There has been a bunch of moaning and whining like little primary school boys who open their lunchboxes at lunchtime to be disappointed with celery sticks and carrots again. I have been discussing the LP contest (at a time when we were on top in the competition) with other such boys who were in the competition too. Though I gave my opinion on the subject, straight up in writing, I laughed behind my computer screen at these guys. They were losing, so they were whining.
I'm not going to lie. Winning the LP contest means more to me than my girlfriends 3 month celebration day (who the fuck celebrates month anniversaries anyway). This is the game. Me and Alex Mikic are the beasts in it. If you have seen us perform before, you will not only know that we are the most energetic in HK but that hundreds and hundreds of fans follow us.
Ok. Maybe, in the midst of all this comotion, I forgot to introduce to you, my buddy Alex. Alex Mikic JUST came back from Australia, performing in front of a total of thousands for ZenZenZo. There, he received a MASSIVE following and appreciation for what he does. Alex Mikic also goes to secondary school where everybody in the school knows his name and little teenage girls copy and paste his picture onto the hot bodies of men from the movie 300. He also has 100 NORMAL friends. 100 is probably an underestimation...
Myself, I have a family that consists of Indian and Chinese people. These two are the largest populated countries in the world. This would mean that I have family everywhere. Some in New York, some in China, some in India and most probably some in places I don't even know. I have been making music for 4 years and have promoted myself regularly with shows and performances everywhere. I read in a book that a musician earns the right to be called one, only if he has been a musician for 4 years. Well there, I'm a real musician then.
The Linkin Park contest is on its last day today. And unfortunately it is MORE than fucked up. Over the course of the week, we are probably the only contestants so passionate about this we skip important things like eating and socializing just to promote ourselves on Alivenotdead. We have so many friends that it took us at least 2 days to get the message on to everyone.
Every time I sent an email outs, DOT goes my facebook chat and some fan from last year's School Fair concert says 'voted for you!! <333 xxx'. I have personally experienced this deja vu about 100 times. 100 is probably an underestimation.
I have seen our LP contest votes start to push 250, only to come back down to 180. They went up to 190, and came down to 160. It is fair to say that we should have way over 300 votes. I know this because on top of crazy fans, I have family everywhere voting for me, friends of friends voting for me, friends of fans voting for me and a more than popular buddy as a partner, Alex mikic.
I was glad to see that they were keeping track of cheaters on this contest... by personal judgment. Alivenotdead figures a voter is fake if his name is 'wong', 'kevin' or 'chan'. Literally. I would copy and paste the email if I was a rude bastard, but this is what is going on here. Our votes have been taken from us, the organizers of the contest have ultimately failed in bringing a fair contest to us and you are now looking at a Top 5 contestant who is now Top 7 simply because people at Alivenotdead do not want to see him at the top 5.
I have no other explanation. I find it ridiculous. I have personally WITNESSED feedback from over 200 voters. Yet we have 189.
The contest has failed. What you will see at Linkin Park is probably going to be one of the many bands on Alivenotdead who think they're famous enough to write 2 lines on their blog every week thinking they're britney spears. Guys who think paparazzi is following them. Guys who never bother to talk to their fans, to be friends with their fans because they got too much of an ego to. Guys who group fans to be 'real' or fake. The real ones being the type that never talk to you because you're too busy for them. And the fake ones being the ones you do bother to talk to, out of respect and knowing that they you aren't the giant and they aren't the cockroach. (or just ask Gong Wu what a real fan is). As if you would have a britney spear fan base. I never heard of you.
I'm pissed off, and I'm not too happy with alivenotdead. Sort your shit out.