OMG...such a long discussion...!!!
NOM to anyone. This is my personal view. I request everyone to take this in the right spirit.
First of all I don't see anything wrong with opening a combined thread. Both birthdays come close to each other so people wanted to avoid too many contests on the forum. BUT...honestly I prefer indivudual themes to combined themes.
I don't want to point any fingers at anyone whose idea this was and I don't say it is their fault either. They did what they thought was right. And I on my part decided to participate in whatever I felt comfortable in.
Siggie contest: There are individual themes. so I don't see why any Aditya fan should feel insulted.
Poem contest: there are individual themes here too.
WAs contest: A mere presence of Purvi's cap doesn't mean it has to be a combined scene. She's part of the team, so need to deliberately keep her out.
VM Contest: There is an individual theme here as well.
Story contest: Just the rule saying that it has to be both 'Abhijeet and Purvi centric' can be removed. It can be anyone centric. Just that the theme includes Purvi doesn't mean 50% of the scenes should be with her. It can just show that scene and the rest on how Abhijeet gets out of trouble.
But it is too late now. I have written and rewritten the story many times and now I am on a clear path so if you add another theme at this statge or scrap the contest it is just not fair.
Essay contest:Frankly maybe the organizers have got it slightly wrong here. All themes are on Abhijeet-Purvi bond. I like Purvi individually but I personally don't see any personal bond as such...ok they are nice and cordial to each other but there's nothing more than that.Maybe some of you do see it...but there are many who don't. There should have been individual themes here.
But here...people who had complaints should have mentioned this on the day the contest thread was posted. Why did you wait for so long, suffer in silence and then vent it out at such a later stage in the contest? Silence is a form of acceptance. when no one had complaints the contest themes were assumed to be accepted by all.
This is not a war zone...it's a place to have fun. If you don't like something mention it before it reaches a point of no return. (Am I safe in assuming that some people decided to participate yesterday and only then saw the theme properly??? 😛)
Boycotting the contests or leaving the forum for such reasons is a mark of childishness. only essay contest has no Aditya theme and this can be rectified. I think an extra theme can be added for Adi sir fans. His bday is 22 days away and there is still time to write.
I once again request everyone to take my post in the right spirit.
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