| Well, to me, judges being paid means monetary incentive, I just don't see how this isn't, no matter what "label" is applied to it (a flat compensation for judges I could understand, but a "percentage" of entrance fees is another story, especially if, as implied, not everyone pays an entrance fee). Also, I did read the announcement. Basically it says to me that those people Zachary Houghton worked with on the ENnies consider his statement as either speaking out of school, mistakenly wrong, misinformed, or blatantly incorrect (in other words - lying - and not in exact words but definitely by implication). I don't know Zach, and I don't know the other people who work on the ENnies. But, in my experience, people don't make decisions like he did lightly, and it seems he has strong procedural and ethical differences with his fellow staff members and judges. If even half of what he said is true (and why would he lie), then to me, that seems to cast considerable doubt on the fairness and validity of the awards.
If I can't trust them, then I'll disregard them.
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