Handling Voting Irregularities?


RPG Superstar™ 2008 General Discussion

Marathon Voter Season 8

Alot of online polls encounter issues with one person voting through multiple accounts or IPs, or individuals who are not usually members being enticed to come in and vote as a favour for someone. There are even groups who make it their purpose to ruin open processes.*

Are any contingency plans in place for if/when Mordenkainen's Thighmaster takes a lion's share of the votes?

* Without invoking specific groups, an example of this would be Hank the Angry Dwarf winning People Magazine's online poll for "Most Beautiful Person"

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Moik wrote:

Alot of online polls encounter issues with one person voting through multiple accounts or IPs, or individuals who are not usually members being enticed to come in and vote as a favour for someone. There are even groups who make it their purpose to ruin open processes.*

Are any contingency plans in place for if/when Mordenkainen's Thighmaster takes a lion's share of the votes?

* Without invoking specific groups, an example of this would be Hank the Angry Dwarf winning People Magazine's online poll for "Most Beautiful Person"

If we find that someone has cheated by placing more than one vote, those votes will be nullified.

Fortunately, this isn't a totally open contest, so the only way that Stephen Colbert can win (for example) is if he actually enters an item good enough to be selected by the judges in the first place.

Paizo Employee Digital Pest

Moik wrote:
Mordenkainen's Thighmaster

Well... there goes my idea...

Back to the drawing board.


I wouldn't worry overmuch. Gary is on the case, I'd wager.

Your second point is valid, though. Maybe a 6 day account creation moratorium on voting?

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

mwbeeler wrote:
Maybe a 6 day account creation moratorium on voting?

We do actually *want* new people come to the site and sign up so they can vote!

Marathon Voter Season 8

Vic Wertz wrote:
mwbeeler wrote:
Maybe a 6 day account creation moratorium on voting?
We do actually *want* new people come to the site and sign up so they can vote!

*begins rallying the troops*

Don't worry, I won't let my alignment shift too much :D

RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32 , Star Voter Season 7

Vic Wertz wrote:


Fortunately, this isn't a totally open contest, so the only way that Stephen Colbert can win (for example) is if he actually enters an item good enough to be selected by the judges in the first place.

Excuse me while I go send something to ColbertNation. Everyone knows that Mr. Colbert is a huge D&D nerd. He might want to actually get in on the contest (As opposed to vandalizing Wikipedia, getting bridges named after himself, or running for president in one state.)


Ross Byers wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:


Fortunately, this isn't a totally open contest, so the only way that Stephen Colbert can win (for example) is if he actually enters an item good enough to be selected by the judges in the first place.
Excuse me while I go send something to ColbertNation. Everyone knows that Mr. Colbert is a huge D&D nerd. He might want to actually get in on the contest (As opposed to vandalizing Wikipedia, getting bridges named after himself, or running for president in one state.)

Well, with a writer's strike, he needs something to do. (Aside from his presidential campaign_

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