Worst Feedback You've EVER Received?

plkphoto wrote: Joni wrote: Lookit There wrote: One of the judges here last year asked me...where my story was taking place. Uhm, in the assigned setting. The one described in detail, AND discussed by the two most prominent characters not one, not twice, but on three separate occasions. THAT'S where my story took place, Judge. My 0 score wouldn't have bothered me as much had I felt that all of the judges had actually READ IT. This would infuriate me! Being my first time in the competition, I'm curious - if something like this happens, do you guys do the feedback about the judges that it has available at the bottom of the email? I'm hoping so, and hoping that NYCM would not continue using those types of judges from year to year... The judge feedback thing is relatively new... and a lot of the problems we're discussing about the judges in this thread are probably the reason that it now exists... judge feedback has improved greatly over the last year... still some slip through, but much better than it was.

The worst feedback I receive is from myself, everything else is candy no matter how bitter it tastes.

QuietAmerican wrote: The worst feedback I receive is from myself, everything else is candy no matter how bitter it tastes.

^^^this x 1000

Joni wrote: plkphoto wrote: Joni wrote: Lookit There wrote: One of the judges here last year asked me...where my story was taking place. Uhm, in the assigned setting. The one described in detail, AND discussed by the two most prominent characters not one, not twice, but on three separate occasions. THAT'S where my story took place, Judge. My 0 score wouldn't have bothered me as much had I felt that all of the judges had actually READ IT. This would infuriate me! Being my first time in the competition, I'm curious - if something like this happens, do you guys do the feedback about the judges that it has available at the bottom of the email? I'm hoping so, and hoping that NYCM would not continue using those types of judges from year to year... The judge feedback thing is relatively new... and a lot of the problems we're discussing about the judges in this thread are probably the reason that it now exists... judge feedback has improved greatly over the last year... still some slip through, but much better than it was. Glad to hear that! I thought it was odd that they have that option, but after reading some of the things people have been told, I'm glad they do.

Not the "worst" feedback I've ever gotten, but probably the most annoying was this round when the judge mis-named a character over and over. Say it with me, judge, "Janie"... not "Jamie". It's nit-picky, and I scored great... but at the same time, said judge's comments didn't offer much substance. I'd totally overlook the misspelling if it didn't seem like they'd neglected to read the story.