User blog:Nathan Mapping/Trashbin (4): Why I think that boycotting an online event is nonsense

Hi guys, it's me, and I'm gonna tell you why I think that boycotting online events is nonsense

I had this in me for a while but I didn't know how to say it out. It's not like I do now, but I'll try.

I have to admit that sometimes there can be a proper reason to boycott an event, for example when someone visibly cheats in it, however I'm not going to talk about this case. I'd like to talk about the cases I have seen so far. Those cases are:

-Someone won multiple times

-The person boycotting received a miserable place

-The person boycotting accuses the winner for rigging despite not having a proof

So for the first one, it may be one if not the most annoying one. Once someone wins twice people are going crazy over it and saying that the person did not deserve the win. The perfect example is the most recent Mappervision. I'm not saying that I deserved the win nor that I didn't, I just can't understand why others can't deal with things that isn't fully dependant on themselves. Let's take Sebban for example, I kinda get his point that it is annoying when someone wins multiple times, however what I am not able to get is that why do people think that their opinion is the most valuable one? I'm not trying to throw shade at him nor at anyone else, I see this and I don't know why are they like that. Of course, this can be caused by my liberal views or because I don't know how it feels like, but most of the time I'm trying to think as that person and I am still not able to understand them.

Regarding he second case, I can't come with anything else but the case of Hayeren and Holstija in Linguavision. P&MS and Razvy have withdrawn for the second time because of the placing they have gotten, at least this is how I see the situation (please notify me if I'm wrong). It is roughly the same as what I have written about in the first trashbin (the people thinking that their song is better than any other song, and then complaining about how poor they have been placed). I'm not going to say anything but that in my opinion it is nonsense and that trying again and again would be better than boycotting.

And finally, the third case, there's no evidence of that there but I have seen people being like that on discord song contests. In this specifc contest, the owner have won for the second time, and a vast majority of the participating people basically started yelling at him that he definitely rigged the votes and that he shouldn't have won. I wouldn't have been kinda mad at them if they provided some evidences of the so called rigging, however they only made accusations without giving further proofs. I personally think that this kind of mindset is the worst and the most annoying one of all in the song contest community and if people tend to rather rant than mind their own business then they should really reconsider their point of view.

To clarify things up, I do not intend in insulting anyone or throwing shade at the people mentioned above, this is just my personal opinion. I know this will cause lots of disagreements and maybe some controversies though just like any expression of personal opinion, however what I'd like to ask for is if you really disagree with me, then please don't come at me like "fuck you, your opinion is shit".

Anyway, that's all from me for now, I really hope I did not manage to insult anyone. Now that I've said what I wanted, it is time to say goodbye for now and see you in the next blog post.

xoxo