Quote Originally Posted by joker-kun
But (yes I know you're not suppose to start a sentence with but) i'm sure you're going to say this isn't the case, but instead you voted for SK because you have witnessed his 'e-dickery'. Really that's just your hypocritical way of saying you voted for him for his repuation on the forums. Face it, you're biased, you voted for SK because of his repuation on the forums, you're bashing people for voting for Arcness for his repuation on IRC.
This is the issue though. Animeniax is basically saying that if you don't actually visit IRC and meet Arcness, then don't vote for Arcness simply because people say he's got a real big e-penis there. I would guess that around half of the voters are forum-only people who have never witnessed Arcness's deeds. Voting for SK because you've never met Arcness is fine. Yes, it's biased. Yes, it's uninformed. However, if you're not going to learn about both candidates, then you might as well just go with your gut feelings and vote based on what you know, instead of what others know. He's saying don't let your judgment be swayed by how others are voting. He's saying don't bandwagon.

He's not saying you shouldn't vote for Arcness at all. You can get to know Arcness by reading the huge IRC thread. There's plenty of material there. Only then can forum-goers make an informed decision, and that's what it all comes down to: making informed decisions. However, you can also argue that if Arcness has such a reputation, then that's pretty evident of his e-penis deeds. That may be the case for some, and that's fine by me.

I'm not really siding with anyone here because I still don't know if my own viewpoint matches that of either side's. I just get the feeling that sometimes people argue with Animeniax not because he's wrong, but because he's Animeniax. How about everyone just hold hands and have teh buttsecks?