UPDATE: I’ve created an installable Firefox Add-on that makes it even easier and quicker to vote for Rory. Check out the Rory Vote-O-Matic Add-on for Firefox page.
You may have already heard of the “Vote for Rory” campaign that is gaining a lot of support all over North America. The idea is to take advantage of the NHL All-Star Game voting system (that allows people to vote as many times as they like) to vote Rory Fitzpatrick into the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. There’s more details on the Rory Fitzpatrick Wikipedia page and VoteForRory.com.
I’m already a big supporter of the cause to send this moderately skilled work horse to the all-star game since I learned of it this week. As a friend of mine put it having just learned about the campaign, “It’s amazing how much I care about this already.” But how can I contribute to the cause? What are my skills?
Nerd skills. So I wrote a Javascript bookmarklet to help people vote. In a few steps you can turn your Firefox browser into an automatic Rory voting machine:
- Download and install Firefox if you don’t already have it
- In Firefox, create a bookmarklet by right-clicking the following link and choosing “Bookmark This Link”:
- Choose “Bookmarks Toolbar” from the drop-down list and click “Ok”. This will create a bookmark on your Firefox toolbar under the URL bar.
- Click here to go to the NHL’s vote page
- When the vote page is done loading, click the “Rory Vote-O-Matic” bookmark on your Firefox toolbar
 {function exists(a, s) {for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {if (a[i] == s) {return true;}}return false;}var x = document.getElementsByTagName('select');var a = new Array();for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {var obj = x[i];if (obj.id == 'wwi') {for (var j = 0; j < obj.options.length; j++) {if (obj.options[j].value == '8459469') {obj.selectedIndex = j;}}}else if (obj.id != 'ewi') {function c() {try { obj.selectedIndex = Math.round((obj.length-1)*Math.random())+1; }catch(e) { obj.selectedIndex = 1; }}c();while (exists(a, obj.selectedIndex)) { c(); }a.push(obj.selectedIndex);}selectPlayer(obj);}var x = document.getElementsByTagName('img');var s;for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {var obj = x[i];s = obj.src.match(/captcha\/([0-9]+)\.gif/);if (s != null) { s = s[1]; break; }}var w = new Array('crease', 'whistle','freeze','overtime','stanley','faceoff','slapshot','enforcer','elbowing','forecheck','forehand','backhand','endboards','offside','period','penalty','goalie','crease','roster','sideboards','slashing','zamboni','allstar','campbell','expansion','feeding','goalposts','linesmen','neutral','rebound','referees','roughing','scramble','division','tripping','whistle','freeze','overtime','stanley','faceoff','slapshot','enforcer','elbowing','forecheck','forehand','backhand','endboards','offside','period','penalty','goalie');document.getElementById('captcha').value = w[s];setTimeout("document.getElementById('ImageSubmit').click();", 2000);}) ()){kind=link}
Presto! You just voted for Rory! The bookmarklet randomly selects a bunch of other players but always chooses Rory for one of the Western Conference Defense positions. On a scale from 1 to Rory, how awesome is this? Definitely Rory!
So why are you still here reading this? Be persistent. Continue voting over and over again. Don’t give up. Rory wouldn’t.
Rory4Prez
This is awesome…thanks for the neat script Brad…Rory loves you! lol
December 7th, 2006 at 9:52am
Greg
Combine your script with the Hot Keyboard software, and you can record your mouse and keyboards actions, and can continually vote without doing a thing, perfecto.
December 7th, 2006 at 10:07am
Derek
Random doesn’t work, because that would mean that Lidstrom,Nieds and Pronger would come up every so often, and each vote that includes one of them holds no value.
December 7th, 2006 at 10:10am
Luke
I think random is not the best solution, but works well in the long run. Over enough votes, Rory will come out on top and that’s what we all want.
Another comment from my friend: Place a bookmark to the voting page right beside this bookmarklet, then just click back and forth between the two.
December 7th, 2006 at 10:22am
Rory4Prez
Yea, it would be sweet to get rid of the random part, or atleast no votes for Neds and Lidstrom…that way Rory will have a better chance…
Let’s go Rory!
December 7th, 2006 at 10:23am
InRoryWeTrust
Is there any way to update the macro so that it will choose someone like Schneider as Rory’s partners?
December 7th, 2006 at 10:54am
Derek
Look, get the program edited, no one wants to use a program that chooses Lidstrom and Nieds as the other guy with Rory. Untill then we cannot take this macro crap serious.
December 7th, 2006 at 11:01am
BT
Easy there fella. I’m at work but I’ll have an updated version for you by the end of the day.
December 7th, 2006 at 11:04am
Frothy
Mwa ha ha! That’s awesome Brad. I was just talking to one of my co-workers about Rory the other day. He’ll definitely be getting some east coast votes today! Kudos on the site re-design too, looks great!
December 7th, 2006 at 12:19pm
GE
Here’s a dancing Rory to cheer you on…
http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=705228bbf1bf621fe9992fdG20061208
December 8th, 2006 at 9:20pm
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