x|ArHi OS Contest : Note on PG20|x - Page 19

Originally posted by: DoNotDisturb

@appy : I always take suggestions but not as a criticism. In your case maybe I misunderstood. Ofcourse you'll can give suggestions. I even asked for them but whats the point after the contest? I got a PM saying there is havoc on the thread and people are have questions so I came here. But here some people were just not moving on. Everyone was stuck on entry 20.

So I got kind of angry. That's that. No hard feelings with you. Now when I think of it calmly, I shouldn't have posted that whole message only.

Bold: actually we all moved on, till your message. Just look at the last posts, weren't we talking/chatting in a friendly/funny way. Areh yaar I too know that there is no use to drag something that ended, yeah few of us were waiting for their doubts to be cleared, but instead of clearing them, no offence, but your message sounded like a little offensive/accusing that why we raised our doubts, and way we said all to you, well Manjari you are the who is organized it, so if we have doubts or any other question, that's normal that we are going to ask to you, we can't ask them from someone else right, because you know how the things went, it's in same way everything "in you hands" not literally, I know the votes were not. And saying that you did a fault doing it, it's like you are regretting it, why you want to ruin your efforts.

Bold underlined: it's your right to say what you feel, in the same way as we did, we never accused you, I had some doubts/questions running in my mind and I had voiced them, so did the others, we didn't said that the whole contest was unfair, found me one line, we didn't said it was not transparent, we didn't said that Manjari didn't organized well, we didn't asked to take back something or give something to entry n. 20 (for the hundredth time sorry for bringing you always in the middle) there was just one thing and I said it, and not everything come out perfect with the first try, to learn/make something perfectly you need to practice, not all evil comes to harm, just keep this as okay next time I will do this or make some changes, and I personally want to thanks Appy because she unintentionally give me some superb ideas. In life you never stop learning and there is no age limit for not learning.

My personal advice, please don't make vote the readers in a contest were their votes are just a bonus, because people can go against a judge but not against the readers, and from my POV what the readers decided (the winner) that is the most important thing. You are free to not take it, to ignore it, I will not mind.

P.S. and with this i have really finished, i will not reply to anything after this.

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we voiced our doubts and you replied, that's it, all end here for me, i really don't wish to enternain people out there who are reading all this silently, for that there is something called TV.

However, I was not prepared for this surprising aftermath of judging the contest. The OS Contest's primary objective was to encourage the writers - new & old to come up with stories/ concepts that would not only help the writers improve but also engulf the readers with memories of the good old IPKKND days. Instead all it seems to have done is create a maelstrom of negativity - flouting the person who created this opportunity of the contest in the very first place and going on to send me PMs, belittling my ability to judge/ compute scores.

Previously on this thread, someone had asked as to how had I computed the scores for Entry#20. Now to mints23, I'd like to say, I have previously read your work (Khamoshiyan & Seven Sin Series) - the former left me mesmerized by the story's simplicity and the latter had me enjoying the tale. After all the outrage on this thread, I re-read your piece thrice, and the only thing that I felt like saying to you was that you yourself have set such high standards as to how good your work should be - sit, and read Love Is... once again and read Khamoshiyan's first chapter next. Granted Love Is...has a endearing concept ( I myself, am a sucker for childhood romances), but the amount of detailing you have put into simply describing Khamoshiyan's character's state of mind, is what made the story so magical. Somehow the OS didn't connect with me on an emotional level. Did I rejoice when Arnav found his Khushi back? YES! I did - but how I wish you had effused it with a little more zeal, a little more fervor. Grammar again is subjective to each reader. Then the title - titles to a story/ article or even a journal entry should be something that catches the reader's eye immediately. It could be simple, straightforward clearly conveying as to what the piece below it shall follow or it could be intriguing, compelling the reader to read the story. Again all this is purely my opinion. I write this only to answer those questions at the back of your mind troubling you at the dilemma of the contrasting votes and the scores. If somehow I have hurt your sentiments, I apologize for that. It was not my intention.

Then the issue regarding Amethyst's banner and the accusation that since she is my friend I have cheated and allotted more marks to her. Firstly for Manjari, give the woman a break. She didn't do it purposely, mistakes happen amid all the chaos, organizing a contest brings along with the tedious job of keeping contact with the participants, the voters and the judges. Secondly, I have read Risha's previous work, enjoyed them and yes, I know her through a common friend. But the accusations are outright preposterous. I'm going to stand by the scores I have given Paani Ke Sapne, because even if someone asks me ten times over, I will repeat the fact that her story was beautiful, and deserved every mark it got.

Cheers!