Well I'll put my 2 cents in and I have seen Darkswan's images. Though I think they are very good I don't think IMO that they were Hot 20 material. That's not to say they aren't good, they are, but I have this image of what a hot 20 should be and as Doublecrash listed the artists I put in this category I won't repeat it here. Now having said that we have no control over who votes for our images and if friends decide to do that then fine. It should just be let go. I mean it's not like this is a contest with prizes and all. If it's there then accept it. I'm not into abstract, etc and just because I don't think they have the same quality doesn't mean I should complain that they are in the hot 20. BTW I beleive it's impossible to vote for yourself unless you log in under different account names.