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"My Incredibly Cute Baby" contest
Congratulations to all our baby
winners!
Imagine rounding up every mom, dad, grandparent, great
grandparent, crazed auntie, proud Godfather and smug sibling in Orange
County, seating them all at a huge picnic bench – and having them
show off baby pictures.
That's pretty much what happened in the Register's "My Incredibly
Cute Baby" contest at ocregister.com/life.
The contest did what only the greatest news stories do – it brought
a community a bit closer together. It's our theory that it's harder to
be cranky with somebody after you've seen pictures of their kid in diapers.
(Go ahead, just try to raise an impolite finger at a driver who might
be related to the little drooler you saw on page 68 of the "My Incredibly
Cute Baby" contest… What? Still not so hard? Oh well, we tried.)
What we know, for sure, is that a lot of people played;
2,260 babies were entered.
A few contest notes:
We checked, diligently and frequently, to track allegations of computerized
voting, a practice specifically banned by this game. We didn't find any.
The team that pushed Joe Bullock (click
here to read about Joe) to more than 128,104 votes said it was an
all-human affair, with pods of Bullock voters in several states and northern
California. They received regular (some, not us, might use the word "obsessive")
email updates about Bullock's vote status from step-Grandpa Brad McCall
of San Juan Capistrano.
"It was just a lot of fun for a lot of people," McCall said.
Others had less fun. Specifically, people who found out about the contest
late – or others who were frustrated by what they felt was a lack
of oversight.
Here's the deal: Going forward, we'll
slightly change the way the game is played by offering two ways to win
– popular vote and judging and/or random drawings. This means anybody
who plays – not just those with time to cast votes all day and night
– will have a chance to win. It also means if you find out about
the contest late in the process, you won't be shut out by insurmountable
vote totals of those who knew about it earlier.
Either way we hope you come back and have fun again.
We'll launch two new contests by mid-July.
(SEE ALL THE RUNNER UP BABIES! Click
here)
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