{"author_name":"metadept","cat":"LD #26","comments":[{"author_name":"johnfn","time":"April 30, 2013 12:33 pm","epoch":1367343180,"text":"Another fix would be to keep the sounds in and just move over to the Jam section.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 30, 2013 2:11 pm","epoch":1367349060,"text":"You could try petitioning someone on the admin team to move your submission (if that’s technically possible). Otherwise, I’d say just fess up in your submission post and let people vote how they want. Content rules seem to be the most violated compo rules, with people even declaring in their “I’m in” posts that they were planning on using pre-made content for the compo. That doesn’t make it right, but it does mean someone who’s honestly trying to follow the rules as you are shouldn’t be kicked out while blatant cheaters get to stay in.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1367341800,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"42955","p_author":"metadept","p_authorkey":"15489","p_urlkey":"78590","p_title":"Rules? What rules??","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367341800","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15489","us_name":"metadept","us_username":"metadept","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

After reading through the contest rules again, I realized that my use of some prerecorded sound effects is a violation of the rules. Oops!<\/p>\n

This was an oversight on my part, since I rarely do anything with audio, but I regret giving false impressions about the quality of my work. I’ve removed the offending sounds from my main entry and moved them to a ‘non-compo’ version, but since I’ve already received a fair number of ratings, I’m afraid this disqualifies me from the competition proper.<\/p>\n

Apologies to anyone I may have unwittingly deceived, but I hope you enjoyed my game<\/a> anyway! Next time I’ll go out and record some bird sounds myself, somehow…<\/p>","time":"April 30th, 2013 12:10 pm","title":"Rules? What rules??"}