guevera verreuil
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
In this disqualification incident, we didn't actually have to bump any of the next-highest ranking winners up. We could have left the spot vacated by the disqualified entry empty.
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Shadow Kurd
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Originally Posted by guevera verreuil
well <_<
i'm glad you didn't xD i'm just as grateful now as i was when i placed |
KiyaKoreena
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-------- Dear Regina, I respectfully request that the prize go to the person who was actually judged as #41. That my entry just happened to be one step off the list after the comments on the fan forums about my work being overlooked is beyond belief and one can only come to the conclusion that my name was bumped up solely because such comments and not because it was actually judged. To add me as a pity prize is insulting to my work and a shameful act of pandering. By removing my name it will allow me to alter and resubmit my entry next year and hope for a fair judging. Thank you. Sincerely, Koreena --- Dear Koreena: It is, of course, your prerogative to decline. My information about the disqualified entry came on the day of the winners announcement, in private, not from the fan forums. I am not intimately familiar with what you report as controversy surrounding your specific entry. This is because it is not productive for me watch these discussions closely, as I cannot do a thing if the aesthetic opinions of players differs from the aesthetic opinions of my coworkers. It is not an efficient use of my time to pay detailed attention to discussions that I can do absolutely nothing about. I read scores and scores of forum posts every single day, and I need to skim through and filter the information I need very rapidly. In the case of the Halloween art contest, I skimmed the forums for specific action-items, things that I could actually do something about, in this case – the accusations of plagiarism and rule-breaking. It was actually suggested to me by a fellow staff member that you be awarded the prize. I was originally not going to award an alternate to the empty Finalist slot. Whether they wanted to award the prize to you for “pity” as you say, I honestly don’t know, because I did not question their judgment or their taste in what they found aesthetically pleasing about your entry. I took their opinions about your art at face value, and didn’t insinuate any kind of political agenda on their part. The fact that you have come to such a conclusion is actually a little hurtful. Before you leap to conclusions, I would ask you to consider that you may not have all the information on which to base those conclusions, and that decisions made may not have any underlying conspiracy or political agenda behind them. Thank you for your letter, and good luck next year. Regards, Regina G. Buenaobra |
pumpkin pie
cosyfiep
Faer
pumpkin pie
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Originally Posted by Faer
Wait, what? Large crafted art gets nothing while stolen art and ancient cosplays (albeit rather good ones) get top honors? Just when I thought the ArenaNet offices were going clean, I find out people are still smoking joints in there.
Man, what a let-down. |
Kashrlyyk
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Originally Posted by kokuou
It does, but this was a contest specifically for Halloween.....
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Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena
I was taught to respond to what I think is fair and not. ....
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AKB48
Deadshot Seven
BenjZee
Apollo Smile
Owik Gall
TakagiNaoSama
Nian
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Originally Posted by Shadow Kurd
Where's your entry Nian
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Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena
Edited for bitterness:
I find it very hard to believe that I just happened to be #41 and got bumped up. Call me a sore loser or whatever. I am declining the prize, and unsure to what I will do next year. I don't want a pity prize and it is too unbelievable and coincidental. |