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Who da fuck judge Batalla photo contest?

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jsnow
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How did a stock photo win over all the other WAY better ones? I smell a pay off! Is NS contest becoming the way of the American $ system, pay to win?

https://www.newschoolers.com/readnews/44934.0/Batalla-Photo-Contest-Winners
Apr 4 2014 6:38PM
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jsnow
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For those to lazy to click.

This won?
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Over all of these
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Apr 4 2014 6:44PM
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nutz.
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Dude. Read the top blurb.

"The guidelines were simple -- enter your best ski shot, be it urban, park, or powder, and let the community decide what makes a photo truly epic. The votes we're tallied from over 50 entrants and one man came out ahead."

People VOTED for it. It wasn't judged by us.
Apr 4 2014 6:49PM
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jsnow
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Clearly it is a flawed system.
Apr 4 2014 6:52PM
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eheath
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ANY contest that is an online open voting contest is flawed, popularity =/= best.
Apr 4 2014 6:53PM
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nutz.
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^truth, but I bet that OP is one of those people who would complain about the outcome no matter what.
Apr 4 2014 6:55PM
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ShredMasterPlus
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yea popularity contests suck, whoever has the most facebook friends wins. That photo blows compared to everything else.
Apr 4 2014 7:06PM
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jsnow
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Not at all.

If any of the other photos listed on the link won I would have not made this thread.


Apr 4 2014 7:19PM
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Miomo
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It was almost definitely a contest sway
Apr 4 2014 7:19PM
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Drail
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Newschoolers.com is very proficient at contest sways. With that in mind, I don't know if you're allowed to complain on here about a contest sway, no matter the outcome.
Apr 4 2014 7:43PM
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ABalls
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Ya that's ridiculous but the people voted for it so it won.
Apr 4 2014 7:57PM
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Peter.
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it's an NS member's photo, the one that won


Apr 4 2014 10:28PM
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cydwhit
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So is Gavin's that didn't and I am pretty sure a couple others of those are NS'ers as well, I don't see your point. This was a popularity contest not a "Which photo is objectively better" contest
Apr 5 2014 12:35AM
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terraclot
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because objectivity is a thing when talking photography
Apr 5 2014 1:29AM
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terraclot
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Because objectivity is a thing when discussing photography.
Apr 5 2014 1:30AM
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cydwhit
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It's not, but I think it should be.
Apr 5 2014 2:10AM
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