I don't follow any awards, don't really care for them, but out of your whole list I've only seen Rango. It might be bad if people vote for something they haven't seen but they probably vote without seeing what the other contenders are. That's not fair either. I think a lot of people will only see one or two entries and then vote for their favourite. But there's no way for the award to make sure that every voter watches every film first so they all be compared.
If people are only voting for what they've seen, not a proper comparison by merit then it doesn't make sense why it would be wrong to compare them just by watching trailers or reading up on them. The very fact that the award is self-described for "excellence in the furry arts" means that Bitter Lake is the best contestant. The other films are going to be more professional but they weren't made by furries or even for furries, they just are incidentally furry. Bitter Lake is by furries, for furries and using one of the most visible aspects of the furry fandom, fursuits.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I don't follow any awards, don't really care for them, but out of your whole list I've only seen Rango. It might be bad if people vote for something they haven't seen but they probably vote without seeing what the other contenders are. That's not fair either. I think a lot of people will only see one or two entries and then vote for their favourite. But there's no way for the award to make sure that every voter watches every film first so they all be compared.
If people are only voting for what they've seen, not a proper comparison by merit then it doesn't make sense why it would be wrong to compare them just by watching trailers or reading up on them. The very fact that the award is self-described for "excellence in the furry arts" means that Bitter Lake is the best contestant. The other films are going to be more professional but they weren't made by furries or even for furries, they just are incidentally furry. Bitter Lake is by furries, for furries and using one of the most visible aspects of the furry fandom, fursuits.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~