Yes, clearly I did not understand those rules. All I remember was being told by a friend there was a creative writing contest for backstory content, and everyone had to pick a color team. I must have jumped to conclusions about how that would work out. I imagined all these people writing their own stories, and I had no idea if people on my team (my competitors) would be judging my work, or what. Who were the judges? I could have sworn there was some questionable wording (to me) about revisions to each color team's story that would be required, and that concerned me that I might have to change my ideas for the sake of the people on the rest of my so-called team.

Glad you had a good experience. I'm such a stickler for rules, and enjoy contests as long as it's designed to be more fun than obstacles. I run into so many contests on Steemit I never do because people list so many other conditions (resteem, upvote, use my tag, use my logo in the cover, use this title, etc.), I would rather just not be another billboard for sale to them.