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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 1:01pm
wolf1991
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A nice bit of improvement there Skeleton, good job. Now if we're going to begin cycling through judges I suggest we have a particular order to it. If no one has any objections, I would like to judge this round, this way we have a confirmed judge and we can use this time to decide the order of judges.
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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 3:04pm
Salvidian
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I liked the judging this time. It's better to include positives and negatives. I loves the detail you put into it, and quoting parts of the entries was fantastic. You could still try and exhaust every aspect of each poem though. It sounds hard, but by doing so the writer will completely know what he or she did right and what he or she did wrong. In all respect, I wouldn't be surprised if you read Xzeno's huge post on acceptable critiquing in the AMW forum, which is something that a lot of people could learn from. It solved my biggest issue with your judging, which was nearly all positives. I know you were trying to be nice, but, frankly, it's nicer if you give feedback on what could be improved upon! All in all, much better. Keep it up!
I've seen wolf1991 judge in the past and I'm all for it. However, I don't want to see a huge cycle of judges. I'm more comfortable with a cycle of 3 judges, and after 3 rounds for each judge the cycle would switch to 3 other judges and recursion. I haven't been able to make any submissions yet, but I'm writing one for the current topic.
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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 4:05pm
CheapCheep
170 posts
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Even though I'm not going to be judging this next round, I'm going to at least start things off by choosing The Solar System as the next theme and setting the deadline to Wednesday, August 8 unless there are any objections...
The Solar System...
FUDGE.
The Solar System
Planets spin around me
Stuck in a repeating cycle
Everything the same as the year before
Yet everything, so diffrent.
All the planets have diffrent traits
Just like you and me
Everything in space
Is so diffrent
Yes I did a free-verse. I dont want to sit here for hours thinking of a word that rhymes with "galaxy" or "Mars". And again, I really didn't try sad to say. Im going through a writers block that I just cant get out of quite yet.
:p And I'm bored OUTTA MY MIND.
School starts again soon...
FUDGE.
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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 5:14pm
MoonFairy
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I'm all for Wolfie taking this one.
Sal, who all do you think should take it, if only 3?
Skeleton, that was marvelous. Learning more already :D
I guess I'll contact the others. Nicho, Tacky, Wolf, Oreo and moi. We'll figure something or another out, unless Sal has a better idea?
Sadly I think Tacky is too busy living, and I dunno if Nicho is alive :< But we shall sort this! :D
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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 5:50pm
Salvidian
2,624 posts
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I'm indifferent on who judges. You have Nicho, Tacky, Wolf, Oreo, and, er, you as referred to as "moi" listed. Nichodemus has been using his phone to visit the forums so I don't think he'd be willing to make huge, detailed reviews. I haven't seen Tacky much, and I hardly know her whatsoever. Couldn't really say. Wolf is up, so that's 1 for sure. I think Orion said he'd be willing to judge, but, probably because of me, I solemn know what he's talking about. Probably 2 there. With you, that makes 3, so 1 full cycle is achievable.
I don't know, maybe after each of you judges 3 times, we could see if Nicho and Tacky are up for judging, and Skele could fill up that last spot. I think it would be better if the cycles were made up of smaller groups, so people could have longer breaks.
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Posted Jul 30, '12 at 11:35pm
Skeleton_Pilot
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I guess it was all just a matter of knowing what I was supposed to do as a judge... now that I know how to do it properly, I'll be glad to step in if and when I'm needed. =)
HOW IN THE HECK DID I GET 3RD PLACE! THAT WAS THE WORST POEM I HAD EVER WRITTEN!!
Need I remind you that only three entries actually qualified for placement this round? Technically you also got last place, but I don't see it that way... =)
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Posted Jul 31, '12 at 3:53am
wolf1991
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I agree that the number of judges should be limitted to 3-4, furthermore I suggest a two round rotation instead. Three rounds is simply too long in my mind, especially since I will be returning to university in Septemeber, as such two rounds is far more managable.
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Posted Jul 31, '12 at 11:58am
nichodemus
10,792 posts
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Nonsense, I typed out my literature essay on my phone before; I just dot feel like doing it for now.
Anyway yes, good job Skele.
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Posted Aug 2, '12 at 2:41pm
MrDavidX96
9 posts
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solar system... ima gonna sit this one out. cant think of any un-cliched material to write about
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Posted Aug 3, '12 at 4:59am
DrElmer
318 posts
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We've no restraints on
The space-time continuum,
And yet we sit here,
Limited, for now, by Mars.
And Jupiter. And ourselves.
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