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Post by J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) on Jan 13, 2013 4:39:22 GMT -5
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Post by R.J.D ((Thasiloron)) on Jan 13, 2013 10:19:20 GMT -5
Finished my reviews. I'm gonna stretch on the floor a lil bit, 'kay?
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 14:53:12 GMT -5
There's an interesting thing that I've noticed about how, in three of the games, both entries have similarities. The Alexander Writers when presented with the entirety of space both went with the lonely aspect of things. The Friendship Writers both had revenge being the central theme. The Lady Penrhyn Writers decided that gangs would be involved in their stories to an extent, even though there was no prompting of gangs in the beginning. I found it quite amusing. And then the Charlotte Writers broke the trend completely with one clever, careful story and one rip-roaring, fun, entertaining story and not a hint of similarities between them. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jan 13, 2013 15:13:34 GMT -5
The Charlotte writers both subverted expectations to a certain extent, though. One is a mental patient hallucinating he's in a war, and the other is a bunch of athletes playing at wargames. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 15:33:57 GMT -5
The Charlotte writers both subverted expectations to a certain extent, though. One is a mental patient hallucinating he's in a war, and the other is a bunch of athletes playing at wargames. That's true, actually. Did this happen in all the other Arenas? I don't remember writers all using similar techniques/themes in their rounds. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 16:27:56 GMT -5
I actually went back and spoilered those posts just in case there's people who still haven't read all the entries yet. Which I suppose they'll be quite a few.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 13, 2013 19:14:16 GMT -5
The Charlotte writers both subverted expectations to a certain extent, though. One is a mental patient hallucinating he's in a war, and the other is a bunch of athletes playing at wargames. That's true, actually. Did this happen in all the other Arenas? I don't remember writers all using similar techniques/themes in their rounds. Yeah, I don't remember if it did or not. But it's definitely very interesting. And the similarities really are no way implied by the beginnings. Nothing about the Charlotte beginning implies the similarity between them. Nothing about the Penrhyn beginning implies gangs. Nothing about the Friendship beginning implies revenge. The Alexander beginning almost suggest loneliness -won't- be involved, and both writers worked it in anyway.
Weird stuffs. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 19:40:16 GMT -5
It definitely does suggest that Taed wrote the entire competition. And another thing... which game was meant to be 1 v 1 v 1? I'm curious. And I don't think it can do any damage by us being told which match should have had one (or two) more entries. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 19:41:48 GMT -5
Pete, there's a downside for us being done with our reviews so early. This is an awful wait till the results now.
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Post by Kaez on Jan 13, 2013 19:42:27 GMT -5
Pete, there's a downside for us being done with our reviews so early. This is an awful wait till the results now. It really does goddamn suck. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 19:50:38 GMT -5
Pete, there's a downside for us being done with our reviews so early. This is an awful wait till the results now. It really does goddamn suck. You busy? We should do an impromptu AWR Word Cup. ... anyone besides me even remembers that thing? |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 13, 2013 20:10:49 GMT -5
It really does goddamn suck. You busy? We should do an impromptu AWR Word Cup. ... anyone besides me even remembers that thing? I'm game. EDIT: It'll help people shake off some rust, too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2013 20:24:06 GMT -5
That's true, actually.
Did this happen in all the other Arenas? I don't remember writers all using similar techniques/themes in their rounds.
Yeah, I don't remember if it did or not. But it's definitely very interesting. And the similarities really are no way implied by the beginnings. Nothing about the Charlotte beginning implies the similarity between them. Nothing about the Penrhyn beginning implies gangs. Nothing about the Friendship beginning implies revenge. The Alexander beginning almost suggest loneliness -won't- be involved, and both writers worked it in anyway.
Weird stuffs. AWR Hive Mind. |
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Post by James on Jan 13, 2013 22:32:39 GMT -5
You busy? We should do an impromptu AWR Word Cup. ... anyone besides me even remembers that thing? I'm game. EDIT: It'll help people shake off some rust, too. Well, then. Let us in true AWR fashion... not do anything to start it. |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 13, 2013 22:57:42 GMT -5
I'm game. EDIT: It'll help people shake off some rust, too. Well, then. Let us in true AWR fashion... not do anything to start it. Refresh me on how it works. I'll gladly host it and take care of all the work. Just. Maybe head to the Forbidden Zone and fill me in on your ideas/etc. |
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