Creator reveals!

[chocolateboxmod]

And that's a wrap! Thank you to all participants for your hard work!

Now in terms of next year I am considering some rule changes. I'm looking at rule changes in relation to the following:

• A rule requiring that each person only sign up with one account; and
• A possible penalty for participants who default at the deadline, so as to spread out pinch hits.

I am interested in feedback as well about rules you would like to keep for next year! I likely won't respond to comments, so as to allow you your time to give feedback, but I am reading. Thanks guys!

Comments

[badass_tiger]

Personally I'd prefer it if the penalty was that you had to submit one treat (possibly with the imposed word count). Completing their assignment might be a bit too restrictive, especially if they dropped out due to writer's block and found they couldn't get around their assignment. Although it might not be too much of a problem considering the very low word count mandatory for this exchange. But I would prefer writing a treat over writing the assignment ^^

[morbane]

(not the mod, but) To me it seems there's a difference between defaulting because you couldn't get your assignment to work, and holding on to your assignment until the very last moment (the deadline) and past it. Surely at that point, people either think they may be able to post a work, or are gaming the system - either way it seems fair to me to require them to post a work for their assigned prompt.

[badass_tiger]

Oh, I was a little confused about 'defaulting at the deadline', but the mod has clarified it below. In that case, yes, I very much understand your view. I've been part of an exchange where I had to drop out before the deadline for defaults because I struggled with my assignment and I have to fulfil that assignment if I want to participate some other year. I'm not too fussed about that in the end, but I do find it a difficult rule to work with. I still think it would be easier for the penalty to be to write a treat rather than fulfil their original assignment (it would be less discouraging imo), but I'd definitely have no objections to the latter if that's what the mods choose to go with.