February / March 100 Word Anonymous Challenge 2022 Discussion

[JS Wiig]

@AnRoinnUltra congratulations!

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Some wild guesses:
Astro Pen - Retaken
BT Jones - Cave Dweller
Christine Wheelwright - Lets go and party!, Along The Wall
Daysman - The Subject
Guttersnipe - Honeymoon on Callisto
paranoid marvin - Eric
Starbeast - A New Dope
Victoria Silverwolf - A Visitor at Last

 

[elvet]

Some wild guesses:
Astro Pen - Retaken
BT Jones - Cave Dweller
Christine Wheelwright - Lets go and party!, Along The Wall
Daysman - The Subject
Guttersnipe - Honeymoon on Callisto
paranoid marvin - Eric
Starbeast - A New Dope
Victoria Silverwolf - A Visitor at Last

3 correct.

 

[elvet]

Time to shake things up.

One of the participants entered six stories, which are among the short list that follows. See if you can guess which stories have a common author. Bonus points for guessing the author.

A Bot and Costell Hoo
First Contact
Honeymoon on Callisto
Incognito ergo sum
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company
Once a Foe...
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island
Things that go scrape in the night
What kind of person goes to Earth
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?"

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

Time to shake things up.

One of the participants entered six stories, which are among the short list that follows. See if you can guess which stories have a common author. Bonus points for guessing the author.

A Bot and Costell Hoo
First Contact
Honeymoon on Callisto
Incognito ergo sum
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company
Once a Foe...
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island
Things that go scrape in the night
What kind of person goes to Earth
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?"

I already took a look at the author list. But I think I would have been able to make a pretty good guess.

 

[elvet]

I have posted the Guessing Game in The Playroom . It is a game, after all. Let's see if we'll get some more players.

 

[elvet]

I'll wrap this challenge up at the end of the week.
I'm not sure if there is no longer interest in doing any guessing, or if it is just the time of year when people are busy or otherwise occupied.

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

the time of year when people are busy or otherwise occupied

Reckon that might be it, I'm struggling with the guessing but think giving it a bit of thought would narrow things down. I can spot some Chron styles but haven't been able to sit down to work it out properly (most of us are probably in the same boat). I think it'd be well worth keeping going as it's a valuable exercise in writing practice when the time is there.

 

[elvet]

Reckon that might be it, I'm struggling with the guessing but think giving it a bit of thought would narrow things down. I can spot some Chron styles but haven't been able to sit down to work it out properly (most of us are probably in the same boat). I think it'd be well worth keeping going as it's a valuable exercise in writing practice when the time is there.

When the next challenge rolls out, I will solicit opinions on how best to run the game.

 

[elvet]

I'd like to thank all our participants and @paranoid marvin for the great topic to work with.

This Challenge was extra special for me, marking my first entry (A Visitor at Last) in a challenge since the June/20 75 worder.
After such a long drought, I had doubts about being able to be inspired to write again. Many thanks to @AnRoinnUltra , @BT Jones , and @Elckerlyc for the votes. A boost of confidence for sure!

Here are the complete lists for viewing.

Stories and Authors as Posted:
Cenotaph - Victoria Silverwolf
Retaken - Astro Pen
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island - AnRoinnUltra
Trojans Bearing Gifts - Guttersnipe
Let’s go and party! - Christine Wheelwright
Incognito ergo sum - AnRoinnUltra
Fire Starter - Iwroteathing
A New Dope - paranoid marvin
Wormhole Wide Boys - BT Jones
First Contact - AnRoinnUltra
Camouflage - chrispenycate
Who Passed There - chrispenycate
W.H.O.'s responsible? - chrispenycate
Density of the Daleks - paranoid marvin
Things that go scrape in the night - AnRoinnUltra
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?" - chrispenycate
Immortal - Daysman
Once a Foe... - mosaix
A Bot and Costell Hoo - M. Robert Gibson
Times are a-changing - Elckerlyc
Galactic Writ - Elckerlyc
A Visitor at Last - elvet
The Matter of Language - worldofmutes
Honeymoon on Callisto - worldofmutes
The Alternative - worldofmutes
It’s Just Me - JS Wiig
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - JS Wiig
Cave Dweller - JS Wiig
What kind of person goes to Earth - AnRoinnUltra
Ancient rights - Astro Pen
Final Transmission from Station Gamma - Swank
Along The Wall - stevejk
Which Witch is What? - stevejk
The Subject - stevejk
Eric - paranoid marvin
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers - AnRoinnUltra
End of comfort - Axovan Sol
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company - Starbeast

Stories and Authors Alphabetical:
A Bot and Costell Hoo - M. Robert Gibson
Along The Wall - stevejk
Ancient rights - Astro Pen
A New Dope - paranoid marvin
A Visitor at Last - elvet
Camouflage - chrispenycate
Cave Dweller - JS Wiig
Cenotaph - Victoria Silverwolf
Density of the Daleks - paranoid marvin
Eric - paranoid marvin
End of comfort - Axovan Sol
Final Transmission from Station Gamma - Swank
Fire Starter - Iwroteathing
First Contact - AnRoinnUltra
Galactic Writ - Elckerlyc
Honeymoon on Callisto - worldofmutes
Immortal - Daysman
Incognito ergo sum - AnRoinnUltra
It’s Just Me - JS Wiig
Let’s go and party! - Christine Wheelwright
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company - Starbeast
Once a Foe... - mosaix
Retaken - Astro Pen
The Alternative - worldofmutes
The Matter of Language - worldofmutes
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers - AnRoinnUltra
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - JS Wiig
The Subject - stevejk
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island - AnRoinnUltra
Things that go scrape in the night - AnRoinnUltra
Times are a-changing - Elckerlyc
Trojans Bearing Gifts - Guttersnipe
What kind of person goes to Earth - AnRoinnUltra
Which Witch is What? - stevejk
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?" - chrispenycate
Who Passed There - chrispenycate
W.H.O.'s responsible? - chrispenycate
Wormhole Wide Boys - BT Jones

Authors and Stories Alphabetical:

AnRoinnUltra - The Zenolob of Beezie's Island

Incognito ergo sum

First Contact

Things that go scrape in the night

What kind of person goes to Earth

The trouble with Plutonian bouncers

Astro Pen - Retaken

Ancient rights

Axovan Sol - End of comfort

BT Jones - Wormhole Wide Boys

chrispenycate - Camouflage

Who Passed There

W.H.O.'s responsible?

"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?"

Christine Wheelwright - Let’s go and party!

Daysman - Immortal

Elckerlyc - Times are a-changing

Galactic Writ

elvet - A Visitor at Last

Guttersnipe - Trojans Bearing Gifts

Iwroteathing - Fire Starter

JS Wiig - It’s Just Me

The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers

Cave Dweller

mosaix - Once a Foe...

M. Robert Gibson - A Bot and Costell Hoo

paranoid marvin - A New Dope

Density of the Daleks

Eric

Starbeast - Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company

stevejk - Along The Wall

Which Witch is What?

The Subject

Swank - Final Transmission from Station Gamma

Victoria Silverwolf - Cenotaph

worldofmutes - The Matter of Language

Honeymoon on Callisto

The Alternative

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

And a big thanks to @elvet for doing a wonderful hosting job again

 

[paranoid marvin]

When the next challenge rolls out, I will solicit opinions on how best to run the game.

Thanks elvet for continuing to run the Challenge, it's very much appreciated.

It seems that with the number of stories, and the number of members who are entering, it's getting very difficult to guess who wrote what, especially when we don't know who actually entered and if they did how many entries they had.

If we are going to continue with the guessing game (and I think it should be done for at least the next Challenge) we should perhaps (after the voting is concluded) have a list of who entered and how many times. This at least would give some clues, which I think are needed.

Tbh the best bit for me is contributing to the Challenge, reading other entries and then watching as the voting commences. Whether the guessing game continues or not, please do keep the Anonymous Challenge itself running.

 

[BT Jones]

I'd like to thank all our participants and @paranoid marvin for the great topic to work with.

This Challenge was extra special for me, marking my first entry (A Visitor at Last) in a challenge since the June/20 75 worder.
After such a long drought, I had doubts about being able to be inspired to write again. Many thanks to @AnRoinnUltra , @BT Jones , and @Elckerlyc for the votes. A boost of confidence for sure!

Here are the complete lists for viewing.

Stories and Authors as Posted:
Cenotaph - Victoria Silverwolf
Retaken - Astro Pen
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island - AnRoinnUltra
Trojans Bearing Gifts - Guttersnipe
Let’s go and party! - Christine Wheelwright
Incognito ergo sum - AnRoinnUltra
Fire Starter - Iwroteathing
A New Dope - paranoid marvin
Wormhole Wide Boys - BT Jones
First Contact - AnRoinnUltra
Camouflage - chrispenycate
Who Passed There - chrispenycate
W.H.O.'s responsible? - chrispenycate
Density of the Daleks - paranoid marvin
Things that go scrape in the night - AnRoinnUltra
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?" - chrispenycate
Immortal - Daysman
Once a Foe... - mosaix
A Bot and Costell Hoo - M. Robert Gibson
Times are a-changing - Elckerlyc
Galactic Writ - Elckerlyc
A Visitor at Last - elvet
The Matter of Language - worldofmutes
Honeymoon on Callisto - worldofmutes
The Alternative - worldofmutes
It’s Just Me - JS Wiig
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - JS Wiig
Cave Dweller - JS Wiig
What kind of person goes to Earth - AnRoinnUltra
Ancient rights - Astro Pen
Final Transmission from Station Gamma - Swank
Along The Wall - stevejk
Which Witch is What? - stevejk
The Subject - stevejk
Eric - paranoid marvin
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers - AnRoinnUltra
End of comfort - Axovan Sol
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company - Starbeast

Stories and Authors Alphabetical:
A Bot and Costell Hoo - M. Robert Gibson
Along The Wall - stevejk
Ancient rights - Astro Pen
A New Dope - paranoid marvin
A Visitor at Last - elvet
Camouflage - chrispenycate
Cave Dweller - JS Wiig
Cenotaph - Victoria Silverwolf
Density of the Daleks - paranoid marvin
Eric - paranoid marvin
End of comfort - Axovan Sol
Final Transmission from Station Gamma - Swank
Fire Starter - Iwroteathing
First Contact - AnRoinnUltra
Galactic Writ - Elckerlyc
Honeymoon on Callisto - worldofmutes
Immortal - Daysman
Incognito ergo sum - AnRoinnUltra
It’s Just Me - JS Wiig
Let’s go and party! - Christine Wheelwright
Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company - Starbeast
Once a Foe... - mosaix
Retaken - Astro Pen
The Alternative - worldofmutes
The Matter of Language - worldofmutes
The trouble with Plutonian bouncers - AnRoinnUltra
The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers - JS Wiig
The Subject - stevejk
The Zenolob of Beezie's Island - AnRoinnUltra
Things that go scrape in the night - AnRoinnUltra
Times are a-changing - Elckerlyc
Trojans Bearing Gifts - Guttersnipe
What kind of person goes to Earth - AnRoinnUltra
Which Witch is What? - stevejk
"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?" - chrispenycate
Who Passed There - chrispenycate
W.H.O.'s responsible? - chrispenycate
Wormhole Wide Boys - BT Jones

Authors and Stories Alphabetical:

AnRoinnUltra - The Zenolob of Beezie's Island

Incognito ergo sum

First Contact

Things that go scrape in the night

What kind of person goes to Earth

The trouble with Plutonian bouncers

Astro Pen - Retaken

Ancient rights

Axovan Sol - End of comfort

BT Jones - Wormhole Wide Boys

chrispenycate - Camouflage

Who Passed There

W.H.O.'s responsible?

"Who goes there? Friend or Foe?"

Christine Wheelwright - Let’s go and party!

Daysman - Immortal

Elckerlyc - Times are a-changing

Galactic Writ

elvet - A Visitor at Last

Guttersnipe - Trojans Bearing Gifts

Iwroteathing - Fire Starter

JS Wiig - It’s Just Me

The Stuffy Society of Celestial Ballroom Dancers

Cave Dweller

mosaix - Once a Foe...

M. Robert Gibson - A Bot and Costell Hoo

paranoid marvin - A New Dope

Density of the Daleks

Eric

Starbeast - Nightmare at the Never Say Fudge Candy Company

stevejk - Along The Wall

Which Witch is What?

The Subject

Swank - Final Transmission from Station Gamma

Victoria Silverwolf - Cenotaph

worldofmutes - The Matter of Language

Honeymoon on Callisto

The Alternative

Thanks as always for hosting, @elvet (aka lovely Jo), and glad I unintentionally voted for you. Loved your story.

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Thanks again @elvet

marking my first entry (A Visitor at Last)

Great comeback story, fair play.
Here's a daft audio take on 'Incognito Ergo Sum' (gonna try get someone to voice 'Density of the Daleks' if I get the green light from @paranoid marvin to use it

 

[elvet]

Here's a daft audio take on 'Incognito Ergo Sum' (gonna try get someone to voice 'Density of the Daleks' if I get the green light from @paranoid marvin to use it

Wow! Well done. It brings your story to life. Someone has a talent with accents .

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Thanks @elvet -the man doing the NY hardman voice is called Jay Starliper, he does a decent Boris Johnson too which should be good for a bit of messing at some stage

 

[Starbeast]

@elvet Excellent job at hosting the show. I had fun sneaking in an entry at the last moment.

I'm not great at guessing, but I had fun making up a story for the challenge.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Btw did anyone get where my inspiration for 'Eric' came from?

 

[Starbeast]

@paranoid marvin Enlighten me as to who Eric is.

In my story, I forgot to mention that they were rabbits and not people.

 

[paranoid marvin]

@paranoid marvin Enlighten me as to who Eric is.

In my story, I forgot to mention that they were rabbits and not people.

A bit random, but Eric is a character in the tile game 'Guess Who'.