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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS!

Postby Blablob » May 4th, 2010, 4:58 pm

MessengerOfYahweh wrote:Hey, if I don't do it, it'll happen in a month.


AND IS ANYONE GONNA CONGRATULATE MIC?

Ah, yes. MIC won.

OUT WITH THE CONGRATULATIONS, PEOPLE! HE JUST WON THE STORY-TELLING WARS! IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT THIS COMPETITION STARTED IN DECEMBER, AND IT ENDS TODAY! MIC IS THE CHAMP! WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! :D


So, anyway, I will begin the reboot of the competition probably within the week.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS!

Postby MessengerOfDreams » May 4th, 2010, 5:00 pm

Congrats, Mic. You win not cause I quit, but because you were better than me.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS!

Postby MICrophone » May 4th, 2010, 5:13 pm

blablob wrote:Ah, yes. MIC won.

OUT WITH THE CONGRATULATIONS, PEOPLE! HE JUST WON THE STORY-TELLING WARS! IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT THIS COMPETITION STARTED IN DECEMBER, AND IT ENDS TODAY! MIC IS THE CHAMP! WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! :D

Let's take a look, shall we?

Round 1: Niklaw forfeits. Blab takes over, and I suppose I beat him fairly, but still, Niklaw forfeited.
Round 2: Aznchau forfeits. I get a free ride.
Round 3: While I admire MOY for making a solid effort and for forfeited for what I suppose was a fair reason, I still won by forfeit even though I was only up 1-0 in voting.

So my great accomplishment is essentially winning this contest by default. Yay.

Ah well, I had fun I suppose. And thanks MOY and blab and everybody else and stuff.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby Blablob » May 8th, 2010, 8:09 am

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Welcome to the super-awesome contest of Story-Telling Wars! I am your host, BLABLOB!

For the next month, we shall see who truly is the best story-maker on Runouw.com. A lot of changes have been made since last time. In fact, almost everything is different!

So, let me tell you how this works. Every season, a particular theme is chosen. The users--any person, of any gendor, of any age--may submit a story relating to that theme. The story can be of any length. Here are the rules:

  • Only 1 story per entry. If you have multiple parts to a story, put it all in one post.
  • No cussing or otherwise inappropriate material in the story.
  • Any person--including judges--may submit a story.
  • No story is accepted after the deadline.

There is a certain format to how a judge should rate a story, as follows:

~10 points: INTEREST

Exactly how much did the story grab your attention? Was it interesting? Did you like the mood?

~5 points: GRAMMAR

Just as it sounds. Does the story feel rushed with a lot of grammar mistakes? Or does it look perfect? That's what this category is for.

~5 points: OTHER

This is different than the other 2 categories. You start at 3 points, and add 1 or subtract one for every thing you like or dislike. The max amount of points you can have is 5, and the minimum is 0.


The sum of all these scores is your final score out of 20.

This season's theme: MARIO!

Tell us a good ol' story about the fat plumber's adventures.

Deadline: June 8th

I'm sure it won't take you a month anyway to write up a story, but whatever.

Judges:

  • 1. Blablob
  • 2. _____
  • 3. _____
(If you'd like to be a judge, PM me. Judges will be decided after the deadline)




OKAY, PEOPLE! GO GO GO!!!
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby MessengerOfDreams » May 8th, 2010, 8:14 am

I cant tell if we get 11 months or negative 1 month :?
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I switch my signature a lot. If you wanna see some of my past ones, here you go.
Silent Conversations and a Crow's Final Song!
My latest story, and one of my personal favorites. A girl bound in silence finds the words to say to her prospective girlfriend as they visit her religious father in a dusty town on the edge of Kansas, where the crows' migration south brings forth anchored memories, the path to resolution, and a new start.

Form (25quared)
This might be like nothing you've seen before.
Updated Works! Some of my past best and current stuff: show
Writing Works!
Fanfic: Shut Up and Dance
why do I write so much about dancing you don't dance you've never danced in your entire life
lying little ♥♥♥♥ with your ♥♥♥♥ story ♥♥♥♥ you
also Diddy/Lucina <3

Fanfic: Worth a Thousand Words
Because the world needed a Samus/Dedede story
Fanfic: Ecstatic Silence
Just wanted to write and ♥♥♥♥ like this happens, you'd think I'd know better.
Fanfic: Far From the Edge
It's a dance that's been a long time coming for a brand new man and an unchanging woman, but once one takes the plunge there's no falling back up.
Original: Jealous Ghosts of the Mississippi
The story of Rachel meeting Amber after a lifetime of silence and being shunned
Original: Your Hand in Mine
One of my most personal stories about a dangerous romance. Now to be published in a college lit journal!
-------------------------
Recent LDC Work:
Level Series: Leaves From The Vine (ft Star King)
For the 29th LDC, a theme of grassland taken through the growth of our designing society. Won the 29th LDC!
--
Levels at Large:
Level Topic: Collection of MoD's Levels!
If you've ever wanted to see any level I made worth a damn, go here! From the quiet 14th LDC entrant Finis to the megasmash level series Dark, you can find links here!
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby Blablob » May 8th, 2010, 8:15 am

Fixed it to say June 8th.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby Ridder » May 8th, 2010, 4:21 pm

MARIO GEAR SOLID 4
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Bowser has changed.


It's been some thirty years since our first encounter,That fateful day where I Slayed the dragon, and saved the princess in a linear 2D platformer.
every year from that day on, He's been doing nothing but kidnap the princess, or recovered ancient artifacts of unimaginable power...(COUGH COUGH SUPER MARIO 63)

But it's no longer about the Mushroom Kingdom, evil plots, or the princess.
It's an endless series of attempts on our lives, targeted by assassins, mercenaries, and machines.
Bowser- and his undying will- has become an corrupt reptile.

Bowser has changed.


Blah Blah Blah, Fire Control, ID- Tagged Shells, ID-Tagged Control.

And now, it is up to me to finish off Bowser in a boxing match.

.....The End of the Prologue.


TIMELINE

November 16th, 2009

During the rehearsal for Super Mario Galaxy 2, an assassin tries to kill Mario, only succeeding in seriously injuring Yoshi, local Police Toads capture the criminal. Local Officials had no comment on the matter.

December 24th, 2009
The day before Christmas, a band of mercenaries go on a rampage in an attempt to take Peach's life, Their charred corpses later found with a hint of Fire Flowers.


January 1st, 2010

RUNOUW NEWS: TBG is Unbanned!


January 27th, 2010

Toad Town is invaded by Robots and Bowser's Army, everyone in Mushroom Castle successfully escapes, but the Toad Town is taken over by Bowser. Eye Witnesses say they saw the corpse of Luigi while escaping.


February 13th, 2010

Toadsworth issues a Declaration of War, a drafting takes place.


BIG TIME GAP.



May 25th, 2010

WORLD NEWS:Super Mario Galaxy 2 is released in North America


June 7th, 2010

The last leg of fighting takes place on the way to Peach's Castle, almost all men are deployed to clear out a path Toad Town.


CHAPTER 1


Just as I was putting the finishing touches on my diary entry, the truck came to a halt. the man in the passenger seat turned his head back to look at us through the small window letting way for us in the back to see only a shadow of the face of the people in the front. The man said in a dry voice, "We've arrived."
He got out of the car, the sounds of footsteps in the mud coming closer to the back of the truck. The green canvas flap separating us and the outside flew open, on the other side being the man in charge here. Sgt. Todd L. Toadsworth. "Alright men, you all know what to do. At least I hope you do." He moved his head, signaling us to move out. We all got out, one by one, each of us checking the weapons we had on us. We were all set to fight, and as we all landed on the ground, we all made a little prayer to whoever we believed in. If there was anyone to believe in anymore.

----

We moved out a short distance before we heard the echo of gunshots and pain, which grew too close for comfort, until finally a bullet whizzed pass my head and instead, hit a soldier next to me, he dropped down, and hit the ground, lifeless before he even knew what happened. Immediately one of the men called out "SNIPER!" and we all ran for cover, we all hid behind walls corners and barrels, waiting for something to happen, more fighting occurred, but the men still alive knew that sniper was still out there, waiting for us to do something stupid. Someone threw a smoke grenade and tried to walk on through the smoke, but another shot came down, and brought with it another dead body. This sniper had thermal sights. Knowing we couldn't get through the Toad Town out in the open, the Sgt told us to find another way through, so we all turned towards the alleys so as to not get killed so simply.

----

Maybe it was some omniscient force giving us a break, or a just a stroke of luck, but we encountered no hostiles in our direction, at the end of the alleyway, we found a green warp pipe, the three of us (Me and two other toads) knew where it lead, we didn't want to, but we had no choice. We all took a leap into the pipe, the black bottomless opening enveloping us until we could see nothing but darkness.

And then, we rose out from the other side and landed on the ground, In the middle of a battle that was taking place, If I tilted my head up, I could see the distant shadow of the Mushroom Castle, All we had to do was take down the assortment of Koopas, Goombas and even more frightening monsters. We all raised our weapons, and rushed into the fight. I was the first to kill an enemy, then several with a grenade, the fighting wasn't too hard, for the battle was near it's end by the time we arrived, after a while, it was only a matter of killing the ones made of rock, even then we had our explosives. Soon, the field was clear, the only thing missing was that sniper. I asked the two men who had originally accompanied me to search for wounded men while I looked for the sniper. This day.....it wasn't over, but it was just about.

It wasn't very long before the sniper shot at me again, this time, I was alone. I knew he was on the roof two houses the left, but I just couldn't get him from this range with the sort of weapon I had, He had fired again, hoping to scare me, but that was the last shot he ever fired. It was then I heard someone snap their fingers that I suddenly heard screaming. Not a short cry of death, but a prolonged scream of terror, I heard flames flickering, and when I turned my head around the corner, I could see why. The sniper had suddenly burst into flames, as soon as it happened, I had been hit with a sudden realization.

"There's only one man alive who can do something like that..." I wasn't alone. He was here. I walked out in the open to have a better look, on the roof opposite to where the sniper once nested was a man in a black coat, wearing a red cap and blue overalls.
I stared in amazement as I couldn't believe that the Plumber of Flames had just come to my aid. I stood there and watched until he moved off into a distance where I could not see him.

This fight, This War, it was all coming to a close.


CHAPTER 2

Old Friends, New Lasagna.


Mario had blazed a trail through to the Mushroom Castle. Literally, He took no mercy on those who would wish to harm him, and so it was to be that he reached the top of Peach's Castle. He looked one way, and then the other, taking in the familiar sights. The hole in the wall leading to a well that used to bring him to Rainbow Ride, now boarded up and splattered with blood. the Tik Tok Clock that would shrink him to the size of a gear,The burned out spot where the toad that was actually a pokemon stood, the mutilated corpse of the Toad that Rick Rolled people, and the door in front of him which used to have a painting of a star on it, but now painted over in red letters, sending the message, "BOWSER'S THRONE ROOM. ♥♥♥♥ OFF." He ignored the warning and went right on through.

At the top of the no longer endless stairs, Mario found that the well that lead to Bowser in the Sky with Diamonds, lol was bricked off, but instead, a tattered stairway made of floorboards and molten steel lead to a hole in the roof, which Mario took step by step.

On the Roof, Mario found a sight he was not at all surprised at. The dead carcass of Bowser that lay on the floor, being eaten away by Buzzar and Rawk Hawk, and although the sunset nearly blurred the figures, he could tell he who he was looking at, the only person to have truly to done all this.

"Look.......The war is over." Luigi said as he looked onto the land of the Mushroom Kingdom.

"Why?" Mario called back at him.

"You don't know......I wanted us to be free....free from Nintendo. Free from Shigeru Miyamato, Free from the prison that kept us here....That is what I had hoped for, from all this fighting." Luigi at that instant pulled out a syringe gun, and fired a syringe into Mario's neck. Mario kneeled in pain, and Luigi walked over to pull the syringe out of his neck.

"This is it, brother. Our final moment. The battle has ended, but we are not yet free." Luigi walked a small distance away from Mario and turned around. "The war is over......but....... we still have a score to settle." Mario raised his head, and slowly, raised himself into a fighting stance.

"Show me what you've got, Mario!" Mario ran over to Luigi attempting a punch, but he had grabbed Mario's arm and threw him to the floor. Mario this time attempted to kick him, but Luigi grabbed Mario's leg and threw him, yet again, to the ground, this time trying to strike him while he is down. Mario quickly did a barrel roll on the ground, and stood up again. Each locked their eyes onto each other, and they steadily closed the gap between themselves. Luigi tried to strike Mario in the face, but Mario countered and threw him to the ground, and as Luigi got up, he looked about as angered as Mario was. At this point, Luigi took out a syringe of his own. and injected his neck as well.

"Lasagna......infused with traces of 1-Up Mushrooms." Luigi said, at that momment, Mario and Luigi were warmed up, and they both took off their coats. Blocks and Counter Grapples, the fighting rages on, Mario eventually attempted a roundhouse kick, but, not being blessed by Chuck Norris, failed and was grappled yet again by his older brother. Luigi threw him onto the ground and along with it, he did a Ground Pound, when he landed, Mario felt many of his ribs cracking, and Luigi continued with a barrage of Elbow blows. It was at this point Luigi had gotten up, and now threw all his might at his younger brother's head. eventually, they were both tired, Luigi again pulled out another Syringe, and injected himself with 1-Up Lasagna, Mario too, took his arm and injected his neck, this went on once again until Luigi backed off and threw the Syringe away.

Mario and Luigi were both on the ground, Mario cried out "LUIIIIGI!!!!!" in anger.
Luigi called out "MARIO!!!!" right back at him.
These shouts of war scared off Buzzar and Rawk Hawk, both flew off into the sunset.


They fought and they fought, until it became a battle of headbutts against each other, soon they both dropped on their knees. The last two vials of Starman Lasagna ever created dropped out of Luigi's pockets. Mario and Luigi slowly both looked at one, picked it up, and injected each other's necks.

They both took steps back, and prepared for the fight of their final life.

*incredibly long fight later.....*

Mario and Luigi both staggered backwards, each at the end of their strength. "It's not over yet!" Luigi reassured his brother. They each took slow steps at each other. Mario wound up his fist for a punch, and he hit him, in response, Luigi threw a fist at him. It was like so until Luigi finally took his fist back for one final punch, but Mario was the quicker. Luigi just stood there after being punched, his pupils small, his limbs, not responding. He fell over in pain, with his butt sticking out. Mario also fell, but only he right knee to fail on him.


Chapter 2.5

Game Over


"This.....is only the beginning, Mario," Luigi spoke. "Nintendo will descend into Chaos... and it'll be the like the time when Fawful invaded. No law, No order." He said, Mario stood up "The fire....will spread across the world...the people will fight, through battle....they will know the fullness of life." Lugi fell onto his back, his eyes slowly closing "somewhere out there......I know he's laughing." and then, Luigi fell silent.

Luigi x 0

A helicopter with E. Gadd in it flew above Mario.



EPILOGUE -

"The dead bodies of Bowser and Luigi were found at the top of Mushroom Castle, the war was officially declared over, soon after that, my program destroyed the program controlling our brains, but left us intact. I heard that, off in some distant dimension, a gaming company lost all files and information on their Gaming worlds and icons. Nintendo's reign has crumbled away. No more did we hear reports of villains terrorizing kingdoms in an odd manner, no more did we hear about strange occurences that went on. Our way of life was finally at peace. Still....... " E Gadd looked about until finally setting his eyes on the sunset "Peach.......what did we lose? What did we save?"




END. GAMEOVER. LE FIN. DONE. I WIN. THANKSA SO MUCH FORA READING MY STOREE.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby brandoprojectm » May 10th, 2010, 4:08 pm

Mama mia! A new storytelling wars?!?! Another chance for me to blow off my responsibilities?!?! W00T!

Anyway, I'll probably enter. Summer is starting and I'll finally have time to do stuff and whatnot.
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby Blablob » May 10th, 2010, 4:20 pm

Okay, we have one of teh best story-tellers entering this contest. What other motivation do you need to join?

But in all seriousness, I still need people to PM me about being judges. Remember: it can be anyone!
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Re: THE ULTIMATE STORY-TELLING WARS! Season 1

Postby Ridder » May 10th, 2010, 4:54 pm

blablob wrote:Okay, we have one of teh best story-tellers entering this contest. What other motivation do you need to join?



Actually, he was the very FIRST. He isn't the best.
We all are kind of lacking in the "Story Telling" department.


Oh, and BTW, why June 8th?
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