Post by Emiko on Aug 31, 2018 16:27:28 GMT -6
Hi guys! Long time no see/hear!
I'm sorry that there hasn't been much in the way of updates regarding the contest of late, but...that's mostly been because of the fact my life has been a mess. Been transitioning between jobs, trying to keep up with family matters, and a whole lot of other things. While that's not an excuse, it's what has kept me away for most of the last two months. I'm back though and with some updates for you finally!
So to start off with, I realize we moved the deadline for the contest up to September 1st (tomorrow as of writing this). While I would like to keep to that deadline, I'm afraid some...issues behind the scenes has made judging on September 1st nearly impossible... We, the judges are going to need a little bit of extra time to get our stuff together before we can judge your entries. As a result, I have decided that we are going to extend the contest for you guys one last time for two more weeks. Note this will be the FINAL extension, no more after this.
If you guys are already done with your contest entries, great! Just stand pat and will look at your work in two weeks. However, if you need these extra two weeks to do some work on your entries, that should be just fine. You've got until September 14th to get your stuff done. On September 15, we will have our criteria together (Hopefully) and will be able to judge your entries accordingly. I know this whole thing has been a bit touch and go, but considering it is our first, there was sure to be some trial and error. ^^;
On that note, there is ONE thing I do need people to know. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are actually down a couple of judges. I was hoping to have a panel of 5 judges when this all ended, but computer issues and time constraints have limited us down to just 3 now. As a result of that, while it is late, we will be recruiting at least two more people to help us judge the contest over the next week or so.
If you are interested in joining the team of judges, I need to know about your potential interest. You can write me either here, or on discord and I'll discuss the opportunity with you further. More or less, all you'll have to do is judge each entry and rate their work based on various categories the other judges and I have discussed in our criteria setup. You'll have a bit of time to read each contest entry and judge it accordingly. However, we are planning on judging within two weeks, so I need to hear from you ASAP.
Please know that there will be some qualifications I expect from people who apply. For starters, you will have to have been apart of this community for at least two years. Other things I'll be asking you about is a bit about your literary history here on the site, or elsewhere and a few other things to gauge you. You as a judge will be important in deciding winners for this contest, so I want someone who I know is an individual of quality.
As I said, if you are interested, write me as soon as possible and I'll discuss the opportunity with you further. We only have two spots available and all you'll be doing is judging in two weeks. Discussions on the judging criteria will be left to those of us who have been in this since the beginning, so you won't have to worry about that. Just let me know as soon as you can and we will go from there.
Other than that, there isn't much else I need to throw out there. Hope you guys have a good Labor Day weekend and that you are doing well. Happy RPing!
~Emiko
I'm sorry that there hasn't been much in the way of updates regarding the contest of late, but...that's mostly been because of the fact my life has been a mess. Been transitioning between jobs, trying to keep up with family matters, and a whole lot of other things. While that's not an excuse, it's what has kept me away for most of the last two months. I'm back though and with some updates for you finally!
So to start off with, I realize we moved the deadline for the contest up to September 1st (tomorrow as of writing this). While I would like to keep to that deadline, I'm afraid some...issues behind the scenes has made judging on September 1st nearly impossible... We, the judges are going to need a little bit of extra time to get our stuff together before we can judge your entries. As a result, I have decided that we are going to extend the contest for you guys one last time for two more weeks. Note this will be the FINAL extension, no more after this.
If you guys are already done with your contest entries, great! Just stand pat and will look at your work in two weeks. However, if you need these extra two weeks to do some work on your entries, that should be just fine. You've got until September 14th to get your stuff done. On September 15, we will have our criteria together (Hopefully) and will be able to judge your entries accordingly. I know this whole thing has been a bit touch and go, but considering it is our first, there was sure to be some trial and error. ^^;
On that note, there is ONE thing I do need people to know. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are actually down a couple of judges. I was hoping to have a panel of 5 judges when this all ended, but computer issues and time constraints have limited us down to just 3 now. As a result of that, while it is late, we will be recruiting at least two more people to help us judge the contest over the next week or so.
If you are interested in joining the team of judges, I need to know about your potential interest. You can write me either here, or on discord and I'll discuss the opportunity with you further. More or less, all you'll have to do is judge each entry and rate their work based on various categories the other judges and I have discussed in our criteria setup. You'll have a bit of time to read each contest entry and judge it accordingly. However, we are planning on judging within two weeks, so I need to hear from you ASAP.
Please know that there will be some qualifications I expect from people who apply. For starters, you will have to have been apart of this community for at least two years. Other things I'll be asking you about is a bit about your literary history here on the site, or elsewhere and a few other things to gauge you. You as a judge will be important in deciding winners for this contest, so I want someone who I know is an individual of quality.
As I said, if you are interested, write me as soon as possible and I'll discuss the opportunity with you further. We only have two spots available and all you'll be doing is judging in two weeks. Discussions on the judging criteria will be left to those of us who have been in this since the beginning, so you won't have to worry about that. Just let me know as soon as you can and we will go from there.
Other than that, there isn't much else I need to throw out there. Hope you guys have a good Labor Day weekend and that you are doing well. Happy RPing!
~Emiko