Volleyball 2005 - Commentary

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:56 pm

Ok, here's the new commentary thread, for the new 2005 match.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:18 pm

I posted linkages to all previous volleyball threads at the top of the new 2005 thread.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:16 pm

FELON: ok, right back atcha ...

/me cackles

Post by **KiltanneN** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:50 pm

kiltannen wrote:I suggest perhaps a minor tweaking of the rules.

Whether or not this includes a new thread would be optional, But I think it's a new year and perhaps time for a slight change in concept.

Is it highly desirable to require new Genre's every post? Is this the thing that perhaps intimidates some people? perhaps a minor tweak to the rules could be along the lines:

May not use the same genre as the previous 5 posts.
OR:

May not use the same genre as any OTHER post ON THE SAME PAGE
OR to consider a much more radical change:

May not use any character in the same genre that character has been in before.
Along the lines of modifying the character usage:

May not use characters created by other writers in the actual post - must refer to them "off-stage" as it were...
Some other thoughts:

Require a minimum post length.
Require a maximum post length.
Require a minimum number of characters.
Require a maximum number of characters.

All rules can be "broken" simply providing for a lower score...

Offer bonus scores for "resurrecting" old plot lines that are greater than 5 posts old.

Offer bonus scores for inclusion of muliple story lines.

Charge a penalty for killing off characters not your own

So. What does everybody else think? Should we discuss possible variations a little more? I do recognise I haven't done all that much posting before - and I can't promise to do any more posting this year - but there is a possibility I can...

I will come back to this....

kilt

Brad wrote:KILTY: funny that you should worry about things being too complicated and scaring off noobs ... just before you propose a whole slew of new rules that will accomplish precisely that.

I think we should keep the genre change rule - that's part of what makes the volleyball game what it is.

As for the rest ... the simpler we keep it, the better.

To be continued in the 2005 commentary thread ...

OK - Thought I'd pull this into the new commentary

Ummm - I think that I never pretended to a high level of consistancy...

HOWEVER - what I really SHOULD have put in my comments above I state now:
I am only suggesting a few ideas of which 1, some or none can be taken...

I am by NO MEANS suggesting that you guys do ALL of them!

That would make it well nigh IMPOSSIBLE to play!

I am thinking though that the idea of changing the flavour slightly each year may be fun? Maybe not too...

anyways - I was just throwing up some ideas for comment and/or discussion - if everybody likes the idea of status quo with a reset on genres - that would work just as well too...

kilt

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:16 pm

I added a 4th choice to my decision tree post.

Egads, I'm starting to resemble the mysterious stranger a little too closely.

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:32 pm

Excellent post brad

, I'll try to score yours and Felonius' before I go home.

/me thinks you scored a bonus point with the link.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:43 pm

That evens it up then, because Felon beat us to the WOTD bonus.

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:49 pm

I like the idea of minimum number of new 9major) characters. Too many and it makes it hard to maintain any sort of consistency.

Of course, maybe consistency is low priority for everyone else....

DUnno.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:56 pm

Just because characters are introduced by some doesn't mean that others are somehow obliged to use those characters ... when it comes right down to it, our only requirement for continuity is making a smooth transition from the post immediately preceeding the one we write. Going back further than that is strictly optional, and entirely a matter of personal amusement.

$0.02

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:24 pm

I changed the rules over in the first post to reflect the change we had approved last year from a one hour to a Two Hour Time Limit to make your post.

Oh, I can't make good on my earlier promise to score the posts today. I'll get alll three (or more) tomorrow.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:31 pm

Can we also clarify that by pointing out that although we have a 2 hr window in which to post (after putting up a "my turn" placeholder), it's generally recommended that we spend no more than 1 total hour of that time doing the actual writing ... the goal being to keep posts reasonably short and therefore less intimidating to others.

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:21 pm

Ack...I need the two hours as I got a phone call immediately after posting my intention to write, and am just about to start now!!! Over an hour later.

Echus Cthulhu Mythos · Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:32 am

Shouldn't you be spending your creative energies on your story?!

*WHAP!!!*

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:46 am

*groooooooaaaan*

Everybody whaps me.....

ARG!

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:48 am

Absolutely fantastic!

Felonius, such a way with words.

. . . He loved cackling . . . cackles of un-calculable number . . . nothing like a good solid lurch to liven up a bit of lurking . . .

Current: Felonius +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Madcap), Entertaining +1 (little more than acorns in a sprawling forest of insanity), Continuity +1 (smooth), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus + 1 (WOTD: Distrait) TOTAL: 5

Very creative

, Brad, and an superb smooth transition.

DO YOU:

1. Turn and cackle mysteriously
2. Silently hide in the wisteria
3. Go have another good cackle with your
4. Ignore the door

Current: Brad +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Decision Tree), Entertaining +1 (door of the trailer opened.

), Continuity +1 (velvety smooth), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus + 1 (Connection to another thread) TOTAL: 5

Excellent Cho,

. . . torpedo-like bosoms were outshone only by her incredibly huge hair . . . weapons of mammarian destruction were in imminent danger . . . preverts and pee-doh-feels . . . "Oh, Mama, puh-leez" . . . wedge herself into her Bimbo-mobile. . .

Current: Cho Chiyo +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Oprah), Entertaining +1 (Shool SUX. Kurt cobane ROX. My momma is a BICH.), Continuity +1 (very), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus +0 (N/A) TOTAL: 4

Current Volleyball 2004 Overall Standing:
Brad P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 5
felonius P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 5
Cho Chiyo P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 4

Genres used: (3)

Other: Madcap, Decision Tree, Adolescent Girl's BLOG entries

Other than the fact that Cho canâ€™t follow directions well (page 82 not page 86), a tremendous start for 2005

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:41 am

I've got a doozie of a post planned, with a reminder sitting in my e-notes ... but I might not be able to get to it for a day or two.

Somebody else go in the meantime

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:22 am

I forgot to score Felonius latest from last week:

Excellent Felonius,

. . . he froze like a deer carcass in the taillights . . . but he had forgotten Doubt, Hesitationâ€™s Cold Brother . . . knocked authoritatively upon the trailer door three times . . .

Current: Felonius +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Crushing Self-Help), Entertaining +1 (THREE IS A NUMBER OF POWER), Continuity +1 (very), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus +1 (WOTD: Vituperative) TOTAL: 5

Current Volleyball 2004 Overall Standing:
felonius P: 2 O: 2 E: 2 C: 2 RB: 0 Bonus: 2 TOTAL: 10
Brad P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 5
Cho Chiyo P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 4

Genres used: (4)

Other: Madcap, Decision Tree, Adolescent Girl's BLOG entries, Crushing Self-Help

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:23 am

Jebus - gotta defend my title, and I'm already trailing in the standings

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:18 pm

Great post Cho. Didn't know our mysterious stranger actually owned a vehicle (I just assumed he was a penniless vagrant) but hey - that's the way the volleyball bounces.

So many choice openings

I'm busy though, and have to defer for a day or two ...

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:22 pm

Very good CHo,

What is amazing is that the bimbo (Mrs. Bobby Ray Mackelroyce not Cho) spelled quagmire right.

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:42 pm

Hee hee. She spelled Tribulation right too....

(Me wanted to be sure me got me bonus points!)

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:43 pm

Brad wrote:Great post Cho. Didn't know our mysterious stranger actually owned a vehicle (I just assumed he was a penniless vagrant) but hey - that's the way the volleyball bounces.

So many choice openings

I'm busy though, and have to defer for a day or two ...

It might have been a vehicle he STOLE. Hee hee.

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:48 am

The Weekly Sherlock Winner
Jan 3rd through the 9th

felonius: 10

Brad: 5
Cho Chiyo: 4

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:14 am

Grate Cho

, yoo rite sooo gud!

. . . quagmire out by Spunkmeyerâ€™s Crick . . . acktin like a hoor . . . weerd intern-net man . . I will half to halve . . .

Current: Cho +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Written Parental Excuse), Entertaining +1 (like it sez in the Bibble), Continuity +1 (smooth), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus +1 (WOTD: quagmire) TOTAL: 5

Current Volleyball 2004 Overall Standing:
felonius P: 2 O: 2 E: 2 C: 2 RB: 0 Bonus: 2 TOTAL: 10
Cho Chiyo P: 2 O: 2 E: 2 C: 2 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 9
Brad P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 1 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 5

Genres used: (5)

Other: Madcap, Decision Tree, Adolescent Girl's BLOG entries, Crushing Self-Help, Written Parental Excuse

/me hasnâ€™t seen Brad in third place in a long time

Post by **Darb** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:48 am

Rest assured that I will exact proper revenge with a forthcoming post ... as soon as I can find the time.