Iron dm summer champion announced!

[Talix]

Cool, I look forward to watching another excellent competition!

Hopefully there won't be anyone disqualified this time - make sure you read the rules, and look over past contests for advice (for instance, the last one I observed had someone get disqualified for plagiarism).

Good luck to all the participants!

 

[Rune]

Cool, I look forward to watching another excellent competition!

Hopefully there won't be anyone disqualified this time - make sure you read the rules, and look over past contests for advice (for instance, the last one I observed had someone get disqualified for plagiarism).

Good luck to all the participants!

Could you provide a link, perhaps? I don't remember seeing that.

 

[Pielorinho]

IIRC, someone used the ingredients to basically retell the Wizard of Oz. They saw it as a clever homage, but other people interpreted it as plagiarism. The judge first called it plagiarism and then backed off, instead saying that plagiarism or not, it didn't portray the originality he was looking for. Me, I thought it wasn't plagiarism (since the contestant clearly knew everyone would recognize the allusion) and was a pretty clever gimmick, but wasn't clever enough to outweigh the opposition entry.

I'll see if I can dig up a link.

Daniel

 

[Rune]

Oh, I do remember that. I wouldn't have called it plagiarism, either, but it was dangerous ground to tread.

A link would still be helpful, though. That was one of Incognito's tournaments, wasn't it?

 

[Pielorinho]

Here it is. Howandwhy99's story was an homage to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, not to the Wizard of Oz, as I'd remembered.

Daniel

 

[Rune]

Incidentally, incognito, if you're out there, check in, please.

We haven't seen you in half a year, and we're worried about you.

 

[cool hand luke]

I'm back, and good to go at anytime.

 

[cool hand luke]

yikes, I read some of wulfs former contributions, and rate myself as a heavy underdog.

 

[Rune]

Okay. Wulf Ratbane and cool hand luke, CHECK IN, please!

 

[cool hand luke]

here



and incredibly nervous.