@Mossy
Glad to see you are going to do something regarding the duration of the legs.
I have 4 plants in 4 of the current competitions and will only have 1 finish on time (I germinated 6 days before the 1st - could have gone the allowed 4 days earlier, but it would not have made a difference)
One difference I have noticed between the first and second legs:
There is almost ZERO interaction from the moderators running the second legs compared to the first legs.
During the first legs, whoever was running the comp kept up to date and made sure everyone was putting in their weekly update pictures. If they didnt, then they got tagged as a reminder.
Some moderators kept a list in the first post with all participants and updated as people dropped out.
None of this is happening in the second legs. I have no idea who has been updating and no idea who is still in the comps, or if they just haven't updated in a month.
In addition, there are a lot of people posting 5 or 6 pictures as their 'final pic' this time. Who decides what one is going to be used?