Still, Finalist Voting Remains Open
Sega of America community manager Kellie Parker affirmed to TSSZ News this afternoon that the company is aware of what she calls an “issue” regarding irregular voting patterns in the Sonic Birthday Contest we told you about this morning.
“We’re looking into a solution,” Parker said. “We will have more information soon.”
Until that information is revealed, Sega continues to allow contest voting on both sides of the Atlantic. As of the time of this article’s publication, users can still vote on the top 10 finalists, of which some may have vote tallies improperly inflated.
Parker also quelled growing concern at Sega’s own boards over the contest mishandling, urging participants and observers alike not to contact the company or its marketing partner, Extra Mile Marketing, over the matter. This, after phone numbers were posted on the boards urging those perturbed to voice their frustration directly.
“It is not necessary to contact us, our support teams, our legal team, or Extra Mile Marketing about this issue,” Parker said.
Many fans have called for the current results to be thrown out, or for winners to be determined internally. But the bottom line is while Sega is internally investigating, the contest page–the core of the conflict–remains open and able to be manipulated. TSSZ News will continue to cover this unfolding story as developments warrant.
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Sega should start a internal investigation as to why they thought this was a good idea in the first place.
It was just mishandled, Any dope with half a brain about the internet knows that this type of voting system is easily broken, and should take better precautions before opening the polls.
Eggman was the one who built their voting system. That totally explains it.
Viking thats a good one. Its good that they are going to fix it though.
Just witnessed a burst between 2 vids in the past 15 minutes….won’t say which ones but I lol’d
Tristan Oliver owes my friends at Thetrianglechannel an apology for smearing their reputation over the earlier article. Yellow journalism at it’s best. Your article was totally one sided and slanted to assist your “friend” supersonic68′s bid to cover up his own voting irregularities with his video. His video went up several thousand votes in the exact same time period as others did, but you don’t mention that.
Um–I certainly don’t know who the Youtube user is, but if he’s a finalist and his votes are being jacked up, you’re all in the same boat, and you’re all either gonna be DQed or reset anyway, I suspect. If anything, you ought to commend him for at least bringing the issue into the limelight. There’s really no purpose in turning your anger toward me when I’m not in charge of the contest.
Again, no apology will be afforded. You folks are taking this far too personally with so many affected by this mess. I think we make it crystal clear the Intervention video isn’t the only one impacted, and no wrongdoing is accused of you. Get your own facts straight before you start talking about mine.
-T
The winner should be chosen by SEGA themselves; that shitty “Sonic Intervention” video doesn’t deserve to win IMHO.