Battle of Genre

Round Three - Horror

Welcome back to the third round of the tournament. Now things have taken a darker turn since the last rounds, as Horror takes its place as the current genre to write. Horror can be defined in many ways and if used right, the reader will know fear through your well-crafted fictional world. Horror isn't just straight up monsters, its that feeling of dread when you don't know what's next or that uneasy vibe you get when everything has been moved but set back in the same place.

Horror has many forms and its up to you on how to deliver. Fear is the end game of this genre, if you've successfully instilled it in the reader then you've done well.

Try to do your best. Emotions are what keeps people reading, fear is simply another motivator.

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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The Leaderboards
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Participants	R1 - SciFi	R2 - Action/Adventure	R3 - Horror	R4 - ???	R5 - ???	R6 - ???	R7 - ???	R8 - ???	Grand Total
Richard Longflop	7	2							9
Kamiroo Wolf	5	2							7
devi	2	2							4
roBEAT	2	0							2
Chromium	0	0							0
buckethead	4	0							4
SpacePunk	5	-2							3
Devour	7	7							14
TheOrganization	7	2							9
Nutsko_Nipplerdoppolis	4	7							11
Arch-Angel	6	0							6
_Ai_	0	0							0
Rokon	4	0							4
Xate	4	-2							2
Boomerang	2	7							9
Tsar Bomba	5	7							12

Note:
Deductions for Late entries in R1 (-2 pts): Azure, GuardianTempest and Xate.
Reductions due to non-compliance with challenge [even if you did not pass]: GuardianTempest and Xate

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Horror examples if you needed the inspiration:
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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 26, 2015), you may submit your work in this thread in spoilers. Because it is the holidays, I can but not guaranteed to be a bit more lenient to late submitters.
4. Only I will make the battle thread :D
5. Go have fun. :D

Confirming! I'll fight against Boomerang. I'll also take up the challenge.

Confirmed against Devour


I'm gonna cook up some mean ass creepy pasta, with a side of grotesque fries.

DEVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I FACE THEE

Confirming against [empty], lol.

Horror is not my strong suit, but I'll at least take a crack at it.

I like horror but I don't think I'm too good at writing it, but I'll have a good go at this. Acceptin' against Tsar.

Hello, my name is [empty].

Confirmed against Kamiroo Wolf (if that's alright).

Its alright. Welcome back roBEAT :)

He's got the whole world....In his hands...

I accept my fight against _Ai_ . May the odds be in your favor x3.

Also, taking a challenge

I accept. I'd also like a challenge, please.

Hell yes, I was already planning my horror story.
Cruel, get ready cause I'm done with hand warmers.

Challenge accepted.

Accepted, give me a challange.

Im pretty good at gore. This should be fun.

Confirming for R3. I'm off school for this one, so GT may actually have a challenger for this round, haha.

Confirming, along with the challenge. Let's see if I can write this. As well as the other.