User blog comment:Aquamarinesandopals/Possible OTM Renovation/@comment-27950523-20160921235757

I've shared my sentiments on this but I'll happily share them again:

"  Hmm, I feel like the nominating OCs was a lot simpler? As in, you didn't have to reload the page and vote multiple times and things like that "

This was a key factor for me. It seems minor but it was something that I didn't want to hassle with, which ties into the other excellent point Artemis made:

" And I'd like to add, a lot of people had tests back then, so studying was definitely more important than voting for the OTMs if you knew about them. Going on chat would also be distracting from schoolwork so if people didn't know about the OTMs, I guess they would really find out about them?"

This as well. Studying has been difficult for me, and I get easily sidetracked so when I do gain focus I try everything I can not to lose it. That includes not coming onto the Wikia. Mind you I do take little breaks to see what's going on. But that's all I can afford if I want to retain good study habits. Voting for OTMs became a pain because having to reload the same page over and over and over again for multiple OCs was troublesome. I threw a vote in yeah, but at most I could muster on a busy school day or a late night cram session was just that. One vote. And for someone whose time is very important to devote to academic studies something minor like having to reload the page multiple times got very troublesome.

I too agree with the sentiment of people being swayed to vote for certain OCs simply because other people are voting for those OCs.

I personally liked the nomination method, the one with the check list because not only do I get to participate and get it all out of the way, but I could vote for multiple OCs I wanted to win. I think OTMs should be ran the same way, people nominate the OCs they want to win, a list is made and boom, let the votes come in.

It was nice, being able to check of the OCs people personally nominated. It was also nice because unless you specifically checked the results, the votes were mostly anonymous.

I'm also a very impatient person and honestly the method for OTMs was something I just didn't want to deal with at all, even if I did try to participate by throwing in one or two votes. The SOTM? Forget about it. I honestly never even bothered with those.

So I will be honest, when the OTM's rolled around I grew indifferent. Not to sound calloused but as Artemis mentioned, a lot of people are in school. Some of us are on here when we should be studying but are probably taking some time to unwind and didn't feel obligated to vote.

That brings me to my next point. As I've said before, sometimes people are swayed becausea a certain OC is raking in all the votes.

Moment of honest: I checked the number of the votes and voted for the ones who weren't getting that many votes that I thought they deserved. That was when I felt obligated.

People have stated before on here that there are OCs who don't get the attention they deserve and while worded in a way I didn't wholly agree with, to an extent I can reiterate that standpoint.

That's what made nominating OCs so great. People could nominate the OCs they thought should get the attention and honestly putting One. OC. At. A. Time. On a page where it had to be relaoded multiple times was just: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

I keep bringing that point up, but to me it's a main one. So it's nice, having people personally compile a list of the OCs they wanted to nominate in one go saves hassle.

So there you have it. ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ