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Author Topic: VOTING IS OVER!  (Read 59013 times)

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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #105 on: February 05, 2008, 10:00:20 PM »
Quote from: nicksgal on February 05, 2008, 09:59:18 PM
ROFLMAO! Would those happen to be the two that didn't recieve enough nominations in there as well?

Yes, I won those too!
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #106 on: February 05, 2008, 10:01:42 PM »
Quote from: julilly on February 05, 2008, 10:00:20 PM
Yes, I won those too!

Ah, now I see where the sixteen came from. lol
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #107 on: February 05, 2008, 10:02:07 PM »
Quote from: julilly on February 05, 2008, 09:58:52 PM
Are you serious? That's crazy! lol If you're gonna cheat at least do it right!

totally agree. you're not supposed to be obvious about it lol people can track that trail right back to ya.
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2008, 10:04:00 PM »
The sad part is that it won't stop people from going to the site, supporting the cheater's writing, or participating again the next year...
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2008, 10:05:49 PM »
Nope..... She was a very popular author for a while. Then Mel and Laura came along. lol
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #110 on: February 05, 2008, 10:06:00 PM »
http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/kevykevslady32/page1.html

that's tess... I've never heard of her and I think you could vote for the awards but I'm pretty sure that the people who voted hadn't read any of the stories because I posted the links to my AC stories and my read count for Whitmore Lake has barely moved. (I suspect the only person who's read it since it was nominated was whoever judged it for the AC awards. So yeah, I doubt any of those stories even got read.

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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #111 on: February 05, 2008, 10:06:47 PM »
Quote from: mare on February 05, 2008, 08:37:43 PM
And excuse me if Kelly and I lost, it HAS to be rigged, I mean...hello?

LMAO
 


LMAO I was thinking the same thing! Ha ha oh ye of too much faith in me!
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #112 on: February 05, 2008, 10:12:29 PM »
Quote from: nicksgal on February 05, 2008, 09:58:08 PM
The last Stripped awards... Someone won a category they weren't even nominated for. lol

LMFAO!!!!  Wow.

I think I've been nominated there before, but it probably wasn't the last one.
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #113 on: February 05, 2008, 10:15:59 PM »
Quote from: honey on February 05, 2008, 10:06:00 PM
http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/kevykevslady32/page1.html

that's tess... I've never heard of her and I think you could vote for the awards but I'm pretty sure that the people who voted hadn't read any of the stories because I posted the links to my AC stories and my read count for Whitmore Lake has barely moved. (I suspect the only person who's read it since it was nominated was whoever judged it for the AC awards. So yeah, I doubt any of those stories even got read.



I haven't either, but looking at her site, she's associated with Felfic, so that explains why she would get so many votes.  They're like an army.

That's why voting isn't the best way to decide winners; it's usually just a popularity contest.  But judging can be biased, if the judges are buddies with the authors of the stories they're judging.  So, alas, no awards are perfect.  But some sure try harder to be fair than others.
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #114 on: February 05, 2008, 10:22:18 PM »
well they were the Mbsbfc awards and I think they might just be more familiar with their own authors. I was totally an outsider. I didn't even know what the MBSBFC was when I got nominated and the girl that nominated me knew me from here. So, it was probably just that most people had read her stories and not many of the other ones there. *shrug* whatever.   

I'm still just crying that I lost. lol. Anybody wanna give me a hug?
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #115 on: February 05, 2008, 10:28:13 PM »
That's why most rewards suck. I've never won one before and the first time I've been nominated was for the Felix Awards. Yet, I see other stories being nominated all over the place that are less popular. I don;t nominate myself which is prolly why I never really get nominated and I don't have any people who sweat me that much to nominate me I guess. I feel like its more like I'll nominate you, if you nominate me. It's just SOOO hard for awards NOT to be rigged and someone's feelings always wind up getting hurt. I used to get upset over it, but whatever. Obviously I have SOME readers.

It's okay Kelly lol Let's make our own awards and then we can rig it so we win them all LOL
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #116 on: February 05, 2008, 10:32:13 PM »
Quote from: MellzBellz on February 05, 2008, 10:28:13 PM
That's why most rewards suck. I've never won one before and the first time I've been nominated was for the Felix Awards. Yet, I see other stories being nominated all over the place that are less popular. I don;t nominate myself which is prolly why I never really get nominated and I don't have any people who sweat me that much to nominate me I guess. I feel like its more like I'll nominate you, if you nominate me. It's just SOOO hard for awards NOT to be rigged and someone's feelings always wind up getting hurt. I used to get upset over it, but whatever. Obviously I have SOME readers.

It's okay Kelly lol Let's make our own awards and then we can rig it so we win them all LOL

or better yet, let's just make a bunch of banners for ourselves and pretend we held awards. I mean what's the point of going through all the trouble if we know we're just going to win anyway?
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #117 on: February 05, 2008, 10:38:00 PM »
Quote from: honey on February 05, 2008, 10:32:13 PM
or better yet, let's just make a bunch of banners for ourselves and pretend we held awards. I mean what's the point of going through all the trouble if we know we're just going to win anyway?

Oh but then we don't get to squash other people's help so its no fun that way. lol

Another thing I noticed about some award sites that are like Uhmm how is this fair? Having an author nominated twice in the same category? Even if its different stories I don't think that's fair. But the best was I've seen the same character nominated twice in character categories because  one story was the sequel and the other was the orginal. I mean come on people? How does that make sense? lol
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #118 on: February 05, 2008, 10:39:50 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 05, 2008, 10:12:29 PM
LMFAO!!!!  Wow.

I think I've been nominated there before, but it probably wasn't the last one.

I don't even remember who was nominated. lol
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Re: VOTING IS OVER!
« Reply #119 on: February 05, 2008, 10:42:44 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 05, 2008, 10:15:59 PM
I haven't either, but looking at her site, she's associated with Felfic, so that explains why she would get so many votes.  They're like an army.

That's why voting isn't the best way to decide winners; it's usually just a popularity contest.  But judging can be biased, if the judges are buddies with the authors of the stories they're judging.  So, alas, no awards are perfect.  But some sure try harder to be fair than others.

Didn't Felfic disband?

And I think the Felix awards were fair... Even if us judges were friends with a lot of people we were judging for. :)
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