The ONLY time I would protest is when a contest goes against the spirit of fair play, which I have before. I actually got in the auditions but quit because a number of people were excluded, who had otherwise been included in the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch.
And I was right on that instinct. One of the people excluded in that contest got 2nd in the NGADM.
Pick your battles wisely.
Troisnyx
Please.
The whole point about constraints is that they are present in contests. Some have length constraints, some have others. A contest without rules 1) may as well not be a contest at all, and 2) is open to plenty of abuse, and I know this because I've had to fight hard as a judge to undo the many abuses of the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch.
The host does care about those rules, because ultimately there are going to be people who deliver with that constraint. You have two months. You can choose to do likewise, or not.