Ended up at.....

No6 in Electronica
No9 in Instrumental
No195 in R&B
No312 in Blues

Quite a spread....

As Big Jim has noted, there does appear to be tactical, or what I would refer to as predatory voting at certain points along the voting time scale.

The most marked example of this was the song I entered in Instrumental, "Synthetic Salsa Blue", which after being in the top 20 for most of the month, and floating around 6-15 th place, suddenly took a nose dive to No 125, a couple of days before the quarter finals started. Statistically, that's very improbable. It did recover over half a day or so, and ended up in the top 20 for the quarter finals.

Is anyone allowed to register and vote at any point ? If so, I would suggest allowing registration only before the top 20 are announced, to prohibit would could be construed as "stacking the odds" once the contest becomes heated.

I'm fine with the final positioning, so please don't take these comments as sour grapes. Just a suggestion to ensure a more even state of play.

cheers, niteshift

PS - Bill, when there's $5,000 riding on it, it sure makes sense to get as many votes as you can, which ever way you can.



Last edited by niteshift; 06/02/08 12:16 PM.
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