I fangirl you hugely for all you've done with this challenge and with the archive. This has rocked hardcore, and I am delighted and deeply grateful.
As for the points/length thing: I'm one of the people who has benefited from racking up points for very short podficlets. For me, it was wonderful to learn that drabbles/ficlets were allowed and welcomed. That's a big part of what gave me the courage to pop my podfic virginity and try it for the first time. It let me learn all the requisite reading and editing and Audacity skills on small stuff that I could work on in manageable little chunks, and if I screwed something up and had to start over from scratch, it wasn't discouraging enough to make me give up and lose heart. So you gave a big shot of motivation and encouragement to this newbie, at least.
That said, there's nothing I love more than a long, tasty podfic, and I now have a very deep appreciation for what goes into making them. The stamina and dedication that go into recording longer works absolutely does deserve recognition and reward.
As for me, I'd be perfectly happy to plummet in the standings based on point adjustments for length. Lower points for really short stuff, higher points for long stuff, whatever makes it feel fair, I'm all for it.
In conclusion, thanks so very much to you and your co-mods for the enormous amount of hard work you've put into this challenge. I've come out of it with lots of lovely new stuff to listen to, and I'm also hooked hard on contributing to the wealth by recording things for others to enjoy. I can't thank you all enough. You rock beyond the telling of it.
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As for the points/length thing: I'm one of the people who has benefited from racking up points for very short podficlets. For me, it was wonderful to learn that drabbles/ficlets were allowed and welcomed. That's a big part of what gave me the courage to pop my podfic virginity and try it for the first time. It let me learn all the requisite reading and editing and Audacity skills on small stuff that I could work on in manageable little chunks, and if I screwed something up and had to start over from scratch, it wasn't discouraging enough to make me give up and lose heart. So you gave a big shot of motivation and encouragement to this newbie, at least.
That said, there's nothing I love more than a long, tasty podfic, and I now have a very deep appreciation for what goes into making them. The stamina and dedication that go into recording longer works absolutely does deserve recognition and reward.
As for me, I'd be perfectly happy to plummet in the standings based on point adjustments for length. Lower points for really short stuff, higher points for long stuff, whatever makes it feel fair, I'm all for it.
In conclusion, thanks so very much to you and your co-mods for the enormous amount of hard work you've put into this challenge. I've come out of it with lots of lovely new stuff to listen to, and I'm also hooked hard on contributing to the wealth by recording things for others to enjoy. I can't thank you all enough. You rock beyond the telling of it.