Just to put a little perspective on this from a Renderosity old timer (been around here about 6 years or so), and because I do an occasional fractal, I wanted to mention what is probably a little known fact except to us few old timers....Used to be the Hot Twenty in any gallery was based on the number of views a particular image got. Heck, I used to make it there on a regular basis back then, but not because of any grandiose artistic abilities, because I have none, and not because I had a lot of friends because I barely knew anyone in those days...Nope, I made it there because my specialty was Pin Up art, and everyone loves looking at a pretty girl with very little on :-) Anyway, my point is, no matter how it is handled, there will always be an issue with the Hot Twenty. Whether it be by votes or views or any other way the Powers that Be decide to do it, no one will ever be completely happy with the way it works. Like the old saying goes:"You can make some of the people happy all of the time. You can make all of the people happy some of the time. But you can never make all of the people happy all of the time". So lets just all go out and create beautiful art....after all, that's why we come here, right? And to heck with the Hot Twenty...it's nice, but it is not the be all and end all of this website...it's just a small part of it. I've made so many wonderful friends here, and I've had a great time doing my little artistic endeavors. If I make it to the Hot Twenty...hey, that's cool, but my main aim is to have fun and to create things that give others pleasure :-) And that is my two cents worth, which in the grand stream of things, really ain't worth much :-)