Help FISCH into Cheerios! In boxes now!

[datrod]

This really sucks. :(

[CharlieBucket]

Keep on voting, only needs to be in the top 5!

[sssr20det510]

keep him in the top 5 vot tell your friends to vote

 

 

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[Cuts metal like mad]

PROOF THIS SHIT IT RIGGED. They admit it...

 

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booooo!

Edited October 28, 2009 by zuum510

[fisch]

PROOF THIS SHIT IT RIGGED. They admit it...

 

 

 

booooo!

 

I guess they have to have those rules in there to protect the competition. But power can certainly be abused.

 

If they actually do tally the votes in the end (after all they don't announce until Jan.) and if they do get rid of extra votes, this will be a very different playing field. Dramatically different I would guess. I haven't seen a author, other than MIB, solicit multi voting, but I am sure every author has gotten them. It is the nature of friends wanting to be helpful, or them just wanting to check the percentages.

 

Where it gets confusing is when they say everyone gets to vote, that should include family, and as we've mentioned, many families have only one computer? How can they throw out those votes? Perhaps they allow a certain amount of votes from each IP once a day?

 

That is why is is sooo important to get votes from each of your family members every day!! It is all speculation on how they count, but even if there is a slim chance they accept votes from more than one family member on the same computer, get that vote dudes!!

 

We' can totally still stay in the top five!

[denveratsun]

Look Fisch...I know the spot you are in right now...where you REALLY want this...I feel it man! I want it for you! I think it is safe to say that we all do...thats why we are all over this thing like white on rice!

We have done..and will do what we can to make this little part of your dream happen.

You got an awesome attitude, a great family (from what I can see in the vids anyway:), a huge amount of talent and a contagious charisma and energy.

 

This hose bag is cheating. Clearly you can see that.

 

Can you make the call...throw the flag...and get this thing looked into? I mean...I never have been a tatle tail and never would want to pull that...but this is one time when it just seems like this duchenstien is going to run all over this whole thing without anyone batting an eye!:mad:

 

I even have people that work at the High School that my daughter goes to voting for you and watching everyday to see the results. Parents of kids in the Youth Group I pastor are coming up to me and telling me that they voted..or voted again...

 

Beyond every moral or ethical argument I may have with old what's his crack personally (MIB)...there is a growing concern (on my part anyway) that there is foul play afoot here and all our principled hard work and positivity will end up being washed mercilessly overboard by the unscrupulous fervour of his cowardly and recreant hoodwinking.

 

Just sayin.:blink:

 

I just called the Silver Surfer though...he said (without moving his lips) that he was going to come back down here and vaporize him in the name of Justice...so it's all good.:cool:

 

[Skib]

^ ditto

[fisch]

Dudes, they know. Flag has been thrown and I didn't even have to throw it. Word spreads fast.

 

The question will be whether they want to open the can of worms that multi voting will be. Or do they have the safeguards in place to correct it when all is said and done. They have till Jan to tally the votes and announce. That is a lot of time to sort things.

 

No matter who gets the most votes, top 5 will get equal treatment in the box. Same amount of books going into the hands of super cool kids!

 

Also as a side note. I did some research. All the World was pretty much everyon's pick for the top spot before this contest even started. I knew it would be the toughest competitior. It is a great book, legions of fans, already a hot seller. The author is well know, well loved, and seems really nice! The day she got the votes was the first day she blogged about it in the whole contest. I also think she is on tour and all it would take for that book is one announcement at a convention of aspiring childrens book writers or one librarian convention network. I know it was totally weird to see such a comeback, but if any book could have done it legit, it was that one. I am sure people went CRAZY when it fell out of the top five, and its rise could also have been a reaction to MIB's book coming on so strong. Authors get upset about celebrity books hogging the spotlight. If they were going to rebel, they would have picked that book to push forward.

 

I knew this competition would be tough. We have been the underdog from the beginning. I am the least known of anyone on that list. This is only my second kidsbook! And it isn't even out! Even when we were 53% I knew there would be rough waters ahead.

 

This is why what you have done is a miracle. The only reason we are even still in the top 5 is because of how hard you came out of the gate while everyone was sleeping. As word spread it got tougher. We knew it would. And your momentum is keeping us in it.

 

As someone said earlier. You guys have run a marathon with me full tilt. Other books had the power to sprint to the finish. We had to take the long road. And I thank you for it.

Edited October 28, 2009 by fisch

[Skib]

As someone said earlier. You guys have run a marathon with me full tilt. Other books had the power to sprint to the finish. We had to take the long road. And I thank you for it.

 

you deserve the publicity this opportunity has to offer :thumbup:

[Beau M]

*tear

 

We still got your back, I make sure to get some votes each day. Also got it posted a few other places. Who knew a bunch of grown (or mostly grown) guys on a car forum would get so worked up over a childrens book contest? I love it.

[Skib]

*tear

 

We still got your back, I make sure to get some votes each day. Also got it posted a few other places. Who knew a bunch of grown (or mostly grown) guys on a car forum would get so worked up over a childrens book contest? I love it.

 

Ratsun is the bet forum ever :fu:

 

[fisch]

 

Damn straight, and I know full well that we are on their heels and if they slack for a second, we will start climbing.

[Skib]

Damn straight, and I know full well that we are on their heels and if they slack for a second, we will start climbing.

 

almost to the end and "Jump" is still in the top 5 :D

[ariascarlos1990]

Jump ftw!

[72240z]

It kind of sucks to vote at 12am then you have to wait allllll day to do it again lol. I hate to wait.....

[72240z]

Ratsun is the bet forum ever :fu:

 

 

Is that really how it came up or did you get ratsun to be 1st then type in the search and take a freeze? Would be cool as hell if thats just how it came up lol.

[Skib]

Is that really how it came up or did you get ratsun to be 1st then type in the search and take a freeze? Would be cool as hell if thats just how it came up lol.

 

thats someone elses screen shot, thats not really what comes up cuz theres a thebestforumever.com, but its still true :fu:

[Skib]

When each of my kids was born, I felt like I was the only person that I knew that said, "I hate my baby!" Seriously, I hated both of my babies. They were terrible, terrible babies

[INDY510]

thats someone elses screen shot

hAHa I spent 3 hours making that in MS Paint..............:fu:

 

Last I checked fisch was still in third,,,, a few hours ago

[Skib]

hAHa I spent 3 hours making that in MS Paint..............:fu:

 

Last I checked fisch was still in third,,,, a few hours ago

 

:lol: I loled and saved it to my photobucket :D

[72wagun]

Hey Fisch,

 

I think there are probably lots of people on here that have consistently been voting for you even if they haven't said anything. I haven't really gotten into the discussion on this, but I've voted every day since you started this thread. I'm sure others have done the same. Hang in there. We'll keep voting.

[Phlebmaster]

Hey Fisch,

 

I think there are probably lots of people on here that have consistently been voting for you even if they haven't said anything. I haven't really gotten into the discussion on this, but I've voted every day since you started this thread. I'm sure others have done the same. Hang in there. We'll keep voting.

 

WURD! :D Ditto.

[72 327]

Current standing seems to be holding steady. Barney's Illegitimate child still in first place. FAG

 

[fisch]

Totally dudes! I know many of you are voting ais silence. There is no way we'd be where we are if you weren't.

 

Dudes good news, the calvary might be comming! Years ago Matt, a friend of mine started a game company, privateer press. Matt was a really good friend, and when he asked if I could contribute some art to the game, even though he couldn't afford to pay me much I said hell yeah, where so I sign up. I didn't care if he ever paid me, and told him as much.

 

Fast forward, the company is doing well. They have a forum. I wrote him yesterday to just ask if he would vote for his old friend and please face book it. Not only did he do that, he started a thread like this one on his forum. told them how I contributed to the game in the early days. They have 30,000 members and the thread is already three pages deep with votes in a few hours.

[Skib]

Totally dudes! I know many of you are voting ais silence. There is no way we'd be where we are if you weren't.

 

Dudes good news, the calvary might be comming! Years ago Matt, a friend of mine started a game company, privateer press. Matt was a really good friend, and when he asked if I could contribute some art to the game, even though he couldn't afford to pay me much I said hell yeah, where so I sign up. I didn't care if he ever paid me, and told him as much.

 

Fast forward, the company is doing well. They have a forum. I wrote him yesterday to just ask if he would vote for his old friend and please face book it. Not only did he do that, he started a thread like this one on his forum. told them how I contributed to the game in the early days. They have 30,000 members and the thread is already three pages deep with votes in a few hours.

 

Thats Awesome! :D