Quote Originally Posted by yuixjfa View Post
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It's amazing how much people can take something out of context and twist it to the way they want for the sake of starting an argument on the internet. NO ONE in this thread so far as openly discounted any finalist entry, nor have they said any did not deserve to be there. The argument and the reason this thread was started by the OP was to simply inquire if there was anyone else who felt the contest should have been done differently, mainly the voting process and the pool of finalists itself. And there's plenty who were not satisfied with the number of finalists, or how the finalist pool did not lend well to the diverse wants of the community. No one here even mentioned their own entry, especially the OP. And there's even more people who didn't enter that are questioning the contest as a whole as well. So, please, stop using the argument we're all "crying" because we didn't win. That's not the purpose of this thread at all.

And again, we are by no means complaining at the chance to have a contest like this one, merely that it was handled in the wrong way. The assumption that because we're voicing an opinion about the way things turned out means we somehow are ungrateful for the opportunity is complete bs. We also didn't hop in the thread and use foul language or openly bash someone's entry as you did, which is inappropriate even if you disagree with us.

The 1.0 comparison was also NOT used as a comparison to the contest, but a comparison to the need to sometimes step up and tell the company, in which you, the consumer, receive a product from, that the product needs work or could be better. Any company with even a remote sense of good business knows and would appreciate that kind of feedback, even moreso than a pat on the back with an A-okay sticker for a good job.

Again I reiterate, we are not saying the final entries themselves are not what the community wanted, but the final pool itself and the way they came about those selections was a poor interpretation of the diverse wants a good number of us have. There just should have been a better chance to showcase a greater number of entries to vote on. Plain and simple.