You've got a point, crabby, but let me make myself crystal clear on this.
FTC I see as valid because it has been running for a long while now and Kaddar actually put some work into it. He drew awards and rules images for everyone, and even hosted the whole goddamn script for it on his site. There's a lot of thought and effort that went into the FTC. There are a slew of awards to give out, and although a few people view some if not most of them as trivial, they are awards.
None of the other contests have this, and the same amount of work was not put into any of the other contests. There are things you can play with in the set-up of the FTC that no one has done yet, or at least I have not seen anyone do.
There's my 2 cents. Throw 'em back at me if you must, but there they are.
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