J The Ripper
FWrestling's Reckoning
Walter and I were setting things up, still working on it, it just seemed pointless to have our hype go back and forth here after we both were knocked out. That's all for our part as far as I know.
I think you people are too busy kissing eachother's asses to see the blatant issues at work here.
Speaking strictly for myself, a lot of the personal hype I felt, deflated when Zero won. It's sort of continued with my two victories(Although, I would like to thank Voss for his outstanding judges notes).
I'm going to rail on this for a moment here. Zero should never have won. His hype rp's and what he's putting together for the tournament are completely interchangeable. He kills the feel, and honestly letting him continue to put out his poorly written vague lifetime styled melodrama is doing more harm than good.
It's not a matter of narrative .v promo, the promo should be the narrative, we were given a fine fine example of this between Jeff Andrews and The Vossman. What Zero's handler is doing is nothing related to anything, he can't even provide a decent context for why anyone should give a **** about his writing. I feel like his and Eastwood roleplay battles between their respective foes are again interchangeable.
Can you tell me the honest difference between what is being written for the Zero character and what Jack Eastwood did?
The difference is Eastwood used a racial slur in his roleplay. Which frankly showed a lot more balls than a tepid, bland character piece by a middle tier story teller. Boogie Smalls, and Blaine Hollywood both took a very old school approach, and they both succeeded where their bloated counterparts failed.
If ANYONE else had posted the Zero material with a different name and no mildly prominent fedding background, he's out first round, no one cares. You actually got to see this when Jack Eastwood was rightfully bounced for writing an atrocious drug deal story that resonated emptily with the judges, Slap Zero's name on it, and he moves on, slap the Eastwood character in the Zero' roleplays and the situation is reversed.
The fact that this one horrendously bad writer is more or less moving on, on name value alone(and a no-show now) makes this tournament feel booked. Which if this were the case, I would be 100% fine with. But I was under the impression this was a make it on your own steam styled thing.
I'm just starting to feel non-plussed on the whole thing, this started it. and Now honestly, I'm feeling more and more like I'm filling a slot until I come against a big name.
It's been made pretty clear, I'm going to lose to Orphan(and baring him no-showing), I'll go down to Strife. Of course this is assuming that I get past Hopper(who I do like, and have gabbed about food with on AIM several times.). Now again, these guys have rightfully earned their spots. I respect the cache that comes with being solid/goood for a number of years consistently. But lets be honest. even if I wrote the best work of my life against those three dudes, and they wrote the consistent good work they have done for as long as I've been reading. I'm getting 5-5 maybe 4-6 in their favor.
I don't feel like this tournament is winnable, unless one of the big remaining names makes some stupid stupid mistake. The podcasts more or less have backed this up. the judging has supported this. There are a lot of handlers in this I would love to work with past/present/future. Maybe I get lucky and these three pull a Dan Ryan type thing(again <3 to Dan, I also had Cobra-la pegged for a single rp) But I don't see it.
Personally, I'm playing a middle card character, I enjoy it, it gives me the kind of juice I enjoy, and the freedom to post wacky roleplays. I just wished I hadn't blown four pretty solid ones on this instead.
The Zero win got people talking which is great. Since then I think we've seen a dialed down Billy which is a shame. I don't always agree but its fun to see him giving his pulse on the tournament.
Oh God, we're still on the Zero thing. How sad.
Calling Andy a bad writer is laughable. Whether what he's doing (or others) should win is a credible point. I got a little off center with Melton last round and realized I could have easily left the tournament.
This is really the first time since the Tournament started where there's been a lull. No rp, or results to stir discussion. Outside of the "Zero stole my reason for living" insanity, the UT has been a shot of life into the community. The Zero win got people talking which is great. Since then I think we've seen a dialed down Billy which is a shame. I don't always agree but its fun to see him giving his pulse on the tournament.
We just saw probably the greatest rp battle of the tournament IMO in Anarky/Silver.
Some of the no shows hurt, but by and large I've been impressed with the turnout.
I guess I don't understand the "I probably can't win this tournament so I'm gonna take the piss out of it and move on" line of thinking. Who gives a ****. If you're still in have some fun and try to crank out some of your best writing. If you lose, you lose. Part of the fun is introducing your characters to handlers who may not know your work. I wouldn't dare bet on who is gonna win this tournament. But hopefully as this goes on we'll see some great threads.
I'm curious, as I'm one of the regular runners of the podcast. I've made mention of grammar errors before but it was never a deciding factor between one character moving on and another going down in defeat. When I say I decided on someone's "prose" being better, I mean their choice of words and their message, not necessarily whether it was grammatically accurate.
When I mention something on the radio as a grammar issue, it's more of a reminder for us to check our own work. Yet pot-kettle-black on me with that one I'm sure. I only mention grammar to help people become better technical writers. That way their creative side can truly shine through without the reader stopping mid-stream and going, "What? Oh, that's what he means."
I would gladly have you on a podcast. Private message me if you'd like. We'll set something up.
That ultimately goes out to just about anyone who has a strong opinion. I've always considered Efed Guerilla's open season for participation until you piss me(or another co-host) off. And it takes a nuclear bomb to piss me off.
I, too, find it unreasonable that Chad refuses to personally make everyone's wishes come true. The fact that he doesn't approach each and every person in the Ultratitle Tournament with the question of, "Enough of kissing my ass, how do you prefer to have yours kissed?" makes me wish I had packed more Zoloft or, at the very least, a little bit more lube. And I'm not even in this thing, so I can only imagine how the rest of you can manage to get out of bed every morning knowing that life is this ******* unfair.
My heart goes out to you guys. What's left of it anyway, since this tournament has shattered it to a million tiny pieces that may never fit back together again. In closing, Zero's winning has completely wreaked havoc on my menstrual cycle ... it's been a heavy flow for a while now.
I, too, find it unreasonable that Chad refuses to personally make everyone's wishes come true. The fact that he doesn't approach each and every person in the Ultratitle Tournament with the question of, "Enough of kissing my ass, how do you prefer to have yours kissed?" makes me wish I had packed more Zoloft or, at the very least, a little bit more lube. And I'm not even in this thing, so I can only imagine how the rest of you can manage to get out of bed every morning knowing that life is this ******* unfair.
My heart goes out to you guys. What's left of it anyway, since this tournament has shattered it to a million tiny pieces that may never fit back together again. In closing, Zero's winning has completely wreaked havoc on my menstrual cycle ... it's been a heavy flow for a while now.
I, too, find it unreasonable that Chad refuses to personally make everyone's wishes come true. The fact that he doesn't approach each and every person in the Ultratitle Tournament with the question of, "Enough of kissing my ass, how do you prefer to have yours kissed?" makes me wish I had packed more Zoloft or, at the very least, a little bit more lube. And I'm not even in this thing, so I can only imagine how the rest of you can manage to get out of bed every morning knowing that life is this ******* unfair.
My heart goes out to you guys. What's left of it anyway, since this tournament has shattered it to a million tiny pieces that may never fit back together again. In closing, Zero's winning has completely wreaked havoc on my menstrual cycle ... it's been a heavy flow for a while now.
And thus
Wow, after Memorial Day weekend ends, the drama begins.
Makes me wonder if everyone's barbecues were spoiled by rain or something.