Oh guys, I feel really bad about writing this because all of your feedback and comments were so kind that it makes me sad haha. However, I think I have to make the point. As you may know, I asked in the chat if it was okay for the judges to vote in the poll and, to be honest, I felt a little uncomfortable seeing the judges pick their favorite pieces in the poll. As I said before, after all, they're showing their preferences with the ongoing competition, and even when users can vote for their own works (something did hahah, but which also shouldn't be allowed imo) the judges will be the ones who will score your work.
Now, please don't take this the wrong way (actually, it took me a while to think about it), but given the above including that my work also won the poll (including votes from the jury and myself) I think the best thing I can do is to withdraw my work from the contest. This seems to be a healthy community, however, if a user says that the poll gave a hint to know the winners, I couldn't argue with that because I was among the winners, and I'd really like to avoid that situation. Again, please don't take this badly, nothing against the judges or the rest of the contestants, I'm glad you chose my work but I feel a bit uncomfortable within that context. I entered the contest just for fun and that's how it was. I'll be happy to give all the honors to the next on the list, or maybe you can leave the place deserted, as you wish. I hope you can understand that, it's just a personal matter, nothing more :)
That said, thanks for the comments I received, I'm very glad you liked my work!
Before I forget, two things. First, I'd like to mention the entries A, B and E. Perhaps they weren't the most lush and complex entries, or perhaps some of them lacked harmonic fluency or put a double stop wrong or something like that. However, they were the pieces with fewest errors in writing and reading. In the same line, but with a little more work, the entries C, F and I. (I may regret it in the future haha, but at a quick glance they gave me that impression).
And second, I hope I'm not taking the words too literally, but I didn't understand one judge's point in pasting some sort of complaint all over the entries about how disappointed he was because the contest turned out to be "From Bits to Ballades". If you want a specific style or mood, you should include that in the rules. Since the contest was pretty free (at least I didn't notice any special requirements), I think we all did what we felt was right, without following a specific requirement. So don't be disappointed expecting something that wasn't required 👍
