# Need help meting out Justice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-meting-out-justice/597627 "2011-09-26T03:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-meting-out-justice/597627/1 "2011-09-26T03:30:36Z")
There is a vote going on at the moment at my local football (soccer) team to find the best player amongst the amateur leagues for the last season. The team my brother plays for and I support were doing very well until recently when another team suddenly began registering votes at an alarming rate. Under the rules of the competition each person can cast a vote every two hours, so myself and other fans of the club have been doing our best to register as many votes as possible but I noticed that we always fell far behind overnight. After monitoring votes being cast by the other leading team it became apparent that the votes were being automatically cast by a script or macro as they occurred every two hours even at 2am, 4am, 6am etc. I snooped the Facebook pages of fans of players from the other club and found the culprit who has been gathering together account details form other people to add to his script and essentially cheat the vote. You can see some evidence I managed to screenshot before everything was changed to private when they realised they had been rumbled here [link removed]. I’m all for healthy competition but I don’t like cheaters so I humbly request that the masses of SDMB help put these cheats in their place by casting votes for [our team]. [link removed]It would be hugely appreciated by all at the club if you could help out, and remember you can vote every two hours! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-meting-out-justice/597627/2 "2011-09-26T05:51:40Z")
So you’re asking us to help you beat the cheaters by cheating? If you have evidence, why don’t you show it to whoever is running the vote? Don’t bring the SD into it. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-meting-out-justice/597627/3 "2011-09-26T05:55:15Z")
I understand the that your side has a legitimate grievance, but we will not stoop to the level of your opposition. Besides, it’s against our [Registration Agreement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347160). > [@Registration Agreement](#): > > Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements,…or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. This is further elaborated in the [list of FAQs.]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7696990&postcount=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7696990&postcount=5)" l): > [@Are there any forbidden topics](#): > > Calls to Action: Threads calling for folks to take actions (political, charitable, personal, etc) are prohibited unless there is prior approval from a moderator or administrator. Do not instigate members to take action for or against any issue or entity. Do not post phone numbers, email addresses or any other personally identifiable information of any entity in this regard. Exceptions for valid and noble causes may be made with the advance permission of a moderator or administrator.