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I really hate how this keeps coming back to my item.
This really isn't about why or why I didn't get rejected.
The reason it keeps coming back to you—and it's you much more than your item—is that you came onto our boards, trashed our judges and employees, and called us a bunch of glorified copy-and-pasters, with posts dripping in sarcasm and attitude, painting yourself as the victim all the while.
I'd especially point out these parts:
...looking over the stuff [Clark's] company has published and the comments he's made before, and listening to his stuff here, I just don't see how his opinion is worth anything.
And in your very next post, you state:
Now nothing I said so far has been inflammatory...
Either you don't understand how you come across, or you don't understand the meaning of the word "inflammatory."
And then you write this:
I think you should realize that you are representing yourself and your company to your audience, the people that buy your stuff.
You know, you also need to realize that people are judging you by the things you say, and though you called Clark a "a giant, over-glorified troll," well, I'll just note that the trolling being done here is all by you.
I'll tell you this: if Paizo *had* ever given you an assignment, after seeing the way you conduct yourself on our forums, I'd ensure that we never gave you another one.
I don't look forward to the next contest knowing he is a judge.
I hope you follow through with the indications you've given that you won't be entering. You'd be wasting everyone's time, because you're disrespectful, and in comportment, you're as far from an RPG Superstar as you can be. I'm glad you think highly of Neil, because you could learn quite a lot from him—and I'm talking about in life, not just in game design.