Kendra, Which newsgroup are you reffering too ?

Just to be historically accurate. The AOM voting process was changed after Legume and Mr Codini won in a row. Mr Codini was the last member that was actually nominated by the membership. It was believed that 2 sub-genius's winning, in a row, was setting a trend that Renderosity admins would rather have avoided. This was never confirmed, of course, but it did quack like a duck ! I also must say that there was NEVER an announcement that the AOY voting rules were changing, at least in my memory. Sorry to say, Illusions, but you seem to be the only one to remember any such announcement. If there would have been such an announcement then you would have seen huge threads, such as these, "discussing" that announcement. The Membership would have been in an uproar.

Well Robby, I don't think you really want to have an explanation but here goes.

Some people have minds of their own and like to make decisions for themselves. Some people do not like management making choices for them. Some people actually thought that they should get to choose who the, ARTIST OF THE YEAR, for this whole 100,000 member website community, was going to be. Some people think that having the management vote for the AOY is ludicrous, when the membership is trusted to vote for the AOM, why not the AOY ?(which is much more important)

You want to trivialize this and I want to tell you why it IS worth getting steamed about. AOY does mean somthing. First of all there were monitary gains to be had and secondly, the winner, would have a nice feather in their caps. It would look really good on a resume when interviewing for a job !

This is life, why not live it

"We want members to be able to vote."

You do ?
"3. Mods/Admins vote for the AOY."

This is wrong wrong wrong ! The most important vote
is taken away from us. You tell us that we can vote
monthly but cannot vote for the big one ? Well thats
the way it is it seems but I don't have to like it !!
This AOY voting method is totally devoid of logic !

The 12 AOY artists have been chosen, just like the
nominee's for AOM. We should be able to vote for the AOY
just like we get to vote for the AOM. Anything else is
ludicrous !

Heike, Not family oriented ? hehe ! Us ? Ok, I really can't argue with your provider on that one !:^> Peter, Rued ? Arrrrrrrrggggggggg.............heh heh ! You're stepping over the line mister !!!!!!! We won't stand for that kind of language in the 21st century !

Never has anyone been a better candidate to be ignored !;^> Hey Heike ! We sure miss you at the Poser Newsgroup !

Are you ok ? You seem a bit testy !

Oh sure, its all about you ! hehe ! Your nuts..................

Well BJ, oh never mind !!!! On second thought.........nahhhh I just can't............ Hey IB, are you sure you didn't mean nad ?

Well, with a name like BJ, she can't be all that bad ? heh heh !:^>

"Err, who talks like that anymore? :)" Verily not I !:^>

Probably won't be any more posts Peng ! He/she sounds like you have hurt her/his feelings by being big meanies and that now, he/she is going to take his/her ball and go home ! If he/she says that we will, "rue the day", I'm just gonna roflmao...................

I think you guys owe BJ an apology. Acusing him of not being who he really is ! Sheeeeesh ! I can kind of understand their point of view just a little bit, BJ. I do know of a way that you can prove who you are. If you have a credit card with your face and signature on it, scan it and post it, then we will know for sure !:^>

What a great idea ! In case of a tie all the renderosity members could vote for the winn..........oops, never mind..........

If I can get thru Metalica doing, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesdays Gone", then I can get thru just about anything ! Even BJ's frickin novelettes !