by Christina

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• New things I've learned this year:
  
  • No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute).  If you want to avoid getting limited, it might be safer to limit your voting bunches to a number less than 25.
  • Crowdsignal monitors by IP address.  So if you and someone else in your household are voting using the same wifi, you are seen as one voter and your votes combine under the limiting blocks.
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind.
• No more wild cards
• Polls close Saturday June 19th 6PM PT

by Christina

ADMIN UPDATE (6/12): You'll see the numbers shift some as I remove the votes that came in after the deadline.  I am exporting the results ahead of that if any ever wanted to confirm the adjustments themselves.  But the big news is the final round will begin tomorrow (June 13th) at 6AM PT!

ADMIN UPDATE: So, I’m currently locked out of some features of my Crowdsignal account at the moment. Most notably the “close” poll option. But once I regain access I will go in and remove any votes that came in past the deadline. Everything is time stamped down to the second. While I’m in there, I’ll do another run through of the data to make sure all the voting was on the up and up.

Thank you for your patience!

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute)
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind.
• No more wild cards
• Polls close Sunday June 6th 6PM PT

The next round will begin Tuesday, June 1st at 9AM PT. Enjoy your holiday weekend!

by Christina

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute)
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind.
• No more wild cards
• LOL at the Teen Wolf showdown
• Polls close Saturday May 15th 6PM PT

Hi everyone. My apologies for being so late on this, but things have been insane at work lately and I’ve just been burnt out. I fully intended to get the next round posted today until my dog had a medical emergency in the middle of the night.

The next round of the ship bracket will be posted Monday May 10th at 5:00PM PT.

Thank you!

by Christina

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute)
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind.
• The winner of the wild card poll will replace the poll winner with the fewest votes (but only with the wild card winner themselves also has more votes than the ship they're replacing).  This is the final round with a wild card opportunity.
• Polls close Friday April 23rd 6PM PT

Hi everyone!! Thank you for your patience and being so generally lovely this year. April has been insanely busy for me at work. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to be as quick as I normally would be with all this. I forgot to even post on Tumblr last round! But I wanted to let you know well in advance so you can rest and prepare.

The Sweet Sixteen round will launch on Sunday April 18th at 12PM PT.

by Christina

[UPDATE 2]: Been getting some more messages, so bolding some key points in the previous update and initial post.

[UPDATE]:

1. If a bracket is ever fully frozen beyond your individual votes, I will make an announcement and adjust the timing to make up for it.
2. Oftentimes if you're frozen out from over voting too quickly, you'll just get a thank you message without your vote getting counted. That seems to be a common issue that I've recreated on test polls.
3. Also a heads up, it's 25 votes per IP address. So if you're voting with a friend using the same internet connection, both your votes will be counting towards that limit.
4. I just closed and reopened all the polls, so hopefully everyone is starting fresh again and able to vote.
5. Moderating comments now, cause I forgot before. Oops.
6. Ships often have huge drop-offs between rounds due to strategic voting and team ups between other ships and the like. I see it every year. Things like that can happen when you're a small site like mine, and that was part of the reasoning behind the addition of wild card polls.
7. I know more about some of your sleeping habits than I ever intended too. This is your reminder to get some rest and drink some water.

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute)
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind. And I've gotten a lot of your comments about things to look out for. Please know that I've read them and agree with them. I just didn't approve them for publication because I don't want the red flags I look for known by naughty people ;)
• The winner of the wild card poll will replace the poll winner with the fewest votes (but only with the wild card winner themselves also has more votes than the ship they're replacing)
• Polls close Friday April 9th 6PM PT

I'm so sorry for the delay everyone.  Work has been absolutely crazy this week and by the time I sign off for the day (technically night) I am way too tired to set up the next round of brackets.  But the next round will open on

SUNDAY APRIL 4TH at 12PM PT

And yes, there will be a wild card poll :)

by Christina

[UPDATE 2]: Ok, here we go.  No matter what I do, I cannot get the password protection to work.  So this is what we're going to do (it takes more work on my end in these early rounds, but I think it's the most effective and also allows everyone to vote).  No captchas.  No passwords.  No e-mail submissions.  I can see every individual vote and IP address that comes in with an exact timestamp.  If I see bots, I'll delete those votes.  If you use a bot to vote at the same rate a normal human would, then that's kinda a waste of a bot isn't it?  If this doesn't work, I'll revisit the solutions tomorrow.  Hope this works for everyone.

[UPDATE]: First off, thank you to everyone for being so nice and lovely in your messages. I’ve tested the polls below and find the captchas just as frustrating. You can only click on so many images of a bike before you lose your mind. I’m in the process of removing all the captchas.  I’ve also extended the close of polls below to make up for all your technical difficulties.

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind
• Captchas in place (open to adjusting as the round goes on)
• Polls close Sunday March 28th 6PM PT

All polls available below: