Unfortunately, it seems ZAM isn't following their own rules. Something about it just does not feel right. Unless I'm reading this all wrong.
This is taken from their rules
http://www.zam.com/wiki/Going_Rogue_..._Contest_Rules
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5. Winner Selection. Raffle winners (Daily Prize winners) will be selected one per day for the first six (6) days of the contest. Raffle winners are based upon all correct entries received between 12:00 AM on the day before the drawing takes place and 11:59 PM the day before the drawing takes place. A First Prize winner will be selected at random from contestants submitting entries on the first Sunday of the contest after opening on Sunday, August 8th at 12:00 AM and after closing on Sunday, August 8th, at 11:59 PM. From the next day, Monday, August 9th until Saturday, August 14th, additional raffle winners (Daily Prize winners) will be selected one per day for those six (6) days of the contest. Raffle winners are based upon all correct entries received between 12:00 AM on the day before the drawing takes place and 11:59 PM the day before the drawing takes place. A Grand Prize winner will be chosen at random on the last day of the contest from all completed entries received throughout the duration of the contest. In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, contestants must submit an image of a hero or villain. Winners of the daily raffle are no longer eligible to receive another daily prize, however, they are still eligible for the Grand Prize.
6. Winner Notification. When your name is drawn, notification will be posted
http://www.zam.com/contests/goingrogue.html using your site user name. You will also be notified via e-mail at the e-mail address attached to your ZAM account. You will have until 5:00 PM one week from the date your name is drawn to respond with a copy of a drivers license or ID card to confirm that you are 18 years of age or older. Responses should be sent to (removed email). The ID must be from a valid location within the United States of America to receive the prize. If you fail to respond in the time allotted, you will forfeit the prize and the prize will be rewarded to another randomly drawn winner from the pool of entries.
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Its set up as a random drawing in their rules. The notifications did not go up during the week as noted in their rules. The postings finally came up about the last day or so as to who the daily winners were. When I saw the gallery before the cut off, there were less then 100 entries. So, when I saw their grand prize announcement, I have to say, it just feels fishy.
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This was on the Grand Prize Winner page
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23000
After going through hundreds of entries, the winner for our character design contest has been picked. Take a look at the Grand Prize submission, as well as some pretty cool runners-up.
We received a bunch of cool entries for our City of Heroes: Going Rogue contest. To enter, you had submit a character of your own creation (not a screenshot). What we found is we have some very talented people amongst our readership. We chose our Grand Prize winner, as well as some deserving runners-up.
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There weren't hundreds of entries in the gallery. If it was random drawing, why would they need to go through all of the entries to pick a winner? I can understand going through many entries to root out what passed the qualifications, but not to pick who won.
