Vote - Week 5

[clauderainsrm]

A few words from clauderainsrm:
I love LJ Idol

Comments

[roina_arwen]

*Hugs* Hope everything is okay!

[mac_arthur_park]

That sucks. Hope all is going well, or fixes itself very soon!

[xo_kizzy_xo]

It's almost equal, those who wrote an entry and those taking a bye? Wow.

[clauderainsrm]

Not even close to being "almost equal". I just separated them out into their own tribe.

[xo_kizzy_xo]

Yeah, I see that. I'd just eyeballed it, and it looked like it was even to my poor old eyes :p

Still, wow.

[clauderainsrm]

It's probably the smallest ratio. I almost put them back into two intact tribes. But I figured I'd leave it be this round.

The "bye-outs" are still big, but not as big as they could be - there are definitely people fighting to stay in!

[eeyore_grrl]

And we keep writing. It was a tough topic for me to write this week. I had plenty of ideas, but actually getting it down in a way I thought was good was difficult.

[my_name_is_jenn]

As I'm a newbie and have nothing to compare it to, I can't be sure, but it seems like a lot of people are bye-ing out. Is this normal?

[clauderainsrm]

It's relatively high. I think people took byes sooner than they "should" have and are now struggling. From the newbies, I think there is a high number of "wandering off" after the holiday break. For the veterans? That seems to be case-by-case (from the ones I've talked to). People just seem *really* preoccupied right now.

As I said up-thread though, I hope we don't lose sight of how many people *haven't* byed-out, and how many are still fighting every week to get things in, and what is actually being created!

[clauderainsrm]

On the plus side - every one who goes out makes the end game that much closer for those remaining! :)

[my_name_is_jenn]

This is very true. :)

ETA: Though part of me wishes I could move on through the rounds on my own accord, rather than doing it possibly because someone had to drop out due to Real Life getting in the way.

*shrug*

[messygorgeous]

I don't think people bye-ing out says anything about the quality of this competition. LJIdol is awesome.

The season started at a rough time of year though, at the end of a rough year in itself, and I think you are right that folks just didn't ration their byes very well.