" So to assume that they also screwed up the rest of the contest is jumping to conclusions a bit." It's not just abut this one- it's just about every one they run here. 4 major contests within approx a year, a year, and all 4 of them have had controversy around them. And those are the ones i remember. There may be more. The first one involved a tie and the members were not allowed to vote on the tie breaker. there was no information posted on what would be done to break the tie until AFTER the admins picked who they wanted,. Any contest usually has a predefined framework for dealing with these situations The 2nd one allegedly involved vote fixing by a member. The third involved an admin winning a contest where software was involved (AFAICR the admin refused the prize)- People who are holding the contest are not elegable to enter them The third Involved some one winning in the photography forum,. and they tried to substitute a lesser Value prize. Then there was AOY last year and this year. This place really has no business running contests. The governmental agencies involved will look into this- if they feel there is a need to continue with an investigation they will. If not- then they won't.