wRHG Tournament R2: Acel(The Organization) vs Walden(The Strongest) vs Chance(Chamel)
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Nikx2322Posts: 1,695
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Organ's:
Out of the three of them, I had actually found Organ's the easiest to read but only because I skimmed through a ton of the dialogue. While making the character's talk a bit more was an interesting tactic, I found that it really distracted from what the importance was from most of the story. Unfortunately, I also found the dialogue quite repetitious:
"Dialogue," how character reacts.
"Dialogue," how other character reacts.
It kind of made me bite my nails in anticipation waiting for the flow of it to change at least, but it never came. :'(
I had been drawn by your first piece of work which really caught my eye, so try to go back and see what you did differently there perhaps. :]
TheStrongest:
I had voted for yours because it felt like a novel that I could read through. Although, I didn't particularly enjoy the quick battle scenes, it probably worked out more in your favor to push your character arc ahead. (I would have preferred to see how you developed other peoples character though) Lastly, I feel like there were a couple of rough and unneeded sentences, but I feel that a quick edit would cover things such as that.
Good job on this fight~!
I expect to see more from you~!
Chamel:
Personally I found your piece interesting, but I feel that you were handed the shorter end of the stick being paired up against Strong and Organ. Like how the others have said, you piece lacked impact, needed varied dialogue, etc...but I think with time and more reading you'll get it. ;)
Keep practicing~!
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View Profile @Nickey
I don't see it as drawing the shorter end of the stick, but more as a challenge :D Thanks for your time to CnC it though :) I'll definitely work on giving my stories a bit more 'oomf' next time.
@Night
Wow... I actually got a vote :D And that is one detailed CnC... Thank you for your time! :D
Thanks everyone for your time and CnC :D and even reading it!
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View Profile @Nightlock,
Considering the fact that the majority of the piece was me just typing words out between point A and B and seeing where things went, I'm not surprised that you're lost. I'm a lot more surprised to see the votes for my piece than you are, I think. But you dedicated, like, two paragraphs to apologizing for your CnC, it seems. I don't see how that's necessary at all. I can take it.
I disagree with you regarding my depiction of Mccaw the Saint. I assume human unless otherwise stated, and the fact that saintmccaw explicitly stated that his Gladiator was a stick figure meant that that's exactly what he was. In the same way that someone declaring their character to be a giant eyeball means I would write with a giant eyeball as my image for said character, or if a character was a dragon. The only exception is with figurative language, but I have no reason to believe that saintmccaw was speaking figuratively when he wrote that his character was a stick figure. I think I left out several of the Saint's features that differentiate him from other stick figures, but that's most likely because of the jerky way that I handled the fights. Written combat has always been my weakest point, so a lot of my writing tends to gloss over it when it comes up. I also disagree with your imagery for stick figures. The ones in my mind have a much smoother motion to them than I feel like yours do, with your description of sticks. I see a few bendy lines.
Regarding the rune confusion, I think that was me just completely screwing up and getting mixed up with who had whose rune. I'm almost certain that I had mistakenly believed the Saint to be in possession of Acel's rune when I was writing that, and so I took it from Walden. Alternatively, you can pretend that I just ignored who had what abilities and created my own shuffle for the piece, but that sounds like even more mistakes being made.
Nightlock2Posts: 333
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View Profile Yeah I know I apologized a lot... I'm sorry. :p I always feel bad when I say something non-positive about someone's creation, and when it came to your entry I just felt there was abundance of that.
And a stick figure... is a stick figure, no way around that. Yeah, one could have flexible boomerangs for arms and legs to display elbows and knees, but picturing the best of animated sticks fighting Kalena and the pack of wolves definitely takes away from the imagination. When given the option to use human characteristics over the traditional SP stick-man in the writer's lounge, describing the character as a human becomes a near obligation, IMO. The rules do state that you could use stick figures for characters, but I quote: "full body appearances are highly recommended." The only stick figure character that I've come across is Luzoto's Lexel, but then again I haven't lurked that hard in the wRHG Character forum. Saintmccaw says he's a stick figure, I'll give you that, but then he followed it up with an appearance that could have easily been used to describe a full-fleshed human, and I just wish that you had done that instead.
I had a feeling there was a confusion about the runes, but didn't want to accuse you of it. It was confusing to read so I'm not surprised that it was the same to write.