i've received several emails about this. apparently MTV Europe has at this year's EMAs an award for the best act ever. many singers/bands were nominated and there was also a write in option. 4chan decided to get rick astley to win it and wrote a script for automatic voting. looks like they succeeded getting him on the short list.
if he wins the award will this be the biggest prank ever?
if he wins the award will this be the biggest prank ever?
Eighties pop singer Rick Astley has become the surprise contender for best act ever at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool.
The star, who has never been nominated in the history of the event, is up against U2, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Green Day and Tokio Hotel.
The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November.
Astley returned to prominence this year when internet users were "tricked" into watching the video of his biggest hit.
A craze called "Rickrolling" saw web users unwittingly follow links to Astley's videos. It led to millions of plays of Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up, which reached number one in the UK in 1987.
It went on to become a number one hit in 15 other countries.
"Rick's fans have obviously decided that he deserves recognition as a pop icon and no doubt they are determined to make sure he wins on the night," said the award show's producer Richard Godfrey.
The star, who has never been nominated in the history of the event, is up against U2, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Green Day and Tokio Hotel.
The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November.
Astley returned to prominence this year when internet users were "tricked" into watching the video of his biggest hit.
A craze called "Rickrolling" saw web users unwittingly follow links to Astley's videos. It led to millions of plays of Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up, which reached number one in the UK in 1987.
It went on to become a number one hit in 15 other countries.
"Rick's fans have obviously decided that he deserves recognition as a pop icon and no doubt they are determined to make sure he wins on the night," said the award show's producer Richard Godfrey.
Code:
1. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863 2. Install the AddOn 3. Restart Firefox 4. Go to the voting page. (http://ema.mtv.co.uk/vote/) 5. Go to the Rec tab of the imacro mod. 6. Click record, then go through the full 3 click motion of voting. 7. Then click Stop. 8. GO back to the play tab of the mod. 9. put a VERY high number (i went with 9001) in the "repeat Macro" field. 10. Click play. 11. Sit back and watch your computer vote over 9000 times.
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