[6stringmerc]

Here's the deal though, if there's no consistency to the scoring, what are you paying for? Even if a piece scores highly, access to an audience isn't any more of a guarantee of feedback than posting a piece on Medium.

What I meant to get to, and as your response shows I missed something, my bad, was quality has a tendency to go viral. Getting into some outlets - most notably Contests - then backing things up with Hosting is a good order of operations long-term.

I know the whole song and dance of paying for "exposure" and never once did I recoup. That's what bugs me about the business model - most every client will be in the red. Even if they score high enough.

Or, in other words, it's nice to be the best looking person in the strip club, but business is business.