Trekkie, if it went out before the cull, it was likely disqualified -- if you'd like an opinion on whether it had a DQ-able offense in it, feel free to PM me with the item text.
I never accussed anyone of Cheating..a Mathematical Unbalanced way to determine a winner is not Outright cheating...Unfair Yes but Not Cheating. I never said cheating is what caused my item to not get selected after 2 Cull. I never really expected my item to win #1 spot.
Sure Unofficial People have offered an explanation on how it was suppose to Work but until I see that the horse is really before the cart I ain't buying it...
This why I never usually enter contest like this..I ain't interested in it. If I wanted to publish an Adventure, I can do what others are doing..Write it..Kickstart it...Sell it on my Own..Guess what It Works. I can design Flip Mats and sell for even 25 cents a piece in PDF format and make money on it. Took me about 2 Hours to recreate the Ossuary Map from The Godsmouth Heresey..Even if I thought my time was worth $20 dollars per hour..I could easily have taken donations to make that Money but I turned it down. I don't do that. All my creations are credited to the original Cartographers and I try and adhere to their Original Maps unless I have absolutely have change things because of my Skills with Campaign Cartographer. If I was looking to just win and make money I would not be doing Maps for free and giving them away and sharing with Paizo Fans..I would not be offering to do them for free for Paizo so they can provide them for their Fans. This contest is not about becoming the greatest Fanatsy designer since Gary and Arn for me. It was about giving back to a Game I love.
Imagine a bucket. Put one of each item in that bucket. Now when somone opens the vote page or gets their next pair, they take the two items they are voting on out of the bucket. Eventually, every item is taken out of the bucket spread across multiple voters... But every item has been seen and voted on the exact same number of times... When the bucket gets emptied, it is refilled with one of every item not culled. Repeat, repeat. This means that every item is seen the same number of times as every other item in the competition. As we all draw from that same bucket, we might never see all the items individually, but all items are seen the same number of times. No maths, does that help understand?
You'll regret this thread if you make the Top 32! ;)
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