Here's what I'm afraid will happen if we Only had a Universal thread. FVC members will go in there and pick and choose which battles they vote on (the more interesting ones) which means some people that are requesting will get slept on. Its the same reason why when Fiji Osa had suggested before that we should be allowed to post any link to battles we vote on in our threads and that it should count towards our stats, I said no. Cause you can go and vote on all the hotlist battles or tourney battles that are really interesting, but the people who Really need votes don't get any.
Good Point BUT Couldn't You Just Say "Hey Everyone Vote On ALL Battles In The UVT Or Say Goodbye To The FVC" But Then Again...That's Kinda Harsh To People Who Are Helping The Site Out By Putting In Their Time To Give People Fair Votes.
Our goal is to ensure that Everyone has the opportunity to receive fair votes, regardless of how skilled or not they are. The more skilled battlers usually don't have as much of a problem getting their battles looked at and voted on tbh.
I Completely Agree, Maybe You Could Suggest Nicely That Battles On The Hotlist Or Tournament Battles Shouldn't Be Posted In The FVC Threads Because They're Basically For People Who Really Need A Vote When They're Battle Is Getting MAD Slept On.
As far as whether people
should have a preference of FVC members, they're going to have a preference regardless of whether or not we think they
should. That's just human nature and I have no desire in trying to control that.
There are people who think Student is a much more educated voter and gives better expos than some of the other FVC members. Those people SHOULD have the option of placing links only in Student's thread if that's all they respect. (Well Of Course That's True 
) On the contrary, I understand that some people would only solicit votes from members that they think will vote for them or are more favorable toward their style. To that, I'll say that from the voting trends that I see when I check out your votes, I have more faith in the FVC members' fairness than I have in the "strategy" of the people seeking winning votes. Anyone that's discovered to be voting for the same person who dropped links in their thread even when that person Obviously should have lost will lose their FVC spot. Period.
Understood.