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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 3626983" data-attributes="member: 2810"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><u><strong>ENWorld Short Story Smackdown (formerly known as Ceramic DM) Summer 07</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><strong>Round 1 Matchups</strong></p><p>1. awayfarer vs tadk <em>awayfarer advances</em></p><p>2. yangnome vs Toras <em>yangnome advances</em></p><p>3. FickleGM vs Cevalic <em>FickleGM advances</em></p><p>4. questing gm vs freeXenon <em>FreeXenon advances</em></p><p>5. Hellefire vs Trench <em>Trench advances</em></p><p>6. EP vs Avatar V <em>Avatar V advances</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Round 2 Matchups</strong></p><p>1. awayfarer vs Avatar V - Avatar V advances, 2-1</p><p>2. yangnome vs Hellefire - yangnome advances by default</p><p>3. FickleGM vs FreeXenon - FickleGM advances, 2-0</p><p>4. Trench vs Cevalic -- Trench advances by default</p><p></p><p><strong>Round 3 Matchups - </strong></p><p></p><p>1. yangnome vs. Trench <em>Trench advances</em></p><p>2. FickleGM vs Avatar V <em>Avatar V advances</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Final</strong></p><p></p><p>Trench vs Avatar V -- <em>Judgement Posted</em></p><p></p><p>If you have a change request, speak up. We try to be accomodating of time zone differences, etc.</p><p></p><p>Just to summarize the rules:</p><p></p><p>* First round is 3 pictures, no word limit. Take it easy on the judges though and try not to write the Great (insert country here) Novel.</p><p></p><p>* Stories are due 72 hours from the actual post time. Don't cut it too close. If the boards are unavailable, you can email the story to jckline at gmail dot com. The time I receive the email is the official time of submission.</p><p></p><p>* Absolutely no editing of your story once it is posted in this thread. There are ways to test post outside of this thread if you want to check formatting. Formatting, BTW, doesn't count, so long as its readable. Please indicate picture use by putting (Picture 3) or something in the relevant paragraph. It helps the judges be certain of intent.</p><p></p><p>* Creativity, grammar, spelling and picture use all count, although different judges may weigh them differently. The only real no-no is using a picture as a picture (eg, Dave was startled when he saw the picture of the monster on the wall). </p><p></p><p>* No reading your opponent's story until after you post yours. Honor system, people.</p><p></p><p>* For this round, the winner of each matchup advances. The best two of the losing entries (as determined by the judges) will also advance.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Hints from Herremann:</strong></u></p><p></p><p><strong>Picture as a Picture.</strong></p><p>This is the classic no-no. For example, when you have a painting, and one of the characters steps into the room and "sees a painting of several fairies", then you have not really dealt with the topic of the picture. In short you've lost a whole stack of opportunities to take your story in some fantastic direction. Don't be nervous about taking a risk.</p><p></p><p><strong>Picture as a Waypoint</strong></p><p>This is normally considered suitable use but personally, it is one of the uses that I find annoying. This is where the interaction with the picture lasts little more than a sentence before the action moves on to something more interesting. Almost like the picture was included and referred to because you "had to include it". Sometimes, you'll get a picture that is impossible to deal with any other way and that's cool, just as long as the other picture's are doing something.</p><p></p><p><strong>Picture Element Interpreted as a Theme</strong></p><p>This is where you focus on a particular aspect of the picture (for example if you had two creatures enslaved in a jar being tormented by a kid). You might take the dominion theme and have it mean something important in your story - perhaps never referring to the exact picture. This use is a very difficult one to pull off but it is accepted. Sometimes, for a picture to fit, it cannot be interpreted literally. You have been warned though, when somebody tries this and it fails, it looks REALLY bad (as if you had not used the picture at all).</p><p></p><p><strong>Picture an Intrinsic Part of the Story</strong></p><p>This is what we hope you will do with all the images in some fantastic way that nobody would have thought of. This generally happens when you take certain elements of a picture and lead up to them, way before the picture is actually used; or when a character in one of these images is the dominant character and the image is the pivotal moment in the story. Or perhaps, somebody sees something in the picture and extends upon it in the most dramatic way, giving added meaning to both the image and the story. To me, this is the holy grail of picture use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodrigo Istalindir, post: 3626983, member: 2810"] [SIZE=2][U][B]ENWorld Short Story Smackdown (formerly known as Ceramic DM) Summer 07[/B][/U] [/SIZE] [B]Round 1 Matchups[/B] 1. awayfarer vs tadk [i]awayfarer advances[/i] 2. yangnome vs Toras [i]yangnome advances[/i] 3. FickleGM vs Cevalic [i]FickleGM advances[/i] 4. questing gm vs freeXenon [i]FreeXenon advances[/i] 5. Hellefire vs Trench [I]Trench advances[/I] 6. EP vs Avatar V [i]Avatar V advances[/i] [b]Round 2 Matchups[/b] 1. awayfarer vs Avatar V - Avatar V advances, 2-1 2. yangnome vs Hellefire - yangnome advances by default 3. FickleGM vs FreeXenon - FickleGM advances, 2-0 4. Trench vs Cevalic -- Trench advances by default [B]Round 3 Matchups - [/B] 1. yangnome vs. Trench [i]Trench advances[/i] 2. FickleGM vs Avatar V [i]Avatar V advances[/i] [B]Final[/B] Trench vs Avatar V -- [I]Judgement Posted[/I] If you have a change request, speak up. We try to be accomodating of time zone differences, etc. Just to summarize the rules: * First round is 3 pictures, no word limit. Take it easy on the judges though and try not to write the Great (insert country here) Novel. * Stories are due 72 hours from the actual post time. Don't cut it too close. If the boards are unavailable, you can email the story to jckline at gmail dot com. The time I receive the email is the official time of submission. * Absolutely no editing of your story once it is posted in this thread. There are ways to test post outside of this thread if you want to check formatting. Formatting, BTW, doesn't count, so long as its readable. Please indicate picture use by putting (Picture 3) or something in the relevant paragraph. It helps the judges be certain of intent. * Creativity, grammar, spelling and picture use all count, although different judges may weigh them differently. The only real no-no is using a picture as a picture (eg, Dave was startled when he saw the picture of the monster on the wall). * No reading your opponent's story until after you post yours. Honor system, people. * For this round, the winner of each matchup advances. The best two of the losing entries (as determined by the judges) will also advance. [U][B]Hints from Herremann:[/B][/U] [B]Picture as a Picture.[/B] This is the classic no-no. For example, when you have a painting, and one of the characters steps into the room and "sees a painting of several fairies", then you have not really dealt with the topic of the picture. In short you've lost a whole stack of opportunities to take your story in some fantastic direction. Don't be nervous about taking a risk. [B]Picture as a Waypoint[/B] This is normally considered suitable use but personally, it is one of the uses that I find annoying. This is where the interaction with the picture lasts little more than a sentence before the action moves on to something more interesting. Almost like the picture was included and referred to because you "had to include it". Sometimes, you'll get a picture that is impossible to deal with any other way and that's cool, just as long as the other picture's are doing something. [B]Picture Element Interpreted as a Theme[/B] This is where you focus on a particular aspect of the picture (for example if you had two creatures enslaved in a jar being tormented by a kid). You might take the dominion theme and have it mean something important in your story - perhaps never referring to the exact picture. This use is a very difficult one to pull off but it is accepted. Sometimes, for a picture to fit, it cannot be interpreted literally. You have been warned though, when somebody tries this and it fails, it looks REALLY bad (as if you had not used the picture at all). [B]Picture an Intrinsic Part of the Story[/B] This is what we hope you will do with all the images in some fantastic way that nobody would have thought of. This generally happens when you take certain elements of a picture and lead up to them, way before the picture is actually used; or when a character in one of these images is the dominant character and the image is the pivotal moment in the story. Or perhaps, somebody sees something in the picture and extends upon it in the most dramatic way, giving added meaning to both the image and the story. To me, this is the holy grail of picture use. [/QUOTE]
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