I've seen a lot of theories on masters during my time of lurking, but I've never heard of Venue Quality leading to them. When did this theory start to go around?
AR WA reviews them all of the time, the theory is out there that when AR WA reviews hits that you have done it could be beneficial if your doing them correctly or also detrimental if you are masters and they don't like your work. I dont agree or disagree with that theory. I do know the only thing that will prevent you indefinitely from getting masters is being bal'd.
It searches mturk for new hits that have been added based on filters (seconds to search again, minimum reward, etc) and displays them all in the hit scraper window. It's color coded based on TO ratings for pay, etc. It's pretty nifty