> I did not submit an application but I still think... You know, after several days of seeing you post on almost every single thread with pure negativity, I took a look at your profile and noticed that you've been complaining about just about EVERYTHING in this competition since the very start. And on top of that, you didn't even manage to submit an entry.
Why the hell are you on this list? It amazes me that you have so much time to post all these negative messages about everything when you don't even have a real significant interest here. There have been some people posting their concerns with the competition very professionally and accurately, and I commend them for doing so (and largely agree with the concerns). But you and a handful of others on the other hand, have completely poisoned this list with your constant stream of negativeness. I noticed someone referring to a judge as a "bitch". There are more than 2000 people on this list, and yet its almost only you guys posting, and all the time. Obviously there have been issues with this competition. It's clear that the judging process could be improved, and obviously Google is doing a pretty poor job at developer communication or even sticking to their schedules. However, if you can't see why Google's top 50 list (20% of the judges were directly from Google by the way) would contain: - an application that intelligently finds ways to measure and reduce your carbon footprint - a cooking application that includes helpful video clips directly on your phone - a weather application with several mobile specific innovations that current weather apps on blackberry or iphone don't have (and weather apps are one of the most popular mobile applications) - MyCloset which allows you to conveniently take pictures and build up your wardrobe with the touch of a button -- there is no easier way I can think of how you could manage wardrobe, this is such a great and useful idea ...then you're probably good at writing code, but you don't really understand what people want. All of these applications, as well as the others, tap into whats in the public's consciousness (which includes by the way about 50% females) and shows a unique mobile application of that idea. The duplicates show different innovations in the same space (the next round is going to be tough for them). Some of you people have obviously worked hard on your application. But surely, in this age of iPods, we've learnt that a long list of features is not going to get you customers. Some of the applications that didn't win are amazing and sure some would make excellent top 50 choices. But don't think that the ones that made it to the top 50 didn't have reasons to. And while Google did mention games and developer tools, only ~2% of all entries were winners. So it's not really a big deal that there weren't any "pure" games on the list or developer tools. Also, by the way I don't know what competitions you enter, but most *don't* provide feedback to the losing entries -- you make a submission, the winners are mentioned and maybe some honorable mentions and that's it -- it's not an exam or a class project. At least that's my experience in the past. Google never promised feedback on entries. So please, to you and your buddies, try to be a bit more professional, try not to compare this competition to the Chinese government vs Tibet, try not to refer to a judge as a bitch - know that there is a silent majority of over 2000 other people here reading your posts, that you sound very immature and that your bitterness is not helpful and does not make anyone respect you. And if you can't do this, please just stop posting. -L --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
