OK, I will consider that.

When you go on holiday abroad they treat you well because it's you paying them. When you go to work abroad they treat you badly because it's them paying you.

In spite of what you and The Feetosopher say, this forum is about rival gangs fighting for supremacy. They may not be based on nationality, OK, but there is the City Feet gang, the Toes-In-Action gang, the real life barefoot girls of the internet gang, and the Barefoot Urban Girls gang (which is the weakest one). I have studied the forum from the outside for a long time, there are very interesting social dynamics going on here. Some members would never say anything positive about the enemy site. Some even ignore the threads dealing with that site. You, The Feetosopher and 1-2 other guys move across a slightly wider territory, but you have your taboos too. For instance, you hate Toes-In-Action rag dolls, but I have never seen any direct attack of yours to them in Hal's threads. The Feetosopher used to be more entertaining in the past, but he rarely shows his jaws now. You can clearly see hostility among gangs and individuals here, but outbursts of true verbal violence are rare. It is a polite hostility.
My provocative post about the beating that City Feet and Toes-In-Action models got by Barefoot Urban Girls models in your contest caused no other reaction than your own and The Feetosopher's. And instead of joining me in a celebration of Italian pride, you told me not to cause problems.
I had found my way into the forum to bring some lively trolling, but now I doubt that I would get any fun out of it. So do not worry, I will cause no problems in your threads.

Well, you see.. the more I have grown old, the scarcer the energies and the time that I have been willing to spend feuding with certain (unpleasant, I'll be honest) lads here in the forum.
It's wiser to spend the little leisure time and energies that I have now in more rewarding activities. And to steer clear from endless verbal wars.. leading to no positive outcomes whatsoever for me..

Wise words. And well said, my friend!

Group G is now closed: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8152

The final count is:
Linda from defunct sites Barefoot Forever/Postmodern Women: 4 votes
Ashley from Shoeless Girl Media: 3 votes
Rachel from Shoeless Girl Media: 2 votes
Maud from defunct sites Barefoot Forever/Postmodern Women: 0 votes

Linda wins Group G and proceeds to quarter-final 4.

Congratulations Linda!

Linda from defunct sites Barefoot Forever/Postmodern Women

I'm in full agreement with you barefootfootseeker on the paucity of votes for so many worthy models from all the sites...but especially Yana.I mean, one vote???? I guess the cabal got togather and decided on that one. Once again, the prettiest model (IMO) gets punished in favor of a decidedly inferior candidate......I VOTE????? I mean, come on now. Kinda shoots to hell the credibility of these "best of" and GOAT tournaments. They aren't worth the time and effort anymore. Voting out of nationalistic loyalty and solidarity really sucks.

It is not entirely clear to me whom you are ranting at, michael0218.. is it maybe at the people who voted for BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS models in the contest?
And since Yana was in the same group as SWAINS.. are you maybe referring to SWAINS with that "decidedly inferior candidate"?
I doubt that most of the votes for BUG models in the contest came from "national solidarity" among Italian members in the forum.. since only three Italian members declared their support to BUG models.. myself, barefootfootseeker (who did not always vote for BUG models, anyway), and scalza (ditto). nudescalze declared to have voted for BUG models only afterwards, and it seems that he is more interested in messing up things a bit in the forum, than in supporting BUG models in the contest. The outstanding 6-0 shutdown by BUG models vs. City Feet and TIA models was made possible by the declared support of several non-Italian forum members (many thanks to them! )
As for the credibility of barefootfootseeker's Miss Barefooting Universe contest.. I would bet my balls that you would not have questioned the credibility of the contest in case all the six BUG models were eliminated in the group stage by City Feet or TIA models.. wouldn't you?
Whatever.. I am grateful to barefootfootseeker for having set up and managed this fantastic Miss Barefooting Universe contest.. and I hope that he does not consider it a wasted effort..

Hello, michael0218. Whereas I fully understand and share your frustration about Yana (and also Janina and Kira of Toes-In-Action did not receive the appreciation that they deserve, in my opinion), I disagree with your considerations about the contest as a whole. It is obvious that a contest in this forum is not representative by definition: there are probably less than 20 members active on a regular basis here, and some of them systematically ignore any thread that I start (except those where I express my disappointment for the decline of City Feet in terms of the quality of the models). It is clear that I have started this contest just for fun, but it has been worth the effort so far, and in any case the results of a democratic consultation must be accepted. It is clear that the majority of voters preferred the six models representing Barefoot Urban Girls. If you will continue voting in the contest, I will be happy for that.
P.S: your reference to nationalism gave me the idea to start a thread on the topic. Thank you for the inspiration.

Ciao Feetosopher, you are welcome. See my reply to michael0218: I do not think that I have wasted time and energies with this contest. I am having fun, and I see that other forum members are having fun, too. This is the only thing that matters, in the end.

Vote for Group H is now open.
You can vote here: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8157

Vote closes on 13/11/20 at 22 Italian time

More information on the contestants in the sites below.

1) Olga Gavva https://www.instagram.com/olga10gavva/
2) Cecilia Descalza https://www.flickr.com/photos/100118263@N03/
3) Nastya Deiniris https://www.facebook.com/nastya.deiniris
4) Dashley Driveby: https://www.youtube.com/user/DashleyDriveby
5) JorahTheAndal: https://www.deviantart.com/jorahtheandal2015

Tie-breaking criterion: in case two or more contestants are tied with the same number of votes, the tie will be broken by the number of
"declared" votes that each contestant has received. This means, the number of forum members who publicly declared their vote for each contestant.
If two or more contestants are tied also in terms of "declared" votes, a tie-breaking poll will be held.

Group H is now closed: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8157

The final count is:
JorahTheAndal: 4 votes
Nastya Deiniris: 3 votes
Cecilia Descalza: 2 votes
Dashley Driveby: 1 vote
Olga Gavva: 0 votes

JorahTheAndal wins Group H, and proceeds to quarter-final 4, where she will clash with Linda of defunct sites Barefoot Forever / Post Modern Women.

Congratulations, JorahTheAndal!

https://www.patreon.com/jorahtheandal

https://www.flickr.com/photos/125169888@N07/

JorahTheAndal is s stunner, and her husband takes wonderful pictures of her! She fully deserves to be in the quarter-finals! Congrats!
P.S. 0 votes for the legendary OLGA GAVVA????

Here is the program for the quarter-finals of the Miss Barefooting Universe contest:

Quarter-final 1: Aiko vs. Amelie

Quarter-final 2: Chat Noir vs. Irie

Quarter-final 3: Perlanera vs. Swains

Quarter-final 4: Linda of Barefoot Forever vs. JorahTheAndal

Tie-breaking criterion: in case the two contestants are tied with the same number of votes, the tie will be broken by the number of
"declared" votes that each contestant has received. This means, the number of forum members who publicly declared their vote for each contestant.
If the two contestants are tied also in terms of "declared" votes, the model who got more votes in the Group stage, based on official results, will qualify for the semi-final.
If the two contestants are still tied, a "sudden death" rematch will be held: the first model to get three votes will proceed to the semi-finals.

Vote in quarter-final 1 is now open: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8161


Picture courtesy of Barefoot Urban Girls

Here are some pictures of the contestants:

Aiko of Barefoot Urban Girls
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...2_9762/0001.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...7_7978/0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...37/demo0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...7_7978/0003.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...62/demo0002.JPG

Amelie of Barefoot Urban Girls
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...51/demo0003.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...25/demo0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...77/demo0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...92/demo0001.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...11/demo0001.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...77/demo0003.jpg

Tie-breaking criterion: in case the two contestants are tied with the same number of votes, the tie will be broken by the number of
"declared" votes that each contestant has received. This means, the number of forum members who publicly declared their vote for each contestant.
If the two contestants are tied also in terms of "declared" votes, the model who got more votes in the Group stage, based on official results, will qualify for the semi-final.
If the two contestants are still tied, a "sudden death" rematch will be held: the first model to get three votes will proceed to the semi-finals.

Pretty obviously, I will not vote in quarter-finals 1, 2 and 3. And I will not vote in quarter-final 4, too.
Yet I am ultra-curious to see who will win the contest.
And since dreams are for free.. I hope in an all-BUG final..

P.S. @barefootfootseeker: well done on using my promotional stuff for the "BUG quarter-finals"!
I will be glad to advertise them in my BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS main thread, too!