| Well I can see where you are coming from and I'm sorry that you feel the results are unfair. However, I will try to the best of my abilities to explain things.
1) Yes a moderator did win. However, being a moderator does not give any advantage. We judged based on the content of articles only. Considering that 2 of the 3 entrants were moderators I don't think you can say that things are fishy just because a moderator won.
2) As we said before, the contest started on 8/1 because that was the day it was initiated. We allowed gyutae to enter his article into the contest because it was submitted only a short while before. This will not happen in the future.
3) Sorry about the frustration. We extended the contest because there weren't enough articles in the contest to judge fairly. By extending it, we hoped to receive more entries and make things more interesting. The point of the 15 post count is to encourage active Drumset Connect members to contribute, not to make things harder.
4) You're right. We should have told everyone the list of articles in the contest before it was over. We'll make sure to do this next time.
5) That date was actually supposed to be changed when we let the article into the contest.
6) Winners and such will be announced in our next site update. Things are pretty slow right now.
Once again, sorry for the confusion. This is our first attempt at a contest and it's basically a trial and error kind of deal. Look for more contests in the future as we grow. We'll try to organize things much better.
Also, it was a very hard decision and it was an extremely close race with your article.  |