on his page. It makes finding the posts related to this hunt absurdly difficult

This is a "Forum Week" is a hidden forum, so although our post counts go up if you click on anyone who posts here (including yourself) you will not see their posts. I did my own to try to get back to a post from the previous day...and it wasn't there!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261311#Comment_261311

Edit: seems bit odd for Logos Public Relations to reply with non-Logos app list yesterday => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34673/260678.aspx#260678

Yes it does, but Richard Wardman posted that immediately and Stephen posted again right after him http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34673/260715.aspx#260715 and that post was outside "Forum Week"

David Siauw

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261154#Comment_261154

Yes, Todd, the fact that I left #5 out was a hint...because the easter egg is in one of my posts. I keyed in on that fact that people are looking all over the place, from source code, to employee rosters, to the product checkout process at logos.com!

And therefore, "focus!" As in, "this is for forum week. look in forum week. and what's more, look in my posts." I'm not that cryptic. But I really can't give any more hints.

Stephen, I think I found it. It's in your Round 2 post. You said this (note the word OUT and FOCUS):

"*Personal note: If you haven't seen the video about the High Definition New Testament, you definitely should check it out!
I personally think a resource like this is incredibly helpful in
understanding the New Testament writers' flow of thought and intentions
for writing. Can there be anything more worthwhile in studying the Word
than trying to understand the inspired authors' intent? Few resources
focus on the discourse grammar level of Bible study, and only one (that
I've seen) makes it so accessible/understandable for the average person.
Take a look!

Hence, the link is: http://www.logos.com/media/flash/hdnt/HDNT-Revised.html?utm_source=forums&utm_medium=post&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=live_forum_week_hdnt

Am I right? Please tell me I am right....Yeahhhhh!!!!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261434#Comment_261434

Stephen, I think I found it. It's in your Round 2 post. You said this (note the word OUT and FOCUS):

"*Personal note: If you haven't seen the video about the High Definition New Testament, you definitely should check it out!
I personally think a resource like this is incredibly helpful in
understanding the New Testament writers' flow of thought and intentions
for writing. Can there be anything more worthwhile in studying the Word
than trying to understand the inspired authors' intent? Few resources
focus on the discourse grammar level of Bible study, and only one (that
I've seen) makes it so accessible/understandable for the average person.
Take a look!

Hence, the link is: http://www.logos.com/media/flash/hdnt/HDNT-Revised.html?utm_source=forums&utm_medium=post&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=live_forum_week_hdnt

Am I right? Please tell me I am right....Yeahhhhh!!!!

David, I posted that link last night and still haven't gotten a response as to whether or not it was the Easter egg. However, I don't think Stephen has been on the forum since then.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261507#Comment_261507

It's worth noting what Stephen said earlier in this thread...

No hidden meaning. No hidden message. Just an in-joke that people familiar with the forums should be able spot as incongruous and then discover what it really is/means.

I don't think we're looking for the word 'focus' or anything related. It sounds like something that stands out as being odd and something that regular 'Forumites' would spot.

But where to start!? There's no way of tracking all his posts!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261508#Comment_261508

All right I think I have it. It was like I couldn't see the forest for the trees.

Forum guidelines state:

Please keep your discussions focused on Logos Bible Software: our software, products, websites, company, tools, etc.

Then Steven starts a thread called "Off Topic".... how does that relate to LOGOS??? It is definitely outside the guidelines!!

Fits:

No hidden meaning. No hidden message. Just an in-joke that people familiar with the forums should be able spot as incongruous and then discover what it really is/means.

Hiding in plain view.

So the Easter egg is Stephen Post http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34644/259897.aspx#259897 where he says

"So, here's the plan: post anything you want right in this thread....it doesn't matter how off-topic or, for the benefit of certain unnamed pup...er...people, useless the comment is."

Hopefully I can win again...since this isn't the Hide n Seek thread and there are no rules posted for winning this one[:D]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261515#Comment_261515

All right I think I have it.

That is the best candidate so far.

I would say that is it. [:D]

At least I hope you just won. I am ever grateful for your hard work on this thread and the final post here:

http://community.logos.com/forums/p/27683/208253.aspx#208253

I am still using your data to add to my library!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261517#Comment_261517

All right I think I have it.

That is the best candidate so far.

I would say that is it. At least I hope you just won. I am ever grateful for your hard work on this thread and the final post here:

http://community.logos.com/forums/p/27683/208253.aspx#208253

I am still using your data to add to my library!

Thank you Matthew...I appreciate the entire forum community and their contributions...and I'm thankful that Logos is hosting these forum for us to learn so much! And have fun too!

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261515#Comment_261515

All right I think I have it. It was like I couldn't see the forest for the trees.

Forum guidelines state:

Please keep your discussions focused on Logos Bible Software: our software, products, websites, company, tools, etc.

Then Steven starts a thread called "Off Topic".... how does that relate to LOGOS??? It is definitely outside the guidelines!!

I sure hope not, since I actually started writing a "funny" post just after he posted that, quoting him the Guidelines and so on, but then I deleted it instead of posting it, figuring it wasn't funny at all, just stupid. He's a Logos employee; he's got the right to "break" the Guidelines.

And if it's that kind of incongruous we're looking for, I've got something worse: he forbade us to reveal the details of the hidden sale, and then he himself revealed that it included a wildcard. How's that for breaking rules?! I actually remarked on it a day or two ago. But I doubt it's either of these.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261524#Comment_261524

I actually started writing a "funny" post just after he posted that...then I deleted it instead of posting it

Yep, me too...that was before he made it known there was an "Easter egg" and he expected us to find it! I actually waited a while before posting it.

As for his leaking the "wildcard" he has the right to do that ... and I'm pretty sure he did it as a teaser to get more folks to post to the Meet & Greet thread...smart marketing teaser I might add.

I'm glad he created the "Off Topic" thread that allows us to "legally" have fun ignoring the guidelines....[:D]

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261515#Comment_261515

So the Easter egg is Stephen Post http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34644/259897.aspx#259897

If that were it, then I don't think it fits his description: "hid an as-of-yet-undiscovered Easter egg". -- The post wasn't hidden, and everyone discovered it. (Can it be an "easter egg" if it doesn't fit the definition of easter egg?)

I'm enjoying seeing the efforts put out here, but I'm eager to see what Stephen has to say.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261528#Comment_261528

(Can it be an "easter egg" if it doesn't fit the definition of easter egg?)

I'm enjoying seeing the efforts put out here, but I'm eager to see what Stephen has to say.

http://community.logos.com/forums/p/34712/261068.aspx#261068

"Message, in-joke, or feature"

In a medium that doesn't necessarily require it to be a programming- or even technical-level "message, in-joke, or feature."

You have to admit that It does fit his Wikipedia definition!

But you can keep on looking if you would like.[8-|]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261531#Comment_261531

.....sorry! Not it.....

hindsight's 20/20, but I wonder if maybe I shouldn't have hinted at its existence so as to save you all from the angst of not finding it....I was just surprised nobody had found it yet (see how easy it was to find Todd's easter egg for comparison)

Ann Hudson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/260815#Comment_260815

Where, oh where, can it be?

I checked the "Unread" threads. Nothing.

I checked the "Unanswered" threads. Nothing.

I checked the Logos employee roster (A bunch of them need to get avatars!)

I added an item to my checkout and deleted because, Nope, you guessed it. No egg there.

I think they have yet to load the Easter egg. (It hasn't yet been found because it hasn't yet been laid.)

I went through part of the site's source code

Come on, guys. Focus!

Two things to note that are out of place:

The missing 'quote' in Matthew C. Jones' comment on the post is point no. 5, is someone else quoting a previous post allowed to edit it in a response?

and,

Joseph Mazzanti's 'quote' from his post earlier in this thread has been re-worded? Are you allowed to do this? This quote seems to be out of place.

Being a newbee to forums, that is about as far as I can go to figuring all this out. [:'(]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261537#Comment_261537

The missing 'quote' in Matthew C. Jones' comment on the post is point no. 5, is someone else quoting a previous post allowed to edit it in a response?

Yes, people can choose what part of the post they want to highlight/quote, but since the original/actual post is still there, it's easy to compare and see if anything relevant or important was left out.

In this particular case, it was noteworthy that I had left part out.

Joseph Mazzanti's 'quote' from his post earlier in this thread has been re-worded? Are you allowed to do this? This quote seems to be out of place.

Good catch. In this situation, though, I simply pulled a comment Joseph made in another thread over into this one since it was relevant to the conversation. That was a true and complete quote of his, though.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261585#Comment_261585

Stephen,

Assuming that the High Defintiion New Testament link was not the egg, could you explain why the promo video says that "you are our one millionth customer and have won a carribbean cruise?"

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261585#Comment_261585

The phrase "clutching at straws" is springing to mind...

What is this strange image at the bottom of Stephen's screenshot in this post - http://community.logos.com/forums/t/34633.aspx?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261611#Comment_261611

Another strange thing I have noticed is that the threads in this forum do not appear in the normal order of most recent comments.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261651#Comment_261651

Another strange thing I have noticed is that the threads in this forum do not appear in the normal order of most recent comments.

Are you talking about the section at the bottom of the forum home page??

If so, I think that is because the Forum Week threads are all hidden.

EDIT: Nope, that can't be it since I am seeing the Forum Week posts there.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261652#Comment_261652

No, when I look at the list of threads within the forum week forum they are not listed in order of most recent post. They are scattered randomly. For example this thread has been near the middle of the thread list for the last several days even though it has consistently had the most recent post. I thought maybe it was unique to safari on my iPad but it is the same on the forum app I use and google chrome on my laptop.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261655#Comment_261655

You're right. It looks very weird.

Something I wouldn't normally notice, since I read by e-mail.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261659#Comment_261659

Probably off topic, but when did Eric change his avatar?

Always funny when people change to something that makes some old post completely incomprehensible. Happened to come across an old post by MJ some days ago, which also looked rather strange if you didn't know she's changed her avatar in between.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261661#Comment_261661

I just had a horrible thought - what if the Easter Egg that Stephen thought he had set up was not available to the rest of us? Earlier (was it in this thread) there was a link that appeared differently to him than it did to us.

It would explain why some of the brightest minds on the forums cannot find the Easter Egg.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261719#Comment_261719

It would explain why some of the brightest minds on the forums cannot find the Easter Egg.

"Brightest minds?" I sure feel sorry for the dullard who ends up finding it. [:P]

Maybe the fact Stephen tinkered with the thread chronology IS the Easter egg itself. Is it, Stephen? Did i win?

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261068#Comment_261068

"Message, in-joke, or feature"

Appears forum thread Hide 'n' Seek (Round 1) has a reference to blending search and martial arts with link to non Logos web site:

Just a heads-up to make sure everyone has a chance to understand how this works: We'll be doing a few Hide 'n' Seek questions throughout the week to give new users a glimpse of what kind of info is available in the forums and to test everyone else's Forum-fu (see Google-fu).

Keep Smiling [:)]

Charlene

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261816#Comment_261816

Forget about the Easter egg! i think I should win, since I read EVERY SINGLE POST in the Meet and Greet thread! Isn't that worth credit? [:D]

Seriously, though, I am dying to find out where the easter egg was! I have gone through Stephen's posts and I have clicked on anything and everything....but apparently not the right place!

Please, Stephen, put us out of our misery! Tell us!

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261826#Comment_261826

I have seen a couple of references to pups and dogs in Stephen's posts. Doesn't help me, maybe it will help someone else.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261655#Comment_261655

We made those posts "sticky" so they wouldn't get buried so far down the list that people just finding out about Forum Week would miss the important threads related to Forum Week.

The forum software doesn't allow us to determine in what order the stick post appear, but only allows us to make sure they stay at the top.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261849#Comment_261849

Well, I don't know about an Easter Egg, but the clicking on the Logos logo for Logos employees is sure great. I guess that's been around a while, but it really brings life into the Logos family.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261826#Comment_261826

Seriously, though, I am dying to find out where the easter egg was! I have gone through Stephen's posts and I have clicked on anything and everything....but apparently not the right place!

Please, Stephen, put us out of our misery! Tell us!

Yes, me too![*-)]

EDIT: But it has been a fun week on the Logos forums...THANK YOU!

Oh, is there a prize for who posted the most posts during the week??? [A]

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261893#Comment_261893

OK Stephen - give it up. [:)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261896#Comment_261896

OK Stephen - give it up.

NO, Don't!!!

Just because the others wanna quit (wimps [:'(]) don't spoil the fun.

I bet some new poster comes along and finds it.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261918#Comment_261918

Between the Meet & Greet thread and the Easter egg hunt, Nina has spent lots of time on the forums this week.

Isn't that worth waiting another few days?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261920#Comment_261920

As unorthodox as hinting at the presence of an Easter egg was, giving it away would be even worse! My lips are sealed, now and forever, amen! [:#]

EDIT: We're now totally past the deadline, but good luck figuring it out all in the name of fun and games!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261784#Comment_261784

I sure feel sorry for the dullard who ends up finding it.

I'm the dullard!!! Stephen has confirmed to me in an email that I did in fact find the egg, but since I didn't figure out what it was or meant before the end of forum week I didn't receive the full bounty!

But just to keep this thread going a little while, I won't let up which of my guesses was right, or what it was/meant!

So keep searching guys.... [H]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261965#Comment_261965

I'm the dullard!!! Stephen has confirmed to me in an email that I did in fact find the egg, but since I didn't figure out what it was or meant before the end of forum week I didn't receive the full bounty!

Well congratulations. You will never be a dullard in my book.

That word fitly spoken pegs you as very wise in my estimation. (You remember what I am talking about. Brother.)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/261996#Comment_261996

(You remember what I am talking about. Brother.)

[Y][:)]