Official ZC2ZC3 Voter Guide Dear Voter, Here is where you vote at ZC2ZC3.... http://zc2zc3.st/ballot.html To see raw votes in real time, the URL is: http://zc2zc3.st/cgi-bin/vote.cgi?name=ballot&action=view This Voting Guide is designed to make daily voting more of a pleasure and less of a chore. Voting at ZC2ZC3 works as follows: First: open the ballot and just take a look http://zc2zc3.st/ballot.html If the ballot is locked, you won't be able to vote but you can visit sites. There are some gorgeous sites, some content rich sites, and some controversial sites. Sites may advocate unusual reliigious, lifestyle, political ideas, use profanity, or display artistic nudity. This is nearly always noted on the site's description. If any of this is not for you, please stay away from the sites that offer it. You have a right to your tastes and ideas. What you DO NOT have a right to do is to prevent those with a message you don't like from competing. ZC2ZC3 supports intellectual freedom and asks you to be tolerant. You can be part of the excitemnet. All you have to do is vote. *********************************************************************** Meet the Competitors AHDU -- A.H.D.U. stands for American Handicapped Defense Union, a 501c3 charitable organization, run by and for the handicapped. A.H.D.U. specializes in education, legal aid, and advocacy, helping the disabled individuals deal with schools, the courts, landlords, etc... http://www.disablelaw.org ZOIDs Abyss -- This is a web board for those interested in role playing ZOID owners. ZOIDs (no relation to this competition's name which is bastard Hebrew for "secret") are robot trucks based on a popular toy. That of course, DOES NOT do this well run and busy board justice. Please have a look for yourself. http://z11.invisionfree.com/Zoids_Abyss Vessels of Clay -- NO! This is not an old ZOID house though it bears the same name. "VESSELS OF CLAY is a forum of thoughts. Topics can range from fan fiction to fantasy characters to whatever strikes your fancy. " Popular topics include the TV series, Xena, the character Red Sonja, and of course plenty of politics thrown in. Note: there is some very minimal profanity on this site. If you like your surfing squeaky clean, this site is not for you. http://forums.delphiforums.com/xgr/start/ A Soldier's Story The story of the invasion of the Jenin refugee camp as seen through the lens and eye of a chaplain with \ the IDF. Photos are gritty and poignant. The page also features photos Israel, \the owner's comrades in arms, and assorted Judaica graphics in general. If you feel that the Israeli occpation of the West Bank is unjust or that human rights violations may have occured in Jenin, then you will NOT like this page. http://rabino.5u.com/ Kyle's Backyard Observatory -- An extensive site with everything for the beginning amateur astronomer and enough to keep more experienced sky watchers coming back. Includes astronomy games, a monthly sky report, moon phases, a tribute to the late great Mir, and much much more. http://kbo.krt47.spyw.com/ Serenity Moon -- This site features a shrine to nearly all the characters of the Sailor Moon anime series, a serial novel about world called Elysia, and a links to a "mall" where items are for sale. There are also web boards and a chat room. A movie review area is in the works This site is newly revised and its front page has artistic nudity on it. If artistic nudity is not for you, then please avoid this site. http://www.serenitymoon.com/ World of Web Site Competitions -- This site is a history and directory of vote and visit web site competitions. It features descriptions, listing, and even a competition timeline. If you are interested in web competitions in general or want to see where ZC2ZC3 fits in to the web competition world, this is the site for you. http://www.webcompetitions.net/ Mark Hyder's Harry Potter Homepage -- Harry Potter may have died in the Deathly Hallows last summer, but he is alive and well in the hearts and minds of his fans, including Mark. This graphically intensive site has just about everything Harry Potter a dedicated or even casual fan could desire. It is a bit slow to load and some of the flash and video may give your computer security warnings, but Mark means no harm. http://hyder-harry-potter.hostselect.net/hyder_harry_potter.shtml Bulfinch's Mythology -- An illustrated electronic reproduction of the world famous book that brought mythology to the masses. Bulfinch's features stories of gods, goddesses, monsters, and heroes. It provides both a pleasant diversion and a whole tome's worth of classical trivia. NOTE: Bulfinch's is adored with rather tasteful artistic nudiy. If this bothers you for some reason, just don't visit the site.. http://bulfinch.englishatheist.org/ Mark4Christmas Homepage -- A huge page of Christmas, Xmas, and nothing but X-mas. No matter how you spell it, there is a lot of it there. There are links to Christmas stories and trivia, games, screen savers and more. There is also an extensive list of Christmas carol midi freely available for download. There is , unfortunately, no Solstice, Kwanzaa, Channaukah, or Winter Festival. NOTE: This site is VERY SLOW to load on a dial up connection. http://mark4christmas.co.uk/ English Atheist -- This tightly packed site features everything from jokes about church signs, to a page on Viagra wives. There is truely something for everybody in the over sixty-two pages and hundreds of links that are here. Note: this site has some mild profanity. Its owner opposes the war/occupation in Iraq, and the site promotes atheism which should go without saying. If any of this is not for you, you probably won't enjoy this site. http://www.englishatheist.org/ *************************************************************************** Second: Highlight or circle the sites you choose to vote for on the list below. Remember you are limited to 1/3 the total number of sites or twenty-five(25) whichever is fewer. Since there are ten sites fighting your limit is three. Please choose wisely. For this competition, the voting limit is three(3) of ten(10) sites. Third: Go to the ballot page: http://zc2zc3.st/ballot.html. ZOID CITY uses a one-stop radio circle form. Please vote for all sites you support at ONE TIME. The URL for the voting booth is: http://zc2zc3.st/ballot.html Fourth: Remember, the voting schedule runs 10:30pm Saturday night to 10:30pm on Thursday evening EDT. This is our regular, culturally sensitive voting schedule. We score three times: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday around 11pm, but vote even on the days we don't score. Your vote counts! That's it...... Here are the sites that are competing: Site Name sUn. Mon. Tues. Wed. ThuR. AHDU ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ ZOIDs Abyss ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ Vessels of Clay _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ A Soldier's Story _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Kyle's Backyard Observatory _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Serenity Moon _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ World of Web Competitions _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Mark Hyder's Harry Potter _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Bullfinch's Mythology _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Mark4Christmas Homepage _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ An English Atheist _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Have a happy and enjoyable time voting, and let your friends know how easy it is to vote the ZOID way. Eileen H. Kramer/ZOIDRubashov/ ehkuhall7@tacheiru.every1.net Head of the Board of Trustees ZC2ZC3 http://zc2zc3.st Simply Better!