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[Steelie1030]

Can't seem to log on this morning...keep getting error message overwriting the voting box.
Does voting close at 6am our time or 9am?

[funpig]

At 9am today, the vote clock said it was exactly 6 days to the finish.  So I think it is 9 am pacific time.  Unless they change the clock for the different time zones, that means the Ontario guys will have until 12:00 noon eastern time.  This would be a big advantage for them. 

That is why we need to get NEW voters and to keep voting if we want to win. 

[DragonSpeed]

Here's the canned message that I used for my email friends... feel free to use it:

There is a vote-in competition being hosted by the WFN (Fishing Network) to determine the “Ultimate Fishing Town”.  The contest has come down to a two horse race.  The towns of Nestor Falls, Ontario and  Port Alberni, BC.

Personally, I can’t see why the Ontario town is even in the running still.  Port Alberni has all the things that Nestor Falls has (nearby lakes, rivers etc) PLUS Port Alberni has the OCEAN!  From Port Alberni you can catch monster Halibut, Salmon, Trout using all kinds of fishing techniques.  It really is a fishing gem.

The thing is the folks at Nestor Falls have had a strong campaign and have had many people voting.  BC folks have probably just been too busy fishing 

We need to pull your help (International and otherwise) to vote for a BC town that has gone from being a logging town with a dead end future to being  The truly “Ulitmate Fishing Town”.  The $25000 towards the community will help them continue to grow and be a great destination.

It’s simple.  No need to subscribe to anything. No need to buy…  Just go to a web page and vote.

http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/Port-Alberni

You can vote every 12 hours with ANY EMAIL ADDRESS that you own (for example:  your hotmail address, your gmail address, your work address) and we really need you too.  Vote early and DEFINITELY VOTE OFTEN!

You can see how close the vote is at:

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

[funpig]

It is now 10:20 am and BC is up by 40 votes...  But on September 28, we would not win because Ontario would have been ahead at 9AM which is the finish line.

I hope the rest of BC jumps on the bandwagon.  Chilliwack?  Skeena?  Queen Charlottes?  Interior?  Anybody work at BCTV or other BC media?

[funpig]

Wow.  I think WFN just changed the rules.  It looks like the new deadline is 5PM.  And I believe that is Eastern time based upon the voting clock.  This would make it 2 PM pacific. 

But we still need new voters and continue to vote the votes that we have.

[IronNoggin]

Related Interviews scheduled to be broadcast today: 5:00pm on CHEK, 6:00pm on CBC.

Apperas the WFN site is SWAMPED! Dreadfully slow, but you can still get in if you have just a little patience!  

I gotta run now, the weather has smartened up. And as much as I want to be in on the Final Run, I do after all have to make a living. Figures that would be Fishing!!  

Keep the votes coming Folks! let all your contacts know, we really do have a chance here!  

Best of Luck!! I VERY much Hope we do Get 'Er Done!!

Cheers,
Nog

Edited to add: They are having a few issues with the voting site. Just spoke with one of their representatives, they are scrambling and should have it back up to snuff shortly now. The problems encountered are simply due to the extreme volume of traffic the site is receiving, nothing nefarious they say. Between 400 and 500 thousand votes have been registered, and their servers are close to smoking from the sheer number of hits! Keep them coming Folks!

[IronNoggin]

News Flash: It appears either the voting site was hacked in order to favor Nestor Falls, or the WFN itself rigged the voting. My thought is the former. They have shut the site down for a day while they try to get it worked out.

IMHO should they discover the site was hacked by someone in Ontario, their submission should be given the boot as a consequence! 

Don't abandon ship here Folks! Please remember to vote and vote as often as you can when the site is back up. With any Luck at all, the Honest approach will still carry the day! 

PO'd beyond belief! 
Matt

[DragonSpeed]

News Flash: It appears either the voting site was hacked in order to favor Nestor Falls, or the WFN itself rigged the voting. My thought is the former. They have shut the site down for a day while they try to get it worked out.

IMHO should they discover the site was hacked by someone in Ontario, their submission should be given the boot as a consequence! 

Don't abandon ship here Folks! Please remember to vote and vote as often as you can when the site is back up. With any Luck at all, the Honest approach will still carry the day! 

PO'd beyond belief! 
Matt

You've got to remember that the hacker isn't necessarily a Nestor Falls official type, but more likely someone that was just overzealous.

Any votes that came about due to the nefarious circumvention of security should be removed and the contest continue in good faith.

Imagine if someone had hacked it in favour of P.A. and it was discovered?  Would you think that P.A's entry should be DQ'ed?

Just keep voting when you can folks!

Cheers.

[IronNoggin]

You've got to remember that the hacker isn't necessarily a Nestor Falls official type, but more likely someone that was just overzealous.

Any votes that came about due to the nefarious circumvention of security should be removed and the contest continue in good faith.

Imagine if someone had hacked it in favour of P.A. and it was discovered?  Would you think that P.A's entry should be DQ'ed?

Just keep voting when you can folks!

You very much have a point. I was just so PO'd when we discovered just what was going on I couldn't contain myself. 
And you are right of course. Hopefully they get it back on track...

Please keep the ball rolling Folks! 

Gotta run now, hoping to be holding a Victory Celebration upon my return! 

Cheers,
Nog

[Fish Assassin]

Very, very suspicious the last few days. I guess the fishing community now knows where Nestor Falls is.

[funpig]

WFN has suspended voting for 24 hours to verify votes so far.  That is good.  Better to have an honest straight up competition.

They have verifed that the new deadline is 5:00 PM on September 28.  The later in the day deadline is better for us.  Up to now during normal day voting, PA pulls ahead, but during the overnight voting, Nestors pulls ahead.

But with five days to go, it is still a dead heat.  Hopefully, tonights news broadcasts will attract some new voters.

Port Alberni v. Nestors,  West v. East, BC v. Ontario, Vancouver v. Toronto...  

Let's keep it honest... Let's keep it friendly... But let's just win.

[troutbreath]

from this morning when I was trying to vote



ATTENTION ALL VOTERS


Due to technical difficulties and keeping in the spirit of a fair contest, WFN’s Ultimate Fishing Town website will be undergoing maintenance for a 24-hour period, resuming September 23rd at 5:00pm ET. During this time we will be resolving any issues we have encountered and reviewing all votes received to date. We again apologize for this inconvenience and promise to rectify the issue as fast as possible.

PLEASE NOTE THAT VOTING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. YOU WILL NOW BE ABLE TO VOTE UNTIL 4:59PM ET ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

[funpig]

Delayed and extended again.

The WFN site now says voting will not resume until Sept 24 9AM  and the vote will be extended to Sept 30 4:59 PM.

I'm guessing they are finding alot of bogus votes.  It will be interesting to see the updated vote tomorrow morning

[Fish Assassin]

Delayed and extended again.

The WFN site now says voting will not resume until Sept 24 9AM  and the vote will be extended to Sept 30 4:59 PM.

I'm guessing they are finding alot of bogus votes.  It will be interesting to see the updated vote tomorrow morning

Going to be interesting that's for sure.

[funpig]

Game on.  The WFN site http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/vote/ is up and running.

PA has a lead of a couple of thousand at this point.  This is the home stretch.  It seems like the voting procedure has been streamlined.

Put in your votes every 12 hours and try to get some new voters into the game.

The new deadline is September 30   2:00 PM (Pacific).