Hey guys! Overall, really, the number is irrelevant. Some days there are 40 items in there and I can do all 40 in a half hour cause it's a bunch of recolors. Some days it's 20 and it takes and I an hour to do half. Tonight, there were 60, and we busted them out -- and that was 60 AFTER we accepted all recolors that were easy to get. It's really not just about the number!

Waiting to submit items when the number is low doesn't mean much ;) CWs are batch-loaded at the top of every hour - everything that is paid, slot wise, loads in then. So that means we've had days where it goes from 0 at 8:55 to 12 at 9:00 because recolors were pending and the like. Really, it is not just black and white!

And thanks to those of you with your positive words :) The past couple of weeks have proven REALLY difficult for Darling and I to get together at night to work, due to our very opposite schedules, 3 hour time difference, and my other job which is VERY time consuming right now (lots of staffing changes which means lots of overtime for this girl, whoo!) Not to mention those nights we just fall asleep in the middle of critiquing (IT HAS HAPPENED!) Seriously everyone, I truly truly appreciate your support and patience! And while the idea that a ticker might finally help people see just how busy it can get is nice, I get the feeling it would end up as a "WHY ARE THERE 30 ITEMS IN THE QUEUE FOR 2 DAYS NO ONE IS WORKING" without realizing how much that number can shift just in a few hours, let alone one day!

- Just because recolors generally go faster doesn't mean that they don't require critique - they do. Often a recolor will look particularly bad in a light color and sometimes take several submissions to get right. Having two queues would be an absolute nightmare - not to mention completely unnecessary. That's not going to happen.

Jessi is right in that recolors often need critique; they might look fine in one color but need tweaking when another is submitted, there may have been an upload error specific to the new submission, etc. That said, a second queue is unnecessary because that is essentially what happens behind the scenes already; recolors are noticed and do tend to be accepted more quickly when they don't require critique, and a second queue would not change that or speed up the process.