I happen to know BabyStar was absolutely ecstatic that her "Shine" won Best Graphic Novel. I do not know her personally, but I have read her Fur Affinity journal, and she listed it as the highlight of her year.
For the people who win it, it's a great thing.
If it had no relevance, the people who did not win it would not be sucking on their sour grapes trying to throw muck on the accomplishments of the winners.
If people want to win, they should make an effort to do so. I made an effort. What should I have done, recommended my readers vote for anybody but me? Where's the point in that? They could have looked at the other contestants in the categories. They're not mind-numbed robots who do my bidding. If they were, I wouldn't be broke in obscurity right now, watching my analytics numbers steadily going down.
Instead of dragging me for putting in an effort, why don't you ask the people who did not win, why they put in no effort? Any one of those other works could have mopped the floor with mine if only their artists had mentioned the Awards.
But it's easier to attack me than it is to encourage the competition.
I happen to know BabyStar was absolutely ecstatic that her "Shine" won Best Graphic Novel. I do not know her personally, but I have read her Fur Affinity journal, and she listed it as the highlight of her year.
For the people who win it, it's a great thing.
If it had no relevance, the people who did not win it would not be sucking on their sour grapes trying to throw muck on the accomplishments of the winners.
If people want to win, they should make an effort to do so. I made an effort. What should I have done, recommended my readers vote for anybody but me? Where's the point in that? They could have looked at the other contestants in the categories. They're not mind-numbed robots who do my bidding. If they were, I wouldn't be broke in obscurity right now, watching my analytics numbers steadily going down.
Instead of dragging me for putting in an effort, why don't you ask the people who did not win, why they put in no effort? Any one of those other works could have mopped the floor with mine if only their artists had mentioned the Awards.
But it's easier to attack me than it is to encourage the competition.