Beat L.A.

[squarepusher]

fanzonecentral.com/phpBB2....php?t=836

 

We've currently advanced to the 3rd round of the fan site tournament, squaring off against DodgerBlues.com. Register and vote today, if you haven't already. Don't let some potty-humor Dodgers site win against what all of us have built here.

 

I'd be happy losing to Sons of Sam Horn or the Newberg Report out of sheer respect, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself after this.

 

EDIT: Also, try to keep the posts on the voting thread dignified. We don't need to stoop down to their level.

 

Thanks for your support!

[Katuluu]

That Dodger site is just crap. Ugg. I'd visit Stile or Fark for that type of humor. And at least there it would be funny.

[MassBrew]

Sons of Sam Horn?

 

It's just an EZ board, nothing more. A humungous Red Sox E-Z board, but that's it.

[squarepusher]

Check out their fan forum at DodgerBlues.com, going off on us.

 

*sigh*

 

Oh well, vulgarity and potty humor is obviously more important than content.

[squarepusher]

I only say Sons of Sam Horn because the sheer large number of people, and for the most part knowledgable people that post. From a non-forum point of view, we give you the most content on the net as far as fan-sites go. I feel like our forum is definately the best bang for the buck as well... It's just that I can respect SOSH, Jamey's site, and a few others because they're not dominated by trash talk or propaganda.

 

*shrug* Regardless, i'm positively thrilled with what we've built here, and a popularity contest doesn't do anything but bring us some marginal national attention. Except for the draft coverage, I don't care about pandering to a national audience, as they'll just look down on the site because it's Brewers-related.

[MassBrew]

I've registered, I can see I'm among the visitors, but all I see is a thread, no poll to vote on...

[squarepusher]

You need to just reply in the thread... just say you vote Brewerfan, and why, if you want to.

[Frisbee Slider]

By my unofficial count...it looks like its separated by one vote.

[squarepusher]

I'm officially withdrawing the site from the competition. The other sysadmin is urging people to create fake yahoo accounts and vote.

 

Whatever. We're here to serve you guys, not to win a popularity contest. Thanks to all of you who supported us by voting, and thanks to the 1200+ of you who are users here.

[Katuluu]

Sounds like the smart move. Winning by cheating sounds about right for that site.

[squarepusher]

It's too bad.... there were some decent non-baseball sites that are going to make it to the "final four" that I would have liked to see Brewerfan "stack up" against.

 

Ah well... Just more motivation for me to keep adding features and everyone else to keep contributing to what's really become a fun thing.

[950opsLHcatcher]

I think we might end up having more votes anyway, and I can't imagine that the tourney site admin is going to look kindly on the cheating thing.

[squarepusher]

Apparently, at the DodgerBlues.com message board, the guy said it was just a joke.

 

Whatever the case may be, i've never met such a bunch of disrespectful people in my life. I'm sure there are many decent users of that site, but the ones who were vocal were complete jerks.

[jwaltz]

I have to agree with you Brian and your desicion to pull out. Those guys were disrespectful jerks. It is quite telling that they had to cheat to even pull close to us. After looking at their site, I have my doubts as to whether it really was a joke...

 

On, the other hand, the Tigers', Bengals' and other sites' fans were respectful and honest as were we. I appreciate that.

[Katuluu]

Brian, you might want to talk to the web master for Dodgerblue about the comments people on their message board are trying to attribute to you.

[squarepusher]

Yeah, I thought that was pretty cute.

 

I got private messages from other DodgerBlues.com fans apologizing for the behavior of some of the other people. Their message boards are the exact opposite of what we try and do here. Nothing but trash talking, racism, and homophobia over there.

 

If that's the kind of site that is going to move on in this tournament, I didn't want to be a part of it.

 

EDIT: Turns out 6 of the votes were turned in from 2 IP addresses with fake accounts being created. So much for the call to cheat being a "joke".

[Katuluu]

I wouldn't be suprised in the least if they have been pulling this scam in each round. At least the Fanzone admins look to be talking over advancing Brewerfan regardless of your withdrawl.

[squarepusher]

Well, if the admins determined they indeed cheated and think Brewerfan should continue on in the tournament, i'll go ahead and keep the site in the running. It'd be a disservice to our fans and the other sites Brewerfan defeated in the tournament if we withdrew under those circumstances.

[squarepusher]

We've been given the clearance to provide to the "final four" in the tournament as DodgerBlues.com is disqualified.

 

Cheaters never win.

[Katuluu]

It'll be interesting to see what the Dodgerblue forum has to say about this. Somehow I bet this will be all our fault.

[squarepusher]

[ Somehow I bet this will be all our fault. ]

 

That's what we get for being "mormons". http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

For all of those who feel like being entertained:

pub36.bravenet.com/forum/...2355&cpv=1

 

There's a few threads dedicated to bashing brewerfan.net. Don't get involved by joining in the threads please, though. It's much more entertaining just to watch them make themselves look silly.

[950opsLHcatcher]

Also be warned that if your offended by something, they probably cover it. If you're adverse to the f-bomb, just don't go.

[squarepusher]

As if on cue, the sore loser thread begins:

pub36.bravenet.com/forum/...how/356534

 

Now they're going to attempt to disqualify brewerfan out of spite in the next round. What a bunch of winners.

[jwaltz]

Over at the fansite contest forum they are whinning that it wasn't them that cheated, it was us. And then the admin pointed out that they are the ones that sent the bogus votes. Not us. They are nothing but sad, pathetic, people.

[Katuluu]

They also obviously have no idea how identifying by IP addy's work either. Let them try and get brewerfan disqualified, they'll be sniffed out rather easily. Especially since they love to announce their plans to cheat before they do it. You'd think they would have learned by now not to be so stupid.