VOTE - Misc. AV Contest: 2013 in Preview

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by trekkiedane, Jan 12, 2013.

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VOTE FOR TWO

Poll closed Jan 14, 2013.
  1. [IMG]http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/Greenheron9/Boston_zps7b44ee6a.jpg[/IMG] [b]Finn[/b]

    33.3%
  2. [IMG]http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2016/withthevoiceofanelf.jpg[/IMG] [b]Kai "the spy"[/b]

    8.3%
  3. [IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/trekkiedane/Images/TBBS/AV%20Contests/2013zombieslowkey.g

    25.0%
  4. [IMG]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3234/unknowno.png[/IMG] [b]Zion Ravescene[/b]

    16.7%
  5. [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/auntiehill/contest/more_of_the_same.jpg[/IMG] [b]auntieh

    66.7%
  6. [IMG]http://home.comcast.net/~RJDiogenes/Avatar_HoldingHands.jpg[/IMG] [b]RJDiogenes[/b]

    41.7%
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  1. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO *




    Apparently most of the usual gang of suspects in these contests agree with Niels Bohr:

    Accordingly this very first contest of the year 2013 has a very limited array of entries now that it comes to voting.

    -I actually thought having an AV contest on a future-oriented board in the week of The International Consumer Electronics Show would contain loads of avatars with subjects inspired from technology: physically flexible (cell-)phones, dual 3D televisions, eye-movement controlled user-interfaces, home 3D-printing, self-driving cars and much much more of that sort.

    But... What we do have, is a nice little selection of hopes for all, personal aspirations and a couple of less shiny predictions to choose from. So go on and cast your votes for two of these entries.

    The voting will end 48 hours after the posting of this thread.




    * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO * VOTE FOR TWO *



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  2. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    I've been wondering about this for a long time: How can a vote thread attract (as of right now) 26 views but only 3 voters? :cardie:

    I mean, who are these people that come to vote threads and, despite knowing what they're about, just leave again without voting?

    Sure a couple of those might be repeat-views, but it still looks as if twenty people came in here and decided all the entries were of the exact same quality and therefore they weren't able to limit their choice to two.

    I'd love to hear from someone that doesn't vote; I'd especially like to know why they didn't vote when they went through the trouble of viewing the thread anyway.

    Please comment!
     
  3. Ghost07

    Ghost07 Vice Admiral In Memoriam

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    well, I voted...RJ and Finn...

    maybe some of those that didn't vote came to look and will be back later to vote. they may still be making up their minds
     
  4. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    Some might indeed do just that.

    But even closed vote threads have a wild number of visitors that seemingly didn't vote: http://www.trekbbs.com/tags.php?tag=vote
     
  5. Shanndee

    Shanndee Commodore Commodore

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    Voted! :-) ... but I have no insight as to why people who view these threads don't actually vote.
     
  6. Kai "the spy"

    Kai "the spy" Admiral Admiral

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  7. Gaseous Anomaly

    Gaseous Anomaly Bonzo Admiral

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    Viewed and voted.
     
  8. Orac

    Orac Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Voted.
     
  9. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

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    Nice entries. Ultimately, I voted for Finn (Boston is definitely in my future :rommie: ) and trekkiedane (because zombies are less a prediction than a sure thing :evil: ).

    I suppose some of those hits are webcrawlers like Googlebot.
     
  10. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    ^I was wondering about those but I don't know how much of that sort of activity actually exists.

    It seems like we already have a winner - but RJD might still catch up once the votes from the I only come to this board when I'm at work-crowd are in; could still change things a bit!
     
  11. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

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    Wow, love is doing better than I expected. Thanks for the votes, you softies. :adore:
     
  12. auntiehill

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  13. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    ^And won!
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    auntiehill is the official winner of the first Miscellaneous Avatar Contest 1913.

    All up to you now!

    Thanks for a very interesting round to all who participated and to the voters :bolian:
     
  14. Ghost07

    Ghost07 Vice Admiral In Memoriam

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    Congratulations, Auntiehill! :D
     
  15. Zulu Romeo

    Zulu Romeo World Famous Starship Captain Admiral

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    Congratulations auntiehill! Here's to 12 months of more of the same. :beer:

    Also, I had no idea she was around in 1913. ;)
     
  16. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

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    ^^ Next Contest Theme: Time Travel. :rommie:

    Congrats, auntiehill. :bolian:

    Thanks for the votes, everyone. :)
     
  17. Ghost07

    Ghost07 Vice Admiral In Memoriam

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    OH! I missed that!... 1913...:lol:
     
  18. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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  19. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    Pipe down, whippersnappers!

    Thanks for the votes, gang. I'll try to think of a new topic soon.