Please help me win a photo contest by following the link

[spazdude222]

If you don't mind, follow the link I'm going to post, and when you get there, vote for my picture. I'm planning on using the money (if I happen to win) to pay for school, and travel back to Peru to see my family. I appreciate any votes you're willing to send.
Here's the link to my photo. (http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?qsi=16639335) When you get there, read the description, and vote for it!

[unicycler100]

I voted for it. Good luck with winning

[spazdude222]

Thanks to anyone who voted. I've only had my entry in for about 20 hours, and I'ts moved to 607/~66,000. You guys rock!

[spazdude222]

update: it's now 503/66,000

[unicyclerider]

I voted, good luck

[spazdude222]

Also, my photo is ranked number one in the newly popular catagory. Remember, you can vote every 8 hours :-)

[Biggestbtc]

Also, my photo is ranked number one in the newly popular catagory. Remember, you can vote every 8 hours :-)
So that's why I got to vote 3 times...

[molehill]

Voted:DVoted:DVoted:D

[spazdude222]

Update: Ranked 249/71537, still first on newly popular list.
I know this is asking a lot, but anyone who wouldn't mind posting my link to other websites and/or forums you frequent I'd really appreciate it.

[Linusk]

Yeah I voted

[spazdude222]

Thanks so much! It's now 207. The rise throught he ranks has slowed considerably, but I hope I can still rely on votes from you all.

[Catboy]

I'm sorry, I just couldn't vote for your picture. It may be your favorite, but to me it's only marginal.

[spazdude222]

Well, I certainly don't hold that against you. Thanks for giving it a look anyway.

[unicycler100]

I voted three times now

[spazdude222]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.

[spazdude222]

rank: 163/73073

[spazdude222]

Now at 140/73,000+
Thanks for the votes and views.

[spazdude222]

My forward progress has slowed considerably. Please don't stop voting!

[spazdude222]

There's about 4 days left in the competition. Any help now could be the "home stretch push" I need :)
Rank:122

[spazdude222]

There's only about 2 and a half days left to vote, so please keep voting. Special thanks to drumstuck who also wrote a review.
I'm ranked 103 now.
http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?qsi=17171110

[Jerrick]

Ive been voting through the last few days. Not every 8 hours, but as many times as I can throughout the day when im at a computer.

[spazdude222]

Thanks a ton Jerrick. I really do apprecaite the fact that you've voted more than once, let alone voted at all.

[hectorqlucero]

I voted good luck.

[splodge88]

I voted a couple of times...I see you're ranked 92 now! Well done :)

[spazdude222]

Update: Thanks to all you awesome unicyclist.com voters, I'm now ranked 87! There's not much time left, but if you have a chance, I'd love to have you vote for my picture :-)

[spazdude222]

Now Ranked 79

[beeper]

Now Ranked 79

voted. 78 now;)

[spazdude222]

Much appreciated. 77 last I checked. (http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?qsi=17171110) :)

[nannerdw]

I voted from two different computers. Good luck.
The #1 entry has about 5,000 votes right now, lol.

[spazdude222]

I voted from two different computers. Good luck.
The #1 entry has about 5,000 votes right now, lol.

I found out something that is both good news, and bad news: Brickfish CHOOSES the winner from the top 150 photos. So I Do have a chance at the grand prize, but so do about 70 or so other people I recently surpassed.

[spazdude222]

But please keep voting anyway, just in case :-)

[Jeremy R]

The sad truth:

You are artificially inflating your popularity, so while your image might not be top notch, it will be ranked that way. At the same time someone who never did this had all real votes! This means when brickfish chooses, yours will be ranked last if none of the other 149 did that. Most likely, most of them did, so you may or may not have an advantage over them.

I will look at your picture now, and stop speculating.

don't take offence at this, kay :).

[spazdude222]

The sad truth:

You are artificially inflating your popularity, so while your image might not be top notch, it will be ranked that way. At the same time someone who never did this had all real votes! This means when brickfish chooses, yours will be ranked last if none of the other 149 did that. Most likely, most of them did, so you may or may not have an advantage over them.

I will look at your picture now, and stop speculating.

don't take offence at this, kay :).
Haha, I'm pretty sure everyone has been doing pretty close to the same thing I was, but you may be right. I want to win, but we'll see what happens :-)

[Jerrick]

Yeah, I dont know of anyone who enters a contest then doesnt tell their friends about it to get the votes.

Ive been going through the pictures, and your pic deserves the votes. Some of them that are up there, to me, are just completely bland. Others are visually cool, but dont portray anything to me than eye candy.

[Riot]

Hey,
If the other people weren't spreading their art around to win, they don't deserve to win. I voted for you, and will continue as long as i'm awake.
I don't necessarily like the picture, to be completely honest, it kind of makes me nervous, but I figure, hey, you seem nice enough, and this seems like an easy enough gesture.
Good luck, Good luck.

[Jerrick]

Haha, how does it make you nervous?

[Jeremy R]

Thats the same as saying because I didn't cheat on my biology final, I didn't deserve getting the highest grade in the school.

[spazdude222]

Well, there's only 5 hours left. And Jeremy: the contest has a second prize for the "most viral" photo. I think you are SUPPOSED to get you're friends involved, and post it all over the net. And If I'm wrong, I probably won't win. It's ok with me, it's been fun trying.

And thanks Riot, I appreciate the help even though my picture makes you nervous.

[Jerrick]

Thats the same as saying because I didn't cheat on my biology final, I didn't deserve getting the highest grade in the school.

No, not really.

[unidunc]

The sad truth:

You are artificially inflating your popularity, so while your image might not be top notch, it will be ranked that way. At the same time someone who never did this had all real votes! This means when brickfish chooses, yours will be ranked last if none of the other 149 did that. Most likely, most of them did, so you may or may not have an advantage over them.

I will look at your picture now, and stop speculating.

don't take offence at this, kay :).

http://unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78889&highlight=instructables

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[Peripatet]

http://unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78889&highlight=instructables

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Mmmm. . .tastes like. . .hypocrisy.

[gohabsgo333]

http://unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78889&highlight=instructables

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Pwned :p

[Jeremy R]

If you had the capacity to read my post, instead of just finding something for me asking about votes, you would have noticed that my emphasis was on the fact it is judge picked by the website, not picked by popularity. The instructables contest was all popularity, so therefore my statement doesn't hold true.

[unidunc]

You were also artifically inflating your popularity, so, even though your instructable was not top notch it could be ranked that way! this means that when the people chose (potentially) you could have "falsely" won. this is what I am getting at.

[Jeremy R]

No people choose, only votes in that contest.

+ it is a supported practice, there is a share feature on instructables.

edit: and I never said the practice was bad either.

[unidunc]

No people choose, only votes in that contest.

+ it is a supported practice, there is a share feature on instructables.

edit: and I never said the practice was bad either.

When I said "people chose" i was referring to the public that you distributed your link to. (I could have phrased it better, yes.)

I.e if you had distributed your less than top notch instructable to millions of people somehow, you would have falsely won due to the increased chance of the people chosing to vote for your one "cz i was told to!"

In this way, what you and Spaz did are one in the same (by the looks of things viral distribution is supported on both sites, probably to advertise the website)

Although the brickfish judging system seems to be the better of the two, im almost sure (could be wrong, if so, do tell me.) the amount of votes recieved for images will factor into the judges final decision.

And by calling it "the sad truth" it would seem that you saw it as a bad practise :confused:

[Jeremy R]

I would not have falsely won, because there are applications for viral sharing on the website I used. On that site it is a supported practise.

I don't care if it is the same, I am telling him it will not help him win.

Sad truth is that it won't help.

Can you just stop stalking me in every thread I post and wrongly analysing what I say?

[hobo_chuck]

This is spam.