lol at this guys post:

"ok i dont get it. before i voted it was 2863 2864 for blizzard and relic respectively.
after my vote (for blizzard) it's 2863 and 2866, WTF?"

Lots of fishiness going on there. Seems like a less then reliable poll.

PlutoNZ

New Zealand410 Posts

March 29 2009 04:51 GMT

#743

On March 29 2009 13:48 Savio wrote:
lol at this guys post:

"ok i dont get it. before i voted it was 2863 2864 for blizzard and relic respectively.
after my vote (for blizzard) it's 2863 and 2866, WTF?"

Lots of fishiness going on there. Seems like a less then reliable poll.

Rigging the poll to make it more even would cause more people to visit their site.

Reason

United Kingdom2770 Posts

March 29 2009 05:00 GMT

#744

On March 29 2009 13:51 SearingShadow wrote:

Show nested quote +

Rigging the poll to make it more even would cause more people to visit their site.

That's the complete opposite of what apparently just happened.

A3iL3r0n

United States2196 Posts

March 29 2009 05:01 GMT

#745

I think it might be legit, Nintendo won by a healthy margin.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

March 29 2009 05:01 GMT

#746

At least Blizzard is winning now, 2900 votes to 2883.

Canada239 Posts

March 29 2009 05:01 GMT

#747

Sweet. We're stretching the lead.

We should call in 4chan, to not "support blizzard", but rather, "Show them relic trolls whose boss."

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

March 29 2009 05:06 GMT

#748

2901:2884 Cmon we can do this we have a lead now lets keep it!!!!!!!

eatmyshorts5

United States1530 Posts

March 29 2009 05:07 GMT

#749

(1) Activision Blizzard

50.2% (2902)

(12) Relic

49.8% (2884)

TL wins the internet again?

dragonmax

United States131 Posts

March 29 2009 05:10 GMT

#750

still has alot of time left anything could happen

Yurebis

United States1452 Posts

March 29 2009 05:12 GMT

#751

It's very likely the poll is rigged. My evidence is as follows:

1- Intent of the whole tournament is a popularity contest where link whoring is not only allowed but encouraged as per rules: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournament/index. Therefore, it is safe to assume the site's goal with this poll is to increase membership numbers or page hits.

2- The poll has been very much tied all the way from at least 2k votes, progressively, indicating some sort of algorithmic system maintaining a difference of 50 votes, max.

3- The poll ended in a TIE, which is very very unlikely considering the number of votes and consistent deviation of +-10 votes as per the people reporting the status in this thread. The poll goes on and more people can come vote.

4- There is no contract or disclaimer saying the polls couldn't be rigged, nor is there any obligation for the site to its users to be fair at it.

5- The site and its community sucks, IMO.

Edit: typo.

JWD

United States12607 Posts

March 29 2009 05:26 GMT

#752

haha great point Yurebis...my initial reaction to the fact that the vote was so close (and that Blizzard couldn't crack a lead) was that Relic supporters were automatically voting somehow, but your explanation is much better.

Makes sense for The Escapist to let votes tally gradually and ensure that the vote was close for as long as possible...wait, has anyone noticed the tallies not change when they place a vote? I think they changed when I entered mine...

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

March 29 2009 05:27 GMT

#753

I remember they changed when i voted.

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

March 29 2009 05:28 GMT

#754

they changed. tie doesnt necessarily mean an exact- it could have been so close that they wanted to keep it going because of a margin of error (cheating,etc). and, of course, theyre enjoying the influx of hits.

who knows

lets win anyway

Yurebis

United States1452 Posts

March 29 2009 05:33 GMT

#755

Yes by no means be discouraged to vote even if it's rigged. You can still show them relic fans and escapist admins what we're made of. You can even troll them a little bit while you're at it, hehe.

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

March 29 2009 05:46 GMT

#756

YA BLIZZZZ

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

March 29 2009 05:51 GMT

#757

So, after this guy saying that SC isnt a sport because it has no "physical" component to it, he proceeds to say how poker is a sport because of its deep psycological deph, anyway, someone tells him to look up whats metagame, this was the answer

"Metagame in SC is 90% 'spam x to counter y'. The other 10% is 'cookie cutter build order' and resource management."

This led me to believe that there is not a subjective truth in this matter, opinions are the shield of the ones following the wrong ideas.

Railz

United States1449 Posts

March 29 2009 05:53 GMT

#758

These guys got baited by me pretty hardcore. I'm not even sure if I nabbed relic or blizzard fans in this freight train of fail.

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

March 29 2009 06:32 GMT

#759

That was some sweet forum trolling for today, im out, gonna watch some Zero punctuation videos and sleep.

We are 31 votes ahead as I write this so I hope we win

So no fek

United States3001 Posts

March 29 2009 07:11 GMT

#760

I've been reading the topic the last few pages, and it honestly makes me want to never visit the site again. But I'm oddly drawn to the retarded mess of posts, and keep coming back to read more.