(11-03-2017 12:49 AM)Tad Carlucci Wrote: It's time to Lock this thread.
What I see is people refusing to read and understand the rules, as they were stated prior to the competition.
The reason for the two parts is to reduce (since you cannot eliminate) the effect of people soliciting votes.
What I see is the observation that the two highest-voted entries failed to be the top winners. In fact they failed to show at all. Instead a couple of the lower-voted tied for third.
Makes perfect sense to me.
All the results show, to me, is that the solution KittyCatS came up with did the intended job.
No, KC should not just lock this thread. If the public is confused on something, then the company should clarify and try to provide a better understanding for everyone.
So, you're perfectly fine with the two collars that had the most public votes not placing at all in this contest? I'm not. If KC thinks that someone solicited for votes, then they need to let the entrant(s) know in private. If they had done so, I don't think the discussion would have gotten this far on this thread. We would've simply congratulated the winners and went on about our day. Instead, you have KC who displayed the results and a few people scratched their heads while looking at the numbers. If you see that first place starts with a public vote of 7, you're going to automatically wonder what happened to the collars with higher a public vote.
I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry. The public deserves to know what happened. If KC feels that the public shouldn't know ... at least tell the dis-counted entrants why their collars were not counted in the final votes. It's only fair. How are we supposed to trust these contests going forward if no communication is made on KC's part to entrants?
So, no... This thread should not be closed. Absolutely not.
