I mean "wtf?", or, in other words:
You want to be eliminated of a contest at which you were present voluntarily because "you don't need any prizes, you have too much stuff already"?. It's crazy man, and the only thing that this presents to me are doubts about if you were the one that altered the poll.
I actually have too much stuff. I have over 15 video game consoles, lots of games, FL Studio, all 4 futurama movies (A.K.A Season 5), 3 seasons of Simpsons and Simpsons Movie, MIDI Keyboard, television, over 150 movies (Both VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray), a Super Mario World Guide with many secrets revealed, MP3 Player, and 3 computers, and I am only 13 years old! I don't need any prizes!
I am sorry, but we all make mistakes in life. It is nothing we can do about it, we all do mistakes sometimes. I really think nicetas_c deserves the first place.
I apologize for what i've done. I feel really bad right now, and I am not going to continue in this contest. Please delete me from the contestants to vote for.
Well, That's just as well because I added one last vote for nicetas_c again & noticed that his votes jumped from 13 to 31 within 24 ours now.
So, since today's the cut-off for the contest, I'd like to say a few words.
1. I didn't mention that anyone would ever get disqualified for giving themselves any number of votes. I did, however, mention that said votes will be deducted. That means that no member (including moviemovies1) would ever get penalized. Also, considering that voting is open to guests on this forum, I still have to give the benefit of the doubt to everyone.
2. I appreciate moviemovies1's coming forward after I blew the whistle. There are, however, a few things that I need to clarify between him, nicetas_c & myself (let's take this through the PMs).
3. I also see that more deductions will have to be done since someone tried to bring nicetas_c's vote count up, due to the fact that moviemovies1 regretted his deed.
And so, it is my pleasure to announce the top 3 contestants in this game (with all necessary vote deductions):
1st place is nicetas_c (he had 6 votes extra since yesterday & an extra 18 today, meaning that his total vote count is 31 - 24 = 7).
2nd place is moviemovies1 (he had 17 votes extra since yesterday, so his total vote count is 23 - 17 = 6). This makes him tied with KuroBit (since he had one vote done by me while I wasn't logged in, making his count 7 - 1 = 6).
And so, it looks like a deadlock; nicetas_c has 7 votes & both KuroBit & moviemovies1 have 6. If I vote for one of the two to break the tie for second place, then there will have to be a tie breaker for 1st place.
And so, here's what I'll do; it makes sense to add one vote (i.e.: my vote) to nicetas_c (since he's already first place & since no problem arose with him in terms of cheating). This will bring his vote count to 8.
Then, I'll deliberate carefully who deserves the 2nd & 3rd place prizes, based SOLELY on the submitted music. Expect a final & official post in a few minutes.
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After careful deliberation, I have the final podium standings.
1st place: nicetas_c (with all deductions, he has a total of 8 votes, including my extra vote of today, which was done while I was logged off, for the 1st-place tie breaker).
2nd place: KuroBit (with all deductions, he has a total of 7 votes, including my extra vote of today, which was done while I was logged in, for the 2nd-place tie breaker).
3rd place: moviemovies1 (with all deductions, he has a total of 6 votes).
In spite of a cheating incident, which was solved fairly quick, nobody gets any penalties or disqualifications (other than the vote deductions I've stated previously). Since all our contestants have taken their time to complete submissions, none should be left out & all deserve honorable mention. My 2nd-place tie breaker vote was done out of pure merit only (& all those who were involved in this cheating incident were PMed by me).
Thank you all for playing! To all winners; expect PMs concerning your prizes.
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