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Hello fellow Daoists and @KingBiBiK, @Alew, and @Meh, we have to apologize to all of you for the mistakes in calculating the final result. Through an internal investigation, we re-audited the SQL, database, server settings and forum settings, allowing us to finally recognize that our forum time setting is GMT+0 instead of GMT+8. The time zone setting doesn’t affect the functionality of the forum, except our calculations for the event.
Based on our previous time setting, the event would have been closed to vote on 24:00 Dec 27th, 2017 GMT + 8 which equals to 16:00 Dec 27th, 2017 GMT+0. The wrong time setting we used led to a wrong count of the vote. We recognize that it was seriously unfair for all participants.
We appreciate that KingBiBiK and Alew stood forward to point out our dumb mistakes. Currently, we have re-calculated the final results in the correct time zone settings. Please check the following details:
Winner: Alew
Likes: 71
2nd: Meh
Likes: 62
3rd: KingBiBiK
Likes: 59
We are sorry for the mess up and hope you fellow daoists can forgive us for this mistake. Frankly, this is the first time we’ve built a global event that requires to invite fans to a trip to China. The mistake in the time zone setting would definitely be fixed in the future and we hope our mistake doesn’t disappoint all of you.
As for the compensation, we decide to give the real winner Alew a free China trip, including the air tickets, hotel fees and VISA application costs. We welcome Alew to redeem this wonderful trip in China this time, or save this trip for another time when you feel comfortable. Alew, please contact us directly by general@webnovel.com as soon as possible.
To Meh, we will still invite him to join our Ceremony. He, as a normal user this time, didn’t do anything wrong or violated any rules.
To dear KingBiBiK, unfortunately we can only invite Alew this time. We will give you some bonus Spirit Stones, physical gifts, and some merchandises as compensation. Other than that, we will also give you top priority in future events for a visit.
To our dear readers, please allow us to apologize again, and we will try our best to improve the overall event design and be professional in the future. We, the Webnovel team, consists of many innovative and motivated young people just like all of you. We won’t say we are perfect saints who will never make mistakes in the future, but we will try our best to develop into a mature entity.
May we grow with all of you together!
PS: Our greatest wish for 2018 is to not need to say sorry to all you guys anymore