(11-17-2012, 01:28 PM)SovietShark Wrote: I don't see any judging guidelines on the site. Maybe the likes having nothing to do with judging? It would make sense seeing how many people I've seen advertising people to just vote for their game. It'd just promote people voting for the one project they know of and like, and not try to look at other games to find something new or cool. I could see why they chose that route if they did.

1) There were, in total, quite a bit less likes this year than last year, especially considering only 1 game broke past 100 votes (Pokemon Mystery Universe, which IIRC had more votes last year)
2) I highly doubt the Fire Emblem community could heavily factor into the like count with how niche the franchise is. Also, 3 of the FIre Emblem games were too evenly matched count-wise for me to think one person in particular was gunning for votes.
3) The one group where this would MOST apply - the Mario communities - had the least total likes. (Well, not quite "least", but heck, I don't recall any of the games breaking past 30 likes when normally these are the ones that get 100+)

To sum it up: "Viewer Like Fraud" doesn't appear as logically plausible this year as it did last year. Besides, the oft-voted games were all solid picks anyway.