IFComp 2010
It's IFComp time again. This time last year and the year before, I'd do running reviews in this space.
This year I will not, instead releasing reviews at the end of the judging period in mid-November.
That's because I'm an actual competitor this year, and the conflict-of-interest rules preclude me from doing this.
The comp looks like it's going to be awesome this year, though, based on name recognition[*] alone; I am unreasonably excited at this point.
[*] A quick scan of other review sites finds a split between "Wow, look at all these old names coming back" and "who the heck are all these nobodies?" - this seems to depend on which part of the last decade you were paying attention to IF in. A few very old names are back, and there are big chunks of authors from the 2005-2007 era, and a good chunk from 2009.
This year I will not, instead releasing reviews at the end of the judging period in mid-November.
That's because I'm an actual competitor this year, and the conflict-of-interest rules preclude me from doing this.
The comp looks like it's going to be awesome this year, though, based on name recognition[*] alone; I am unreasonably excited at this point.
[*] A quick scan of other review sites finds a split between "Wow, look at all these old names coming back" and "who the heck are all these nobodies?" - this seems to depend on which part of the last decade you were paying attention to IF in. A few very old names are back, and there are big chunks of authors from the 2005-2007 era, and a good chunk from 2009.