Quote from: AnotherAlt on Today at 03:26:51 PM

Quote from: Cyrus on Today at 02:20:13 AM

Good luck everyone!

Please be advised that this is a fun event, Bitcointalk is filled with skilled investigators, please don't spoil the fun by messing with the votes or being too paranoid.

Thank you, Cyrus. My question is, Can I vote for my Own entry and can I ask my friends to vote for my entry? What if they are from outside of Bitcointalk? I am concerned here. If you allow that, The Result can be manipulated easily. I Respect all the participants, do not get offended, please. Also, If you don't allow it, How you will check the votes if it comes from Bitcointalk user or not?

I can suggest Two more ways to pick a winner.

1. Make a judging panel who didn't participate (Cyrus, theymos, other mods if possible) and pick the winner.
2. Put the usernames on the online Wheel winner picker ; Spin the wheel (Record video or take a screenshot of the winner).

Example: I toke first 10 entry for this example

Note: This is just my personal opinion. Please don't get offended.

Your questions are right.
Your proposal is cool, but I think it should be announced before the start of the competition, not during, at it substantially change the contest itself. Unless something very wrong happens, I think we should keep the current setup. But ultimately it is Cyrus decision, as he’s the sole contest organiser.

Instead I explicitly frown on the second proposal of random assignments. Looks like you want to cast randomness where it isn’t necessary.