Another Chance To Help Me Out! :)

Voted and posted to enlist my friends into the fray. Best of luck David.

hope my vote helps david

Thanks, my friends!  Like I said, it's a bit of a longshot, but it could happen!

Remember voting continues each day until Monday, so feel free to go back each day and cast another vote!

"The difference between Try and Triumph....is a little Umph!"

Thanks, Bill!  Every vote counts!  I'm still way behind the leader, but who knows?  Maybe it'll happen!!

:)

Well, once a day is the limit....but I've been trying to persuade my friends and family to share the contest, to see if any of THEIR friends would be kind enough to help out!

It won't break my heart if I don't win, but I still have hope!

Speaking of the rules....

I just discovered (by a little investigative work of my own) that the guy who's in first place in the contest is part of some large group of Facebook members who share a network of online contest entries, they basically post a link to the contests (yes, plural) they're currently entered in, and everyone in the network goes around and votes for everyone else so that they can manipulate the system and overwhelm the legitimate contestants!

What can I say?  I was wondering how he could have gotten so many votes ahead!  

I look at it like this:  If I can finish ahead of the second place person (with whom I'm only behind by a handful of votes), then I will still consider myself the winner!  And then I'll buy myself a Hobbytown USA gift card!

Anyway, I reported it to the contest page, but I don't know if he's actually breaking the *rules*...but it's just plain unfair and not good sportsmanship!

If anyone wants to help me get into second place, feel free to help out and cast another vote for me...only two more days of voting left!

Dave

you are only 2 off of second now., my friend

Thanks for the heads-up, Steve! I just cast my last vote, and that puts me at 1 vote behind second place...

Remember, today is the LAST day for your daily votes...if you want to help, please head over there and cast a final vote, we'll see if we can get a good push!

Thanks, everybody!  

Dave

equal with him now dave

how did you end up david., I can't get the final result

Not sure...they closed the contest at some point last night.

It was back and forth between myself and one other guy for 2nd place, but last I checked he was ahead by 6 votes (around 5:00 pm)...

There was, of course, no way anyone was going to catch the 1st place holder, he was playing unfairly.

But I would like to take 2nd, that was the real race!

I expect they'll post the winner soon, and hopefully they'll make some kind of honorable mention for the runners-up.  I contacted a marketing director for Hobbytown USA and he shared my sentiment that people entering multiple contests and networking with 100s of users to manipulate and overwhelm the competition is unsporting, but it is also NOT against the official rules....which is disheartening to me, and probably to all the other "legitimate" entrants.  

Thanks a bunch!

David

My post to Hobby Towns face book page.

"This is a popularity contest, not a model contest. All it takes is coordinating w/ facebook groups to rack up the points (as the latest winner has done). Someone could use a Mr.potato head as their entry and still win. Shame, shame, shame."

So David, you can't lose a contest that isn't a contest, eh?

Well, here we have yet another piece of evidence in support of Tilley's War Cry: I DON"T BELIEVE IN MODEL CONTESTS. (Please forgive the use of all caps. That was in fact a loud scream.)

Dave I think i can speak for most here- your work is just great!

Bag the contests- they're all rigged one way or another.

I certainly don't suggest that all model contests are rigged. But I continue to maintain that they do more harm than good for the hobby.

Of course they aren't. but the rules are often partially unstated.

Hi guys-

I hold no illusions about the Hobbytown contests being anything other than a popularity contest....none of the subjects get votes for being quality models...it's all about asking your friends and family for voting support.  And, since a prerequisite to voting is that you must *like* the Hobbytown faebook page, it's a way for Hobbytown to get a few new people on the radar who might see their posts on Facebook, and may, in turn, buy a few products.  I love Hobbytown USA...it's my go-to LHS, and they have a fun bunch of guys working there, who know a lot!  I've also been a regular contributor to their online Magazinem where I have a couple of articles, and a feature about my Black Swan model!

As far as other model contests....I wouldn't know.  I do see how they could cause a lot of contention between peers who might otherwise be great pals.  Even if I were professional-level model builder (which of course, I'm not, and have no aspiration to be)...I wouldn't want to enter any serious contests...there's too much *eye of the beholder* in judging those kinds of things...subjective judgement is not conclusive.

And I could see a tight-knit group of *Hobby-Snobs* displaying all manner favoritism...

Anyway, I'm not sad that I didn't win....I do think it's sad that some people take advantage of the rules...and I sent a message to a Marketing Coordinator for Hobbytown, and expressed myself.

I asked that they give honorable mention to the guy who came in second (I finished in 3rd, by a small handful of votes) and to please consider offering a second place prize to him....in my mind, he's the real winner.

Thanks, everybody for the kind words...and for those who voted, thanks for that, too!

By the way, for those who care...I've got several days off from work coming up, so I hope to have some progress to discuss on my current Golden Hind model!

Dave