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deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
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#426: Oct 23rd 2011 at 10:46:54 PM

So...now what?

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#427: Oct 23rd 2011 at 11:27:32 PM

I think snowfox and or the judges will have to decide

edited 23rd Oct '11 11:27:53 PM by FallenLegend

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SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
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#428: Oct 24th 2011 at 6:51:14 AM

PM ASSAULT!

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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#429: Oct 24th 2011 at 7:27:31 AM

^ uh, really?

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SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
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#430: Oct 24th 2011 at 9:17:59 AM

Sort of.

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jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
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#431: Oct 24th 2011 at 4:45:51 PM

Well, my and Chi's scores are insufficient on their own because we scored really disparately. I don't suppose anyone waiting in the wings wants to judge?

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#433: Oct 24th 2011 at 9:53:43 PM

He isn't responding to P Ms. I can only assume that he's died unexpectedly.

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
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#434: Oct 24th 2011 at 11:11:38 PM

The weird thing is that he posted as recently as a few hours ago.

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#435: Oct 24th 2011 at 11:15:23 PM

Okay, Kino's AWOL. We can have our tied first place right now, or we can start recruiting for a new judge.

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nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#436: Oct 24th 2011 at 11:19:32 PM

[up][up][up]Why is the default assumption, whenever someone goes AWOL from somewhere on the internet, that they died? Because it's not as if they could have other things in their life taking greater priority?

I get the feeling that wasn't meant entirely seriously, but still, it bugs me.

edited 24th Oct '11 11:19:45 PM by nrjxll

MildGuy I squeeze gats. from the bed I made. Since: Jan, 2011
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#437: Oct 25th 2011 at 12:14:39 AM

[up] If he's too busy, the least he could do is send someone a message, let them know he's indisposed. I'm sure most would understand if RL is getting in the way.

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
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#438: Oct 25th 2011 at 1:49:40 AM

He's posted many times since the first PM about judging scores was sent (because he's posted 20+ times since the PM I sent him, which I know wasn't the first), he's just ignoring them for whatever reason.

edited 25th Oct '11 1:50:03 AM by deathjavu

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SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#439: Oct 25th 2011 at 6:04:31 AM

Since it seems like a great number of people have said something about their entry in this thread, I might have to round up an RL friend to finish this.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#440: Oct 25th 2011 at 6:14:26 AM

Do you think this warrants moderator intervention, if need be? It's like a GM bailing his own RP and refusing to explain to the players, who are asking.

Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#441: Oct 25th 2011 at 7:26:46 AM

^

...

no.

...

I don't believe that warrants moderator intervention, either. He volunteers to do us a favor. Kino doesn't have any sort of obligation to us to take the time to judge the entries. It would be nice if he could have given us some sort of notification, but, in its absence, I'm pretty sure we're all smart enough to assume that he's unable to judge. So, snowfox—call in a friend?

edited 25th Oct '11 7:28:45 AM by Chubert

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SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#442: Oct 25th 2011 at 8:12:09 AM

I'll negotiate with my friend at lunch today.

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jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#443: Oct 25th 2011 at 9:55:07 AM

[up][up]Kino doesn't have any obligation to agree to judge in the first place. However, once he agrees to judge, he has voluntarily taken a commitment upon himself and he is obligated to follow through with it. Other people are depending on him.

Snowfox, if you have a RL friend who would like to judge, that would rock awesomely. I might possibly be able to round someone up as well, but I'd have to see.

Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#444: Oct 25th 2011 at 10:20:49 AM

Well, it would certainly be nice and convenient if he followed through with it, but, honestly, this is an internet writing competition, and by "obligation" I mean those things that the mods can legitimately nab you for if you violate them. Like, "you have an obligation to not be an asshole."

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Merlo *hrrrrrk* from the masochist chamber Since: Oct, 2009
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#445: Oct 25th 2011 at 10:28:54 AM

Well, the number 1 forum rule is "don't be a dick".

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am...
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#446: Oct 25th 2011 at 10:59:36 AM

At the very least, I'm not going to allow Kino to judge, participate in, or comment upon any future TV Tropes writing contest, nor will I participate in any capacity in any contest which Kino is a part of. in general

Admittedly the contest doesn't have a specific rule stating that judges can't just leave everyone hanging (I would have thought that went without saying), but if we appended such a rule to future contests, we might be able to count it as a subforum-specific rule subject to mod action. I'd want to clear that with the mods beforehand, though.

A simpler measure is just to require all contests to have at least four judges, so that if one of them turns out to be a lazy ass, there's still a quorum.

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#447: Oct 25th 2011 at 12:36:23 PM

I think the "four judges" idea is a bit better. But I'm a bit biased, since the first time I participated in this contest, it was as a judge.

"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.
#448: Oct 25th 2011 at 12:38:07 PM

If I get my detailed review I will be more than happy.0 The idea of 4 judges sound great.

edited 25th Oct '11 12:39:16 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
#449: Oct 25th 2011 at 12:44:57 PM

But we haven't previously gone with only 3 judges out of choice—we've done it because we were unable to get 4 judges (that's always been the optimal number since, among other reasons, it makes the scores add up to 100). We can't force more people to judge. Would we cancel contests if we were unable to get 4 judges?

[up]Patience, young grasshopper.

edited 25th Oct '11 12:45:57 PM by jewelleddragon

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#450: Oct 25th 2011 at 12:54:49 PM

[up]Lol sorry, didn't meant to hurry you up.tongue

I could volunteer to judge next time. But I am not sure If I am good enough for the job.

edited 25th Oct '11 12:56:59 PM by FallenLegend

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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