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stephenmatlock
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I would be surprised if the judges don't get some compensation. Then there's the cost of running the electronics behind the scenes - servers, web pages, and the like. And the admin/overhead. Maybe $500K/yr right now? It might not be as profitable as it looks.
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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nixie
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 01 Aug 2015 Location: Seattle, WA Status: Offline Points: 9048 |
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judges do get paid. It's a pittance - we caught their Craigslist ad for judges a few years back - but they do indeed get paid by the story.
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Hrafnkel
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As always, thanks for this! |
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nixie
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 01 Aug 2015 Location: Seattle, WA Status: Offline Points: 9048 |
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stats junkie. strong need for organization. I would do this stuff anyway - no reason my psychoses shouldn't benefit the group lol Great to see you back btw. I am still solidly in love with your canine fairy tale :)
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ASharedNarrative
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Would your ideal date be a baseball game, then? |
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R1 G62 (Spy) - Ex Parte |
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nixie
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 01 Aug 2015 Location: Seattle, WA Status: Offline Points: 9048 |
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I am an NFL girl. Baseball puts me to sleep - I just can't see the chess match the way I can with football or rugby. And the ideal date has a ton of variables, depending on who, where, and when ;) A walk in the woods with my dogs that is a treat in the summer is a torment in January. lol Fortunately, I am married to the world's single most awesome guy, ever, so I don't have think too much on that sort of thing.
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plkphoto
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 14 Jan 2015 Location: AliceSprings OZ Status: Offline Points: 3153 |
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The problem is that they have at least three judges reading every story, so you've got to triple the number of words. And the judges aren't "full time" judges, they don't get paid enough for this to be a main job, it's more likely just a bit of extra money on the side, so they can't read 10 hours straight... then they also have to give feedback, and rank 30 stories in each group their reviewing... so... yeah. It takes a while.
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Lynne
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Santa Fe, NM Status: Offline Points: 1586 |
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Wow Nixie! The scope of this data crunching is amazing! Lynne
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rossinny
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It really is isn't it - love it! Data shows up the quirky anomalies - like Heat 12 of last year's second round was clearly VERY high calibre as 4 out of the top 10 in the final (including the winner and runner up) came from that one heat.
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R2 Rhyming Story The Dying of the Light(Sci-Fi)
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nixie
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There are several of us here - especially Meg & me - who love that kinda stuff. Between us, we tend to dig at the weirdest bits of trivia.... lol Then we share, because we know the rest of you secretly want it, too....
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