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Hello team!
Last night the mod team posted an announcement about this year's voting system, and it's set up in brackets! Last year 40 entries seemed like too much reading every round, and this year we have 121 teams! So we've divvied up the work a bit.
So we are reading Section 3 Entries and the top 10 from our section will proceed to the next bracket. We'll have more reading there! But we will already have read the initial 10.
So in bracket 1 we read 29 entries, pick 10, and in the second bracket we only have 30 more to read that we haven't read!
I know this seems like a lot - and it is! This is the price we pay for having such a huge group this year. But it could be worse! We're reading about half of the actual entries and working to cut back on entries to read for other teams. Additionally, while I say "read" many of the entries are images, or comics that don't take very long. Others are 3000 word fics but all things considered, those are pretty short. If you're a writer you can appreciate how hard it is to make a good concept and squish it into 3000 words.
Additionally, in order to compensate for busy people and potential triggers, the voting system should have a spot for you to account for any entries you have not read. So if you're overwhelmed or busy, it's okay! You can still vote, and the percentages of what you weren't able to get to will be taken into account.
I'm going to try to post about the collab round later on tonight - sorry for spamming the site! Thank you guys for your patience, and let me know if you have any questions.
Last night the mod team posted an announcement about this year's voting system, and it's set up in brackets! Last year 40 entries seemed like too much reading every round, and this year we have 121 teams! So we've divvied up the work a bit.
So we are reading Section 3 Entries and the top 10 from our section will proceed to the next bracket. We'll have more reading there! But we will already have read the initial 10.
So in bracket 1 we read 29 entries, pick 10, and in the second bracket we only have 30 more to read that we haven't read!
I know this seems like a lot - and it is! This is the price we pay for having such a huge group this year. But it could be worse! We're reading about half of the actual entries and working to cut back on entries to read for other teams. Additionally, while I say "read" many of the entries are images, or comics that don't take very long. Others are 3000 word fics but all things considered, those are pretty short. If you're a writer you can appreciate how hard it is to make a good concept and squish it into 3000 words.
Additionally, in order to compensate for busy people and potential triggers, the voting system should have a spot for you to account for any entries you have not read. So if you're overwhelmed or busy, it's okay! You can still vote, and the percentages of what you weren't able to get to will be taken into account.
I'm going to try to post about the collab round later on tonight - sorry for spamming the site! Thank you guys for your patience, and let me know if you have any questions.
