Thanks everyone for all of your help! The contest just closed and they are going to announce a winner soon. Unfortunately, my viewcount froze just hours before 12p (probably due to all the influx from reddit). youtube sent me a message that there was a known error in my viewcount. I forwarded the info on to ivytech, but they basically said, "Sorry about your luck, we tally the views based on what is there at 12p."
I sent another message to them pleading them to at least verify with youtube first, since my accurate viewcount wasn't represented, but they didn't respond.
I am sad face.
