Can someone please list the alliances and the combined number of votes they have.
With lil more than 33 hours remaining ....the contest should hot up..recent entries have been nice. Loved the video by kill_the_cat and Baawri's 2nd picture...
Cheers,
Rohit
Hi Rohit,
I am quite in a haze over how to infer the new rule applied to make this a political game. I don't quite understand this as they were not a part of the rules when the contest started or was about to start.
It is very obviously clear that diablo is the winner by a huge margin, so huge that its quite incomprehendable given the recent bans. Given that, and the assumptions people could make to come to a conclusion, I thought the guys who decided (I don't know if its you and I ain't assuming its you, but am sure you would know who they were, which could be you) on this funny new rule, which makes this look like a hung parliament where alliances are formed to run a coalition government, should have looked at it with a little more openness, if they didn't intend to marginalise diablo given the recent rub-ins. Well, if they did, then it's absolute kiddishness tantamounting to immaturity at the highest level (pun).
But, I do not assume the latter and continue this post assuming this was sheer conincidence. If it were so I think you should have understood the gravity of the situation and not have introduced this controversial alliances and stuff, especially given that diablo was banned. A diplomatically correct person would have just gotten up and congratulated diablo for his accomplishment, given him the award and moved on to avoid any controversy. Instead, it now looks like a desperate Musharraf trying to amend laws to oust a party which doesn't favour him coming to power. No direct comparisons drawn. But this instead tantamounts underestimation of the masses, if not ignorance.
On a more serious note, you should realise that this rule was introduced after the voting started and people like me had already voted by then. I voted for that particular avatar and not for the alliance the avatar's owner would like to be a part of. I don't understand how you could do this. If you want this thing to be level and fair, either restart the contest making the rules clear or give the title to diablo. And, please do reply if you can with the logic behind inclusion of the rule at the eleventh hour. I hope not to hear stuff like the idea was to make this more interesting and spiced up, to make the competition intense or a reply emphasising its after all a game. I hope you and me understand that we are well past that level of talking.
Note: I couldn't vote for diablo, and I voted on a day when this rule was not in place.