TBNES - Tournament

lord_joakim said:
I happened not to have time either. Also, spending time on this makes me feel bad about not having time to spend on my own NES; I wish to dedicate my NESing time to getting my own update done first and foremost, secondly managing other NESes. And seeing that this requires a couple of hours I have difficulty to reserve... I am going to hand the victory to Tycho.

However, I'm going to PM something to Tycho; Seon knows what it's about, but I don't want to clutter the thread. So, there. Gratulations, Tycho, I like your story. :)
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:), thank you Lord_Joakim, I had really been looking forward to your story. I hope that you do well in your own NES.
 
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Well. That appears to be the end of Round 1. The judges will no withdraw to deliberate.

OOC: LJ and southernking, that's too bad, but, I understand.
 
It happens sometimes. Since you're free and you already know you're continuing on, how about writing a spectator entry? :)
 
Alenia dropped him off at a tower.

"This round isn't finished until we finished judging everyone" she said, "Enjoy your stay with Mr. Seymour."

She twirled around, her dress flying in the air. Then she dissapeared.

The helicopter automatically landed below.

"Did round two start already?" asked a man. I turned around; he was sharpening a knife, "Because this tower doesn't offer many possibilities." His head twitched towards the open door. The staircase ended into a wall.

"The first round didn't end yet" I said. "We're to wait while they finish judging." I set Bertie down on the floor.

"I know that" said Seymour in an annoyed voice. It didn't look like he was addressing me, though. "Anyway, how did your round go?"

"I had to fight a space-pirate in a volcano." I answered, "It was... rather interesting."

"Oh?"

"Well... it was about to..."

"Erupt" finished Bertie. He pointed out the window, "Let's watch."

So we watched as Seymour told of the unlucky Jobo, his possession by Mr. Fiddlesworth (Yes, technically YOU won), and how he finally killed Jobo. The mountain flared.

"3...2...1..." counted Bertie. The volcano exploded into the air, scattering blood-red lava. I swore I saw a flicker of a shock of silver hair inside the fireball, but it was taken away by the turbulence.

"Nice volcano" said Jobo, in a slighty different voice, "I bet you let it do the dirty work for you!"

How in hell did he find out?
 
N: Hello, Mr. Anderson. Hello, Mr. Seymour. Welcome to your victoy feast.

*Cuts a slice of barbeque chicken pizza*

Eat.

A: What's a...

N: I said eat it.

A: Oh. Thank you anyways...but I have one question.

N: Ask.

A: What's Mr. Black doing there?

N: *sips a cup of coffee. He's always been here.

A: I left him at the volcano!

N: Nice try, Mr. Anderson, but Mr. Black's been dead for quite a while. He must have eaten something that disagreed with him violently. In fact, you could even call him deader than dead. Go on, touch him if you wish.

A: How can he be deader than dea-OH MY GOD HIS HEAD FELL OFF!

S: Wait, is this why we won so quickly compared to the other contestants?

N: Yes. Both your contestants were dead by the time you entered the arena. We had to provide you with alternatives. I see you are pecking at your food, is the taste bad? I can execute the chef if you want.

A: There's a dead guy in the room.

N: He won't bite.

S: He's missing a head.

N: That's my point.

A: The head's in the soup.

N: It's a valuable source of protein.

S: Wait, if this is true and Black's not here, then what happened to Jobo?

N: *Chuckles a little*

Mr. Jobo... was an interesting man. He did not wish to fight. Did not wish to incapaciate his opponents. He wished first and foremost to be...well... not be here.

Thusly he was branded a chicken.

A&S: *looks down at the chicken pizza*

N: *guffaw*. I'll be right back. You keep Mr. Black company, alright? Sammy!

*Huge figure in a trenchcoat and a reflective riot mask enters the room*

Make sure that the guests are comfortable, will yah?
 
I was eating a slice of chicken pie while reading that...
 
Wait, Seon, does your story imply that the winning stories didn't even happen?

Anyway, I just proofread my story- I posted it quite late last night without any double-checking. No significant changes beyond altering a few sentences for flow, altering repetitive words, and correcting two instances of 'spring' to 'sprint'.
 
It still happened. It's just that the other players didn't fight, is: their characters were dead before the starting whistle was blown.

That and because it's funny to me.
 
So no, it didn't? I'm confused.

Also, kittens.
 
My understanding of Seon's statements is that he has nullified the combat rounds of the players who effectively got byes, which seems to be a little demeaning by making their stories non-canon.
 
If that is what Seon did, then I'm mad.

Actually, we did fight, but Seon just made it so that we fought people who were already dead: like I said, zombies. Then they took the bodies to the tower we were at. Look at the dialogue; the fights did happen. "I left him at the volcano!"
 
Lord_Iggy said:
My understanding of Seon's statements is that he has nullified the combat rounds of the players who effectively got byes, which seems to be a little demeaning by making their stories non-canon.
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We had to provide you with alternatives.
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So the fight happened, but they were fighting against an alternative that was similiar in every way to the original, but not actually true.

The reason I did so was because one of the players who left the game complained in a very well-written letter that they felt that their character was misrepresented by the other player. He had the audacity to actually speak to me about it, and while I brushed him off, when he announced that he had no time to complete his story, I felt sad that he wouldn't be able to correct said misrepresentation in his own story.

Only solution, I felt, that would leave everyone satisfied is to make their stories canon, but also so that they weren't facing against the real character.

There are indeed, many misrepresentations of character in every story. But that's why we have 2 stories. We give each character a chance to correct wrongs. It would be sad to see a character go without that chance.
 
I look at the stories as happening in parallel dimensions with their canon-ity being determined by the whims of these judges towards whatever ends they desire, at least 2 different but identical Rauls fought at least 2 different but identical Mengeles, in 2 different but identical settings, and the timelines are sewn together later depending on how the judges felt about the events and choices.
 
That's exactly how I ran it. Also, points were added or taken away according to the accuracy of the writers in representing their opponents.

That, in turn, also depends on the amount of information divulged by the creator of each character. The more vague you are about him, the less you can complain about his being misinterpreted.

So there's a give and take...and it should all be accounted for in the judging. There should be nothing to worry about.
 
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