BOTM contest, why common sites are chosen always?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by TECK

I thought that vBulletin.org picks randomly from a submitted list 5 contest players.
Thanks for the information, I understand now how the system works.

We choose the sites that received most valid seconds. If this would lead to more then 5 sites (if sites get the same number of seconds) then we will do a random selection out of those that received the same number of seconds.

PS We prefer not to use the term "hackers" as that is associated with something else then coding modifications.