Quoted from realxwriter I'm sorry admins, but can you tell me the time deadline for the votes. 00:00 EST Friday? I had no life a month ago, but when the OWC came, everything jumped me at once.

Midnight Friday 27th midnight your time . Nlt midnight est.

Don

Quoted Text Yes, you can revote. I use the latest ballot received. Don

Thanks, Don.   I managed to squeeze in a few more reads before the deadline and revote.

I don't go higher than 14pt courier on the title, as it is generally a non issue.
Everything else is 12 pt.

Ray, I loved your comments on my entry by the way, considering of what I was aiming for.

DJ,
Around here "loved" could mean what it means (good) or means a wild shot (eh, not so good.)
Hope I shot near the marks you were looking for.

Done and done. Some people chose to review the shorter ones first. Some chose to review only the short ones. None of it was fair, in my opinion. I always reviewed the one with less reviews. If everyone did the same, all scripts could ended up with an equal number of reviews. And no I'm sure it wasn't the loglines. The pattern of the short ones being reviewed more is very clear, unless I'm seeing things. :p

Well done everyone.

Quoted from realxwriter None of it was fair, in my opinion.

And some chose to finish reviewing after the voting deadline...

Quoted from mmmarnie And some chose to finish reviewing after the voting deadline...

That is ok in my opinion. I know some folks won't review until after the names are revealed,

I am cool wi that, too.  This is why I run a challenge, rather than a contest.

Don

Quoted from realxwriter Some people chose to review the shorter ones first. Some chose to review only the short ones. None of it was fair, in my opinion.

Some of us read a few even though we didn't enter.  

I for one usually look at the list and pick the ones with the fewest reads.

I reviewed them all and will let the taxman sort them out.  

You get what you pay for, genrally speaking.

Odds are everyone who's been at this awhile heard what they've heard before, or didn't hear what they wanted to not hear.
Whether each submission received fifteen or twenty reviews doesn't really matter a whole lot.
Fifteen+ reviews on four or five OWCs = 60+ of much of the same sort of comments after a while.
Seriously, what more are you gonna get out of 80 or 100 reviews?
Not much.

Your work will consistantly get praised for some things, like construct or dialog, and will consistantly get hit for other things, like character development or format.
Eh... try to fix what you're sick of peeps b!tchin' about.
But some people you can't make happy, so just keep entering OWCs to see how much less your writing sucks this time than last.

FWIW, mine consistently confuse readers at some details but they like the overall story. Whatevs. You gonna pony up some cash to produce it? No? Then it doesn'ty really matter then, does it?

I reviewed and rated them all for one simple reason: I had time available. To me, the concept of "fairness" is somewhat irrelevant because, at least in my view, this was more of a writing exercise than it was a writing contest.  So the measure of value is - did I learn anything from the exercise? For me, the answer is a resounding yes - not only from the scripts themselves but from the reviews of the scripts. All in all - a fun way to improve the craft.

I didn't "choose" to review some scripts after the deadline. The admin said "Your midnight," my midnight and EST are different so when I saw that there is only 10 minutes before "my midnight," I played it safe and posted the votes of what I read so far, which they were only 8 scripts shy of the 29.

Long story short, I tried to read as much as I could before the deadline but I just ran out of time. I slept after that, and the moment I finished my other stuff in the morning I reviewed the rest.

Quoted from RayW Seriously, what more are you gonna get out of 80 or 100 reviews? Not much.

I'd like to get as much reviews as I can. Every extra one matters to me. But that's just me I guess.

Quoted from realxwriter I didn't "choose" to review some scripts after the deadline. The admin said "Your midnight," my midnight and EST are different so when I saw that there is only 10 minutes before "my midnight," I played it safe and posted the votes of what I read so far, which they were only 8 scripts shy of the 29. Long story short, I tried to read as much as I could before the deadline but I just ran out of time. I slept after that, and the moment I finished my other stuff in the morning I reviewed the rest.

No need to explain. I just found it odd you said "none of it was fair", even saying some people only read the short ones, when you yourself waited till after the deadline to complete your reviews.  The only thing I ever find unfair is the people who enter and don't review at all. I don't even know if I'd categorize that as unfair. The word I'd use for that would be bleeped out.    

Quoted from mmmarnie No need to explain.

I beg to differ. My explanation is needed because you accused me of leaving them after deadline on purpose, which I didn't. Explanation never hurt anyway.

So, the writers' names are revealed today, right?