Question's been raised, in a coupla places, what good is TV Vote, anyway?

http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html

Actually, not an unreasonable question...

In short, probably not gonna be a decidin' factor in any studio's collective
mind.

As I see it, TV Vote is a rallying point to keep Browncoats engaged and active,
an ongoing
goal set to focus on... And, like all games, it can be a lot of fun!

That said, I don't doubt that Joss and others are aware of it; it's been goin'
on too long for
them not to have caught wind of it.

So, no, not likely to get us a Big Damn Sequel. More likely to keep the blood
flowin' in a
portion of our fandom. That leads to the other benefit of TV Vote: It gets us
exposure
among the OTHER fandoms. Believe it or not, there are a lotta folks out there
who don't
know about Firefly.

A good example is all the voters who pull for the old westerns; Bonanza,
Gunsmoke,
Laramie... They have HUGE numbers of fans on that poll, and, many have commented
positively about Firefly, after having watched it outta curiosity, 'cause we
ripped past their
shows in the poll, to take #1.

So, cross-pollination, and, not just with the Bonanzais, but, a lotta folks
votin.' Even got a
lot of the Dark Shadows fans, down in the Nominations Poll, interested, just by
lending 'em
a helping hand with their own campaign. That means, when the new Dark Shadows
movie,
with Johnny Depp, comes out next year, we'll have a lotta Vampire Flans in the
ranks,
ready to share their other passion with all the start-up DS fans the movie
generates.

Drop by and review the latest voting stats and discussion:

http://tinyurl.com/2z5ktv

Could use some extra votes startin' tomorrow; Friday's votes goin' into
Saturday's scores,
and, Saturday's votes goin' into Sunday's scores, are where we're at most risk
of breakin'
our 1k+ votes/day streak. So, if you find yourself with an idle moment at your
keyboard,
you might take all of a minute and punch up a vote for Firefly.

Stay shiny!

-Raycheetah =^[.]^=

--- In Midatlanticbrowncoats@yahoogroups.com, "leanderldor" <leanderldor@...>
wrote:
>
> Ni hao, Browncoats!
>
> This is a Wave across the Cortex for alla you flans out there who are
currently NOT
voting
> for Firefly on Rich Labonte's TV Vote site:
>
> http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html
>
> I would like to ask a small favor of you. Go to the TV Vote site, bookmark it,
and, just
once
> a day (you /can/ vote up to once per hour), click the Firefly box, and, hit
the vote
button.
> One, two. That's it.
>
>
> Firefly is still #1, but, we're trying to get to half a million points as soon
as possible, as
> well as to secure a 10% share of all votes ever cast, and, to beat our current
record of 75
> consecutive days at 1,000+ votes/day, which has been a problem, recently.
There are
317
> members listed on this board; if even a fraction more of us voted just once
per day, it
> would make a huge difference. That's Fan Power!
>
> If you care to, you might choose to vote the "Joss Bloc," i.e., Firefly, Angel
and Buffy the
> Vampire Slayer, especially since BTVS is in a good position to sneak past BSG,
if it gets
> enough votes.
>
> TV Vote doesn't use cookies; it only records your IP address, to verify that
multiple votes
> cannot be registered by the same user within a given hour.
>
>
> As it turns out, the TV Vote end isn't /quite/ so nigh:
>
> "FLAtRich
> Oct 20, 9:03 am
> Nah. No end in sight. 5 million will be nice, but 6 million would be
> nicer.
> Besides, we gotta see Gunsmoke hit the Hall of Fame for Mr. Arness and
> I think that'll take a bit longer.
>
> Life goes on in the modern world,
>
> )>FLAtRich"
>
> (Quote from: http://tinyurl.com/yv2yu8 )
>
> So, if we're goin' to 6M, we have 1,258,376 uncast votes, as of today. Divide
that by
> yesterday's total votes cast, 11,648, and, you get about 108 days, more or
less. Votes
are
> still finite, though, not so scarce, right now. So, the end is in sight; we
just have a little
> more breathin' room, is all.
>
> For daily voting stats, analysis, and, discussion, go to:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2z5ktv
>
> -Raycheetah =^[.]^=
>
> P.S.:
>
> Oh, and, if folks aren't currently nominating anything in the lower poll, Dark
Shadows
> could use any help you can throw 'em. Really, even if you are nominating
anything else,
> given the time frame involved, the only show in the Noms that's gonna ever
break out is
> DS. So, if you care to see Hercules banished to the underworld, and, some of
the nicest,
> middle-aged vampires you might care to meet made very happy, could you help
vote
them
> up outta the crypt?
>
> I've been helping 'em out for a couple months, and, they've been discoverin'
(and, votin')
> Firefly:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2xrxcw
>
> They'll have just enough time to knock Hercules out and Cleopatra 2525 down to
40.
Just
> hit the "Noms" link at the bottom of the TV Vote page, and, type "Dark Shadows
(1966)"
> into the polling box.
>
> -RC =^[.]^=
>
> --- In Midatlanticbrowncoats@yahoogroups.com, "leanderldor" <leanderldor@>
wrote:
> >
> > Ni hao, Browncoats!
> >
> > This is a Wave across the Cortex for alla you flans out there who have ever
voted (or,
> who
> > might feel inclined to vote) for Firefly on Rich Labonte's TV Vote site:
> >
> > http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html
> >
> > Time is running short; once the site re-opens at 7:00am ET tomorrow morning,
> Saturday,
> > October 20, there is now an end in sight to the poll.
> >
> > In August, we reached #1 in the poll, and, have been steadily drawing away
from the
> rest
> > of the pack. As of Friday, October 12, we beat Xena's all-time record for
consecutive
> days
> > at 1,000+ votes/day, with 74 days, and, going strong to extend our record.
> >
> > That same day, as some of you may already know, TV Vote was shut down for
about a
> > week, due to cheating issues (not, thankfully, involving Firefly voters!):
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/tv_vote/browse_thread/thread/590c087c882dd534
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/tv_vote/browse_thread/thread/6576dfc72ad8e802
> >
> > Well, Rich Labonte has announced that TV Vote will open again, tomorrow:
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/tv_vote/browse_thread/thread/1adb3f471fd812be
> >
> > However...
> >
> > Rich has declared his intention, at this point, to continue with TV Vote
until 5,000,000
> > votes have been cast in the Top 40.
> >
> > 4,612,636 votes were counted as of 10/12/07; not sure how many votes got
through
or
> > were counted, subsequent to that, before Rich locked the site down. That
leaves
> 387,364
> > uncast votes, +/-.
> >
> > Just using the last counted day's total votes ('cause I'm too lazy to work
up a daily
> average
> > for the previous week =^[.]~=), 12,658, as a divisor, that leaves just over
30
remaining
> > voting days, once voting resumes. That's 30 days to reach 500k.
> >
> > At last count, we were 63,286 votes short of 500k. You do the math.
Actually, I'll do
the
> > math: That would require us to get at least an average 2,110 votes each of
the
> remaining
> > 30 days. The last day votes were counted, Firefly got 1,263 votes, about our
running
> > average.
> >
> > Good news is, if we manage that, we will have gone over 100 days at 1k+
votes/day.
> >
> > I don't have to spell out the bad news, if we don't.
> >
> > So, let's go out with a bang! Meanwhile, if you know ANY Browncoats who have
voted
> but
> > stopped, 'cause there was no end in sight, or, who have never voted, let 'em
know
we're
> > gonna need 'em, this weekend, to keep our record-breaking streak alive, and,
to pack
in
> > as many votes as we can in the time remaining!
> >
> > Remember, you can vote once per hour, no registration required. If you want
to be
sure
> to
> > remember when it's time, either download Flyvote, a timed program to remind
you
when
> > it's time to vote:
> >
> > http://usbmicro.com/misc
> >
> > ...or, do what I do, and, get a cheap travel alarm clock (mebbe $4US at
WalMart), and,
> set it
> > for the next time to vote. Slip it in your pocket so that you won't have to
hang around
> the
> > computer. I guarantee that'll help you to squeeze more votes outta your day.
> >
> > Warm up your vote timers, 'cause, we're rollin' tomorrow mornin'!
> >
> > I'll be in my training montage.
> >
> > Discussion and voting stats for Firefly on TV Vote:
> >
> > http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2254268&st=880
> >
> > -Raycheetah =^[.]^=
> >
> > P.S.: Since it is now a matter of remaining, available votes, the time has
come at which
it
> > would be prudent, for the benefit of Firefly, to consider paring down or
eliminating
> other
> > shows from our voting lists. The more votes we save, the longer we can vote
for
Firefly.
> > This is for 500k, something no other show has ever accomplished!
> >
> > Just to be sayin,'
> >
> > -RC =^[.]^=
> >
>