Board Thread:Townie of the Month/@comment-25646419-20170901174947

Counting up the votes. The score for Rubik:

Jally, Chengsha, Addfire, Shadow, Eclipsa, Karp, Pokechurin, NeutralNova, Anons unite, Phealan1, Rubik, Zed, Cool173, Yes I'm single, Huntingbrujaswithmyputas, Playful  [inb4edits was apparently not autoconfirmed but they had voted?]

16 votes [+1 more vote if inb4edits was autoconfirmed] Thread:185273 -- Jmskilz:

Jmskilz, Desert, Shadow, Chengsha, Addfire, Unrealname, Karp, Eclipsa, Playful, StormySeas, Ghosty, Anons unite, DaDeadGuy, Firilikins, Spicy [+1 inb4edits but same situation as above with Rubik's.]

15 votes [+1 more vote if inb4edits was autoconfirmed]

Thread:185130

- Eclipsa's vote was missing in the total count thread for Rubik. Thread:185273. Playful's vote was also missed. Thread:185273

Total count thread: Thread:185166

I think a few rules should be installed.

1) ToTM vote count threads MUST include a countdown of when voting closes or it at least MUST state the time when voting closes. This should be done IMMEDIATELY at the start of the month, and nowhere near when the month is ending. For the past while, voting has closed as per BMG's timezone in Austin, Texas, USA. If you wish to change that, that is fine, but it should be stated early in the month in the vote counting thread.

2) We should maybe keep the old voting threads up for a couple of days to make sure voting was counted properly. 3) It needs to actually happen where a rule is added for how to handle ties. It needs to be officially written on the rules page. People should -not- be aiming for ties. That is not the point of the competition. With that said, due to the circumstances, one may say that this time could be an exception for Jmskilz and Rubik's to share ToTM.

So now, if my counting was correct, what should be done? One can argue that staff already said that Jmskilz had won. On the other hand, Rubik's had the votes. So, what now? Voice your opinions. 