~The Third 25quared Contest~

[Oranjui]

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1) OJ
2) OJ
3) OJ
4) OJ
5) OJ
6) OJ
honourable mention: OJ

Can we like get the judgings done? It's been 5 days, it really shouldn't be taking that long to judge 17 tiny levels. Schoolwork, workwork, social obligations, etc etc. Just get it done by the end of the week. If you guys can't do that then I don't know why you signed up to judge.

All of course coming from a lazy procrastinator who doesn't know what it's like at all to judge an LDC. Just don't listen to me.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Tbh I'm happy for any placing/non-placing this time, just not 1st. I'd feel like I wouldn't fully deserve winning with a level that I'm not fully satisfied with, and also, I prefer not to be in the spotlight. :3

[Asterocrat]

Can we like get the judgings done? It's been 5 days, it really shouldn't be taking that long to judge 17 tiny levels. Schoolwork, workwork, social obligations, etc etc. Just get it done by the end of the week. If you guys can't do that then I don't know why you signed up to judge.

that's why we said everyone was done and that we are just waiting for lordpat

[NanTheDark]

Tbh I'm happy for any placing/non-placing this time, just not 1st. I'd feel like I wouldn't fully deserve winning with a level that I'm not fully satisfied with, and also, I prefer not to be in the spotlight. :3

I actually liked your level

[CedarBranch]

If anybody should win this time around (I've played everybody's levels this LDC), it should be either Yurimaster or NanTheDark, coincidentally. Theirs are my two favorites of this contest, and I even like them more than my own entrant.

/honesty

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Well, I have my predictions, but I'm not gonna share because I'm a judge. *taps nose*

[NanTheDark]

If anybody should win this time around (I've played everybody's levels this LDC), it should be either Yurimaster or NanTheDark, coincidentally. Theirs are my two favorites of this contest, and I even like them more than my own entrant.

/honesty

It would be about time I won something.

Anyway, your level was good. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[lordpat]

Hey guys, so lights went down and I couldn't judge BUT I should be done by tomorrow or Sunday at most. Sorry again, just RL biting.

[Venexis]

Remember when LDCs were fun and not just a huge ♥♥♥♥ of angst for several weeks while the judgings were being processed?

Someone mentioned there was 17 entries in this contest, and yeah, they're short. 17 isn't a small number, though- actually, compared to the track records of recent LDCs, it's kindof a lot. II assume everyone's expecting a review on their level (judges should do one anyway instead of just arbitrarily assigning relative number scores), so lets do some simple math here. I'm going to assume that the playtime per entry is negligible (hint, it's not, so there goes at least an hour already), and also assume that it takes roughly 15 minutes to compose a short paragraph summarizing each level's features and flaws. That's over four hours of straight typing alone.

Oh, but, we didn't account for any breaks the judges would take either. They're people, they need to eat and sleep and go to class and stuff, sometimes fix a mistake or refer back to a level, and generally not sit playing levels and typing reviews for multiple consecutive hours lest their sanity degrade.

I have judged before, and my general pattern is to take a break after every three levels for an hour or so, go play a game that won't destroy someone's dreams because their level didn't match up to the standard set by the LD pros. It's stressful. As a judge, you're going to be who entrants hold accountable, you're going to be the one justifying your thoughts to someone who probably didn't get the gold medal they were hoping for.

Let's put it all together now. An hour to playtest every level. A little over four hours to type up a decent review for each level (we'll round this to a nice even four hours, though). Five hours worth of breaks. That comes in at ten hours worth of effort put in per judge, that they need to fit around things like sleep schedules and classes and jobs and internet outages and whatever other stuff is going on in their lives. Yeah, some people have done judgings in a day. But most haven't, and it's pretty understandable why they haven't when you break it all down.

tl;dr: Don't worry, Lordpat, you're doing great. ♥♥♥♥ happens, and we're still well ahead of typical LDC schedule.

[~Yuri]

1st yurimaster09
2nd -KT
3rd Suyo
4th Nwolf :3 (I'm actually serious about this one but I guess I'll be lower)
5th MegaR
6th KABOOM

1) Yurimaster
2) MP3
3) Nan
4) SK
5) Raiyuuni
6) Either MoD/Volc/me

You really likes my 25quared levels don't you