It doesn't matter to me. Like I've said time and time again in this thread whenever people complain about waiting (and the waiting isn't nearly as long as some other games, may I add) all of us judges are full time students OR have full time jobs. I've made it VERY clear to our judges that I appreciate them giving us their valuable time to be part of this game and that real life should, and does, come before ATRL stuff. I don't hold it against them if they get busy and I have to wait a few extra hours for judging, and I don't think anyone else should either.
Apologies if I'm coming across angry, I'm really not.
I think what it is, if I'm being completely honest, is that I'm really due for a bit of a break from ATRL. At this point, I'm just seeing this game to the end for the sake of everyone involved, before I take a bit of a break from the site. I find it more infuriating than fun lately, in all honesty. More than anything, it's a reflection of my own attitude towards this site lately, not you guys, so I'm sorry if I made you think I was angry with you all.
Boyonce, in no way shape or form, did I intend to irritate you in such a way. I was merely asking about the judges, nothing more nothing less. If my comment did annoy you I do apologize because it was unintended. We all understand the commitments of real life and that they definitely, positively take priority than ATRL. Hopefully no hard feelings
If you definitely feel like that you need a break, you should definitely go for it. You're a great host and a great poster and you deserve the break. Hopefully after the game is finished, you'll be able to catch some piece of mind and re-energize.
But, I really need to apologize to you guys for always being late with my rankings. I always say I'll get them in on time and I never do. I had a lot of complications with my loans and financial aid since school is vastly approaching and I just forgot about this game. But I should really alert y'all so you just don't think I'm doing nothing when you see me post a few comments around the forum. So I apologize for that and will really try my best to get my rankings in on time.
No guest judges this week. Just your original faculty!
Headmaster boyonce
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Marooner: I actually like the concept - talking about nice things that have occurred on this site - but I had a few problems with the entry itself. You forgot the word "to" in the thread title. I've said time and time again in this game how important a properly written post is in how others on ATRL view your maturity. As well, some people hijacked the thread to talk about bad things that happened, and I would have liked to see you in the thread trying to get in back on track. You seem to have made the thread, then abandoned it, unlike some of your competitors who kept upkeeping their threads.
Jad: Absolutely fantastic. This is what this challenge was all about. I love how much work you put into the OP - my heart actually felt warm as I read it. Creating a rotating topic is a fantastic idea (I consider it for most of my threads) and assures thread longevity. I love that you stuck around in the thread and spoke to everyone who shared their thoughts. With this entry, you've shown kindness, understanding, and love - which in my eyes, makes you a front runner for the Charm School title. Keep it up!
Barbie: A good concept. I think I've seen it done a few times before, but still positive nonetheless. There is some potential for shadiness, but hopefully that gets taken care of with WPs. I wish you maintained this thread a little longer though and put just a tad more work into it - as of August 1st, it appears done. It makes me think you maybe just did it for this challenge and don't really care about it?
Blue: It's a simple thread idea, but the more I think about it, the more I like it. It makes me smile. Like I said to Barbie, I wish you kept at this thread a little longer - I think it had potential to get more replies. It makes me smile though.
Nicki: Hmmmm. Hmmmm. It's certainly out of the box, so points for creativity. My first thought? I don't really know what to think. It could be a brilliant idea, or it could be a trainwreck. The hardest thing I have with it is that I simply can't tell how it would go, because it's still hypothetical while everyone created an actual thread I could enter, look at, and judge. I really like the idea of mentorships you came up with, I just can't imagine if it would actually take off or not.
Headmaster Ammer
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Marooner - It was a nice idea, but seemed like little effort was put into it. Especially based on what we saw last season, this was sort of lackluster.
Jad - Great thread idea! Especially loved the graphic you made. The one issue I would say is the short amount of time spent on each issue. I understand moving on to the next one if it's been discussed to death, but you didn't allow the issue to exhaust itself out. It seemed a bit premature to move on without having ATRLers have a chance to really soak it in and post. Good effort overall however.
Barbie - I thought it was a good way to take away the negativity associated with each artist, but again, it seemed like there was little effort put into this. I would have preferred seeing something centered on ATRLers themselves versus artists.
Blue - This was really cute. I think what made your idea stand out was how ATRLers can look at what other users do and employ similar strategies. Cute.
NICKIMINAJ - I actually really like this idea. It's sort of like a "RuPaul's Drag U" spin-off. I think this idea would be great if it was implemented! I would have liked to see it maybe fleshed out a bit more in examples in your entry, but good idea overall.
Dean pika
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Jad - You snatched me BALD with this entry. Everything from the presentation, to the thread, to the thread actually working. I just, no words Jad. I'm highly impressed with what you've done and although the entry is reminiscent of entries from the last season, it was still a great entry. You have really stepped it up effort wise and it's showing.
Su-Barbie-A - I don't see how this is really positive to be honest. It leaves a lot of room for shade to be thrown around and I swear a thread like this has been done before. I expected a lot more from you considering you previous entries so this is kind of disappointing. Your thread was still a minor success so good job for that.
!Blue! - What a cute little thread. It's really helpful for those that need it and for those that don't to just stop on by and give advice. This entry really stood out to me (I don't know why, but it did) and I can see the effort. Presentation wise it was a bit of a dud but so was everybody else's sans Jad so no real big problem there. Good job.
Marooner5 - I don't hate it, but I don't love it. It reminds me of Blue's, but doesn't quite reach the potential of his. It's positive but I don't feel like it's bringing the type of positive that makes a change, if you know what I mean. Definitely not one of the top entries this round, but still pretty good.
Nicki Minaj - Okay, first off, but why didn't you make the thread? The point of the challenge was to bring a positive impact to ATRL, but if you don't make the thread then where's the impact? The idea also seems a bit shaky since most people wouldn't want to do this. It'd seem a little corny and embarrassing to most and some would probably troll the thread and laugh at others for seeking this kind of advice. I mean I don't hate the idea, I just don't see it working out and that's a big part of this challenge to me.
Dean Katie
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I had a message typed out earlier on a computer but got slammed with OC's. So I don't have time to recreate a detailed message, sorry.
Nicki minaj: Creative to use this thread as your entry.
Jad: More original than the rest but you also didn't keep it up.
Blue: Refreshing to not be ATRL related.
Su Barbie: Been done to death but kudos for making 3 pages.
Marooner: Kind of generic and you didn't really follow through.
Ammer, the reason why I moved on to so many topics is because I wouldn't get that much participation, especially with topics like "grief" which I'm sure have been done before didn't really take off. The current topic "Apologies & Forgiveness" which I'm going to keep for a while to see if anyone more wanted to share something.
pika, someone in the thread posted a link to their ones which died off, but I didn't know it was for Charm School. The similarity wasn't intented.
Katie: I actually did and I've put the thread link in my sig with revolving topics. I don't think I stopped. Just wanted to point that out
And boyonce, no need to apologize. We all need a break from here sometimes.
I had a lot of complications with my loans and financial aid since school is vastly approaching and I just forgot about this game. But I should really alert y'all so you just don't think I'm doing nothing when you see me post a few comments around the forum. So I apologize for that and will really try my best to get my rankings in on time.
Headmaster boyonce