Now you just guess what I'll be babbling about here.

[kasche]

But before we get into that, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, mindabbles! ...and a HAPPY (though belated) ONE TO thieving_gypsy AS WELL! ♥♥♥

So, in some scraps of free time, I've been catching up with some stories from the rs_games HA HA, AS IF. Nope, I've been making the excel sheet I berated myself for not doing during round 1, when it came to putting together the stats. Fact is, the other day I did sit down to save all the entries posted so far, meaning to do just that. Catching up, I mean. (Honestly, it's just ridiculous - and not in a fun way - that I keep receiving such wonderful comments and I have yet to give anything in return. Masterlist aside, okay, I know that, but it's not the same.) The most work I've done on them, though, has been moving all the data relative to them on Excel, doing all the averages and head counts and such. ;)

It's also good that I did that, because hi, I had not realized that so many entries used two prompts and not just one. I'm afraid more often than not my eye stopped at the first sign, without rereading the description and thus not noticing there was a second one. Whoops. I think I got them all now, but it might be safer to ask the people on my team to give it a look over... Even if each checked just their own, it would be great. ;D

I've also been keeping track of the word count (MS Word, thank you), and guess what, I got the feeling that several stories varied between 1500 and 2000 words. The actual (current) average turned out to be higher, a little over 6000 words - but it might have been because of the couple monsters we've had, of 20000+ and 40000+ words. ;D (The 40000+ one I've actually read! I have yet to comment on it, mostly because I don't know how much to say. What I'd really love to do would be a very long and very detailed comment, there were a few points I wanted to talk about - except that "talk" presumes an other person that can talk back. Which she can't yet. ;) So I might write a shorter one, and add the rest after the reveals? Mmmh, I wonder, I wonder...)

Ah! One last thing. As I already mentioned, I've been saving all the entries of the Games, and I'm planning to put together a very simple, entirely offline archive, for my own use. (Likely using my and crooked's already coded lists. ;) ) Would anyone be interested in a copy? It'd take me no time to make a zip folder and upload it, the second round section would probably be done shortly after the posting is done. Oh well, I could zip it and upload it in any case, it's not like it'd make much of a difference to me. :P

Have I won the prize for Less Interesting Entry yet?

Comments

[ourmutualfiend.livejournal.com]

"Have I won the prize for Less Interesting Entry yet?"

Mmm- nope! I love hearing about your enthusiasm :P Have a cookie.

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Sweetheart! ♥ I won't bother you with this for much longer, I swear. ;)

[ourmutualfiend.livejournal.com]

Hey BB, any word on December?

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Gotta wait for my aunt to go to Florida and come back, before we can make any realistic plan :/

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

You are really amazing!

Yeah, I get to got through and do the word count in teh next few days. Lucky me!

You can also talk to Auroraprimavera about getting stuff directly from her site!

And, again, thanks for all you do!

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

O_O The posting is done already? :O Wow. Did this round fly by or what? And, heh... hehehe, I have to say I really don't envy you much right now. ;P

Aw, no worries! I've got everything saved already. *g* But I might ask her about the medals, though. I have this beginning of an idea that...

...I'm kind of dangerous, am I not. ;P

Aw, don't mention it! I enjoyed doing all of it - and the sad part is that I really mean it. ;D

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're done! First, we had two less people per team and then we made the rule of only one submission per applicant - so that made a HUGE difference. Sadly, tough, we had a few drop outs on each side, but I managed to replace them with less chaos this time around. But, yes, it did feel faster than the last one!

basisers_gais is doing the medals. She's out of town now, but will be back in a few days.

And, heh... hehehe, I have to say I really don't envy you much right now. ;P Thanks! Yeah, this has been a lot of work, but totally worth it. And people like you make is fantastic!

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Oh! No, I meant the ones already given at the end of the first round. ;D But it's not something I'm going to need straight away - and it will probably be quicker to just open the images and save them :)

Aw, sweets. *HUGS* But without you people, we wouldn't have had the games at all! ;)

[mindabbles.livejournal.com]

This is an extremely interesting entry b/c it contained a Very Important Message!!

Thank you so much for the birthday greeting and I am sorry it took me so long to answer. I was on what was supposed to be a vacation, but unexpectedly with no internet! It was not all bad. I was at the beack almost every day, so I muddled through. Anyway, thanks again!