Forum Writer of 2012 Competition

[poohcarrot]

This round will finish when DaveC sends in his votes, or at 10:00 Sunday 19 (as stated earlier).

If DaveC doesn't vote, then all the pairings can be worked out.

The next round will only last 3 days (not 4 like this round).

[pip]

hurrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy

[MongoGutman]

I believe Dave C is sitting in a kind of home made throne in a dark, dank cellar, steepling his fingers and chuckling to himself and muttering under his breath "Yes, yes, I have them just where I want them... haha!"

[DaveC]

GROUP A

3. Slayer 16
4. Minotaur 33

GROUP B
1. Happy Snapper 14
2. X-Ray Eyes 18

GROUP C

3. Politics 25
4. To Sam 37

GROUP D
1. Hard Decisions 17
2. Swear 20

GROUP E
1. 1st Contact 5
2. Hollow Man 21

GROUP F
1. Bedtime 6
4. Don't Read 44

GROUP G
3. Who? 41
4. Pip's Baby 45

GROUP H
1. The Deer 8
2. Modern Romance 11

[poohcarrot]

Yay!! Well done DaveC.

The round is now finished. I'll now go and calculate all the points.

[poohcarrot]

Here are the last 16 match-ups.

Match A
Slayer v AEIOU

Match B
Happy Snapper v Pip's Baby

Match C
4th Crusade v No title

Match D
Hard Decisions v School Project

Match E
1st Contact v Stories Fade

Match F
Bedtime v Politics

Match G
Trick v Untitled

Match H
Modern Romance v Bang

[Quatermass]

F**k! None of mine got through!

[poohcarrot]

Sadly we must say goodbye to a further 16 stories.

100 Universal
Minotaur
X-Ray Eyes
Zygomaticus
Bernard
To Sam
Swear
Change The World
Hollow Man
Puzzle
Colin Smythe
Don't Read
Live For Living
Who?
The Deer
Eternity

Gone but never forgotten.

[MongoGutman]

OK, what now? I propose each voter gets 3 votes so could score each match 3-0 or 2-1 or 1-2 or 0-3.

[pip]

wow all of mine got through

[poohcarrot]

I think that's an excellent idea and will (possibly) be used in the next round.

Looking at the matchesthis round, there are only two I'd go for the split 2-1/1-2 decision.

However, this round I'm trying to get other people from the Broken Drum to vote, so want it as easy as possible so as not to confuse the poor dears.

[poohcarrot]

Here are my votes;

A 2
B 1
C 2
D 2
E 1
F 2
G 1
H 2

[SimStars13]

Well, my story tried hard...

[poohcarrot]

I thought your story was excellent, Sim.

I also thought Q's stories were excellent (I even voted for two of them! )

But what you've got to remember is that the people voting are s-t-r-a-n-g-e.

I personally think that Bang is the best story, yet it didn't even win its group.

(Bear in mind that I love Pyramids, so everything I say is probably bollux! )

Next year you'll do better!

PS: Don't forget to vote!

[DaveC]

F**k! None of mine got through!

Neither did my one, it's a shame I didn't have a chance to write more, I spent too much time stressing over a job application which I didn't even get an interview for in the end.

My story (Swear) was a slightly abbreviated version of a story I did for a similar task at uni.