For the last two days, I've refreshed my submission (see below) page more times than I can count. I watch the vote numbers go up by 1 or 2 and find myself sad and thinking of ways I can better promote my sub when nothing happens for more than 5 mins. I refresh my page when I get home from work, when I wake up in the morning, when I come out of the bathroom or return to my computer after being away for any length of time.
![]() So my question is... are you submission type: a) refreshes your page 10,000 times per day for seven days, wondering how people are voting, thinking maybe you should have changed something but it's too late now, considers suicide when you get no votes for any period greater than 10mins (by the way.. I've never done that), lets the confidence you have in your design fluctuate with every refresh depending on how many votes/comments you just got, calls your grandmother requesting that she and all of her red hat friends vote but freaks out when she tells you she doesn't know how to use a computer, swears to yourself and your housemates that you've stopped caring because you know you're not going to win but taps that refresh button one more time and then asks if your friends know anyone that could maybe vote, watches all of the incoming subs on a daily basis (especially for LOVES contests) to see how good or bad they are 'compared to yours.' Or asks your friends on MySpace with high friend counts to drop a plug in for you... ignoring of course your best buds with only 12 friends on their profile because well, it's just not worth it or better yet gets upset with folks on MySpace with 12,000 friends (which you consider a good 10,000 extra votes) because they don't allow HTML comments which ultimately means you can't plug your sub. or b) submits your design knowing that you'll win and doesn't check back but once during the seven days (if but only to reaffirm what you already know...... that your design rawks) or c) (as ISABOA pointed out) submits your design assuming you've got no chance in hell so what's it matter anyhow you're just doing it for fun. which are you??
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