The Earth Day 2011 Contest Support Thread

[MatthewVett]

I see the story posts are slowing down. Only 1-2 each day. Can't wait to read some new entries.

My score is still horrible. I think I'm just going to delete it.

Never give up, never surrender!

 

[PrincessErin]

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[Owlwhisper]

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[sr71plt]

I have short, poorly written stories, such as Eighty-Eight days, that have a much higher score. I'm being sabotaged and I can't win.

You can lose, though. That's actually worse than not winning, I think. Publicly withdrawing is losing for you, winning for those bombing your stories.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

Ack, Erin I'm just about to read your entry. You didn't remove it already did you? Don't let the negativity get to you! *hugs*

 

[PennLady]

Never give up, never surrender!

By the Hammer of Grabthar, you will be avenged!

Erin, stick with it. Don't let them get to you.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

Well, if you removed it, they didn't get to it yet, cause I'm reading it now.

 

[sr71plt]

Well, if you removed it, they didn't get to it yet, cause I'm reading it now.

It normally takes the same three or four days to edit/delete a story as it did to get it posted in the first place.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

Pilot, OK. I wasn't sure if the length was different because of it being a contest entry or not. The story I removed (for pitch purposes) took almost a week to disappear.

 

[MarlowBunny]

Too late. I'm sick of all the bullying that I have to deal with on this site. I'm sick of the fact that the idea of free speech makes that type of behaviour acceptable online. The same would not be true in real life.

My story score is 3.61 That is so low. My other contest entires since 2008 normally hover around 4.02 to 4.12 - not anywhere near to the coveted red H nor anywhere close to winning.

I have short, poorly written stories, such as Eighty-Eight days, that have a much higher score. I'm being sabotaged and I can't win.

I liked your story a lot as I wrote in the comments

I have a theory that most readers of Literotica don't want plot or conflict of adventure or non-erotic excitement. My perception was that there is more reason to read your story than the sex. I'm afraid that if your experience is like mine, readers will punish your story for not titillating enough or not being exclusively titillating. You wrote a marvelous hot fudge sundae with a scoop of cinnamon ice-cream to accent the rich dark chocolate. The voting readers like to squirt whipped non-dairy products directly into their mouths. They aren't interested in savoring.


Thank you for a nice story. Please stay in the contest and continue to post here.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

MarlowBunny that description has my mouth watering! Ugh, dammit! LOL *licks lips wanting hot fudge sundae NOW* I'm on the first Lit page and really enjoying it, anticipating what is to come, Erin.

 

[Darkniciad]

One new story brings us up to 46

Scores continue to take a beating, with the average now down to 4.09 and the median at 4.12

7166 votes have been cast on contest stories with an average 159 and a median of 66

Contest stories have accumulated 591,791 views with an average of 13,150 and a median of 6,199

Stories in the contest have been favorited 96 times and acquired 332 comments.

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Mine's finally off for a first read. I'll be biting my nails and preparing for the pain *laugh*

 

[Owlwhisper]

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[Darkniciad]

Ah, people like the full length track, regardless of what little movement happens on the large scale. The inner pages get around 50% the views of the first and last that are usually linked directly. That's better than a lot of long chapter stories manage

Doesn't take very long, despite all the extra stats I'm tracking compared to last year, and I use it as sort of productive-feeling busywork that -- for reasons I can't quite explain -- translates into actual productivity in my writing once I put the spreadsheet away.

So, yeah, I've got nothing better to do at midnight on a weekday

I dug out my spreadsheet from last year.

A glimmer of hope: We're doing a little better this year. On April 5 last year the average was 3.93 and the median was 4.06.

Something to look forward to: Between April 12 and contest end last year the median rose from 3.99 to 4.30.

If you have anything to do other than watch this slow-motion train wreck, do it: Last year there was little change between the 5th and 14th. If this year plays out similar to last, patience will be needed from now through the 14th. In 2010, average scores generally were flat during that interval. The sweeps didn't start to move the averages until around tax day.

 

[SuperHeroRalph]

I Just Write Stories

That's It! I've had it! I'm done!

I'm sick to death of all the people who hide behind their avatars and bash my stories. I'm sick of all the mean comments. I can't do this anymore. I'm gonna pull all my stories, all 900 of them (lol).

"Nah!" Just kidding.

I'm gonna write more stories. I mean it. Yeah, that's what I'll do. I'll write even more stories. Yeah, that will fix them.

I remember DanielleKitten pulling this shit back in 2007 and again in 2008. The woman, just as PrincessErin is doing now, mercilessly attacked me. At the time, I had no idea who she was. New to Literotica, I was just there to write stories. So, why did she attack me?

Well, the first year here, I wrote more than 200 stories and the second year, I wrote more than 300 stories. The thing that put people over the edge against me was when I won a Green E and made fun of winning a Green E in a comical essay I wrote.

Green E - Cursed or Blessed

The link to the story is below for those who want to read it.

http://www.literotica.com/s/green-e-cursed-or-blessed

At the time I had more than 200 red H's and there was a concerted effort, numerous times to erase every red H off the face of my page and they did that several times, until I started just locking in the red H's. Only, it was too late. I lost most of my red H'.

After a long while, DanielleKitten apologized to me. She said because, at the time, I was gaining popularity, she was knocking me down to lift her up. I was #24 on the Favorite Author list and gradually fell to around #80.

Anyway, my point is that PrincessErin is doing the same thing. She's hoping to get your sympathy to win a contest and you're all falling for it. I hope it works and I hope she wins, which will prove to me, yet, again that all of these contests are fixed.

It's always been my contention that it's not the best story that wins but the most popular author.

Now, I have not bothered PrincessErin, she has routinely bashed my stories with poisonous comments. Then, when I show her for who she is, she cries foul.

It doesn't matter. I don't really give a flying fuck. I'm here to write stories. I'm not here to win contests, earn red H's, or to have high scores. My stories speak for themselves.

I have #207 on the top 250 all time most read story list and I have #13 on the 12 month story list. I would have had two stories in the top ten 250 all time most read story list, but I pulled them to publish them. Further, my story I Love You Mommy was the most read story in all of 2010.

There's my proof. That's my vindication. I've won. I've stayed true to myself. I don't attack other authors, unless attacked first, as in the case of PrincessErin.

I just write stories.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[SuperHeroRalph]

You are not an innocent fucking bystander. You are a mean bully who has a worthless life. I am sick of your lies and rants and belief that you are innocent.
You are have a fucking mental problem.
I don't care about winning the contest. There are many stories out that that deserve to win and considering I have read, voted, and commented on all the entries, I should know that mine is not the best.
That's not what this is about. This is about this site allowing you to continue to threaten me, call me names, threaten my safety, and overall make my time here horrible.
I thought I could handle it but I can't.
So congrats you fucking prick.

Below is PrincessErin's latest bashing comment to my story.

Horrible
04/06/11 By: PrincessErin
This author can only sort of write but more importantly he is a jealous, evil bully who has threatened me. This site allows him to continue to harass me by hiding behind free speech rules.

Now, perhaps, Erin, you could reprint all the bashing comments that I ever made to any and all of your stories.

What's that? There aren't any because I never made a bashing comment to any of your stories? Oh, then why are you bashing my stories?

When did I threaten you, Erin? When did I ever threaten your safety, Erin. These are serious charges you are making against me. Please prove them.

If I were you, I'd report me to Laurel, only you can't because you cannot substitiate your charges or your claims. I've never threatened you and I've never threatened your safety.

Now, on the other hand, I have saved all of your crazy PM's that you sent me. You sent me two raving PM's today. I dare say, you are the one with the mental issues, honey.

Now, if only you'd leave me alone to write my stories, if only you'd stop making these ridiculous bashing comments on my stories that I can't write and that my stories are boring and typical and just bad, we wouldn't be having these problems.

Right? Don't you understand that all of this is caused by you? You did this, not me. I just answer your lunacy, but you are the one who kicks me. Then, when I respond you cry. What is that about?

Just leave me alone. Okay? Do you understand? Leave me alone. Stop sending me PM's, stop writing bashing comments on my stories, and stop insulting me on the forum boards. Okay? Are we done here?

 

[PrincessErin]

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[SuperHeroRalph]

She will not do anything
I have tried

Either apologize to me for lying about me, yet, again or substaniate your claims.

You wrote that I threatened you. Please post the comment where I threatened you.

You can't because I didn't.

You wrote that I threatened your safety. Please post the comment where I threatened your safety.

You can't because I haven't.

Please post all the bashing comments that I made to your stories and be prepared to have me list the hundreds of bashing comments you have made to my stories over the years, under Andtheend, Bostonfictionwriter, CarBuffStuff, PositiveThinker, WmForrester, and now Superheroralph.

Erin, I will pay for you to get mental help. Okay? Go see a professional and send me the bill. Send me a PM and I'll give you the address where to send your bill. Obviously, you're hearing voices and imagining things again.

I wish you well. Take care of yourself. God bless.

 

[Owlwhisper]

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[_Lynn_]

One new story brings us up to 46

Scores continue to take a beating, with the average now down to 4.09 and the median at 4.12

7166 votes have been cast on contest stories with an average 159 and a median of 66

Contest stories have accumulated 591,791 views with an average of 13,150 and a median of 6,199

Stories in the contest have been favorited 96 times and acquired 332 comments.

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Mine's finally off for a first read. I'll be biting my nails and preparing for the pain *laugh*

(Homework first, then work, then . . . )

 

[SuperHeroRalph]

I'm just saying...

One new story brings us up to 46

Scores continue to take a beating, with the average now down to 4.09 and the median at 4.12

7166 votes have been cast on contest stories with an average 159 and a median of 66

Contest stories have accumulated 591,791 views with an average of 13,150 and a median of 6,199

Stories in the contest have been favorited 96 times and acquired 332 comments.

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Mine's finally off for a first read. I'll be biting my nails and preparing for the pain *laugh*

I'm just saying...

I have 15% of the stories posted, 20% of the views, and 11% of all the votes.

I'm disappointed, not in my results but in the lack of stories on the board. With so many people who write here, just a small sampling of the same authors enter the contest. Why is that? I don't understand. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Is it because writers lack the confidence? Is it because the average writer finds it difficult to write under a deadline and under the constrants of the contest topics? Or is it that writers feel, why bother, when they won't win?

I know I won't win, but I still enter every contest with not only multiple stories but also enthusiasm. I love these contests. I love pushing myself to write in as many categories as I can. Win or lose, these contests are fun.

I'd rather that a couple hundred writers write multiple stories. Not only would that make for a fairer contest it would make for a more competitive contest.

I implore all writers to participate in the theme contests. If it's too late for you to come up with an Earth Day story, write a Nude Day story for the next contest.

Nude that is always a fun contest. C'mon, I dare those writers who have never competed in a theme contest to write a Nude Day story. I double dare you. Chicken! No balls!

Hey, I did my share to help support the contest.

Good luck to everyone. I hope you all win.

 

[PennLady]

Ralph -- I'd enter more contests, I just don't have the time. I barely have time to write my "regular" stories. Even with inspiration, I don't always have time to write stuff. That's why the previous times I've entered, it's been right before the deadline.

I'm just saying...

I have 15% of the stories posted, 20% of the views, and 11% of all the votes.

I'm disappointed, not in my results but in the lack of stories on the board. With so many people who write here, just a small sampling of the same authors enter the contest. Why is that? I don't understand. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Is it because writers lack the confidence? Is it because the average writer finds it difficult to write under a deadline and under the constrants of the contest topics? Or is it that writers feel, why bother, when they won't win?

 

[TxRad]

One of the problems with this contest is the time of the year. Spring is sprunging and people have more to do like working on getting the yard back in shape after winter and home improvements. There is also the start of classes for our college students. So it's not a problem with the theme but the time of the year.

 

[Owlwhisper]

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