User blog:Storkbork/The Contest Fad

Yeah, yeah, burrowing myself into more business that I'm hardly involved in.

Moving on.

I've noticed that contests have become quite popular. However, I've also seen messages between Dog and Firey about contests, and I feel as though this needs to be said.

Contests are quite the fad, but too many is overwhelming. There's four going on right now, along with Fox's commenting trades. Personally, I feel as though four's a bit much. Some of the messages between Dog and Firey outline a plan to have three contests going on at a time. Soem of these contests haven't even been approved on the contests page.

I don't mind contests, but it's become a fad. I don't like this fad, unfortunately.

Stories are great things, don't get me wrong. I love stories. I've got tons inside me that I can never unleash because I don't get to show the side of me that writes these stories. But doing them for rewards doesn't seem like a good reason to write a story in my opinion.

All I ask is that we try to ease this contests fad. Just because one of your friends does it doesn't mean you have to do it too. Just because it's a fad doesn't mean you have to take part in this.

This is my opinion, and I'd really prefer that I don't get hate in this. I'm going through a lot and I've got a lot to do in the next few weeks. I really don't need some form of hate in the comments, as it'll only add more stress to my already heavy schedule.

Thanks.

-- 14:53, March 4, 2017 (UTC)