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Poll Question: Which of these bands do you prefer?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 15:49
Ah, well in any case this one isn't and more ghost votes keep showing up.  Close race!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 15:55
Incidentally, though multiple votes are not enabled in that poll, and there's no editing to indicate that it had been, I had a quick scan through the thread (it's 9 pages) to see if there was indication of multiple votes and came across this:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

269 votes on a Poll???

Has happened before... for example:

Too many votes

Yea, but that one had multiple votes


EDIT: That's the only reference to multiple votes I found (thanks to the find tool in Firefox), and it indicates that multiple votes was not enabled; however, of course it is still possible that someone, or some people, was still voting using multiple IPs, or that there was a Yes conspiracy, even if rather improbable since it wasn't part of a greater contest, where people who were Yes heads were being asked to join PA to vote in the poll -- similar things have happened where people at a band forum have asked members there to join PA in order to rate/ review an album so to prop it up, but this was just another poll, and if there was a conspiracy, it was probably fairly negligible.  Though it may have been part of a greater yes conspiracy at the time.  My detective instincts make me want to check the ratings reviews during that period to see if there's a correspondence to indicate suspicious goings on, but I won't as I'll leave such investigative work to others who have no lives.  The clot thickens. LOL 

By the way, thanks for collating the results, Jon.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:26
wow.. that's close... was going to vote for Genesis but hit Yes by accident.  That would suck if Genesis lost by a vote either way.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:37
Since when did you prefer Genesis over Yes???
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:41
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Since when did you prefer Genesis over Yes???


ever since I developed this really bad case of insomnia.  Better than a cookie and a warm glass of milk...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:43
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Since when did you prefer Genesis over Yes???


ever since I developed this really bad case of insomnia.  Better than a cookie and a warm glass of milk...
There we go.  I thought that someone had hacked in using your nickname for a moment.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:44
this poll is too ridiculous. i feel like there could be rematches for months

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:47
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Since when did you prefer Genesis over Yes???


ever since I developed this really bad case of insomnia.  Better than a cookie and a warm glass of milk...
There we go.  I thought that someone had hacked in using your nickname for a moment.


Funny...  I was wondering what happened to this site where a pop band was nearly beating a legendary prog band LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 17:04
I think a specific closing time would be more fair...that way nobody could say the poll has been closed purposefully at a specific time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 17:28
Imagine if this poll (contest) had happened and these two never met.

Honestly this is more entertaining than any new music either have put out in a decade or so. Talk about audience participation.

If there's a decider vote required ask Bill Bruford which is the best -  he should know.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 20:55
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

So let's see, that's at least two people who have joined the forums only to vote in this poll (after which they'll never be seen again, maybe?).  Keep it up Josh, you're increasing the site's member count!


Right, I'm positive neither of those is a second account by some smartass
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 00:18
Peter era Genesis for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 00:28
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

wow.. that's close... was going to vote for Genesis but hit Yes by accident.  That would suck if Genesis lost by a vote either way.


Rest easy, I made the exact same mistake in the other direction. I meant to vote yes but voted Genesis, so it evens out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 00:34
you are at work and all of a sudden you start yelling yeah!! finally genesis won the poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your co-workers ask -what poll did genesis won?
and you say- for the best prog band in this forum i always visit in my computer instead of working.
and one annoying co-worker asks- so it's a POP music forum poll that they won because they are the best POP group?

this my friends is the reason why Genesis can't win people it's bad for progarchives and the entire prog genre and it's fans. 

soo  vote for YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


by the way i love PETER era genesis (my second favorite band... right after YES)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 00:42
Originally posted by mahavishnujoel mahavishnujoel wrote:

you are at work and all of a sudden you start yelling yeah!! finally genesis won the poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your co-workers ask -what poll did genesis won?
and you say- for the best prog band in this forum i always visit in my computer instead of working.
and one annoying co-worker asks- so it's a POP music forum poll that they won because they are the best POP group?

this my friends is the reason why Genesis can't win people it's bad for progarchives and the entire prog genre and it's fans. 

soo  vote for YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


by the way i love PETER era genesis (my second favorite band... right after YES)


 
Do you carev for what your co-workers who don't know a damn thing about Prog say?
 
Is it bad for Prog Archives what your co-workers say?
 
Not for me, and I believe not for the people in Prog Archives, as Progressive Rock fans we are used to ignore what people and even critics say, if not...We would be listening 50 cents or Lady Gaga.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 01:02
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by mahavishnujoel mahavishnujoel wrote:

you are at work and all of a sudden you start yelling yeah!! finally genesis won the poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your co-workers ask -what poll did genesis won?
and you say- for the best prog band in this forum i always visit in my computer instead of working.
and one annoying co-worker asks- so it's a POP music forum poll that they won because they are the best POP group?

this my friends is the reason why Genesis can't win people it's bad for progarchives and the entire prog genre and it's fans. 

soo  vote for YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


by the way i love PETER era genesis (my second favorite band... right after YES)


 
Do you carev for what your co-workers who don't know a damn thing about Prog say?
 
Is it bad for Prog Archives what your co-workers say?
 
Not for me, and I believe not for the people in Prog Archives, as Progressive Rock fans we are used to ignore what people and even critics say, if not...We would be listening 50 cents or Lady Gaga.
 
Iván

yeah to 50 Cent or Lady Gaga or Phil Collins era Genesis (ohh crap you got me!!!!!)

I really hope you didn't take that seriously. 

it's just a joke man!!!!  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 01:29
Well, it is now October 1st and Yes is still winning, so I guess that settles it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 01:39
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Well, it is now October 1st and Yes is still winning, so I guess that settles it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 02:35
Originally posted by questionsneverknown questionsneverknown wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Let them both advance and see if a 3 bands poll can make the diference. If Floyd are in the poll I wouldn't vote for Yes again....


I disagree.  One of the things I have really liked about how UndercoverBoy set up this whole thing from the beginning was the arrangement of the bands into their PA-designated subgenres.  This way groups like Magma, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Henry Cow have actually lasted longer.  I really liked the idea of some of the big boys being knocked out early because they had to face off within, say, the Symphonic category.  

So, to be perverse about it, I'd rather see Genesis and Yes be knocked out rather than have them both go forward.   
 
This is right.
 
If both go forward, the poll 'philosophy' would be out. And the poll should be remade...


Edited by The-time-is-now - October 01 2010 at 02:36


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2010 at 02:46
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by mahavishnujoel mahavishnujoel wrote:

you are at work and all of a sudden you start yelling yeah!! finally genesis won the poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your co-workers ask -what poll did genesis won?
and you say- for the best prog band in this forum i always visit in my computer instead of working.
and one annoying co-worker asks- so it's a POP music forum poll that they won because they are the best POP group?

this my friends is the reason why Genesis can't win people it's bad for progarchives and the entire prog genre and it's fans. 

soo  vote for YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


by the way i love PETER era genesis (my second favorite band... right after YES)


 
Do you carev for what your co-workers who don't know a damn thing about Prog say?
 
Is it bad for Prog Archives what your co-workers say?
 
Not for me, and I believe not for the people in Prog Archives, as Progressive Rock fans we are used to ignore what people and even critics say, if not...We would be listening 50 cents or Lady Gaga.
 
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But his argument is interesting Big smile


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