CLOSED: POLL: CCCL Competition: Week 14 - Winner: Brad431

[atlop]

Further explanation of the theme, as chosen by Gtuned:

"I want to see the Subaru WRX Impreza at The Top Gear Test Track, and not just
gripping and cornering, I want to see some smoke, skidmarks and epic Gymkhana skills.
So the car must be drifting, or some sort."

CAR: Subaru IMPREZA WRX STI ‘07 (premium)
LOCATION: Top Gear Test Track

Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow the rules may result in
disqualification. If you have any questions, please, send me a Private Message.

This Thread has everything you need to know.

• Be reminded that only the best 20 entries will get through each poll.
• Do not vote on your entry.
• Do not try to sway the poll.
• In the event of a tie, a 24 hour poll is created.
• In the event of a second tie, Judge's vote is the deciding factor.
• Please, view each image in it's full size, before voting.

 

[ceiling_fan]

Only after looking at the poll did I realize what a cool theme this was 👍

 

[TheDrummingKING]

+1 vote to MBS.

Might just be me being crazy, but the last picture in the poll (sorry I forgot who's it was), is that the right car? It looks like the spoiler is lower then the rest of the cars' making me think it's the sedan.. Sorry if I'm wrong.

 

[tonilleshusband]

^ x2

 

[bmxmitch]

+1 vote to MBS.

Might just be me being crazy, but the last picture in the poll (sorry I forgot who's it was), is that the right car? It looks like the spoiler is lower then the rest of the cars' making me think it's the sedan.. Sorry if I'm wrong.

uhhhh, that would be a bummer for the leading pic!
But I think you're right!
But also, shouldn't we just turn a blind eye on that one!?

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

Well, I got the votes of the Canadians

 

[TheDrummingKING]

uhhhh, that would be a bummer for the leading pic!
But I think you're right!
But also, shouldn't we just turn a blind eye on that one!?

It definitely would! But it's up to the mods.

Well, I got the votes of the Canadians

Yup! Also it's good to see you're okay considering the abomination that was Vancouver tonight.

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

It definitely would! But it's up to the mods.



Yup! Also it's good to see you're okay considering the abomination that was Vancouver tonight.

Yeah, bunch of idiots 👎

Oh, and between me and you, I'm from Poco I just put vancouver because no one knows any of the smaller lowermainland cities.

 

[bmxmitch]

Looks like we have the same issue as usual. People dont click the full view before voting!

Mine has 5 views on flickr. And that already was before the poll started!!!!!



come on guys, watch the pics on their full glory before voting for some preview!

 

[tonilleshusband]

I don't know what's going on BMX but I clicked on your entry. I just tried again and found the problem. When the link goes directly to the full size picture, ie bypassing the actual page, the counter doesn't see that. It only tracks views through the pictures page, not if the image url is used.

 

[bmxmitch]

I don't know what's going on BMX but I clicked on your entry. I just tried again and found the problem. When the link goes directly to the full size picture, ie bypassing the actual page, the counter doesn't see that. It only tracks views through the pictures page, not if the image url is used.

Ahhh, that could be!💡👍

Alright, I didn't mean to mob anyone with my statement, just take it as reminder guys.

 

[Fido_le_muet]

And another vote for MBS
Really like how the rear wheels are blocked for the drift 👍

 

[Jacob]

I voted for TDK, I don't know whether ronsmaps' entry is illegal, I'm just a bit surprised to see it in the shared lead (not in a bad way). Brad's entry is a great idea that's taken some inspiration from Gtuned's entry for the "curves"(?) poll. And the quality is really high for this weekend.

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

And another vote for MBS
Really like how the rear wheels are blocked for the drift 👍

Thanks!

I'm fairly certain that the last picture is the 2010 car. The grill is different than all the other cars too.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

@FishyJuice:Thanks for the vote! 👍

 

[Jacob]

I'm fairly certain that the last picture is the 2010 car. The grill is different than all the other cars too.

Now that you mention the grille, yup. I think it's a bit strange that ronsmaps first used the wrong car (was it the '10 one there as well?), and then changed it wrongly again. But mistakes happen.

And, the grille isn't as curved. The curve is best shown in ceiling_fan's shot.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

It is indeed the wrong model STI. What's more concerning is that 5 of the votes for it resolve to the same IP address as ronsmaps. Two of the users name the same PSN name as each other, as well.

Needless to say, not really in the spirit of the competition.

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

It is indeed the wrong model STI. What's more concerning is that 5 of the votes for it resolve to the same IP address as ronsmaps. Two of the users name the same PSN name as each other, as well.

Needless to say, not really in the spirit of the competition.

Wow, that's pretty lame

 

[atlop]

I'm sorry about not spotting the wrong car before the poll but...

It is indeed the wrong model STI. What's more concerning is that 5 of the votes for it resolve to the same IP address as ronsmaps. Two of the users name the same PSN name as each other, as well.

... WHAT?!

Needless to say, not really in the spirit of the competition.

I'd say not really following the rules either.

• Do not vote on your entry.
• Do not try to sway the poll.

 

[nismo33]

lmao thats awful. Should be banned from any future comps imo

 

[TheDrummingKING]

I think I'll be renaming myself to Sherlock Holmes! That's pretty crazy that he has 5 accounts... Or seems to.

 

[Jacob]

5!?
If it's a family member or anything, but that can't be anything else than cheating.
May explain why I was so surprised that it was leading.

Edit:
I just checked the results to see who was voting for him, and if you count away Brad and ziggedzag, you get 5 accounts.
Of which explorer219 and barby330 I know have entered comps before. I've found it funny that both explorer and ronsmaps have Lansing, Michigan as their location.

But I assume that ronsmaps have used 3 accounts to enter different competitions!
I'd like to win some day, but that's really desperate.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

How do you check to see who voted for you?

 

[Jacob]

^
The numbers next to a photo in the poll are usually underscored if you get a vote. Just click the "3" next to your shot, adn you'll see what I mean.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

Ahh, got it now.

 

[tonilleshusband]

I would like some kind of explanation. I mean, if these are 5 different people I would feel bad but something smells fishy here (not you fishy juice).

 

[CCShaft7]

check out the Photomode/Photoshop poll too

 

[Jacob]

This is just amazing!

We know (and he probably knows too) that ronsmaps' entry's gonna be DQ'd, and yet someone named ihojin from Michigan with only one post comes in and gives ronsmaps the lead.
I don't think this is a coincidence.

I checked out this week's "backfire" poll where ronsmaps wasn't in it, these perhaps "fake" account had spread their votes on different entries, but there were still so that two of the accs had voted on sar593(?)'s entry, one on someone else's, and so on.
But this "scandal" has had quite the impact on the poll results lately.

 

[dice1998]

I think the mods would notice double accounts due to IP tracing

I think it's more people having friends vote for theirs than anything.


Then again, i could be wrong

 

[Jacob]

I think the mods would notice double accounts due to IP tracing

But SlipZ said that 5 accounts had the same IP address.
I'm fairly sure that the 6th new account that voted for ronsmaps has the same IP, but I may be wrong.