No important message from Sandy South
Yesterday, I prepared the message from Sandy South you can read below. But sometimes things don’t turn out as expected. I thought Sandra and Woo’s next opponent in the 2013 Webcomics Tournament at ComicMix would be Manly Guys Doing Manly Things since it won the popular vote by a wide margin against Commander Kitty. But one or more die-hard fans of Commander Kitty bought so many additional votes that it actually won. I think being able to buy some votes for your favorite comic was a nice idea (the revenues go to a charity), but if the end result is just dependent on how much money the fans of the comic have, the complete idea of voting goes out of the window.
Vote for Sandra and Woo if you think it deserves to win, but I would have preferred a contest without the ability to buy votes.
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“I’ve been observing the suspect for quite some time. In the 2013 Webcomics Tournament at ComicMix, he already managed to knock out three opponents, Buffersafe, Axe Cop and Paranatural. I’m positive that they’ll need a whole year to recover from the knockout. I’m talking, of course, of the online comic Sandra and Woo. In the round of 16, he now faces the most dangerous competitor so far, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things. Still, Sandra and Woo seems to be the favorite in this fight to the death. But only if he manages to acquire the votes of all his loyal supporters again. I just hope they understand that the stakes couldn’t be higher for Sandra and Woo.
The Empress of Northia seems to be quite fond of the suspect as well and charged me with the acquisition of a flashy wallpaper if he should continue to stir up the competition.”
Well, that’s disgusting. Manly Guns Doing Manly Things is one of my favorites (whether or not it beats Sandra & Woo is up to the discretion of the reader). I’m sure Commander Kitty is great by itself, but to see it win like that is just…blargh.
Rooting for you. Defeat these heinous scoundrels and bring forth the blinding light of justice on the plains of the internets!
ya gots my vote
@ goldenrhino:
I think Commander Kitty is awesome and it was the one I voted for (although MGDMT is also a great comic), but I’m not sure I like the way it won the contest. At the very least there should be a maximum number of votes that one single person can buy.
But actually, this whole vote-buying thing is educational as well because this is exactly how our political system actually works, with fundraisers often being more important than voters. If you don’t like it, you’re being unpatriotic! 😉
That’s really interesting, knowing how many paid votes showed up for you and for Paranatural. You’ll be happy to know that your fans donated $131 in your name for Round #3 alone, which I’d call a pretty serious sign of popular approval.
No one was more surprised than me! Like I wrote on my site during Round 3, I think I know who is doing this, but what do I do? I kinda do need the exposure!
In any event, it’s all for a good cause, and I would not be disappointed to lose to Sandra & Woo, or to Manly Guys.
No, no, no. Don’t throw in the towel just because of some underhanded little pipsqueak! We can exact our revenge on them by buying lots of votes for YOUR comic! If only I had the money to blow right now…
Oh, well, viel Glück!
… and the winner of you two will have to pit against…. XKCD or C&H. Honestly. That’s some pretty tough competition… I will admit even I am torn who to vote for between these three 🙂
CK, on the other hand, I don’t know at all
while i did vote for commander kitty myself, i did so in completely good faith, completely unaware of what was transpiring to get the strip to win. when i voted, the strip was down by a margin of 76 to 24 percent.
i find this news disturbing. if a strip cannot win on its own merits, it doesn’t deserve to win.
all future votes will be for commander kitty’s challenger.
I love Sandra and Woo – if you came up against Freefall or aRTD my nod would go that way. I tend to appreciate story based comics or, as they are often described as – “Graphic Novels” .
As far as buying votes – this is the most honest and truthful way to show appreciation in our world. As long as everyone knows the rules and, is open about it.
My only rule is the law of the Weasel. It goes like this “Most of all… Have fun!”.
nice photo of sandra 🙂
“… wallpaper, should he continue to stir …” or “… wallpaper, if [/in case] he continues to stir …”
I know it’s pedantic, but you seem to appreciate language improvements, and my OCD is kicking in anyway.