{"id":1623,"date":"2008-02-29T08:04:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/february-29-open-thread\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T14:46:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T22:46:35","slug":"february-29-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/february-29-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"February 29 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something that has become almost as rare as February 29: an open thread.<\/p>\n

Post off-topic discussions, links, and basically whatever you want here.<\/p>\n

Also, make sure to Vote for Seattle Bubble. Though with the large amount of monkey business that’s gone on so far, I won’t be surprised if everyone gets disqualified. Oh well.<\/p>\n

[Poll Update:]<\/em> Okay, I don’t know what’s going on here, but somebody seems to be picking back up where yesterday’s voting nonsense left off. Yesterday afternoon was filled with suspicious voting patterns, like 49 votes for Seattle Bubble in 15 minutes while LL only got 7, followed by 95 votes for LL in the following 15 minutes, with Seattle Bubble only getting 1, etc. Now we’ve got a sudden stream of votes pouring in for Seattle Bubble, shifting the score from Seattle Bubble down by 11 to Seattle Bubble up by 148 in a mere 45 minutes, followed by a 187-vote surge for LL in the next 15 minutes, putting it back at a virtual tie. What the heck, people?<\/p>\n

While we all know who started<\/em> the cheating<\/a> in this tournament, and I honestly have no clue whether Seattle Bubble regulars are responsible for the current sudden run, I really think this is getting ridiculous. If Metroblogging Seattle doesn’t shut down this poll (which at this point I would recommend), it would appear that the winner will simply be decided by who is paying the most attention in the final hours before the contest closes at 9:00PM Monday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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