What doesn't make any sense is this, the mods nominate the artist of the month and then the renderosity members vote on a winner out of those nominated that month. So we still got some say in who was the winner. With this AOY, they are taking it totally out of our hands. To not vote on the AOY from the years monthly winners is absurd, to say the least ! We voted for the monthly winners but are now not allowed to vote for the AOY ? There is absolutely no reason, what so ever, for them to take the vote away from us, unless they have an agenda, and that agenda, it seems, does not include Legume ! Unfortunately, Legume is not the best marketing tool. They can get a hell of a lot more mileage if someone else is named, Artist of the Year ! Sorry Legume, but controversy does not sell well in the marketplace. imho