Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 06:49:35 PM

Given the number of applicants and no lack of good ones, DarkStar_ is probably throwing a dart at the shortlist, but that's not the point. If FOMA didn't break the rules then someone else would have taken his place and earned that money. Therefore FOMA breaking the rules did negatively affect whoever was next on DS's shortlist, even we accept the rationalization that FOMA didn't steal from DS/CM. The fact that we can't name the affected users in this situation doesn't mean they don't exist.

DS tends to look for users making posts on specific boards, IIRC, among other things, so it's not like every user has equal chances, and that's before comparing the quality of their posts.

Also, since potentially affected users lost against FomA in the competition to be admitted, them being accepted would technically mean CM would be paying for posts of inferior quality to those of FomA. Tongue