Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-27603392-20150623045414/@comment-24087318-20151101060617

To uhh, clarify. How the Featured Character is picked every month is through a special Featured Candidate category. It's made of OCs submitted to it that meet specific criteria outlined in the candidate page itself (there are minimum requirements concerning artwork/symbol/quality so that the site can utilize them as a good-tasting backdrop for the featured month. An OC is picked randomly (Literally RNG decides, they're thrown into a scrambler that picks one from the options.)

The rub, and where I can see your bias, is that Flora is a talented artist, and more than capable of having any of her characters quickly and easily fit the artwork criteria. This means that a vast majority of her OCs are in the listings.

There's no rule that prevents Chat Moderators and Administrators from placing their characters in this category, either. Back when I was an Administrator, I did not have my OC in the Featured Candidates list, but this was not a hard rule. Any other staff member could (and would) have theirs being in the list.

The only bias in play is simply the bias of certain people having easier access to the tools and media required to fit having their character as a candidate, and a greater knowledge of the rules governing it, as they...y'know...helped make them.

And these are not the fault of corruption, or any inside "gaming" of the system. Everybody who qualifies is given a fair shot.

Oh. And my confession is that I'm still completely exasperated that people will complain about something like this instead of doing their research or asking questions in the proper channels and finding out the truth for themselves. It's been years people. You're not going to get spoonfed forever.