Ok, here goes:

1. Voters here need to remember that, when they are voting on a song, you are NOT voting based on whether you agree/disagree with the author's opinion on the subject matter of the parody. You are voting on the quality of the parody. This happens a lot in Tong's songs, and I got really ticked when, during my Fast Food period, people said "Dude, I like Wendy's, so since you insulted their food you get all 2s." It needs to stop. Look at parodies with a fair view, and don't just say "Man, he insulted Avril Laveigne, my favorite artist, I'll give him 1s."

2. Another message to voters: You dont have to vote the same number in every category. If you think my song is unfunny, fine, that's your opinion and you can give it a 2. If you also think that I put no effort into it, give me a 2 overall. However, you do NOT have to just round it off then and then give me a 2 in pacing. Most people just say "I've never heard the song, but his first pacing vote was a 5, and I gave it a 5 in How Funny, so let's just give him a 5" and likewise with a 1,2, or 3. I put a LOT of time into my pacing, and make sure  I dont deserve a 2. However, every time a vote is added that it rather low is a rounded and even vote, giving me the same in every category. Voters here are getting lazy. If you're gonna submit your vote, READ the parody, DOWNLOAD the song if you dont have it. It's really unfair to just say without reading the song"Well, he got 9 votes and they were all 4s, I'll give him a 4." and move on to the next song." or just say "Hmm, don't know that song, let's just say his pacing was a 3." Put in the same effort as the artists do.

(if you're still reading, get out more) ;-)
Seriously, thanks for reading, I know there are some authors here who feel the same way.

It happens.  I know certain voters give our parodies straight ones because they differ in ideology or they just plain hate us.

At the end of the day, if you've got a good parody, the good votes will more than compensate for the one or two butthole votes ;)

Personally I pay more attention to my total number of votes than to my average in the categories. I don´t like being visited by the 1 guy more than anyone, but his vote(s) counts too and the upside of them is that they DO prove that he/she/it was so affected by the parody that he/she/it felt it necessary to vote.

Besides, A room full of Monkeys have proved as late as this week that the best way to deal with "the problem" is to handle it by writing a perfect parody about it.  ;D

Also, if what I catched during awake moments in history class is correct, Roman emperor Ceasar kept guys like the 1 guy around (on his triumph wagon) just to remind him in his greatest moments off success that he was mortal, so that he wouldn´t slack off.  :P

If your average means that much to you it´s always a possibility to seek voters outside the AmIRight community. You could, for example, seek out some anti-Pokemon community, dive into their guestbook, tell them about yourself being a parody writer, and give the link to your latest song. That will probably not get you into the Top 10, but it could be a setup for good votes coming in in the long run, thereby slowly raising your average. Whether or not it is worth your time to do that, instead of writing new songs (for the 1 guy to bash?), is up to you. But it could be one way to do it.

Remember, a late sign of support is worth as much as 10 applaudes from the crowd when you´re still hot on stage. And definitely worth more than the bottle thrown by the pothead in the snakepit. (Now there´s a good title for a parody, I wonder what song it would work with?)  ;)

As the leading vote-getter, amongst my 25,000+ votes, there must be a total of at least a few THOUSAND "1-1-1" votes.  That can't be the work of a singular "One Guy" or "One Gal."  When it comes to politics, there are a lot of One-Guy-Wannabes.  

Quoting:
Ok, here goes:

1. Voters here need to remember that, when they are voting on a song, you are NOT voting based on whether you agree/disagree with the author's opinion on the subject matter of the parody. You are voting on the quality of the parody. This happens a lot in Tong's songs, and I got really ticked when, during my Fast Food period, people said "Dude, I like Wendy's, so since you insulted their food you get all 2s." It needs to stop. Look at parodies with a fair view, and don't just say "Man, he insulted Avril Laveigne, my favorite artist, I'll give him 1s."

2. Another message to voters: You dont have to vote the same number in every category. If you think my song is unfunny, fine, that's your opinion and you can give it a 2. If you also think that I put no effort into it, give me a 2 overall. However, you do NOT have to just round it off then and then give me a 2 in pacing. Most people just say "I've never heard the song, but his first pacing vote was a 5, and I gave it a 5 in How Funny, so let's just give him a 5" and likewise with a 1,2, or 3. I put a LOT of time into my pacing, and make sure  I dont deserve a 2. However, every time a vote is added that it rather low is a rounded and even vote, giving me the same in every category. Voters here are getting lazy. If you're gonna submit your vote, READ the parody, DOWNLOAD the song if you dont have it. It's really unfair to just say without reading the song"Well, he got 9 votes and they were all 4s, I'll give him a 4." and move on to the next song." or just say "Hmm, don't know that song, let's just say his pacing was a 3." Put in the same effort as the artists do.

(if you're still reading, get out more) ;-)
Seriously, thanks for reading, I know there are some authors here who feel the same way.
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