oh boy just today I was talking to someone about this very topic and how nasty it has gotten as of late. the thing is yes. there is some that are ALWAYS in the top20 no matter WHAT they put up. BUT there are also peices in there that do deserve to be in there. It IS a double edge sword. personally as the Mods and Admins have tons of stuff to do already perhaps geting a handful of active members a month to do the judgeing. randomly. like geting a PM. We would like to invite you to judge the top20 for (insert gallery here) this (month,week etc). kind of like jury duty LOL. the artists arent going to know who is up to bat so to speak. and there will be a mixed bag of people doing the judging. ~shrugs~ just an idea. I use to go to the hot20 to take a look till it started to be just a couple of artists in there everytime no matter WHAT it was they posted. it lost its value then. I go now and then to see if anything is new..but that is all.(sometimes geting disappointed when a piece I would see in the gallery that was exceptional didnt get in,there is one that stands out that was a scene in a tavern with a wench..the work was exceptional but saddly I didnt see it in the top20) The top20 has lost its effectiveness.

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