Round 1 // Challenge 8 - VOTING POST
Voting Closes on Sunday, November 28th @ 5:00 PM EST!
Rules
01. Unless there is a very good reason not to read a story (if there are warnings for rape, extreme sexual/graphic content, etc), then you must read all stories when voting.
02. Even if you've never seen one of the shows (if you've never see [insert show here], or maybe [insert show here], etc) or even a specific season, you still need to read all the entries from the show when voting. Your votes only count if you read and vote in all the categories! (we can't have an uneven amount of voters, it will throw the voting process off)
03. ALL stories should be given EQUAL standing, no matter the characters, show or relationships, etc focused throughout the story.
04. You may ask your friends on the internet to vote as long as they have a LiveJournal account. Telling them your story title so they can vote for you is NOT allowed!
05. DO NOT, discuss your vote with anyone until after voting has ended. If it is found out that votes were discussed and that either/both parties' votes were biased, or there seems to be some kind of collusion, the votes WILL NOT COUNT. If the author/s of said comments are still playing, they will be removed.
06. You are voting for the BEST written story (not necessarily your favorite, but the best written - see the difference? there is one, promise!) and the story you think was the LEAST well written (not the one you disliked the most, but least well written, again, there is a difference). Please ASK or clarify if you don't understand the difference!
07. When you vote, you must give a reason, not just picking which one you thought was best or worst. The reasons must be thought out and some what desciptive.
08. Current players of a round MAY vote, they just must NOT vote for themselves.
09. Players who have defaulted and/or been voted out in the current round MAY still vote!
10. ALL votes are screened and anonymous - now and forever! I will never tell you who voted which way nor who gave which specific comments.
11. You MUST vote for BOTH Best and Least, if you submit a vote for only Best, it will NOT be accepted!
12. There is a comment thread below called 'QUESTIONS' where you may ask any questions you may have about voting, how to do it, what is acceptable, etc.
Feedback
01. You may not vote against a story simply because of ...
- its word count (you think it's too short or too long)
- you don't agree/like/etc the relationship written about in the story
- you don't agree/like/etc the character(s) written about in the story
- the story has slash and you don't agree with or like slash
- the story was an AU or wasn't an AU and you do/don't prefer AUs
- the story was a crossover or wasn't a crossover and you do/don't prefer crossovers
02. You may vote for a winning story because ...
- it was the best written (but only if you explain WHY it was the best written)
- uses the prompt in the best and creative way
03. The following are an example of bad and good voting;
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story title here] as best story because the characterization of [insert character here] was right on and the dialogue sounded like it came right out of the show.
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story title here] as the one that is the worst because it clearly ignores the canon from [insert show/episode here], without establishing in any way that the story is an AU. (this is if AUs are acceptable for that prompt)
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] because it was the most well written story BECAUSE the way the author used the prompt was especially creative and never done before. The characters were spot on and I could definitately see everything in the fanfic happening on the show/movie.
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] as best story because [insert pairing here] is just the cutest pairing ever!
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] as the worst story because who could possibly think that [insert character here] would pair up with [insert character here]?
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] because it was the most well written story.
For more examples of what is not acceptable and why using real life votes, visit here.
Instructions
01. Copy the following information and paste it into a comment to MY comment that has the subject 'VOTING' in it.
Entries
Best Written Story Title:
Best Written Story Reason:
Least Well Written Story Title:
Least Well Written Story Reason:
Prompt: Playing With Fire
DO NOT make a new comment when voting, REPLY to the VOTING comment I made below!
Rules
01. Unless there is a very good reason not to read a story (if there are warnings for rape, extreme sexual/graphic content, etc), then you must read all stories when voting.
02. Even if you've never seen one of the shows (if you've never see [insert show here], or maybe [insert show here], etc) or even a specific season, you still need to read all the entries from the show when voting. Your votes only count if you read and vote in all the categories! (we can't have an uneven amount of voters, it will throw the voting process off)
03. ALL stories should be given EQUAL standing, no matter the characters, show or relationships, etc focused throughout the story.
04. You may ask your friends on the internet to vote as long as they have a LiveJournal account. Telling them your story title so they can vote for you is NOT allowed!
05. DO NOT, discuss your vote with anyone until after voting has ended. If it is found out that votes were discussed and that either/both parties' votes were biased, or there seems to be some kind of collusion, the votes WILL NOT COUNT. If the author/s of said comments are still playing, they will be removed.
06. You are voting for the BEST written story (not necessarily your favorite, but the best written - see the difference? there is one, promise!) and the story you think was the LEAST well written (not the one you disliked the most, but least well written, again, there is a difference). Please ASK or clarify if you don't understand the difference!
07. When you vote, you must give a reason, not just picking which one you thought was best or worst. The reasons must be thought out and some what desciptive.
08. Current players of a round MAY vote, they just must NOT vote for themselves.
09. Players who have defaulted and/or been voted out in the current round MAY still vote!
10. ALL votes are screened and anonymous - now and forever! I will never tell you who voted which way nor who gave which specific comments.
11. You MUST vote for BOTH Best and Least, if you submit a vote for only Best, it will NOT be accepted!
12. There is a comment thread below called 'QUESTIONS' where you may ask any questions you may have about voting, how to do it, what is acceptable, etc.
Feedback
01. You may not vote against a story simply because of ...
- its word count (you think it's too short or too long)
- you don't agree/like/etc the relationship written about in the story
- you don't agree/like/etc the character(s) written about in the story
- the story has slash and you don't agree with or like slash
- the story was an AU or wasn't an AU and you do/don't prefer AUs
- the story was a crossover or wasn't a crossover and you do/don't prefer crossovers
02. You may vote for a winning story because ...
- it was the best written (but only if you explain WHY it was the best written)
- uses the prompt in the best and creative way
03. The following are an example of bad and good voting;
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story title here] as best story because the characterization of [insert character here] was right on and the dialogue sounded like it came right out of the show.
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story title here] as the one that is the worst because it clearly ignores the canon from [insert show/episode here], without establishing in any way that the story is an AU. (this is if AUs are acceptable for that prompt)
ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] because it was the most well written story BECAUSE the way the author used the prompt was especially creative and never done before. The characters were spot on and I could definitately see everything in the fanfic happening on the show/movie.
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] as best story because [insert pairing here] is just the cutest pairing ever!
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] as the worst story because who could possibly think that [insert character here] would pair up with [insert character here]?
NOT ACCEPTABLE: I vote for [insert story here] because it was the most well written story.
For more examples of what is not acceptable and why using real life votes, visit here.
Instructions
01. Copy the following information and paste it into a comment to MY comment that has the subject 'VOTING' in it.
Entries
Best Written Story Title:
Best Written Story Reason:
Least Well Written Story Title:
Least Well Written Story Reason:
Prompt: Playing With Fire
DO NOT make a new comment when voting, REPLY to the VOTING comment I made below!