Tech Tool Tourney 2016 (KSP needs your vote!)

[Tex Mechs Robot]

Hey all! Kerbal Space Program is currently in the running for the award of best game-based tool for learning by KQED MindShift! They started with 32 games in a head-to-head bracket similar to the college basketball March Madness event. Each round lasts about 3 days and is decided by voters like you!

Kerbal Space Program made it through the first round and is now in the Round of 16. Go vote and keep voting as KSP advances!

EDIT: The final round of voting is open!!! Make sure you go vote! You can vote once per round so even if you've voted before, go vote again!

VOTE HERE!  http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/15/2016-tech-tool-tourney-games-edition/

Edited April 1, 2016 by Tex Mechs Robot

[Shpaget]

With such fan voting system I just can't see the purpose.

It's no longer an award for best game, or best learning tool, but a popularity contest and the fanboyism wins.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

6 minutes ago, Shpaget said:

With such fan voting system I just can't see the purpose.

It's no longer an award for best game, or best learning tool, but a popularity contest and the fanboyism wins.

Exactly. So let's win!

[Tex Mechs Robot]

Round 2 is complete and KSP is in the final 8. We're up against "12 a dozen" for this round. Go vote!

[Shpaget]

Minecraft no longer in the competition?

I expected it to win. I'll start eating my hat.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

I honestly did too! I'm also surprised to see "Twelve a Dozen" handily beating KSP right now. Makes me want to take a look at it and see why so many people like it.

[Robotengineer]

Kerbal Space Program is being beat by some platformer? Seriously?

[Tex Mechs Robot]

9 hours ago, Robotengineer said:

Kerbal Space Program is being beat by some platformer? Seriously?

I know lol. There's still time to turn this thing around! (voting for this round closes on the 27th)

[Tex Mechs Robot]

lol Scott Manley sent a tweet and the votes (much in Kerbal fashion) just exploded.

EDIT: we've got a pretty good lead but it's not over yet. go vote if you haven't already :-)

Edited March 25, 2016 by Tex Mechs Robot

[Shpaget]

KSP losing by 12 votes, ATM.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

Twelve a Dozen really has a handle on New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia! I really can't believe that the KSP community isn't up to accumulating votes!

[Spaceception]

I voted for 12 a dozen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JK I voted for KSP.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

We made it through the third round and are now in the Quarter Finals!!! Make sure you go vote! You can vote once per round so even if you've voted before, go vote again!

 

Edited March 28, 2016 by Tex Mechs Robot

[Spaceception]

We're winning 82 by 19 percent  

[CAKE99]

Seems that all of Australia (where I live) is on KSP's side 

Edited March 29, 2016 by CAKE99

[Spaceception]

People 65 and older are all voting for Zoo u, I wonder why.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

The voting for the semi-final round ends at 8 PM central time today! We are ahead but Zoo U is catching up. Go vote and spread the word! After this , we'll only have one more round to go.

[Spaceception]

62 percent to 38 percent, we're winning

[legoclone09]

Did we win? What happened since I don't know what's going on with it.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

15 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

Did we win? What happened since I don't know what's going on with it.

They'll post the results from the semi-final round in about an hour. That's also when the voting for the final round begins. It seems very likely that KSP won this last round so get your voting finger ready!

I'll update the OP when they announce the results.

[Tex Mechs Robot]

Voting is open and ends at 8:00 PM eastern on April 4th. Go vote!

[Hobbes Novakoff]

We won, despite what appears to have been massive vote spamming by people in two states. (500 votes out of Kentucky? Seriously?)

[Tex Mechs Robot]

1 hour ago, Hobbes Novakoff said:

We won, despite what appears to have been massive vote spamming by people in two states. (500 votes out of Kentucky? Seriously?)

yeah i think someone has a grudge. voter tracking is done using cookies so a quick cache refresh allows for multiple votes. not ethical and i'm not suggesting anyone does this. we can win legitimately. obviously. but it seems statistically likely that someone else has figured this out and was doing their best to outvote the KSP community by themselves.

 

::tsk tsk::

[Hobbes Novakoff]

1 hour ago, Tex Mechs Robot said:

yeah i think someone has a grudge. voter tracking is done using cookies so a quick cache refresh allows for multiple votes. not ethical and i'm not suggesting anyone does this. we can win legitimately. obviously. but it seems statistically likely that someone else has figured this out and was doing their best to outvote the KSP community by themselves.

 

::tsk tsk::

Two people. There were two states with massive vote spamming. 

[EnderKid2]

We're winning massiveley