I'm not gonna lie to you and say I'm a good guy, I'm not in fact I've done a lot of bad stuff so yeah maybe I don't deserve this but the point is you get a chance to prove yourself I mean it will allow you to build up and improve yourself as an individual and display your positive attributes and make it evident to others that, No you're not a bad guy you just had a bad rough time period
With that being said, you get trialled for a month and contribution and quality is measured during this period so hopefully who ever gets it anyway will prove themselves during this month and they will show to you and all of those who doubt them that they're great people.
I know you're not trying to offend and neither am I but if you give us the chance we can prove to you and make it worthwhile because you did say popularity game and may I point out to you that I'm not popular at all lol. Yeah I might be biased but truthfully if you actually think about it you don't see much mention of me etc.
I hope this clears up any doubt :p