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Where's my money, Chad?
I'll go ahead and nip this before it spirals into the typical forum conjecture.I spent the last three weeks teaching abd traveling in Europe. That "hype" series is being lead by probably 5-7 parts from the current one posted. The last time I was able to write anything on it was on the flight over to there, and then a couple ferry rides a few days after that. I let Saunders' handler know, right when the new bracket went up, that I wouldn't be able to post anything until way late into the time period. At that point my laptop was dead and I only had my iPhone to communicate. He was also traveling, too. I got back to the states a couple days ago and had faculty meetings, reports to write, client work to wrap up, and unpacking/washing/packing for a 900 mile road trip I'm now on. I wrote those only after everything else was finished, and I wasn't going to post a third if I knew he was caught in travel and was done at two. The hype stuff had to be posted pretty quickly together to make up for lack of access from the previous two weeks and catch that parallel "past" story up to the current one. So, feel free to be snarky, but at least know that the people who needed to know, did.
Your M.O. is your own, whatever. From an outsider's perspective, it just seems like you placed a higher priority on the Hype thread 25-part character backstory than the actual match itself. Hell, post them as your "counted" RPs - why not? It's not like they're more or less abstract than what you're submitting to be judged. You're sitting on enough RP to potentially guide you through the rest of the tourney without having to write another word for the next two months.
If I were judging, which I am not (and clearly my opinions are at complete odds with the people whose opinions count), it would appear to me that most of your writing energy is being spent on sh*t that doesn't count. I'd give it to Spike 7-3, and Spike is the type of guy I would strap meat to and sick hungry rottweilers on.
Sorry Chad, DON'T TAZE ME BRO!