Alright, everyone! Sorry for the delay, but I'm finally ready with the next round! First, the match ups!

And here they are! (Click to View)

Battle 1: Noodoosoup Vs. The Supreme One!

Battle 2: Odin Vs. LMAO Vs. Temporal!

Confused by battle #2? Fear not, for I will explain it!
In this battle, there will will two tiers of battling. First, the judges will vote on two of the entries from that round they liked the best. Then, they will vote on one entry from there. This way, everyone has a fair shot, and Temporal doesn't just get a bye into the final rounds.

Also: when you send your story entries into me, please include the previous chapter in the PM as well. This way, we can have something to go on while judging your second chapters.

And now...Here it is. The Theme!!
A CLEVER SOLUTION
Does it have to solve the fatal error? What is meant by clever? These are the questions you can answer for yourselves, and let your creativity fly!
Please PM me your entries ASAP. I will assign a date in the next few days. In the meantime, good luck and have fun! (:

First Round Results (Click to View)

First, I would like to congratulate everyone who participated - your entries were all marvelous, and it was a pleasure to see all of you follow through on the tournament. You're all winners in my book

Enough chitchat. Now, without further ado, I present:

THE WINNERS!! (Click to View)

1. Noodoosoup VS Insomniac.

2. Leone19 VS The Supreme One

3. Thunder Dome VS Odin

4. Kyler_The_Best VS LMAO

5. Temporal VS Bye (Just kidding )

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you everyone for participating!...
But wait, that's not all...I'm adding a special twist!
Out of the tournament? Fear not, fellow writers, for I am going to have a losers bracket!! If you choose to, you can continue to submit entries for the tournament, and I will personally judge them (Unless the judges are all willing to participate as well).
Again, congratulations to everyone who participated, and stay tuned...round 2 information will be released shortly!

June 24 Update (Click to View)

ALERT:
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST PM ME WITH THEIR 1st ROUND ENTRY. THE TOURNAMENT WILL START UPON THE RECEPTION OF ALL PARTICIPANT'S PM'S
Thank You

OKAY! WHO'S READY TO START THIS THING? *Applause*

Alright, first, for the moment you've all been waiting for: The first round match ups!!

Here they are! (Click to View)

1. Noodoosoup VS Insomniac.

2. Leone19 VS The Supreme One

3. Thunder Dome VS Odin

4. Kyler_The_Best VS LMAO

5. Temporal VS Bye

Now, looking as these match-ups, you may notice that in order for this to work, Temporal has to have another bye. This doesn't seem fair or fun to me, so I have a suggestion: why not have a three way battle? I'll need to confirm it with everyone who may end up in it, but if they deem it fair, then we can go with that. Otherwise, we'll figure out another solution (I'm not perfect - if anyone has a suggestion, please let me know).

And now, for the first round theme:

each person must write no more than a page, using your own creative ideas, to make a prologue/opening around the topic of (Click to View)

A Fatal Error!(No, it doesn't have to be fatal. That was just the word I chose because it sounded the most extreme)

Okay, everyone: I need all entries to be turned in by July 8th at the absolute latest - meaning I'd prefer it sooner. Two days before the actual deadline, I will send a warning PM to anyone who I've not received an entry from. After midnight on the due-date, anyone who did not PM me or give me a medical excuse or other that is without an entry will be disqualified. Yes, this is a little extreme, but honestly, it's tiring to put up with. Guys, just don't forget to do it, please.

Last thing: I want to send a quick thank you to PenPad Forums: they gave me the idea to create this tournament, and may help judge or help out later on. If anyone is interested in joining this fantastic creative writing site, the link is here: http://s11.zetaboards.com/PenPad_forums/index/ Make an account today, and join the fun!

June 10 Update (Click to View)

Okay. I'm starting to get worried that I've waited too long on this, so we're just going to start with what we have.
Here's my plan:
The tournament will be single-elimination, bracket style, with one person getting a bye in the first round. Of course, it makes sense to give that bye to our defending champion, Temporal. As for everyone else, I will shuffle your names in my [still] lucky fedora and pick pairings to face off. Each round will have a topic, and the writer will have to write a piece of a story based on that topic. As brought to my attention last year, I will include the previous chapters of every writer's story in their thread. However, this is only for reference. The writer must be graded on his work in that chapter. With this in mind, the writers will not be able to be anonymous; this is why voting is limited to a panel of judges I have chosen, including myself. I feel like this is the fairest way to do it. The threads are for people to read and comment on the stories - and maybe, if someone makes a valid point or sees something that any of us missed, it could change who we vote for. So the people still get an influence on the voting (They can say whose they liked and why, but it doesn't count for votes).
I will announce the first round topic and pairings shortly, as soon as everyone checks in with me to make sure that they are all aware of the tournament kick-off. Good luck, and have fun!

Participants (Click to View)

Entries:
1. Thunder Dome
2. Kyler_the best
3.Tri
4. Syco
5. Sepentrione
6. The Supreme One
7. Temporal
8. Insomniac.
9. LMAO
10. Odin
11. Clefairy
12. Leone19
13. Noodoosoup

Judges:
1. Defstamina88
2. Kujikato
3. Sparta

May Update (Click to View)

Sign-Ups for the Spring-a-thon (I'll work on that title) Writing Tournament are under way! If you are interested in signing up for this event, please send me a Personal Message. The format for this tournament is as follows: bracket tournament, random seeding, fan voting, first to 5 votes wins. As of this point, I am working solo on the tournament. I will also have two "judges" that will help me organize the tournament. These spots have already been filled, however, so please do not comment or PM me about being one. Sorry, and thank you!

Original Post (Click to View)

Some of you may remember me, some of you may not. For those of you who don't, I used to write stories on this website fairly often. In addition to that, I created the first WBO Writing Tournament.
It's been almost a year, but I'm back, kind of, and looked through the YC threads here. I didn't see a writing tournament that had happened recently, and I'm not sure if anyone plans to start one. However, I have CAPTs right now, and ironically, that frees up a lot of time. Therefore, if anyone would like to try and have a writing tournament, all I need are some judges and a cup of joe
In any case, this thread is for everyone to discuss ideas on our next tournament. I'd rather not keep making these threads, as that creates a lot of SPAM, so I will recycle this thread as the homepage for the tournament when it gets under way. I'd also like to make "Round" pages instead of the individual battle pages we used to do. I want to at least attempt to save space on this site, and I'm going to be as "energy-efficient" as I can, hah.
So, to conclude, just post here what type of tournament you would like, if you already had a tournament in mind and I am stealing your thunder, or any other ideas related to this.
I would like to make this run as smoothly as possible, so please refrain from making derogatory comments on this page. Thanks.

I would like the idea of starting Writing tournaments up again. I don't think many have been made since I joined. When you put "What type of tournament you would like", do you mean format?

i think the idea of a writing tournament is really good. ive seen where people post their stories in the off-topic forum and a tournament seems really fun😃

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Good to see that you're taking this under your wing Sparta.

I think a BRR or RR format would take too long (been there, done that), so go with Double Elimination.

I'd love to see if this works out.

Kuji

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I was thinking double elimination, but teams might also help as well. If everyone pairs up with someone else, then it would reduce the amount of battles in half.
I tried this once before and, surprisingly, it worked well. Double elimination, tag-team format. That's certainly an option.

When you put "What type of tournament you would like", do you mean format?

Yeah. As in, tag-team, round robin, themes, etc. all the rules in general.

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You'll want to check Fyuuor's GFX Competition (if you remember) for the OP style you should aim for. It's something we all should aim for as tournament organizers.

I really say that Tag-Team can, not will, can cause one member to be let down. After all those dropouts (and the ban) in the GFX Tournament WLPaA ran, I don't think a Tag-Team will work that well. I suggest limit the amount of participants, and when the accountability of each individual here increases, go with Tag-Team.

More on the rules:
I find a judging panel alright, but, I think introducing a different system is better.

Even number of judges.
A vote thread.

You win by getting two judges to vote for your entry for that round, or one judge voting for, and winning the majority of the votes. Votes by the community should follow a strict criticism and logic based choice. I don't think it's fair (read, GFX Tourney voters, when they vote for the clearly horrible piece).

Just my 2 cents.

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The problem with tournaments that require some sort of collaboration between members is that it is very bothersome to pester people to get their entries in so that the tournament can advance.

On the other hand, "every man for himself" tournaments can be executed faster and cleaner.

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I like the idea of 1v1's. They might work better than tag teams, and will certainly be more efficient.
I wish there could be a warning given for dropping out of tournaments, similar to how warnings are given if you say you can go and then do not go to a WBO event, providing you don't say anything beforehand.

I'd like to keep the judging as simple as possible, as well. I myself won't be a judge since I would know who did what, but maybe a panel of 3 that work together to decide on each entry could work. But then that requires no thread to be made?

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Like I said:
I find a judging panel alright, but, I think introducing a different system is better.

Even number of judges. (example is 2)
A vote thread.

You win by getting two judges to vote for your entry for that round, or one judge voting for, and winning the majority of the votes. Votes by the community should follow a strict criticism and logic based choice. I don't think it's fair (read, GFX Tourney voters, when they vote for the clearly horrible piece).

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You had mentioned that before. The only reason I didn't jump on that idea is because it seems a little complicated - to be fair, it really isn't in retrospect. I just can't imagine it being easy to wait for the judges, then see the votes, whatever.
Besides, my past experiences with votes have been, needless to say, interesting. I'd rather just rely on a trained eye's expertise and critique on the criteria rather than the general public's opinions that could, quite possible, be influenced by popularity (We keep the threads anonymous, but some people have a writing style that just gives them away anyways). If it's all the same to you, Kujikato, I'd like to stick to only a panel of judges and do away with votes. Does that seem okay?

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I'm cool with that, hah.

Another idea is to finish the tournament round robin style (top three do a quickish RR), IMO it is much more fair.

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Hah, Sparta you had me for a second.
"Some of you may remember me, some of you may not. For those of you who don't, I used to write stories on this website fairly often. In addition to that, I created the first WBO Writing Tournament."
I was like, wait "fairly?" That's not even the word...

And, yes a tournament sounds fantastic. I would participate.

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Oh, Heaven, yes! Writing Tournaments! Sparta! I'm just a bit overjoyed to see Sparta again.

I'm thinking 1-on-1's to be best. Not very messy and easy to judge.

I also like you being humble, Sparta, about us not remembering you. You've been a good boy haven't you?

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I agree with Septentrione, 1 on 1 is very simple and it makes it pretty easy to judge. I personally do not like Tag Team (I think that idea was brought up) because if the 2 best pair up it makes it extremely hard for others to win.

You've been a good boy haven't you?

I try

I agree with Septentrione, 1 on 1 is very simple and it makes it pretty easy to judge. I personally do not like Tag Team (I think that idea was brought up) because if the 2 best pair up it makes it extremely hard for others to win.

I agree with what you're saying, especially with Tag-teams. So, brackets or round robin is the last decision? Otherwise, I think everything is set up. Once we decide on that, I'll recycle this thread as the homepage. Anyone who would like to sign up for the tournament, please PM me. If you are signing up though, make sure you are able to commit to it. Anyone who drops out after signing up without a valid reason should get a warning, because it makes it hard for both the judges, players, and I to compensate. However, that's not the case, so I'm putting this all on an honesty system.

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Alright, since the announcement of this tournament, I received a grand total of 2 Private Messages, and only one was for signing up for the tournament. In which case, there doesn't seem to be much excitement for this...it's a shame, but if no one really "shows up" in the next week or so then it may be time to put this to rest (Well, for me anyways, haha). I'm going to start taking drivers ed soon, but I wanted to push it off as long as I could to make room for this tournament. If I don't get a lot of enthusiasm (As already seems to be the case), then I will leave it alone and go get my license.

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I planned on making a second writing tournament from my first one which TOTALLY sucked, since few of the judges actually cared. I also have a petition to Insomniac. on this, but I don't think he read it. Oh well.

I just wish you good luck on this, hope you don't epic-ly fail like I did. Also, I like the idea of 1v1. This allows for actual comparison, which is the basis of judging.

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I planned on making a second writing tournament from my first one which TOTALLY sucked, since few of the judges actually cared. I also have a petition to Insomniac. on this, but I don't think she read it. Oh well.

I just wish you good luck on this, hope you don't epic-ly fail like I did. Also, I like the idea of 1v1. This allows for actual comparison, which is the basis of judging.

Fixed.

Anyways, I'm in on this for the fun, but my skills as a write unles it's comedy, suck

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Alright, since the announcement of this tournament, I received a grand total of 2 Private Messages, and only one was for signing up for the tournament. In which case, there doesn't seem to be much excitement for this...it's a shame, but if no one really "shows up" in the next week or so then it may be time to put this to rest (Well, for me anyways, haha). I'm going to start taking drivers ed soon, but I wanted to push it off as long as I could to make room for this tournament. If I don't get a lot of enthusiasm (As already seems to be the case), then I will leave it alone and go get my license.

I would like to participate (I forgot if I sent you a PM or not). I really want to try to put a story together for this. My writing has gotten better.

Thunder Dome Yep! Got your PM. Unfortunately, I haven't really gotten any others thus far.
Tournament Sign Ups so far:
1. Thunder Dome
2. Tri
3. Kujikatu

At this point, I just don't feel like we have received enough enthusiasm. If you guys want to offer suggestions on how to promote this, or if you could even refer some friends I would truly appreciate the support. Otherwise, we'll have to see.

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Maybe to promote this we could look through past Writing Tournament threads, see if anyone of them is still active and then send them a Private Message About it.

I wasn't here for the first tournament, but I think it sounds like a good idea. When would it start, if you ended up doing this? I write short stories occasionally, so I have enough time I might be interested

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The Supreme One My most accurate guess would be sometime within the next week or 2, depending on how many signups we end up getting. I have a few so far, but I always worry about dropouts and so I'm not sure if that number will ever stabilize. I'm hoping for at least 20 people, and I have around 5 or so entries thus far.
So, to answer your question, I'm shooting for sometime in early to middle May.

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Wait, you can sign up already? How, and when did it start? I want to be on this tournament, haha.

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I've stickied the thread, hopefully you'll get more interest and get a tournament going soon. Best of luck ↖(^▽^)↗

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