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How long before your votes for a single contest are frittered away

first couple hours

2%

2%

[ 2 ]

by the middle of the first day

4%

4%

[ 3 ]

by the end of the first day

2%

2%

[ 2 ]

sometime on the second day

13%

13%

[ 9 ]

sometime on the third day

22%

22%

[ 15 ]

I rarely use all my votes before the contest closes

53%

53%

[ 36 ]

Total Votes: 67

ScionShade

Location: VeniceFlaUS

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:20 pm   Reply with quote         


Personally I find the
"Sorry,I'm out of votes but would vote for this if I had more"
pretty stinking insulting.
Especially *COUGH* when tthe person has spent half their votes on people they vote for every contest,
no matter what they post.
Other comments are great, if they're honest.




tallwalker

Location: Sunny S.Calif.

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:37 pm   Reply with quote         


I vote for women first....no matter what it looks like...so if your female let me know and you'll get my vote!!! Razz Razz Shocked




ReinMan

Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:39 pm   Reply with quote         


SHOWCASE Argh




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ReinMan

Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:40 pm   Reply with quote         


I DO hope that wasn't TOO vague! Hmmm




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Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:41 pm   Reply with quote         


TheShaman wrote:
BTW this has really put a bad taste in my mouth... since apparently im the only one who blows their wad early


I am very disappointed that no one even commented on TheShaman using "blows their wad" and "bad taste in my mouth" in the same sentence. You guys are slipping.




ScionShade

Location: VeniceFlaUS

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:42 pm   Reply with quote         


HA! Good eye!




Showcase

Location: A little town on the edge of Sanity

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:52 pm   Reply with quote         


you guys are so childish!

and reinman, please...can you be any less vague?




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Lrossa

Location: the sunny side of NY

Post Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:11 pm   Reply with quote         


whew!! after reading Rein's comment I'm not too sure what this is about..... Shocked

*can someone pass a glass of water..*




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ReinMan

Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:06 am   Reply with quote         


Raising Brow

How about a Martini instead?

Twisted Evil




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itzsibi

Location: India

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:19 am   Reply with quote         


I've a suggestion for this voting technique , recently i've visited some sites where i could see the voting has been blocked for a particular period . voting starts only after posting all entries.so that good entries will get good votes. but here 80% cast votes in the first couple of hours. it should be changed . we should wait some more time. why cant you vote in the 3rd day?




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ScionShade

Location: VeniceFlaUS

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:26 am   Reply with quote         


80% cast votes in first couple of hours?
You know,
that makes no stinking sense at all to say something so obviously not true.




blue_lurker

Location: Australia

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:26 am   Reply with quote         


Depending on my work load I try to vote like this

10-first day
10-second day
5-encourgment votes last day

But because of my work load of late I seam to use atleast 50% up on the first day, then come back early on the second and blow the rest.

One thing I will do is open all the images before I vote, I have learnt never to reley on the thumbnail...Been caugth out on that myself.




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Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:41 am   Reply with quote         


Due to the fact that I live on the West Coast (U.S.A.), don't have advantage and go to work at 6 am and therefore can't chop in a new contest until I get home at night, I believe that I have fallen victim to BWME. That is why I read/replied to this topic. I now leave you , the reader, my thoughts, observations and conclusions, not necessarily in that order but in this case, in that order.

1. If you are out of votes but are compelled to leave a comment, the comment shouldn't be you apologizing that you are out of votes. Tell the person what you liked about their entry. Telling somebody that you would have voted for their entry if you had another vote to give is indirectly telling 25 other people that they might not have deserved your vote after all.

2. Placing all of your votes early is not only short-changing those without advantage but it is also short-changing advantage users who don't pre-post and use the extra time to perfect their entry.

3. Reinman has Martini fixin's and knows how to use them.

If none of this makes sense it's because I have been awake for 23 1/2 hours and have split that time between work, a birthday party and a concert, not necessarily in that order but in this case...




TheShaman

Location: Peaksville, Southeast of Disorder

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:11 am   Reply with quote         


Feral Hamster wrote:
TheShaman wrote:
BTW this has really put a bad taste in my mouth... since apparently im the only one who blows their wad early


I am very disappointed that no one even commented on TheShaman using "blows their wad" and "bad taste in my mouth" in the same sentence. You guys are slipping.


ding ding ding Laughing Cool Very Happy
my way of trying to difuse a situation...




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ReinMan

Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN

Post Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:46 am   Reply with quote         


"Bartender - line me up another 10 Martini's. I've STILL got the taste in my mouth!"

- or something like that. It really is a funny joke. I'll tell the whole thing sometime. But for now I'll just quote this weird dude from Kansas:

"Carry on my wayward son!"

Smile




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