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Since I'm not allowing any discussion on the contest or the prize in that thread, this is where you can talk about it.

And here....we.....go!

Is there going to be a humor portion or will all entries be considered against each other? And who will be judging? Work people again?

I'll be doing the judging the way I did the judging last year.

I take all the entries and put them into an Excel sheet, removing the author's name. Adding a column I put in a random number and then rearrange them from low to high. Then I take them starting at the top by 3 and pick the best of the three. Once I've done that to the entire list I go through and do it again.

I do that until I have about 10 or so, then I shop those around to family and friends & co-workers without names attached. Their votes decide it.

Humorous entries probably won't win, but this year I'll be making a separate category than horror - Other. The winner of that category won't win a prize but will be acknowledged.

Sweet. Unfortunately for me (but fortunate for everyone else), I've been busy, so I probably won't get to spam this one like I did last year.


Probably.

Fun Size said:

Sweet. Unfortunately for me (but fortunate for everyone else), I've been busy, so I probably won't get to spam this one like I did last year.


Probably.

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I'll get you this time, Fun Size! *shake fist*

I'm trying for old school scary this time around.

I just love this contest so much. It kills me that I insist on proper punctuation like spaces after periods. You wouldn't believe how long I tinker with these silly little things.

Fun Size said:

I just love this contest so much. It kills me that I insist on proper punctuation like spaces after periods. You wouldn't believe how long I tinker with these silly little things.

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Ditto.

Dave, do you grab the entries as they are posted or will you do so at the end? I edited an earlier entry for grammar but I'm not sure if I should repost it instead.

MindDetective said:

Dave, do you grab the entries as they are posted or will you do so at the end? I edited an earlier entry for grammar but I'm not sure if I should repost it instead.

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I don't even read the thread until the contest is over. So edit all you want.

so how do you know we arent already discussing the thread inside the thread?

HAH!

makare said:

so how do you know we arent already discussing the thread inside the thread?

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Don't have to read the posts to see whether or not they are posts or entries.

Now everyone should discuss off-topic stuff in bite-sized sentences that start off like a story.

...Nevermind, that sounds like more work than is worthwhile.

Philosopher B: I'm not sure if I should positive rep you or neg rep you for the 'egg fart' one in the core thread. On the one hand, I laughed...on the other I tried to picture what an egg fart would smell like and now I'm ruined.

:-P

*taps foot impatiently*

Tell the taps to foot more patiently.

*taps Bumble's foot impatiently*

This will be done by tonight.

Whatever. I was just finally making my move on Bumble.

I was just flaunting my sexy foot, enticing Fun Size to tap dat

We have a winner!

Here's how the voting was done.

I took each entry and put it into an Excel spreadsheet. I then put a column called Random and put in "=rand()", then ordered the sheet ascending on the random number. Then I isolated them by threes and had people pick their favorites from each triad. Once I got it down to the top 10 I showed them around and had each person tell me their top 3.

Two entries received a vote from EACH PERSON I showed them to! We talked about it and decided which one was the winner. I then went to the entries...and found out that BOTH entries were written by....

MIND DETECTIVE!!!

First place entry:

The live feed buffers then a girl drags her bloody legs across a concrete floor. With a sob I realize no ransom will save my daughter now.

Second place entry:

I'm trapped beneath a once-wall, coughing concrete dust. I hid my deeds too well. My final victim's gray eye dangles, watching as I starve.


So congrats MindDetective!

What does he win? Only this:

I has a sad

Big congrats MD!

Wow! *shock*

I know you've probably done this before, but send me your info.

No fair! He looks into other people's brains and yanks their ideas!

Seriously though, 1st AND 2nd place? Mucho congratulations!

Rigged.

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It looks like MindDetective really

*sunglasses*

psyched them out.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

(did I do it right?)

Well done. That was an excellent entry.

Info sent. Thanks all. I actually got too busy after the first week and thought Fun Size was gonna win again. You guys write some seriously spooky tweets.

congrats MD!

I wrote one and threw it in there. It would have been in the top 3 but I took it out so it didn't win. Damn me and my integrity!

Out of curiosity how did my lone pathetic entry fare? ( I am assuming it bombed so don't worry about hurting my feelings)

Truthfully? I don't know. I'd have to look through the entries. I didn't even look at who wrote what. In fact, I didn't even read them before judging began. I had someone copy them to a spreadsheet so I didn't know who wrote what. Let me look for your entry and I'll let you know.

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Hylian, yours was one of 5 that were disqualified for being over the 140 character limit. Yours was the longest at 171 characters.

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Truthfully? I don't know. I'd have to look through the entries. I didn't even look at who wrote what. In fact, I didn't even read them before judging began. I had someone copy them to a spreadsheet so I didn't know who wrote what. Let me look for your entry and I'll let you know.

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Hylian, yours was one of 5 that were disqualified for being over the 140 character limit. Yours was the longest at 171 characters.

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I must have been tired that day cause I could have sworn I checked that oh well.

I wouldn't be surprised if all of mine were. I didn't check once. I just wanted to write microfiction.

I always wrote mine in a Twitter gadget first and then pasted them over. It would always tell me if I went over.

I actually spam my twitter account with them. I always have to put a warning at the beginning of the month, as I fear people thinking that it's an actual post. This is ridiculous, as almost all of my posts there are me being a smart ass.

Shocking, I know.