Every other bigbang (or ficathon where stories are collected centrally) I've seen or been in has wanted authors to wait until they are told 'ok, now send in your drafts.' So why would I assume this one is different and that it's OK to harass the mods privately, instead of waiting until I'm told how to submit a draft? (This is mostly a rhetorical question, as you've already explained why you thought it was possible you would have received drafts early.)

Anyhow, it's no big deal, it just seemed like a strange thing to say that you hadn't gotten any when we hadn't been told to send them in yet.