Scouries scores the nude day contest entries

[Selena_Kitt]

Re-quoting myself isn't taking the duct tape off, is it? (gotta love rationalization )

"I actually sort of like Scouries' wit and sense of humor and the absurd, and I appreciate where he's coming from (I was one of the few on the old thread willing to look past his bitterness to his actual valid points!) but what's old now is the "same old angry argument" and this isn't coming in the form of a debate, it's coming as a subtle attack on the system using the guise of feedback on Literotica contest entrants' stories as ammunition."

several of the previous threads where he has made clear that he feels contests are "fixed," that AH authors cheat, etc:

Accusations of Cheating, Vote Swapping and Corruption
A Modest Proposal
Literotica Announces New Contest Rules

 

[Guest]

 

[scheherazade_79]

Re-quoting myself isn't taking the duct tape off, is it? (gotta love rationalization )

"I actually sort of like Scouries' wit and sense of humor and the absurd, and I appreciate where he's coming from (I was one of the few on the old thread willing to look past his bitterness to his actual valid points!) but what's old now is the "same old angry argument" and this isn't coming in the form of a debate, it's coming as a subtle attack on the system using the guise of feedback on Literotica contest entrants' stories as ammunition."

several of the previous threads where he has made clear that he feels contests are "fixed," that AH authors cheat, etc:

Accusations of Cheating, Vote Swapping and Corruption
A Modest Proposal
Literotica Announces New Contest Rules

Damn, he busted us all! And everyone in the AH was making such a damn good job of making out they were half-decent writers....

 

[scheherazade_79]

There are also the first several pages of this thread, Scheh.

Are there? I have ADHD at the moment. I can't concentrate on that much text

 

[scheherazade_79]

Threadjack: This thread sucks ass

 

[Guest]

Threadjack: This thread sucks ass

BWAH!

That's not a threadjack.

 

[scouries]

STORY 71 – ‘Late Night Stop’ by Series6

STORY 71 – ‘Late Night Stop’ by Series6

A good setting for this type of story. Thought you started it well. However the passivity of the couple in the face of the two guards wasn’t very believable. Would have worked better, made more sense, with more coercion from the guards, more fear, anger and opposition from the couple.

3 Reading the entries in this contest I’ve been surprised at how prevalent this idea of a man watching his wife get screwed by other men is.
I think I would have preferred the story written in he first person with Lori the narrator (or even the husband). Not far away from being a really good story. Worth a read.

 

[scouries]

STORY 72 – ‘Washed Away’ by oggbashan

STORY 72 – ‘Washed Away’ by oggbashan

Thank you sir - a leading male character who resembles a real man at last!

3 Not enough sex and not really on theme to get a top mark from my system. Maybe a little too soap opera-y for my taste. But a well constructed and written story, and all in all a pretty good read.

 

[scouries]

STORY 73 – ‘Breaking and Entering’ by Daniellekitten

STORY 73 – ‘Breaking and Entering’ by Daniellekitten

“Why don't you get undressed and come with us?” When I read that line I thought the same thing. Why has Danielle cancelled out on her Nude Day reading in Florida? As beautiful as she is, who’s going to worry about a little scar? Her breasts, her little bum are far too pale.
Kudos for your male characters. Just you, here and in your other story (The Pond), and oggbashan above, were able to create likeable, normal men.

3 The score simply reflects the fact that I find it too long for the contest format! Actually you wrote two stories back to back – think I would have much preferred just the break-in and rape story. It was very good as it was; I didn’t think adding the kidnapping and the last two pages was necessary.
But still, you so easily can create a world and people who are believable, invent a story that works, write funny, realistic dialogue…
You did get a star for being on theme!

 

[scouries]

STORY 74 – ‘Carol and Denny’s Exchange’ by gauchecritic

STORY 74 – ‘Carol and Denny’s Exchange’ by gauchecritic

It was hard not to like this story. More than once I wanted to stop reading and click away, but the continuing bizarreness of the tale kept me hooked.

And it has some great lines:
"I might be stupid, Denny, but I can tell my arse from my cunt."
"Two push and I give you my spunk in cunt."
“She pulled slowly, revealing inch by electric inch this length of teenaged pipe.”

4 A toss up between 3 and 4. I actually voted and gave you a 3 before I reconsidered. I voted a second time (a 5 so the two would average 4 – not sure if that is legal). The story was way too confusing and complicated and a lot of the pleasure of reading it was lost as I continually wanted to edit it as I read.
As I read, I was also wondering how the incest angle was going to come about. I was speculating that either Carol or her mother would turn out to be the student’s birth mother (the result of some indiscretion while on a package tour to Bulgaria maybe?). And then when the boy started blowing Denny I was afraid he might turn out to be Denny’s son! I don’t think I classify Denny bonking his mother-in-law incest (poor taste certainly), but maybe it is in your jurisdiction.
One of the more fun and interesting reads in the competition. It’s more than worth fighting your way through.

 

[Guest]

STORY 73 – ‘Breaking and Entering’ by Daniellekitten

“Why don't you get undressed and come with us?” When I read that line I thought the same thing. Why has Danielle cancelled out on her Nude Day reading in Florida? As beautiful as she is, who’s going to worry about a little scar? Her breasts, her little bum are far too pale.
Kudos for your male characters. Just you, here and in your other story (The Pond), and oggbashan above, were able to create likeable, normal men.

3 The score simply reflects the fact that I find it too long for the contest format! Actually you wrote two stories back to back – think I would have much preferred just the break-in and rape story. It was very good as it was; I didn’t think adding the kidnapping and the last two pages was necessary.
But still, you so easily can create a world and people who are believable, invent a story that works, write funny, realistic dialogue…
You did get a star for being on theme!

Sigh...I knew you'd say it was too long...But thanks for the three.

 

[scheherazade_79]

Sigh...I knew you'd say it was too long...But thanks for the three.

I'm sure you'll treasure that three til the end of your days...

 

[gauchecritic]

Thanks Scouries.

I know it's not the done thing but I actually like making my readers work, if they stay with it I must be doing a pretty decent job.

I've just found a legitimate problem with your personal scoring system, which also quite spoiled the 'surprise' ending really.

I don't consider mothers-in-law as incest either, I entered the story under 'group sex' but the powers that be changed the category.

But at least they didn't stick it in 'loving wives'. (ooer missis)

 

[Guest]

I'm sure you'll treasure that three til the end of your days...

Oh definitely. It'll go right up on the bulletin board with the first dollar I ever made.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

So scouries didn't like my work? Cry me a river. I'll live.

 

[scouries]

STORY 75 – ‘Somewhere South of Eden’ by lindiana

STORY 75 – ‘Somewhere South of Eden’ by lindiana

You certainly tried to make up for your ‘four years without sex’ in a hurry! I’m glad everyone got to cum in the end.

2 It certainly started on theme. Was relatively short. Had sex. But…a little unrealistic. Didn’t do it for me, give this one a miss.

 

[scouries]

STORY 76 – ‘One Step From Heaven’ by nosuchthing

STORY 76 – ‘One Step From Heaven’ by nosuchthing

Another new Literotican. Long, hard to read paragraphs. There was an interesting idea here but the author never seemed to want to get to it.

2 Really hard to get through but I hung in there right til the end. What a disappointment! We’ll be in chapter five, 50,000 words in, before we get any sex. I’m glad this guy has retired from the navy; I definitely wouldn’t want him in any command position during a war.
Not really worth the read.

 

[scouries]

STORY 77 – ‘The Dressing Room’ by Lady Jayne

STORY 77 – ‘The Dressing Room’ by Lady Jayne

I like this kind of tale. Public or semi-public sex, especially unplanned, can be great and often provides us with our most powerful erotic memories. Stories like this one seem to unlock odd memories from my past and so reading a story like this often ends up being more about something I’ve done and enjoyed. Not a bad result for an erotic story.

3 Perhaps too short. I think I would have preferred more buildup and then slower and more detailed sex, and then more interaction/reaction from the other people in the store.

 

[scouries]

STORY 78 – ‘Impulse’ by Alex de Kok

STORY 78 – ‘Impulse’ by Alex de Kok

Nice story, nice people. Perhaps too nice to be truly erotic.

4 In a simple, short story you were able to capture the Nude Day theme in a way only maybe 10 out of the 80 entries could. Of course, it being a ‘Romance’ story I couldn’t give it a 5. Well written – please read.

 

[scouries]

STORY 79 – ‘Shopping Treat’ by Series6

STORY 79 – ‘Shopping Treat’ by Series6

“She shuffled her bare feet to enjoy the soft, spongy feel of the carpet.’ It takes a brave person to do that. With all the people having sex in dressing rooms you can never be sure what will get between your toes.

3 I didn’t like this one as much as your previous entries but it wasn’t bad. All your stories have been interesting and different. I’m going to continue to look for your stories in the future. Worth reading.

 

[scouries]

STORY 80 – ‘At the Hands of a Stranger’ by Miss Jane

STORY 80 – ‘At the Hands of a Stranger’ by Miss Jane

I liked this story. Watching voyeuristically as a woman strips, or masturbates, or makes love, whether she knows you are watching or not (each possibility has its own erotic charm), is a mainstay of the human erotic experience. The opposite of course is just as exciting.

3 Between a 3 and 4. Reminded me of the night I walked past the lighted windows in the red light district in Amsterdam as an eighteen year old, each new window offering a new delight to a wide eyed boy.
A fun read.

 

[scouries]

All Done??

Final Musings?​

Was that the last of them…or will a couple more stories trickle through tomorrow?

I think it’s finally over – I did it! 80 stories, 65+? different authors. I wasn’t sure when I started if I would actually be able to read every story in the contest. Thanks to the somewhat limited number of entries (at least compared to the Xmas contest), and the fact that such a high percentage of the works were under three full pages long, it was doable.

I not sure I’d ever want to do it again – it’s simply a lot of work. I now have a soft spot in my heart for that most despicable of chaps, the professional critic.

But I enjoyed it. By reading every story you expose yourself to a huge assortment of different authors, writing in different categories, using different styles, with different views of the world, different fantasies… You can’t help but learn and be impressed.

Unfortunately no one offered me a blow job for my vote! Although Miss SK did say that she’d be quite willing to do something to me. Ah well…

Humble Suggestions:​

Nude Day Contest I think its time to retire this contest - replace it with something new. Public nudity doesn’t seem to excite our authors or readers. Given the wide latitude used by the authors who entered the contest, just about any Literotica story that’s been published over the last month could have claimed to fit the guidelines.

One Author – One Entry Perfectly legally, quite a few writers entered more than one story in the contest (and that’s not counting those evil alts); maybe its time to limit contests to one story per author. It would make it easier for the reader while forcing our authors to work to produce their best first time out. Mulligans should be only used on the golf course.

Voting Threshold Although very few of you may agree, I believe we should raise the voting threshold for contest stories – instead of lowering it from 50 to 25, I’d raise it, to 100 or 150. For those of you who struggle to get even 25, I know this sounds stupid or harsh. Why more? Two reasons, one, it’s much harder to manipulate results when there are large numbers of votes. Two, I believe the authors will work much harder to secure votes if they need them. There are ways to up your vote count (and your views) on a story – authors like Rumple and the kitten sisters work hard to get readers outside the small intellectual centre of Lit and they get them.

Literotica should do more Every contest story should be so designated and highlighted on the ‘New Story’ page to attract readers. When a contest story is clicked open the first thing a reader should see is something like this:

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NUDE DAY CONTEST ENTRY
IT’S YOUR VOTE THAT WILL CHOOSE THE WINNER​

This caption should also be put at the end of each story.
Similarly, every author should beg for votes at the conclusion of the story. It works! I know. My early works struggled to get 25-50 votes. Since I’ve started asking for votes at the end of my stories my vote count has grown exponentially.

Story LengthContest rules should specify an expected length. Maybe one contest would accept only 2500-5000 word entries, another 5000-10000. The important thing to remember is that if we want the vast Literotica audience to actually read the contest stories we have to make the stories attractive to our readers. Good stories should be read.

Contest Rules I’d love to see much clearer contest submission rules. Not just length, but also whether fiction or non fiction, humorous or serious, erotic or porn, story or scene….

Realistic Scoring It seems that most of you feel a story that doesn’t get 4.80 from the voters is a failure. Come on! That’s 96%. Where I went to school no one got a mark that high. More like 66% was the mean. That’s 3.3 in our Literotica terms. We unfortunately have mark inflation here and it results in us feeling bad if we give someone a 2 or 3 or even 4. Crazy!

To all contributors - Thank you and a thousand apologies to those who feel I’ve treated their hard work too harshly or unfairly.

Winners of the ‘Scouries 2006 Nude Day Contest’ will be announced within the next week​

I’d also like some feedback on how many views and total votes your stories got in the contest. Don’t care about the rating. Anyone willing to share this info, please post it or send it along to me, thanks.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Nope, no agenda here...

if anyone is thinking about posting scores in this thread... you may want to wait until after July 12, which is when the winners will be announced...

just a thought...



also, Scouries...

authors like Rumple and the kitten sisters work hard to get readers outside the small intellectual centre of Lit and they get them.

before I address this, would you like to explain this remark any further?

 

[FallingToFly]

As a reviewer for the New Story Reviews...

I'd love to invite Scouries to share on my Tuesday reviews. I usually finsh mine by noon EST, and he is welcome to add to them if he'd like.

I'm sure the authors would appreciate another, more honest viewpoint.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

As a reviewer for the New Story Reviews...

I'd love to invite Scouries to share on my Tuesday reviews. I usually finsh mine by noon EST, and he is welcome to add to them if he'd like.

I'm sure the authors would appreciate another, more honest viewpoint.

Anyone is welcome to add to the review thread.
I've pointed it out in this thread several times already.