Vote #TeamJango in "This Is Madness 2016" Match-Up: Jango Fett vs. Kylo Ren

[UPDATE: Jango Fett lost, getting only 28% of the vote.]

It’s that time of the year again. StarWars.com hosts a “This Is Madness” popularity contest in the “March Madness” bracket format. Jango Fett and Boba Fett are both on the roster.

Starting Friday March 18th at 10am PST, and lasting through the weekend until Monday March 20th at 10am PST, it’s Jango Fett vs. Kylo Ren. You know what to do, Fett fans:

VOTE NOW FOR JANGO

Stay tuned during the day on March 18th for incremental updates.

Analysis of the Vote

Here’s a tally of how the vote is going:

• 3/21 9:28am PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 11:19pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 10:33pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 6:23pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 4:34pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 1:07pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/20 2:57am PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/19 10:18pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/19 6:01pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/19 1:48pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/19 11:46am PST: Jango Fett has 28%
• 3/18 9:51pm PST: Jango Fett still has 27%
• 3/18 6:20pm PST: Jango Fett has 27%
• 3/18 6:08pm PST: Jango Fett has 26%
• 3/18 4:37pm PST: Jango Fett has 27%
• 3/18 1:25pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/18 12:36pm PST: Jango Fett still has 28%
• 3/18 12:12pm PST: Jango Fett has 28%
• 3/18 11:37am PST: Jango Fett still has 27%
• 3/18 11:08am PST: Jango Fett still has 27%
• 3/18 10:35am PST: Jango Fett has 27%
• 3/18 10:08am PST: Jango Fett has 21%

Previous years relied on browser cookies, which could be deleted to vote again. This year, it’s fancy and we can’t quite figure out how they’re doing it. There’s some AJAX. There’s Disney’s API server. While deleting cookies can make you think you’re voting again, there’s a JavaScript warning that notes a “409 conflict” if voting twice. We’re impressed.

However, this year the vote tally is visible before voting. (It was always showing after submitting one vote, even on repeat visits to the site.) This gives casual fans a way to see who’s more popular already, rather than a standard blind vote. Maybe it’s affecting the totals, maybe it isn’t, but it’s different this year and we’re not fans of it.

Furthermore, as of 4pm on March 18th, we’ve seen some social media posts that the poll is hackable, seeming to accept more than one vote from the same person/computer without any errors. This suggests the poll is, like in years past, not an accurate popularity contest.

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