Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

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Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Kanibal2 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:13 am

Hi,

first post and possibly stupid question but I was unable to find an answer so far.
Can VCA vote counts be found anywhere?

I'd love to see how my choices in semifinals and finals compare to others.

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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby gotegenks » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:19 am

they're in the 6-13 range for the winners, 0 or 1 for the rest. i think pencilhead got 14 :O
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Kanibal2 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:33 am

Sorry, is that like insider information? I just don't get the reason why the vote counts are not visible. :(

I'd just like to see how much my taste is distanced from majority :)
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Ileia » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:45 am

I'm pretty sure he just made up those numbers. But you're right about it being "insider information", they've never shown us the vote counts in previous years, I doubt they will this year.
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Kanibal2 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:58 am

I was afraid that is the case. :(
Was there ever any hint on why they don't release the numbers?

Btw Ileia I'm hoping I'm not minority on picking you for editor of the year. Part of the reason I'd like to see the numbers is that some of your amvs, that I nominated for finals, didn't get through and I'd like to know if I'm crazy or what? :)
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby GloryQuestor » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:34 am

Kanibal2 wrote:I was afraid that is the case. :(
Was there ever any hint on why they don't release the numbers?


It's not really intentional, it's pretty much a site legacy issue. There's no easy way for us to republish this information due to the way the VCAs were originally coded. Even I, the coordinator, don't get to see every vote cast, only the higher-end ones that eventually get moved into the Semis, then the Finals.

I feel the same way as you do -- everyone should at least be able to see the breakdown of the video votes. It's one of those things we'll definitely address when that part of the site updates begin.
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Kanibal2 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:55 am

Cool, thanks a lot for your answer.
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Shin-AMV » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:18 pm

Kanibal2 wrote:I was afraid that is the case. :(
Was there ever any hint on why they don't release the numbers?

Btw Ileia I'm hoping I'm not minority on picking you for editor of the year. Part of the reason I'd like to see the numbers is that some of your amvs, that I nominated for finals, didn't get through and I'd like to know if I'm crazy or what? :)


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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:07 pm

I'm sure they're all visible to the right SQL query. I figured nobody bothered to try because that'd reveal how low turnout was and destroy the magic.
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Prodigi » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:21 pm

These are all excuses hiding the truth:

You won't show us the vote count because it's a CDVV conspiracy to win in the VCAs every year. WE'RE ON TO YOU.
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Ileia » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:40 pm

You confuse the VCAs with AWA Pro :p
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Ileia » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:51 pm

Shin-AMV wrote:
Kanibal2 wrote:I was afraid that is the case. :(
Was there ever any hint on why they don't release the numbers?

Btw Ileia I'm hoping I'm not minority on picking you for editor of the year. Part of the reason I'd like to see the numbers is that some of your amvs, that I nominated for finals, didn't get through and I'd like to know if I'm crazy or what? :)


We all <3 Ileia and her stuff, so no you're not crazy.


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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby TritioAFB » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:29 am

To be honest, it's funnier this way. After all, if the votes were visible there will be a risk of manipulating the votes in order to make an entry win against other entries.

An example. In AKROSS Con, when the time to choose the viewer choice award comes, the system will not let you see the votes until you vote.
If you try seeing them the page will just take you to the form to choose the videos. Until you're done, the page will let you see the current results. The funny fact is that even if you have 5-6 accounts in AKROSS, the system will not let you vote again ;)
And what you can see is the number of votes an entry received. But different to the org, in AKROSS what counts is that the level of user determines the amount of points an entry receives. Said that, at my case I'm level 8 so every video I vote receives 8 points
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Kanibal2 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:59 pm

Well, so out of my picks in 25 categories only 7 won. Since I don't know how many people voted like me I'm gonna believe that everyone except me is crazy. :)
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Re: Question, VCA vote counts anywhere?

Postby Knowname » Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:07 pm

not a bad idea
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