The Hot 20 is voted by the entire usership of Renderosity. No one can rig it, which is one of the accusations that has been made against Legume and his friends here: they simply exercised their right to vote for the Hot 20 when no one else chose to. If you scroll down, youll see that the more "conventional" Hot 20 pictures have come in with less than 20 votes -- out of Renderositys 70,000+ membership: that alone speaks volumes about just how important the Hot 20 really is. There have been complaints that Legumes work isnt "art", that he just throws this stuff together and then posts it for the laughs. Hes actually said that these things, as naive as they may be, require a great deal of time and effort, because of the nature of things he has to do with some of the imported props. The first two might have been throwaways, but if you look at the progression, theyve become more involved and more structured as "art". There have been accusations that Legumes work is "violating the integrity of the Hot 20". Thats so laughable as to be dismissed out of hand; you make of it what you will. Sure, Legumes work started as a joke -- and probably continues as one. But the people who are complaining about these pictures are the ones we should be seeing as the "artistic terrorists", as it is they who would demand what is and is not acceptable for the Hot 20 -- and by extension, for Renderosity. If you dont like his pony images in the Hot 20, then I suggest you go through the galleries and find something you like better, and vote for it. See an image or an artist whose work really fires you creatively? Tell us about it, and maybe well vote for that for the Hot 20. But to whine (as some people have done) that Legumes work is "destroying the integrity of the Hot 20" is absurd and should be seen for the hypocricy that it is. Finally, the people who troll his images with insults such as "gay" and the like: Legume could ask to have these comments removed, but hes chosen to let them stand so that everyone who visits his work will see these little jerks for exactly what they are. I applaud him for that. Okay, turning the soapbox over to someone else... =)