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[[Stephane Van Gelder]], General Manager of [[NetNames]], a subsidiary of [[Group NBT]], also requested ICANN to delay digital archery until a new solution for the evaluation process could be determined. In a letter to ICANN, he described digital archery as a "contentious system that seem[ed] to favour those with in-depth knowledge of the second-hand domain industry and more specifically, its drop-catching techniques." He believed that the method had been approved without formal community input.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9235-now-netnames-complains-about-digital-archery Now NetNames complains about digital archery]</ref>

[[Stephane Van Gelder]], General Manager of [[NetNames]], a subsidiary of [[Group NBT]], also requested ICANN to delay digital archery until a new solution for the evaluation process could be determined. In a letter to ICANN, he described digital archery as a "contentious system that seem[ed] to favour those with in-depth knowledge of the second-hand domain industry and more specifically, its drop-catching techniques." He believed that the method had been approved without formal community input.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9235-now-netnames-complains-about-digital-archery Now NetNames complains about digital archery]</ref>

==Antony Van Couvering (TLDH) Criticism==

===Antony Van Couvering (TLDH) Criticism===

[[Antony Van Couvering]], CEO of [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.|Top Level Domain Holdings]] strongly criticized ICANN's digital archery, describing the system as "deeply flawed," and encouraged ICANN to scrap its implementation. Van Couvering said that the [Batching|batching]] system artificially creates losers and winners, that it is a game of chance rather than skill, and is unfair to poorer applicants, certain regions and non-generic applicants. He also presented some evidence of errors on the TLD Application System ([[TAS]]): after conducting tests using the digital archery test process, Van Couvering theorize that the system's software was recording a "wrong seconds value, but with the right milliseconds value" when an applicant clicked the button prior to the target time. He encouraged ICANN to investigate the issue.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/0120610_biggest_glitch_of_all_icanns_batching_program_for_new_gtlds/ The Biggest Glitch of All - ICANN's Batching Program for New gTLDs]</ref>

[[Antony Van Couvering]], CEO of [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.|Top Level Domain Holdings]] strongly criticized ICANN's digital archery, describing the system as "deeply flawed," and encouraged ICANN to scrap its implementation. Van Couvering said that the [Batching|batching]] system artificially creates losers and winners, that it is a game of chance rather than skill, and is unfair to poorer applicants, certain regions and non-generic applicants. He also presented some evidence of errors on the TLD Application System ([[TAS]]): after conducting tests using the digital archery test process, Van Couvering theorize that the system's software was recording a "wrong seconds value, but with the right milliseconds value" when an applicant clicked the button prior to the target time. He encouraged ICANN to investigate the issue.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/0120610_biggest_glitch_of_all_icanns_batching_program_for_new_gtlds/ The Biggest Glitch of All - ICANN's Batching Program for New gTLDs]</ref>

<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9347-is-digital-archery-bugged-too Is digital archery bugged too?]</ref>

<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9347-is-digital-archery-bugged-too Is digital archery bugged too?]</ref>