[quote=@RedVII] You ought to be disqualified. You broke the rules. You're acting self important, like you are above being critiqued after doing something as offensive as rewriting other peoples' stories the way you would have written them and labeling said revisions as better (who does that?! It's like grabbing the Mona Lisa, throwing a mustache on it and telling Da Vinci that that's how it should have looked the whole time). You give other people scathing critiques and you get one back and have the gall to say that even the reviews are wrong. Get over yourself, bro. [/quote] Which rule was broken? Silence wasn't rewriting stories, but providing constructive criticism. Aren't you being a little bit presumptuous yourself with your comment about the Mona Lisa? I don't think any of my fellow writers are quite so self-important as to dare to think that they're a Da Vinci of writing. Personally, I live for the critiques almost more than the writing itself, for the artistic pursuit of the thing. All we can ever aspire to is to improve, and we need the critiques of others to do so. We [i]want[/i] feedback as writers, or why bother sharing it at all? I wouldn't call Silence's critiques of the various stories scathing. In every review, Silence went through the text and tried to give two cents on how to make the story succeed as much as possible. You'll notice if you inspect each review, while there are things that Silence would remove, would change, every review included comments about aspects of the story that worked well. Please give an example of what you are referring to as scathing, because reviews that only provide positive feedback are just as unhelpful as ones that give only negative feedback, but I wouldn't say those reviews were either. Get over yourself? You didn't submit an entry, haven't provided your own reviews, critiques, or votes for any of the stories. Where is this coming from? That isn't to say that you can't comment on whatever you like but I just fail to see why you feel it necessary to disqualify somebody who has no apparent involvement with you. Lastly, I think it's a tad dishonest to quote out of context the portions of Silence's rebuttal where the use of profanity has been prefaced by an exhaustive elaboration and substantive argument behind the frustration expressed. To reiterate what I said before, given these comments are specifically addressed in response to a critique by somebody else, I don't understand why you feel it necessary to throw your hat into the ring. It's not exactly your place to decide such things, and if you have substantive proof, I would love to see you provide some for Frizan, whose job it is to judge on these matters. Which rule was broken? What part of / which review was/were scathing? Why do you care? EDIT: And, in the intervening time it took me to respond, it appears that the person to whom the comments were addressed has replied. Civilly, and in a way which allows us all to move on. Disregard what I've said above please, if only because it's not worth the energy to bother with now.