Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the bias is going to make an absolute difference, but it is still a factor. Yes, not every VN did as well as Ever17. However, I do still maintain that the group voting in their matches is not as diverse as the ones in others, for obvious reasons. How many people who aren't hardcore VN fans do you think would have played any of the three straight VNs? Not many. On the other hand, you'd have a lot of people who aren't super dedicated fans of other genres still playing their games. If the same thing applied to VNs, you can bet they'd do worse overall. Just for the record this also applies in theory for other things, but VNs are certainly the best example. Really Ever17 was only the Absolute Best Game according to VN fans.
Oh, and if you look, the other two straight VNs did really well for themselves. One narowly lost to a finalist, and the other narrowly lost to a game that lost to the entrant that tied the winner.
Also KP, please stop massively and deliberately misinterpreting my arguments. I do agree with the idea behind the contest, but there's a flaw in this case.
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