::collapses::

[podmod.livejournal.com]

and that's podbang 2009! mostly! pretty much! everyone who submitted a recording should now have received a recording, or at least the beginning of one. :) we still have a lingering pinch hit that is being edited by a number of pinch hit editors, only one of whom is totally falling down on the job (cough*me*cough). it's an awesome recording, but will continue to remain a mystery for another couple of days. <3

profuse thanks to everyone who made this possible! particularly to:

superstitiousme, who came up with the idea and was then immediately assimilated by the podmod collective. her loss of individuality is our gain.

cybel, who has stepped up to correct a certain other podmod's lazy, lazy tagging, to gently point out her metadata screwups, and to get all contributions into the audiofic archive.

all of our incredible pinch hitters! including burnfor, cookiemom6067, cathexys, twtd, superstitiousme, and rosekolodny. they put in FAR more than they got out, and did it under pressure, while podmod cried on their shoulders and asked if they were done yet, constantly.

all of the people who contributed artwork (often with almost no turnaround time) and helped to solicit artwork! your name is legion and you are fearless.

all of the people who tried and didn't make it. you put in huge amounts of effort but lost the spotlight. :( we will all keep an eye open for your work in the future!

all of the commenters! it is so nice to see podfic getting comments, and to see you coming back after listening to give *feedback*! thank you for letting our participants know their work is appreciated.


i would like to give stats, here, as stats are impressive! hours of recording, number of words, number of participants! but i am played out. if someone wants to gather and post any or all of those numbers, that would be awesome. or comment with them! i want to know! but not as much as i want to sleep, right now. :p

Comments

[yasmine32068.livejournal.com]

This was awesome!!! Thank you for all of your hard work! And thanks to the readers who have given us an outlet from the crazy holiday season!!!

[paraka]

You are awesome! This is a great Christmas present and this, in general, was an amazing idea!

Have a nice sleep and a great Christmas!

I can't wait to do the next one! (I use a lot of ! eh?)

[superstitiousme.livejournal.com]

You guys, general_jinjur is the hardest working fangirl (and Mod) I've ever met. Talk about putting in more than she got out. ♥

general_jinjur you are truly amazing. Thank you. Thank you so much for everything you do; I hope you know how much every single one of us appreciates it. This community and the archive wouldn't exist without you, and this challenge certainly wouldn't have gotten very far without all your hard work. ♥ ♥ ♥

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

You rock so very hard! I hope to participate next year.

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, to everyone, the amount and quality of stories recorded has been amazing. I hope everyone has a nice relaxing christmas and a very happy new year

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

You guys all rock so hard, really, the effort you put in to this, and to podfic all year round, is just amazing. *hugs all round!*

[twilight-angel.livejournal.com]

You are the most awesome people in the world and deserve lots of gifts from Santa. But mostly it sounds like you need sleep, so go rest up. :D Thank you for making this possible! <3 <3 <3

[suzumenoko.livejournal.com]

Congratulations mods! Congratulations participants!

[revolutionaryjo.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all the extensive hard work you put into making this happen! I've been doing happy dances around my living room every time a new podfic is posted. You guys rock hardcore!

[aphelant.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask you if there would be stats! Um, this is not me volunteering to gather them, unless it is okay that I don't start them until after Giftmas. In which case, I am all over that. :)

Also, seriously, this has all been so amazing. Thank you everyone. :D :D :D

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

There is not enough awe in the world to cover how AWESOME you all are.

Thank you so, so much for this. It's the best fandom thing I've ever been part of.

[winkingstar.livejournal.com]

*tucks you in* ♥

Thank you so much to everyone for all the hard work that went into this! I am so looking forward to all the hours of listening pleasure! :)

STATS!!!!!

[superstitiousme.livejournal.com]

Behold, Audiofic fans, we are AWESOME!!!!

Participants: 30
Stories: 37
Time: 158:15:33 (!! 158+ HOURS!!!!! Almost 1 entire week of podfic!!!! *drops dead*)
Fandoms: 16
Words: 1,479,369 (O.M.G.)

*hugs podbang tightly*

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

You know I love you, right? Right???

{{{hugs}}}}

Over for another year...

[mjluvspolar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your all your hard work, I have so loved just logging on to my lj this week. ~_^ Also. This was far and away my fav bigbang this year. Possibly ever. Seriously. You *do* realise you've raised the bar pretty high now? And man I just can't wait for next year!

MJ

[lunate8.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Podmods, for everything -- Podbang was AMAZING!