Quote: Declan @ November 24 2011, 11:34 PM GMT1) We always say that you should read the rules and stick to them. If you do that, you'll be in the top 10%. Then break a few and you'll be in the top 1%. Disregard them completely and you're in the bottom 20% and we'll ridicule you on this forum.
Read that again, folks. They aren't saying they'll ridicule people for being bad writers, or for not liking their sitcoms. They're saying they'll ridicule people who have entered a competition and not bothered to stick to the rules. Honestly, I think that's fair game.
If you play the National Lottery and select 10 numbers rather than 6 because you think that's a more satisfying number to pick, whatever your reasoning you won't win anything, because you're an idiot.
You can argue that YOUR sitcom competition would have different rules. Fair enough. But this isn't your competition, it's theirs, and the rules are very clear and straightforward.