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lol
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I'll take that as a concession that you're wrong and there actually is an infrequency of hacks with releases?
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Yeah, um... you don’t shove the responsibility of making good content in your section on those who are questioning the quality of the content.
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We haven't done that, though. We've nominated hacks for Hack of the Month because there have been no nominations; we've done our job. You were saying that our nominations were bad, in which case I'm open for suggestions (to which your response of choice is "lol").
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That’s the equivalent of me saying something like “hey Store Manager, these eggs aren’t to my satisfaction. Please make something better,” to which you’re responding, “if you don’t like it, make your own eggs!” ...We don’t owe you anything for asking for quality content here in the forum.
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No, it's like you saying "hey Store Manager, these eggs aren't the eggs I want" to which I respond "we can order in your preferred eggs if you want, what type do you prefer" to which you reply "lol". It's a bad analogy, basically.
I never said you owed me anything, I'm saying that I would appreciate suggestions: I personally find no fault with how Hack of the Month is being run now, so if you take issue with it then you're going to have to formulate your concerns a little more constructively.
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It’s kinda stating the obvious bro, but whatevs
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I was answering an obvious question.
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I knew you’d take this route of reason.
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That's generally how discussions go, yes.
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See, the thing is, this is a contest. When you’re running a contest, a level playing field obviously trumps a comfortable playing field. Am I wrong?
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No, which is why the Hack of the Month which Dark Crystal won literally was a level playing field: none of the nominees had releases.
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The fact of the matter is, you’re allowing the comparison of oranges and orange peelings in the contests as if proof of work didn’t matter. We’re comparing hacks, and while I’m not trying to question any sort of legitimacy behind them, it’d be nice to know they existed in some form. :/
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Maybe you're just too sceptical? I personally don't see why people would dedicate their time faking screenshots to win internet competitions. Of course, you may be right. If you find that a hacker has doctored screenshots, feel free to notify us and we can disqualify them from the contest. Otherwise, there's not much else we can do. If we limit HotM to just hacks with releases, it will either have the same three hacks every month and then they will all have won by some point and there will be no contest anymore. Is that the better alternative?
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Like Joel said earlier, I do think Dark Twilight is a great hack and am not begrudging it winning at all. But other than Eclipse every winner of HotM since May has lacked a release last I checked.
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I cannot control how the community votes. However, it's worth noting that while what you've said is true, Hack of the Month for September had hacks with no releases, so was a level playing field. Hack of the Month for August had two hacks with releases and one hack without a release. The hack without a release won, even though according to your logic it is an orange peel that should've been received worse. Again, I cannot control the way the community votes. Hack of the Month for June had three hacks with a release, so of course the winner had a release. Hack of the Month for July was different in that it was a nomination round, and the eligible hacks nominated all had releases.