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SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#351: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:35:12 PM

I AM AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MASTER.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#352: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:42:27 PM

Fetish thread is over yonder.[lol]

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#353: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:07:06 PM

I'm read another entry...

...and I have two people in mind. And they both scored high last time.

And also, out of 8 entries scored so far, I have the median of 17. Is that balanced enough?

edited 16th Oct '11 9:07:53 PM by chihuahua0

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#354: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:11:12 PM

Can I ask you soemthing. When do you think you will be ready?.

I will be unable to check this thread daily I am afraid.

edited 16th Oct '11 9:12:22 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
#355: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:14:24 PM

Hopefully by Friday, if I continue at the pace I'm going, and Saturday at the latest.

Sorry for me going so slow. <__> I just have other commitments, like my writing. Summer had more time.

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#356: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:15:09 PM

[up]don't worry take your time. It's just that I can't be here daily a personal issue nothing wrong with you.

edited 16th Oct '11 9:15:27 PM by FallenLegend

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#357: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:16:35 PM

The real question about chihuahua's scores is: Will anyone get the coveted 13+ in the third section?

(Perhaps not; I didn't give out any 15's this time. Couple of 14's, though.)

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#358: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:16:45 PM

Judges no looky until after the reveal!: Ooooh, I wonder if that's mine. I didn't enter last time, but I entered the one before that and came in second... Unless he's just thinking of last time last time. Hmm. Don't know. Will find out later.

EDIT: Wait, doesn't Chihuahua score differently? Or did I miss something?

edited 16th Oct '11 9:17:24 PM by FreezairForALimitedTime

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#359: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:18:37 PM

[up][up]why?

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
#360: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:26:26 PM

@Freezair: Yes. For the Overall section, I use a five-star scale.

But I'm thinking of last time. If I recall correctly, I'm thinking of Entry Seven or Eight.

I have one 14 so far (in retrospect, I decided it deserved an extra point), but I think it will stay that way, unless another piece happens to blow me away, although I doubt it.

Say, I have thirty minute left. Should I go and read the ninth entry, or should I focus on my own writing?

edited 16th Oct '11 9:28:07 PM by chihuahua0

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#361: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:32:43 PM

Oh, an very important observation that deserves a double post:

I noticed that the formatting of the entries are a little inconsistent. While some don't have line breaks after each paragraph (like this entry from last contest), others do have them (like this). While I'm not sure how they affect the scores, I do prefer the latter formatting (which incidently won. However, I gave the former the higher score). The story's clearer to read, less mushed up.

We should decide which format to use next time.

edited 16th Oct '11 9:35:09 PM by chihuahua0

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#362: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:50:10 PM

Hey jeweled you judged me last time. Do you think I was the worst again?

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
highly secure
#363: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:53:28 PM

^^ I just...write like that, because that's how you write on the internet.

Whatcha gonna do, little buckaroo? | i be pimpin' madoka fics
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#364: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:55:57 PM

[up] But it possibly have an effect on how judges see the entry.

Or we can slate it off as a style choice and not consider it a bothersome bias.

edited 16th Oct '11 9:56:10 PM by chihuahua0

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#365: Oct 16th 2011 at 10:27:51 PM

I figure the style is a choice you make in your writing, like anything else. I start to pay attention to line length and tab indentations if I go through enough edits.

Fallen, none of the judges know whose piece belongs to who yet.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#366: Oct 16th 2011 at 11:02:15 PM

[up] truth don't pay attention to me I guess I am nervous.

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
highly secure
#368: Oct 17th 2011 at 7:42:55 PM

How about that PM business, jewelled? If it's too much trouble, it's fine, you don't have to do it.

Whatcha gonna do, little buckaroo? | i be pimpin' madoka fics
deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#369: Oct 17th 2011 at 9:42:35 PM

[up][up]

ಠ_ಠ

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
#370: Oct 17th 2011 at 9:43:58 PM

^^^ FUUUUU—

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#371: Oct 17th 2011 at 9:44:51 PM

Okay, done scoring one entry. I'll see if I will read and score another.

Gosh, I'm neglecting my writing a little. I'll burn through my buffer later this week.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#372: Oct 18th 2011 at 10:06:15 PM

Another entry read and scored. Three are left. Friday will hopefully be the time I release the scores.

Here's the updated (and scrambled) voice list:

  • (Varied and Subdued)
  • (Plain and Internal/Distant)
  • (Formal and Subdued)
  • (Brisk and Witty)
  • (Subdued and Artistic)
  • (Breezy and Quirky)
  • (Artistic and Looming)
  • (Formal and Subdued)
  • (Story-telling and Raw)
  • (Flowy and Quick)

For clarification, "Subdued" is the opposite of breezy, quick, brisk, etc. It's my general term for a slower pace. More smooth. More constrained.

edited 18th Oct '11 10:12:02 PM by chihuahua0

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#373: Oct 18th 2011 at 11:02:04 PM

I have three theories about which could be mine. Which I lean towards most depends on how highly I think of myself, I think. [lol]

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#374: Oct 19th 2011 at 8:09:26 AM

I find your desperation delicious.

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#375: Oct 19th 2011 at 8:23:16 AM

I submitted late. I guess none of those is mine.

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.

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