But hiding the results wouldn't actually kill the efficiency studio voting can have.
On the contrary, it would make it harder to know for a member of a non-collaborational-studio if he/she would have to step it up, doing more ballots trying to vote for him/herself because he/she would actually have a chance to end high...
Speaking for myself here, but I think it can be applied universally with experienced and/or "artistic" players... I usually know when I have made an "above average" cover. It tends to be the one that I myself happen to like a lot. At this point, I think I also have enough experience to know what works with people... I can actually feel the high potential as soon as I think of the idea. And when I'm satisfied with the concrete realization of that idea, I know I have a very good chance of being in the run for the top spots. For example, I knew my last week’s entry, despite the effort and creativity put in, was only a Top 100 finisher before the voting even started. And I actually said so in the studio chat. However, I felt really good about the one before that which was the one that eventually finished 2nd. Even one of my studio mates called it a "winning cover" right away. I actually thought it had the potential but still wouldn’t win and I was right about that too. Having this type of vague intuition and familiarity with the taste of the voters + the bigger motivation you have to see something that you’re proud of succeeding allows you to step up your effort in the right time even if the preliminary results stay hidden. Not that the voting effort makes much of a difference, as I've already said earlier...
Edited by Amberson, 11 July 2018 - 10:44 AM.