This really shouldn't be serious business, yo

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Regarding the ballot stuffing in our shipper cage match, I've already sent out notifications to those individuals that I saw expressly encouraging people to create sock puppet accounts. Their votes have been eliminated or are being eliminated. (I even accidentally cut/paste the wrong name onto one of the PMs, thereby accusing an innocent person of cheating, which is always a nice way to start the day. *infinite facepalms*) As for the rest, there's been a surge of people pimping at Tumblr/Google/other websites, which has encouraged outsiders to create LJ accounts to vote. After some consideration, I've decided that since there's no way for me to identify which ones are real and which ones are sock puppets, beyond the 16 votes (for both pairings, accumulated) that I am eliminating because of known cheating, I can't figure out anyone else. So, votes carry forward as is.

Seriously, though, this should not be serious business. Who cheats at a fandom cage match?