*****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

[70chevyC-10]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

I tried to go back in and vote again a couple times but there were no vote buttons.

[CDMBill]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

Guys and gals, we still need your help to make a Bang Shift win. If you can please go back into Roadtourexpress.com and be sure you voted for Team 2 teams for all four days.

We are losing to the nastyz28 forum in the Day 2, Day and Day categories.

You can also vote from your smart phone, work computer, home computer etc.

[MarksBB]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

There is no 'figguring' us out bro, we are all individuals just like you guys here at bangshift.

There was no malice intended and no, there is nothing wrong with preparation at all, on the contrary, anyone who has ever raced knows its not just the difference between winning and loosing but it can be the difference between living and dyeing.

I think my mentioning you guys getting coached was an indirect admission I had failed in that area. I though of and should have communicated more with my team members. I had a pretty good idea of what was expected and could have done better conveying that to my team members.

As for the voting I also only voted once (for each day of the event) I did so at work and my wife did so from home. I do believe we have a big advantage at NastyZ just for sheer numbers. The nasty site is huge with many active members that have been around for a long time. We have been actively soliciting votes and asking members to request votes from friends and family. I think it was Gail who admitted it was but a popularity contest and she would be correct in that the content of the videos is secondary to how many friend and friends of friends you can convince to vote.

I still intend on recruiting as many votes as possible and I expect you all would do the same.
Here is an excerpt from my mass mail to the contacts in my e-mail

watch the videos and be sure to vote for team 1 for all four days (assuming we are worthy) The voting is close right now and I hope with your help we will take all four days.

I will be the first to admit I do come off as cocky at times and often humorous but I try to always be sincere and truthful.

No hard feelings on either side I would hope, you guys here are every bit as real and human as the members at NastyZ. As a matter of fact a few members here are also members at Nasty.

It's a great game and I commend Mike and Scott for developing it into what I hope will be (with our help) a great success.

Cheers,
Mark Norman
Team 1 Tour Director

[Loren]

Re: I wouldn't go that far hun... ;)

Yes, Mark... : Nobody "needs" the prize really, we could have all stayed at work that day, and bought the stuff with the money. So yes, we all did it for fun .

Anyhow, after what you said about your own team for day one, you guys are still looking to possibly come back and take it which makes one wonder about what's behind some of these votes.

I gotta say, I can't quite figure you guys out. We get called-out for somehow being "coached" by Chad (so what if we had?) but two short phone calls between us about details does not a coaching session make. You feel you were "sandbagged", when you guys got your video equipment four days before us. We like you are uncomfortable in front of a camera so we practiced one evening, and said so, then your team member sees fit to point that out like it's somehow dopey that we did that (preparation is bad?).

After watching and being inspired by the October videos we were sure that the participants from both sides were going to taking the qualilty level of this a step up, and everyone surely did including us and also our direct competition...they like any of us did not really know what they were in for. That has been the challenge and the fun, and as a viewer I enjoyed being invited into the lives as such of the people I've been communicating with only on the 'net all this time. We did it our way, you did it yours, I personally voted one time for each day and where it goes from there is out of my hands anyway.

I'll be the first to admit we did not do so well on day 1, Rod and Suzy forgot all about the video camera being a major role in the judging. I was not so comfortable in front of the camera at first but got used to it as the day progressed. I think it's safe to say we recovered as of today and I hope we do as well tomorrow.

Your guys/gals did very well I must say. The interviews were as well thought out as the destinations you chose.

As for my statement that there was sandbagging/coaching I do think your team leader did have more exposure and experience to the way the game is played out in the real world and he certainly used that to your guys benifit.

[MarksBB]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

WTF??? You sneaky little... I thought you could only vote one day for each one! :o

It helps having friends.

And no, none of us really NEED the prizes...We just did it for fun, and the sake of a challenge.

[Scott Liggett]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

That's easy to get around if your internet is set up to give you a different IP address every time you log on. A common thing to do if you are a hacker dork.


As if Miss Mary Pozzi needs more freebie parts for her ride. :P

[tedly]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

WTF??? You sneaky little... I thought you could only vote one day for each one! :o

[MarksBB]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****



I'm in the lead now

[tedly]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

I really should not be here bumping yer thread :

Thanks for doing it though! ;D

I gotta give you grief because we're in competition, but I like your vids and I've spent some time perusing your site. It's pretty cool. I just like our stuff better. ;)

[MarksBB]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

Really? Dough and I still didn't know what the hell we were doing even when we were finished? Can you say" Wing it"?

That's what we did, all four days, just wing it and have fun doing it!
Bangshift is still holding day 1 but we are closing in on day 2 and have a good hold of days 3 and 4 as it stands now.

I really should not be here bumping yer thread :

Cheers,
Mark Norman
Team 1 Tour Director ;D

[Scott Liggett]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

We did a lot of prep work from watching the previous event videos to choosing destinations ahead of time and contacting people to make sure interviews would be doable. I assembled props and we practiced in front of the camera with our daughter's I-phone.

I can get a little obsessive about stuff and will put WAY more effort into something than I really should...

But we had a great time too! And just think we will all have the cool videos for our kids and grandkids...
EVERYBODY did great on this

Trust me though, I will use ANYTHING to get the vote out.

Love
~Gail

Really? Dough and I still didn't know what the hell we were doing even when we were finished? Can you say" Wing it"?

[LORENSWIFE]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

We did a lot of prep work from watching the previous event videos to choosing destinations ahead of time and contacting people to make sure interviews would be doable. I assembled props and we practiced in front of the camera with our daughter's I-phone.

I can get a little obsessive about stuff and will put WAY more effort into something than I really should...

But we had a great time too! And just think we will all have the cool videos for our kids and grandkids...
EVERYBODY did great on this

Trust me though, I will use ANYTHING to get the vote out.

Love
~Gail

[Scott Liggett]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

(sighs) My name was misspelled, again. Scott Riggett? I guess I was eating robster craws at Rob's Rig Roy.

Please ignore that and vote for our fellow Rang Shifters.

[MarksBB]

I wouldn't go that far hun... ;)

So we got em runnin' scared! yay BANGSHIFTERS

I'll be the first to admit we did not do so well on day 1, Rod and Suzy forgot all about the video camera being a major role in the judging. I was not so comfortable in front of the camera at first but got used to it as the day progressed. I think it's safe to say we recovered as of today and I hope we do as well tomorrow.

Your guys/gals did very well I must say. The interviews were as well thought out as the destinations you chose.

As for my statement that there was sandbagging/coaching I do think your team leader did have more exposure and experience to the way the game is played out in the real world and he certainly used that to your guys benifit.

Regardless of the outcome of the voting I have to give credit where credit is due, and that would be to Mike and Scott for making the RoadTourExpress a reality. From concept to execution, I for one think they did a fantastic job and all of us who got to participate are winners.

There is no loosers here, as long as I get a participant t-shirt I?ll be happy.

Cheers!
Mark Norman
Team 1 Tour Director.


edit for gramar

[LORENSWIFE]

Re: *****HELP BANGSHIFT NEEDS YOUR VOTE - We're closing on them!****

A QUOTE OFF THE NASTY Z FORUM
e-mail all your friends and contacts! Tell em to vote for team 1!!
we could use some help here!
I'm starting to think we were sandbagged and team 2 had some coaching..
Come on!! where is the NastyZ support!!

So we got em runnin' scared! yay BANGSHIFTERS


Watch the videos and Don't forget to VOTE!!!!