Story Contest Round 15: Nominations

DarkCloud · January 8, 2003, 21:23

Please feel free to nominate away!

Remember you CAN nominate or second your own story.
But it MUST be finished. (we are working on developing that rule, however, so hold tight- further details on that rule will be shown later in the thread)

*Remember the reward is a discount at the Apolyton Store!

*Stories which are seconded will be bolded; and a story must be seconded to move into the Semifinals.

So- Let the Stories begin!

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The Spearman by Cingis Kahn
"Postmortem 2000 Years" by vovansim
The Salina Gambit by Samuel Johnson
""A Cradle of Thorns" by Lazarus and the Gimp
Crossing the Rubicon by Civ3King
Illusions of Victory: Dangerous Games V by cbraund
Pax Americana by Centauri18
My Dinner With Xerxes by Jeremy 2.0

ONLY 8 TOTAL SPOTS

ONLY 0 is STILL OPEN!

Thanks to all who wrote/nominated!

vovan · January 8, 2003, 22:48

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Originally posted by DarkCloud
Devil of Nakwalini by Unscratchedfoot
""A Cradle of Thorns" by Lazarus and the Gimp

Ummm, I haven't read any finished stories outside the previous contest yet, but I am curious what are those two? Your nominations or what? The one by scratch, ta least is pretty old. And besides, IIRC he didn't want to participate in any contests, is that still so?

ChrisiusMaximus · January 8, 2003, 23:12

Yup

Centauri18 · January 9, 2003, 11:24

I haven't even seen the one by scratch.

Centauri18 · January 9, 2003, 11:29

And is anyone even reading "Pax America"?

vovan · January 9, 2003, 20:05

I would like to nominate the next masterpiece by Chingis Khan, The Spearman. Just be sure to sit tight in a chair, when reading it, or you'll fall off laughing

TheGuitarist · January 9, 2003, 20:34

Second 'The Spearman.'

"HOW ABOUT A NICE VEGETARIAN CURRY! AHHH HA HA HA HA!"

DarkCloud · January 9, 2003, 23:12

Quote:

Ummm, I haven't read any finished stories outside the previous contest yet, but I am curious what are those two? Your nominations or what? The one by scratch, ta least is pretty old. And besides, IIRC he didn't want to participate in any contests, is that still so?

Those were carryovers from the last contest. That's part of the old rules and de facto they are part of the new rules.

I'll try to find the links to the stories.

...Give me time...

Thanks for the continued interest!

unscratchedfoot · January 9, 2003, 23:56

Don't put any of my stories in a vote. That includes the devil story you have listed above.

Centauri18 · January 10, 2003, 13:16

Bump

ChrisiusMaximus · January 10, 2003, 16:52

Third "The Spearman" and as no one as yet done so I would like to nominate "Postmortem 2000 Years" by Boris Karlof er I mean vovansim.

Centauri18 · January 10, 2003, 17:52

I second Postmortem

vovan · January 10, 2003, 17:54

Thanks, Centauri and Chrisius.

EDIT: So that you don't have to search over the boards for my story, DC, here is the link:

Postmortem: Two Thousand Years Later

Centauri18 · January 10, 2003, 17:55

Well, it is a very cool story.

Centauri18 · January 10, 2003, 18:30

Postmortem is gonna win. Well, it ought to. But then my own story ought to, but it isn't even close to finished, so...

vovan · January 10, 2003, 18:39

Well, we'll see what other stories will be in the competition, though I do hope that my story does well. And thanks for your confidence, Centauri.

I also just noticed that the thread id of my story is 66675. Is that symbolic or what?

Centauri18 · January 10, 2003, 19:13

If it was all 6's, then I'd be worried.

DarkCloud · January 10, 2003, 22:56

Thank you vovansim.

Devil removed.

Samuel Johnson · January 11, 2003, 10:43

Per the rules of this forum, I nominate my story -
The Salina Gambit

unscratchedfoot · January 11, 2003, 11:52

Thank you kindly for mercifully removing the devil story from the clutches of the devil.

I'll second The Saliva Gambit so you can use it to replace my little story.

Samuel Johnson · January 11, 2003, 12:46

Thank yeh. Thank yeh var' mush.

TCB baby...

Sam

vovan · January 11, 2003, 12:51

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Originally posted by Samuel Johnson
TCB baby...

TCB??

Let's see, Acronym Database....

TCB
Task Control Block ... I don't think so...
Trusted Computer Base ... Probably not...
Takin' Care of Business (Elvis) ... Ahha, izzat it?

elvis?

SKILORD · January 11, 2003, 20:32

I secon Cradle of thorns.

unscratchedfoot · January 11, 2003, 20:37

Second this:

Samuel Johnson · January 11, 2003, 21:30

Yes, the Elvis reference is because unscratchedfoot has an Elvis icon (not to mention Civ II's famous culture advisor).

TCB stood for "Taking Care of Business" and each member of Elvis's inner circle or "Memphis Mafia" had a gold pendant with these initials and a lightenbolt. The Memphis Mafia was famous for fronting for Elvis's drugs and combing the audience for girls who would be brought back after the show for "The King" to enjoy. And that is today's Bicentennial Minute.

SKILORD · January 11, 2003, 21:55

Who pi**ed in your cornflakes scratch?

vovan · January 11, 2003, 22:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Samuel Johnson
Yes, the Elvis reference is because unscratchedfoot has an Elvis icon (not to mention Civ II's famous culture advisor).

I see. What a pity that I have avatars turned off.

As for the civII advisor, I somehow found him the most annoying of all. The military advisor was da man

As for scratch, I see he puked all over the latest stories... Should he clean up the mess himself, or maybe it's time to buy him a ticket to mingapulco?

Centauri18 · January 11, 2003, 23:23

Probably some jerk signed on as Scratch.

vovan · January 12, 2003, 00:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Centauri18
Probably some jerk signed on as Scratch.

Well, in that case, I am sure he will edit the stuff out, and replace it with something more appropriate.

gooberboob · January 12, 2003, 15:35

I hope for pie!