Adventurer's Crown 2017 Discussion

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

This year looks mentally competitive. There's a great mix of new members and seasoned veterans. Who do you see going the distance? Who comes in as the dark horse? So many good discussion points!

Though everyone has a great chance I think group B are really strong. The pressure will be on them to live up to expectations. Group C and D are littered with hidden gems too.

I'm delighted with my team-mates. Got some fantastic writers there and i'm looking forward to our meeting of minds.

[Philomel]

I see me beating your ass Osiris

[FennWenn]

Go Teams A-through-D! Team D seems p/ promising to me.

Decided not to participate this time around (stressed), but I will be cheering on everyone!

[Mari]

GO TEAM D, UH UH UH UH,

its time to
D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D!

[FennWenn]

...duel? : D

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

I see me beating your ass Osiris

Are you ok taking care of judgments whilst the rest of us are in round two?

Thanks in advance. ;)

[Max Dirks]

Team B you say? You mean the team with a guy who's only made 14 IC posts in two years, the alt of the guy who wrote "The Pixie's Paramour" the universally panned by Dirks fighting novella, and a guy who was eliminated from the last three tournaments he registered for due to non-participation? Storm can't save them all :). I'm not a gambling man (and can't because I'm judging), but I'm looking forward to the Team D pwnage.

[Gum]

https://i.imgflip.com/1im1gl.jpg

[Storm Veritas]

If my man Ebi can stay active, I think we will be the Ivan Drago to all of you Apollo Creeds out there.

https://m.popkey.co/7d270b/DQoae.gif

[Breaker]

If you're wondering how much Dirks loves me... he just turned an AC prediction into a name drop for my novella <3. Clearly it's unfair for me to be in this tourny at all. BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

Lots of Team B posturing here. The mind games are working.

We'll have them windmilling at thin air in no time at all. :cool:

[Mari]

my votes on that crazy chick who leveled up 5 times, almost 6 in like 4 months?
IDEK

She's a beast.

[Fez_The_Kid]

Witness, Team D is going to kicketh some rampallian.

[Lye]

It's going to be team E that takes it. The wildcard unofficial team made from myself, Andy, Aurelianus, and Dirks.

We'll write non-stop JCs that will be so pristine they will have to be accepted as canon.

[FennWenn]

can I join team E

Or am I the solo member of Team F?

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

It's going to be team E that takes it. The wildcard unofficial team made from myself, Andy, Aurelianus, and Dirks.

We'll write non-stop JCs that will be so pristine they will have to be accepted as canon.

Does Team 'E' stand for "Entire IC posts in a year add up to 5"?

;)

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

I got five bucks down on Shin dropping after seeing the first round of posting from the other teams, blaming tax season at work and his kid as the reasons why.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

I got five bucks down on Shin dropping after seeing the first round of posting from the other teams, blaming tax season at work and his kid as the reasons why.

I've got a fiver on Andy dropping out before a shot is fired, making the excuse that he just wants to be the good guy and give a mod his spot.

Oh, wait. :rolleyes:

;)

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

It is because of my benevolent, selfless nature that you get a chance to drop out in Round 1.

:3

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

The only thing the A-Team will be dropping in round one are bombs.

You'll be dropping podcasts about what could have been.

Happy to help.

;)

[Cards of Fate]

I just realized Andy dropping out kept me from being in Razels spot and being on a team with Shin and Ray.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

:(

[Philomel]

Well you're in a team with me now *sparkles*

[Rayleigh]

Fate, Fred. You should know that. We would be too powerful.

[Cards of Fate]

You're right. An essentially all admin team would be scarey as shit.

But, jokes on yall I have the advantage. Two of my teamates live...

IN DA FUTURE!!!!!!

[Mari]

I am the futuriest future of all

[Ebivoulya]

Surprisingly, all the teams seem fairly well balanced; except for mine, of course. Storm and I together is a tad unfair.

Nevertheless, I expect interesting stories from pretty much everyone; should be some good reads.

Rootin' for Team D, though; mah boys Fez and Gum know what they're about.

[Mari]

Yeh, yehhh! :D Team D yo

[Tainted Bushido]

Ahh one of the invaders has me and is licking me to death!

[Mari]

WOO WOO CATS WOO WOOOo

[Mordelain]

Max in a cowboy outfit has slain me :O

[Dissinger]

Killed Manda too.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

You have got to be joking...

[Gum]

mah boys Fez and Gum know what they're about.

dude thanks! mad respect in return dawg.

p.s. rog admin hook me up??? ;_;

[Mordelain]

You had your chance Shin, it's all about that double denim now!

[Mari]

Cat people is my people, aww yeh. Amari just gona run away and live among the cats.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

You had your chance Shin, it's all about that double denim now!

He's a poor man's Jeremy Renner. You're welcome to that denim explosion Cyd. I'll still be here when you're bored of the cowboy hat.

[Lye]

On the boats: more of Max Dirks in denim. This is why the Bowser humanoids are fleeing.

[Mari]

Introduction posts are well underway, posts are comin out like my best friend in youth group... and the word counts are gonna send Dirks into the madhouse.

WHo is gonna win it?





Hint, It's Team D

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

I've got a good feeling for Team A.

Stays on here.

[Mari]

*snaps fingers*

Aayyyyyyyeeeeeee, ;)

[Ebivoulya]

Well, the first quad is complete. Some teams are posting quicker than others, but all of them seem on pace to finish a decent-sized thread before the round is over. I finally read through the other team's threads to get an idea for how everyone was going to approach the prompt. For those curious, I took the liberty of giving rough summaries of where everyone's at. I placed this in a spoiler tag for those who don't want to know until the round is over.

I have more general thoughts below.


Team A has infiltrated the crew of a ship that had been raiding Shin's organization, and managed to take it over in the Salvic sea, but mechanical issues have forced them to rely on Cain's experience to make it to Etheria in a timely fashion.

Team B has sent the refugees north for safety while half of the team stayed to hold off the musket-weilding cat-people, known affectionately as 'muskitties,' who made land from the ships; they were outnumbered and force to retreat. The other half of the team has discovered that the refugees have a destination in mind, and are on their way north, with plans to pick up a linguist along the way.

Team C was gathered together via letter by Phi, and after assembling they have made shore on Corone at night to the sight of smoke, seeking to save the refugees from their oppressors.

Team D has had half of their members meet with an influential senator in Corone who has some wicked plan to deal with this problem, and the other half of the team has arrived at the refugee camp.

All interesting threads so far, at least; I'm especially curious about D.

Good thing this isn't a race, eh?


I have to say things were pretty hectic at first, but it seems like that's calmed down now. Since we all have a moment to breathe, I am curious what you guys think of the different types of challenges you've had to face so far? It's never easy to work around four different schedules. I think organization has been the most difficult, but it is rewarding to see it pay off. It's also been interesting to see the different approaches my team-mates had as we fleshed out our ideas. All in all, pretty sweet so far, despite the stressful start.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

Good work Ebi.

People may look at our posts and wonder where it is all going, but there is an endgame. With two and a bit weeks left to go we're confident we can get ours finished and looking fine.

The challenges we have had to overcome at our end were mainly logisitical and unforseen. We had a slow start when we lost Shelby for a couple of days due to a personal issue that couldn't be helped, so we had to find a way of pacing the thread until she got back. I think we are on track though.

I've enjoyed the other teams' work so far. Whoever wins, it'll be an entertaining first round.

[Flames of Hyperion]

Thanks for the summary, Ebi, that's very useful.

The pacing of team A had caught my eye - will they be able to cover everything in Dirks's prompt and bring their thread to a conclusive resolution?

I like how team B has split in two to deal with the different problems. Will they be able to interweave the two tales effectively?

Team C have started cohesively, but can they address the urgency of the situation?

Team D have split up as well, and have adopted a top-down approach with their approach to the Senator. As Ebi said, I'm really interested to see how they go from here.

It feels good to sit back and observe from the sidelines for a change - I can afford to learn a little about the diverse approaches to such a collaborative, competitive prompt, and the pitfalls inherent to them! Dirks has also been quite creative with the variety of issues the groups have to face this time, and it's going to be interesting to see how they each approach them... that rune, in particular.

Best of luck to all participants (and here's to a jolly good show ^^)!

[Ebivoulya]

Well, now that everyone has finished the third quad, I thought it would be a good time to see how far we've come since the last time. I left the summaries in a spoiler tag again, just in case. To inform those who might reply, the new posts side-bar shows text even if it's inside a spoiler tag, so give it a small paragraph to pass the character limit before including any spoilery bits.


To keep things fair, I only read up to the twelfth post of each group.

First paragraph for reference, second for more recent developments.


Team A has infiltrated the crew of a ship that had been raiding Shin's organization, and managed to take it over in the Salvic sea, but mechanical issues have forced them to rely on Cain's experience to make it to Etheria in a timely fashion.

A group of lizard folk occupy the three ships, and Cain observes their skin changing color from a distance. He figures the colors represent their emotions. These lizard folk approach the ship Shin and the rest are on, and seem like they need help. Meanwhile, Ray arrives at the refugee camp to examine some artifacts the cat-people brought, and sees flashes of a past battle between the cat people and the lizard folk.


Team B has sent the refugees north for safety while half of the team stayed to hold off the musket-weilding cat-people, known affectionately as 'muskitties,' who made land from the ships; they were outnumbered and force to retreat. The other half of the team has discovered that the refugees have a destination in mind, and are on their way north, with plans to pick up a linguist along the way.

After acquiring the linguist, Nyadir leaves the group to travel south to relay information learned back to the front line, only to come across Storm and Phyr retreating with the rangers from the shore. Despite the uncomfortable history between Storm and Nyadir they share information, and hurry to meet back up with Leo and the refugees. It is there that the linguist reveals more about what the cat-people seek. After camping for the night, the group continues north, but with a missing cat-person and some blood on Nyadir's boot; suspicions begin to rise. Meanwhile, the Muskitties on the southern shore establish a beach-head and marshall their forces.


Team C was gathered together via letter by Phi, and after assembling they have made shore on Corone at night to the sight of smoke, seeking to save the refugees from their oppressors.

Gideon stays back to make a camp while the rest get used to a telepathic link established by Vincent. He also offers to use his Podeslayer credentials to get into the camp, wherein Phi agitates a group of merchants in a ploy to have their map memorized. With that done, Vincent negotiates with a lord he knows from before to gain access to the cat people in the hopes of translating them. At the group's small camp, Gideon notices the ship that brought them leaving, and spots the three ships on the horizon.


Team D has had half of their members meet with an influential senator in Corone who has some wicked plan to deal with this problem, and the other half of the team has arrived at the refugee camp.

Red and Gum travel south after meeting with Fordstein, and at the camp Taka attempts to communicate with the cat-people. The two groups meet when Red arrives at the refugee camp in threatening fashion. Anubis and Taka have been hired to protect Red and Gum in their task, and Taka figures out the cat-folk are from Akashima. The ships off-shore fire a warning shot. Not long after, more, bigger cat-folk make land and climb up to the camp, and after one soldier steps out of line fighting breaks out.


I was concerned about A's pacing, but they picked it up nicely, and the lizard-folk angle is interesting.

It seems like C are a bit behind in terms of story pacing, but they still have potential if they hustle.

Group D are just getting into the juicy parts, so that's exciting. So far I think they're on track to have the darkest thread, so with the action to go with it, I think it should be pretty entertaining.


As for more general thoughts, I think our team has been pretty lucky with our schedules this round, which has let us get a fair bit done. I know some of you have been struggling to keep everyone together and on-track. That was always the biggest obstacle of this round. Still, I hope all of you have gotten at least some enjoyment out of this thing. There's still about a week left, so good luck to everyone in wrapping up their stories; I look forward to reading them when they're finished.

[Mordelain]

We've got a good six posts ahead in a google doc, we're not too keen showing off our secrets for your vultures just yet ;)

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

I've enjoyed the process of collaberating with different people overall. Overcoming hurdles such as unforseen absences, time zone differences and being in a team of people all with their own creative nuances has been an interesting experience. Some of it has been enjoyable and other parts frustrating (creatively). All part of the game we play though! I think overall we have done what we can with the prompt we were given. We have a plan to finish off, so let's see how we go.

[Lye]

Gambling is closed for round one, but that's no reason hold back your feelings of who might win. It's also an opportunity to start jumping the gun and stirring up a bit of conflict with the competition. On the other side of the coin, it is also a great chance to comment on a good story or certain scene.

Use this thread to chat it up while the transition from Round 1 to Round 2 begins.

Some questions to discuss:

Who wore it best? -- Who worked the prompt to their favor?

What scenes stood out to you in which threads?

What do you think/hope the next prompt will be?

Which writer do you think is the "golden goose"? Anyone looking good for first place this year?

What do you think of this year's AC compared to last year?

[EDIT] This thread has been moved to the AC sub-forum and pinned.

[Mari]

24 hours till threads close right? Or something close to that, lets do this!

[Gum]

Wanted to post here and say thanks to my teammates--Diss, Fez, Mari! It's been dino might getting to know all of you better. Putting the thread together has been so much fun. You've been great partners ;D and I really appreciate you all. Thanks guys!

[Tainted Bushido]

<3 same to you bud.

[jdd2035]

Win, lose, or draw thank you my team mates I had a whole lot of fun.

[Max Dirks]

I moved this back to the FST, where it belongs.

[Mordelain]

...so.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

It'll take some time. Tony is doing all he can to get these done.

[Mordelain]

I see him. Playing Horizon. I'm watching you Max :cool:

[Gum]

...so.

Mord, the judgments have already been released. They were slowly drip fed to the chat room, one "stinging" criticism at a time!

[Max Dirks]

Oh whoops, for whatever reason I put they were due 3/16 in my calendar. They were actually due 3/9. That's my bad. In any event, I've had them done for two weeks, I was just waiting to post them until the break was over. I'll have them up tonight after work and we'll get round two started Friday.

[Mordelain]

Thank youuuu.

I'm only teasing, just thought It'd been a while and wanted piece of mind.

(Horizon is bloody good though!)

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

I'm excited to see by how many points we failed.

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

Good luck in round two to those who made it.

Disappointed in the result but it didn't come as a shock. Onwards and upwards.

[Ebivoulya]

Congratulations to Team D for crafting a fine story, I agree that it was the best of the round.

The matchups for next round look interesting. I'm looking forward to the interactions between Mari and Storm, I imagine that thread being pretty fun to read. Certainly not much time to speculate before the round actually starts, but this one looks even closer than the last round.

Anyone got any favorites early on?

[Mari]

Still Vying for Team D

(WHAT IS THAT? I'M TEAM D AGAIN? OOH MY)

Also, Ebi and tainted bushido will have an interesting go, especially with how Taka was left in the last round.

I'm looking forward to seeing the storyline Gum's team will create...

Leoric and Fez will haev some interesting writing too

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

This is so tough to call as every one of the writers left in are strong, but i'll give it a go.

My head says my boys Gum and Breaker will win. Both are fantastic storytellers and Gum brings a freshness to the scene that can't be underestimated. But it is going to be very tight. Ebi and Pat are seasoned veterans and excellent writers so they are well in with a shot.

Storm and Mari haven't written together before and although I think they are a bit of a mismatch, I think they will surprise people. Fez and Leo have enough in the tank to make a real go of it.

It's so hard to choose. They are all my friends so I wish them all the best of luck.

[Gum]

Round two pretty much over ^^ gg all. Any thoughts??

[Storm Veritas]

Two weeks is hard to finish a story with two writers. I had a -blast- writing with Mari, who proved reliable, creative, and super easy to collaborate with.

Bummer for Fez; looks like things went sideways on Leo.

Three good threads written amongst people working hard. Any of the teams could go forward. Glad I'm not Dirks!

[Gum]

Well, the AC's finished! GG ALL ;D

It was loads of fun, I really enjoyed it. It was way more demanding than I imagined it would be when I signed up, but that was part of the fun.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/a82ac92bb1c35c6b2da891f89a9e6497/tumblr_olg88meURx1uxd3t8o1_500.jpg

Any thoughts?

[Dissinger]

4016

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

Good luck to all involved! It was a blast being eliminated in round one and having to watch you all have fun from the sidelines :)

No, really...

[Eteri]

*gives more salt*


<3

With love.

[Dissinger]

#teamsalt

Just remember, my team runs on salt!

[Gum]

Gotta say huge gratz to Ebi! Awesome win! Same to Diss and Breaker--really tough competition, really close. Totally honoured to have gone through that whole competition with you guys. Thanks to everybody, thanks to Tony for the feedback--really helped me out.

P.S. can I have all my XP for the rounds? ;D

[Mari]

P.S. can I have all my XP for the rounds? ;D

Yassss Then Amari can almost level up :P


Great work, Ebi congratulations.

Won by one point, hoo boy that is a close one!