I submitted an entry through the admissions thingee, but afterwards I just got the message "Click Here to Submit an Entry" on the RPG Superstar main page. Is this normal, or should I be seeing a different message? If I submit the same entry again, will I be disqualified?
Same thing happened to me. Glad I read this or I would have assumed it went through. Be sure you see 'Thanks for entering RPG Superstar—good luck!' after you enter your post.
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In my investigation of this bug I haven't found any entries that actually got lost. The only thing that doesn't get set is the flag that says "this person has submitted an entry." Having said that, better to be safe than sorry -- if you don't see the "thanks for your entry, good luck" message, SUBMIT IT AGAIN. You won't be penalized for submitting the same entry twice.
(However, anybody taking advantage of this bug to submit multiple different items will be disqualified, and I will be checking every finalist and the alternates to make sure that hasn't happened. So don't do that.)
This is one of those bugs that I can't duplicate and can't figure out how it's even possible to happen, by the way. My favorite kind.
In my investigation of this bug I haven't found any entries that actually got lost. The only thing that doesn't get set is the flag that says "this person has submitted an entry." Having said that, better to be safe than sorry -- if you don't see the "thanks for your entry, good luck" message, SUBMIT IT AGAIN. You won't be penalized for submitting the same entry twice.
(However, anybody taking advantage of this bug to submit multiple different items will be disqualified, and I will be checking every finalist and the alternates to make sure that hasn't happened. So don't do that.)
This is one of those bugs that I can't duplicate and can't figure out how it's even possible to happen, by the way. My favorite kind.
Question: If duplicate posts do happen to occur on an account, which post will you be keeping as the "official submission"?
I ask because when I realized that seeing the "submit your entry link" meant it probably hadn't gone through I allowed myself to succumb to the editorial twitch that arose moments after I pushed the submit button the first time and made a few changes to the descriptive text before resubmitting. I changed nothing about the mechanics but something about the flow of the description wasn't sitting right so I revised it to fix that by tightening things up. Thus, given a choice, if I did happen to have a duplicate entry, and though the first version is certainly quite acceptable I'd certainly prefer that the second version be considered "the official version".
:-j(enni)
Hopefully my entry doesn't get pegged as two separate ones. I figure dropping the "the" at the beginning of the title was safe. Instead of "the item of whatever", it's now "item of whatever".
If we get two copies of the same entry, and the judges haven't begun to comment on either, we keep the older one. If the judges have commented on the newer one, we keep that one.
Well I guess that's a bummer for me, but thanks for the clarification.
Has there actually been a lot of duplicates coming in? Given the number of times I've seen people mention that they've had to re-post it seems like the number might be quite high... unless, of course, most apparent failures are actual failures?
:-j(enni)
Bumping this one up, as I just submitted mine for the second time because of this error :)
I know, it's a "bug" designed to make us sweat MORE ... uping the nerves factor to make it that much more exciting, eh? ::chuckle::
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I submitted an entry through the admissions thingee, but afterwards I just got the message "Click Here to Submit an Entry" on the RPG Superstar main page. Is this normal, or should I be seeing a different message? If I submit the same entry again, will I be disqualified?
I was pretty sure my first one went through until I read this thread. Then I couldn't for the life of me remember if I'd seen the "Thanks for Entering" or "Click Here to Submit an Entry" message. So if there's two of mine about an hour apart or so, that would be why. >.<
Glad I saw this thread. After I submitted it just sent me to another page with no message about my post. I'll post again to make sure.
I post again and it just went back to the same click here to submit your entry screen. I did it a 3rd time and I got the message at the top that said "Important: Your Item has been submitted".
A friend of mine thought he had submitted, I asked if he had seen the thanks for entering RPG superstar blurb? He hadn't, phew, we caught that just in time for a resubmit.
Thanks for the thread . . . I'm not sure mine went through either
I'm glad I looked at this thread. I had submitted my entry a week or so ago and had the sneaking suspicion it didn't go through. But, I didn't want to take a chance and re-submit because I figure I'd get auto-DQ'd for multiple entries. I'm sure it went through this time, so at least I'll know I was turned down based on merit.
I submitted an entry through the admissions thingee, but afterwards I just got the message "Click Here to Submit an Entry" on the RPG Superstar main page. Is this normal, or should I be seeing a different message? If I submit the same entry again, will I be disqualified?
Oh no. I just read this, and now I'm not sure if my entry went through or not. Is there a way to find out?
On my account page it says I have three posts but only displays two of them (the third being my entry). Is that an indication of whether my entry was successful or not?
Oh no. I just saw this site, or thread, or whatever. When I entered my submission, I got something similar. I'm brand new to these boards. My submission was my first entry ever. I thought that was normal.
Does that mean I didn't enter? Because the deadline's long gone by and I can't resubmit or try again.
Yes... welcome, Sea God's Daughter. :)
Oh no. I just saw this site, or thread, or whatever. When I entered my submission, I got something similar. I'm brand new to these boards. My submission was my first entry ever. I thought that was normal.
Well, on your profile it says you have two posts... but "Recent Posts" only shows one... which means you have a post somewhere that's not publicly visible... which I'd say probably means your entry went through... but of course don't take that as a guarantee.