Mar. 11, 2013 10:17 PM
Alright, everyone! Sorry for the delay, but I'm finally ready with the next round! First, the match ups!
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! (:
And here they are! (Click to View)
Battle 1: Noodoosoup Vs. The Supreme One!
Battle 2: Odin Vs. LMAO Vs. Temporal!
Battle 2: Odin Vs. LMAO Vs. Temporal!
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:
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!
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 )
2. Leone19 VS The Supreme One
3. Thunder Dome VS Odin
4. Kyler_The_Best VS LMAO
5. Temporal VS Bye (Just kidding )
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!!
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: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!
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
2. Leone19 VS The Supreme One
3. Thunder Dome VS Odin
4. Kyler_The_Best VS LMAO
5. Temporal VS Bye
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)
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!
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
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.
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.