The Big Review

That's okay @hermione315! You can always be in for the early part and then let me know when you'll be away and you can drop out but continue to receive reviews from those left in if you like?

That would be awesome @Rydia, but I leave on the 13th to be away for 2 weeks. I think I would only be able to participate in the first round.

That's okay! Tell you what, anyone who is away for two weeks can rejoin but has to go into the second group, even if they were in the first before and re-earn their place There's only one person who can move up from that group so I think it makes it hard but fair.

Thank you!

The Big Review starts today!

As it's the first week, we're going to ease you in gently and you have until next Friday to write your three reviews. Please complete a review for each of the people listed under your name!

Then on Saturday and Sunday, you'll need to rank the three reviews which you received from your fellow participants and post in this thread!

Here's the line-up:

1. @Rydia
@megsug , @Meandbooks , @Pompadour

2. @Arkhaion
@Rydia , @AdjiFlex , @Wolfie36

3. @AdjiFlex
@Megrim , @Meandbooks , @Wolfare1

4. @Tuesday
@IronSpark , @hermione315 , @megsug

5. @Megrim
@IronSpark , @Rydia , @Carlito

6. @Wolfie36
@Arkhaion , @AdjiFlex , @Megrim

7. @Wolfare1
@Pompadour , @Pretzelsing , @hermione315

8. @Pompadour
@Tuesday , @Carlito, @Wolfare1

9. @IronSpark
@Tuesday , @Pompadour , @Wolfie36

10. @Meandbooks
@Carlito , @Arkhaion , @megsug

11. @Pretzelsing
@Meandbooks , @IronSpark , @Wolfare1

12. @hermione315
@Rydia , @Wolfie36 , @AdjiFlex

13. @megsug
@Megrim , @Tuesday , @Pretzelsing

14. @Carlito
@Pretzelsing , @hermione315 , @Arkhaion

Good luck everyone and happy reviewing!

Hi. I lost connection for a few weeks. Can I still join?

Of course, we're just starting today

By "next Friday," do you mean "the Friday in 2 days from now," or "the Friday in a week and two days?"

The Friday in a week and two days

Okay, good.

Just one day left to finish those reviews! Let's have a look at the progress so far...

Congratulations on finishing already!

@Tuesday @Wolfie36 @Megrim

You're almost there, just one more review to go

@Rydia (hey, I need encouragement too!) @Pompadour @Meandbooks @hermione315 @Carlito


You're going to have to kick it up a notch if you want to stay involved!

@Arkhaion @AdjiFlex @SpiritedWolfe @IronSpark @Pretzelsing @megsug


In just 24 hours you can start ranking those people who have given you reviews already and it's up to you whether you give a score for any late reviews which come in over the weekend.

Just the kick in the pants I needed to get my butt in gear Thanks for the reminder, and best of wishes to the rest of you as well!

Alright, round one is over and it's up to the reviewees now whether to accept late entries or not. So everyone please score the reviews you received - give 3 points to the best, 2 points to the next and 1 point to the least appreciated. If anyone was late reviewing your piece, you may not score them higher than 2 points and you may exercise the right to give them 0 points.

Just as a record, here's people's statuses:

Those who completed their reviews on time:

@Tuesday @Wolfie36 @Megrim @Meandbooks @hermione315 @Carlito @Arkhaion @SpiritedWolfe @IronSpark @megsug

Those who completed their reviews but were late with at least one of them:

@Rydia

Those who will be disqualified if they do not complete their three reviews by the end of the weekend: (remember, as long as you submit them, you will remain in, but you may score less points as it is the scorer's right to not award you anything)

@Pompadour (1 to go) @AdjiFlex (1 to go) @Pretzelsing (1 to go)

If you are shy, you may send your scores to me rather than announce them here and I will add up the points in the background. I'll be scoring my reviewers tomorrow

A little shy, but hey, gotta start somewhere. I'm going to score my reviewers as follows:

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Wolfie36 - 3 points
Meandbooks - 2 points
Carlito - 1 point

You guys were all awesome, and I appreciated each and every one of your reviews. I dithered over this until I couldn't dither any more, so! I'll just say this: Best of luck to all!

This was harder than I thought it would be... but here we go:

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Rydia - 3
Meandbooks - 2
Tuesday - 1

Thanks for everyone's reviews!