You won by probably the largest margin I’ve ever seen, but frankly I don’t really care what happened, or if there was some sort of campaign for/against/let’s-all-masturbate-into-a-kiddie-pool-and-take-a-swim sort of thing going on.

I thought you wrote a very good forum that deserved to win. I can’t speak for plk, but the only thing I did differently last week was submit mostly entirely new batch of forums. Perhaps they just weren’t as good. This week, maybe I’ll try the old standbys, or a mix, and submit at a different time rather than right away. Experimentation is the only way I can hope for a long-term advantage. In any case, your entry was quality, so good job! Let no one give you any grief or compare your entry to MemeBusters, or some other crap. It was good, it won, and everyone else can go to hell. I hope to see more from you in the future!

There’s absolutely no reason I or myself should be expected to win every week. It’s too big an undertaking and too wide a field. The better we get, the more people will learn from the popular styles and undertake a personal challenge to write more consistently good entries. I believe I’m already seeing a lot more quality entries this week, and many seem to have settled into a nice style. I think we’ll be seeing many more diverse winners in the future.

Keep up the good work!

—Bashy