2007 News & Views: Discussion and Announcements for the Survivorphile

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Please double or triple my scores.

In light of Direlilith's comment, which was somehow magically deleted, about Sexxy Vixen not posting her 226 point score, I was wondering if you could post my 172 points as 344 points, double my score, or as 516 triple my score.

I did not know that we had the option of sand bagging the rest of the competitors by not making our score public.

I just figured that if you could continually double or triple my score, then it would scare off the competition and the rest of the field would just give up.

Of course my real score or 172 would still stand. Only, the imaginary double or triple score would look so much better. Don't you think?

Just a thought and worth a try.

"Hey, if you don't ask..."

 

[Lauren Hynde]

First of all, no comments about anyone's scores were deleted, be them from Direlilith or by the fucking Toothfairy, and I suggest you double-check your sources before you make implications such as those.

The scoreboard reflects only the valid submissions, immunities and bonuses that at any one time each contestant has decided to add to his or her scorecard. There are no ghost submissions included. They are all real and valid.

If you didn't know that you had the option of sandbagging your scores, I suggest you read the rules again. There are 105 contestants signed up at this point, of which 40 have currently updated scorecards. What about the other 65? The only thing that matters for the contest is whatever those scorecards include by midnight Pacific Standard Time on 1/4/2008.

One contestant asked me, upon registering, not to include the score of her scorecard in the scoreboard for the time being, because she wanted to be able to keep track of her score, but didn't want to shout it out to the world just yet. I said yes, of course. The alternative would serve no one's interests. She would simply not update her scorecard until whenever she saw it fit, and you would be even more in the dark.

There are 64 other contestants whoses score you have no way of knowing unless you check their submissions page and add the points manually one by one. There are several thousands of other registered Literotica authors with stories and poems submitted this year and that have until midnight Pacific Standard Time on December 29, 2007 to enter the contest, and I know for a fact that there are some with handsome scores already that won't register much earlier than that date.

 

[DireLilith]

i think if i post, it might help make this a bit more clear.

i didn't post on this forum. i quietly asked lauren why someone's score wasn't on the scoreboard. it doesn't make sense for it to appear that we are supposed to have our scores there, and then find out someone else doesn't. i don't think the rest of us newbies knew we could choose to not have our scores on the board. i wouldn't have minded keeping mine quiet either but i didn't know and i will work with what i've got going now.

someone asked me why another author might not put her score publicly on the board. why would that help her win? well my thought is that if her scorecard is on the last page of all the pages of entries (we have 105 right?), and no one thinks to go looking through all those cards, and if someone's score is showing up as a zero on the official board...well, that author doesn't have to worry about anyone realizing her as competition. that is what this contest is about, right? competing with each other?

if i'm in second place, and i've got 112 or 121 points, and someone else is above me, i will see that person as "first place". that's what it says next to his name. so i know he's the one to beat. i'll try my hardest to win, thinking that if he makes 200, i need to make 220. if he makes 300, i need to make 320. we're competing. the scoreboard is public and seems a part of registration, so we are supposed to use it, right? to see who our competition is. and visitors are using it to see who is winning. i don't think anyone is going to go through the whole three pages of entries to see every score. so, here we are, thinking we are each other's main competition. we are working hard at having friendly comradeship while trying to whip each other into shape with our work and our challenges.

then december comes. and out of the blue, someone else posts who was quiet frankly a secret contender. and they've been able to see our scores posted quite easily, while no one even knew to go look at theirs. and where the "first place" author is at 500, and the second place author knows to try for 520...this other unnoticed person comes in at 1000. because that person knew all along that no one knew about them, and that no one thought they had to try harder.

now it's not to say that we aren't seeing everyone as competition. i'm watching everyone...using the scoreboard, of course. because the impression given was that points were collected and put there. and of course i'm also writing for my personal reasons. and of course we all want to win the competition. but if it is hard for me to compete with the "first place" person's score, posting in my free time, trying to fix the mistakes i seem to keep on making, how can i possibly know that my real competition is a full hundred points ahead of me? the point of the competition isn't just to post in as many categories as possible - it's to compete. to me, having someone not posted on the scoreboard is kind of like not being told who you're going to run in a sprint against. a marathon, sure, because people run marathons for pledges, charity and personal reasons. this is not a charity, there's a prize involved here that at least i can definately appreciate. i like money *shrugs* to see suddenly that someone who is a real contender is not displayed as such on the scoreboard, it just seems wrong.

i know that decisions are made by admins, and are final. its admin choice to respect an author's request. i think boston was just pointing out that he could make requests too, ridiculous ones. he wrongly said that a post i made was deleted, and he's aware of that now. but anger aside, it's a valid concern that some real competition isn't showing up on the board. if we don't have to have our points listed there, why was it there? the premise of the scoreboard would be to see who is at what level in the contest. it isn't showing truthfully who is at any level, if all competitors aren't listed with their points.

maybe there is a backlog. maybe these things will be updated. and maybe someone just isn't telling others that there's a good competitive reason for not showing points on the board, which just might result in an easier win. we're just getting into the nitty gritty now, right? now that we have so many entries? now its just getting intense. s'all good.

i am sorry that boston mistakenly thought i had posted here. and i think if he had known more details from me, he would not have posted what he did. but i do think he has brought up a valid thought.

and yes, i'm babbling and trying to make it nice when it doesn't really seem nice at all. shutting up now.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

i know that decisions are made by admins, and are final. its admin choice to respect an author's request. i think boston was just pointing out that he could make requests too, ridiculous ones.

Lilith, the difference, as I said above, is that there was nothing ridiculous about the request to not update the scoreboard. As I said above, more than 60% of registered contestants don't have their scorecards updated. If I had said no, she would simply not update her scorecard at all until the end of the year and that would be it. You didn't know that could be done? It's written in the rules. It has even been talked about in this thread earlier. Authors will be registering for the contest until the end of December, authors that you don't even know exist and that are contenders. You're worried about Sexy Vixxen, whose score you can actually see if you care to look? Because I can go to the New Stories list right now and find a couple of dozen other authors who submit things every day and could really make a dent in the scoreboard if they registered. And until midnight Pacific Standard Time on December 29, 2007, they can, and some will.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Hello, Survivorphiles!

I need to direct your attention again to one particular aspect of the contest: multi-part stories and Novels and Novellas.

As discussed before, there is nothing wrong with multi-part stories per se, and the same story can cover a number of different categories. The rule of thumb should be, in my opinion, that each individual submission should have enough internal coherence to be able to stand on its own even if the reader doesn't care to read the other submissions in the series, and be able to stand on its own in the particular category where it has been placed. Of course that this doesn't apply to multi-part stories in the Novels and Novellas category. For those, it is expected that the story has a coherence as a whole, and each submission is merely a chapter of a work with a wider scope.

So far, so good.

What cannot possibly be defended, though, is that in a multi-part story that covers one or more regular story categories, suddenly a Novels and Novellas chapter pops up. That just won't cut it. Either the whole series is a Novel or a Novella, or it isn't. Any chapter posted under Novels and Novellas as a part of a multi-part story in or spanning a number of other regular categories, will simply be ignored for points in Survivor. The same is valid for the opposite. If a regular category pops up in the middle of a Novels and Novellas series, it will also be disregarded.

Hope that made sense...

 

[Boxlicker101]

I would like all of my poems entered into the contest, if possible.

Hi, Michael, and welcome to Literotica.

You will have to do that yourself. Just go to your scorecard and put all the poems that posted this year in the appropriate places, and add up your total scores. There is a limit of ten in each category, though.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Hey that would make a good submission.

While i was lloking for inspiration for my next story and pemmeling my wife's ass i signed up for the survivor contest on literotica. one thing led to another... you get the point.

Welcome to the contest.

That would make a good story. Here is a PC I got on one of my anal stories

yes
12/04/05 By: Anonymous
mywife is getting it up the ass right now while we are reading this story.

I like the idea of people enjoying themselves sexually while reading my stories.

 

[starrkers]

Hi, Michael, and welcome to Literotica.

You will have to do that yourself. Just go to your scorecard and put all the poems that posted this year in the appropriate places, and add up your total scores. There is a limit of ten in each category, though.

Hmm, someone's in for a shock then - I saw a card the other day with 24 stories in the Romance category. Can't remember who's it was, I just called up a random card cos I wanted to check how to input an immunity.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
Hi, Michael, and welcome to Literotica.

You will have to do that yourself. Just go to your scorecard and put all the poems that posted this year in the appropriate places, and add up your total scores. There is a limit of ten in each category, though.

Hmm, someone's in for a shock then - I saw a card the other day with 24 stories in the Romance category. Can't remember who's it was, I just called up a random card cos I wanted to check how to input an immunity.

You misunderstood me, and I should have been clearer. There is a limit of ten in each poetry category, for a total of 17 points. There is no limit at all in the story categories.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

And we're already at Halfway-There Day. Things have been moving along way too fast, this year. Anyone else noticed this?

I thought I would take this opportunity to ask everyone to update your scorecards. As you know, you don't have to do it until January 4, 2008, but this could be a good time to see how everyone compares. It's fun!

And if there are any comments on the way the contest is going, any suggestions to improve things, etc., they're more than welcome.

By the way, there are now 123 registered participants in 2007 Survivor, which is well over the total number of participants we had in 2006 by the end of the year.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

I quit...Game Over.

Please remove my name and scorecard from the Survivor Contest. Suddenly, it is not fun. I do not want to be party to the frezy of activity that will hit the board in the next few months just to win a contest.

Those that are more interested in winning the contest and the few dollars of prize money miss the entire point of writing and of the story.

The story, after all, is the reason why we are all here, isn't it?

I had fun while I was here.

Good luck to those who are still playing the game. I hope you win Direlilith.

Thank you

 

[Lauren Hynde]

There will be a frenzy of activity? Awesome! I thought that was the whole point of having contests and probably the best part of the fun.

Anyway, I have no clue as to why you're feeling that way, and, as I said before multiple times, if you have any comments on the way the contest is going, any suggestions to improve things, you're more than welcome to share them.

As for having your name removed from the contest, as is stated in the FAQ, no ScoreCards will be removed for whatever reason. If you no longer wish to be a part of the contest, all you have to do is edit yours to delete the registry of submissions and stop tracking your scores... And if you change your mind before January 4, 2007, you go back there and edit them in again.

 

[DarkBee]

Please remove my name and scorecard from the Survivor Contest. Suddenly, it is not fun. I do not want to be party to the frenzy of activity that will hit the board in the next few months just to win a contest.

Those that are more interested in winning the contest and the few dollars of prize money miss the entire point of writing and of the story.

The story, after all, is the reason why we are all here, isn't it?

I had fun while I was here.

Good luck to those who are still playing the game. I hope you win Direlilith.

Thank you

I don't know whether I should be thrilled or be sad: the leader of the board is leaving, getting me to the 2nd spot. However, it removes a part of the competition (although I've given up chasing after him, he was too far ahead).
Too bad he decided to leave.

 

[DarkBee]

And we're already at Halfway-There Day. Things have been moving along way too fast, this year. Anyone else noticed this?

I thought I would take this opportunity to ask everyone to update your scorecards. As you know, you don't have to do it until January 4, 2008, but this could be a good time to see how everyone compares. It's fun!

And if there are any comments on the way the contest is going, any suggestions to improve things, etc., they're more than welcome.

By the way, there are now 123 registered participants in 2007 Survivor, which is well over the total number of participants we had in 2006 by the end of the year.

Reading all this, I don't know how smart it is to constantly update my scorecard. However, I will continue doing it since I started it and half-time is already over. Besides, it gives me a good look at the competition (DireLilith, Boxlicker101 and rachlou being my direct opponents) if they do the same. IMHO it's a bit unfair if you come crashing into the Scoreboard at the end of the year with more points than the nr. 1. However, since it's allowed, I cannot complain or protest so I will just continue to do my thing, which is to write stories and occasionally a poem.

 

[DireLilith]

*giggling* that's all insane.

anyway, well met, darkbee. let's have a go then, shall we? *evil grin* i'm easy to chase, so come on up! and we have stronger competition in other ppl, just their points aren't added to the board. i'm glad you're competing! i am in this contest to be challenged. seeing your score will push me harder. i don't post much in the way of chat, but i'll keep posting til the end, same as when i started. it'll feel defeating if someone who posts late wins, because i couldn't challenge myself against them til too late! so, let's just race each other, you, me and the rest of the higher score bunch. maybe someone further down will come up and play too. that'll be fun.

and for boston, who explained a wee bit about the ppl who have been giving him trouble...

"when the dogs are biting at your heels, only then do you know you must be leading the pack!"

 

[DarkBee]

"when the dogs are biting at your heels, only then do you know you must be leading the pack!"

ooh, that's a nice saying, and so true.

Yeah, well met, I don't post a lot either. Luckily for the competition, I got some new and fresh ideas over the last few days that I'm working out and I got some series that need to be finished, so expect a lot of points to be gathered from my side (I hope).

 

[Decayed Angel]

A word of advice...

Just because someone has announced that they quit and pulled their scorecard doesn't prevent them from announcing re-entry back into the contest at a later date. It's happened before where someone left in an apparent tiff and later reappeared to finish in second place. I'd advise anyone seriously in competition to keep the score of your top competitors, even the ones who have supposedly "quit." That way you don't have to wonder where everyone really stands.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

I'm a survivor

My decision to quit the Survivor competition was solely based upon the negative attention that I have received from bashers. Yet, now, rethinking my decision, I have decided not to allow the bashers to win by chasing me away. I have worked too hard writing my submissions.

Therefore, please acknowledge my scorecard, again. I apologize for any inconvience that I have caused those in competition.

 

[SweetWitch]

My decision to quit the Survivor competition was solely based upon the negative attention that I have received from bashers. Yet, now, rethinking my decision, I have decided not to allow the bashers to win by chasing me away. I have worked too hard writing my submissions.

Therefore, please acknowledge my scorecard, again. I apologize for any inconvience that I have caused those in competition.

Good for you and welcome back. Give 'em hell, BFW!

Molly

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Thank you.

Thank you, Sweetwitch, for your support. This, Survivor thing, is a bit addictive.

"Just when I think I am out, they pull me back in."

By the way, you have something green in your teeth (lol).

I am sure that is not a good likeness of you, bad lighting, no doubt.

 

[SweetWitch]

Thank you, Sweetwitch, for your support. This, Survivor thing, is a bit addictive.

"Just when I think I am out, they pull me back in."

By the way, you have something green in your teeth (lol).

I am sure that is not a good likeness of you, bad lighting, no doubt.

Nah, that's just my mood of late.

BFW, we all have our moments of doubt and moments of frustration. In the end, though, we continue. We write.

Good luck in the contest!

Molly

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Whimsical corrections to my scorecard

Is my scorecard the only one that gets adjusted? Or am I the only writer around here who complains and then gets punished for what he writes?

It, truly, does not matter to me if you take all my poems and other submissions and lump them all under Reviews and Essays because I know that I have no chance in Hell of winning this or any competition around here.

Literotica and the "in" crowd has their favorites. I am not one of them. Yet, that is okay with me because I will still post my stories, so long as Literotica allows me too. I am, after all, at their whimsy.

To me, it is about the story and not about the points or contest.

By the way for those reading this, you missed deleting some of my red H's. I had 24 now I only have 6. Maybe, you could get together as a group and get rid of those, too. Thank you in advance.

Lastly, when I signed up at Literotica, I had no idea that my cap lock was on when I put in my user name as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER. Many have taken offense at that. Perhaps, someone there can change that to soothe the offended.

WTF!

Freddie
Bostonfictionwriter

 

[DarkBee]

Is my scorecard the only one that gets adjusted? Or am I the only writer around here who complains and then gets punished for what he writes?

It, truly, does not matter to me if you take all my poems and other submissions and lump them all under Reviews and Essays because I know that I have no chance in Hell of winning this or any competition around here.

Literotica and the "in" crowd has their favorites. I am not one of them. Yet, that is okay with me because I will still post my stories, so long as Literotica allows me too. I am, after all, at their whimsy.

To me, it is about the story and not about the points or contest.

By the way for those reading this, you missed deleting some of my red H's. I had 24 now I only have 6. Maybe, you could get together as a group and get rid of those, too. Thank you in advance.

Lastly, when I signed up at Literotica, I had no idea that my cap lock was on when I put in my user name as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER. Many have taken offense at that. Perhaps, someone there can change that to soothe the offended.

WTF!

Freddie
Bostonfictionwriter

Dude, stop whining. You already quit this competition once for some reason nobody understood and now you're complaining again, right after you came crawling back with your tail between your legs (is that a correct English saying or did I just translate it from Dutch?).
Everyone's scorecard can and will be corrected if you made an error. Mine has too, when I put a story from end of december last year on my scorecard for this years contest. The mistake was corrected, I saw the reason why my scorecard was edited and accepted it, of course, so you should too; Lauren, or whoever changed your scrorecard, had good reasons to edit your card, I'm pretty damn sure of it.

 

[DarkBee]

About the H's

By the way: nobody of the Literotica-staff will delete an H, it happens when your story is rated lower than 4.50 average with 10 or more votes casted. Some people read your story, but decided not to give it a high rating, so the H disappeared because the average score dropped below 4.50.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Everyone who wants to vote should register first

I did not mean to infer that anyone on the staff of Literotica eliminated most of my red H's. I know that it is the army of bashers who follow my stories by giving me multiple zeros from multiple computers.

The elimination of red H's occurred in one day. They, he or she must have worked at it for hours because they hit every single story, more than 100. Some of my red H stories had very high vote counts with very high scores so for anyone to drop it below the 4.50 mark, it had to take a determined effort on their part.

To me, it is not the score that matters but the ability for anyone to happen along who has a hair across their ass the take that out on you because they do not like something that you wrote. The scores are a good way to determine how well your story does with the public at large. When those malcontents tamper with that barometer, it is a frustrating experience.

It is unfortunate that anyone can anonymously vote. It would be better if those who wanted to vote for a story had to not only register first but also sign in. That way, we could see who the bashers were and report them after we identified that all they contributed to the site is bashing. The way it is now, anyone can bash your score even another jealous writer intent on winning a contest by dropping your score.