Some of you may remember this thread, where I told the story of my involvement in the Miss America program. Or this one where you helped me raise money for Miss America's Children's Miracle Network. PsyonicReaver even made the trip to come and watch me compete, and wrote about it.
Well, as I explained, the girl who won Miss Oregon this last year was a great friend, and seriously one of the most amazing, warm, genuine people I've ever met. In a week, she's headed to Las Vegas to compete at Planet Hollywood for the title of Miss America. This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty. She's the real deal. I love her, and so does iNc, so if that means anything around here, please read on. Actually, even if that doesn't mean anything, and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
There are two opportunities for the public to vote on the Miss America Competition. The first is going on right now, and it is the "Green is Gorgeous" competition. The idea is to vote online for the contestant who displays the most environmental consciousness in a few second interview. You don't even have to watch the interview, and you don't have to register, but only one vote is allowed per IP address. If you want to watch the interviews, go here: http://www.greentwithtamara.com/pg_contest.php# ... but if that's too much and you just wanna click click and be done with it, go here: http://www.greentwithtamara.com/vote/ and vote for OREGON!
The second opportunity will be even more exciting, and it will be either a text in, call in, or internet vote that will directly affect the actual competition! I will post that in a new thread (so that people know to check back) as soon as they release the details, and I'd really appreciate your help! (Beyond being CC's friend, I'm also her internet and social networking marketing manager... so you'll be making me look pretty good.) Check out her facebook fanpage here if you want some more info. Thanks guys!
Not sure how Ms. New Hampshire is doing so well but when she gave her little speech Ms. Oregon was directly behind her and had the same facial expression as me.
On January 20 2010 12:08 micronesia wrote: Not sure how Ms. New Hampshire is doing so well but when she gave her little speech Ms. Oregon was directly behind her and had the same facial expression as me.
just voted. can TL win voting vs america? GOGO TL!! just get rekrul to post something inflamatory, link it to this page, and that should cause a upswing of at least 500 votes rofl./
On January 20 2010 12:38 sYz-Adrenaline wrote: I'm from NH and i take offense to any offensive statement to this state T_T whats 4chan got to do with NH?
This is just the most notable of 4chan's rigging of polls. There is a very long list of public opinion polls that have been entirely reversed and stacked by good little anons.
spreading the news down to my other social networking sites i.e. facebook, twitter, myspace, basilmarket, ezpz.co.com, reddit, gamerzplanet, and gunzfactor
hope this works out for the best! go miss oregon?!?
On January 20 2010 12:52 Mickey wrote: I don't mean to be an asshole, but if this was anyone else wouldn't this be closed with the message of "Teamliquid is not your personal army".
On January 20 2010 12:57 BraveNewWorld wrote: spreading the news down to my other social networking sites i.e. facebook, twitter, myspace, basilmarket, ezpz.co.com, reddit, gamerzplanet, and gunzfactor
hope this works out for the best! go miss oregon?!?
On January 20 2010 12:52 Mickey wrote: I don't mean to be an asshole, but if this was anyone else wouldn't this be closed with the message of "Teamliquid is not your personal army".
Are you saying TL is biased towards long time personalities & contributers?!? HOLY FUCK!!
On January 20 2010 12:52 Mickey wrote: I don't mean to be an asshole, but if this was anyone else wouldn't this be closed with the message of "Teamliquid is not your personal army".
Are you saying TL is biased towards long time personalities & contributers?!? HOLY FUCK!!
Back on topic plz.
hahahahaha,
I'll wait to change IP address later since I'm using a dynamic IP, then vote then wait for dynamic IP again.. (I think it takes a few days or hours to chance IP I dunno)
On January 20 2010 12:57 BraveNewWorld wrote: spreading the news down to my other social networking sites i.e. facebook, twitter, myspace, basilmarket, ezpz.co.com, reddit, gamerzplanet, and gunzfactor
hope this works out for the best! go miss oregon?!?
On January 20 2010 12:52 Mickey wrote: I don't mean to be an asshole, but if this was anyone else wouldn't this be closed with the message of "Teamliquid is not your personal army".
actually no, if day 9 or tasteless or artosis, etc etc etc asked this we would happily comply.
see we have this bias towards being favorable in regards to long standing, respectable, hilarious, contributing members.
On January 20 2010 12:52 Mickey wrote: I don't mean to be an asshole, but if this was anyone else wouldn't this be closed with the message of "Teamliquid is not your personal army".
Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
what about threads about voting that do not encourage you to vote in a certain way, but merely encouraging people to vote?
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
Totally understandable.
Thanks for allowing this one to exist for the time being though.. think this is a decent cause.
Thanks for the support guys! Keep the voting rolling in.. she really is a great gal.
I posted this on my social networking sites and blah blah. Got at least 20 irl friends to vote as well.
Its understandable why you are going to start closing these from here on out. I will admit I'm happy this one is open though because Oregon, Inc and Unc are the best <3
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
If you keep an eye on it the percentage is actually going up pretty fast. Up 1.25% already, which is quite a bit considering... you know, the amount of states we have.
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
Voted. It's kind of funny that OR and NH have basically the same speech, except OR has a much better delivery and an overall philosophy, where as NH just brings her bag to the store and yet she's crushing the poll.
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
Your reputation precedes you sir. You trollin?
What about that sounds like a troll to you?
Hardly the question to ask in the context of trolling lol... but yeah I agree D:
On January 20 2010 18:07 duckett wrote: I would vote but doing that would be indirectly supporting green consciousness, which is against my political values =(.
A lot of the time the green option is simply to improve efficiency or cut waste in the normal option. Double glazed windows are green for example but that's not why everyone gets them. They get them because lower heating bills pay are worth $, not because it reduces fossil fuels. Greater prudence and efficiency in using resources is a goal you can get behind without caring about every reason. You can't be against efficiency.
Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
On January 21 2010 00:39 Foucault wrote: Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
On January 21 2010 00:39 Foucault wrote: Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
On January 21 2010 00:39 Foucault wrote: Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
Good luck to your friend though
Completely missing the point of this vote.
OP says: "You don't even have to watch the interview, and you don't have to register"
Why would I vote for some random stranger without watching her interview? Why are you guys doing it? I don't get it.
No, the point is still voting on her over someone else.
...except the whole point is that it's basically a popularity contest to begin with, and Oregon happens to have a lot of SC nerds for friends. How many people do you think actually go through all 50 states and choose their favorite contestant?
On January 21 2010 00:39 Foucault wrote: Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
Good luck to your friend though
Completely missing the point of this vote.
OP says: "You don't even have to watch the interview, and you don't have to register"
Why would I vote for some random stranger without watching her interview? Why are you guys doing it? I don't get it.
No, the point is still voting on her over someone else.
All the other contestants are random strangers, that's why we aren't voting for them. uNcontroLable is a member of TL, so we are helping out a fellow TL member.
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
Thank you HB... I really appreciate you letting this one stay open, and I understand. The reason I was going to make a new thread for this in a couple days, though, is that the really important vote, the one that actually matters, will be happening in a week or so, and I don't want people to miss it because they already voted for this one. I was hoping people could get excited about it, and then be ready to vote when it's time to actually win the competition itself. How cool would it be if TL was friends with Miss America? Anyway... maybe a thread name change when I finally get all that info? In order to let people know to check back?
For all of you that are asking about the old swimsuit pics wager or "what's in it if we win," how about this: When the time comes to vote for contestants in the ACTUAL Miss America competition (sometime next week) if we vote her into the finals, then there's a reward in it for ya. I'll have to check with iNc about him in a bathing suit...is that still what the public wants?
On January 20 2010 13:48 Hot_Bid wrote: Talked it over with a few mods and admins, and from now on we're going to be closing every mass voting thread that is unrelated to StarCraft. That includes threads created by red or blue names. Even if Manifesto himself created one, we're still going to close it. It's nothing personal, we just don't see a fair way to decide who can create one of these and who can't.
This thread will be the last one, and can stay open mainly because unc's cake contest was awesome. Good luck to your friend.
Thank you HB... I really appreciate you letting this one stay open, and I understand. The reason I was going to make a new thread for this in a couple days, though, is that the really important vote, the one that actually matters, will be happening in a week or so, and I don't want people to miss it because they already voted for this one. I was hoping people could get excited about it, and then be ready to vote when it's time to actually win the competition itself. How cool would it be if TL was friends with Miss America? Anyway... maybe a thread name change when I finally get all that info? In order to let people know to check back?
Sorry!
Theres 0 voting from here on out, that includes changing titles of threads or bumping old voting threads, as that would defeat the entire purpose of the rule.
Regardless, I think you should post the swimsuit pics of Incontrol anyway.
So procedure is to post the voting info for that in this thread as soon as I get it? Cause that was included in the OP, meaning I assume that's still included in "the last thread." Just want to make sure I'm not stepping on any toes.
On January 21 2010 02:07 uNcontroLable wrote: So procedure is to post the voting info for that in this thread as soon as I get it? Cause that was included in the OP, meaning I assume that's still included in "the last thread." Just want to make sure I'm not stepping on any toes.
No, the "next vote" is not going to be allowed. This thread will be locked when this vote is over. I guess we could go back and forth about whether a string of several consecutive votes still "counts" as one thread or whatever, but we meant what we said earlier. For the foreseeable future, this vote (your link in the OP) will be the last non-SC voting campaign on these forums.
On January 21 2010 00:39 Foucault wrote: Didn't vote. It's too arbitrary and I don't even know if she's the best contestant. She's not the prettiest in my eyes, and that's pretty important in Miss America I would assume.
Good luck to your friend though
Completely missing the point of this vote.
OP says: "You don't even have to watch the interview, and you don't have to register"
Why would I vote for some random stranger without watching her interview? Why are you guys doing it? I don't get it.
No, the point is still voting on her over someone else.
C'mon man! VOTE! we gonna see iNc in a bathing suit!
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Isn't the point of the blog section to write about whatever you want? You are saying that if I write an update about how my friend is competing in Miss America, I'm doing her PR and I'm really nervous that she won't get enough online votes, my post will be deleted? Seems strange that anyone would be allowed to ramble about their day, but this would be a no-no.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Isn't the point of the blog section to write about whatever you want?
Yes, the point of the blog section is to write about whatever you want, but there are limits. For example, we don't allow homework help topics, or tech support stuff, or (just recently) donation requests. We are also not allowing solicitation for voting.
You are saying that if I write an update about how my friend is competing in Miss America, I'm doing her PR and I'm really nervous that she won't get enough online votes, my post will be deleted? Seems strange that anyone would be allowed to ramble about their day, but this would be a no-no.
What you are describing here is a borderline case where there may be an enforcement problem because we will have trouble determining whether a blog thread is a real blog topic or simply a request for votes. I think we will be able to distinguish which is which. You are free to talk about your day, or how your friend is competing, or even how she's not getting enough votes. But you are not allowed to solicit votes by saying "help her by voting here! [link]."
Here are a few examples:
1. "Hi guys, my friend won this round of Miss America! She is going onto the next round of the competition. I am doing her PR and I am worried she won't have enough votes, but she's a great girl and hopefully it'll work out. Here is a picture of Incontrol in a bathing suit, I believe he looks quite dashing. What did Captain Jean-Luc Picard find in his toilet? The Captain's Log."
2. "Hi guys, my friend won this round of Miss America! She is going onto the next round of the competition. I am doing her PR and I am worried she won't have enough votes, but she's a great girl and hopefully it'll work out. She needs your help, vote here."
3. "Hello Good Users of the TeamLiquid Forums, Im am Mrs. Uncontrolable of the MIss America USA. I'm writing this message to you as I am assured by our good mutual friend mr. incontorling that you are of the most trustworthy character. I come to you with a very urgent and handsome proposition for you. Today I was alerted today that my friend, the deposed queen of Oregon shall soon lose her crown. My solicitor, mr. Incontroling assures me that I can acquire assistance from you during this time of crisis. For your help i Can generously give you 25% of all my Miss America pictures. To initiate the transaction you must first Send to Me a small portion of your votes to hold in escrow so as Queen Oregon can retain her title until a future date whenstforth you shall recieve all yoru pics back ten fold. Please kindly initiate the transaction so I can make you a very picture-rich users please.
Sincerely You'res in Jesus,
mrs uncontrolable"
Now the first one is a legitimate blog post that accomplishes everything you want except for the voting solicitation. It will likely stay open if you posted it. The other two however, would probably be closed.
On January 21 2010 04:24 YoonHo wrote: I voted! Just a question for hot_bid though, how come no hw or tech support blogs? Sorry, I'm relatively new here so T_T.
Because we have decided that our forums need to have at least some point of discussion. Homework threads are basically "i am lazy do my homework for me" requests, and we don't want to encourage that. 99% of users asking for help have very few posts and are just looking to get something for free. This pushes down legitimate discussion threads and encourages more behavior like this. Tech support is the same way. Unless its specifically related to StarCraft, we advise users to go to other forums regarding fixing their computer. Most of the problems can be resolved with some diligent googling, but most users just want others to fix their stuff for them.
TL is not a personal servant to help you with your problems -- there's a give and take. Ultimately we want to facilitate a discussion that's interesting and helpful for everyone, not just one person who is too lazy to do their own work.
On January 21 2010 04:24 YoonHo wrote: I voted! Just a question for hot_bid though, how come no hw or tech support blogs? Sorry, I'm relatively new here so T_T.
Because we have decided that our forums need to have at least some point of discussion. Homework threads are basically "i am lazy do my homework for me" requests, and we don't want to encourage that. 99% of users asking for help have very few posts and are just looking to get something for free. This pushes down legitimate discussion threads and encourages more behavior like this. Tech support is the same way. Unless its specifically related to StarCraft, we advise users to go to other forums regarding fixing their computer. Most of the problems can be resolved with some diligent googling, but most users just want others to fix their stuff for them.
TL is not a personal servant to help you with your problems -- there's a give and take. Ultimately we want to facilitate a discussion that's interesting and helpful for everyone, not just one person who is too lazy to do their own work.
I don't see how this applies to "voting" threads. I'd really be interested in the mods reasoning behind this decision. Not that I necessarily disagree- just curious.
On January 21 2010 04:24 YoonHo wrote: I voted! Just a question for hot_bid though, how come no hw or tech support blogs? Sorry, I'm relatively new here so T_T.
Because we have decided that our forums need to have at least some point of discussion. Homework threads are basically "i am lazy do my homework for me" requests, and we don't want to encourage that. 99% of users asking for help have very few posts and are just looking to get something for free. This pushes down legitimate discussion threads and encourages more behavior like this. Tech support is the same way. Unless its specifically related to StarCraft, we advise users to go to other forums regarding fixing their computer. Most of the problems can be resolved with some diligent googling, but most users just want others to fix their stuff for them.
TL is not a personal servant to help you with your problems -- there's a give and take. Ultimately we want to facilitate a discussion that's interesting and helpful for everyone, not just one person who is too lazy to do their own work.
I don't see how this applies to "voting" threads. I'd really be interested in the mods reasoning behind this decision. Not that I necessarily disagree- just curious.
It doesnt apply to no voting. The guy was just asking a different question.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
There has been too many voting threads for way random stuff. I mean I gladly vote for anything Starcraft-related because I see it as a just cause (TL is a Starcraft website after all), but when it comes to things like these I really don't have:
1) interest in voting 2) a clue of what I should vote for 3) interest in just voting randomly
On January 21 2010 05:59 Slow Motion wrote: What if you could get Miss Oregon to wear a starcraft themed swimsuit?
I think if she/unc contributed something to TL in return it might be more acceptable. Maybe mods could consider that?
I will check with CC and get back, but what if the reward for getting CC into the finals was a picture of her in swimsuit competition, autographed "With love to all the hottest nerds on the planet at Teamliquid" or "Teamliquid hwaiting, love Miss Oregon" or something like that? Maybe even her holding an I love TL sign or something? Would THAT make it worth our while? Cause seriously she loves you guys. This isn't just my friend who drew a pretty picture and I'm telling you all to go vote for it on some random site... this is us working together to promote nerddom by winning Miss America! All I'm asking is permission to carry out this thread to completion.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Man, that's a bummer. I really like voting threads! Am I the only one? Seems harmless to me if they're in blogs. Those aren't really there for discussion value anyway. Am I alone on this?
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Man, that's a bummer. I really like voting threads! Am I the only one? Seems harmless to me if they're in blogs. Those aren't really there for discussion value anyway. Am I alone on this?
It seems like it should be permissible in blogs to me as well. Still, TL's management is pretty strict.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Man, that's a bummer. I really like voting threads! Am I the only one? Seems harmless to me if they're in blogs. Those aren't really there for discussion value anyway. Am I alone on this?
Nah, I'm with you on this- makes me proud to see TL own the occasional online poll. However I'm sure the mods have their reasons to ban them- I just wish they'd clarify.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Man, that's a bummer. I really like voting threads! Am I the only one? Seems harmless to me if they're in blogs. Those aren't really there for discussion value anyway. Am I alone on this?
Nah, I'm with you on this- makes me proud to see TL own the occasional online poll. However I'm sure the mods have their reasons to ban them- I just wish they'd clarify.
On January 21 2010 02:12 LaLuSh wrote: She could still put it in a blog, couldn't she hotbid?
Or are these voting threads hence-on banned from all sub-forums?
All voting threads are banned on every forum, unless of course the vote is related to StarCraft.
Man, that's a bummer. I really like voting threads! Am I the only one? Seems harmless to me if they're in blogs. Those aren't really there for discussion value anyway. Am I alone on this?
+1 but TL mods DO have valid reasons, sadly it seems that decision won't change for the time being (if ever, barring the exceptions of course).
On January 21 2010 05:59 Slow Motion wrote: What if you could get Miss Oregon to wear a starcraft themed swimsuit?
I think if she/unc contributed something to TL in return it might be more acceptable. Maybe mods could consider that?
I will check with CC and get back, but what if the reward for getting CC into the finals was a picture of her in swimsuit competition, autographed "With love to all the hottest nerds on the planet at Teamliquid" or "Teamliquid hwaiting, love Miss Oregon" or something like that? Maybe even her holding an I love TL sign or something? Would THAT make it worth our while? Cause seriously she loves you guys. This isn't just my friend who drew a pretty picture and I'm telling you all to go vote for it on some random site... this is us working together to promote nerddom by winning Miss America! All I'm asking is permission to carry out this thread to completion.
*Puss in boots from Shrek kitten eyes* Please?
That was somewhat what I was thinking. At least in this way we have TL getting something from it, rather than random idiots making vote threads for whatever they want.
I think a way to go about it is to actually present her to us. I mean, you said you're her marketing manager, so why not actually sell her to us. That way, the votes would come from actual support, rather than from an explanation on how to click on a link. To add, some people do feel guilty for randomly voting and skewing internet polls.
Put up some pictures/videos of her with some description of what she's done in the past, what she aspires to accomplish and what exactly it is that you see in her that makes her great. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In that sense, pictures in the OP will give her a face and give people a sense of what they're voting for.
Even though I've never been to Oregon, there's nothing wrong with supporting someone who I think is a genuinely nice person. However, all I know about her is the short paragraph in the OP and the 20sec video.
In terms of the actual vote, I'd like to have voted out of "genuine support for Miss Oregon," rather than "showing that TL has influence on the internet."
Even though the online component is pretty much a popularity contest it can be unfair to others that don't post on large closely knit community like TL. But if Miss Oregon receives adequate spotlight and TL actually think she's cool, I think all the votes can be justified. Of course, a pic with a TL message would be icing on the cake.
and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
Yep, Go look in blogs a couple days back for one from a guy with 88 posts, who worked for a charity, and thinks that we should all vote for his charity... The posters may explain why it's a 'good cause', but don't ever seem to explain why their one is more deserving than all the others. Which makes sense, it's just a vote grab.
There may be the argument that to win these things is impossible without cheating, because everyone else is cheating, but this still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I posted this in my livestream many, many times. Hopefully got it a couple hundred votes (also posted it on facebook and twitter). I am only one man though
Note: I live in Oregon, so would want her to win under just about any circumstance
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
how is it cheating? it's a public vote and everyones allowed to try to convince as many people as possible to vote for them.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
You are ridiculous. Here's why.
There may be other deserving candidates. But the difference is, she knows miss Oregon personally and knows she is a good person and what she is capable of, thus she feels there is a better chance that this person will make more of a postive difference than the others and wants to maximize the probability that she will win.
Also, you have failed to consider how the other contestants are getting votes. Do you think the vast majority of votes are people who just stumble on the site and say "hey, I'm going to watch all the videos to make sure I give all the candidates a fair chance?" Further, even if someone did that, do you think it would give an accurate enough picture of each candidate to make the best decision? The reality is, almost everyone who goes there to vote already knows who they are going to vote for before or if they watch the videos, whether they know the candidate personally, saw them at their local pageant, or have been directed in some other form through an advertisement such as this thread.
For the love of god, get off your high horse. Are you telling me that you never do anything to help your friends or family over other people just because they are your friends and family and you think they deserve it more than others? "I hope you sleep well at night." ROFL are you kidding me?
and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
You are ridiculous. Here's why.
There may be other deserving candidates. But the difference is, she knows miss Oregon personally and knows she is a good person and what she is capable of, thus she feels there is a better chance that this person will make more of a postive difference than the others and wants to maximize the probability that she will win.
Also, you have failed to consider how the other contestants are getting votes. Do you think the vast majority of votes are people who just stumble on the site and say "hey, I'm going to watch all the videos to make sure I give all the candidates a fair chance?" Further, even if someone did that, do you think it would give an accurate enough picture of each candidate to make the best decision? The reality is, almost everyone who goes there to vote already knows who they are going to vote for before or if they watch the videos, whether they know the candidate personally, saw them at their local pageant, or have been directed in some other form through an advertisement such as this thread.
For the love of god, get off your high horse. Are you telling me that you never do anything to help your friends or family over other people just because they are your friends and family and you think they deserve it more than others? "I hope you sleep well at night." ROFL are you kidding me?
So you're argument is basically everyone else is doing it, so why can't she? I don't necessarily agree with that argument. I find it incredibly scummy that she mostly just comes here to ask for help from the community and uses cute girlish gestures to appease her so called fellow "Nerds".
I'm also pretty sure most contestants aren't appeasing large internet groups who they aren't very familiar with for votes. At most, people would be making Twitter/Myspace/FB announcements to their friends/family for votes.
and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
You are ridiculous. Here's why.
There may be other deserving candidates. But the difference is, she knows miss Oregon personally and knows she is a good person and what she is capable of, thus she feels there is a better chance that this person will make more of a postive difference than the others and wants to maximize the probability that she will win.
Also, you have failed to consider how the other contestants are getting votes. Do you think the vast majority of votes are people who just stumble on the site and say "hey, I'm going to watch all the videos to make sure I give all the candidates a fair chance?" Further, even if someone did that, do you think it would give an accurate enough picture of each candidate to make the best decision? The reality is, almost everyone who goes there to vote already knows who they are going to vote for before or if they watch the videos, whether they know the candidate personally, saw them at their local pageant, or have been directed in some other form through an advertisement such as this thread.
For the love of god, get off your high horse. Are you telling me that you never do anything to help your friends or family over other people just because they are your friends and family and you think they deserve it more than others? "I hope you sleep well at night." ROFL are you kidding me?
So you're argument is basically everyone else is doing it, so why can't she? I don't necessarily agree with that argument. I find it incredibly scummy that she mostly just comes here to ask for help from the community and uses cute girlish gestures to appease her so called fellow "Nerds".
I'm also pretty sure most contestants aren't appeasing large internet groups who they aren't very familiar with for votes. At most, people would be making Twitter/Myspace/FB announcements to their friends/family for votes.
and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
how is it cheating? it's a public vote and everyones allowed to try to convince as many people as possible to vote for them.
On January 21 2010 13:33 GreEny K wrote: Ok, I voted good luck. Alabama is tearing it up...
Scroll down buddy. New Hampshire is in the lead I believe.
TL is a family. Argument debunked. go vote.
No we aren't. We're a community of Starcraft enthusiasts.
On January 21 2010 13:33 Conquest101 wrote: But some of those contestants OBVIOUSLY ARE. I mean seriously, you really think those states with 3k+ votes didn't do something like this?
Also, lol at Cali with 60 votes. Biggest state for the lose.
You can't know for sure. I'm guessing it's people close to the participants who are rallying individuals from their community to help support them and vote, not asking random people on the internet for votes. It's easy to look and think that they are abusing the system as well, but what if people are spreading the word at church, community meetings or local media within the state?
On January 21 2010 13:33 Conquest101 wrote: But some of those contestants OBVIOUSLY ARE. I mean seriously, you really think those states with 3k+ votes didn't do something like this?
Also, lol at Cali with 60 votes. Biggest state for the lose.
That's because many Californians that would vote in this don't really like Miss California (the one that replaced the old one and the old one). That and I haven't seen any ads for this anywhere so it's likely only people that are involved with this or are riled up to vote like us do so.
On January 21 2010 13:33 Conquest101 wrote: But some of those contestants OBVIOUSLY ARE. I mean seriously, you really think those states with 3k+ votes didn't do something like this?
Also, lol at Cali with 60 votes. Biggest state for the lose.
You can't know for sure. I'm guessing it's people close to the participants who are rallying individuals from their community to help support them and vote, not asking random people on the internet for votes. It's easy to look and think that they are abusing the system as well, but what if people are spreading the word at church, community meetings or local media within the state?
So they're rallying one community and she is rallying another. The difference is in the degree of separation. It seems unlikely that Miss New Hampshire personally knows all 4000 of the people that have voted for her, so someone is rallying some strangers for her as well.
I honestly don't see the difference. I'm sure all the contestants hit up their surrounding community, but keep in mind the difference of living in say.. New York or Los Angeles or whatever vs living in some 3k population town in rural Alabama. One has a clear advantage in the "rallying votes" game. Nobody is playing this "fair". They aren't going to their friends and family and neighbor's, etc. and asking them to view all the videos and choose who they think is best. No. They are saying "Hey vote for me in this contest. Thanks."
If you want to make more than 1 vote. do a Google search for free "web proxy" and vote more than once using a proxy site. www.unblockmyspace.com is a good example.
On January 21 2010 14:15 LF9 wrote: If you want to make more than 1 vote. do a Google search for free "web proxy" and vote more than once using a proxy site. www.unblockmyspace.com is a good example.
Yeah one could write a script to give infinite votes using a proxy while they sleep
Just tried about 5 different web proxies, it seems someone else used my idea. Most of the major web proxies has already been used judging by the IP logger.
and you just like the fact that Team Liquid can pwn any online voting system ever made...also read on.
This girl is special guys... with the opportunities that crown would give her, she would make such a difference in so many lives. While most of the other contestants were spending their last few days getting manicures and finalizing their wardrobe, CC Barber was in Kenya with World Hope, giving medical care to infants and families in poverty
You are right, no one else would make any difference. It's not like Miss Kentucky had to overcome her parents being murdered, or miss Virginia growing up homeless and in poverty, or Miss Peurto Rico spending 4 years in 3rd world countries making a real difference.
I hope you sleep well at night.
You are ridiculous. Here's why.
There may be other deserving candidates. But the difference is, she knows miss Oregon personally and knows she is a good person and what she is capable of, thus she feels there is a better chance that this person will make more of a postive difference than the others and wants to maximize the probability that she will win.
Also, you have failed to consider how the other contestants are getting votes. Do you think the vast majority of votes are people who just stumble on the site and say "hey, I'm going to watch all the videos to make sure I give all the candidates a fair chance?" Further, even if someone did that, do you think it would give an accurate enough picture of each candidate to make the best decision? The reality is, almost everyone who goes there to vote already knows who they are going to vote for before or if they watch the videos, whether they know the candidate personally, saw them at their local pageant, or have been directed in some other form through an advertisement such as this thread.
For the love of god, get off your high horse. Are you telling me that you never do anything to help your friends or family over other people just because they are your friends and family and you think they deserve it more than others? "I hope you sleep well at night." ROFL are you kidding me?
So you're argument is basically everyone else is doing it, so why can't she? I don't necessarily agree with that argument. I find it incredibly scummy that she mostly just comes here to ask for help from the community and uses cute girlish gestures to appease her so called fellow "Nerds".
She called us "nerds" affectionately so don't try to blow that out of proportion. Every one of us here at TL is at least somewhat of a nerd if we are starcraft enthusiasts who post on a website dedicated to it, so I don't find anything wrong with that. You clearly must be insecure about it to have pointed that out as a problem. In fact, uncontrollable has hundreds of posts on her account and has played a reasonable amount of starcraft herself. She's a nerd too, even though she employs "cute girlish gestures"! Feel better now?
I'm also pretty sure most contestants aren't appeasing large internet groups who they aren't very familiar with for votes. At most, people would be making Twitter/Myspace/FB announcements to their friends/family for votes.
So it's cool for friends and family to help out just because they know the person? If this were the only factor involved, it would mean that whoever has more friends and family would win. Do you feel that this is a satisfactory, or better, measure than something equally as arbitrary as how many votes they can garner through advertising? I have news for you, just about any vote-based contest like this, e.g. politics, is all about who can convince more people to vote for them using whatever legal methods they have at their disposal, whether or not they are really the best candidate. This is the way Democracy works, the hope is that there is at least some correlation between how many votes someone gets through these means and how good of a candidate they are. I would say throughout history it's obvious that it works to at least some degree. It's not like we have some omniscient mathematical formula we can use to compute a value for each candidate and choose whoever gets the highest number.
On January 21 2010 12:15 errol1001 wrote: Yep, Go look in blogs a couple days back for one from a guy with 88 posts, who worked for a charity, and thinks that we should all vote for his charity...
That guy has 4500 posts on LiquidPoker and is a big contributor there.
She called us "nerds" affectionately so don't try to blow that out of proportion. Every one of us here at TL is at least somewhat of a nerd if we are starcraft enthusiasts who post on a website dedicated to it, so I don't find anything wrong with that. You clearly must be insecure about it to have pointed that out as a problem. In fact, uncontrollable has hundreds of posts on her account and has played a reasonable amount of starcraft herself. She's a nerd too, even though she employs "cute girlish gestures"! Feel better now?
You completely missed my point. I was simply stating that she uses the fact that she's a girl and a so called "nerd" for her own benefit. I'm not insecure, you just need to read what I wrote. I could care less whether or not she plays starcraft , because it's not a issue. Using this site for her own clear benefit, while others can't is.
I also don't know why you even brought up post count. Even if post count was a reasonable way to judge someones standing on a message board, half her posts are from that blog thread where people would ask her questions.
So it's cool for friends and family to help out just because they know the person? If this were the only factor involved, it would mean that whoever has more friends and family would win. Do you feel that this is a satisfactory, or better, measure than something equally as arbitrary as how many votes they can garner through advertising? I have news for you, just about any vote-based contest like this, e.g. politics, is all about who can convince more people to vote for them using whatever legal methods they have at their disposal, whether or not they are really the best candidate. This is the way Democracy works, the hope is that there is at least some correlation between how many votes someone gets through these means and how good of a candidate they are. I would say throughout history it's obvious that it works to at least some degree. It's not like we have some omniscient mathematical formula we can use to compute a value for each candidate and choose whoever gets the highest number.
That's completely ridiculous. Garnering the support of family/friends/and state community does not measure up to asking random strangers to vote for you, just because you vaguely state how great they are and why they deserve to win. I'm completely against any form of cheating, and just because some of these contestants might be doing this does not make it ethical for everyone to be doing it. She's trying to use a video game community to help her friend advance in a miss America pageant using petty devices.
I just don't honestly think that's okay, and I'm glad our mods will be enforcing the new policy.
She called us "nerds" affectionately so don't try to blow that out of proportion. Every one of us here at TL is at least somewhat of a nerd if we are starcraft enthusiasts who post on a website dedicated to it, so I don't find anything wrong with that. You clearly must be insecure about it to have pointed that out as a problem. In fact, uncontrollable has hundreds of posts on her account and has played a reasonable amount of starcraft herself. She's a nerd too, even though she employs "cute girlish gestures"! Feel better now?
You completely missed my point. I was simply stating that she uses the fact that she's a girl and a so called "nerd" for her own benefit. I'm not insecure, you just need to read what I wrote. I could care less whether or not she plays starcraft , because it's not a issue. Using this site for her own clear benefit, while others can't is.
I also don't know why you even brought up post count. Even if post count was a reasonable way to judge someones standing on a message board, half her posts are from that blog thread where people would ask her questions.
So it's cool for friends and family to help out just because they know the person? If this were the only factor involved, it would mean that whoever has more friends and family would win. Do you feel that this is a satisfactory, or better, measure than something equally as arbitrary as how many votes they can garner through advertising? I have news for you, just about any vote-based contest like this, e.g. politics, is all about who can convince more people to vote for them using whatever legal methods they have at their disposal, whether or not they are really the best candidate. This is the way Democracy works, the hope is that there is at least some correlation between how many votes someone gets through these means and how good of a candidate they are. I would say throughout history it's obvious that it works to at least some degree. It's not like we have some omniscient mathematical formula we can use to compute a value for each candidate and choose whoever gets the highest number.
That's completely ridiculous. Garnering the support of family/friends/and state community does not measure up to asking random strangers to vote for you, just because you vaguely state how great they are and why they deserve to win. I'm completely against any form of cheating, and just because some of these contestants might be doing this does not make it ethical for everyone to be doing it. She's trying to use a video game community to help her friend advance using petty devices.
I just don't honestly think that's okay, and I'm glad our mods will be enforcing the new policy.
Look, you threw out nasty insults at uncontrollable in order to make her look stupid and selfish for starting a thread like this, and that's my main concern with your original post.
The other point here is that we disagree whether or not using TL to help vote is cheating. I say it's not for my previously stated reasons, you say it is because somewhere that you have not described, you draw the line for when and why it's okay to vote for someone in a competition like this. I don't understand what this has to do with who actually came in here asking for TL's help, nor her gender or the way she exploits it in a female barren community like TL.
Maybe the thread should be closed, since it gets a little ridiculous having these "win the internet" threads around TL so often. But I don't think such a thread or the intention of getting TL to help out is inherently wrong.
She is selfish for asking the community to help further her career, but at no point was I trying to insult her. It's an unfair advantage in my opinion. Also, don't even accuse me of such things as I clearly had and show no intent of wanting to do something like that.
As far as you voting twice, I find it disgusting that you did. It's as simple as that and I'm glad any future voting threads will be closed automatically as the moderation has decided. I'm glad we'll be avoiding these threads all together.
She is selfish for asking the community to help further her career, but at no point was I trying to insult her. It's an unfair advantage in my opinion. Also, don't even accuse me of such things as I clearly had and show no intent of wanting to do something like that.
She's doing it for a friend, so she's not being selfish, I don't see what's the big problem, it's the nature of these things to try to involve as many groups of people as possible :S.
That's completely ridiculous. Garnering the support of family/friends/and state community does not measure up to asking random strangers to vote for you, just because you vaguely state how great they are and why they deserve to win. I'm completely against any form of cheating, and just because some of these contestants might be doing this does not make it ethical for everyone to be doing it. She's trying to use a video game community to help her friend advance in a miss America pageant using petty devices.
WTF? The "state community" is huge and she doesn't know the vast majority of them, if she's getting votes from them how is it any better than getting votes from a community site.
On January 21 2010 13:29 Mickey wrote: I find it incredibly scummy that she mostly just comes here to ask for help from the community and uses cute girlish gestures to appease her so called fellow "Nerds".
I'm also pretty sure most contestants aren't appeasing large internet groups who they aren't very familiar with for votes. At most, people would be making Twitter/Myspace/FB announcements to their friends/family for votes.
Agree with this.
Asking people for random votes on TL is a pretty cheap way to get a million (not really but yeah) of votes. Would a guy get the same glorified treatment? A guy who wasn't incontrols girlfriend? Of course not.
I basically agree with what HotBid posted earlier: Keep the votes SC-related.
On January 21 2010 14:38 PrideNeverDies wrote: voted New Hampshire because OP is encouraging cheating through proxies.
Anyone who thinks the other leaders in that race are legit as well are idiots. You think NH and Alaska populations are that large relative to the other states? Obviously the states where people have significant leads are as such because they have advertised some (which is no diff than this), or have a large group of friends speading the word, or are using other websites, local media or something to get those votes. And i'd bet not a single one of those votes is on the merits either.
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.
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.
Haha, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a good argument for justifying the ballot stacking. Wrong is wrong.
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.
One think I want to point out to the people against this for moral reasons: it's an internet vote, meaning anyone can vote for anyone they want. There is no rule stating that you cannot gather support in any manner you wish. The post above me compares it to win-trading, except that win-trading (at least on most ladders) isn't allowed or has some repercussions. We aren't trying to cheat here, I doubt there is a rule stating you can't spam the internet to get votes.
You're right. A better comparison might be to dodging on the ladder. It's not technically against the rules, but it's against the spirit of the competition.
The people voting several times and using proxies and such however....
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.
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
Just voted. We are over 6% now, we clearly influence the vote since Miss Oregon was like 0.7% at the beginning, but I guess some competitors have found bigger forums than TL LOL. (new hampshire 17%+)
On January 23 2010 04:59 endy wrote: Just voted. We are over 6% now, we clearly influence the vote since Miss Oregon was like 0.7% at the beginning, but I guess some competitors have found bigger forums than TL LOL. (new hampshire 17%+)
I think it's just ip changing if I really wanted to do I could get hundreds more votes but I'm too lazy.
i love all the people who wouldnt have voted shit anyway and then say they wont vote just because someone from TL says so and will make a more "unbiased" decision.
On January 23 2010 03:27 Leath wrote: Damn, they're all ugly T_T
I saw only like 2 or 3 who looked ok... I guess it is the message that really counts.
Voted for Oregon.
Not the message, but the number of online contacts! Look at new hampshire, her message was "For me being green is to not buy a new plastic bag every time I go to the store!", zomg deep message!!! And she looked like shit too compared to most of the others.
I would say that it is a good cause to vote just to dethrone her.
Wow, I just watched some of the videos from the site and I have to say although they are not ugly they are not that attractive either. You can find prettier girls just walking around a city. =\
On January 24 2010 01:19 BuGzlToOnl wrote: Wow, I just watched some of the videos from the site and I have to say although they are not ugly they are not that attractive either. You can find prettier girls just walking around a city. =\
ps: you are her gay friend? she its incredible hot and she have boyfriend.. and well, i dont believe in the firendship between sex, always exist something more ( in case the girl its hot or pretty)
On January 25 2010 14:39 phosphorylation wrote: so they are not particularly attractive and their "speeches" are dreadfully trite why are we voting for any of them
because this proves TL is a large enough community to swing votes
I just took a closer look at some of the contestants on there... Miss Rhode Island. Ten people... seriously??? If you can't get more than ten people to vote for you then frankly you shouldn't be there... cuz that's just embarrasing.
On January 26 2010 02:05 meeple wrote: I just took a closer look at some of the contestants on there... Miss Rhode Island. Ten people... seriously??? If you can't get more than ten people to vote for you then frankly you shouldn't be there... cuz that's just embarrasing.
If you aren't popular you might as well give up. Mirite?
On January 26 2010 02:05 meeple wrote: I just took a closer look at some of the contestants on there... Miss Rhode Island. Ten people... seriously??? If you can't get more than ten people to vote for you then frankly you shouldn't be there... cuz that's just embarrasing.
On January 25 2010 14:39 phosphorylation wrote: so they are not particularly attractive and their "speeches" are dreadfully trite why are we voting for any of them
because this proves TL is a large enough community to swing votes
Imagine what 4chan could do if they were like TL O_o
On January 25 2010 14:39 phosphorylation wrote: so they are not particularly attractive and their "speeches" are dreadfully trite why are we voting for any of them
because this proves TL is a large enough community to swing votes
Why would you swing votes for something, to you arbitrary? Sounds like a flock of mindless sheep to me
On January 25 2010 14:39 phosphorylation wrote: so they are not particularly attractive and their "speeches" are dreadfully trite why are we voting for any of them
because this proves TL is a large enough community to swing votes
Imagine what 4chan could do if they were like TL O_o
On January 27 2010 05:47 GreEny K wrote: Everyone that's in a college needs to go to all of the computer labs and vote on each one. gogo now shu shu
This doesnt work. A network has one shared IP address.
I knew this already but also just tried at my school.
Depends how the network is set up, and also how many ip addresses they're allocated. Example: MIT iirc has a static ip address for each student, which is pretty cool. Also means that they can all vote on this from different rooms ^^
TL isn't doing a great job on it. I think that the link doesn't stand out enough in the op - if it's not in the first sentence, I bet that people arn't reading all the way through.
Wow you guys. Thank you so, so, SO much. This means the world to CC, not to mention being an awesome show of the dominance of Team Liquid. I am so grateful. As far as the actual Miss America COMPETITION goes, she won preliminary "lifestyle and fitness" and she's one of 12 top girls up for the text voting part TONIGHT! I'm so jazzed I can hardly sit still! She deserves this... and you guys rock.
On January 30 2010 08:52 uNcontroLable wrote: Wow you guys. Thank you so, so, SO much. This means the world to CC, not to mention being an awesome show of the dominance of Team Liquid. I am so grateful. As far as the actual Miss America COMPETITION goes, she won preliminary "lifestyle and fitness" and she's one of 12 top girls up for the text voting part TONIGHT! I'm so jazzed I can hardly sit still! She deserves this... and you guys rock.
EPT
Thanks guys!
