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[IronNoggin]

The cycle that has developed was repeated once again over night.
Over the course of the day we manage to collect about a 3 to 3.5 thousand vote lead on them.
Then they respond as their proxy list voters arise, and they cut the lead down to nothing, then pass us by in the early morning hours. 
This has now happened several days in a row, and very much appears to be the pattern now.

It is more than a little dangerous for us out West to assume this pattern will hold!
I have a strong suspicion they are lulling us into believing that is all they are capable of, and that this is very much amongst their intentional tactics to take us down. If they have a "reserve bank" of Emails and/or voters in the wings, they could easily out-run us when they call that into play on the Final Day (or two). Perhaps that's the conspiracy seeker in me, but I can't help but think that given the way they have played this game so far, that they don't have a plan for defeating us at the last moment. Actually have to hand it to their organizers, thus far they have worked the system hard and with focus, managing to stay right on us at every juncture... 

So now if we are to carry this, there are a couple of strategies we should consider:

- Of course maintain our voting pressure. Try to convince as many others to join us as is possible, we could REALLY use some additional support here. Should for whatever reason you or your Buddies not be able to get your own votes in personally, shoot me a PM or E. I will provide the contact information for one of our organizers that will ensure your vote gets counted. This would have to be done ASAP as I am departing for the Coast in a matter of hours...

- Ensure your votes are in before 2:00pm today, and 2:00am tonight, and the same for the next couple of days. We will need all that we can pour into it Before the 2:00pm Deadline on Thursday September 30th. On that Final Day, make damn sure your vote is in on time! 

Watch closely now Folks! We are down to the wire, and this is an extremely tight run! Our competition has proven themselves as very worthy adversaries! They are poised to pull out all the stops, and take the Title off to Ontario. Our mission of course is to try and prevent that, and ensure that the Title instead goes to the Best Fishing Province in Canada - British Columbia!! This will take all we can muster at this point.

The weather has once again broken offshore, and of course I must answer the call. I am off again this afternoon, and will be so until after the Contest closes. I have misgivings wandering away at this point, but must ensure my family is housed and fed. It is after all, what I do - Fishing! 

The Very BEST of LUCK on this one Folks! Although concerned at this point, I very much do feel comfortable leaving this matter in your very capable hands! I am hoping, and looking forward to the distinct possibility of a Major Victory Celebration upon my return. Should that Happy Event come to be, there will be significant lead time, and Invites to the Show for all! 

http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/vote/

Cheers & Thanks!
Matt

[Fish Assassin]

The cycle that has developed was repeated once again over night.
Over the course of the day we manage to collect about a 3 to 3.5 thousand vote lead on them.
Then they respond as their proxy list voters arise, and they cut the lead down to nothing, then pass us by in the early morning hours. 
This has now happened several days in a row, and very much appears to be the pattern now.

It is more than a little dangerous for us out West to assume this pattern will hold!
I have a strong suspicion they are lulling us into believing that is all they are capable of, and that this is very much amongst their intentional tactics to take us down. If they have a "reserve bank" of Emails and/or voters in the wings, they could easily out-run us when they call that into play on the Final Day (or two). Perhaps that's the conspiracy seeker in me, but I can't help but think that given the way they have played this game so far, that they don't have a plan for defeating us at the last moment. Actually have to hand it to their organizers, thus far they have worked the system hard and with focus, managing to stay right on us at every juncture... 

I have noted the same thing. Let's force the issue by iincreasing the number of votes. Get your friend's email, their friend's email etc.  If anybody is unable to vote for whatever reason, PM me with your email address and I will vote for you. (Port Alberni of couse !)

[funpig]

High noon.  This is the key time for the West when we build up a small lead.  Get your votes in before or by lunch every day until September 30.  That way you can vote again 12 hours later.  Otherwise, you have stay up late into the night to vote again.  I think PA loses out during the overnight voting, when some of us do not vote that second vote 12 hours later.  The Nestors group is very organized and tenacious.  They have people voting thoughout the night and early morning to catch up and pass us each morning.

Also, the closer you wait until 2pm, the greater the risk that you may not be able to get your vote in on the last day at 2pm when the server will probably get overwhelmed again by the last minute voting.

[IronNoggin]

From another site:

The peeping Tom in me has noticed that Nestor has gone to another town in the contest for support when the contest winds down in the final hours. Seelys bay isnt buying it tho as they are not done yet. Here is a quote :

Hi all in Seely's Bay. I too am from Nestor Falls and can attest that this has been the best experience for our community and region that I have ever seen. Kudos to all of you for keeping the spirit in the competition. If when the final days are wearing down and numbers compel you to do so, we hope that your town would possibly decide on keeping this title in Ontario. We would appreciate any support, and would be proud to represent this small town spirit for all of us.
2 hours agoSupport Seeley's Bay Ontario

Hi xxx. We recognize your name from the news as the leader of the Nestor Falls bid, and offer you our congratulations on what appears to have been a very well executed campaign strategy. Interesting proposal, but we aren't wearing down yet :-)

So there you have it folks! Looks like they want Seelys to bail and join Nestors cause to make this a win for Ontario. Happy to hear that Seely's isnt biting...so far

Tactics it seems. Could be a Disaster if Seely's Bay buys in! 

Git 'Er Done Folks! 

We're counting on YOU to bring this one home to BC!! 

Cheers,
Nog - Off to The Briney...

[Fish Assassin]

Perhaps we can get the Chilliwack folks on board for the final push.

[IronNoggin]

Can't hurt to try...
But someone else will have to do that! I am outta here! 

Good Luck!
Matt

[funpig]

The Nestors group has been very organized in overnight voting and have caught and passed us each morning.  I believe that we have more voters but some of us are only voting one time a day.  Anybody that voted today 2 PM to 7 PM, if you plan on getting up in the middle of the night (2 AM to 7AM) to vote that would be great and the rest of us thank you.  Otherwise, wake up tomorrow morning to vote right away first thing in the morning and get that second vote in tomorrow evening before bedtime.  That will get in your maximum 2 votes per day.  According to my calculations, between now and September 30 2PM Pacific, we should be able to get a maximum of 7 more votes per email address.  Every vote counts.  And a few more new voters would be welcome.

[Fish Assassin]

The cycle that has developed was repeated once again over night.
Over the course of the day we manage to collect about a 3 to 3.5 thousand vote lead on them.
Then they respond as their proxy list voters arise, and they cut the lead down to nothing, then pass us by in the early morning hours. 
This has now happened several days in a row, and very much appears to be the pattern now.

It is more than a little dangerous for us out West to assume this pattern will hold!
I have a strong suspicion they are lulling us into believing that is all they are capable of, and that this is very much amongst their intentional tactics to take us down. If they have a "reserve bank" of Emails and/or voters in the wings, they could easily out-run us when they call that into play on the Final Day (or two). Perhaps that's the conspiracy seeker in me, but I can't help but think that given the way they have played this game so far, that they don't have a plan for defeating us at the last moment. Actually have to hand it to their organizers, thus far they have worked the system hard and with focus, managing to stay right on us at every juncture... 

So now if we are to carry this, there are a couple of strategies we should consider:

- Of course maintain our voting pressure. Try to convince as many others to join us as is possible, we could REALLY use some additional support here. Should for whatever reason you or your Buddies not be able to get your own votes in personally, shoot me a PM or E. I will provide the contact information for one of our organizers that will ensure your vote gets counted. This would have to be done ASAP as I am departing for the Coast in a matter of hours...

- Ensure your votes are in before 2:00pm today, and 2:00am tonight, and the same for the next couple of days. We will need all that we can pour into it Before the 2:00pm Deadline on Thursday September 30th. On that Final Day, make damn sure your vote is in on time! 

Watch closely now Folks! We are down to the wire, and this is an extremely tight run! Our competition has proven themselves as very worthy adversaries! They are poised to pull out all the stops, and take the Title off to Ontario. Our mission of course is to try and prevent that, and ensure that the Title instead goes to the Best Fishing Province in Canada - British Columbia!! This will take all we can muster at this point.

The weather has once again broken offshore, and of course I must answer the call. I am off again this afternoon, and will be so until after the Contest closes. I have misgivings wandering away at this point, but must ensure my family is housed and fed. It is after all, what I do - Fishing! 



The Very BEST of LUCK on this one Folks! Although concerned at this point, I very much do feel comfortable leaving this matter in your very capable hands! I am hoping, and looking forward to the distinct possibility of a Major Victory Celebration upon my return. Should that Happy Event come to be, there will be significant lead time, and Invites to the Show for all! 

http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/vote/

Cheers & Thanks!
Matt

As of 11:15 PM Port Alberni has a 5800 vote lead. We'll know in the morning whether they have a "reserve bank" of emails. Keep it up folks. Put the pedal to the metal. Only a couple of more days to go.

[funpig]

As of 12:00 AM midnite September 28, PA has about 184,600 and Nestors has about 178,000.  I believe there was about 14,000 votes in the last 12 hours  and PA has about a 6,600 vote lead.

It is 3 AM Eastern time and Nestors is still voting.  They are organized and tenacious.

Keep up the good work and we will compare the vote tomorrow morning.  Make sure you get your two votes in every day (every 12 hours) as early as possible.  Keep in mind the September 30, 2 PM Pacific Time deadline.  If we miss just one round of voting, there could be a swing of 10,000+ votes.

[gofishon]

it is almost 5 am PDT and Nestor's has started to make their morning push. They have gained a lot of ground in the past half hour. We can't let up. We all need to find some more people to keep the votes coming for Port Alberni.

[DragonSpeed]

it is almost 5 am PDT and Nestor's has started to make their morning push. They have gained a lot of ground in the past half hour. We can't let up. We all need to find some more people to keep the votes coming for Port Alberni.

We've managed to hold it to losing about 2K through the night.... we are still 3K ahead.  

Have others evangelized to OTHER fishing sites in BC?  (Yes, there ARE others )

Keep the drive alive!

[funpig]

Good morning, and I definitely mean good.   It is about 9 AM and the vote is PA 189,000 and Nestors is 185,000, a diifference of about 4,000.  This is the first time in about a week that we have hit 9AM with a lead.   The next 5 hours has always been our key time to put the hammer down during the daytime.  We finally have a real opportunity to put some distance over Nestors between now and 2 pm.   Keep it up.  Vote this morning and vote again in 12 hours;  there are only about 5 more rounds of voting over the next 2 days and 5 hours.  If we can build up a big enough lead, we can try to run away with this.  But let's keep it honest;  remember that all votes will be examined and we want to win this thing fair and square.

[funpig]

The Deadline is Thursday September 30 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

If you can, please get your vote in before 2 PM today (and 2 AM later tonight).  By voting before 2:00 PM, you will maximize your number of votes before the deadline.  If you wait until after 2:00 pm today, you will not be able to vote in the last 12 hours before the deadline.  This is important because each 12 hours of voting is worth 10,000+ votes.

Nestors is still within striking distance.  We need to finish strong.  Keep voting and try to get a few more voters for the final push.

[funpig]

It is about midnite of the morning of September 29 and the vote is approximately PA 207,500 and Nestors 198,500, a difference of about 9,000.  There have been about 24,000 votes cast for PA in the last 24 hours.

We have made some progress for the first time in about a week, but we cannot afford to be complacent.  We still need to keep on pushing the votes.  Remember that Nestors will make up ground over night and during the early morning voting (before 9 am Pacific).  PA's strength has been from 10 to 2 each day and evening.  But if we slack off there is a danger that Nestors will pass us.  Every 12 hours is equal to about 12,000 votes.  If we are late with our voting over the next 38 hours, we run the risk of losing the last round of voting, up to 12,000 votes, at the 2 PM deadline of September 30. 

Expect that Nestors will make a big push at the end to try and pass us.  Keep an eye on the vote in the last 24 hours.  Each of us may need to scrounge for some new last minute voters to put us over the top.

[funpig]

This morning, Nestors gained back about 3,000 votes but now is PA's biggest bulk of voters.  As at 11:00 am, PA 217,000 and Nestors 207,000, a 10,000 difference

The Deadline is Thursday September 30 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

If you can, please get your vote in before 2 PM today (and 2 AM later tonight).  By voting before 2:00 PM, you will maximize your number of votes per email address before the deadline.  If you wait until after 2:00 pm today, you will not be able to vote in the last 12 hours before the deadline.  This is important because each 12 hours of voting is worth 12,000+ votes.  (Of course, if your voting cycle is after 2pm, keep voting because every vote counts.)

Nestors is still within striking distance and will push hard in the last 24 hours.  We need to finish strong.