Well, here's a fascinating quote from the contest rules:

Because this is a contest of skill, odds of winning depend upon the quality of submissions received, as determined by the Internet voting and the judges ... Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest should fraud, technical failures, or any other factor beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor impair the integrity of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

While that's only part of the rules, reading through all of them indicates to me that the sponsors think that this really is a "contest of skill". If thirty people get 100 votes each and one couple gets over two million, the sponsors of this contest are going to get a quick lesson in how not to run a contest.

Admittedly, they did ask if you want to vote again. Maybe they did understand. However, I still feel that what you want to do is unethical.

Oh, and you misread the rules. It's $2,500 to each person in the couple and the same amount to the school. You'd get $2,500 and if you kept your promise, you'd be donating $1,250 to Blockstackers. Here's an interesting question, though: did your friend ask his date if she'd agree to volutarily give up half of her potential winnings (won on what she might consider an unethical basis)? If not, that means the amount to Blockstackers is even less. Oh, and what if the story of your cheating got out? Nice, bad rep for Perlmonks. Do us a favor and forget about this. Your thinking that this is acceptable is based upon a tenuous interpretation of the rules.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid) Re: An autovote script, or; help my friend win $7,500. by Ovid
in thread An autovote script, or; help my friend win $7,500. by anotherone

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