The 2013 Arena!

[Kaez]

Jan 12, 2013 21:19:53 GMT -5 James said:

Jan 12, 2013 21:01:24 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

I thought that Agro didn't know which entry I wrote, but then I went home and discovered that he'd tattooed it on my back. Joke's on him, though, because he actually tattooed his own entry on my back!

Joke's on him indeed.

The joke being that I tattooed it in with an unusually high amount of lead.

The joke being that now the treasure map got tattooed on the back of some stranger in a Toronto tattoo shop.

[James]

Jan 12, 2013 21:35:11 GMT -5 Kaez said:

Jan 12, 2013 21:19:53 GMT -5 James said:

The joke being that I tattooed it in with an unusually high amount of lead.

The joke being that now the treasure map got tattooed on the back of some stranger in a Toronto tattoo shop.

The joke being that the treasure map leads to the actual joke.

[Kaez]

[James]

This has been the most Admin tomfoolery in quite some time.

We shouldn't let such a long time pass again.

[J.O.N ((Dragonwing))]

Yeah, just pm the reviews and votes in the one post and make sure their clearly labelled.

The beginnings for the single entries to make it easier for reviewers:

Prince of Wales:

The box was four feet across and seven feet tall. The sun glinted off the sleek, silver surface. It had no special carvings or inscriptions; the metal of the box was unblemished like a model’s photoshopped skin. There was nothing glaringly unnatural about the box. Nothing strange or peculiar screamed out from it. It was completely normal except for two things. Firstly, it stood on the middle of a beautiful beach, flanked by a pair of palm trees. Secondly, I was pointing a gun at it.

Scarborough:

Those resigned, blue eyes stared right up at Mason; eyes that he hated with a passion. What he would give to shove a knife in each socket, to once and for all be done with those smiling, laughing eyes. Now, though, they were the eyes of a tired, old man who wanted nothing more than to rest and be rid of the crimes committed by his own hands.

Mason could stick him with a knife. He could do anything. Drown the man in a vat of boiling acid. Sever each limb from his body; with a chainsaw, or perhaps take his sweet time with a kitchen knife. Throw him into a pit of venomous snakes.

Or he could simply pull the trigger. He had the barrel of the gun set right against that ugly head, and with one twitch of his finger, that head would pop like a melon.

Years of torture and fury and struggle. Revenge, at long last, would be Mason’s. All he needed was a twitch.

[Kaez]

In the next round, maybe include the beginnings at the top, unattached to a story at all, first? The only way to distinguish the beginning for those with two stories is to actually start looking at the second one before you've properly read the first, just to see where it cuts off.

Y'know?

[James]

I think that's actually how I use to do it. But I sent Dragon to last year's archive to learn how it's done, not 2010. So that's my bad.

Listen to Pete, Dragon.



I think I have Injin spotted.

[J.O.N ((Dragonwing))]

Jan 13, 2013 1:05:23 GMT -5 Kaez said:

In the next round, maybe include the beginnings at the top, unattached to a story at all, first? The only way to distinguish the beginning for those with two stories is to actually start looking at the second one before you've properly read the first, just to see where it cuts off.

Y'know?

Yeah sure, I was thinking of doing that. I didn't want to distract from the stories though.

[James]

Jan 13, 2013 1:25:29 GMT -5 J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) said:

Jan 13, 2013 1:05:23 GMT -5 Kaez said:

In the next round, maybe include the beginnings at the top, unattached to a story at all, first? The only way to distinguish the beginning for those with two stories is to actually start looking at the second one before you've properly read the first, just to see where it cuts off.

Y'know?

Yeah sure, I was thinking of doing that. I didn't want to distract from the stories though.

Just put a post up with the beginning. Then a post for Entry One. And then a post for Entry Two.

For the next round, leave this round as is.

[James]

How is everyone's reviewing going? I got just two more stories to read.

[James]

Done! There wasn't a terrible story on offer, so well done, everyone. But there wasn't a super, amazing one either. So we've got work to do, team.

Also, is anyone else having the problem that Taed has seemed to have written multiple entries? I know Pete or Zovo is masquerading as one of these Taeds.

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

So, what's goin' on in this thread?
I always get so bummed after the first round of Arena as it leads to what I like to call "The Great Silence."

In the first round everyone is writting so everyone can talk about their beginnings and what they're like and how hard or easy they'll be to work with, etc. Then in the review period everyone can sit and talk about they think they've spotted and all that.

But then going into round two people just sort of stop talking about stuff because you can't talk about your beginnings and such because no one is supposed to know who is still in and who is out.

Also, I think you'll have a harder time than you think spotting me. I went with something a little different than usual this time around.

[James]

Jan 13, 2013 3:27:08 GMT -5 ASGetty ((Zovo)) said:

So, what's goin' on in this thread?
I always get so bummed after the first round of Arena as it leads to what I like to call "The Great Silence."

Yeah, we really should think of a way to combat that. I've noticed it too.

Should we have the beginnings for Round Two posted at the start of Round Two so everyone can talk about them? Without, hopefully, giving anything away. I'm not sure if that will work.

Also, I think you'll have a harder time than you think spotting me. I went with something a little different than usual this time around.

There are three entries that I'm sure can't be anybody but you, Pete and Taed.

But I really can't choose which one for each. I switch about every ten minutes on who I think wrote what.

God dammit, guys. Be more predictable.

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

Jan 13, 2013 3:30:24 GMT -5 James said:

God dammit, guys. Be more predictable.

Sorry?

[James]

Jan 13, 2013 3:38:48 GMT -5 ASGetty ((Zovo)) said:

Jan 13, 2013 3:30:24 GMT -5 James said:

God dammit, guys. Be more predictable.

Sorry?

You should be.

Essentially, I think I've picked up on Injin and Tam. I think I may also have got Drall. Then there's you three who could be any combination of three stories. Unless there's some extreme trickery going about, we know who Bloodeye is and I know who I am (I think). Which leaves me two entries that I can't place.