You are a type specialist in a hostile region. How do you best represent your chosen element?

[QuentinQuonce]

Okay, thanks to everyone for the feedback - I think sticking with 5 is the way to go for sure.

So, with that said:

https://strawpoll.com/40ZmqmN7mZa​

You have until May 13th, 9PM GMT to cast your vote!

I think this post alone does a really good job of giving people licence to vote for themselves, even if they don't want to do it every round. I'm in the same boat as you, where I've wavered over time, but I agree that you should want to vote for your own team. Submissions always express your personal flair and so it's natural that you'd usually like yours better than anyone else's. I'll reward a team that really blows me away over my own, but most of the time I like mine best.

I'd also add that voting for yourself acts as an appropriate reward for engaging with the voting process. Sometimes the number of votes is noticeably lower than the number of entrants, which is a bit of a shame!

I always assumed people would vote for themselves. As you say, if you don't think your own team is the best, why would anyone else?

That said, there've been a couple of times where I've checked the poll and only 2 or 3 votes have been cast yet, with the same person getting 5 points each time. So there's definitely times where there are obvious frontrunners lots of people like.