Final Round: Choose The Mascot!

Nate · 2007-03-07T04:10:35Z

After two rounds of voting, the candidates for the official YWS mascot have come down to just Monkey or Dragon. Valid arguments can be made for both, but it basically comes down to just: which one do you like more? Are monkeys too Hollywood? Are dragons too French? The winner shall be the mascot of YWS for an indefinite amount of time. Please keep in mind this is not for the background, this is for the mascot. The poll shall remain open for a period of one week; that is, until 11 p.m. EST, March 13th, 2007. Any votes after that time will not be counted. This means that by next Wednesday, we will officially now the choice for YWS mascot. Remember to please keep it civil! Monkeys may not throw feces, and dragons may not spit fire. And be kind to the Kangaroos! They are the kingmakers.

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:16 am

Areida says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:16 am

I just got home from an academic competition (where Waffles was! OMG!

) and so I was just now able to place my vote.

Yay monkey!

If the dragon wins I will probably be so upset that I'll have to avoid YWS for a few days to keep from saying anything I'll regret, LOL

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:35 am

Snoink says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:35 am

Yay! There are more votes than last time!

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:41 am

Esmé says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:41 am

8 votes, monkeys are winning! Keep it up!

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:55 am

bkwrm says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:55 am

Go dragons! Dragons are cool!

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:49 pm

TechWiz says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:49 pm

If you think about it there are only 7 votes between Dragon and Monkey. About 170 people have voted and there are over a thousand people on the site. It could go any way at any moment so I don't see the point of everyone saying that Monkey will win.

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:53 pm

Sureal says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:53 pm

Monkeys has remained 1 - 10 votes ahead of dragon the entire time. And as it's unlikely many more people will vote, chances are monkey will win

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:46 pm

Nate says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:46 pm

It is true that there are over 1,000 members at YWS (over 2,500 now), but only 20% of those (500) are active. Of those 500, about 350-400 log in at least once a week. Of those, only half ever vote on the polls.

So with 178 votes in now, I would say there are at most another 40 votes to be made, and probably only 20. But, that is still quite enough for dragon to win.

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:54 pm

Emerson says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:54 pm

Nate's getting statistical :-D

I think it would be interesting for dragon to win. It would upset so many people :p

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:22 pm

Tassen Spellbinder says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:22 pm

Yes! Let the dragon win! Major upset! Please?!

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:25 pm

Sumi H. Inkblot says... · Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:25 pm

lol....

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Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:33 am

Meep says... · Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:33 am

Claudette wrote:I think it would be interesting for dragon to win. It would upset so many people.

My thoughts exactly.

... and anyway, dragons are cooler than monkies. Monkies don't bring good luck or breathe fire.

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Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:34 am

Firestarter says... · Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:34 am

Seriously, though, lots of upset members does not equate to interesting. More like YWS activity suddenly taking a dive, since the majority of monkey supporters are the ones that have kept YWS alive and running these 2 and a bit years!

Why is the vote so close! Come on Monkeys!

Also, because it's annoying me EVERYWHERE, the plural of "Monkey" is "Monkeys", not "Monkies".

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Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:36 am

Wiggy says... · Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:36 am

We're still winning.

They haven't beat us yet! Only a few more days, and we've clenched the victory!

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Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:30 am

Shine says... · Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:30 am

there r two people difference ...lolz...

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Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:39 pm

Esmé says... · Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:39 pm

Exactly... Only two people.... Mortifying, actually.

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