Ok, I have some more concrete information about how the contest will run as long as all goes well in these final days. As always, this information is subject to change at any given time without prior notice.
Voting
This will start at 6am EST/3am PST on Monday
Rounds
There will be 3 rounds over 1.5 months. Each round starts at the same time for both the Miss FreeOnes and Category contests.
Miss FreeOnes
November 15th - Round 1 (all contestants): 10 votes a day, one per girl
December 1st – Round 2 (top 50 contestants): 5 votes a day, one per girl
December 15th – Round 3 (top 25 contestants): 3 votes a day, one per girl
Categories
November 15th – Round 1 (all contestants): 3 votes per category a day, one per girl
December 1st – Round 2 (top 30 contestants): 2 votes per category a day, one per girl
December 15th – Round 3 (top 15 contestants): 1 vote per category a day, one per girl
MyFreeOnes Members and Voting
Last contest we had a major issue with people who voted from a network. If you used an iPhone (or other mobile phone), a wi-fi hotspot, home or company network, or even an ISP that shares IP between it's clients...someone could have voted on the same IP and used your votes even if you didn't vote.
We have solved it this year. Everyone who logs into the contest and votes using their MyFO login will be
guarenteed their votes. People who can't bother to make an account or login may lose votes to other people on the same IP address.
Further, since there is no activity requirement for contestants on the board, members have been given a lot more voting power than anonymous voters.
- Anonymous vote: ¼ of a total vote
- New registered member to 2 months: 1 vote
- 2 months to 6 months: 2x a vote
- 6 months to 1 year: 3x a vote
- 1 year to 5 years: 4x a vote
- 5+ years: 5x a vote
So in short...all MyFreeOnes members who log into the contest to vote will be guarenteed their votes even if someone anonymous has voted on their IP and they will have a lot more power per vote.
There you have it. I'm hopefully going to get the TOS out in the next day or two since I'm still writing it. But this is the stuff that you care about.