EPTTL , Prepare to Win Miss America - Page 14
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
On January 22 2010 04:48 Dracid wrote: This thread... In an ideal world, you wouldn't be appealing to strangers on the internet to bolster your votes, and people would vote intelligently after viewing all the contestants. Realistically however, everybody else is doing the same thing. There's no way you can win without appealing to strangers, or getting support from people who otherwise wouldn't care enough to vote if they weren't somehow affiliated with a contestant. Be honest, do you think more than 1% of the voters looked through more than 5 states, much less 50? It's a beauty pageant. the whole point is that it's essentially a popularity contest, and to see whoever has the most connections. Then again, I think beauty pageants in general are shallow and trite. Sort of ironic considering Miss (some state) used to be in my class, and she actually struck me as somebody with character as well as looks. Reminds me of the win trading arguments. | ||
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Debeli
Croatia93 Posts
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One Page Memory
Bulgaria2145 Posts
it will be tough though | ||
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Dracid
United States280 Posts
Except that it's a beauty pageant, so if it's not a popularity contest, what is it? I'd argue that the whole contest is to see how many people you can convince to vote for you, regardless of whether or not you're more qualified than the competition. Still, I think comparing this with win-trading is a good analogy. It goes against the (ostensible) spirit of the competition, but without it you're not going to win. The thing is, people agree with this vote stacking because they like uNcontroLable, even though it's the same crowd that thinks win-trading is wrong, so you're going to have a lot of arguments that it isn't cheating to justify their actions so they're not hypocrites. | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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Dracid
United States280 Posts
The people voting several times and using proxies and such however.... | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
Edit: What the fuck did the bitch in New Hampshire do to get that many votes? No way that is legit. | ||
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piratebay
United States399 Posts
On January 22 2010 13:33 Snet wrote: She's the best Oregon has to offer? I wouldn't even look twice at her in public to be honest. However, your boyfriend, and you I suppose, are two respected members of TL. So, I will vote assuming you have a better understanding of this situation than I do. Edit: What the fuck did the bitch in New Hampshire do to get that many votes? No way that is legit. lol maybe posted on 4chan? when i think of these beauty pageants, i think of this trainwreck answer how stupid are tehse people? | ||
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piratebay
United States399 Posts
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Murderotica
Vatican City State2594 Posts
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
hope your friend wins!  | ||
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
man that is quite the gap though... | ||
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tinman
United States287 Posts
Oregon is in 6th with 1465. New Hampshire is top girly right now with 4188. | ||
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Faruep
Germany100 Posts
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Lovin
Denmark812 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
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Leath
Canada1724 Posts
I saw only like 2 or 3 who looked ok... I guess it is the message that really counts. Voted for Oregon. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
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