Saxxy "Comedy:" Rigged, or just poor choice?

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Hey all you *wonderful* people on the SFM sub! This is more or less a rant post, so if you don't like rants, move along.However, I truly feel like something funny is going on with this year's "Comedy" and, to some extent, "Short" contestants. Multiple reasons, in fact.1. Hardly any of the content is ACTUALLY funny. I mean, yeah there are some giggles here and there, but the jokes are really low brow and just overall plastic and lifeless.2. The finalists aren't that well animated, either. Speaking of which, that leads to my third point;3. Two of the entries are by the same guy. "Dropping the Ball" and "Bonk Boy vs. the Script!" are both made by the SAME animator, and both honestly seem low quality in comparison to other potential runners up.4. Voting. What is it good for? ABSOLUTELYSeriously. None of the top-voted entries even made it near the category, all of the contestants having fluctuating between 800 - 3.2k "I like this" votes. Something tells me that our voice didn't matter one bit since there were three entries around the 3,900 mark, and all of which were fluently animated with good jokes and storyline.5. Another qualm that comes to mind; Not only did two entries by the same person get into the finalists, but a third entry (Medic's Magic Show) wasn't evenin the Comedy category. It tried out for Shorts. (Which, by the way, got gimped badly this year as well.)Some examples of videos that didn't make it, but had high amounts of votes:Fanic: "Mann v. Hat" Krunkidile: "System Leak" Viking Skirts: "Blu Team's Day Off" Dr_Steen: "Seat 2: Mall" So I'm legitimitely curious. Is this thing rigged? Or are we just puppets with a fake front of "voting" and they just pick names from a barrel?Whatever the case, we're upset, Valve. You're not making a good example for years to come with the Saxxies... Please explain, at the least, why we couldn't make it.Sincerely,andthat got japed out of a chance to get a saxxy and recognition for their hard work.