Quote Originally Posted by Sephirah View Post
If this is the kind of backlash the community team can expect for every contest, I can assure you guys they'll stop having them all together.
If they plan to run contests in a similar fashion, it would be for the best that they don't have them. I would prefer contests follow their own guidelines for selection rather than haphazardly throwing something together before work ends on Friday.

"The hundred best images will win a special in-game item for their efforts!"

Can you really defend seven out of eight sylph entries winning? But none that featured a single seasonal NPC? There were many, many entries that didn't win despite being superior and many that won for... seemingly no reason.