It really helps, when reading the eventual grow thread, if the winner has the ability to take photos and write sentences in English; readable ones. I know that sounds snobby and elitist, but it makes a difference to the number of people trying to follow it. Which makes a difference to the sales it will generate.
Just a personal observation.
true that,its great advertising, less that it would cost to ads. and if the right person wins and does good grow log, it get many many views. I can def see why someone that has the ability to post a good log might get picked over soneone who does not. I can both see that can seem fair, and not fair. But Mars Hydro does not just do giveways on lights and tents, they do glasses, shirts, smell proof stash bags, idk what else. So for those newer members, if you dont win something like a light/tent package, stick around. There are other things sometimes, and get you some grow logs going, I'm sure for at least some of the giveaways, that may help. It may not always matter tho, just remember, at the end of the day its a free giveaway, so good luck to you all. Can't wait to see who wins.
And yeah, reading directions and communicating are skill everyone should learn and improve on(myself included) hehe, gluck to you all