Allow me to be the first (and possibly only) one to post and say that my personal opinion (after consulting with Flamanette first, of course) is that this new award is complete BS. There...I've said it.
No mention was ever made by VFK of an additional 'award' (shock).
So they're allowing a computer to choose 'winners' based on.............what criteria exactly??? I'm sorry, but I have to consider this a 'throw away' award. Maybe so many players complained that their ride SHOULD have won that VFK dreamed up this new 'award'? Sheesh. They make it sound like the Developers are choosing winners...when in reality, they're letting a computer do it. I mean...really... How will a computer take into consideration important things like the 'fun factor', 'creativity', etc. Hey, I used to be a computer programmer...and for something like this, there is no replacement for human judges actually riding the ride from beginning to end when analyzing them to determine a winner.
Blech.
End of rant.
Flamanar
Hello, I am Flamanette, and I totally approve of of the above message!
And now, for my .02:
I so feel like this is just, well, BLECH.
And thank goodness we won't be censored here for saying so! I have had my finger on the trigger over on "the other place" all day, coming so close to posting "what the ______" is this? A new/different/totally made up category AFTER this contest is OVER??? But of course, I don't want to risk a hand slapping over yonder, so I figured I would just burn your ears up for a minute....
What are they thinking? I was not a winner, but if I was one of the winners in the ORIGINALLY announced categories, I would be going
to this! This in my opinion just minimizes the wins that were announced yesterday. They've got, what, 15 more ppl getting a "unique pin and trophy" now, with more to come till the 20th of the month....Holy Heffawoozle!
OK, turning off the rant button now! Thanks for having this place where I can pull the trigger on a "frustration" post.....
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