[Lx_Nen]

It's not as bad as it looks, the ones that get judged are the top 10 most spins after 2 weeks, plus 10 picked by the staff. I think Beatport know they have a problem with 'ballot-stuffing' (actually, it's bleedin' obvious when someone has 41 spins but the track has only been played 27 times!), which is why the 3 big prizes are not awarded on number of spins, there's just a small $50 prize for that.

If you look through the other contests that have closed, they nearly always say that the top prize winner wasn't the one with the most spins, so I think we just have to aim for the front page, where we stand a decent chance of spicking up votes from in dependent people, and of being picked by the editorial team on quality... because having heard about 50 or 60 so far, I can say that the Dirty mixes do stand out on quality!