I win! I win! In your face @DeusIrae!
Lol, not really. The authors made it so easy. Between variety, craftsmanship and raw energy, was like all downhill, no lift lines!
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Actually my apologies @vivdunstan I apologize deeply for my oversight, and endeavor to remedy it now:
In your face Viv! 
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2 more reviews needed in the Back Garden before all games have gotten at least 4 reviews each 
@aschultz your high projection at the start of the festival is coming true 
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(Supposing I’m interpreting the shades of green correctly)
5 average in the Main Event, 1 short of 4 each for the Back Garden.
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Et voila! Fourth review for Mirror is up.
We’re getting good average coverage of all games. Kudos to all reviewers!
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Yeah, it’s neat to see a mix of usual suspects and new reviewers chipping in!
A minimum of 5 looks very achievable. That’s (for the main event) 5 in 8 days to go, so someone out there adding 1 a day to a minimum game will push us over.
Speaking as a Back Gardener, I have to admit I’m thrilled with 4 as (despite a surprisingly long postmortem planned) there is only so much can be said about my game, so I’m quite pleased with 4 reviews.
6 minimum in the main event seems possibly a bit much to push for. I mean, 7 have 5 and 5 games have 4, meaning a total of 17 reviews for those games specifically, so unless someone swoops in or is sitting on a lot of big thoughts, I think 5 will be the minimum.
I mean it’s a possibility if people who tested the game post after the comp. If that counts, I have stuff to say about Repeat the Ending, for instance, but it’s kind of tangential. And I do feel slightly uncomfortable with making non-technical comments during the event, even favorable ones, since my work is in the pool!
Hooray for milestones and the people who work to push us over them!
ETA: total averages
Main event = 116/21 = 10 away from 6 (looks very likely indeed!)
Back garden = 21/5 = 4 away from 5
Total = 137/26 = 19 away from 6
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With the SpringThing ending tomorrow, I don’t think we will see more than one or two reviews before the festival ends. There’s an average of 5.5 reviews per game, with only 8 games/26 being below that average.
Unless one of us missed linking a review, there are still 5 games in the front garden away from getting 5 reviews.
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I’d like to sneak in one or two over the weekends. And maybe beta testers will have something to say about the entries they tested. So I might leave the review sheet open a bit longer!
Also, not sure if Rovarsson’s review of Lady Thalia counts as a review, or a general “dang, I wish I had more time to get to this one.” But if it does, that number’s down to 4.
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Rovarsson extensively tested Lady Thalia 3 and gave us quite a lot of feedback privately, so I think that’s actually the beginning of “playtesters thoughts” rather than full reviews. (I’m very happy with it regardless of category!!)
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Well, it looks like there are going to be a few post-comp reviews. I have a few lined up, and–well, it’s great to have Mike Russo back after some unexpected life stuff!
I’m not sure if these reviews should be added to the spreadsheet or not. I noticed the topic was unpinned. But I’d still like to write a few more and post them to IFDB, and maybe others will, too.
Perhaps we can see how many trickle in until the end of the month?
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I would count the late reviews still as SpringThing personally. That would be nice to see some more!
(i think the pin is gone because another post was pinned instead).
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to post reviews! I really appreciated the opportunity to hear all of your thoughts about the entries this year. It always makes every experience of a game feel like a conversation.
I would just like to take a quick moment to encourage everyone who wrote reviews to please consider posting them to IFDB. Now that the festival is ending, posting your reviews to IFDB blesses future players with the richness of the conversations we’ve shared. I know it might be a little tedious, but it really means a lot for both authors and players!
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100% agreed. I really appreciated each review as being fair and constructive. Thank you!
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Lol, you would think having been through this once, I would have better anticipated this.
I for one am curious to see what future players make of ‘Spice Girl’ ratings!
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On reflection, I think it’s a serious point that authors who write more than a certain number of reviews (or reviews of a certain quality) should have a chance to give a general overview for a competition on IFDB, and I’m not sure IFDB has that mechanism, yet!
I don’t know how much of a feature request it would be, and it’d probably mean additional work for a moderator to make sure each post is relatively relevant, but it’d be nice to have there!
I mean, we have external links and all, which I think are valid for competitions, but having everything in one place would be a handy convenience.
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I had time, and wonderment, and discussion, and love for Thalia, and intimate knowledge of the museum back-rooms.
I decided to write a love-letter across the digital realm to Thalia.
I really hope her authors can send it through to her.
(Maybe Fran could be the intermediate?)
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As if she needs the ego boost!
(The authors have been somewhat delayed in sending the message along because they partied too hard watching Eurovision, but rest assured it should reach its destination shortly.)
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Thalia? Or Fran? Because I wouldn’t want to decide who’s side I’m on in a fight against an owl…
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Thalia, of course! Fran is fairly grounded for a crow, although I suspect that’s because she’s fairly green. Give her a few more decades as a familiar and who knows what may develop?
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I have added Brian’s reviews since they just dropped on the IFDB, bringing the minimum review/game to 5 after all !
173 total reviews (as far as we linked on the sheet)
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