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SUPERECWFAN1
12-03-2005, 12:26 PM
This is about the Corries as a whole. I really wanted to take part in them this year and had it marked down. Of course that was before my net access screwed up and my comp went down. So I'm using a library computer at times.

I really wanted to take part and take my time nominating each poster and comic related vote. But with time shrinking I couldn't do it. Instead of just screwing up and plunkin any name down and not caring I decided against voting.

I really didn't have the time to really go thru and pick the people who deserved the Corries. I'm sorry about. I hope no one thinks I didn't care. Its just that with lack of time online I wanted the votes to matter.

Thanks...
Jared_Humpherys
12-03-2005, 12:36 PM
I'm curious: why the apology? To my knowledge, less than 1% of the total poster population here participated. I can understand your own dissapointment at not being able to participate, but I can hardly believe other folks would fault your absence.
SUPERECWFAN1
12-03-2005, 12:38 PM
I'm curious: why the apology? To my knowledge, less than 1% of the total poster population here participated. I can understand your own dissapointment at not being able to participate, but I can hardly believe other folks would fault your absence.


Didn't know. I always thought the Corries got a great turnout. I'm also dissapointed because I really wanted to vote on the comics this year. Damn....
Jared_Humpherys
12-03-2005, 12:42 PM
Didn't know. I always thought the Corries got a great turnout. I'm also dissapointed because I really wanted to vote on the comics this year. Damn....

Well, it may have been more than 1%, but it had to have been under 10%.

We have 13.5k members, right? Maybe a third of those are active. So that's 4.5k. I don't recall seeing 400+ people voting in any of the awards(then again, I didn't do any voting myself, so my attention to it was minimal).
Fabian
12-03-2005, 12:54 PM
You could had broken the tie in my category. I hate you! I will never let you live it down.
zombie
12-03-2005, 01:08 PM
Well, it may have been more than 1%, but it had to have been under 10%.

We have 13.5k members, right? Maybe a third of those are active. So that's 4.5k. I don't recall seeing 400+ people voting in any of the awards(then again, I didn't do any voting myself, so my attention to it was minimal).

We should start a Vote Or Die campaign next year to get people voting! We can have various comic celebrities make ads about the importance of Corrie voting, and how much difference your one vote can make. T-shirts, billboards, magazine spreads, it'll be huge!
Bard
12-03-2005, 01:20 PM
I think I'd rather have a bunch of registered active participants in some of the forums than a bunch of sheep just showing up to vote for the corries, then disappearing again till next year.
StoneGold
12-03-2005, 01:49 PM
Well, it may have been more than 1%, but it had to have been under 10%.

We have 13.5k members, right? Maybe a third of those are active. So that's 4.5k. I don't recall seeing 400+ people voting in any of the awards(then again, I didn't do any voting myself, so my attention to it was minimal).
Yeah, but automatically toss out any poster with under, oh, let's say 50 posts, because that probably means that either they don't really post here that often, or they haven't been posting long enough to really know the boards that well.
Jared_Humpherys
12-03-2005, 01:58 PM
Then again, regardless of the amount who participate, why should anyone feel pressured to vote? It's just meant for fun, right?

I can understand why Superecwfan would feel a personal need to apologize, but I want to make certain that the only one giving him a reason to feel guilty is himself. It would not be a good thing if members of the community made him feel so.


Meh, I'm probably taking the whole topic too seriously.
i_mmmchocolate
12-03-2005, 02:18 PM
There's always next year, silly boy.
west3man
12-03-2005, 04:00 PM
Yeah, but automatically toss out any poster with under, oh, let's say 50 posts, because that probably means that either they don't really post here that often, or they haven't been posting long enough to really know the boards that well.
Instead of focusing so much on post counts, maybe "start dates" would be a better determinant.

Some people do a ton of lurking for one reason or another. That doesn't mean they don't know the community members well enough to vote.
K'Nort
12-03-2005, 06:59 PM
I'm curious: why the apology? To my knowledge, less than 1% of the total poster population here participated. I can understand your own dissapointment at not being able to participate, but I can hardly believe other folks would fault your absence.

Well I can see his point. The Corries are traditionally important to SuperE. He has a lot of fun with them. And thus adds to the fun for the rest of us. Look at his sig. So he in particular was conspicuously absent. Which doesn't mean he owes anyone an apology, of course, but I understand his clarifying it.
Bard
12-03-2005, 07:26 PM
Yeah, but automatically toss out any poster with under, oh, let's say 50 posts, because that probably means that either they don't really post here that often, or they haven't been posting long enough to really know the boards that well.

You know, for once I actually agree with that idea. Believe it or not, some of the nominees were pimping on other boards to get ppl to to sign up to vote here. There may not be any ethical problems involved, but it does seem tacky.
K'Nort
12-03-2005, 07:29 PM
Well and wasn't there a controversy two years ago with some small press or web comic getting their fans to create id's specifically to vote for them in the comics section?
Bard
12-03-2005, 07:31 PM
Hmm, I'd never heard about it. What happened?
SteelTownr
12-03-2005, 11:21 PM
Supe,

I didn't win the "Poster That You Would Most Like to Get Drunk With" but I was up against some serious competition. I don't know who you would have voted for and I doubt that your vote would have swung the decision in my way, but if you want, we can get drunk together.

Mark B.
SUPERECWFAN1
12-07-2005, 07:41 PM
Supe,

I didn't win the "Poster That You Would Most Like to Get Drunk With" but I was up against some serious competition. I don't know who you would have voted for and I doubt that your vote would have swung the decision in my way, but if you want, we can get drunk together.

Mark B.


If I ever get up to Penn State I'll take ya up on it. Odds are I'll struggle to handle beer. I've wierdly lost my taste for it but hell..I'm game. ;)

Thanks guys. I always had fun with the Corries as K'Nort posted. They gave me a joy. Where else could a bad spellin,wrestle fool like myself promote himself shamelessly ? But 2006...by god. I'll be there in 2006!! :D