thank you @ashikstd for the reply.
if there is no big upvote for the early entries, everyone, as long they can put their entry on time (5 days duration), have equal opportunity to get upvoted ofcourse with the curation discretion. This means a lot for us, especially when you, one of curators, said this directly. it's a great help for us in guiding our friends join in participating battle challenge events in good and proper way.
I do not accuse @jaeb breaching any rules, but as you said, it's not a good practice. New participants, or people who have been in very bad mood due to not getting upvote from previous event, they might get different idea and would escalate this into something else that outsmart rules and fairness. What @jaeb has said is true. Some people have been taking comment spots recently. I have noticed some of them got poked or given soft warning/reminder, but not all yet.
2 to 4 weeks ago we had a long upvote drought. However there have been some new rules and finally curators have started punishing cheaters (multi account participants and plagiators). Things are getting better recently, so I hope everyone can support this by atleast avoiding doing things in "grey area"
Thanks for sharing! - @ashikstd
Thanks for your understanding. 😊