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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#326: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:23:17 PM

awww.

In that case, for us hyperactive squirrels, could jewelled PM me (and anybody else who wants them, snowy prolly included) the scores, then?

edited 15th Oct '11 6:29:00 PM by Chubert

Whatcha gonna do, little buckaroo? | i be pimpin' madoka fics
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#327: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:23:47 PM

YES. PM GOOD.

-takes out whips-

As for the rest of you...

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#328: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:25:39 PM

Haha, sure, if it's not too much work I'd love to get a PM of the scores.

These pins and needles make for a really uncomfortable chair.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#329: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:27:04 PM

Sorry. The scores are classified until revealed to the general public.

Finished with scoring another one. Is it okay if I put different amount of effort into each explanation? I'll probably talk more about the ones I feel more passionate to (the ones that have more extreme scores).

Okay, so far, I have two 3-stars, two 4-stars, and one 1-star. Yes, we have a 1-star. Thicken your skins.

I smile gleefully at your pain. -adds another needle-

edited 15th Oct '11 6:29:37 PM by chihuahua0

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#330: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:31:32 PM

Out of how many stars?

Oof, something that bad, eh? Unfortunate.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#331: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:33:01 PM

Yes, we have a 1-star.

It's mine, eh?

THIS CLAIM IS JUSTIFIED. I DIDN'T START WRITING UNTIL THE LAST TWO DAYS. WITH THE FIRST EXTENSION.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#332: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:33:27 PM

Out of five.

  • Five 15/15: Fantastic
  • Four 12/15: Great
  • Three 9/15: Good
  • Two 6/15 : Flawed
  • One 3/15: Boring

[up] If you really want to know, PM me and I'll tell you which entry got it.

Or is it save to throw it out here?

EDIT: Wait, did I shift my scale this time around? If I did, then I'll have to lower the scores a little for balance, but...

EDIT 2: Oh, this was what I used last time:

15/15: Masterpiece/Exciting. Want to read it multiple times over the year.
12: Great and interesting. Would read it again.
9: Good but average. Could read it again.
6: Passable but with flawed. Could live without reading it again, but probably won't read it again.
3: Boring/Horrible. Not going to read it again.

edited 15th Oct '11 6:39:09 PM by chihuahua0

TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#333: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:44:26 PM

Just so we're clear, are you rounding up or down for the stars? Would, say, a ten be a three- or a four-star? Or do you just go to the nearest number, with ten being a three-star and eleven being a four-star?

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#334: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:44:58 PM

I'll just tide myself over by waiting for the rest of Chihuahua's little mini-assessments. I don't know why I'm so excited, as I already admitted to myself I feel I did sub-par this contest. Seeing the results is interesting, though. Jewelled seems to have had a relatively high opinion of this contest's entries in general, while Chihuahua's more over the board.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#335: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:46:31 PM

[up][up] I round down.

Very few pieces deserve anything under—

Wait, let me see what I used last time.

edited 15th Oct '11 6:47:38 PM by chihuahua0

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#336: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:53:49 PM

[up][up]we would be lying to ourselves if we though they are completely objetive in the first place. Concepts like "boring", "flawed" or"I would read it again" are very subjetive.

For instance I woulndn't readd Philospher's stone again and yet it is considered a great book by many.

I am more interested on the obetive coments of the judges about the stories.In other words, whete or not they can recognise a good story wheter they like it or not.

edited 15th Oct '11 7:00:55 PM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#337: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:56:54 PM

But I think I ditched the whole "would/wouldn't read" stuff, since that had been hard to determine. I judge more from the feeling I get from the piece, and how intriguing the plot is:

  • 5: Makes me giggly/You finally manage to make me cry.
  • 4: You're creating a thrill in my stomach.
  • 3: Little feeling in stomach/filling.
  • 2: A little jerky, but still filling.
  • 1: Meh.

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#338: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:01:31 PM

[up]exactly

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#339: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:30:35 PM

Finished reading another entry.

With a score of 20/25, I'm actually starting to hope for some less-than-great stories to balance it out. I think what's throwing it off is the lack of a lot of grammar errors, along with theme—

Should I be more strict with theme?

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#340: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:33:33 PM

[up]You are the judge. I only ask you not to get a bit biased by "balancing scores". It wouldn't be bad IMO if several entries had similar scores. Thye need to be judged by their own merits and not in relation to the others... don't they?

edited 15th Oct '11 7:34:32 PM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#341: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:35:57 PM

All right...I'll grade as normal, and then look at the scores.

The problem I'm having is that I think the thrill I feel from each entry is bubbling over to the next one. Either that or a sensitive stomach, as I have now. I might have to take it slowly to not.."taint" the scores.

By the way, I decided to scramble the order I judge the entries, just in case. The next one looks...different, but I'll sustain from reading it until I deal with a few things.

edited 15th Oct '11 7:37:54 PM by chihuahua0

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#342: Oct 16th 2011 at 12:22:19 AM

I've gone from worrying about my story to being genuinely curious how it will be judged. Spoilered for the judges' sake (no peeking if you're a judge!): I'm fairly certain it's the one that was described as having Beige Prose, since this was a complaint that Mild Guy made when he edited it. The thing is, I normally write in this style, and while I've been told I'm a little on the beige side, it's never been a serious problem before. The issues might be that a): I used no contractions in the narration, and b): I had the narrator avoid using pronouns to refer to two of the three major characters, leading to repetition of phrases like "the wisest of us said."

Also, I'm betting Mild Guy's story was the one that was "Noir and Witty."

edited 16th Oct '11 12:26:28 AM by feotakahari

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#343: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:46:51 AM

Take some time between each of them; it's the literal equivalent of washing your mouth out at a wine tasting.

BTW, did the deadline get pushed back?

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#344: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:23:26 AM

I'm going to finish scoring one of the entries and then I'll proceed to score another piece. After that one, I will wait until the evening to score another.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#345: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:14:31 PM

Okay, almost done with enough scoring (I had to go to a party in a middle of it). After that, I will hopefully jump right into reading the next one. I'll try to get one done per day for the rest of the week.

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#346: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:18:27 PM

[up] that means I should return to this thread until friday for some results?

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#347: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:18:47 PM

;_______;

so cruel

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#349: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:20:53 PM

NO.

-takes out flaming whips-

Now work!

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating

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