#PimpMySummerBall Suspension

It is looking increasingly likely that our #PimpMySummerBall entry is going to be placed under a 24-48 hour voting suspension, similar to that incurred by Teesside Students’ Union on the first day of voting, after a number of suspicious accounts were identified to be tweeting on our behalf.

While the activity is currently under investigation by MTV it is likely that they’ll apply a similar sanction based on the Teesside precedent. It should also be noted that we have been taking immediate action when we have identified any suspicous accounts and reported them to Twitter for removal and will continue to do so throughout the competition. 

That said, your support so far has been absolutely fantastic and our Royal Holloway Twitter army has been smashing it. We have only a fraction the number of students of our competitors and despite that we've mixed it at the top of the table even before the suspicous accounts went live.

You've shown we can compete without resorting to cheating so lets keep it fair going forward. With that in mind we would once again like to remind everyone about the rules laid down by MTV for the competition:

Votes Count When

• Users tweet using the hashtag #PimpMySummerBall followed by their universities name
• Users retweet a tweet including the hashtag #PimpMySummerBall
• Users tweet from their desktops/smart phones
• If a user fails to put a space after #pimpmysummerball, your vote will still be counted ie. #pimpmysummerballreadinguni

Votes are Rejected When

• Tweets are from known spam/problem accounts – the MTV system picks up on these
• Tweets are from probable spammers – the MTV system picks up on these
• Tweets are from automated feed tools such as @twitterfeed, @rss2twitter, @button
• Tweets are rejected from accounts younger than a day old – eliminates spam votes
• Tweets are rejected from accounts with less than two followers – eliminates spam votes

Download MTV Trax to Help the Cause

One way in which you can continue to support us in the competition is by downloading MTV Trax and voting using the in-app banner. Each of these will be added to a total and the university with the most downloads will receive a 15% vote boost at the end of the competition.

We’ll update you with more details when we’ve received the official ruling from MTV.

#PimpMySummerBallRHUL

Help Us Win 50 Grand

Want to take the Summer Ball to the next level? Well just imagine what we could do with an extra £50k cash injection if we win MTV Trax’s Pimp My Summer Ball Competition.

The premise of the competition is simple. Students vote for their university using a specific hashtag on Twitter such as #PimpMySummerBallRHUL (#PimpMySummerBallRoHo, #PimpMySummerBallRoyalHolloway or #PimpMySummerBallSURHUL also all work) and these are all added together to form a leader board with the winning university getting £50k.

Retweets also count and voting is based on hashtag tweet volume with the competition closing at 5pm on Wednesday 23 March.

As an added bonus the university with the most MTV Trax votes will receive a 15% boost to their vote total! Vote through the app by downloading it from your app store, then register your name and university via the in-app voting banner.

Finally, here’s a little bit of housekeeping from MTV regarding the rules.

Votes Count When

• Users tweet using the hashtag #PimpMySummerBall followed by their universities name
• Users retweet a tweet including the hashtag #PimpMySummerBall
• Users tweet from their desktops/smart phones
• If a user fails to put a space after #pimpmysummerball, your vote will still be counted ie. #pimpmysummerballreadinguni

Votes are Rejected When

• Tweets are from known spam/problem accounts – the MTV system picks up on these
• Tweets are from probable spammers – the MTV system picks up on these
• Tweets are from automated feed tools such as @twitterfeed, @rss2twitter, @button
• Tweets are rejected from accounts younger than a day old – eliminates spam votes
• Tweets are rejected from accounts with less than two followers – eliminates spam votes

The full terms and conditions can be found here.

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The Early Bird Gets The Worm

For the first time ever, Summer Ball tickets are going on sale for just £35. The catch? There's only 300 of them available and they're on a first come, first served basis.

Going on sale at 9am from Tommy's Kitchen on the final day of term - 24 March - these tickets are our way of saying thank you for your support throughout the year.

You see, we love what we do and we want as many people as possible to experience the Summer Ball in all its grandeur. That's why we've knocked over 50% off the full ticket price, making the Ball that little bit more affordable for you.

So how do you go about getting your hands on this very special offer?

Head down to Tommy's Kitchen on Thursday 24 March where physical tickets will be on sale from 9am until midday/they sell out, whichever comes first.

We're expecting demand for this to be huge so we're recommending you get down early to avoid disappointment.

Just to be clear, these tickets are only available in person and are limited to one each. At midday on 24 March full price tickets will go on sale as the hotly anticipated line-up for this year's Ball is announced.

See you in the quads.