Comments on: The Contest Voting Has Been Paused

By: Sorida

Sorida — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:03:32 +0000

So did we figure out what we need to do? I wanna vote even though i didnt make it for the finals.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:06:34 +0000

HAHA Doug! if it was golf I believe I’d win! lol

I definitely commend Lee and Patrick for sure for attempting to create the fairest contest online, but all online contests have problems.

Being an online database any contest should output to Spreadsheet form with IP addresses of all voters. It’s just a few keystrokes to eliminate duplicates.

Also I know a few people that registered and weren’t able to vote after 48 hours or longer of posting in the forums, are you guys manually approving people based on post content? if so, than you should know who is and isn’t duplicating things.

I really love all the submissions and am honored to even be a part of it. There’s a lot of great work out there, and you never know where or who you’ll learn your next skill from!

By: Juan Carlos Ayala

Juan Carlos Ayala — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:57 +0000

Well I for one have been following the videos and submissions (and entire site since launch) and only realized that there was a prerequisite to join the forum and comment on three videos before voting. Yup, you guessed it, went through the entire library of submissions since day one (video in Vegas) and went ahead and voted.

By: Larry Sanders

Larry Sanders — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:25:14 +0000

Hey its just growing pains. This is their first contest and there may be some bugs to work out, but Im sure they will figure it all out and be fair to everyone. Good job Patrick and Lee!!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:00:56 +0000

I’m inclined to assume that there’s nothing shady going on, just good politicking. For example, Paddy (who created the football video) noticed that I liked his video from the comments I left (I did) and asked for my vote by email. I had already voted by that point but don’t see the harm in Paddy asking for my support.

By: John Jones

John Jones — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:34:02 +0000

it maybe best to let those who submitted a BTS video to vote…just an idea.

By: Doug Howell

Doug Howell — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:16:14 +0000

We could play it like golf… I might have a chance if the LOWEST score was the winner ;)

Thanks guys for trying to run a clean contest and like others have said.. hope you don’t get to soured on the whole deal..

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:06:57 +0000

Aw. I just want you all to know that I’ve really enjoyed the videos and I hope this doesn’t stop you from wanting to do some other contests again in the future. :)

Thanks for all your hard work on the site!

By: Luke Avery

Luke Avery — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:21:49 +0000

Sadly it would seem that the offer of winning a valuable camera is too tempting for people to play fairly. I really hope that it’s all a big coincidence, but we shall see… Personally, I would be happy to see the a judging panel make the decision but I have a lot of admiration for Lee and Patrick for trying to involve the community as much as possible.

By: Grant Lankford

Grant Lankford — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:19:16 +0000

Maybe you could get other pro photographers not involved in the videos to vote.