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If they're accompanied by parents, they can certainly have their parents do it for them. It takes a whole 5 minutes.

Or at least it would if this board didn't require accounts to be approved by an admin, which usually takes at least a week even though I see an admin online every day. That along is why I never made a troll account 

Quote from: TheHobbit13 on March 06, 2012, 05:21:49 PM

I can't come if its on National potato day so forget it. Bad analogy. 

Now thats just as unAmerican as not liking Apple Pie.

I reported you for that. Enjoy your vacation.

On an interesting note I actually voted on accident. I wanted to see the numbers and was just going to retract my poll  (like the march madness ones) but I guess you can't. 

Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 06, 2012, 05:50:40 PM

If they're accompanied by parents, they can certainly have their parents do it for them. It takes a whole 5 minutes.

Many parents are not going to take the time to make an account for one vote, especially since they can just ask an established member to vote. It also takes time for a new account to be accepted, so 5 minutes is an exagerration.

2 1/2 minutes to register, 2 1/2 minutes after the account has been approved. 5 minutes of your time spread out over a week. Additionally, if the parents are willing to schedule a family visit to TN for their child, I'm sure they don't mind making sure that it happens.

Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 06, 2012, 05:41:31 PM

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people just voting because polls are cool (even though they have no plan on attending Nats)

That comment wasn't directed at you (see above).

The birthday people are going. I am the only one who said they were not going. How is this statement not directed at me?

You're taking one excerpt of a post of mine. I understand that you aren't voting just because polls are cool, and I said that. If the statement was directed at you, I would have said voting for other people. This statement was more directed at the fact that 30 people have voted, and yet only 10 have said anything on the thread. Again, I don't know who voted for what, but I generally vote everytime I see a poll. Do I really need to vote on Ahimilek vs. Shamgar? No, but I do because it's fun.

Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 06, 2012, 05:50:40 PM

The first page. I have no idea who has voted for what, but if it could go either way and you want to have your birthday at nats, that's a pretty silly reason to keep people from going to nats*.

Thats a pretty bold statement to make when a) it was simply stated who's birthday is during which time frame and b) you have absolutely no idea behind my reason nor motivation for voting for whichever date I happened to choose. Lets be wary of making or implying completely unfounded assumptions.

As I said, I have no idea who voted for what, and if you voted for legitimate reasons, I'm fine with that, but if it could go either way and you vote just because, that's silly.

Quote from: lp670sv on March 06, 2012, 06:02:46 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 06, 2012, 05:50:40 PM

If they're accompanied by parents, they can certainly have their parents do it for them. It takes a whole 5 minutes.

Or at least it would if this board didn't require accounts to be approved by an admin, which usually takes at least a week even though I see an admin online every day. That along is why I never made a troll account 

Off topic here, but why DO we have to have account approval?

So Sauce can't make accounts like RawrloIsauce!, Ring Wralth, and NotATroll.

Quote from: crustpope on March 06, 2012, 05:56:15 PM

I did.  Not saying I cant go in August, but it would be really bad timing.

  Same here.

Totally understandable, and I'm fine with that. Timing is important, and it's why I'm voting for August.

Quote from: LordZardeck on March 06, 2012, 06:08:31 PM

Quote from: lp670sv on March 06, 2012, 06:02:46 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 06, 2012, 05:50:40 PM

If they're accompanied by parents, they can certainly have their parents do it for them. It takes a whole 5 minutes.

Or at least it would if this board didn't require accounts to be approved by an admin, which usually takes at least a week even though I see an admin online every day. That along is why I never made a troll account 

Off topic here, but why DO we have to have account approval?

So Sauce can't make accounts like RawrloIsauce!, Ring Wralth, and NotATroll.

So why can't we just delete these accounts when they start being bad? This extremely long wait time would be a serious deterrent from newcomers. Trust me, I know. I find sites I get excited by, but require email verification to use. By the time I get the verification email 1 - 2 days later, i've either forgot about it, or my excitement isn't peaked anymore and I've lost interest. Compare that to a week's wait time, and we have a serious problem.

I vote for August because I am on a mission trip on the July dates.

I understand the poll getting reset to make the information clearer...but take out the dates available options please. This has become way too confusing. Also, Someone needs to change the main page and inform ALL OF THE 35 that voted yesterday that they need to revote...thanks...

OK, so if I get this new voting scheme then:

A person who can ONLY come in July would click 1) July and 4) CAN'T in Aug
A person who can ONLY come in Aug would click 2) Aug and 3) CAN'T in July

A person who can come either but has a preference would click 5) Either & 1) or 2)

A person who doesn't have a preference at all would JUST click 5) Either

I'm uncertain whether I can make July. Should I just check 2) Aug?

Thank you so much for doing this though.

 I think it would be best to take a pm poll. The options would still be listed in a thread but you must PM Rob, state your vote, and explain your vote. That way you can eliminate unitended/irrelevant biad towards a date and Rob can be the judge as to whether or not your reason is legitimate and only tally those votes.

Not really as it would be a really restrictive statement like, " If you plan on attending Nationals and cannot make one of the dates listed PM Rob which date doesn't work for you." You don't even need a reason why or really an explanation (that was just the first idea that came to me). The point is the votes can be accounted for and you don't have rlks answering the poll because they like to answer polls. And so it would take 5 minutes to sift through the votes. Rob wouldn't even have to do it, it could be anybody trustworthy really. Otherwise people will inevitably feel slighted, regardless of whether or not the polls are legit.

I like the new poll because it was created as an attempt to stop the arguing on why people were voting and if they had a right to vote.

So...um...."Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels." (2 Tim. 2:23)

Yeah.   


IMHO, Rob is being super gracious not once but twice.  Let's try not make this a headache for him because of the grace he is extending. 

didn't want to exclude the irish catholic crowd, they take their potatoes VERY seriously.

Speaking of RLKs voting...

Poll that you can vote for multiple choices? Vote for ALL the options!

Correction to my post. I did vote choosing the August 9-11 date for Rebeccah and also the "cannot attend" July date. I did not know how to vote for myself but if I did it would be no preference as I can attend either date. Sorry but I am getting old and easily confused!!!! Allen