THE CHAMPION OF THE 2016 ARENA

[Sensar]

AND NOW, THE MOMENT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!


AFTER WEEKS OF TOIL, WRITING, AND REVIEWING, IT HAS ALL COME TO A HEAD IN A FINAL HEATED BATTLE OF BLOOD!


EIGHT WRITERS ENTERED, BUT ONLY ONE LEAVES!

YOUR CHAMPION OF THE 2016 ARENA IS:

James.

He is the very model of a modern major general.

CONGRATULATIONS, JAMES, ON A WELL-FOUGHT VICTORY!

And that's that, folks. This was an exciting competition to organize. I want to thank all of our contestants for their hard work, as well as other members of AWR for pitching in and reviewing.

The following are the fully revealed scores and names associated with entries:


ROUND ONE
The Future Division
prompt from Dragon
ENTRY 1 - James (Scored 3)
ENTRY 2 - Inkdrinker (Scored 3)
ENTRY 3 - Zovo (Scored 4)
ENTRY 4 - Kaez (Scored 8--Semi-Finals)

The Six Feet Division
prompt from Zovo
ENTRY 1 - Ad (Scored 7--moved to Semi-Finals)
ENTRY 2 - Injin (Scored 5)
ENTRY 3 - Dragon (Scored 6)
ENTRY 4 - Sawyer (Scored 0)


ROUND TWO
The Witch Division
prompt from James
ENTRY 1 - Injin (Scored 0)
ENTRY 2 - Dragon (Scored 5)
ENTRY 3 - Zovo (Scored 7--moved to Semi-Finals)

The Stranger Division
prompt from Ad
ENTRY 1 - Inkdrinker (Scored 5)
ENTRY 2 - James (Scored 8--moved to Semi-Finals)
ENTRY 3 - Sawyer (Scored 2)


SEMI-FINALS
The Symbol Division
prompt from Ad
ENTRY 1 - Kaez (Scored 2)
ENTRY 2 - James (Scored 2--won by tie-break and moved to Finals)

The Birthday Division
prompt from Kaez
ENTRY 1 - Ad (Scored 0)
ENTRY 2 - Zovo (Scored 5--moved to the Finals)


FINALS
The Blood Division
prompt from Kaez
ENTRY 1 - Zovo (Scored 1)
ENTRY 2 - James (Scored 4--declared champion)

Now ...

DISCUSS!

I will happily answer questions about how this all unfolded.

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

Thank you Sensar for running this show!

And Congratulations to James!

[James]

So, well done on everyone for writing, reading and reviewing! This was a great AWR competition!

And a big, massive, "yuge" shout out to Sensar for running this thing. It wouldn't have happened without the time he put into it. And having ran the Arena before, it takes up a fair amount of time. Thanks, man!

[James]

Also, interesting that the "bye" seemed to be more of a hindrance than a help. Although, I was certainly feeling the deadlines more toward the end. Having a competition run on schedule dispensed with all the unexpected rest days.

[Kaez]

Well, a big congratulations to James for his filthy fucking tie-break disgrace win, and to Zovo as well for having made the finals.

And, just to echo James, a yuuuuge thanks to Sensar for running an air-tight competition. Superbly done.

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

This is the first competition with zero drop outs , I think.

[Kaez]

Feb 19, 2016 9:55:53 GMT -5 J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) said:

This is the first competition with zero drop outs , I think.

You're welcome.

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

Congratulations James, we'll played.

Big thanks to Sensar, not just for running this thing, but also for adapting to my constant changing schedule and ability to make deadlines.

[Kaez]

My personal list of favorite/least favorite stories.

1) James' Sex Cult
2) James' Strangers
3) Adam's Witch Train
4) Adam's Birthday
5) Pete's Future
6) Sam's Cole
7) James' Future
8) Pete's Sex Cult
9) James' Final
10) Adam's Final
11) Sam's Birthday
12) Dragon's Cole
13) Ink's Strangers
14) Dragon's Witch Train
15) Ink's Future
16) Injin's Cole
17) Injin's Witch Train
18) Sawyer's Cole
19) Adam's Future
20) Sawyer's Strangers

Semifinalists in bold.