theonering.net has a "march madness" voting competition between different silmarillion, hobbit, and lotr characters. The voting is unlimited, and they encourage you to vote often and continuously.
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In their rules, they say voting ends at Noon EST on a specific day (usually 3-4 days for each round).
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So the last round had Feanor versus Gandalf. Feanor was down at 12% of the votes on day 1. By day 2, I had single-handedly pulled him up to 47%. Zhie and I then fought/voted him up to 50% and a little over. The next two days were spent maintaining his very slight lead.
Yesterday, it was to end at Noon EST. So I woke at 10:30 so I could vote and make sure Feanor had his lead. It was close, but Zhie and I voted hard, and at Noon EST, he was leading by .5%. Victory!
...except the polls stayed open. We scratched our heads, and I continued voting to be safe while Zhie went back to work. Things are okay, but Feanor is slowly dropping. Just .01% here and there, and I fight him back up. Then he drops to .2% of a lead and I text for help.
Zhie, myself, and two others start voting Feanor, and as we all are spamming votes, he DROPS down another .4% so he's now losing by .2%. Four people voting, and his votes are falling fast. This happens around 12:45. We continue voting viciously, and get him back up to 49.99%. He raises to 50.01%. He drops to 50% and suddenly polls close. With Gandalf winning by one single vote.
Had polls closed as promised at noon, he would have won. As would Smaug. But they stayed open an extra hour, and curiously, in that "overtime" hour, a whole army came to beat down Feanor.
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All good.
In their rules, they say voting ends at Noon EST on a specific day (usually 3-4 days for each round).
Still good.
So the last round had Feanor versus Gandalf. Feanor was down at 12% of the votes on day 1. By day 2, I had single-handedly pulled him up to 47%. Zhie and I then fought/voted him up to 50% and a little over. The next two days were spent maintaining his very slight lead.
Yesterday, it was to end at Noon EST. So I woke at 10:30 so I could vote and make sure Feanor had his lead. It was close, but Zhie and I voted hard, and at Noon EST, he was leading by .5%. Victory!
...except the polls stayed open. We scratched our heads, and I continued voting to be safe while Zhie went back to work. Things are okay, but Feanor is slowly dropping. Just .01% here and there, and I fight him back up. Then he drops to .2% of a lead and I text for help.
Zhie, myself, and two others start voting Feanor, and as we all are spamming votes, he DROPS down another .4% so he's now losing by .2%. Four people voting, and his votes are falling fast. This happens around 12:45. We continue voting viciously, and get him back up to 49.99%. He raises to 50.01%. He drops to 50% and suddenly polls close. With Gandalf winning by one single vote.
Had polls closed as promised at noon, he would have won. As would Smaug. But they stayed open an extra hour, and curiously, in that "overtime" hour, a whole army came to beat down Feanor.
Coincidence?
We think not.