I think the voting system should be changed as it's really funny at the moment (because some of the pizzas on display are culinary arts). But at the same time, these pizzas did not receive due attention. I see that in the discord all pizzas got 1 vote each while two pizzas got 10 votes each (to be honest I think someone texted friends or something like that).
Yes. They did. The Irony is that they did not ask their friends to review other pizzas and vote if they liked them. In such a way, Voting can be manipulated. But, As long as I remember, asking your friends to vote for you is allowed. Last year fillippone posted in the Wo thread and invited WO Bros to vote, if I am not wrong. That's more acceptable. But, when you ask your friends to vote for you in private, people with the worst pizza with a big friend circle could win the competition.
It's not about the prize at all, I just wanted to speak out because I think that the organizer of the competition should have chosen, say, the 10 best pizzas (in own subjective opinion). And then put them to a vote. I am sure that in this case sponsorship contributions would be much more significant and I also took care of it.
Well, This is the fourth year, and the the last three seasons were fair (If I am not wrong). I don't think the organizer expected that much submission or exposure this year. Since everyone was doing fair, he might think this year it will be like those as well. I think asking your friends to vote should not be allowed because they will vote only for you. But, the problem is you cannot monitor it. You would never know if someone asked their friends to vote for them. Your Suggested Idea is not bad. But, then other participants may get disappointed because they might think their effort wasted.
I guess I've seen poll voting system in either Pie Baking contest or Pumpkin Curving contest. How is that worked in your opinion?
Yes I did.
Last year I posted on the WO about pizza contest, and saying to everybody to vote for their favourite pizza, not explicitly mine.
As the contest has grown in popularity I would say it is a nice improvement having a “round robin” phase followed by a final phase. More complicated to organize, but maybe more fun!