MC Banhammer Posted:

I don’t understand why this is a rule. And I’m not just whining because I was banned for it, I want to understand why it’s okay for me to submit the same non-winning forumbuildr and itembuildr entries until they win, or even after they win, as long as they’re relevant, but it’s not okay for me to submit the same non-winning INCIT entry until it wins. The chocolate scoop argument doesn’t cut it for me because you get chocolate for forumbuildr and itembuildr as well.

I don’t interpret the phrase “previously submitted entry” to mean “an entry that hasn’t won.” Though, looking at it I can see how that can be taken that way.

In my eyes, you can submit a submission that you’ve tried before, but hasn’t won for three main reasons. One, it hasn’t won, so it exists solely in your mind. Two, I cannot read your mind, so there is no way to way to police that kind of thing. Finally, it obviously can’t be plagiarism (self or otherwise) if the thing you’re plagiarizing doesn’t exist.

You were banned for directly plagiarizing the person who won the round before. There’s a difference.