ISU: Vote For Cy! - Vote Now, Vote Often

Skyh13 · 02-15-2008, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Do all the computers on campus operate off the same IP address? I would assume that they're recording the IP address of the computer voting, so if they're all different, I can casually vote 10-20+ times per day...

In case anyone missed an answer to this question.. no, the computers do not operate on the same IP address.

So even if they did count voting by IP address, every computer on ISU's campus could vote once individually. In other words, labs are fair game.

clone61 · 02-15-2008, 09:26 PM

That video was ****ing hilarious, my wife thinks their mascot is a cross between a shark and a cat

throwittoblythe · 02-15-2008, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by dustinal

Not to be argumentative, but where on the university website do see that our original mascot was once the Cardinals? I'm honestly asking because I've looked before and can't find it.

I've had this conversation with my dad before. I did some online searching at the time and came across this link from the ISU Alumni Association website...

VISIONS Fall 04 | 125th Anniversary Celebration

It seems to confirm what EA has on their website and mentions nothing about us previously being called the Cardinals.

I've found plenty of other websites that perpetuate the story of us being called the Cardinals at one time (Wikipedia for one), but none of them name their sources for making this claim, nor are they officially part of the university.

I've reached the conclusion that the story about us once being called the Cardinals is an urban legend of sorts, but I could be wrong.

I was a tour guide at ISU from 2005-2007 and that was the story that was in our handbook. They tried to create a cyclone mascot, but they couldn't. So, because one of our colors was cardinal, they went with a cardinal. We used to get that question all the time from people not familiar with ISU.

ce1 · 02-16-2008, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by Skyh13

In case anyone missed an answer to this question.. no, the computers do not operate on the same IP address.

So even if they did count voting by IP address, every computer on ISU's campus could vote once individually. In other words, labs are fair game.

No way they'd use IP addresses to restrict voters. Too many corporations operate with firewalls and a single webproxy. So 10,000 users at, say IBM, would all show up with the same IP address. And many ISPs do the same thing, like AOL, for example.

I did some "work" on the Macromedia Flash application that runs the contest (if anyone has already posted this, sorry i didn't want to read all 47 posts). Here's what i discovered.

It's not using a cookie. The Macromedia Flash application is dropping a file, with the DateTime of your vote, buried deep in a folder. For my Microsoft based XP box, it is at:

C:\Documents and Settings\<MY LOGIN NAME>\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\DSQJ9GG5\www.easports.com\ncaa09\swf\main.swf

There's a file named: ncaa_mascot.sol

Delete this file, and you can vote again.

huntt26 · 02-16-2008, 04:41 PM

hells yeah! vote vote vote!!!!

rahtotheames · 02-16-2008, 09:51 PM

I did my share

superdorf · 02-17-2008, 01:27 AM

Why does the KSU mascot have an animal head, but human arms... that really bothers me.

ianoconnor · 02-17-2008, 02:04 AM

It really does look stupid.. lol

ce1 · 02-17-2008, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by rahtotheames

I did my share

you rock dude!

jbing · 02-17-2008, 02:28 PM

voted! and spreading the word.

ajk4st8 · 02-18-2008, 10:50 AM

is anyone still voting on this?

superdorf · 02-18-2008, 10:54 AM

I've been going everyday. Just once a day though.

Skyh13 · 02-18-2008, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by ce1

No way they'd use IP addresses to restrict voters. Too many corporations operate with firewalls and a single webproxy. So 10,000 users at, say IBM, would all show up with the same IP address. And many ISPs do the same thing, like AOL, for example.

I did some "work" on the Macromedia Flash application that runs the contest (if anyone has already posted this, sorry i didn't want to read all 47 posts). Here's what i discovered.

It's not using a cookie. The Macromedia Flash application is dropping a file, with the DateTime of your vote, buried deep in a folder. For my Microsoft based XP box, it is at:

C:Documents and Settings<MY LOGIN NAME>Application DataMacromediaFlash Player#SharedObjectsDSQJ9GG5www.easports.comncaa09swfmain.swf

There's a file named: ncaa_mascot.sol

Delete this file, and you can vote again.

Good going... I knew there had to be a file somewhere.

everyyard · 02-18-2008, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Cymaster

Did you know that they have the tradition behind Cy WRONG!!!!!!?

Really, is it that hard to hit up the university website and realize that the tradition of Cy the Cardinal was not due to the fact that our colors are cardinal and gold, but the our mascot was actually a cardinal before our win against Northwestern?

C'mon, EA Sports, I had a lot more respect for you than that. Seriously, did they get there information from eastern Iowa?

actually we didn't have an actual mascot until 1954.
Cy - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - Iowa State Cyclones Sports

everyyard · 02-18-2008, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by throwittoblythe

I was a tour guide at ISU from 2005-2007 and that was the story that was in our handbook. They tried to create a cyclone mascot, but they couldn't. So, because one of our colors was cardinal, they went with a cardinal. We used to get that question all the time from people not familiar with ISU.

I think we were the aggies or something similar before the northwestern game and "cyclones" stuck. I don't think we were ever the cardinals...it is just our school color.