User blog comment:Underscorre/Jeff the Killer Rewrite Contest!/@comment-25148755-20151027152026

Author's Note:  I voted against this contest. I voted this way not because I don't think the original Jeff the Killer needs improvement (it does) but because I did not like the idea of trying to improve something that, for whatever reason, has achieved an unprecedented level of fame and success within the creepypasta community despite its flaws, especially without the original author's express permission. However, when the decision was made that the contest would go ahead, I made a decision: I had to take a shot at this. Now, I've read all of the current entries up to this point. Some are very good, and virtually all of them are vast improvements stylistically and narratively on the original. Each has presented an interesting, original take on the character. But each tells a new story, one that, despite having a young boy named Jeff, a brother Liu, an antagonist Randy...if these names were changed you would be hard pressed to see more than a passing similarity to the original. Many have deemed the original too far gone, beyond redemption, that only a complete reimagining can possibly save this critically wounded piece of storytelling. This then, was the challenge I set for myself: keep the original story, the characters and set pieces, as intact as possible while still turning it into something palatable, something that could meet the at times stringent quality standards of this site. There are changes, certainly, some things I simply couldn't work around. Most though...most are still there. To the original purveyors of this legendary character, Sesseur, Katy Robinson, KillerJeff, and the rest, this is for you. To everyone else, I hope you enjoy the story.

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