Critters^TM Workshop

Critters Autopilot / Multi-week Batch Mode...

If you see a notice that Critters is on Autopilot, that means the Critter Captain is not available and/or we're in the middle of a multi-week batch of manuscripts. This happens over many holidays when a lot of people travel and critiquing is at a lower pace than usual (and/or when the ol' Cap'n' is just out of town). Critters is about 99% automated, but the Cap'n monitors some of the software as it runs so those processes get held.

During multi-week batches you should still do one critique per week; there will be more manuscripts posted than for a normal week so there are more to choose from. If you're a new member, no new manuscripts will be emailed so choose manuscripts to critique from the online queue.

Multi-week batches also mean different rules are in effect for the MPC award.

When in autopilot...

• Critiques are processed as normal, so send them in (early and often)
• New manuscripts submitted to the queue are not added (but are stored and will be added in order received when autopilot is switched off)
• The Critter Captain is quite possibly unable to answer emails, but send them and he'll get to them when he returns

In other words, do everything you'd normally do, but some responses may not happen until the end of the autopilot.