5 pm deadline

[PD93]

Hey guys. Just wanted you to know that the deadline for Player of the Year for my cousin Chris Brown is 5pm today. He is behind 300 votes at the minute and got really close yesterday. Please go vote and vote every hour. If you have multiple accounts use all of them. I really appreciate all the help you have given me. I really feel like if all of Redskin Nation vote he will win this. The link is below and this is our last chance to get him the win. Thanks again for allowing me to come on here and get your help for a well deserving guy. Let's get this done. Again thanks.

http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2011/nov/21/herald-player-year-poll/?sports

[slackermike]

Voted! Hope he wins!

[seancarter]

Voted! good luck...i'll try and vote again later

[HapHaszard]

Will vote again as soon as my hour is up.

[nyfan]

Done - good luck - hope all is well

[Huly]

I honestly think this thing is rigged. If you read the comments it is all Chris Brown yet we can not seem to catch up

[oldskoolskins]

Damn those high school kids, don't they sleep, eat or study..

[sideshow24]

Those kids must have about a hundred of these

http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=1158223&t=o (http://gifsoup.com/view/1158223/drinking-bird-works.html) GIFSoup (http://gifsoup.com/)

[krisco750]

Just voted finally.. tried getting on to vote yesterday, but kept timing out. Best of luck!

[JustAfan47]

Haven't given up in the past two days... Grindin hard.

[Stugein]

The count just spiked again to over a 300 vote difference. :| This doesn't smell right at all.

[DixieFlatline]

The count just spiked again to over a 300 vote difference. :| This doesn't smell right at all.

Agreed..especially since it's over 400 now.

[Stugein]

449 now. Cripes.

Alternately to the probable botting going on, is it possible we have people choosing the wrong option? I mean, the website and poll are poorly formatted.

Edit - And why is the board seeming to choke all of a sudden? o_0

[sideshow24]

I hope people aren't choosing the wrong option, it seems pretty easy just to click beside Chris Brown's name.

[vaskinfan]

I've been voting for several days and we came close only once to catching up and then the number spikes up all of a sudden and seems to consistently be 200-400 above whatever we have no matter what. Definitely smells fishey.

[HapHaszard]

Chris Brown, Seminole County High School 9055 votes
47.27%
Mason Worsham, Westwood School 9548 votes

something weird here

[mcpingist]

Just voted for about the 20th time. Down almost 500. Frustrating!

[pez]

I think we should demand to see the voting records.... there is absolutely 100% cheating going on here.

[scruffylookin]

LOL at those crying about "cheating"

How is a cousin soliciting votes from a fan site of a team that he played on to vote for his cousin, who nobody here has seen play nor any of the other players up for this very LOCAL award, not cheating?

I for one would not feel to good if I voted for a high school athlete that I had never seen play from an area I don't live in just because his cousin once played for the Redskins.

Perhaps one of the other kids is more deserving. How is it fair that they lose this award because they don't happen to have a former pro football player as their cousin?

I think I'll pass and let those folks vote for whomever they feel is most deserving.

BTW, the original thread was not 10 slots down. Is a new thread necessary? It certainly shouldn't be allowed.

[gchwood]

BTW, the original thread was not 10 slots down. Is a new thread necessary? It certainly shouldn't be allowed.

PD93 is a former Redskins, so he gets special privileges.

[jflow78]

LOL at those crying about "cheating"

How is a cousin soliciting votes from a fan site of a team that he played on to vote for his cousin, who nobody here has seen play nor any of the other players up for this very LOCAL award, not cheating?

I for one would not feel to good if I voted for a high school athlete that I had never seen play from an area I don't live in just because his cousin once played for the Redskins.

Perhaps one of the other kids is more deserving. How is it fair that they lose this award because they don't happen to have a former pro football player as their cousin?

I think I'll pass and let those folks vote for whomever they feel is most deserving.

BTW, the original thread was not 10 slots down. Is a new thread necessary? It certainly shouldn't be allowed.

Because it's the difference between actual people doing the voting vs a software program one person writes and it plays on a loop. All you have to do is log in under an email, then program the bot to press the vote and refresh buttons ever hour. It would be pretty simple to make 100 of those and let them play once every hour and catching up is impossible after that, even though one guy's done it all.

The other fishy thing is that there are less than 400 students at that kids high school and the newspaper that gives out the award is in his hometown. If those aren't enough, then I think you're "hmmm, something sounds a little weird" meter is low on gas.

EDIT:
I'd assumed you knew who PD was, maybe I was incorrect. I'd wait to pass judgement until later, but if you did know, why would you be harassing a player who happens to do us the honor of visiting the forum and conversing with us? It's a benefit for everyone here, and one not shared by other fan bases very often.

[skinfaninny]

Because it's the difference between actual people doing the voting vs a software program one person writes and it plays on a loop. All you have to do is log in under an email, then program the bot to press the vote and refresh buttons ever hour. It would be pretty simple to make 100 of those and let them play once every hour and catching up is impossible after that, even though one guy's done it all.

The other fishy thing is that there are less than 400 students at that kids high school and the newspaper that gives out the award is in his hometown. If those aren't enough, then I think you're "hmmm, something sounds a little weird" meter is low on gas.

As for, "Do we need another thread?!" nonsense. Philip Daniels is allowed to post a new thread anytime he wants. If you want to start getting ****** with players who come on here everyone once in a while (and PD has become a part of the ES community more than any other) then I'd advise you to go to another forum. I don't think you're going to win popularity points with the mods or the members. Ring of Fame or not.

What he said.

Personally, I never vote in these things. (and I rarely post in threads) But when Phillip Daniels asks, I do. How many players have spent as much time with us as he has? I appreciate that so much that I have voted several times for his cousin.

I also do think this is rigged. Either there are several bots running voting for Mason or the local paper fixed it so he would win. I hope it's only because he's more local to the paper rather than because he's the only white kid in the poll.

[BleedBNG]

Chris Brown #23... GO CHRIS! :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzS0QFWdxI

[JustAfan47]

^^^^^^........ I agree.

[Dan T.]

Because it's the difference between actual people doing the voting vs a software program one person writes and it plays on a loop. All you have to do is log in under an email, then program the bot to press the vote and refresh buttons ever hour. It would be pretty simple to make 100 of those and let them play once every hour and catching up is impossible after that, even though one guy's done it all.

The other fishy thing is that there are less than 400 students at that kids high school and the newspaper that gives out the award is in his hometown. If those aren't enough, then I think you're "hmmm, something sounds a little weird" meter is low on gas.

So either way, it seems a hollow victory for whoever wins. The award will have nothing to do with what either kid did on the field. They'll have won either by a voting bot or by a bunch of people who never saw them play. I'm fine with people stuffing the ballot box for PD's relative, but the only winner is the newspaper's web site, which manufacturered a bunch of hit data that they can peddle to their advertisers.

[jflow78]

So either way, it seems a hollow victory for whoever wins. The award will have nothing to do with what either kid did on the field. They'll have won either by a voting bot or by a bunch of people who never saw them play. I'm fine with people stuffing the ballot box for PD's relative, but the only winner is the newspaper's web site, which manufacturered a bunch of hit data that they can peddle to their advertisers.

I agree, but when they decided to put the vote to the internet with no protection against those programs, it became a hollow victory. That's the dumbest way to run any kind of award. At least with Pro-bowl voting you can only vote 10 times, they have SOME protection in place, and fans votes don't count as much as players and coaches.

[HapHaszard]

Chris Brown #23... GO CHRIS! :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzS0QFWdxI

somebody show this clip to Shannahan :)

[Botched]

I agree with what Philip said in the messages on that website.

The winner should have been decided by the paper, and not by anonymous internet votes in a flawed system. Both guys look like great players and doing it this way isn't fair to either of them.

[nonniey]

Voted again. A little over 3 hours to go but still down about 700 votes.

[brandymac27]

just voted 4 more times

[Stugein]

Hell, even taking PD out of the equation. Have you looked at the numbers? The kid scores a TD every 3rd time he touches the ball! He puts up Madden stats. It's crazy. He's easily the best player out of the bunch, regardless of whose cousin he is. He deserves to win.

Edit - And the vote difference has jumped to nearly 700 votes.

[brandymac27]

I think we should demand to see the voting records.... there is absolutely 100% cheating going on here.

I agree. we were within 70 some odd votes and then all of a sudden it shot up to like a 200+ vote difference. Now it's almost 700 votes we're behind.:mad:

[SkinsHokieFan]

This reminds me of back in 2003 when we had all thought we had gotten Patrick Ramsey the "tough guy" award in some online poll

At the last second Ray Lewis took the lead, after we had a 300 vote lead

[Huly]

Even reading the comments everything is for Chris Brown! Something fishy is definately going on!

[Stugein]

800 vote spread now. :| Paper needs to say something.

[Ellis Dee]

I think I know what's going on.... Mason Worsham's cousin is Jason Babin and he started a thread over at Igglephans.com and they're out-voting us! :(

[DogofWar1]

Yeah, I've voted multiple times, and it seems like every time I look at the totals he's getting a couple hundred farther behind.

They must have every kid at his school voting once every hour. I bet if people were only allowed to vote only once total he'd win by a wide margin.

It's sad too, his numbers are absurdly good. And he plays defense solidly too.

Even if he loses I think he gets the last laugh. Brown probably has half the Division 1-A schools jumping to give him scholarships. He's got monster RB written all over him.

[zskins]

Voted. Noted that in 30 seconds Chris got 1 vote and Mason got 4 votes. Don't think Chris is going to get this one at this ratio.

---------- Post added December-1st-2011 at 04:27 PM ----------

Refreshed again after a minute and Chris got no vote and Mason jumped by 10.

[Stugein]

Voted. Noted that in 30 seconds Chris got 1 vote and Mason got 4 votes. Don't think Chris is going to get this one at this ratio.

Yeah, after being as close as 70 in the last few hours the spread has widened to 847. Unless the paper decides to step up and cancel all the bum votes, it doesn't look like this will happen.

[Chris0894]

Did they close the poll? I dont see where to vote anymore, only the names and descriptions of why they are there

[Stugein]

Did they close the poll? I dont see where to vote anymore, only the names and descriptions of why they are there

I still see it.

[theivorhick]

Sorry PD, we tried our best. It looks like the paper just REALLY wants the other kid to win. no way it should be a blow-out like this...

[HailGreen28]

I hope people aren't choosing the wrong option, it seems pretty easy just to click beside Chris Brown's name.Seriously. Mason is right below Chris, and the option buttons are lined up just a little higher than the names. I know some of us act like idjits here, how bad would it be if we've been voting against ourselves all this time? :ols:

BTW - voted: Down 9324 to 10187. I think the poll is rigged. :mad:

[superozman]

Holy crap 12.48 yards a carry. Beast.

[Stugein]

Holy crap 12.48 yards a carry. Beast.

29 touchdowns on 132 carries. He gets a TD every 4.5 times he's handed the ball. That's crazy.

[nonniey]

OK, 5 minutes left we're just 866 votes down! Come guys we can do this!

[Stugein]

OK, 5 minutes left we're just 866 votes down! Come guys we can do this!

I like your attitude.

[HailGreen28]

Proof that there were external factors (including us): Holy crap look how many more votes Chris and the other kid got, compared to everybody else! It's 10 thousand, 9 thousand, and then 296 period next highest vote total!

Maybe the kid winning has as many family contacts as PD does, but whatever is giving the other kid votes, had to bump their vote total WAY above all the other nominees.

And again, I don't think what we're doing is bad. Obviously anybody can vote based on the other kid's total. And PD93 is good enough a character witness to me, to vote for Chris.

[cactitle]

Sorry PD, Hard to believe he didn't win with all of Redskins Nation voting. Kid is a Beast and am sure this will not be the last time we see him. Miss you man in Redskins Country. God Bless and I hope you and your family have a great Holiday Season!! HTTR!!