CHEESE OVERTAKES STILL TRAILS PATTERICO
In a fairly shocking development, “The Cheese Stands Alone” has made a startling leap from third place into first place in the Marauding Marsupials contest. I can’t say for sure, but I think it gained more than 30 votes in an hour or two. This in a contest in which the top contenders have around 140 votes after several days of voting.
Strange, indeed.
UPDATE: Kevin reports that this was no accident. Apparently some fan of “Cheese Stands Alone” has been stuffing the ballot box. A 35-vote adjustment is pending; Patterico is still clearly in first place.
But don’t get complacent! Vote every 12 hours!
UPDATE x2: The proprietor of “Cheese Stands Alone” says that 1) she is not responsible for the ballot-box-stuffing, and 2) she perceives this entry as gloating.
Note that I never said that she was responsible — just that a fan was. I fully accept her representation that she didn’t do this.
Nor did I mean to gloat. I saw an unusual voting pattern and commented on it. Then, when it was revealed to be ballot-box-stuffing, I updated the post (including altering the title of the post). If that comes across to anyone as gloating, I am sorry — but that was definitely not my intent.
Blogroll and map fixed to show new domain.
It took me a while to “get” Trackback. Of course, I’m slow. But it’s a great feature.
Comment by The Commissar — 12/11/2003 @ 6:00 am
Patterico- I’ve been made aware of this, and am very pissed about it. I don’t want any votes not mine by the rules. I’ve never campaigned, not seriously. I wrote a mocking little post about the whole awards thing when it first started and that was it.
I got screwed by overly-ambitious “fans”.
Gloating isn’t nice.
Comment by LeeAnn — 12/11/2003 @ 6:14 am
Patterico- Thank you. And I apologize for my bitchy tone earlier… the aggravation of the whole stupid thing was very fresh on the nerves. I was being unnaturally sensitive. My apologies.
Comment by LeeAnn — 12/11/2003 @ 7:09 am
You are definitely obsessed with this contest to an unappealing degree. You should focus on improving the content.
Comment by J-Stu — 12/11/2003 @ 7:12 am
Unfortunately, the content has suffered lately because of time problems — I was in a trial, I spent hours moving the blog off of Blogspot, etc. The rah-rah stuff with the contest has been filler, to some extent.
Plus, I want to win.
So if your comment goes to the very recent relative lack of content, I take your point — but there are good reasons.
If you just don’t like the blog, there are plenty of other blogs out there.
Comment by Patterico — 12/11/2003 @ 7:18 am
Sorry–that came out a bit more cutting than it should have. I just think your non-contest stuff is better is all, but I know you also have to live.
Comment by J-Stu — 12/11/2003 @ 10:19 am
That’s cool. I feel the same way myself — it’s annoying to remind people to vote, but I want them to. It would be some nice recognition, meaning perhaps more readers. Meaning motivation to post. So it’ll all work out for the best in the end. If I win.
Comment by Patterico — 12/11/2003 @ 11:57 am
Gloat, dammit! I would, too, if I were doing better in the LM category.
Comment by Xrlq — 12/11/2003 @ 1:04 pm
Not yet. Wait for the chickens to hatch.
Comment by Patterico — 12/11/2003 @ 2:16 pm
Hey Commissar –
Thanks for fixing not only the blogroll but the map as well. I appreciate that.
Comment by Patterico — 12/11/2003 @ 2:17 pm