Saturday = Points Post!

[dodificus]

We're entering into the home stretch guys! I hope you've been creating good feedbacking habits that will continue on after the challenge ends but in the meantime: Give you me all your points for the week!

How did you like this weeks Mini-Challenge, any surprises or difficulties looking for cover artists?

Comments

[fleurrochard]

32 points, which is again a 100% ratio. :D

[dodificus]

I'm kind of on the edge of my seat to see if you can maintain this through to the end:D And your points are increasing each week as well, which is doubly great.

[fleurrochard]

Well, I do intend to maintain it! *g* I'm going on vacation now, though and I'm not sure whether I'll always have easy net access... we'll see!

[croissantkatie]

21 points, 10 of them on mini challenge 2!

[dodificus]

I don't know if Ii've mentioned it before but I *love* this icon of yours.

[croissantkatie]

Thank you! The amazing crazybutsound made it. :D

[idella]

44 new points (20 from this week's mini challenge). I feel like I am creating good feedbacking habits! Hopefully.

Difficulties figuring out where to leave feedback for cover artists, I guess; the ones I left feedback for had left a comment in the podfic post so I figured there was a reasonable chance the artist would see the comment.

[dodificus]

And a lot of the time the poster will forward the comment to the appropriate person as well, hopefully?

[cantarina]

149 points!

20 of those are for Challenge 2, Challenge 3 is still in-progress (I'll tally them all at once next week).

I don't know if I'm so much creating good feedback habits so much as doing the equivalent of all-night cramming (... which may or may not be how I tend to function anyway), but it's fun!

[dodificus]

It seems like fun, I'm kind of sad that I'm not a participant, just a boring old organiser:(

Maybe all night cramming is just your style?

[cantarina]

I'm kind of sad that I'm not a participant, just a boring old organiser:(
I know that feeling. After a few failed attempts, I find it impossible to both moderate and participate in ReMoPodMo. But just think about all of the glee you're bringing into the podfic world!

[dodificus]

As a podficcer have you noticed an uptick in comments? I've had a couple, plus I've seen some recs as well. And it's made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I was kind of afraid at the start that podficcers would feel weird about getting comments during the fest because maybe it wouldn't feel like a 'sincere' comment or whatever. But that hasn't been my experience, which is great:)

[cantarina]

I have noticed an uptick! I didn't get anything at all the first week out, but there's been a slow trickle of comments I don't think I would have otherwise gotten. I've been tickled pretty pink by them :D

As to the lack of sincerity, I'd generally assume that if someone didn't like my podfic, they'd just fail to leave a comment, rather than false praise. Yes, this is a competition, but the podfic community is generally too sincere for that kind of thing, from where I'm standing. Oh man, I really hope that my high totals don't make it look like my comments are insincere! Because they're really, really not /o\

[dodificus]

Oh man, I really hope that my high totals don't make it look like my comments are insincere! Because they're really, really not /o\

No! A few people have gotten really high totals, not just you. And I know *none* of them are insincere. Seeing the way people have become really enthusiastic about scoring points, not for the sake of the points but because they want to feedback ALL the people has been so happymaking.

I was more worried about how people might feel who weren't involved and heard comments = points and got a little wary of the whole thing.

[busaikko]

Listened to 13 stories, recced 13 stories, and posted recs to Podficpool and my DW/LJ \o/ Which I think is 65 points, plus 5 for last week's challenge, total of 70. Phew! (And I used to think it was hard doing a rec set of 4 on Crack Broom, I don't think I've ever recced this much in my life /o\ )

[dodificus]

Reccing is *hard*, trust me, I know. You deserve ALL the points.

[busaikko]

(I'm kind of cheating because usually I'll listen to a lot more longer podfics, spending several days with one story, but it's been great fun finding a new reader and exploring their various fandoms, then bumping into someone else new and getting all *their* stuff, and finding myself thinking, "Well, I saw that film/a commercial for that film, probably I'll follow along!" as I venture further and further afield.) It's definitely making me think meta-thoughts, though, like what kinds of stories make good podfics, and what makes a podfic unlistenable (graphic horror for me, the images *linger* so much more than printed words do), and things people do that seem like they'd not work but somehow are awesome.... And whether podfic readers have stories that they'd love to hear read, but can't do themselves (the same way fic writers sometimes can't write the fic they're hankering for).... /trapped in the house with a bunch of kids

[dodificus]

This would actually make a very interesting meta post.

I've definitely been lead into strange and wonderful fandoms by readers that I love, candlebeck and pennyplainknits for the most part. Having a good reader in your ear is like a gateway drug into all kinds of things you swore you'd never get into:D

I think that something that makes unlistenable for me is similar to what you said: intense, negative emotions over a long period. It's too much for me, I take it in too much and it's so hard to disconnect from it. Whereas I could probably podfic the exact same thing myself without any problems. Which is weird.

[cantarina]

I'd love to read that post! Also, agreed about graphic horror. I find that things like torture scenes also hit me so much harder. There's a scene from... I think it's FayJay's recording of "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" that would never have been as horrific on the page. Juice has also done one that made me put done my MP3 player and go do other things for a while, because I couldn't shake the terror and horror of it.

And whether podfic readers have stories that they'd love to hear read, but can't do themselves
I don't think that it stops people as much in podfic fandom, but I find that some readers are better suited to some genres than others. I'm trying to suggest that stories outside of those genres are badly read, but that a reader might have a more intuitive knack for drama than crack, or vice versa, and that that gives those stories are extra sparkle (or some other glittery metaphor!)

[busaikko]

Pod-meta! *ponders* There have only been a few podfics that have really horrified me, but at least one of them I'd read before and it didn't bother me at all -- but hearing the action in my head, I couldn't delete it off my iPod fast enough (with all apologies to the reader, it was a very good reading, just nightmare fuel).

There are stories that I'd like podfic of but that I wouldn't read myself, and not just because I'm lazy... more like I'm not that fond of the sound of my own voice and having to listen to a fic in my voice would make it harder to engage with the story? But I do think that some readers do have genres that they are really good fits in -- and that sometimes they make use of this reader expectation and record things outside their genre that just blow me away: "But she always reads fluffy romance so sweetly, and now I'm crying because I wasn't braced for ~that to happen!" (I usually enjoy having my heart broken, so I7d mean this in a "Well played, podficcer!" way)

[dodificus]

But I do think that some readers do have genres that they are really good fits in -- and that sometimes they make use of this reader expectation and record things outside their genre that just blow me away

Yesssss. How much do I love this? It's happened a couple of times to me and it's been freaking amazing every time.

[hardboiledbaby]

Aw, everyone's doing so well! I had feedback fail this week, but I shall try to do better :)

[dodificus]

You've still got, like ten days to go, don't worry you'll do better next week:D

[the24thkey]

I was travelling for a while, so I couldn't check in last week and also didn't listen to a lot of podfic. <.<''' Still, I tried my best and I think I commented on every podfic I listened to, and thanks to the last 2 mini-challenges I have another 33 points since the last time I checked in. Yay! :D

[dodificus]

Travelling is when I listen to the most podfic!

Your points have been noted:)

[the24thkey]

Ah, I'm the kind of person who waits until the last minute to pack, so I tend to forget filling up my mp3 player. When I do remember to, though, I mostly listen to older podfics, the ones I've listened to a hundred times before. There's just something very comforting about a familiar voice reading a familiar story when you're in a place away from home. :)

[knight_tracer]

I wasn't very well this last week, so I mostly spent it relistening to old favourites. However, I still managed to get 15 points this week.

[dodificus]

Well, I spent a lot of last week listening to *you*:)