I don't mind that covers of your studio members are highlighted for you to support them. Some people follow the "recommendation", others don't, but it's a stable part of the voting that's same for everyone. And even if it didn't exist, those who wanted to vote for their studio members would do it anyway. I recognize the avatars of my studio members even without the hint - at least the more prominent one's who are a stable part of our team for a longer time. You can even memorize the covers in advance, if you're really determined to get a win for your studio this way...
The thing that annoys me is when I do everything possible to succeed and I still completely flop only because my cover was shown to the wrong people or paired with other nice covers instead of all the other crap that is part of the competition. This is not about rigging or not meeting the preferences of a world-wide male population, this is purely about dumb luck... or lack of it, to be more precise. So far, I've only either finished in the Top 100 with my covers (in Top 30 most of the time) or completely flopped by not getting through the first cut. This further proves to me that if I had more luck and got one or two more votes, my cover could have been in the running till the end of the week for a solid place again (I still have to definitely prove it though by submitting the same cover). Ok, luck is part of the voting, but it really shouldn't play such a big role when you do all the movies and have a decent cover at hand. This is the third time this has happened to me... Maybe in overall that's not too much, but it still shows a negative pattern that should be eliminated by improvements in the voting system.
You know, I've been playing this game for a while now and I'm starting to get weary of the daily routine of making movies and doing missions that is necessary if you want to get somewhere or achieve something. If you don't do all the movies, you can't enjoy the BBA element, because your submitted cover won't be competitive during that week. So you make all those movies and in return, you expect to at least not bomb on the first day... But if the game rewards your effort with an utter flop and an ostentatious preference for lack of effort, than your desire to continue playing further drops...
And it's not just this one thing that annoys me. There are other examples like when you waste tens of hard earned diamonds for a preferred refinement and you can't even get it in a common version, even though you were originally seeking a rare or epic one. Or when you can't find a certain item to complete a collection and constantly get the same other item instead. I wrote about these things not that long ago in different threads... The limited movie making options are also starting to get boring and I could continue...
Edited by Amberson, 04 July 2017 - 19:51 PM.