WMA had long been an event surrounded by controversy.
Favoring major entertainment agencies was a problem, but aside from that, the event's general handling was simply very amateurish.
In fact, in a way, that was only natural.
To begin with, Watermelon isn't that large a company.
It's true that it's a music site with a high market share, but it isn't a company with enormous numbers of employees or high revenue.
By contrast, an event like WMA is massive.
It's broadcast live around the world, and its viewers number in the millions.
So various major blunders are bound to erupt in the course of running the event.
“So... you selected the winners and contacted us, but you left us out?”
Since this was a newly established category, apparently the relevant team accidentally failed to send out the award notification for this category alone...
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