This is the thread for Round 1: I'VE GOT YOUR NAME
This song is dedicated to all of you.
Welcome to Round 1 of WAR2: PRIDE, the (Un)Official LitReactor Battle Tournament. For the official rules of the tournament, read the first post of this thread.
Come here to this thread to check out the bracket, see who's fighting whom, talk shit, place side bets, etc.
Prompts will drop into contestants' in-boxes this coming Friday, November 2, at 7:00 pm US CST.
When it comes time to vote, please bear in mind some wisdom from LitReactor's own Richard Thomas:
1. If you can, read all of the stories. If you can't read both stories in a bracket, don't vote.
2. Don't vote based on politics or strategy (e.g., to try a face a "weaker" opponent, or to try and make somebody else face a "stronger" opponent). Vote for the best story.
3. Seeds don't mean anything. As Sugar says, "Write like a motherfucker." As they say in the NFL "Any given Sunday." Which also means, bring your "A" game, and ANYBODY here can be beaten.
4. Don't question any winners, don't berate any losers. Be nice. Egos and feelings can get hurt. That doesn't mean we can't talk smack, but just be aware of the dialogues that are going on.
5. The "best story" is whatever YOU liked the most. Period.
Also, and this is very important: Do not reveal which story in the polls is yours. Do not reveal what your prompt was. We are trying to keep this as anonymous as possible. So don't identify your story. This rule is right up there with turning your submissions in on time: failure to follow will result in your disqualification.
Let's end this on a positive note.
My guns are loaded, and one of my bullets has your name on it.
Brackets! Yay. Recon time!
The brackets look awesome from what I know of these writers there are some really great first round match ups.
Hope everyone is terrified!
I'm terrified in the sense that I have never read any of my first opponent's stuff.
I have - and it's good.
Emma!
Coo. Good show. Feels more real now
I'm making some projections...and round two could be really epic. I'm extremely excited to see this stuff.
I am puke in my shoe excited about this. I have no idea what to do or how the process works, and I don't have time to educate myself, so I am going to do what I typically do in these scenarios and throw money at something and write like a motherfucking banshee when a prompt drops. Someone nudge me when it gets close to drop time, ok? There's some hella strangeness afoot on planet Dre at the moment. Also, I may have just pre-emptively eliminated myself with all the hyperbole in the previous sentence....death to me, death by hyperbole.
My opponent has no workshop submissions for me to get to know my enemy. Also he calls Richard Thomas Rich. I'm officially shitting my pants.:)
Big thanks to Averydoll for posting the brackets! You did a great job Jessica! Thanks so much, from all of us!!
@Avery, thank you for injecting me with doubt and fear. Just have to ask, am I in your round 2 projections?
@Utah, great job on the brackets. From the looks of it, no one gets an easy ride.
DAMN YOU! You were supposed to randomly give me an easy ride.
Ooo oooo Jeffrey Grant Barr, a serious writer! Uh-oh I must study.
The brackets are randomly well done. Exciting!
My projections are secret...
but I see a crutch without an owner...
I wanted to use adverbs as a secret weapon.. never mind.
How pissed would KGB be if he got beat with an adverb stick. Do it!
but I see a crutch without an owner...
Dammit, is this the prompt? Don't play with my emotions.
Uh, like...
A Christmas Carol? And the spirit says that...
never mind
@Sound - I'm terrified for the same reasons. Fear of the unknown is strong in me. (let the stalking commence!)
Thanks Utah & Jessica for organising this!
I mean Sound is going to die.
oh, man. seriously? if i get past mckay i have to face bek in the SECOND ROUND? seriously? well, one of us will be going down, that's for sure. dammit. booooooooooooo.
Not that I'm making projections, but round 2 holds the possibility of Chris Carter vs Nik Korpon, and that idea excites me. Actually I'm pretty pumped about a few of these...
A'ight, best get started digging that well, running a hose, and stocking up on lotion.
Also, note that November 2nd is next Friday, not this Friday.
I am too simple to cheat. True story.
Who is this Ben Freeman character?
Also, I am now an official Workshop member. Avery gets commission on this sale though, Utah.
forgot this was double-elimination. see you all in the loser's bracket.
I just leapt from my chair...
From the looks of the matchups, that loser's bracket could get downright scrappy in a hurry. I bet the stories in that first round down there might be some of the best of the WAR, motivated as they'll be to survive.
Either way, I'm gunning' for you Utah
lol...well, i was hoping for a meeting with rebecca in the finals last year, so, if i can get by mckay we'll have that competition, at least.
Ha! Bring it!
If I make it into round 2, which is not a given at all, I would have to face Emma - who I named as one of my favorites in the other thread.
Fuck.
I would cry if I had to face Clint right off the bat again.
Although in order to win I will have to knock out two women in rounds 1 and 2. I feel pretty misogynistic right now.