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Hey guys, just to be clear, as I know one of the organizers and as well as being one of the older organizers, I just wanted to explain some stuff. The results of each year has been voted through by jurys that have next to no knowledge about the participants, or relations to them. Last year we had one from each convention, a person from the japanese embassy, cosplay gen, Pixelninja and as well a representative from our sponsors.
As with the participants being chosen from the web; from the top 5, the jury (not related directly to the organizers) then took those 5 and made a decision based on their knowledge of the cosplayers and their works.
Also, you can judge people however you want to, but until you get to know them yourself, I believe speaking about stuff like you do might not be the best option.
I've got my fair amount of shit talking comments about be "rigging" the competition, but as far as I know, the only thing I did was to pull the strings to make everything happen, and then let the jury play out the results.
Good? Now stop being dicks and assholes. I'm fucking proud of what Sweden has achieved the last year when it comes to cosplay. And I believe that it's people like you who makes this whole community the shittiest I've ever experienced.