Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazFebruary 26, 2012 - 11:02pm
Maybe I should be ostracized. But I need something to keep me writing.
I know Utah, I told you I shouldn't and then I did, so I realize I was giving you mixed massages.
Dave, how do you make your posters if you don't mind my asking? Good stuff there.
Dave
from a city near you is reading constantlyFebruary 26, 2012 - 11:25pm
Chester,check you PM
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazFebruary 26, 2012 - 11:29pm
Word.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 6:02am
Chester: Dave, how do you make your posters?
Dave: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Michael Thomas
from South Jersey is reading booksFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:08am
I'd like to be a part of this if still possible. Is there any way the stories could be submitted anonymously to avoid any bias? And is there a minimum amount of votes needed for a story to advance?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:13am
@myhers: Hell yes there is room for you! In answers to your questions about anonymity (and other questions about how to participate), please refer to the first post in this thread for participation rules. We've made some changes to them in the last week, but they are updated. And the number of votes needed to advance to the next round is one vote more than your opponent gets in the matchup.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:15am
I know Utah, I told you I shouldn't and then I did, so I realize I was giving you mixed massages.
It is I that owe you the apology, Chester. I used to date. Should have read between the lines. I'll try to do better.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:22am
@Everybody: holy shit, check out that Battle Roster! Nearly two weeks til you all storm one another's beaches, and this list is filling up!
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:24am
I have a weird question? Since I am still relatively new, who is the expected front runners for this tourney? I mean if we were to put odds down, who are the most likely to hit the final four?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 10:25am
" March 9, 2012"
Is this the start date? I mean, I know it says it is, but...is it?
Jason Van Horn
from North Carolina is reading A Feast For CrowsFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:27am
Sounds like fun - I'd like to enter Utah
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:38am
When does the all-encompassing list of rules and such come out.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:38am
@Jason: You're on!
@Diaz: I'm not too sure offhand. I haven't reviewed nearly as many people as the folks at the top of the reviewing pack. They are who I plan to ask about that very same question.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:40am
But be aware that Utah is actually ranking all of you, and you should be mad at him about it. And only him.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:42am
Utah, I think I am going to pass this round, sorry man.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:44am
Son of a...!
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:45am
Sorry man
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:46am
Okay man, I have erased your name. I appreciate the heads up, seriously.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:48am
Yeah, I didn't want to leave you hanging, but ya know family stuff, plus move, plus 65 hours a week, plus trying to sharpen my technique, I am not sure. I think I am going to finish my thing with AD and then seriously buckle down with the classes and such then once I am settled in Richmond, get going again with battles and such
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:48am
Uh-oh. The competition got to Matt already.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:48am
And no worries. If you don't think the timing is working out for you this go-round, it's definitely better to wait for a more opportune window. As long as this thing goes well I definitely plan to do it again. If you can't do it, I'm thankful you let me know now while we have ample opportunity to fill in the gaping holes in our hearts that your leaving causes.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:50am
Haha, I doubt my leaving will cause too much of a stir or too much notice, but I appreciate it, next time you guys start I am in.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 11:59am
Of course people notice. Look at that gaping hole in the 8 slot! It's obvious!
"Who's missing, who dropped out?"
"Didn't that used to be Matt's spot?"
"Fuck, what happened to Matt?"
"Has he been killed?"
You're going to provoke a lot of worry, but we shall overcome.
Jason Van Horn
from North Carolina is reading A Feast For CrowsFebruary 27, 2012 - 12:43pm
I'll get to be that bracket entry who has to play the game before the NCAA tournament starts just so they can lose to the godly number one three days later.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 12:48pm
Matt, I'm so sorry you can't already be battling :(((
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 12:49pm
Haha, no I was in, but I am ducking out.
.
February 27, 2012 - 12:51pm
Richard Fucking Thomas.
Chester Bringatha Pane.
Hahahahaha!
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 12:53pm
@Matt, should we try to pull you back in, or that's your decision for now?
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:11pm
Flaminia, I really can't right now, I am moving, then got family stuff, plus social obligations, plus a 65 hour work week (until I move) but I am game for the next one I promise....in the mean time I am just going to take a few classes and read every craft essay I can. You and I are still buds, right?!
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:00pm
Of course you are. She thinks of you fondling. Or something like that.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:02pm
Hahaha, nicely done sir.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:26pm
Dammit my sure win departs. Dang!. lol
Good luck on the move Matt, let me know if you need help with anything.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:41pm
We are super buddies, Matt! I'll think of you fondling during your 65 hrs work. With Utah.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:44pm
Now we're getting somewhere.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 1:45pm
Utah probably doesn't have that kind of stamina.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:06pm
Hot as dragon's breath.
I remember this one time during a demo, just after the cops had kettled us and tension was hanging in the air like a sparkles balloon. When the forces let us go and different groups of protesters got together again there were these two boys, they were just around their 25 young and gorgeous, they just hugged and french kissed there, in the middle of the chaos. That just made me want to shove myself between the two. So fucking hot.
Does that make me a slut because I thought that was hot? I wouldn't care. It was hot.
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avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:07pm
What...What kind of demonstration was it?
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:11pm
Not the gay pride, lol
(between you and me Avery: Anti-Nazi)
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:13pm
LOL! Okay, cool.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:23pm
Yeah, that too.
But those two cuties just were so happy they found each other again and they were still alive and kicking, the whole scene resulted in fact more tender and sweet than sexy per se.
That said, demos have sexy in them, that hide and seek with the batons, the teasing reluctance when running from charges.. and that song, we just could go on for hours singing it along. Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence!
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:26pm
ooops
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:40pm
???
Okay, everybody, let's hear it for Flaminia and her brand new song, Punching and Fucking!
All right. Somebody needs to step right up here and take Matt's place. I hate seeing #8 go empty. And then we need about ten more people.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:43pm
No really. I hate violence. I hate it when I must deal with it.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:48pm
Flaminia, dear one, if you hate violence then you're in exactly the wrong thread. All we do here is WAR. That's all we do.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:51pm
I hate it when I must deal with it.
like when there's WAR for instance.
Don't I just love quoting myself
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:52pm
But someone just has to create order form chaos
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:55pm
Then we shall leave you pick up the pieces of all the broken hearts that shall be the result of this competition, Flaminia. You'll be like the Red Cross. Succor for those shattered by battle. We're glad you're here.
But as long as you're involved in battle, show no mercy.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 27, 2012 - 2:57pm
Yeah, that's what the red cross do. Show no mercy.
ooooops
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 27, 2012 - 3:06pm
Right.
So, are you picking these prompts yourself? Because how do i know you won't give me awful ones just because you hate me?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 27, 2012 - 3:09pm
I'm going to use some pulling-out-of-a-hat device to randomize the prompt selection. That way no one gets anything too form-fitted to them or too opposed to them except by sheer accident.
Maybe I should be ostracized. But I need something to keep me writing.
I know Utah, I told you I shouldn't and then I did, so I realize I was giving you mixed massages.
Dave, how do you make your posters if you don't mind my asking? Good stuff there.
Chester,check you PM
Word.
Chester: Dave, how do you make your posters?
Dave: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
I'd like to be a part of this if still possible. Is there any way the stories could be submitted anonymously to avoid any bias? And is there a minimum amount of votes needed for a story to advance?
@myhers: Hell yes there is room for you! In answers to your questions about anonymity (and other questions about how to participate), please refer to the first post in this thread for participation rules. We've made some changes to them in the last week, but they are updated. And the number of votes needed to advance to the next round is one vote more than your opponent gets in the matchup.
It is I that owe you the apology, Chester. I used to date. Should have read between the lines. I'll try to do better.
@Everybody: holy shit, check out that Battle Roster! Nearly two weeks til you all storm one another's beaches, and this list is filling up!
I have a weird question? Since I am still relatively new, who is the expected front runners for this tourney? I mean if we were to put odds down, who are the most likely to hit the final four?
" March 9, 2012"
Is this the start date? I mean, I know it says it is, but...is it?
Sounds like fun - I'd like to enter Utah
When does the all-encompassing list of rules and such come out.
@Jason: You're on!
@Diaz: I'm not too sure offhand. I haven't reviewed nearly as many people as the folks at the top of the reviewing pack. They are who I plan to ask about that very same question.
But be aware that Utah is actually ranking all of you, and you should be mad at him about it. And only him.
Utah, I think I am going to pass this round, sorry man.
Son of a...!
Sorry man
Okay man, I have erased your name. I appreciate the heads up, seriously.
Yeah, I didn't want to leave you hanging, but ya know family stuff, plus move, plus 65 hours a week, plus trying to sharpen my technique, I am not sure. I think I am going to finish my thing with AD and then seriously buckle down with the classes and such then once I am settled in Richmond, get going again with battles and such
Uh-oh. The competition got to Matt already.
And no worries. If you don't think the timing is working out for you this go-round, it's definitely better to wait for a more opportune window. As long as this thing goes well I definitely plan to do it again. If you can't do it, I'm thankful you let me know now while we have ample opportunity to fill in the gaping holes in our hearts that your leaving causes.
Haha, I doubt my leaving will cause too much of a stir or too much notice, but I appreciate it, next time you guys start I am in.
Of course people notice. Look at that gaping hole in the 8 slot! It's obvious!
"Who's missing, who dropped out?"
"Didn't that used to be Matt's spot?"
"Fuck, what happened to Matt?"
"Has he been killed?"
You're going to provoke a lot of worry, but we shall overcome.
I'll get to be that bracket entry who has to play the game before the NCAA tournament starts just so they can lose to the godly number one three days later.
Matt, I'm so sorry you can't already be battling :(((
Haha, no I was in, but I am ducking out.
Richard Fucking Thomas.
Chester Bringatha Pane.
Hahahahaha!
@Matt, should we try to pull you back in, or that's your decision for now?
Flaminia, I really can't right now, I am moving, then got family stuff, plus social obligations, plus a 65 hour work week (until I move) but I am game for the next one I promise....in the mean time I am just going to take a few classes and read every craft essay I can. You and I are still buds, right?!
Of course you are. She thinks of you fondling. Or something like that.
Hahaha, nicely done sir.
Dammit my sure win departs. Dang!. lol
Good luck on the move Matt, let me know if you need help with anything.
We are super buddies, Matt! I'll think of you fondling during your 65 hrs work. With Utah.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Utah probably doesn't have that kind of stamina.
Hot as dragon's breath.
I remember this one time during a demo, just after the cops had kettled us and tension was hanging in the air like a sparkles balloon. When the forces let us go and different groups of protesters got together again there were these two boys, they were just around their 25 young and gorgeous, they just hugged and french kissed there, in the middle of the chaos. That just made me want to shove myself between the two. So fucking hot.
Does that make me a slut because I thought that was hot? I wouldn't care. It was hot.
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What...What kind of demonstration was it?
Not the gay pride, lol
(between you and me Avery:
Anti-Nazi)LOL! Okay, cool.
Yeah, that too.
But those two cuties just were so happy they found each other again and they were still alive and kicking, the whole scene resulted in fact more tender and sweet than sexy per se.
That said, demos have sexy in them, that hide and seek with the batons, the teasing reluctance when running from charges.. and that song, we just could go on for hours singing it along. Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence! Sex and violence!
ooops
???
Okay, everybody, let's hear it for Flaminia and her brand new song, Punching and Fucking!
All right. Somebody needs to step right up here and take Matt's place. I hate seeing #8 go empty. And then we need about ten more people.
No really. I hate violence. I hate it when I must deal with it.
Flaminia, dear one, if you hate violence then you're in exactly the wrong thread. All we do here is WAR. That's all we do.
like when there's WAR for instance.
Don't I just love quoting myself
But someone just has to create order form chaos
Then we shall leave you pick up the pieces of all the broken hearts that shall be the result of this competition, Flaminia. You'll be like the Red Cross. Succor for those shattered by battle. We're glad you're here.
But as long as you're involved in battle, show no mercy.
Yeah, that's what the red cross do. Show no mercy.
ooooops
Right.
So, are you picking these prompts yourself? Because how do i know you won't give me awful ones just because you hate me?
I'm going to use some pulling-out-of-a-hat device to randomize the prompt selection. That way no one gets anything too form-fitted to them or too opposed to them except by sheer accident.