Is Rick Astley's Award Going To Be A Victim Of Foul Play?
A while back, I reported that Rick Astley was up for MTV Europe's Best Act Ever Award as is Tokio Hotel. Well, it seems that people take their Best Act Ever seriously. Long story short...there have been DDOS attacks, allegations of attacks, and providing of tools to attack sites, allegedly all started by a few disgruntled people.
I'm not going to pretend to understand it all, other than people are attempting to use autovoters to get Rick that award. Not sure how I feel about that, but I do like Rick Astley. Go read it all for yourself. They allege they are not cheating and that what they are doing is not against the rules.
[eta: I'm trying to be neutral in this article, since frankly I don't understand any of it]
Of course, this gives me another good opportunity to do this:
