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[theNAMmagazine]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! And there’s no better way to celebrate the holiday (well there is... but that’s best saved for later, at the pub) than to wish you all the luck of the Irish. Why?

They’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

The 2nd annual Airsoft Achievement Awards are here!

The NAMMY’s are the only awards which YOU, the industry as a whole (the player, retailer, manufacturer, etc), get to say who wins and who comes in a close second. Our awards were the first and the ONLY awards to be 100% unbiased and not limited solely to our reader base. What? That’s right. You don’t have to purchase our magazine to vote. This way we guarantee the votes come from everywhere and not just our readers (although their votes are just as important!). All you have to do is log into our forums between now and March 30th and place your vote for the best in all things airsoft for 2007. Then, keep those fingers crossed for your vote to win! Please, limit voting to only one vote per person, per category.

Vote here:
http://www.thenam.proboards98.com/index.cgi?board=awards
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL!

And remember, those who don't know don't.
Those who do, read The NAM!

[oldman1980]

Just like the car and driver awards, haha, cool. Never seen these before, honestly.

[Hedganian]

Login required to vote?

Registration required to login?

Sorry, takes too long.

Edited by Hedganian, 18 March 2008 - 11:37 AM.

[Maple-Leaf]

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Can't be bothered....

[theNAMmagazine]

Login required to vote?

Registration required to login?

Sorry, takes too long.

Error: You must login to access this forum. Please login below, or register for an account.

Can't be bothered....

Really? 2 minutes is too long? When you log in/register, that's how we're able to track IPs and make the voting as legitimate as possible.

[Stealthbomber]

Really? 2 minutes is too long? When you log in/register, that's how we're able to track IPs and make the voting as legitimate as possible.

How about you set up a poll here instead?
Each user can only vote once.
If you can't sort that out, PM me the categories and nominations and I'll create the poll for you.

[Maple-Leaf]

Good idea Stealth.

I don't want to create an account becuase I have too many already, and I don't want to get a load of spam afterwards...

[theNAMmagazine]

How about you set up a poll here instead?
Each user can only vote once.
If you can't sort that out, PM me the categories and nominations and I'll create the poll for you.

My experience here, since Arnie's backed away from the controls: An admin allows public libel on a news announcement which is completely irrelevant to said news announcement. And then, once the forum is locked, another admin chimes in with more public libel (remember, the thread was already locked!). Then, instead of deleting the posts containing libel and confronting the individual responsible, I get an email stating I shouldn't support my own business when it's being attacked in the news threads and the whole thread containing the news announcement is deleted...

Yeah, since then, I cut back on chiming in on a majority of threads and continuing on as an active member, posting less, here and there which is sad when you consider how long I've been a member. Why? Well, I guess the admins got talked to, but it should never have happened in the first place.

As for setting up a poll here, some might consider it biased. Why here and not AS-N.eu? Or why not ASC? Or ASR? What's to keep people from modifying the results? Additionally, the same individual can vote in a poll several times. We saw this with Ai's "favorite airsoft magazine" poll posted on NL Airsoft last year. I found that after about three days, I could've revoted if I'd wanted to. Also, how many people here have alts? Hundreds? And who's going to check IPs? How do we know it'll be done? Having the votes in our forums ensures that my staff, whom I know personally, won't change, effect or alter the results. I really mean no disrespect by saying this, it's just that I have a reliable chain of property as far as the results go, by having it in our forum.
EDIT: Additionally, we'd have duplicate votes from individuals who are members of both forums. That's nearly impossible to prevent.


Maple-Leaf: You can always delete the account after you vote to prevent spam (which we don't really send anyway).

Edited by theNAMmagazine, 18 March 2008 - 07:58 PM.

[Marlowe]

Nam Magazine: If you have an issue with this forum (which certainly is news to me), I suggest you take it up with Arnie. He can be reached by his e-mail should his PM inbox be full.

Quite why you wish to post here at all if you hold the forum in such contempt that you find its staff and posters to be posting 'libel' and believe that any of our members would care enough about a poll to attempt to duplicate accounts and risk permanent exclusion is quite beyond me. I'm sorry that you have feel that way, but no-one is certainly forcing nor expecting you to contribute here or use our forum as a means to sell your magazine. I was under the impression that we were instead offering a service by enabling you to post commercially to our members.

Anyway, all bemusement aside, as the content of your post is bound to lead to fiery responses, it seems logical that this should be closed now that you've had your opportunity to advertise your magazine feature. Cheers.