Sometimes life isn't fair, and there is no democracy. Just deal with it. Results are in and even if you don't agree with them, the best way to move forward is to come into terms that **** happens sometimes.

At least some people got new devices (not commenting if they deserved or not, most likely most of them did) and if we are lucky some of them will continue contributing to the community. Some will not, but that is normal (and there is no obligation to do so), bunch of previous round chosen ones have yet to produce a single app in Ovi store that they promised or have totally ignored TMO/IRC.

We can just hope that there will be yet another round of awards some day, and if there aren't, then you can always give positive feedback to individuals that you feel were wronged.

Most of the individuals in the community appreciate the positive feedback for their work. Positive feedback doesn't always need to be monetary or hardware (and I bet that individuals will provide you paypal details or snailmail address if you feel obligatory to donate something), a kind review or simple thanks on IRC usually helps the community to grow. At least it keeps me going when I hear kind words.

Having said that, I still plan to take part in coding competition...