[BirdOPrey5]

On the occasion I nominate or vote the style is obviously the first turn on (or turn off) for me... but second I look at the forum stats... if it's a great design but has no traffic it's not BOTM material IMO. Unfortunately I think you'd really need to be a member, and an active member, of each forum before you can make an informed decision and that just isn't practical so inevitably any contest of this type will always be a popularity contest and/or style contest. That said I'm happy to see it continue, I've found a few interesting forums by reading the nominations over the years.