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Charley ·
so much food for thought here... personally, i kind of like the fact that uspdf chose 3 finalists from whom the public could choose the 12th. i find it fun. and you know what? even if it IS somewhat a popularity contest at this stage, so what ? all 3 of those girls have something special to offer ! and while an open discussion here about the idea of online voting is a great idea, i have to say i didn't feel good about the tone of some of the statements. yes, let's talk about this stuff. yes, let's have preferences. it's all ok so long as we're keeping in mind that sometimes when we write something, it can come across harsh, whereas if it was spoken, the message might sound completely different. i didn't particularly feel anyone was being bashed, but then again, if i were reading a community forum and KNEW i was being referred to, only not by name, i might feel a bit defensive about it... i dunno girls..... i just want us all to play nice together ! "like" One cool think about online voting is we get to participate and it builds excitement!!!! I am really excited for all 3 girls and I can't wait to see the outcome!
amcut ·
Raquelle, you totally had a fit when you didn't get picked for the East and said that everyone's style was similar compared to your unique style. That's ballsy, and while you didn't DIRECT it at anyone, it could be perceived that way, and it could hurt someone else's feelings so you totally cannot come in here with hurt feelings because you chose to perceive this post negatively. Yes, you are talented enough to share the stage with whoever else. Wendy and Anna picked people who could definitely compete. You are a talented pole dancer. I'm pretty sure the part about the sharing the stage was in reference to Voters Only Competitions. Like if I competed, and was a naughty Cam Girl... and I posted a video with an envelope covering my junk and said, "everyone who votes for me gets a video of this junk, right here". And then I was all set to compete with Alethea Austin 'cause I showed my junk to a bunch of boys who wanted to see my junk. It totally doesn't work in this case, where the finalists we vote for are still chosen by W&A. We're talking about the DIRECTION of Online Voting in regards to pole competitions. How you feel about it, how popularity fits in. Personally, I'm not a fan. I trust W&A to give me the best pole competitors- and I know that there are plenty of great pole dancers who would not win through online voting- just because elements of it are popularity based. ESPECIALLY in regards to phone and text messaging. I wanted to rain fiery death on America when Kris Allen defeated Adam Lambert in American Idol. FIERY DEATH. None of it made sense. I was livid. I'm still livid. I would hate to feel that way about pole dancing. I would hate to want to rain fiery death on the pole community. As it is, I think we're fine, so long as this doesn't ... become a trend.
My sincerest apologies 😳 First, My post was not meant to hurt or attack anyone personally. I do not know any of the competitors nor do I judge them, but like others have said, by making references, though not directly, someone could take it to heart and get hurt. Second,if I was wrong about being able to apply to all the competitions, I am sorry. I should research the facts before questioning. I thought my points were legit, but I should have worded them differently.
I can definitely understand where Raquelstar is coming from after reading certain posts within this thread .. With that being said .. GOOD LUCK ALICIA AND THE OTHER TWO CONTESTANTS!! .. (and girl if I ever see you say you're overweight again .. I'll smack you silly!)
Kobajo84 ·
Ok, this is a little off base- but where are you people finding these videos and voting? 😕 I've obviously been out of the loop on this one. 😂 It's hard for me to keep up and know what competitions anyone is talking about these days because there are so many. 🙄
EVamp83 ·
Lol, koba! It was on the uspdf website, but it now says 'voting closed'. I'm not sure if the vids can be found anywhere else...?
Kobajo84 ·
UGH...Ok, so I looked at the uspdf site and no where do I see anything about the 3 people everyone in this thread was referring to about the numbers and such. I don't see anywhere that these people are even in any form of this competition. 😕 I looked all over! I don't even see the "voting closed" thing either. I think I'm on the wrong site???? I am so confused. Can we start referencing these threads with the appropriate links for people like me that are too caught up in life to be bothered by tedious searches? LOL. Thanks. 😂
EVamp83 ·
http://uspoledance.com/poll/vote_pole_dance_video.php you can click on 'view results' on that page 😀
Kobajo84 ·
http://uspoledance.com/poll/vote_pole_dance_video.php you can click on 'view results' on that page 😀 OMG, THANKYOU!!!!! 🥂 Dang, I'm a day late. 😐 I'm feeling like the neglected step child here in the Midwest. ::sigh:: Maybe if we Midwesterners were recognized in some form of the competition I wouldn't be so clueless as to what was going on. 😢
Actually Kobajo....our very own Charley IS going to the east coast regionals in October! 🥂
Kobajo84 ·
I knew Charly was going but that still doesn't count. It's not MIDWEST. LOL. 😢 We are so neglected.
Kobajo84 ·
I meant "Charley"- I was just browsing and theres actually a user name "Charly" too. I forgot the E. Goodness, this could get confusing..... 😐
You mean HOLDING a competition here in the Midwest? I'm in the midst of planning one for for next summer!
Charley ·
I'm going to try to be a good midwest representative at East Coast! 😀 Empy's comp is going to be great because it's limited to Midwest and South Central USA - so we get on the map too. Don't forget Alethea is a midwest girl too 🥂
I still consider you our first Midwest rep...Alethea trained in Cali and I think Be Spun would consider her "their" rep at the competition. She is definitely a "Heartland" girl at heart though!
I have to agree with Veena on this one, if there is a problem with the way a competition is being run it should be taken up with the competition organizers, not posted on a public forum where several of the girls in question are active and going to see the discussion. I know no one was called out by name but if I was involved in the voting and I saw this thread I would have a hard time not taking it personally...it doesn't seem very supportive to call out girls who have worked hard to get their videos selected by USPDF and talk about all the competitors not being on the same level, if USPDF selected their submissions to be voted on then obviously they think these girls are worthy of competing and it's not any of our jobs to question who does or doesn't have the ability to compete because it's not our competition so why is it turning into such a problem? I think it's pretty uncool we work so hard for people to respect us as athletes and performing artists but we have no problem being unsupportive to each other. I know for the most part everyone here is awesome and supportive but it seems like this thread was totally unnecessary and has caused hurt feelings whether or not people were called out specifically or not.
hooooooo doggies ! now this is gonna get a weeeeee bit more interesting, i think..... not sayin i have all the details, but if i look at things as they are right now, the uspdf site shows voting closed with alicia's video getting over 52% of the vote. however, shelly is the 12th finalist... don't get me wrong -- i don't begrudge shelly her spot one bit !! i just don't know how the math added up. if there were other criteria used besides the online vote, i didn't see it published anywhere.... things that make me go hmmmmmmmmm 🤔
amy ·
i dont know what happened with the voting, but i'm assuming the delay in announcing the winner means there were some sort of technical difficulties? i checked the votes late the night that voting was supposed to be closed... and there were over 10K votes recorded--which seems mighty high if you ask me! 🤔
RoxyPink ·
i dont know what happened with the voting, but i'm assuming the delay in announcing the winner means there were some sort of technical difficulties? i checked the votes late the night that voting was supposed to be closed... and there were over 10K votes recorded--which seems mighty high if you ask me! 🤔 I agree! Is it possible that the could "un-count" votes from outside the US?
Where are the 12 finalists listed? I'm not finding it.
Where are the 12 finalists listed? I'm not finding it. uspdf says the 12 will be listed soon.....
Kobajo84 ·
You mean HOLDING a competition here in the Midwest? I'm in the midst of planning one for for next summer! Yes, Empy, I meant the Midwest division in the USPDF competition. Like East coast has their comp and west coast has theirs then they take all those people and have one big competition. Why don't we have our own USPDF comp to add to the big one? ❓
I would love to host a USPDF comp. However this is going to be our own Midwest comp...separate and different from the USPDF.
Kobajo84 ·
Keep me posted!!! I'm only in Indianapolis!
I'm sorry to open up a can of worms here, but what happened in the voting???? The last time I checked, which was probably a couple of hours before voting "closed", Alicia had the most votes by far. Now they've announced that Shelley won the online voting. Please note that this post is not about talent of the dancers in any way, shape or form. I thought the dancer with the most votes was supposed to win. Anybody have a clue?
