Battle of Genre
Round Two - Action/Adventure
: Rounds so far, please give CnC and vote :D:
BoG R2: Action/Adventure || KamirooWolf VS Boomerang ||
BoG R2: Action/Adventure || TheOrganization VS Devour ||
BoG R2: Action/Adventure || Tsar Bomba VS devi ||
BoG R2: Action/Adventure || RichardLongflop VS Cruel ||
I welcome you back to the second round of the Battle of Genre! Right after we traversed the stars and delved into technologies beyond, we come to a genre that is nearly just as broad: ACTION. In our little community, action isn't a stranger with gladiator battles and clan wars, stories revolving on superhuman characters or inhuman creatures. This is the closest you will be to your wRHG roots but you cannot go nearer. Action can defined in many ways but as long as you immerse your reader in a fit of excitement as your character adventures through the words of your story and with adventure, you travel through worlds uncharted. In this, you may go through untouched galaxies of Sci-fi or the wide expanse of fantasy.
Action is often mixed a lot with Adventure and most of the time they fall in category with one another. Carry this in mind.
With Action/Adventure, there are multiple twists and turns the protagonist (or a group of them) can take and each one can make or break the story.
Tournament Mechanics
As to remind you guys of the rules:
Rounds last for at least 3 weeks. 2 weeks for the actual writing process and then a week for the polls.
The Polls
Upon the end of the poll, I will award 5 points to its winner and 2 points for its loser.
The Challenges
Challenges award the writer an additional 2 points if he gets it right but loses 2 points if he fails to meet it.
Comment and Critique
We are here not only for friendly competition but for the learning experience. Who better to help than our fellow writers? As opposed to Hewitt's version I will separate its scores. For each CnC and for a maximum of 3, I will award 1 point to that participant. Saying its good in this part, or you liked that but disliked this is Comment on its own and awardable but those with substance, those that deliver points that that writer can reflect on will be awarded an additional point for that CnC. At the end of the tournament, I will tally everyone's CnC Score and the participant with the highest score will claim an additional Steam Key courtesy of Xate and Hewitt.
Late Entries
Updated from the last round, I will be implementing a 2 point deduction for those that will pass a late entry. This will only affect the vote/challenge pool, leaving the CnC pool untarnished.
The Dos for each Round
1. When the round is up, POST. Acknowledge your participation by saying who you'd be fighting against and post if you'd like a challenge to go with it.
2. When you've finished your entry, post it in the ROUND thread in spoilers. Not here. To remove all errors in spacing, I'd like you all to simply post it here, prim and proper already. No GDocs or any other of its ilk.
3. Once both participants have submitted their stories, I will create the thread. A week of voting will come by with it. Be sure to vote and CnC!
Story Requirements
1. Be sure it ain't flash fiction. Words must not be below one thousand but cannot exceed twelve thousand.
2. Adhere to the round's theme and if you administered a challenge, do it.
The Bracket
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Azure Versus Xate
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ChromiumVersus Rokon
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_Ai_Versus Cruel
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Aquila Versus Boomerang
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Kamiroo Wolf Versus buckethead
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RichardLongflop Versus GuardianTempest
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Tsar Bomba Versus devi
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TheOrganization Versus Devour
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The Leaderboards
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| Participants | R1 - SciFi | R2 - Action/Adventure | R3 - ??? | R4 - ??? | R5 - ??? | R6 - ??? | R7 - ??? | R8 - ??? | Grand Total |
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| Richard Longflop | 7 | ||||||||
| Kamiroo Wolf | 5 | ||||||||
| devi | 2 | ||||||||
| Azure | 2 | ||||||||
| Chromium | 0 | ||||||||
| buckethead | 4 | ||||||||
| GuardianTempest | 5 | ||||||||
| Devour | 7 | ||||||||
| TheOrganization | 7 | ||||||||
| Nutsko_Nipplerdoppolis | 4 | ||||||||
| Aquila | 6 | ||||||||
| Veir | 0 | ||||||||
| Rokon | 4 | ||||||||
| Xate | 4 | ||||||||
| Boomerang | 2 | ||||||||
| Tsar Bomba | 5 |
Note:
Deductions for Late entries in R1 (-2 pts): Azure, GuardianTempest and Xate.
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Action examples if you needed the inspiration:
::Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
::Shortbread.com Adventure Genre
::The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
::Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
I can't really link you to DL links of the novels there, so Wikipages will be the only way.
Now remember, for the second time:
1. Post here, acknowledging your participation by stating that you will write against your opponent AND if you would take a challenge.
2. Once you've done the above, you may begin writing!
3. After 2 weeks (DEADLINE -- December 5, 2015), you may submit your work in this thread in spoilers.
4. Only I will make the battle thread :D
5. Go have fun. :D
