Contest blues

[norsegirl]

This contest is really getting the better of me. And I have to admit, the snark-weasels are slipping their bonds more and more often as the contest wears on. I get the sneaking suspicion that I am not exactly making "friends" on the Neverwinter Nights boards, and it may have to do with the partcular way that I convey my feelings about

a) people having entries that are sub-par or broken, or rife with uninspiring writing and spelling errors
b) people having their friends sign up and give them 10/10
c) people having their friends sign up and give them 10/10 when their submission fails to meet the specifications given, usually due to the above mentions of being sub-par, broken or uninspiring

I think I may have found a solution to my problems... Passive-aggressive punctuation. Expand your available vocabulary today. Join la revolution!

Comments

[sui-001.livejournal.com]

wish i played so i could check it out.

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it. The more I think about it, the more I DON'T want friends playing and rating it. Playing and giving feedback, okay, no problem. But more than anything I want to work for this company, and I think they value professional conduct, ethics and important things like not cheating. I think I have a better chance of getting hired if I don't win the contest rather than if I win by getting friends to vote. And let's be honest, you don't have the time to play 300+ modules and give them all a fair shake, and you will be influenced by our friendship.

Once I saw there were over 300 entries I had slim hopes of winning, but there was still that glimmer of hope that I might somehow rise to the top. Now that I've seen people cheating to get to the top, and come to realize that even those who are rating fairly are not looking for the same thing I'm looking for, I'm reasonably sure I haven't a chance in hell. At least not on the popular vote anyway. I don't think I'm even in the top 50 at this point. I'm not even worried about getting feedback from the community since at this point I'm getting the distinct impression that none of them really knows what Bioware is looking for anyway. Even those that give me feedback I can understand and potentially implement (which is few), I'm not entirely sure I should trust or make the changes they suggest. I wish there was a way of getting a professional review so I would know where I'm going the right way, and where I've gone wrong, so even if I end up submitting a totally different module, at least I'll have some basis to decide what is good and what is poor.

[sui-001.livejournal.com]

that's very adult of you ;)

i still have my fingers crossed for you tho