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Competition - Total Write-Off

pickarooney · 2011-04-15 07:59:18

I'm thinking of some kind of variation on a variation on a theme here - same basic idea in that contestants are given an outline and submissions are posted anonymously, but with a little twist - this time it would be head-to-head with everyone competing against one other (unknown) person, one story per pair. Winners go…

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#202 26-05-2011 4:40pm

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"The Arena" would incorporate a few of those ideas.

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#203 26-05-2011 5:05pm

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pickarooney wrote: »

"The Arena" would incorporate a few of those ideas.

I was actually sitting there for 10 minutes trying to remember the word "Arena" and couldn't for the life of me think of it... All I could think of was "Stadium" and "Colusseum" for what I wanted to say... In my defense I had just come off a 9.5 hour shift...
"The Arena" is perfect - my vote goes for that...

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#204 26-05-2011 5:58pm

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Count me in too.

I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnZHea_TI0

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#205 18-06-2011 6:21pm

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Deadline for this is today, though I wonder if everyone has forgotten about it with the excitement of the Arena?

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#206 18-06-2011 6:26pm

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Maybe it's hard to post because it might ruin the mystery of it all.

Or everyone is just procrastinators at heart...:p

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#207 18-06-2011 6:48pm

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With TWO you have to mail your story to pickarooney so maybe everybody already has and he's just waiting until the deadline passes to post them.

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#208 19-06-2011 12:16am

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I'm back, and just checked my PM box and have (almost) all the entries, which I'll post up on Monday.

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#209 19-06-2011 12:22pm

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Had pretty much forgotten about this with The Arena - can't wait to read the stories tomorrow.

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#210 20-06-2011 10:20am

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The four quarter finals are now up. Three of them have a poll.

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#211 25-06-2011 12:20pm

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Aaaaand the results are in. Congrats to those who go through to the next round, and commiserations to the ones who were knocked out. Yiz were robbed I tell ya, robbed!

I look forward to reading the next round, because this just gets better.

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#212 25-06-2011 12:35pm

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Congratulations to Orange, Cyan, White and Red!

I'll try put up the semis on Monday. Remember to PM me if you have any holidays coming up or will be otherwise tight for time in the next few weeks.

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#213 26-06-2011 5:23pm

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Have to say I'm really enjoying reading the entries - I hadn't expected the standard to be so high! Looking forward to see what the final 4 come up with.

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#214 28-06-2011 10:12am

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Here are the line-ups for the semi-finals.

1. WHITE vs CYAN. Your theme is Karma

2. ORANGE vs RED. Your theme is Kismet

The word limit is approximately 2000 for this round and the closing date will be 23.59 BST on the 21st of July.

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#215 28-06-2011 1:59pm

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* Goes to look up kismet in the dictionary *

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#216 28-06-2011 2:02pm

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excellent themes

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#217 28-06-2011 2:15pm

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Fewcifur wrote: »

* Goes to look up kismet in the dictionary *

*is glad not to be the only one*

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#218 28-06-2011 4:06pm

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Ladies and Gentlemen, 3 of our 4 anonymous semi-finalists.

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#219 28-06-2011 4:09pm

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Yep, the original 16 were removed in a bloodless coup.

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#220 28-06-2011 4:14pm

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pickarooney wrote: »

Yep, the original 16 were removed in a bloodless coup.

I guess your sig is correct :pac:

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#221 28-06-2011 4:26pm

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Mr E wrote: »

Ladies and Gentlemen, 3 of our 4 anonymous semi-finalists.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the fourth anonymous semi-finalist.

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#222 28-06-2011 5:20pm

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I wish.... I got busted 4 months ago in round 1.

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#223 28-06-2011 6:11pm

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Congratulations to everyone still competing!

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#224 20-07-2011 3:24pm

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Just a reminder that the closing date is tomorrow, for anyone who hasn't submitted.

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#225 20-07-2011 4:56pm

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Looking forward to a good read tomorrow night so!

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#226 22-07-2011 9:17am

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The first semi-final is up. Please let me know if there are any problems with the formatting or anything else ASAP.

Good luck!

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#227 22-07-2011 11:28am

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The second one is now up!

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#228 22-07-2011 9:50pm

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If anyone wants to add a sig or update it with details of the semi finals, that should help get more votes and feedback.

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#229 24-07-2011 11:14am

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How long are the semi final stories staying open for?

It is a pity the interest has waned over the last few rounds - can't see it running again.

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#230 24-07-2011 2:54pm

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I'm not sure why but most people are only voting in one semi-final

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#231 24-07-2011 3:08pm

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I'll be reading Kismet tonight...

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#232 29-07-2011 2:25pm

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And so we come to the final round. Let's hope that fokls will show up to vote this time after the frankly disappointing turn-out for the semis.

I'm away for the next two weeks and I'll wait until I hear from the two finalists as to their avaialability before setting the closing date. There's also a theme to work out and if anyone wants to PM me one, feel free. Don't post it here if you are or were involved at any stage of this competition just to keep things on the level.

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#233 29-07-2011 4:16pm

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Ok, I might as well put up the final theme rather than let this sit unattended...

ORANGE vs CYAN will have a choice between the themes of Order and Chaos.
So each of you can choose which theme you wish to write on.

The word limit is approximately 2500 for the final and the closing date will be 23.59 BST on the 18th of August.

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#234 19-08-2011 8:43am

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The final entries are now up and voting is open! Let's try and get a good turnout for this last round and send the competition off in style.

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#235 19-08-2011 11:17am

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Looking forward to reading them later.

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#236 19-08-2011 11:05pm

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After this is all finished, will you be revealing the usernames behind the codenames?

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#237 19-08-2011 11:07pm

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Antilles wrote: »

After this is all finished, will you be revealing the usernames behind the codenames?

I'm planning an Eyes-Wide-Shut style masked party where all will be revealed.

Kids, don't forget to comment when you vote.

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#238 01-09-2011 11:31pm

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Where can I find these stories? When it says the first one is up? Where is that referring to, another thread ? A link Ive missed ? I read the final entries recently and now want to read all the rest but cannot locate them?

Thanks if anyone can point me in the right direction.

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#239 02-09-2011 7:36am

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First Round
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72168733
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72173978
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72189281
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72195205
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72197215
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72243727
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72245908
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72263222

Quarter Finals
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72865970
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72866040
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72866116
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72866251

Semi Finals
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73425307
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73427349

Final
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73898289

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#240 05-09-2011 9:40pm

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Thanks you, cant wait to read them all. The standard of writing is excellent. Well done to all.

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#241 08-09-2011 2:45pm

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This might be crazy, but would it be an idea to release the entries as a free ebook?

It'd take five minutes on the aul Smashwords and if it's free and copyright remains with the authors, well, could be great.

It could encourage future competitions, and if there was a hyperlink to each author's website etc (or not) then hey, everyone wins.

This may be tainted by my current addiction to my new Kindle.

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#242 08-09-2011 2:46pm

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wouldnt that stop them wanting to turn them into something longer and publishing that

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#243 08-09-2011 2:57pm

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Yeah, I'm not touching that idea. Unless it was a specific condition of the competition that entries could be used for a book then it's a non-runner. Nice idea in theory though.

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#244 08-09-2011 5:58pm

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pickarooney wrote: »

Yeah, I'm not touching that idea. Unless it was a specific condition of the competition that entries could be used for a book then it's a non-runner. Nice idea in theory though.

Well if entrants agreed it wouldn't be a big deal. Plus there's nothing to discourage people turning a short story into something longer, plenty of authors publish short stories in collections and then graduate them to the big show.
I'm not involved, so it doesn't matter either way to me, but similar to a compilation CD, it opens up a whole world of publicity and readers. It could be made an annual event, build on the readers that the final generated etc.

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