I'm somewhat surprised at these numbers. The total votes cast is just under 4k, so the total number of players voted is probably around 1k, since some may have voted for less than 5, or didn't know they could vote for more than 1. I think we could have had a greater turn out if this was advertised better in-game, for arcade players. A good number of players I spoke to while playing arcade games were not aware there was a contest going on. However, 1k for the one week period is may be fair.
Ultimately this contest, the 81 submitted maps, and subsequent projects too ambitious for the reserved contest period, were all done to strengthen the Arcade. I know there were a few prominent map makers with very innovative maps whose work missed the spotlight because the contest favored easy to pick up games. Thus I hope Blizzard plans to organize opportunities for dialogue between map makers, not just those in the final 5, and the Blizzard development team on how to improve the Arcade.
Final 5 maps announced, with the number of votes for each map. It was fairly close for all entries.
http://us.battle.net/arcade/en/blog/14917280/rock-the-cabinet-final-five-7-22-2014
I'm somewhat surprised at these numbers. The total votes cast is just under 4k, so the total number of players voted is probably around 1k, since some may have voted for less than 5, or didn't know they could vote for more than 1. I think we could have had a greater turn out if this was advertised better in-game, for arcade players. A good number of players I spoke to while playing arcade games were not aware there was a contest going on. However, 1k for the one week period is may be fair.
Ultimately this contest, the 81 submitted maps, and subsequent projects too ambitious for the reserved contest period, were all done to strengthen the Arcade. I know there were a few prominent map makers with very innovative maps whose work missed the spotlight because the contest favored easy to pick up games. Thus I hope Blizzard plans to organize opportunities for dialogue between map makers, not just those in the final 5, and the Blizzard development team on how to improve the Arcade.
I just hope there are more contests.
I hope not. There are better ways to spend that money and effort.