This is to everyone who has commented and who will comment in the future.
I just wanna point out that I am the creator and judge of this contest. I have the right to judge however I want. That doesn't mean I WANT to be a bad judge though. Please just cut me a break; this was my first challenge and it was a new experience for me. I completely understand why everyone's getting upset, because I know what I did was wrong. But STILL, this was my contest, and my first one at that. People make mistakes. its hard NOT to be biased. Come on. I'm sorry if this made some people unwilling to join in on my future contests, but if you decide to judge me that I will always make this mistake on all future competitions, you're assuming things. People learn from the past. I said I would make an effort to be a better judge next time. That's what people do. They don't get it right the first time; they try to be better the next time. If you don't want to stick around for the future, I can't stop you.
I know, I know, I said it was unfair. And I did it anyway. I simply wanted to get the grading over with. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings with the way I judged this, Sai. But it's over and done with, so I can't do anything about it now.
I know what I did was totally not fair, like I said in the comments. I didn't really want to do that. But I found it so hard to judge, because everything was great. I'm sorry I caused you to mistrust me, but I hope this doesn't cause any hostility in our friendship that we have. This wasn't an attack against you or anyone else, I was just explaining my reasons of deduction so that I could get the judging over with.
I agree with Support KIRA. The way you judged this was really unfair. Knocking out entries was wrong. Even if the characters in them did not continue to be members AFTER the contest had already been over, they should have still been qualified pieces. No entries should ever be knocked out for any reason unless they go against rules. And there was no rule established at the beginning of this contest that adhered to this. :(
A contest should be judged on the amount of time and effort taken to create a piece. Support KIRA had two pieces, both which I know she worked extremely hard on just to add more support to your contest. Krokun had a lot of characters in hers and I know she worked hard on hers as well. No offense to the winning entires either.
I know you say that next time will be more fair, but saying that already admits you did wrong. I'm just disappointed. <:( I'm not in this for prizes either. I just think that there were some entries that showed effort, time, and thought that didn't even get a chance to be judged.
Last edited by SaiKat at 10:59:10 AM EST on March 8, 2013.
...okay, I'm going to say this up front so you don't misunderstand. I'm not commenting on this to seem like it's a rage post or I'm being biased. No. But there are a few things wrong with how you went about this.
First of all. The characters that you knocked out were not "out" of the club during the course and expiration of the CONTEST. You took a year to judge this, you should not have knocked them out considering the time of the contest and the current events being totally different things. That's unfair ):
Secondly, you're being a little biased by saying you liked a picture based on it being your character. If you wanted a contest for "your character alone", it should have said that in the rules.
When you run a contest here, you should be unbiased and objective. You should judge based on the time put into a piece and the effort. It makes all the people who worked on characters and entries for your contest feel like SHIT. I'm not just talking about me. Saikat and Krokun, yeah, they probably feel like me right now. Just because we chose characters that decided to leave the club recently doesn't mean you should exclude them. It's not only unfair, but it's really hurtful as well. Eneko, you're a really sweet person, and I don't expect that of you. I'm sorry to say, no matter how you 'say' you will judge your next contest....you breached a lot of trust with the way you did this one. I will not be entering again... It really sucks because I worked super hard, not only to give you ONE entry, but TWO, and I wasn't even in your 'group'. ))':
When I first logged onto theo, and a pm said I won a challenged, I stared at my screen for a while trying to process what challenge I won since I didn't enter any. eue I totally forgot I had entered this one! xDD
BUT FLHDASGMF;H LREHKREF/RHR;H FJETGFHBFSGRHFH !!!!
IM MORE THAN H A P P Y TO HAVE PLACED!
I'll have to think up what I want for my prize. I'm unsure if I should go with Tye or with Corn. eue; I love both! xD
Team Plasma N
Sinbad of Sindria (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
It's suppose to be fun...sadly its taking another turn but both parties have good points. I am just not sticking my neck into this!
Eneko
Val's chibi kitty (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
This is to everyone who has commented and who will comment in the future.
I just wanna point out that I am the creator and judge of this contest. I have the right to judge however I want. That doesn't mean I WANT to be a bad judge though. Please just cut me a break; this was my first challenge and it was a new experience for me. I completely understand why everyone's getting upset, because I know what I did was wrong. But STILL, this was my contest, and my first one at that. People make mistakes. its hard NOT to be biased. Come on. I'm sorry if this made some people unwilling to join in on my future contests, but if you decide to judge me that I will always make this mistake on all future competitions, you're assuming things. People learn from the past. I said I would make an effort to be a better judge next time. That's what people do. They don't get it right the first time; they try to be better the next time. If you don't want to stick around for the future, I can't stop you.
like a BOSS.
Eneko
Val's chibi kitty (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
@SaiKat:
I know, I know, I said it was unfair. And I did it anyway. I simply wanted to get the grading over with. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings with the way I judged this, Sai. But it's over and done with, so I can't do anything about it now.
like a BOSS.
Eneko
Val's chibi kitty (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
@Support KIRA:
I know what I did was totally not fair, like I said in the comments. I didn't really want to do that. But I found it so hard to judge, because everything was great. I'm sorry I caused you to mistrust me, but I hope this doesn't cause any hostility in our friendship that we have. This wasn't an attack against you or anyone else, I was just explaining my reasons of deduction so that I could get the judging over with.
like a BOSS.
SaiKat
Otaku Eternal | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
I agree with Support KIRA. The way you judged this was really unfair. Knocking out entries was wrong. Even if the characters in them did not continue to be members AFTER the contest had already been over, they should have still been qualified pieces. No entries should ever be knocked out for any reason unless they go against rules. And there was no rule established at the beginning of this contest that adhered to this. :(
A contest should be judged on the amount of time and effort taken to create a piece. Support KIRA had two pieces, both which I know she worked extremely hard on just to add more support to your contest. Krokun had a lot of characters in hers and I know she worked hard on hers as well. No offense to the winning entires either.
I know you say that next time will be more fair, but saying that already admits you did wrong. I'm just disappointed. <:( I'm not in this for prizes either. I just think that there were some entries that showed effort, time, and thought that didn't even get a chance to be judged.
Last edited by SaiKat at 10:59:10 AM EST on March 8, 2013.
Support KIRA
Sleeping Dragon (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
and just for the record, I did not enter this for any 'prizes', just to support your contest.
Support KIRA
Sleeping Dragon (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
...okay, I'm going to say this up front so you don't misunderstand. I'm not commenting on this to seem like it's a rage post or I'm being biased. No. But there are a few things wrong with how you went about this.
First of all. The characters that you knocked out were not "out" of the club during the course and expiration of the CONTEST. You took a year to judge this, you should not have knocked them out considering the time of the contest and the current events being totally different things. That's unfair ):
Secondly, you're being a little biased by saying you liked a picture based on it being your character. If you wanted a contest for "your character alone", it should have said that in the rules.
When you run a contest here, you should be unbiased and objective. You should judge based on the time put into a piece and the effort. It makes all the people who worked on characters and entries for your contest feel like SHIT. I'm not just talking about me. Saikat and Krokun, yeah, they probably feel like me right now. Just because we chose characters that decided to leave the club recently doesn't mean you should exclude them. It's not only unfair, but it's really hurtful as well. Eneko, you're a really sweet person, and I don't expect that of you. I'm sorry to say, no matter how you 'say' you will judge your next contest....you breached a lot of trust with the way you did this one. I will not be entering again... It really sucks because I worked super hard, not only to give you ONE entry, but TWO, and I wasn't even in your 'group'. ))':
Eneko
Val's chibi kitty (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
@lunastarz:
WELL CONGRATS BECAUSE YOU WON!!! Dude I totally loved that like you don't even know. XD I love you forever for that. XD Lemme know when you decide!!!
like a BOSS.
lunastarz
Pokemon Master (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/08/13 | Reply
When I first logged onto theo, and a pm said I won a challenged, I stared at my screen for a while trying to process what challenge I won since I didn't enter any. eue I totally forgot I had entered this one! xDD
BUT FLHDASGMF;H LREHKREF/RHR;H FJETGFHBFSGRHFH !!!!
IM MORE THAN H A P P Y TO HAVE PLACED!
I'll have to think up what I want for my prize. I'm unsure if I should go with Tye or with Corn. eue; I love both! xD
I'll get back to you when I come up with an idea!
*runs off happily*
~lunastarz~