SomeReallyKoolGuy
IN BELLUM VERITAS EST
Update 2/15
Finally lured my rabbity, panicky ol' self back to the Colosseum. Don't ask me how. (Well, okay, Mahayr had a huge hand in it.) I was really depressed and stuff and none of it is a good excuse--but we do not deal in excuses! We deal in actions, even if they are extremely sheepish!
Speaking of actions, here is my Extremely Sheepish Return To-Do List Of Fish Doom:
--PM serpenteyes now 3+ months late NaNo judgments (if she still wants them?)
--judge CA.ged vs Mahayr already!
--post poem for duel vs serpenteyes
--write poem for duel vs dema
--backread both threads
I will put a strike through those tasks as I complete them, just like the word Fish above. 3nodding
Speaking also of people who should return, I'd like to ask anyone who remembers BlueBus fondly to PM him and tell him why him coming back to the Colosseum would make you, personally, happy. Because now that I have commenced my return, I want to not be the only one who left and then came back. sweatdrop Also I think it would do him some good. As it will do ME good to be here again.
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Update 1/18:
Finally put in the updated duels info Mahayr sent me days and days ago. Lured the spike-footed goat-creature into my journal using a tin can as bait, where I will keep him until I can think of a way to bring him back in here without stretching the page horribly. I voted for the last option in the poll, though really several could be true of me. ninja Though not the children one. I am still too irresponsible to make any kind of a good mom! xd
Robert Heinlein
Fighting continued on a token basis,
and the dead did not complain.
and the dead did not complain.
Welcome to The Colosseum: Dueling Grounds.
For rules and announcements, go to The Colosseum: Main Thread.
Like the windswept main street of a Wild West town at high noon, like the sandy pits of a Roman circus...or, if you're feeling really vicious, like a two-person poetry slam, this is the place where poetic duelists come to duke it out.
ninja pirate ninja
What SHOULD be posted here:
--Enguardes (by judges, signaling a duel to begin)
--Duel poems (by duelists)
--Win/loss judgments (by judges)
--Critiques of duel poems (by judges, if agreed to)
What should NOT be posted here:
--Anything else! scream
What SHOULD be posted here:
--Enguardes (by judges, signaling a duel to begin)
--Duel poems (by duelists)
--Win/loss judgments (by judges)
--Critiques of duel poems (by judges, if agreed to)
What should NOT be posted here:
--Anything else! scream
(Yes, okay, we have been posting other things such as responses to critiques, news/updates/exasperated demands related to duels...but we should be careful not to be too chatty in here. Duel poems, Enguardes, and judgment posts should still be the bulk of what goes on here. Other things are tolerated but frowned on.)
mad <--- *me frowning on other things*
If you have a question about or problem with your duel, PM LongTimeListener, the judge(s) you've hired, or any other judge if you see one online and are in a rush. If you have a suggestion for the game or a useful link, please bring it to the main thread!
Thank you, and good fortune in battle!
Mahayr
DUEL HISTORY
Defender name: Mahayr - Poem page 1
Challenger name: Chiara_Scuro - Poem page 1
Judge: BlueBus
Critique - Page 2, 10/03/05
WINNER - MAHAYR - Week -
Defender name: alterdayshift - Poem page 2
Challenger Name: Chiara_Scuro - Poem page 2
Judge: BlueBus
Critique - page 3, 10/03/05
WINNER - ALTERDAYSHIFT - Week
"Grudge Match"
My name is: Leonis - Poem page 2
I call out: Mahayr - Poem page 2
Judge: serpenteyes
Critique - page 2, 10/05/05
WINNER - MAHAYR - Week -
Defender name: Nuriko1 - Poem page 1
Challenger name: Gambol - Poem page 2
Judge: LongTime Listener
Critique - page 3, 10/07/05
WINNER - GAMBOL - Week -
"Grudge Match"
My name is: LongTime Listener - Poem page 3
I call out: BlueBus - Poem page 3
Judge: Demagoguery
Critique - page 3, 10/12/05
WINNER - BLUEBUS - Week -
"Grudge Match"
My name is: Leonis - Poem page 3
I call out: Mahayr - Poem page 3
Judge: Serpenteyes
Critique - page 4, 10/18/05
WINNER - MAHAYR - Week -
Defender: Nuriko1 - Poem page 3
Challenger: alterdayshift - Poem page 4
Judge: LongTime Listener
Critique - Page 4, 10/26/05
WINNER - ALTERDAYSHIFT - Week -
"Grudge Match"
My name is: LongTime Listener - Poem page 4
I call out: demagoguery - Poem page 4
Judge: alterdayshift
Critique - page 5, 10/31/05
WINNER - LongTime Listener - Week -
Defender name: Nuriko1 - Poem page 6
Challenger: Seirya - Poem page 5
Judge: LongTime Listener - Poem page 5
Critique - page 6, 11/11/05
WINNER - NURIKO1 - Week -
Defender name: Mahayr - Poem page 6
Challenger name: alterdayshift - Poem page 7
Judge: LongTime Listener
Critique - Page 7, 11/27/05
WINNER - ALTERDAYSHIFT - Week -
Defender name: Deacon Nuno - Poem page 7
Challenger name: alterdayshift - Poem page 6
Critique - page 7, 8
Judge: Penden, 11/28/05
WINNER - ALTERDAYSHIFT - Week -
Challenger Name: Nuriko1 - Poem page 7
Defender name: Mahayr - Poem - page 7
Judge: serpenteyes
Critique - page 8, 11/28/05
WINNER - MAHAYR - Week -
Defender name: serpenteyes - Poem page 9
Challenge to LongTime Listener - Poem page 8
Judge: Mahayr
Critique - page 9, 12/20/05
WINNER - LongTimeListener - Week -
Challenger name: alterdayshift Poem page - 8
Challenged Totaleclipse - Poem page 9
Judge:(Penden) serpenteyes
Critique - PENDING
Winner -
Defender name: CA.ged - Poem page 8
Challenger name: Chiara_Scuro - Poem page 9
Judge: BlueBus
Critique - Pending
WINNER -
Defender: CA.ged - Poem page 9
Challenger Name: alterdayshift - Poem page 9
Judge: dema or serpenteyes
Critique - Pending
WINNER -
Defender name: CA.ged - Poem page 11
Challenger Name: Mahayr - Poem page 11
Judge: LongTime Listener
Critique - Pending
WINNER -
Defender name: Mahayr - Poem page 11
Challenger: alterdayshift - Poem - TO BE SUBMITTED
Judge: LongTime Listener
Critique - Pending
WINNER -
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RESULTS
WINS IN ORDER
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Chiara_Scuro.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Chiara_Scuro.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Leonis.
Gambol prevailed in poetic battle against the defender Nuriko1.
BlueBus successfully defended his literary territory against challenger LongTime Listener.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Leonis.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Nuriko1.
LongTime Listener prevailed in poetic battle against the defender demagoguery.
Nuriko1 successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Seirya.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Mahayr.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Deacon Nuno.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Nuriko1.
LongTime Listener prevailed in poetic battle against the defender serpenteyes.
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DEFENDER/CHALLENGERS YET TO POST (Duels in progress): Defender Page Numbers in Main Thread.
RESULTS
WINS IN ORDER
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Chiara_Scuro.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Chiara_Scuro.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Leonis.
Gambol prevailed in poetic battle against the defender Nuriko1.
BlueBus successfully defended his literary territory against challenger LongTime Listener.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Leonis.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Nuriko1.
LongTime Listener prevailed in poetic battle against the defender demagoguery.
Nuriko1 successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Seirya.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Mahayr.
alterdayshift successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Deacon Nuno.
Mahayr successfully defended her literary territory against challenger Nuriko1.
LongTime Listener prevailed in poetic battle against the defender serpenteyes.
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DEFENDER/CHALLENGERS YET TO POST (Duels in progress): Defender Page Numbers in Main Thread.
Defender name: Onion Page 1
Challenger name: alterdayshift
Challenger name: CA.ged (May be accepted later by Onion.)
Bet: 500 gold | 500 |500
Judge: any (no crit)
Poem category: any
REQUIRE complacency
FORBID speaker's knowledge (or acknowledgement) of complacency
Defender name: TheDemon_Ororon Page 4
Challenger name: CA.ged
Bet: 100gold | 100
Judge:LongTimeListner no crit
It must be a general poem about freedom.(and it dosent have to rhyme)
It must have the feeling of sadness.And a suidice. ^-^ Just to spice it up
Challenger name: CA.ged - Poem page 10
Defender name: Nuriko1 Page 34
Bet: 400g
Judge: serpenteyes
School
Challenger name: alterdayshift
Defender name: CA.ged Page 34
Bet: 500g
Judge: dema
Defender name: CA.ged Page 34
Challenger name: Totaleclipse
Judge: Any
Bet: 200g
Challenger name: Deacon Nuno
Defender name: CA.ged Page 34
Bet: 111g
Judge: any
Defender name: Mahayr
Challenger name: Gambol
Bet: 500g | 150
Judge: Bluebus
Poems must be: Rhyming, metered.
Poems must contain at least some alliteration.
Theme(s): Numb
Forbidden: Politics, religion, hate, vulgarities, racism.
Willing to dicker regarding judge... if I must.
Willing to trade alliteration for Sestina.
Defender name: Mahayr Page 34
Challenger Name: Deacon Nuno
Bet: 500 DOUBLE BARREL
Judge: serpenteyes
Subject: War/Soldiers
Must have: Meter
Forbidden: Blood and guts.
Defender name: Arawath - Page 13
Challenger: Mahayr
Bet: 50/500g
Judge: serpenteys w/crit
Theme: something to do with the weather
Must have: rhyme, meter
Forbidden: death, gore
Defender name: Mahayr Page 34; 11
Challenger: alterdayshift
Bet: 500
Judge: LongTime Listener w/crit
Subject: Mourning
Must have: Alliteration
Forbidden: Anything foul.
Defender name: Mahayr Page 34
Challenger: alterdayshift
Bet: 500
Judge: BlueBus w/crit
Subject: Nature
Must have: Form - Sestina (pure)
Forbidden: Anything supernatural.
"Grudge Match"
My name is: serpenteyes - Poem page 12
I call out: That fiend LongTimeListner!
My item bet is: Um... I don't know yet... something good... yeah...
Judge: CA.ged
Reason for grudge match: To get some of my stuff back! (Or lost more and more!)
Subject: Cigarettes and coffee
Style/Form: No specific meter or rhyme
"Grudge Match"
My name is: CA.ged 45
I call out: serpenteyes
My item bet is: hmm... 500g and a frightened ghost sheet (or we could up the ante if you want)
Judge: any; you pick
Reason for grudge match: er... hmm. *stalks* Because - you are older than me! That is insufferable! Unless you're lying... which is also insufferable. And... I want to steal your eyes.
Defender name: Clown_of_Choas 47
Challenger name: Mahayr
Bet: 100G / 500g Mahayr
Judge: dema w/crit for me.
Theme: Dark Relationship(s)
Required: Free-style
Forbidden: Plagerism
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DEFENDERS UNANSWERED:
DEFENDERS UNANSWERED:
Defender name: Totaleclipse
Bet: 200
Judge: any
Defender name: Mahayr
Bet: 500g
Judge: dema
Poems must be: Rhyming, metered.
Poems must contain at least some alliteration.
Theme(s): To be discussed with Challenger - history?
Forbidden: Politics, religion, hate, vulgarities, racism
Defender: alterdayshift
Bet: 200g
Judge: challenger's choice
Category: challenger's choice
Defender name: Chiara_Scuro
Bet: 100G
Judges: BlueBus (with crit)
Theme: Hope and Redemption
Poems must be rhyming.
Defender name:Seirya
Bet:200g
Judge: dema or bluebus
Require: none
Forbidden: Rhyme or meter
Topic: seasons?
Defender name: Mahayr
Bet: 500 - DOUBLE BARREL
Judge: dema w/crit
Subject: Musical instrument(s)
Must have: Rhyme, meter
Forbidden: Politics, religion. War is alright.
Defender name: Mahayr
Bet: 500
Judge: Penden w/crit (Will change)
Subject: Intellect
Must have: Form - any type (Rhyme, Haiku, Sonnet, etc.)
Forbidden: Secular work.
"Grudge Match"
My name is: Dema
I call out: LongTimeListener, thief of my sleep and my pandy!
My item bet is: 3k (don't make fun of the poor)
Judge:
Reason for grudge match: MY PANDY!!!!!!! WAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Subject: Someone took smoking? You jerk! Ah well... starwars! *is attacked by the nerd police*
"Grudge Match"
My name is: serpenteyes
I call out: My pictoral rival Dema!
My item bet is: something wonderful... something wonderful...
Judge: You get to decide!
Reason for grudge match: It might be easier to win... heh he
Subject: No clue on this one either...
It is the DUELERS repsonsibilty to verify accuracy, criteria, judge, and bet. Defender will then notify the judge, send bets and fees, and wait for a new ENGUARDE!
