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07 Oct 2010 02:52 #10068 by garfi3ld
I just want to make everyone know that I am aware that there are a few ways to game the system. Everyone involved needs to discourage this kind of activity. I do keep an eye on the voting and have been deleting these votes as they come up. You are only creating more work for me.. In the end people doing this could end up causing the person they are voting for to be disqualified and at minimum they could loose legitimate votes as I try to keep things under control.

Wes
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07 Oct 2010 05:12 - 07 Oct 2010 05:20 #10076 by LeatherFace
:-) im staying legit....

And thank you guys for putting this on, I know a few months ago, i was ssnappy about the postponment for 60 days, but all and all,, kudos to you guys for keeping it fair, and showing you do want this to succeed... Go Browns!!!!
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07 Oct 2010 06:22 - 07 Oct 2010 06:30 #10083 by SXRguyinMA
:( :angry: :pinch:

the whole voting system is bs. I had 6 votes, and after I voted for myself today I'm at 4! wtf is that? like I'm trying to game the system with my measly 6 votes when the leaders have almost 70

my wife voted for me from her computer on the same network (she shares my wireless connection) could that have been the problem?
Last edit: 07 Oct 2010 06:30 by SXRguyinMA.

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07 Oct 2010 06:42 #10085 by garfi3ld
Honestly I havn't seen anything that shows that the competitors have been voting themselves. I did have a few that I questions but all were answered. I only pulled votes today from the same accounts voting multiple times in a day. Sorry if it effected you, but I can tell you for sure the top guys saw a much larger hit.

Im sorry if there have been any problems, I am doing my best to keep everything fair.

Wes

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08 Oct 2010 19:53 #10124 by LeatherFace
I believe claptrap had around 20 votes removed on day 2, im not sure if I had any, not that im aware of .. but no votes were removed yesterday from anyone, so not sure whats going on ..

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08 Oct 2010 20:07 - 08 Oct 2010 20:09 #10125 by CrazyBillyBob
I spoke with Wes.
I approve of his removal of the votes. He did the right thing!

I've lost in contests like this in the past because of odd votes.
So The Admin supervision here is a good thing!


CBB
Last edit: 08 Oct 2010 20:09 by CrazyBillyBob.

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08 Oct 2010 20:19 #10126 by Wingless92
If you do "Game" the system, that is just sad! I have voted twice so far. Need to vote for one last rig and i'm done.

People that cheat will get the ban hammer.

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08 Oct 2010 20:23 - 08 Oct 2010 20:24 #10127 by LeatherFace
well i hope he keeps a close eye on it, i didnt recieve any messages about any removed votes (yet) so it seems like maybe the systems is being gamed, im having fun though and its a fun contest, i certainly enjoy seeing all the inovation and creation from JJ and some of the other guys....Cheaters dont stop they just go to plan B
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08 Oct 2010 20:38 #10129 by CrazyBillyBob
You right there are ways to game any system.

In fact I think I just noticed one today.
But I also think that the admin staff already know about it.
And I don't plan on using it...or even testing it.

This thing is just too close :)
I keep seeing JJ pull up !! it's still anyone's to win!

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08 Oct 2010 20:41 #10130 by SXRguyinMA
I don't know about ANYONE'S game...seeing how the majority of us are WELL over 100 votes behind lol

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08 Oct 2010 20:53 - 08 Oct 2010 20:55 #10133 by LeatherFace
i think its fair to say Billy u had 20 votes removed, u already know how to game the system. or know someon that does, in which case they arent realy going to doit without talking to you first.,,, most of us ask our friends to login so they do, they wouldnt have a clue how cheat. but to say billy u had 20 votes removed and just today relize how to cheat, is kind of funny, u knew 2 days ago. :-)..
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08 Oct 2010 20:53 #10134 by jj_Sky5000

CrazyBillyBob wrote: You right there are ways to game any system.

In fact I think I just noticed one today.
But I also think that the admin staff already know about it.
And I don't plan on using it...or even testing it.

This thing is just too close :)
I keep seeing JJ pull up !! it's still anyone's to win!


i just need another 80+ votes and i am right there. i cant even buy votes lol

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08 Oct 2010 21:09 #10136 by LeatherFace

i just need another 80+ votes and i am right there. i cant even buy votes lol


im promising cake at the end !!

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08 Oct 2010 21:13 #10137 by L0rdG1gabyt3

LeatherFace wrote: im promising cake at the end !!


The cake is a lie!!!

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08 Oct 2010 21:22 #10139 by CrazyBillyBob

LeatherFace wrote: i think its fair to say Billy u had 20 votes removed, u already know how to game the system. or know someon that does, in which case they arent realy going to doit without talking to you first.,,, most of us ask our friends to login so they do, they wouldnt have a clue how cheat. but to say billy u had 20 votes removed and just today relize how to cheat, is kind of funny, u knew 2 days ago. :-)..



Leather.... I'm not sure how to take this.:huh: .... So I'll be polite :ohmy: ...
I've done a little advertising about the contest... Not much, mostly word of mouth.

As for the rest of your post....:angry:

Enough said!

CBB

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08 Oct 2010 21:24 #10141 by CrazyBillyBob

jj_Sky5000 wrote: i just need another 80+ votes and i am right there. i cant even buy votes lol


If anyone can pull down that many Votes you can :)
Like I said before...It's a really good MOD!

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08 Oct 2010 21:29 #10142 by Twodavez
I may be gaming the system, because i thought my ability to vote reset at midnight, so you could vote at 11:59 pm day 1 and then 6:00 am day 2 and then you couldn't vote again until day 3 at 12:01 am. (1 vote per day)
So i was voting whenever it let me, not really keeping track of when the last time i voted was and making sure 24 hours had passed... :unsure:
I know at one point i voted from home a 8 pm, then came into work the next day and voted again at 8 am becuase i knew i wasn't going to be able to get on my PC at home. So it was 2 votes in 2 days, but they both may have happened with-in the same 24 hour period.
If i was cheating, i didn't intend to and i hope Garfi3ld can research and make sure i'm being legal... :)
Sorry :(

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” - Mark Twain

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08 Oct 2010 21:43 #10145 by jj_Sky5000
That one of the loop holes easly found. I had a hard time not voting when i got to work. Mutiple ips same login or mutiple logins same ip. but its all logged, and the admin can easly delete the duplicate ip or logins.

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08 Oct 2010 21:53 #10146 by CrazyBillyBob
The loophole I bumped into today had to deal with way different browsers handle
the voting site. I normally run FF today I happened to be troubleshooting an IE issue and bumped into it. I was curious so I came back to the site with Chrome.

Dave,
I'm sure that some other folks have done the same thing.

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08 Oct 2010 22:05 - 08 Oct 2010 22:14 #10148 by LeatherFace
cookies.... Browsers dont share cookies, if you goto the site and it doesnt see the cookie , it doesnt think u have voted and allows u to vote over and oover and over and over and over as long as it has to upload a cookie, like maybe even 20 times, thats why different browsers allow u to vote each seperatly.
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