I don't think we took the fun out of it, we just had a good discussion. Because, when it all comes down to it, there are two rules of thumb that are opposite. #1 - vote for yourself if you believe yourself to be the best choice (ie: politicians, ppl running for office etc... would vote for themselves because they believe they are the best) #2 - never vote for yourself because you will have personal bias re: your own work no matter how otherwised unbiased you can be BUT, since on this site artists cannot vote for their own images, I think it would be easiest (not neccessarily correct or incorrect) to adopt this policy in the contests as well :> cara