Disappointing Photo Contest

[JLMatterer]

I entered a photo contest on another Playmobil forum, & the results were exciting to watch, as there was a consistent tie happening. The final results were 5 entries: 2 got 9 votes each, & 3 got 7 votes each. An obvious tie all around. Today the winners were announced. One of the 9-votes was declared a winner, the other 9-votes was called for 2nd, & one of the 7-votes was 3rd. No explanation of why the tie votes were not recognized, & no explanation of how someone determined who the winners were by these votes.

I had no expectations of winning this contest, but it now strikes me as being unfair. Why enter a contest if the votes are going to be ignored & a winner announced based on some unexplained rationale? This will be the last contest I enter on that forum. Call it a draw or call for a re-vote on the top 2 who tied. GRRRR!!!!! 

[Birdie]

Have you asked for an explanation?

[tahra]

That doesn't make any sense, I think..

[JLMatterer]

Have you asked for an explanation?

No, I'm just going to forget the whole thing.

The next contest on this forum has the theme "outdoors." Yesterday I went to a local forest & set-up a Playmobil camping scene for photographs. In the process, I had an accident & fell down the side of a cliff. I got pretty banged up & hit my head on a tree. I carried on & got the photos, but am not happy with them. Today I'm sore & have a headache, & I got no decent photos out of the deal.

Normally I wouldn't care, but now I wonder if it's worth going through that much effort, time, & trouble to enter one of their contests, only to perhaps find myself tied for first place & to not win with no explanation given.

This is what happens when you're on a forum that's not Playmofriends! 

This is the only usable photo from yesterday, & it's pretty awful. Of course, by this point I had my cracked my head & was aching badly, so I wasn't in the mood! 

Now, I'm actually off to the doctor to see about my head & bruises.  Happily, I've now vented & feel better. TX! 

[Birdie]

That's a lovely sunny picture  I really like the sausage on a stick over the fire 

You shouldn't fall down cliffs for photocontests though  I hope you're okay!

I just meant that maybe there is an explanation that would have the results make more sense, but they just didn't clarify. 

[JLMatterer]

I just meant that maybe there is an explanation that would have the results make more sense, but they just didn't clarify.

  Actually, I did ask them how they decided who the winner was, while expressing the idea that the outcome was overall unfair. The moderator(s) probably has/have the final say when it comes to ties, though I don't know.

I think it should've been handled differently, but it's not my forum nor my call, so I'm just leaving it there.

[Tiermann]

While falling down cliffs to get a photo of nesting endangered eagles might just be acceptable, falling down them for Playmobil that is perfectly happy to sit still for you wherever you put it is perhaps excessive.  Hope your head gets better quickly 

[Raven]

Hope you are OK after your fall.

I think that you deserve an award for Making One Of Those Yellow Floppy Tents Actually Look Like a Tent (instead of like a concertina).  How did you do it? 

[JLMatterer]

While falling down cliffs to get a photo of nesting endangered eagles might just be acceptable, falling down them for Playmobil that is perfectly happy to sit still for you wherever you put it is perhaps excessive.  Hope your head gets better quickly 

I have done some... exciting... things to get photographs in the past; climbing on roof tops, flying in a 2-seater Cessna, wading in salt marshes up to my waist. I once met Oliver North when taking photos for my college newspaper, & have taken photos of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Charles. I never fell down a cliff before, though. With all my years as an Eagle Scout, I never fell down a cliff.

Doc says my A1C count (diabetes) has dropped from 13 to 9 (that's good) & my Grave's Disease has gone into complete remission. She didn't seem worried about the fall, though she said to make sure I don't show signs of concussion; the fact that I was really angry after I woke up this morning concerned her as that's not normal for me, & I'm having headaches, too, but I'm still sore from falling & there's no bump on my head. I'll go to ER if things change.

My medicines currently cost $5000+ each month so I try to limit ER trips! 

[JLMatterer]

Hope you are OK after your fall.

I think that you deserve an award for Making One Of Those Yellow Floppy Tents Actually Look Like a Tent (instead of like a concertina).  How did you do it?

I don't think I did anything.  Mine just came that way - maybe I was lucky?