What you said was my point. People here were complaining on the winning images. I was complaining about their choices which goes to show every individual has different opinions whichs makes picking judges that much more important.

You seem to take offense to my saying judges should be those whose work is admired. I never said pillars of the community, but there is ratings and rankings for peoples work here and yes, some people consistantly get good reviews. We have artists of the month, does selecting them insult the majority?

A community judge must represent many. If that judge makes artwork that nobody likes, chances are that judge's choices won't represent the majority. Yet if a judge consistly gets good reviews then their work is something the masses like and has better odds that their choice will be things users like as well and people will agree with their choice.

Sure one can say "Just because I don't make good images doesn't mean I can't appreciate good work" and I agree. But I feel to represent the communities opinion(which I believe the judges do) your work must be respected by it. If you won't do that, then they should use the sponsors as judges.

Plus you seem to take comments on how to improve something as an insult to Lillian. It doesn't do any good to see flaws in rules and wait till the contests start express them. Yes lil is doing a great job, but that doesn't mean the contest can't be designed better. I would hope lil appreciates constructive input far enough in advance to actually think about them and make changes if desired.