Well I agree with Cheryle on the fact that Renderosity should just drop all these contests, because they do nothing but hurt the community, no matter what the outcome, because they always end badly.

The admission you made above, Mosca, that was brought up is the reason why I have no sympathy for Legume or for this in general. It just goes to show that, at least in the past (which causes suspicion in the present) that any means were taken in order to bring Legume the fame that he had gotten, some of which was very unethical as well. Now you are calling the kettle black? Please. This whole current campaign is about playing the public to ignore the art and vote for him on principle. Most of what I saw in the forums when it came to voting for Legume was not that he had good art, but that it was a protest against the establishment. "I'm voting for Legume, cause I don't like those pinup people or he's against Rosity's policies." That's not what the AoY should represent IMO. If there was no campaigning, no history here, I'd probably be defending him to the bitter end, but that isn't the case here, so I'm not. There is unfairness on both sides, more than you seem to be willing to recognize. Neither of which is illegal in my opinion, just bad form.

And then people wonder why the AoY/AoM isn't taken seriously, as most contests on here aren't, which makes it easy to control...And we don't even know what else is going on behind the scenes, if anything that might also have contributed...

ShadowWind