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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy Kitkowski" data-source="post: 682783" data-attributes="member: 9532">Nope, can't happen! Check the FAQ <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I actually ran through the exact scenario above in my head when someone on a message board came up with the idea of buying votes.I've come up with a way that they can count towards a win but you can't use too many of them.Basically, only up to 5 Purchased Votes count towards any game per round. If more votes are registered, we'll add it to the pot, but no more votes get officially tallied for that game.5 votes seems small, but the scale of voting (Only Inde RPG designers from the last 2 years can vote) is such that it works out perfectly.  Purchased votes CAN moderately ("greaty" in the case of a standoff between two hot products) influence the vote, but it won't blow it away.Ads for the Site and Awards are all through PR notices and BBS posts- We're not big enough to take out ads in gaming mags or at Pyramid.com or the like. Yet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Site running: It's a virtual domain off my main business account, so it's very little overhead for me, even with all the extra bandwidth. And CC processing is through Paypal.Thanks for your comments!-Andy</blockquote>

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