First, I will post the overall rules, and then I will post the specifics about this week.
Original rules, as stated by Ubertuna:
It must fit the week's theme. It must be submitted by the deadline. It cannot have inappropriate language in it. It cannot be stolen (if you plagiarize, we will find you).
Also:
The poem must be created for this contest A user cannot win two weeks in a row (though everyone is welcome to submit every week!) Only one submission per user will be accepted
As we all know, the winner will recieve a merit, and their poem will be featured on the _Poetry_ page.
OK, on to this week's topic...Again, we are having a style instead of a theme. Also, this week we are having TWO WEEKS to do it, instead of the usual one. Why? Because this will be an EPIC poem. Or, rather, a parody of an epic poem. Generally, epic poetry is very long, and tells the serious story of a heroic figure. Well, this week, the epic figure is YOU! Write a long poem (I'll leave the definition of 'long' up to you, but give it a good go) about the heroic story of you! It can be silly, serious, whatever... just have fun with it. You have two weeks, so have a great time!
Summertime lovin'. Who can forget the weather When it is so hot?
Yeah, I know, it sucks. Dont even bother grading it. It sucks. I'm better at haikus, guess I really just dont care enough today to actually make a poem so...DEAL WITH IT!
What silence this? Unlooked for bliss; Amid tender garden, your look does harden. And then in moonlight's glow softens. So sweet a form I have not seen, From one ocean to the next And all the shores between.
Hush. Let silence wrap us close. Let the moon be our only guide. Ah! Warm embrace, tender parting lips. The west wind stirs gilded locks of hair, Oh so entwined... So beautiful. Eyes locking, all is silent, no talking. No words spoken, lest this moment be broken.
We should just have any one judge for three or four rounds, then automatically switch. Possibly a rotation, I don't know. All I know, and this is definitely from firsthand experience, is that all judges eventually find their way out sooner or later. Some it is sooner, others later. I think unreliable, and quite frankly hectic judging with the constant requirement for somebody else to have some initiative is the main reason the contest is fizzling, though it is following the trend in the community as a whole.
As yet another formerly unreliable judge, I agree with this as well. And as Parsat said I cannot believe we didn't think of this sooner >_>
Hey, yeah I know I'm REALLY late in seeing the other few pages....
But it's a good thing Gantic took away the merit.
Skeleton, no REAL offense to you but your lack of experience is appalling and the fact that Nicho or Mav let you take the place of a judge is just horrid. Shame on both of them for not holding this contest in higher regard.
As soon as a merit reward came about, that took this contest to a different level from all of the others. It shouldn't be like the other silly contests there are here. If a MERIT (Note, A merit is for being an outstanding AGer, not some newb who was lucky) is awarded, it's for a reason. The sight of this thread is pitiful. It's a shadow of what it used to be.
Again Skeleton, I don't have any opinion of you personally, but you have no thread to show me your poetry or anything artistic about you, and that's like having an engineer perform a heart transplant. You just don't freaking do that.
Mav and Nicho should have waited for one of the two, or try to get a previous judge to fill in. Not just wave a flag and let the bystander take it.
fighting the wars slamming on all the doors killing inncocent people in war no one is equal there will be many sequels and way to many prequels
independence is a lie they just want us all to die they cannot be trusted their skilled are rusted i can see through their crap i can even turn it into a rap
Well, it sounds to me that I'm no longer wanted in this position... and seeing as there are only three entries this round anyway, I believe that for the better of this contest, the best thing I can do is extend the deadline another week and step down from my position as judge.
Upon bones lay I, cool sly and slender, like a fox i have stolen, this meal oh so tender, but who have i to thank, but this poor wolf slain sheppard,
my freedom oh my joy, to whom im no defender, was the dream of he sought a land of splendor, for fertile soil has made our lives oh so much better, is fertile from the blood of freedom's own defender.
It seems that the judge should be a one who can keep calm and make well written post explaining why a entry recived that place that it did,The judge must also have a good eye for a well written piece, but also be able to see how a poem could be thought of in that way or ways.It would be of a smarter idea to choose somone who has a backround in the AM&W overall and one that will be able to be active and check and grade each poem by the end of the time given to the contestants.A Puzzling task indeed to find a being that qualifies under each of the mentioned above.
It seems a good idea that the contestants should choose a person and have a vote at who they wish to be judged by.Then the user must accept the position while realizing the responsibility that they have been given.Untill a new judge has been chosen then Killersup would please like to keep skeleton_pilot as the judge of this contest atleast untill the contestants find a new judge.
The contestants should also be able to take a vote after every other contest's end to see that the judge can keep their position.If the judge does not get a percentage of atleast 50% then they should be discharged.Then the contestants will have to pick yet another user whom they should wish to be judged by.If a new judge cannot be found who not only has a majority or votes not wishes to moderate in this game then the previous judge should be re-enstated upon the contestants.
I wouldn't mind doing it. I've been a judge on other artsy websites and I have a lot of free time. I just don't think most of you would feel comfortable with letting a stranger do it after being here for nearly a month. If there is no one to replace Skeleton_Pilot, let me know.
