The Drag Queen Posse

Hello,

Fans and fellow entrants into RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 casting!

We made this short video when we recognized certain drag queens, who shall remain nameless (but you bitches KNOW who you are...), appeared in the top 5 practically OVERNIGHT from the MOMENT the website opened with THOUSANDS of votes - and pretty much stayed there. We just knew that wasn't possible, especially since some of the queens on there...well...we won't say anything negative...we know! Us!?

Anyway, even though we've entered ourselves, we thought we would level the playing field for EVERYONE. We think it's quite unfair that a queen who might have some more technological know-how over another, especially one who over-Photoshop’s their face/body into plastic and a shape they could NEVER replicate on the show, get a chance to be on it. Or puts their face on someone else's...

Some might argue that that is part of the game. We disagree, and we'll tell you why: This is not a geek/nerd/IT contest. This is a DRAG contest. By all means, take every advantage of the makeup/transformation/performance skills you have to present yourself - BUT ONLY as you actually ARE, LIVE, IN PERSON. Don't trample on other queens, and their dreams, with fake votes out of your own desperation to get on T.V. - in the hope that you MIGHT become famous. The stench of it comes across, even through the computer monitor.

We do not show you 100% how to do the hack, as that would be irresponsible of us. If we did, queens would just do the same thing all over the U.S.A., and it would then be all about who could frantically click the most (or develop a little program to automate it -- which, we're pretty certain someone has already done). Besides, the online website rules say VERY CLEARLY that if it's discovered you are hacking, they have the right to suspend THE ENTIRE ONLINE CASTING FOR EVERYONE - not just the persons whom have been hacking.

In case you were wondering, we have let the casting directors know about all this...you just might get onto the show if you cheat, but don't think for a moment that once you get on there that they're going to make it easy for you!

Anyway, we hope you enjoy the video, and humbly request that you vote for our HONEST troupe members, whom could have easily exploited this technique to their advantage, but chose honesty and dignity as the best course of action. We truly believe in Ru's motto: MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN! and

MAY THE FIERCE BE WITH YOU!

Love to the fans, Love to the contestants, and Love to Mama Ru!

Can we get an AMEN!?

Update - 5/08/09: The Diva (or her associate) had this to say about the video and the problem revealed:

Sweetie

Obviously we know of the existence of IP simulators that allow people to cheat on sites like this, and we try to pay very close attention and have a 99% success rate of weeding those cheaters out. Please be fair and realize that some people simply do have a fan following and CAN get 800 people to vote for them in a day.

That being said, if you're going to call people out for cheating, why blur their faces? That's kind of weak. Call them out by name if you're going to call them out at all, and better yet, bring them to the attention of the administrators of the casting website so it can be investigated. That's going to do a lot more good than some silly video clip.

XO

To which we replied:

Dear, Mr. Charles (or his associate),

several have personally contacted one of your casting directors (name redacted) about this issue. Although the person in the video was not any of the people who wrote the letters to her about this problem, we did mention some queens by name.

...

Yes, you're absolutely right, some people can and do deserve the high numbers of votes by their fans. What we happen to be disillusioned with, is that if you know who is using an IP simulator, why allow them to move up the chain? Have your machines simply re-tally the votes per the number of hits that can actually be verified - and we're certain that behavior will end for the most part. Otherwise, so many other talented/up-and-coming queens get a distorted perception of what's actually transpiring in the contest. Many people simply do not comprehend the concept of an IP Anonymizer, so the "silly little video" was made to illustrate that concept for them. It's visual proof for them that they're not crazy to think people are cheating.

When we feel passionate about something, we call the act/people out by name - it's what we do. We've even done that with you, despite our profound respect and admiration for everything you have done.

We know your guys have the IT muscle to pierce the veil.

All the best, and we hope to have the pleasure of your contact sometime in the future.

Love and Respect to you, Mr. Charles.

SINcerely,

The Drag Queen Posse

Thoughts, people? We'd love to get some feedback in the "Comments" section. Thanks!

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