Japanische Drucke

Yes there is no evidence that any GM or moderator have favourize any players nor will you hear any of that sort but as long as they are not paid professional and are playing alongside friends, the possibility of them doing so cannot be dismissed. Do you remember that time when there was a limerick contest wherein the judges chose a player who rhymed "Car" with "Cra"? 1. Car and cra do not rhyme and 2. since the winning limerick will be implemented as an item description, it does not make sense for the word car to be implemented because there is no car in the game universe/lore.

I'm not saying that the judges did favour the winner, but how can anyone trust a judge pool that have friends who also plays the game. As long as the possibility of nepotism exist, no contest will ever be free from doubts of biased judgement, and those who lose in contest will always have that feeling that the judges have favoured friends. It is unfair to the winners because even if they win fairly, there is still the possibility that others will think that they win because they are friends with the judges, even if they are not. If you want to remove that shadow of doubt, then the best way is to hire paid GM and Mods who do not have playing friends.