About the Award-system..

[KiarasMate]

That does hold a bit of truth to it, although in all honesty, my choices for the members I have nominated for each of the awards, was purely out of the fact that I did feel that they were, in fact, the best of the best, and not just because they were my friends, which in some cases, isn't even true as I hardly do know YFWE and Moka as individuals, yet I know a great deal about their writing skills. ^^ Anyways, I would hope that people would have voted for me for the same reason, rather than me just being a friend of theirs, there for, winning a nomination from them, but yes, it is partially a popularity contest in a way. That just can't be helped though cause there is no true way of knowing why people exactly voted for who they did.

[daantje]

well a fight?

[DarkLiger]

Well the voting system is always going to be flawed. There are those that vote because of popularity and others who vote because they think they deserve it.
If we did the suggestion of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd then those 3 who placed wouldn't get to participate according to the rules. Personally, if I was to get even 2nd or 3rd I would want to try again, but wouldn't. Now if those rules changed, then that means the person that got 1st could have another chance at getting it again, which wouldn't be fair to everyone else.
If we stick with the system being used, that person such as KM can't be nominated again for another year. And if people did vote for KM or anyone else because of popularity, maybe now they will choose someone based on their skill instead of popularity.

[thanigraphics]

@ daantje: it's called a discussion
@ KM: indeed it feels the best when people vote for your qualities, which I'm sure the readers of all the nominated fanfics voted for. I can ensure you, Thani did vote for my story because he was, like he told me, was intruiged by the psychological depth and knowledge from real life I have been using in it.

[DarkLiger]

From what I am hearing from you Thanigraphics you seem to want people to vote based on the quality. Now I don't want to sound like a bad guy or anything, but even if we did the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, people will still base their decisions on what they decide. Whether its based on quality or popularity. It's not the system that's flawed, it's the one voting.

[thanigraphics]

From what I am hearing from you Thanigraphics you seem to want people to vote based on the quality. Now I don't want to sound like a bad guy or anything, but even if we did the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, people will still base their decisions on what they decide. Whether its based on quality or popularity. It's not the system that's flawed, it's the one voting.

What I meant was that I prefer people voting for quality, and you're right about this matter. But I wrote that down to state that Thani didn't vote for me because or relationship, but because of my writing

[DarkLiger]

Ok then. ^^
Let's then try and move back to the topic of whether or not people think the system for the awards should be changed.

[KingKivuli]

while i appreciate the concern i must vote no i believe the system is fine as it is

[Dutch]

I think it's fine as it is but I wouldn't object to it being changed or be bothered by it. Either way the same person could win so that's not an issue for me.

[Thani]

From what I am hearing from you Thanigraphics you seem to want people to vote based on the quality. Now I don't want to sound like a bad guy or anything, but even if we did the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, people will still base their decisions on what they decide. Whether its based on quality or popularity. It's not the system that's flawed, it's the one voting.

May be so DL. But no matter who, what, or how people vote, there is always gonna be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd runner up. All I long for is showing these results in public, and grand them their prize stimulating to continuing to post entries in the future. I like to point out that merely one prize only for the best of the best is NOT stimulating for me personally. I know I am not one of the very best at all, and that is why I ask for a broadened system.
And perhaps not everybody actually writes or draws, etc. But many will come along and visit, and all I ask for is to make the whole more attractive for people to actually join the MLK in the end.