Was I supposed to pick the game? I thought 3rd place winner picks it and I knew I don't have shot at 3rd place with my "high" score.
EDIT: Btw, that's what sucks about the new rule! It used to be all about 1st place and reward was pick of new game. Now it's all about throwing in game just so you can be in 3rd place and pick a game. Not a fan of new rule.
It would have been your turn to pick the next game if me and pbj hadn't posted a score. Since you were offline after posting your score, I stepped in to have the compo continue without a break.
Regarding the new rule, it's a much better system. If you take a look at the compo results from 2015 up to now, you'll notice that there is one guy, sometimes two guys who have won 14-16 games of the 26 games per year. Now imagine those guys choosing their favorite games, this would probably end in them winning and choosing even more games.
As for choosing the next game being a reward: I think that most of the regular players who got to choose the next game a lot of times before actually try to avoid this 'reward'.
I'd say that yamatetsu, acvieluf and jasonbar would actually be glad if someone suggested a game they can use for the next compo. No need to throw your scores just to get third place.