GwenMay
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Congratulations to @Dardiel and his supporters for winning the poll! I have no doubt your suggestion will make an excellent set, and I look forward to seeing it in action next week. Thank you to all the supporters who voted for my suggestion honestly. While I know this is disappointing news, I am very grateful for all the time and energy everyone invested into providing feedback, supporting, and voting for my set. We ran a great race, and demonstrated unequivocally that hypercritical and lucky strike items enjoy broad support amongst the playerbase. While we did not quite make it this time, I sincerely hope that our enthusiasm for hypercritical and lucky strike encourages staff to prioritize revisiting those mechanics so we can receive more such items in the future. I believe it's appropriate to briefly address the elephant in the room: the cheating by certain voters that staff identified. I strongly condemn any such behavior, and am disappointed that some of my supporters thought cheating was necessary for my suggestion to prevail. To the contrary, staff have confirmed in the official and unofficial AQ discord servers that had the voters who cheated voted honestly instead, my suggestion would have won. The irony is palpable. Nonetheless, staff made the correct choice in eliminating the votes of players who cheated, and I hope everyone (both those who supported my suggestion and those who did not) joins me in uniting behind Dardiel's suggestion as this summer's donation contest draws to a close. We have had a difficult few weeks as a community due to the misbehavior of a few bad apples. However, we should not let this distract us from the amazing enthusiasm this community demonstrated for this poll, or the fact that 156 players (the vast majority, and far more than anyone expected) participated honestly and thoughtfully. Let us finish this donation contest with the spirit of charity it embodies, while providing constructive and respectful feedback on the suggestion process in the thread staff have approved for that discussion.
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