Discussion Thread -- May 2016 75-word Writing Challenge

[hopewrites]

Thanx for the mentions! Cheered me up to be mentioned, and so early!

I'll get to voting later today.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Yay, thanks Victoria for my first vote received. Feeling inspired now! I guess I better go do some writing or sketching.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Starbeast- "...and they will beat their swords into plowshares, their aircraft carriers into floating farm communes...etc." Can you imagine a world without competition, let alone strife? I can't come close to fathoming it, only God can. The Bible remains the best Sci-Fi epic ever written!

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Ursa Major- At some point in life we cross that divide from preferring stress to preferring boredom. I'm guessing it's right around the age one contends with their battle between heartlessness, mindlessness, liberalism and conservatism.

Cory Swanson- Coincidence that he lost his parents at a young age and has trouble with authority and rash decision making???

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Moonbat- It's amazing how one moment can change a life forever. Imagine taking your eyes off the road for an instant to glance at a text that just came in. We take the fabric of space time for granted but really, it's so very fragile.

The Judge- Wisdom is wasted on the old and youth is wasted on the young. The young here were the wisest of all, until a few moments earlier.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

In Honor of Copa America Centenario
(About which if the USA does not advance out of the Group stage Klinsmann should be sacked, the men's program should be scrapped and all resources should be devoted to the US Women's team-a.k.a. the most dominant soccer-football force the world has ever known.)

Qualifiers for Group stage:

Group A:
Victoria Silverwolf - Efficient with words and a touch of dark whimsy.
Hopewrites- Relevant to the human condition.
Glen - Clever and funny.
Old-Man-Steve-2016 - Husbandry...

Group B:
Perpetual Man - Claim your fate.
Chrispenycate - Funny poetic word play.
StillLearning - I need to bruch up on my physicist knowledge.
Mr. Orange - Dark and funny.

GroupC: (Group od Death)
Mosaix- Funny and clever (unlike Glen)
Sinister42 - Also Close to home.
Robert Mackay- Abstract concepts personified.
Johnny Appleseed- Silly surRealism.

Group D:
Ursa Major- Stress or Boredom.
Bob Senior- Home too close.
Parson- Frustratingly real.
The Judge- Careful what you wish for.

All Group stage matches will be concluded int he next 36 hours, top 2 advance to knockout rounds.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Match 1: Victoria Silverwolf (VIC) 3-2 Hopewrites (HPW)
Match 2: Glen (GLN) 1-1 Old-Man-Steve-2016 (OMS)

Group A Standings:
Pts. W D L GD
VIC 3 1 0 0 +1
GLN 1 0 1 0 0
OMS 1 0 1 0 0
HPW 0 0 0 1 -1

 

[sinister42]

Wow, this was a tough one to judge. The entries are remarkably varied. With that in mind, allow me to create a few special awards, in lieu of a short list. In order of appearance:


Best science fiction: "The Next Time I Open My Eyes" by sinister42.

Many thanks!

My Favorites
Hopewrites
Bowler1
Remedy
StillLearning
Mr Orange
sinister42 << my vote
HazelRah
TheDustyZebra
Parson

Great stories, one and all!

I thank you for the vote!

In Honor of Copa America Centenario
(About which if the USA does not advance out of the Group stage Klinsmann should be sacked, the men's program should be scrapped and all resources should be devoted to the US Women's team-a.k.a. the most dominant soccer-football force the world has ever known.)

Qualifiers for Group stage:

Group A:
Victoria Silverwolf - Efficient with words and a touch of dark whimsy.
Hopewrites- Relevant to the human condition.
Glen - Clever and funny.
Old-Man-Steve-2016 - Husbandry...

Group B:
Perpetual Man - Claim your fate.
Chrispenycate - Funny poetic word play.
StillLearning - I need to bruch up on my physicist knowledge.
Mr. Orange - Dark and funny.

GroupC: (Group od Death)
Mosaix- Funny and clever (unlike Glen)
Sinister42 - Also Close to home.
Robert Mackay- Abstract concepts personified.
Johnny Appleseed- Silly surRealism.

Group D:
Ursa Major- Stress or Boredom.
Bob Senior- Home too close.
Parson- Frustratingly real.
The Judge- Careful what you wish for.

All Group stage matches will be concluded int he next 36 hours, top 2 advance to knockout rounds.

I have no idea what's happening here, but I'm excited to be included!

 

[sinister42]

Lots of great ones this month!

Shortlist (er...well, not so short):

Hazel
Parson
The Judge
Reiver33
Cathbad
hopewrites
Bowler1
Mr. Orange
Mosaix

Winner:
StilLearning. This was clever as all get out. Bravo!

 

[Parson]

So nice to be mentioned!

Thanks to @Cathbad and @Heijan Xavier@sinister42

(I'm curious to see how the Copa America Centenario goes. As for the U.S. unless they are in the "group of death" they should make the knock out stage. But that is possible they could be in such a group with Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina all ranked above them.)

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Match 3: Perpetual Man (PRP) 2-2 Chrispenycate (CPC)
Match 4: Stilllearning (STL) 0-1 Mr. Orange (MRO)

Group B Standings:
Pts. W D L GD
MRO 3 1 0 0 +1
PRP 1 0 1 0 0
CPC 1 0 1 0 0
STL 0 0 0 1 -1


For those of you not into soccer-football, the next 19 posts of mine may be annoying. If the majority wants me to just get it over with I will. It's quite interesting looking at two pieces side by side and metaphorically "pitting them" against one another though.

As for the U.S. unless they are in the "group of death" they should make the knock out stage.

They are.
Home | COPA America Centenario | USA 2016

 

[Parson]

They are.
Home | COPA America Centenario | USA 2016

I see what you mean. If all went by rankings the U.S. does not make the knock out stage.

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Match 5: Mosaix (MSX) 1-0 Sinister42 (S42)
Match 6: Robert Mackay (RMK) 1-0 Johnny Appleseed (JAS)

Group C Standings:
Pts. W D L GD
MSX 3 1 0 0 +1
RMK 3 1 0 0 +1
S42 0 0 0 1 -1
JAS 0 0 0 1 -1

 

[Heijan Xavier]

Match 7: Ursa Major (URS) 1-2 Bob Senior (BOB)
Match 8: Person (PSN) 1-0 The Judge (JDG)

Group D Standings:
Pts. W D L GD
BOB 3 1 0 0 +1
PSN 3 1 0 0 +1
URS 0 0 0 1 -1
JDG 0 0 0 1 -1

Copa America discussion has been moved to the Sport Forum
Football (Soccer to those across the pond)

 

[Bowler1]

Thanks to Droflet and HazelRah for votes, which always make my day.

It was hard going to get a short list and I had to prune my short list to make it short. So mentions to VB (a regular for me), Cascade, Chrispy (who managed to get the flow going this month), Perp (and vote, the last line did it for me), Mosaix, TDZ and HazelRah. For such an unusual theme this month the range of ideas was really impressive. I've enjoyed keeping tabs on what was posted this month. Laters everyone.

 

[Calliopenjo]

Voting is here. I will get to that tomorrow. May luck be with you.

 

[StilLearning]

Crikey, I wasn't expecting that! Thank you for the votes and mentions guys!

 

[Glen]

Those unfamiliar with football may not know how to read some of Heijan Xavier's posts.
Check out this...:
James Alexander Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

...especially, "he used his intonation, when pronouncing the names of the clubs, to indicate whether a match had ended in a home win, away win or draw."

..and read accordingly.

If that doesn't help then try to sound a little more upbeat for the higher score, and a little more downbeat for the losing score. Middle level for both scores in a draw.

 

[Luiglin]

Wow, this was a tough one to judge. The entries are remarkably varied. With that in mind, allow me to create a few special awards, in lieu of a short list. In order of appearance:

Best poem: "Internal memo (family friendly version)" by chrispenycate.

Best horror: "Offspring" by Droflet.

Best fantasy: "Yesterday" by DG Jones.

Best comedy: "Tomorrow is...." by StilLearning.

Best science fiction: "The Next Time I Open My Eyes" by sinister42.

Best allegory: "Time At The Bar" by Robert Mackay.

Best surrealism: "How the Creatures of the Muffincake Kingdom Suppose Their World Will End" by Johnny Appleseed.

Best mainstream: "Remission" by HazelRah.

Best non-fiction: "The Way I See It" by Starbeast.

Best magic realism: "Forecast" by johnnyjet.

Whew. Some of those categories may have not had many competitors, but all were worthy of mention. I call 'em as I see 'em.

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Choosing one to vote for was extremely difficult. I'm going to go for "A Thousand Moments of Self-Loathing Clarity" by Heijan Xavier, which defied categorization.

I thought I'd be a shoe in for best orc romance. Very, very disappointed.

 

[johnnyjet]

Victoria nailed it when she said this was a tough one to judge. The ideas were widely varied and there were so many excellent entries. It took a while, but here is my Long List, Short List and **** Favorite ****:

Esrever – Ever and Ever - Ashleyne. B. Watts
Reflections - Victoria Silverwolf
No More Tomorrows - Bowler1
A Thousand Moments of Self-Loathing Clarity - Heijan Xavier
**** Tomorrow Is … - StilLearning ****
Time at the Bar - Robert MacKay
Office Politics at Time Travel Inc. – mosaix
How the Creatures of the Muffincake Kingdom Suppose Their World Will End - Johnny Appleseed
All of Yesterday's Tomorrows – Culhwch
Prophesy Ends – Parson
Siren Call - Ursa major
Nineteen Nanoseconds per Second – Moonbat
.seilF emiT - The Judge