A call to nominating voters

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:09 pm

Greetings to voters of all ages, genders, nationalities and IQ levels.

As I appealed to the editors at the start of the previous round, so I would appeal to you at the start of this round.

Please remember: your votes are what makes this contest work. They are also what makes this contest sometimes not work.

I encourage everyone to think for a bit about what a vote in any particular category means. It's a vote for a video that excels in a certain respective area of AMVing. It is not a vote for a video which you want to win a prize, and don't care what prize (as long as, you say, it wins something just cause it's an awesome video).

Even more so, I encourage everyone to try and actually download all the nominees before making a call (and that should go without saying).

So, look at the category first, consider what it means, and then vote for videos. Not the other way around.

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This should be common sense, but it's starting to dawn on me that, perhaps, it isn't as common as it ought to be.

Vote responsibly.

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:15 pm

OMG NOES I THINK ILL JUST VOTEZ FOR EVERY VIDEO WITH NARUTOOO THAT I SEES IN IT BECAUSE NARUTO IZ SO COOL!!

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:42 pm

Man, if only there's a way this message can go across to the voters who DON'T EVEN GO TO THIS FORUM.

Fluxmeister · Post by **Fluxmeister** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:55 pm

Yeah I think these instructions should be posted on the final voting page.

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:08 pm

Fluxmeister wrote:Yeah I think these instructions should be posted on the final voting page.

Agreed.

Illia Sadri · Post by **Illia Sadri** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:26 pm

The question would be what percentage of the would be perpetrators would actually take the time to read that?

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:29 pm

Make it into an "annoying" pop-up page similar to that pledge page.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:29 pm

Even if one or two would, I'd consider it a great success

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No, I full-well realize the relative futility of this, but I still have some hope that reason and democracy can go hand in hand.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:29 pm

Wow, I wish I had your faith in humanity. I've come to assume that people-in-general are either really stupid or don't care. Possibly both.

But well said, and here's hopin'. *thumbs-up* I'll be downloading the stuff I haven't seen yet tomorrow, most likely. (I know, I should've done it last time, but I didn't vote in every category before. Just the ones in which I knew a lot of the entrants.)

Anyway. Well said.

FoxJones · Post by **FoxJones** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:45 am

I agree that the pledger-type page before getting to vote would be nice. If it pops up often enough that would at least get most of the idiots to give up -_-
Also make it short and simple as possible... I don't think I need to explain why.