I am glad that you like the idea. it is just that we all know that some people join JUST to vote. others are as mentioned voting for friends or to return the favor. the top 20 is rarely unbiased. One thing is boosting your friends abit another is pushing everything else aside no matter what just to get that name in the top(actually what does that help? initially it may boost an artist and make them produce more but after awhile people go "er...their work is the same and they are still geting praise? what is the point" it starts to backfire on the good intentions, it is like the guy that got a huge win in highschool football and is praised and rallied around and thirty years later he is still trying to ride on that glory with out doing anything more). As mentioned Art is extremely personal. and the artists here that literally work HOURS and sometimes DAYS on a piece are geting passed over. As for the validaty of the top20..hmmm being in it does not nessecarily mean you are top. NOT being in it doesnt mean you are bad. we all know this on a consciouse level. does that stop it from being frustrating? no. I hope that the mods and admins think about the "jury duty" idea. it would keep it clean, the artists cant bribe or smooze with the judges if they do not know who they are at any given time, no more accounts being made JUSt to vote for a particular person(that would also cut down on empty accounts and space for rendo)and artists would get a fair shake.

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