Duleigh
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As long as it got in under the mark, it'll be published. That's why there's a week between cut off and the award ceremony.
Valentines Day Contest Support Thread.
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Duleigh
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Last page of the published stories between the text and the comments section
Yeah, I have days like this all the time too
alohadave
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The stars are how you vote.
rdodger
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Ahhhh. Okay then.
AlexFourways
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OK, this must be a silly question, but how do you know which stories are contending for the top spot as because each time I refresh Contest Entries it seems to have a different order and are not (AFAICT) ever highest rated to lowest. Or is there a results page somewhere else?
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It's a mystery until the announcement is made,unless you look at the outdated rating of each story individually. There's always a big sweep just before the results come out, when ratings can move quite a bit - usually upwards, then the winners will be one-bombed and go down again...
The listing page is in random order every time you load, so no story is advantaged by being on top.
Duleigh
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I keep close eye on my scores, I down load my CSV file every night and there's been little sweeps going on for the last week
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My two stories each jumped 0.01 points out of nowhere though I'm not as compulsive as Duleigh about tracking things. Still a looooong way from the winners' podium.
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Good news for me - a strong 4.85 score post-sweep.
Less good - only 20 votes, no new ones in the last 5 days. Ah, well.
Less good - only 20 votes, no new ones in the last 5 days. Ah, well.
Duleigh
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That's the problem with late submissions, but you have 2 more days and one more sweep. Good luck!
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I submitted only a few days after opening! It's the problem with writing gay male content, rather - once it stopped being on the New GM page, it's mainly got views from the contest page, so I can predict at least 9/10 of 'readers' are seeing the content and immediately clicking Back.
Then I manage to put off most of the rest with my writing.
Hi — what does “sweep” mean in this context? Pardon the naïveté
Duleigh
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I sent you a DM about that
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Kumquatqueen
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Very kind. Assuming you weren't the 1-star vote I also just got!
(Must register to vote in the US, again...)
Jackie.Hikaru
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gave you a vote! good luck!
and p.s. to my resident one-bomber. My entry is ineligible for the contest, so ...don't? I mean, as a general rule, don't... but extra don't because its a waste of your time?
I mean unless you really just hate my story, in which case, by all means ...
Duleigh
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You really shouldn't write to your one bomber. If they're anything like mine, they can't read.gave you a vote! good luck!
and p.s. to my resident one-bomber. My entry is ineligible for the contest, so ...don't? I mean, as a general rule, don't... but extra don't because its a waste of your time?
I mean unless you really just hate my story, in which case, by all means ...
AlexFourways
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I agree, for my first ever story on the site I had a 1* and their comment is they didn't like the woman having multiple partners. Fair enough, but it's to be expected in a Group Sex entry. So clearly they didn't read that!
MelissaBaby
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I just got a big sweeps bump on my Valentine story, jumping from 4.81 to 4.85. So nobody should count themselves out.
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I’m so envious…even though you’re ineligible. Nice story, btw.
EmilyMiller
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Mine has been languishing in unabomber land. The last sweep saw it claw its way to an H, but I don’t have high hopes for anything more. Unless it’s a super vigorous last sweep. It was once in 4.9x territory. Comps can really suck.
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The very first vote I ever got on my first story was a 1-star. That story did eventually get and keep an H, so nyah!
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It’s funny, I can see it being 1 bombed in real time. I was never going to win, hilarious that someone thinks it’s that important
. Couldn’t they be like masturbating or something instead? It really is terribly amusing what some people think is worth their time.
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