Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 8:50am
Boone Spaulding, if we ever see him again. He hasn't responded to my confirmation PM, but he could just be busy for the week. I'd hate to see you lose your opponent, Chester.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 8:51am
Michael Thomas might be on our list of folks who need temp access as well. Not sure about that. Also has not responded to confirmation.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 7, 2012 - 8:51am
Two non-confirms? Hmmmm.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 8:53am
I think meat seeker needs/wants a pass if she hasnt already chimed in!
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 7, 2012 - 8:56am
@nikki - i figure it could come down to you two in the southern brackets. so, bring it on sister. :-)
NikKorpon
from Baltimore is reading Book and books and books andMarch 7, 2012 - 8:57am
I could use a temp-pass, too, if I get a chance to play.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerMarch 7, 2012 - 8:57am
Well looks like I might be making an appearance after all. Let the blood bath begin. I am a sucker for punishment. Give me a ringer. Might as well get beat by a bad ass.
NikKorpon
from Baltimore is reading Book and books and books andMarch 7, 2012 - 8:58am
Oh yeah, and to whoever I might face: Everything I'm about to do to you, I learned at Sea World.
.
March 7, 2012 - 9:02am
So the Korp mister fills one of the slots? (no pun intended.)
Awesome. He'll need a doughnut after I'm done with him.
Metaphorically speaking..
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 7, 2012 - 9:06am
"Might as well get beat by a bad ass."
You already did get beat by a bad ass. Just recently.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerMarch 7, 2012 - 9:13am
You already did get beat by a bad ass. Just recently."
I'll have to come back to that...I can only fight one woman at a time and currently someone is giving me bull shit about resturants or something. One fight at a time.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 7, 2012 - 9:13am
I know Boone is probably traveling right now. I will be very surprised if he bails. And I hope he doesn't. Seriously, that guy can write.
Okay, so everyone who wants a pass will get one if I have anything to say on the matter (which isn't saying much).
Yes, Closure is already on the list. I will be compiling the list.
For now, I'm off to wave a brush around.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 9:13am
We'll not get the cart before the horse just yet. I'm not booting anybody today for not confirming with me. I'd imagine these folks might have stuff going on in their lives. We'll leave them in their spots for the time being. We don't start for more than two days.
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesMarch 7, 2012 - 9:14am
Yes please Meat Seeker would like to read and vote on all the battles!!!
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)March 7, 2012 - 10:30am
if - IF - i mean seriously major IF - i wouldn't be surprised OR even upset if i was eliminated early on, we'll see about the stories when the prompts roll on - i faced off with Nikki, i think she'd take me down. she brings lasers and semen and unicorns and guitars, i bring cigarettes and murder and broken toys and mental patients. her KABAM would surely hip-bump me out :)
wait i mean I WILL TASTE THE BLOOD OF MINE ENEMIES AND YOU WILL ALL DIE HORRIBLY AND CRY LOTS AND...
not that good with threats. i'll just hold a gun and silently spit to the side like clint eastwood.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 10:36am
Oh I don't know about that. I'm thinking of shaking things up just to fuck with people. But semen and unicorns do seem my go-to. Actually if I was in for the win I'd take a look at what my opponent does writing style and just try to outdo them. But I'm in it to fuck with people and get good stories which isn't to say I'm opposed to winning.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 10:44am
Well, I want everybody to win. Until they battle me. Then I would like them to stop winning.
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesMarch 7, 2012 - 10:47am
If our prompt is UNICORN SEMEN, i think I'm officially fucked. I only write Hippo Semen.
Nick Wilczynski
from Greensboro, NC is reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinMarch 7, 2012 - 10:51am
manda lynn
from Ohio is reading Of Love and Other Demons (again)March 7, 2012 - 10:59am
yeah i'm just going to do the best i can with whatever the prompt is. i don't really want an 'i've out-maneuvered you' win if i could have an 'i wrote an awesome story' win.
where will the prompts come from? are you crowd-sourcing them?
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 11:37am
i heard Avery hides the prompts in her jumblies and they have to be milked out for each round.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 7, 2012 - 11:44am
Who told???
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 11:50am
it came out when i was burping chester. i can tell you eat a good deal of organic. no erping up at all. good for you. and may i say the bouquet on chester's breath was intoxicating. i can't wait!
Boone Spaulding
from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova ParadeMarch 7, 2012 - 12:01pm
Good news: Utah was right about my super-busy week - it's all good and all fuel for the WAR.
I'll commence crawling the message boards...lots to catch up on...
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestMarch 7, 2012 - 12:06pm
Doll's jumblies seem to BIG talk around here.
Boone Spaulding
from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova ParadeMarch 7, 2012 - 12:11pm
No one notices my jumblies, even tho I artfully highlight them in my profile pic...
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 12:15pm
boone regarding your jumblies ... you got the body of a boy.
Boone Spaulding
from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova ParadeMarch 7, 2012 - 12:22pm
True, true...sad but true.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesMarch 7, 2012 - 1:14pm
any chance we can get our prompts BEFORE Friday? i'm going to be off work on Friday and would love to be able to work on this, as well as a few other projects, that day.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 1:25pm
Well, since the brackets are all filled, I don't see why not. But I've three more people who need to confirm before we do that.
Nighty Nite
David Shepherd
Michael Thomas
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffMarch 7, 2012 - 1:35pm
meanwhile, in the blood vessels.. I'm infecting evvrybody here!
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterMarch 7, 2012 - 1:36pm
A little viral warfare? Wish I'd thought of that.
Moderator
Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 1:40pm
QUESTION FOR THE MASSES:
After I get the final three people confirmed for participation, who all is interested in getting this thing kicked off early? Looks like we're all pretty much ready to rock. Let me know.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 7, 2012 - 1:43pm
I'm in favor.
Does anyone facebook with these people?
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffMarch 7, 2012 - 1:48pm
i'm ready to rock.
I am not in contact with any of the three
Profunda Saint-...
from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy SeriesMarch 7, 2012 - 1:50pm
Let's DO IT!
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8March 7, 2012 - 2:04pm
Dear LitReactor,
Why the hell isn't Mr. Korpon a listed alumni with free workshop access? HUH?
Also, is there a way we can just number the alternates and make them a third set of battlers in the brackets?
I'm not doing the math, someone else do it.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 2:08pm
I ran the math on it. Basically we'd have to have a separate round just for them and five regular contestants to pare down to 32.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 7, 2012 - 6:45pm
All contestants are confirmed. Brackets stand as they are.
Prompts drop tomorrow around 5:00 PM CST.
Get ready.
NikKorpon
from Baltimore is reading Book and books and books andMarch 7, 2012 - 7:13pm
Good luck everyone!
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazMarch 7, 2012 - 7:39pm
Sweet Boone-doggler: Glad you made it squirrel man!
Thanks Nik, gonna need some of that luck stuff.
Early prompts. Hell yes. I was hoping that might happen before my cerebral vortex spins itself into a convolution trying to guess.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 7, 2012 - 7:41pm
Woo hoo!!!
Moderator
Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 8, 2012 - 6:26am
Okay, reading this thing over, I think the solution that will work generally better for everyone, myself included, will be to make the DEADLINE SUNDAY, MARCH 18, @ 10:00 PM CST. So, we have a date and timing change. This schedule will make this whole thing smoother, I think. It will give everybody, including us procrastinators, a whole weekend to either write or finish our story. And it will mesh way more smoothly with my family life. An undivorced Utah is a happy Utah!
Aside from this shift back of two days and five hours, the schedule remains the same. We run the rest of this on two week cycles. A week of writing, a week of polling.
This will be the final adjustment of time for this competition. Future rounds will not be extended because we got spoiled on a 10-day schedule this time. All future rounds of writing will be one week.
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8March 8, 2012 - 6:40am
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerMarch 8, 2012 - 6:56am
I had a feeling 300 would show up.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestMarch 8, 2012 - 7:07am
Ugh. Can't get the video up on my phone.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerMarch 8, 2012 - 7:12am
Any drop outs? If not I think I am going to keep the username to honor the war. You did something great Utah. Be proud.
EDIT- apparently my question was just answered. Good luck everyone. Let the games begin.
Dave
from a city near you is reading constantlyMarch 8, 2012 - 8:17am
Good shit LK
Grigori Black
from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda GowinMarch 11, 2012 - 3:24pm
FFS. I hate that I'm far too late for this. I'd like to drop my name for the next one of these 'events' that kicks off.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia
March 11, 2012 - 3:28pm
Yay! Go Grigori go! I barely even started this WAR and I already can't wait for the next one!
Boone Spaulding, if we ever see him again. He hasn't responded to my confirmation PM, but he could just be busy for the week. I'd hate to see you lose your opponent, Chester.
Michael Thomas might be on our list of folks who need temp access as well. Not sure about that. Also has not responded to confirmation.
Two non-confirms? Hmmmm.
I think meat seeker needs/wants a pass if she hasnt already chimed in!
@nikki - i figure it could come down to you two in the southern brackets. so, bring it on sister. :-)
I could use a temp-pass, too, if I get a chance to play.
Well looks like I might be making an appearance after all. Let the blood bath begin. I am a sucker for punishment. Give me a ringer. Might as well get beat by a bad ass.
Oh yeah, and to whoever I might face: Everything I'm about to do to you, I learned at Sea World.
So the Korp mister fills one of the slots? (no pun intended.)
Awesome. He'll need a doughnut after I'm done with him.
Metaphorically speaking..
"Might as well get beat by a bad ass."
You already did get beat by a bad ass. Just recently.
I'll have to come back to that...I can only fight one woman at a time and currently someone is giving me bull shit about resturants or something. One fight at a time.
I know Boone is probably traveling right now. I will be very surprised if he bails. And I hope he doesn't. Seriously, that guy can write.
Okay, so everyone who wants a pass will get one if I have anything to say on the matter (which isn't saying much).
Yes, Closure is already on the list. I will be compiling the list.
For now, I'm off to wave a brush around.
We'll not get the cart before the horse just yet. I'm not booting anybody today for not confirming with me. I'd imagine these folks might have stuff going on in their lives. We'll leave them in their spots for the time being. We don't start for more than two days.
Yes please Meat Seeker would like to read and vote on all the battles!!!
if - IF - i mean seriously major IF - i wouldn't be surprised OR even upset if i was eliminated early on, we'll see about the stories when the prompts roll on - i faced off with Nikki, i think she'd take me down. she brings lasers and semen and unicorns and guitars, i bring cigarettes and murder and broken toys and mental patients. her KABAM would surely hip-bump me out :)
wait i mean I WILL TASTE THE BLOOD OF MINE ENEMIES AND YOU WILL ALL DIE HORRIBLY AND CRY LOTS AND...
not that good with threats. i'll just hold a gun and silently spit to the side like clint eastwood.
Oh I don't know about that. I'm thinking of shaking things up just to fuck with people. But semen and unicorns do seem my go-to. Actually if I was in for the win I'd take a look at what my opponent does writing style and just try to outdo them. But I'm in it to fuck with people and get good stories which isn't to say I'm opposed to winning.
Well, I want everybody to win. Until they battle me. Then I would like them to stop winning.
If our prompt is UNICORN SEMEN, i think I'm officially fucked. I only write Hippo Semen.
yeah i'm just going to do the best i can with whatever the prompt is. i don't really want an 'i've out-maneuvered you' win if i could have an 'i wrote an awesome story' win.
where will the prompts come from? are you crowd-sourcing them?
i heard Avery hides the prompts in her jumblies and they have to be milked out for each round.
Who told???
it came out when i was burping chester. i can tell you eat a good deal of organic. no erping up at all. good for you. and may i say the bouquet on chester's breath was intoxicating. i can't wait!
Good news: Utah was right about my super-busy week - it's all good and all fuel for the WAR.
I'll commence crawling the message boards...lots to catch up on...
Doll's jumblies seem to BIG talk around here.
No one notices my jumblies, even tho I artfully highlight them in my profile pic...
boone regarding your jumblies ... you got the body of a boy.
True, true...sad but true.
any chance we can get our prompts BEFORE Friday? i'm going to be off work on Friday and would love to be able to work on this, as well as a few other projects, that day.
Well, since the brackets are all filled, I don't see why not. But I've three more people who need to confirm before we do that.
Nighty Nite
David Shepherd
Michael Thomas
meanwhile, in the blood vessels.. I'm infecting evvrybody here!
A little viral warfare? Wish I'd thought of that.
QUESTION FOR THE MASSES:
After I get the final three people confirmed for participation, who all is interested in getting this thing kicked off early? Looks like we're all pretty much ready to rock. Let me know.
I'm in favor.
Does anyone facebook with these people?
i'm ready to rock.
I am not in contact with any of the three
Let's DO IT!
Dear LitReactor,
Why the hell isn't Mr. Korpon a listed alumni with free workshop access? HUH?
Also, is there a way we can just number the alternates and make them a third set of battlers in the brackets?
I'm not doing the math, someone else do it.
I ran the math on it. Basically we'd have to have a separate round just for them and five regular contestants to pare down to 32.
All contestants are confirmed. Brackets stand as they are.
Prompts drop tomorrow around 5:00 PM CST.
Get ready.
Good luck everyone!
Sweet Boone-doggler: Glad you made it squirrel man!
Thanks Nik, gonna need some of that luck stuff.
Early prompts. Hell yes. I was hoping that might happen before my cerebral vortex spins itself into a convolution trying to guess.
Woo hoo!!!
Okay, reading this thing over, I think the solution that will work generally better for everyone, myself included, will be to make the DEADLINE SUNDAY, MARCH 18, @ 10:00 PM CST. So, we have a date and timing change. This schedule will make this whole thing smoother, I think. It will give everybody, including us procrastinators, a whole weekend to either write or finish our story. And it will mesh way more smoothly with my family life. An undivorced Utah is a happy Utah!
Aside from this shift back of two days and five hours, the schedule remains the same. We run the rest of this on two week cycles. A week of writing, a week of polling.
This will be the final adjustment of time for this competition. Future rounds will not be extended because we got spoiled on a 10-day schedule this time. All future rounds of writing will be one week.
I had a feeling 300 would show up.
Ugh. Can't get the video up on my phone.
Any drop outs? If not I think I am going to keep the username to honor the war. You did something great Utah. Be proud.
EDIT- apparently my question was just answered. Good luck everyone. Let the games begin.
Good shit LK
FFS. I hate that I'm far too late for this. I'd like to drop my name for the next one of these 'events' that kicks off.
Yay! Go Grigori go! I barely even started this WAR and I already can't wait for the next one!