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Stumpzian
Posted: April 3rd, 2018, 6:02am Report to Moderator
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I hate to say it, but I think some voters are artificially depressing the scores. There are some great great scripts on here that seemingly do not deserve the scores they’re getting. At least the scores are not representative of the comments shown for those scripts. So I’m having a hard time figuring out what the hell is happening. I don’t even have a dog in the fight, but I’m still hoping it’s a fair fight.


I noticed this, too.



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Gary in Houston
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I guess the point I’m making is that there are several very good scripts getting voted a 1 (defined as “poor”), and having multiple votes in the 1 or 2 range.  I consider a “poor” script to be one that is sloppily written, numerous typos, lack of story, and little or no thought put into (pretty much the definition of any of my scripts). But these are quality scripts in this round. To me, they certainly aren’t all 4’s and 5’s, but not a single one of them (and I’ve read them all) is deserving of a 1, and very very few of a 2.  While our reviews are certainly subjective, I just think some voters are going beyond the bounds of reasonableness, and it makes me sad.

Gary


Some of my scripts:

Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly
I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner
The Gambler (short) - OWC winner
Skip (short) - filmed
Country Road 12 (short) - filmed
The Family Man (short) - filmed
The Journeyers (feature) - optioned

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Quoted from Gary in Houston
I guess the point I’m making is that there are several very good scripts getting voted a 1 (defined as “poor”), and having multiple votes in the 1 or 2 range.  I consider a “poor” script to be one that is sloppily written, numerous typos, lack of story, and little or no thought put into (pretty much the definition of any of my scripts). But these are quality scripts in this round. To me, they certainly aren’t all 4’s and 5’s, but not a single one of them (and I’ve read them all) is deserving of a 1, and very very few of a 2.  While our reviews are certainly subjective, I just think some voters are going beyond the bounds of reasonableness, and it makes me sad.

Gary


I did like the voting system in the first round where you voted for one script or the other. I felt it was more of a fair fight.
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JEStaats
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No sh*t, there I was....

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I'm with you, Gary. I still have a couple more to read but, so far, not a single entry has deserved a 1. My memory's a bit vague but I think I may have only rated one entry a two (and that may have been harsh).
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Quoted from khamanna

RJP is still in?


Yeah. Doesn’t look like I’ll make it through to next round, but you never know. Seems like everybody is getting 1s dropped on their script.
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Stumpzian
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I don't think any of the entries are a "1" or "2." And "3" is defined as being only "Average." Choosing the appropriate score is going to be hard.
I'm doing this in three stages: (a) read all, (b) read again and comment, (c) go back and score.  Not sure how I'll approach the scoring.



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AnthonyCawood
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I assumed we'd be paired as per previous rounds and our 3 one pagers judged as a collection, then readers would easily be able to see if we'd 'cheated' on the three different genre requirement, with voting then done as previous rounds.

As it is I've no idea what writer wrote which three scripts (apart from my own very distinct entries), so no idea if they met or fudged the genre element at all.

This feels much more like a normal OWC unfortunately.

Ho hum, if I don't progress then c'est la vie and ten new scripts to show or the exercise.


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
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FrankM
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Don said he checked that three entries from each person were flagged with different genres when they were uploaded.

So you'd see fudging by scripts that fail to match their descriptions.


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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AnthonyCawood
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You'd only see if one script in isolation didn't meet the stated genre, you wouldn't know if it then clashed with the other two the same writer wrote.

So you could not agree with the stated genre based on the upload categories, but that wasn't one of the requirements, so  it could still not be an issue because it could be distinct from the other two genres chosen for the other scripts.

I'm not worried about it, just had expected it to be something that was factored into voting in some way.


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
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khamanna
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Quoted from RJP


Yeah. Doesn’t look like I’ll make it through to next round, but you never know. Seems like everybody is getting 1s dropped on their script.


Yeah, seems like it's a lot of 1s on every script. People probably compare the scripts otherwise there are no 1-star scripts in a bunch. The writers simply are too good this time.
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Quoted from Gary in Houston
I hate to say it, but I think some voters are artificially depressing the scores. There are some great great scripts on here that seemingly do not deserve the scores they’re getting. At least the scores are not representative of the comments shown for those scripts. So I’m having a hard time figuring out what the hell is happening. I don’t even have a dog in the fight, but I’m still hoping it’s a fair fight.


I had the exact same reaction


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DanC
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If someone withdrew after they won, someone else should have been granted a spot in that slot.  In no way am I saying it should have been me, or even anyone from the last round of cuts, but you could have chosen the loser with the most votes, or the loser from the person who withdrew, or let someone like Mark or Jell in.

I need to read a lot more.  So far, I've read 2 and both got a 4.  

Dan


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I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good.  I enjoy writing the same.  Looking to team with anyone!

Thanks
Dan
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Don
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Regarding the one withdrawal.  

We all have a lot of stuff going on in our lives and sometimes it catches up to us.

In the giant scheme of things, our families are more important than what is going on here.

Obviously, once the writers are revealed you will know who withdrew.  Let's all respect the decision.

There was not enough time to sub in another writer by the time we got the notification.

Thanks,

Don


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PrussianMosby
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Just double-checked if I voted each entry and it seems I'm through.

There's an all in all good quality from my sight on things. Some great titles around too.

A great third round anyway, having such tricky discipline that probably no one would have expected. I also got no problem with the voting system; rather find it super fair that you have three shots that build an overall average.

'Good Job' to the Hosts!

See you in the semi-finals.



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FrankM
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Having read through all of these, my initial impressions are:

1. This is a great batch of scripts.
2. The early rounds made the correct decision weeding me out before now


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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