@Jake7589
Hey Jake, I understand that the winners were technically selected at random and that this may have been mentioned in the post. My point isn’t really about losing or demanding a win — it’s more about the way the event was presented to the community.
The competition was branded and visually promoted as a “Creative Competition,” which naturally gives participants the impression that creativity, originality, effort, or quality of submissions would play some role in the outcome.
Because of that, many of us invested significant time creating edits, concepts, and detailed submissions believing the competition would be at least partially merit-based.
When the winners announcement later stated that winners were simply randomly selected from eligible entries, it changed the perception of the entire event. At that point, creativity and effort effectively had no influence on the outcome, which is why some participants feel disappointed or misled.
I completely understand wanting to avoid subjective judging unless explicitly stated upfront, and I respect that. But I think the issue is that the event presentation itself strongly implied a creative evaluation process, even if the technical rules clarified randomness somewhere in the details.
I think future events could avoid this confusion by:
clearly labeling them as random giveaways/draws from the beginning
or having separate categories for “best creative submissions” and “random participation rewards”
or briefly explaining upfront how winners are selected in bold/visible text
That would help align expectations better and make participants feel their effort is properly valued.
I’m saying this respectfully because a lot of people genuinely enjoy participating in these events and put real effort into them. Transparency in how contests are framed goes a long way for community trust.
Yes 3 continuous giveaways and selected in none where one person has won twice how can this be fair?? I mean seriously i posted on the eddies missing, the eddie ice challenge, the zoo game but none selected not sure what will happen with crashing out! 😞
I doubt it's fair anyways. Prizes are mostly given to mods and their buddies. They could make it transparent how they pick winners, but they don't. That's why I didn't even bother to participate.
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