it is getting boring now,thread should be closed,whats done is done,and what ever has been decided, and no matter what our views will not change decisions that have been made by staff,and as for rules that didnt exist,hopefully the rules will be clearly clarified in future events.

Post a screenshot. When I looked in there I didn't see any place to add the game info manually.

This is the most unfair action I have ever seen done to an individual. I could care less for these types of competitions because they are nothing more than popularity contests. I do have to comment on this.
There are several things wrong with what was done.
First staff decides to disqualify a nominee for breaking a rule. The problem is the rule is not a written rule, but, is an implied rule that everyone should know since staff knows of it.
The person that broke the rule didn't know they were breaking it yet staff decided they did and removed them from nomination.
What really makes this a traversty is the removal was done after the voting started. If anything the whole contest should have been started over.
As a result what you now have is the community upset with what happened and a few of the staff members defending the decision and doing damage control.
In all fairness this months contest should be closed and no further contests should be started until a set of rules is defined and posted for all to see. I also agree with staff that the no spam rule for the site was broken, however, no where is it stated that this rule applies to this contest. What staff should have done is reprimand the user for using the PM system to spam by either a warning or a temp ban.
Now that the damage is done and staff is making itself look bad in their responses to this thead the only logical thing for them to do to save face is close this contest, set up specific rules that leave little to misinterpretation and admit that they might have made a hasty decision.
As I said I could care less for these types of contests, but, what was done here is an injustice and needs to be rectified.

Well said AWS.. Totally Agree with you

Lemme get my photoshop up. He he he ;)

Let's face it, the only reason anyone cares about this is because the arcades are so popular. Restarting the poll would probably be the easiest thing to do to make the majority happy, but that really wouldn't be fair to everyone who's had their hack removed from previous polls.

Jenta, I'm getting sick of your trolling. As far as arcade preference goes, I'm with The Geek. Ibpro might have better support or more features, but as soon as I saw that it came with it's own database class, complete with a second connection, I ran for the hills.

EDIT: I don't know why it needed to be reworded, I thought it was just a funny explanation of why Jenta seems so angry with John. :speechless:

v3 Arcade - Games Arcade System for 3.5.1 is the champion :) ;)

Are any of the previous HoTM contests fair seeing as there winners may have unknowingly broken other rules regarding HoTM? Most likley atleast one previous HoTM winners would of been DQed over a broken rule gone unnoticed. So is it fair to allow IPB Arcade in, perhaps not but is it fair to call anyone an Offical HoTM winner?

Good! :p

yea this is a complete nightmare for the hotm for dec. just redicoulous. we cant get answers completely. i went far enough to make my own poll for us in the general forum, and it got deleted by Brad, and i got sent this PM

still dont understand how my poll affects anything and how i spammed and how its a problem. if this gets your attention brad, instead of the 3 PM's ive sent u already that have been ignored, let us all know why my poll isnt ok. thanks.