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V for Vegas
Sep 1, 2004

THUNDERDOME LOSER

OK it is on CSC. Better not steal my Mythbuster/Pirate fanfic idea.

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Martello
Apr 29, 2012

by XyloJW
holy poo poo like 100 posts...gently caress you guys

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Martello posted:

holy poo poo like 100 posts...gently caress you guys

Reported for no punctuation/capitals, round here we got standards new fella.

Fanky Malloons
Aug 21, 2010

Is your social worker inside that horse?

Martello posted:

holy poo poo like 100 posts...gently caress you guys

gently caress you for abandoning the thread long enough for it accrue 100 new posts YOU JERK :argh:

Black Griffon
Mar 12, 2005

Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time.

I know who you are. You are destiny.


Martello posted:

holy poo poo like 100 posts...gently caress you guys

A-bloo-bloo motherfucker. 45 pages and a fuckload of the old thread more like it.

Black Griffon fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Apr 3, 2013

Steriletom
May 11, 2009

My inability to write has angered the ghost of Thunderdome! Beware my example, lest you be haunted.
Do we have to incorporate the title of the drawing as well as the quote, or is the quote fine on its own?

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Steriletom posted:

Do we have to incorporate the title of the drawing as well as the quote, or is the quote fine on its own?

I want to judge again so I get to shout at posts like this.

READ THE PROMPT

WRITE THE STORY

POST THE STORY

Noah
May 31, 2011

Come at me baby bitch
Really the process should go: read the prompt, ignore the prompt, write the story you felt like writing, then go back and try to shoe horn the prompt back in. Shrug your shoulders and post.

Steriletom
May 11, 2009

My inability to write has angered the ghost of Thunderdome! Beware my example, lest you be haunted.

sebmojo posted:

I want to judge again so I get to shout at posts like this.

READ THE PROMPT

WRITE THE STORY

POST THE STORY

I reread the prompt to try and figure out what got your panties into such a bunch and the best I can come up with is that you took my use of "incorporate" to mean quote verbatim as opposed to what I actually meant(quoted below).

systran posted:

I updated the prompt again to make it extremely clear that you should not copy and paste the quote into your piece. "Incorporate" meant that you should break up the essence of that quote so that it flows back into your work in wonderful ways.

Each picture comes with a title and a quote-such as the below. Since the prompt makes no mention of the title, I think it's fair game to ask for clarity.

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/Harris%20Burdick/justdesert.htm

Steriletom
May 11, 2009

My inability to write has angered the ghost of Thunderdome! Beware my example, lest you be haunted.

Noah posted:

Really the process should go: read the prompt, ignore the prompt, write the story you felt like writing, then go back and try to shoe horn the prompt back in. Shrug your shoulders and post.

Truesay.

angel opportunity
Sep 7, 2004

Total Eclipse of the Heart
I don't give a poo poo about the title of the drawing. I think the quote that goes with the picture and the Borges quote are enough constrictions so ignore the title of the picture if you want. If you want to cleverly work the title in as well then you are free to do so.

STONE OF MADNESS
Dec 28, 2012

PVTREFACTIO
In with 'Uninvited Guests'

His heart was pounding. He was sure he had seen the doorknob turn.

autism ZX spectrum
Feb 8, 2007

by Lowtax
Fun Shoe

sebmojo posted:

I want to judge again so I get to shout at posts like this.

READ THE PROMPT

WRITE THE STORY

POST THE STORY

wordcount: 23
punctuation: 1



Noah posted:

Really the process should go: read the prompt, ignore the prompt, write the story you felt like writing, then go back and try to shoe horn the prompt back in. Shrug your shoulders and post.

wordcount: 35
punctuation: 5



This poo poo right here is why seb's so much better than you fuckers. EFFECTIVE USE OF WORDS

Noah
May 31, 2011

Come at me baby bitch

Nubile Hillock posted:

This poo poo right here is why seb's so much better than you fuckers. EFFECTIVE USE OF WORDS

Round 2 of 3. Find a judge.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Noah posted:

Round 2 of 3. Find a judge.

Saddest Rhino.

sebmojo fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Apr 3, 2013

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



Noah posted:

Round 2 of 3. Find a judge.


sebmojo posted:

Saddest Rhino.

Hello! :)

EDIT:

:siren: Thunderbrawl (ROUND 2 OF 3) - Noah vs Nubile Hillock vs sebmojo :siren:

PROMPT: Visit the Anti-Food Porn thread and choose a food that is disgusting to you. You shall then write a loving culinary porn story revolving that particular dish/abomination that makes it sound amazing and delicious.

RULE: You may not choose a disgusting food you secretly like (like Durian, I actually love that, gently caress Andrew Zimmerman and his inability to discern what food is delicious) (also if you disobey this rule, you know you are only bluffing to yourself and you will never live it down, winning this thunderbrawl on a lie)

1000 words max, submission is the same deadline as this week's TD.

The Saddest Rhino fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Apr 3, 2013

Sitting Here
Dec 31, 2007
Fuckit I'm in.

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/window.htm

The Third-Floor Bedroom

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









The Saddest Rhino posted:

Hello! :)

EDIT:

:siren: Thunderbrawl (ROUND 2 OF 3) - Noah vs Nubile Hillock :siren:

PROMPT: Visit the Anti-Food Porn thread and choose a food that is disgusting to you. You shall then write a loving culinary porn story revolving that particular dish/abomination that makes it sound amazing and delicious.

RULE: You may not choose a disgusting food you secretly like (like Durian, I actually love that, gently caress Andrew Zimmerman and his inability to discern what food is delicious) (also if you disobey this rule, you know you are only bluffing to yourself and you will never live it down, winning this thunderbrawl on a lie)

1000 words max, submission is the same deadline as this week's TD.

I think it's me and Noah in the brawl.

But I'll do the story either way because that is the right thing to do.

vvvvv YOUR BLOOD WILL STAIN THE SAND vvvvv

sebmojo fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Apr 3, 2013

autism ZX spectrum
Feb 8, 2007

by Lowtax
Fun Shoe
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You're gonna get smeared like wing sauce on a fat man's shirt.

sebmojo posted:

I think it's me and Noah in the brawl.

But I'll do the story either way because that is the right thing to do.

gently caress it, three way brawl!

I'm in with

autism ZX spectrum fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Apr 3, 2013

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



^^^^ YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

This is very sexy I am okay with that

Edited my post to reflect 3-way brawl :h:

Sitting Here
Dec 31, 2007
Menage et brawl

brb solo-brawling in the corner

HaitianDivorce
Jul 29, 2012

Nubile Hillock posted:

gently caress it, three way brawl!

I'm in with

Holy poo poo.

Well. That's certainly something to look forward to reading, at least.

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010

Martello posted:

holy poo poo like 100 posts...gently caress you guys
where are your loving marks for the monthly we're waiting on you

SpaceGodzilla
Sep 24, 2012

I sure hope Godzilla-senpai notices me~
I'm D'ing my TBD: I'm now IN for THE THIRD-FLOOR BEDROOM.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Sitting Here posted:

Menage et brawl

brb solo-brawling in the corner

Sorry what was that ms I will brawl anyone I couldn't quite hear you over the sound of you not brawling anyone

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



Now that I actually am going through that thread there's a lot of people just flipping out over minor stuff like century eggs and deep fried cupcakes and biscuits with meatballs, goons are so scared of everything.

This is pretty cool tho



Thai live "Bat Paste" Soup in milk and herbs

The Saddest Rhino fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Apr 3, 2013

Noah
May 31, 2011

Come at me baby bitch

Kaethela posted:



This lovely delicacy is Casu Marzu. It's cheese that's been infested with fly larvae. Fun fact, the maggots will actually jump out of it at you while you try to eat it.


I'm in for this belly crime.

Sitting Here
Dec 31, 2007

sebmojo posted:

Sorry what was that ms I will brawl anyone I couldn't quite hear you over the sound of you not brawling anyone

I'll brawl anything with letters, I just was taking in the sweet triple brawl action thanks

But I am not some petty wandering ronin, no, I am the shogun who sits in the topmost chamber of their pagoda with all their samurai between they and the door. Fools come to ME to fight. They are dispensed with just as easily.

Anyway my av is still the standing wager if anyone is feeling masochistic.

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

Can you see that I am serious?
Fun Shoe
In. House on maple street.

Kleptobot
Nov 6, 2009
In from The Third-Floor Bedroom. Let's see if I can improve over my "second-worst" performance from last time.

Martello
Apr 29, 2012

by XyloJW
In with And the Cranes Flew Home by Yuriko Nakamura, translated by L. Hanzo Tannousis-Smith.

angel opportunity
Sep 7, 2004

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Martello posted:

In with And the Cranes Flew Home by Yuriko Nakamura, translated by L. Hanzo Tannousis-Smith.

*slow clap*

Martello
Apr 29, 2012

by XyloJW
And also this picture

Captain Tory.

Some Strange Flea
Apr 9, 2010

AAA
Pillbug
Oh jesus gently caress it's been this long already.

Sitting Here - Bury Me With Emeralds
Don't have a lot to add to this one, sorry for keeping you waiting! A strong, well put-together story with a clear progression from start to finish. Edged out by Malloons despite being stronger technically, I think.

Funky Malloons - Flightless Bird
Just gorgeous. I liked this one for the winner because, despite being a little clunkier in parts than Sitting Here's (a few odd word choices and somewhat jarring tone of the dialog at the end), I preferred the setting and story.

Kleptobot - Internet Relationship
This makes no sense at all. Vague hackers are doing a vague thing. Grammar is busted in places. An undercover FBI agent posts “sorry bro” in an IRC room when he thinks the guy he’s talking to has been arrested and so serves no purpose other than to clue the reader into the big shocking twist. Don’t care.

Noah - Second Place
Massively unclear opening. So there’s Orson and there’s James and they’re brothers I guess? “That’s what Marcy wanted” Okay so Marcy’s dead? Who’s Marcy? Here’s Samantha who- Oh Marcy’s not dead okay. James is the man of the house so his dad’s dead? Is Orson the oh what he’s the son alright gently caress this I’m starting over.
Manages to pull off some fairly unsettling imagery towards the end but by that time the point’s already been made. Imaginary snake bites him and he thinks okay, gonna kill my wife. Giant fly baby stabs him and he thinks yeah alright i’m gonna kill my wife gently caress just siddown.

Canadian Surf Club - Thomas Patt
This one just flows a little weirdly. Noticeable lack of commas and occasional run-on sentences. The overall feeling I had early on (particularly because of the line "She didn't doubt a word they said." after the couple had said he was a good man) was that Samantha believed Thomas had gotten involved in some bad stuff and that she was frustrated thinking that others knew more than she did, as opposed to less. Seemed a little weird when it became clear what had actually happened.

Bad Seafood - The Rock of the Selfish Child
Overall strong, couple phrases seem odd. “I’ve never seen my brother cry. He's always been the large one” reads a little oddly, and the last line just seems to be an attempt at writing a proverb and is really heavy handed.

Dr. Klocktopussy - Rosie's Bench for the Lonely
We’ve got orgasmic again god daaang. I quite like the lighthearted feel of this one, although I'm not seeing much to the end other than "and then she turned into a tree". Few weird proofreading things here and there, but a lot of fun.

Jagermonster
May 7, 2005

Hey - NIZE HAT!
In - http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/uninvitedguests.htm

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









MegaBrawl

Tytan posted:

Fried Tarantulas


God help me.

Looking through that thread with a hangover is a bad idea.

Dr. Kloctopussy
Apr 22, 2003

"It's time....to DIE!"
In again.

Also thanks for the crits guys. She turned into a tree because I was full of regret for skipping the magical realism prompt.

Canadian Surf Club
Feb 15, 2008

Word.

V for Vegas posted:

OK it is on CSC. Better not steal my Mythbuster/Pirate fanfic idea.

Martello posted:

And also this picture

Captain Tory.

You guys can try, but it won't stack up to my 900 word "schooner is alive and magic and the boy's best friend" rollercoaster.

autism ZX spectrum
Feb 8, 2007

by Lowtax
Fun Shoe

Sitting Here posted:

I'll brawl anything with letters, I just was taking in the sweet triple brawl action thanks

But I am not some petty wandering ronin, no, I am the shogun who sits in the topmost chamber of their pagoda with all their samurai between they and the door. Fools come to ME to fight. They are dispensed with just as easily.

Anyway my av is still the standing wager if anyone is feeling masochistic.

Somewhere in Seattle a girl sits alone in her room, typing. The door is closed; febreeze only partially masking the stale, sweaty odours. Blue light from her monitor scatters off the thumbtacks pinning her anime posters to the wall. Satisfied, she wipes her hands on her jeans. The cheeto-dust stain will be the day’s only lasting accomplishment.

After I'm done here I'm coming after you.

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Martello
Apr 29, 2012

by XyloJW

Canadian Surf Club posted:

You guys can try, but it won't stack up to my 900 word "schooner is alive and magic and the boy's best friend" rollercoaster.

watch me stack up my dick in yo rear end baby bitch hahahaha

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