Final Voice Acting results are in!

Uzbeki · 08-07-2008, 05:20 PM

It took a while but after removing all invalid votes; here are the final results in the voice acting part of the Synergy Contest! !

#1 Drewbie with 27% - 84 votes.
#2 Caruu with 27% - 82 votes.
#3 Jesse Cox with 19% - 59 votes
#4 Matt Greenburg with 6% - 17 votes

Yet again a very close race between the front runners. These 4 will in cooperation with the Winner of the Machinima contest all get a chance to be part of a, so far, unnamed WCM project.

The main purpose of this part of the Synergy contest has been to highlight the work put by these highly skilled professionals and we will continue doing it in the future.

Stay tuned for more awesome work by these guys!

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JaySee · 08-07-2008, 05:48 PM

Can I ask how votes count as invalid?!
I had alot of people who weren't originally members (family, friends, etc..) vote...
just becuase they didn't originally belong they don't count?

I mean lets be clear here. Dropping from 1st to 3rd with only 19% of the vote pretty much implies I was the "invalid" votes.

Opie · 08-07-2008, 06:31 PM

I wont bother you with all the details from the logs during a short few hours the last voting night there was a large number of odd accounts registered. 100% of these bogus accounts voted for two of the participants.

We have no evidence to support that any of the participants actively cheated, (although 9 votes from the same IP is a bit odd) and therefor we have not DQ:ed anyone. Most probably these votes was cast by individuals seeking to help their favorite voice actor, it just got a bit out of hand.

This is always the risk when doing open polls on the Internet. In the future will either have semi-professional judge panels or filter out these type of bogus votes before they hit the website results to avoid this kind of confusion.

Again there is no finger pointing to anyone.

JaySee · 08-07-2008, 06:36 PM

Oh terrific ....
so by bugging people to vote for me, it actually helped me lose. I think the part of my brain that registers irony just exploded.

drewbie63 · 08-13-2008, 01:52 PM

Well, I gotta say I'm pleased to see that I won, but it was yet another contest that got a bit jacked up by being an open vote. I'm first to admit that my demo was not the best one there and that hitting up the vast "Drewbiac" fan base was the key to my number of votes. So, I thank you for the win, but I agree that future contests need to utilize judges and have a bit tighter regulation.

08-07-2008, 05:20 PM	#1
Uzbeki Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,261	Final Voice Acting results are in!! It took a while but after removing all invalid votes; here are the final results in the voice acting part of the Synergy Contest! ! #1 Drewbie with 27% - 84 votes. #2 Caruu with 27% - 82 votes. #3 Jesse Cox with 19% - 59 votes #4 Matt Greenburg with 6% - 17 votes Yet again a very close race between the front runners. These 4 will in cooperation with the Winner of the Machinima contest all get a chance to be part of a, so far, unnamed WCM project. The main purpose of this part of the Synergy contest has been to highlight the work put by these highly skilled professionals and we will continue doing it in the future. Stay tuned for more awesome work by these guys! Read the full version of this news item on WarcraftMovies.com

08-07-2008, 05:48 PM	#2
JaySee Initiate Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 17	Can I ask how votes count as invalid?! I had alot of people who weren't originally members (family, friends, etc..) vote... just becuase they didn't originally belong they don't count? I mean lets be clear here. Dropping from 1st to 3rd with only 19% of the vote pretty much implies I was the "invalid" votes. Last edited by JaySee : 08-07-2008 at 05:56 PM.

08-07-2008, 06:31 PM	#3
Opie Site Manager Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 74	I wont bother you with all the details from the logs during a short few hours the last voting night there was a large number of odd accounts registered. 100% of these bogus accounts voted for two of the participants. We have no evidence to support that any of the participants actively cheated, (although 9 votes from the same IP is a bit odd) and therefor we have not DQ:ed anyone. Most probably these votes was cast by individuals seeking to help their favorite voice actor, it just got a bit out of hand. This is always the risk when doing open polls on the Internet. In the future will either have semi-professional judge panels or filter out these type of bogus votes before they hit the website results to avoid this kind of confusion. Again there is no finger pointing to anyone.

08-07-2008, 06:36 PM	#4
JaySee Initiate Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 17	Oh terrific .... so by bugging people to vote for me, it actually helped me lose. I think the part of my brain that registers irony just exploded.

08-13-2008, 01:52 PM	#5
drewbie63 Hall of Fame member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Well, I gotta say I'm pleased to see that I won, but it was yet another contest that got a bit jacked up by being an open vote. I'm first to admit that my demo was not the best one there and that hitting up the vast "Drewbiac" fan base was the key to my number of votes. So, I thank you for the win, but I agree that future contests need to utilize judges and have a bit tighter regulation.