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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 4482632" data-attributes="member: 1">I have no idea where you pulled that quote from or why we're talking about what you "like", or why you're defining the difference between "what you like" and "quality".  That's nothing to do with this conversation, interesting as it may be as a conversation in its own right.We're talking about a difference of opinion: your opinion differs to the judges as to what should have been nominated.  Fine.  I'm sure thousands of peoples' does in thousands of different ways.  But the fact that you disagree with the nominations doe snot by definition make them wrong, and any suggestion of such carries a strong implication of hubris.Or worse, given that you say you were an entrant; that makes it sound like something else.  And that's very nice for you.  But you're not the judges.  The judges don't base their decisions on your reviews.  They base them on the criteria, policies and other factors they describe in their election campaigns.  They are elected based on these platforms.  That is a fundamental part of the Ennies process: they are voted for as representatives.If a judge-nominee platform is "I hate all PDFs and will always vote against them", extreme and unlikely though that may be (I picked a silly example, but you get the idea), and are subsequently elected based on that platform, the democratic process has been served.Please stop saying that.  You have no idea what went through the judges' minds, other than that they apparently disagree with you.  Ascribing motives to people in this way is simply dishonest and inappropriate.--* I note that on another board, you're ascribing things to me that I haven't said, either.  To be clear, despite your claim otherwise, I am not "slamming you for suggesting that judges be objective", I am advising you that the judges were objective to the extent that a human can be; in that they voted for products they genuinely considered the best in each category, regardless of whether they had seen them before.  Yay for trackbacks.Please, please, stop misrepesenting people, ascribing false motive to other people, misquoting people, or implying they're saying things they aren't saying.  It's dishonest and disingenuous.I also reiterate - if you were an entrant, then it is simply unseemly for you to be having this conversation.To "represent the industry"?  I'm not sure what that means or where you got it from. The awards' mission statement is on the official website.</blockquote>

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