So, I was laying there last night, about to fall asleep and then I realised something.
If we separate the submission and voting into separate weeks then we actually extend each cycle to 6 weeks.
The reason for this is that we obviously can’t run the final, without all the finalists which means that week 4 couldn’t start until the voting for week 3 had ended - this would be at the start of model submission for the next cycle. Voting for the finals would then end at week 2 of the next cycle.
So yer, there’s that to think about.
… my personal feeling is that a bit longer cycles are not bad at all. Maybe more time between the cycles motivates some additional people to join the competition.
We could have 6 week cycles … that would address the issues I just put out.
Combine this with the theme schedule and that should give people more than enough time to produce submissions.
With the pre-announced schedules its pretty easy to take part for us “combatants”, so getting people to vote is maybe the area that should receive more focus.
Already I can work on 4 stories for cycle two of the writing competition and even if I would not make it to the finals the second cycle I can always submit my finals piece just as fan media and get feedback that way.
So… how to get people to vote more 
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Just wanted to revisit this and see if people’s opinions had changed in any way?
We’ve had a pretty good couple of weeks in terms of submissions and votes, and I do still worry that a 6 week cycle will slow interest a bit …
Honestly, I think the Qubicle competition’s fine, and such a broad topic of Food I think was actually really good so that people think “I could do a little something for that!” even if they’ve never modelled before. However, I know this thread says Qubicle but I don’t think there’s one for the writing…now there we have problems…
@SteveAdamo , it appears @Smokestacks is questioning your supremeness, shall we arrange the execution?
On a serious note - we should probably create a feedback thread for people to talk about the writing competition.
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aye… i think the intent (at least, in my head) was to use the Rules and Information thread to house discussions like this…
i’ve recently gone back and done a little updating to the original post, linking to the theme bank, adjusting some of the rules, etc.
but by all means, @Smokestacks, tear the contest apart in there, and let us know what you think/recommend… i’ll just be in the corner, rocking back and forth in the fetal position…
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