February / March 100 Word Anonymous Challenge 2024 Discussion

[Elckerlyc]

Congratulations @paranoid marvin!

 

[elvet]

Congrats @paranoid marvin !
Thank you to @farntfar for running the show for me this Challenge. Great job, everyone!
See you in May/June!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I was away from the computer for a week and thus unable to vote.

Many congratulations to the winner!

 

[farntfar]

For the guessing game, here is a list of the authors along with the number of stories they wrote:



Daysman ........................ 1

M. Robert Gibson .......... 1

Oligonicella .................... 1

Starbeast ........................ 1

chrispenycate ................. 1

Victoria Silverwolf........... 1

Elckerlyc .......................... 2

Guttersnipe ..................... 3

paranoid marvin ............. 2

THX1138 .......................... 9

AnRoinnUltra ................. 11




As you can see, despite the fact that we had 33 entries, they were written by only 10 people.

Guesses should be made in this thread, and I will let you know how many correct guesses you have made in this thread also.

And as a reminder, here' is the list of entries:
(In a second post I will list the entries with their authors in a spoiler hidden section)
Follow My Lead

Internal Strife

Now, Where Did I Put It?

Metsänkätkö (the forest's secret place for hiding things)

Where are the Snows of Yesteryear?

Family TIEs

Beholder

Déjà Voös

A Quiet Rendezvous

Saved By the Blind

The Joker Always Said He Never Wore a Mask, Until…

Cotton

And the rivers will flow

Where Be Dragons?

In Death, I Will Not Part

The wood for the trees

The tragic last days of deep space outpost Keppler5

How To Hide a Treasure

Always the last place you look

PC Flunderclomp and the clever Easter Egg

Seek and Hide

Still haven't found what I'm looking for...

AK 47 Blues

The imperceptible enemy of Prime Minister Improv Redtie

Do you know the way to Seanleabapheistín?

Crome Dome

The Sprits on the Moor

My Refrigerator Story at McGinty’s Pub

I See You, Dad

New York Minute

Fashion Statement

The short contemplative security career of Umbarlon Hydroxil

The Phanonchaíocht of Valottam

 

[farntfar]

Here is the complete list of stories and authors. Do not open this spoiler if you want to play the guessing game.

For newer members who don't know what this is about, you are invited to guess which author wrote which story. I will reply with how many guesses you got right.
Eventually, someone will guess all the entries correctly, and the game will end.
(The game can also end if everyone gets too bored to continue guessing. )

Spoiler: Authors and entries

THX1138	Follow My Lead
THX1138	Internal Strife
THX1138	Now, Where Did I Put It?
Guttersnipe	Metsänkätkö (the forest's secret place for hiding things)
Victoria Silverwolf	Where are the Snows of Yesteryear?
paranoid marvin	Family TIEs
Elckerlyc	Beholder
Oligonicella	Déjà Voös
THX1138	A Quiet Rendezvous
THX1138	Saved By the Blind
THX1138	The Joker Always Said He Never Wore a Mask, Until…
Guttersnipe	Cotton
AnRoinnUltra	And the rivers will flow
paranoid marvin	Where Be Dragons?
THX1138	In Death, I Will Not Part
AnRoinnUltra	The wood for the trees
AnRoinnUltra	The tragic last days of deep space outpost Keppler5
Elckerlyc	How To Hide a Treasure
AnRoinnUltra	Always the last place you look
AnRoinnUltra	PC Flunderclomp and the clever Easter Egg
M. Robert Gibson	Seek and Hide
AnRoinnUltra	Still haven't found what I'm looking for...
chrispenycate	AK 47 Blues
AnRoinnUltra	The imperceptible enemy of Prime Minister Improv Redtie
AnRoinnUltra	Do you know the way to Seanleabapheistín?
THX1138	Crome Dome
THX1138	The Sprits on the Moor
Starbeast	My Refrigerator Story at McGinty’s Pub
Guttersnipe	I See You, Dad
Daysman	New York Minute
AnRoinnUltra	Fashion Statement
AnRoinnUltra	The short contemplative security career of Umbarlon Hydroxil
AnRoinnUltra	The Phanonchaíocht of Valottam

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Well, actually, I wrote one.

 

[farntfar]

Aaah!
Sorry Victoria. I made a mistake in my Excel sheet.

I have corrected my 2 messages. Please verify that it's ok now.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Looks good to me!

 

[paranoid marvin]

Thanks to everyone who voted or shortlisted my story, and thanks especially to farntfar for running the show whilst elvet was away.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Congratulations @paranoid marvin

ans thanks to @farntfar for holding the fort

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

I'm 98.3% sure Family TIEs was penned by the champ. Think the guessing is do able this time. Well done all, and thanks again @farntfar

 

[paranoid marvin]

I'm 98.3% sure Family TIEs was penned by the champ. Think the guessing is do able this time. Well done all, and thanks again @farntfar

Guilty as charged!

 

[THX1138]

I'll give a go.
Elckerlyc did these two:
Metsänkätkö (the forest's secret place for hiding things)
Déjà Voös

 

[Elckerlyc]

And I think @THX1138 wrote these 11 stories:

Follow My Lead
Where are the Snows of Yesteryear?
A Quiet Rendezvous
Saved By the Blind
Cotton
In Death I Will Not Part
Seek and Hide
The Spirits on the Moor
I See You, Dad
Fashion Statement
Do you know the way to Seanleabapheistín?

 

[THX1138]

@Elckerlyc Close good friend!
I wrote:
Follow My Lead
A Quiet Rendezvous (A nice idea)
Saved By the Blind
In Death I Will Not Part
The Spirits on the Moor (A nice Idea based on an Isley Whisky documentary, and hastily written.)

I really pushed myself and just had fun this time, good, bad and nice ideas...
Now, for the rest of me tales... Listen, I hear them calling on the Moor...

 

[farntfar]

@THX1138 . I'm afraid you're wrong on both counts.

@Elckerlyc You have 5 correct. The rest are not.
I note that @Elckerlyc made 11 guesses for a person who has written only 9 stories, which is a bit tricksy.

I'm going to add a new rule. @elvet can make it permanent next time, or drop it, if she wishes, but for this go it's in.

It will also address the problem that I've always seen, where you can guess an author's stories 1 by 1.

So from now on, in any one attempt, I will only accept the same number of guesses for any given author, as they have written.
So for THX1138's stories you must make 9 guesses. For Guttersnipe 3 etc.

Thus Elckerlyc would need to know which 5 he got right, which is not something I'm going to tell him. In his second guess, it may be that he drops a story that is actually correct in his new list of 9.

 

[farntfar]

Oh.
OK
I hadn't noticed that @THX1138 has taken over the reveals.

So so much for that then.

 

[Elckerlyc]

@THX1138 . I'm afraid you're wrong on both counts.

@Elckerlyc You have 5 correct. The rest are not.
I note that @Elckerlyc made 11 guesses for a person who has written only 9 stories, which is a bit tricksy.

Thus Elckerlyc would need to know which 5 he got right, which is not something I'm going to tell him. In his second guess, it may be that he drops a story that is actually correct in his new list of 9.

Sorry about that. I assumed (without checking) that THX1138 had written 11 stories, mixing things up with the number of stories AnRoinnUltra wrote. It was not my intention to be 'tricksy'.
All the same, I'm happy with my correct.

 

[THX1138]

Oh.
OK
I hadn't noticed that @THX1138 has taken over the reveals.

So so much for that then.

Very sorry! My fault... Got carried away there...

 

[farntfar]

No problem. It's only a game.

I'll try and apply my new rule from now on though. So please always guess the number of stories that the author has written, even if we know that 5 of the 9 guesses of your entries will be pretty definitely correct.