Hi there! Friendly neighborhood mod here, and I'm going to address some things in this here thread. Then I am shutting it down. Because at the end of the day, what once was a friendly request now apparently needs to be something more.
As has been recently pointed out, this contest has been going on a long, long time. And ever year, without fail, someone ALWAYS asks when the results will be posted. Personally, I'd be inclined to delay the results a week every time that's asked, but lucky for you I don't make that decision.
1. The way this conversation has gone, and the fact people have asked despite the fact that the
entire topic of this thread is not to ask simply reinforces why I post this
every. single. year.
2. Allow me to crunch numbers for you. Let's assume that each entry takes the judges, on average, 10 minutes to review, document, and judge each entry. I am selecting 10 minutes as average based on the judging criteria:
Submissions will be evaluated based on Creativity, Playability and Details. Judges may also consider how well the entry fits the spirit of the category. An entry may be moved to the miscellaneous category if it does not meet key category requirements.
This means that:
A. Each judge is dedicating 3,140 minutes (52 hours and 20 minutes) to judging every single entry. There are six admins who must judge.
B. That means there is approximately 314 hours dedicated to judging alone, coming right after the holiday season.
C. There have been 14 weekend days since the conclusion of entry. Assuming they're judging every weekend, the admins must spend approximately 4 hours each, Saturday and Sunday, in order to have even gone through every entry as of today.
I can guarantee you they *do not have* 4 hours each of their weekend days to dedicate, because of family and life. They're teachers and professionals and people responsible for things that make the world-go-round. They put in 10+ hour days on their day jobs, and sometimes work weekends to put food on the table of their families. I don't know about you, but I regularly put in 10+ hours every day at work. And when I finally get to my weekend and don't have to work, the last thing I want to do is anything that requires the level of energy judging does.
This doesn't include final evaluations, tie-breakers, and tabulating the entries themselves.
By asking when the results will be posted, given the history of this and the fact the circumstances simply haven't changed year after year, and we specifically request that you not ask about the results, you are demonstrating disrespect to the staff of this site.
There is a time, place, and method to offer constructive feedback. This is not it.