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Please keep chatting and off topic conversations out of the official sticky threads and put them here! Thanks. 
2011 Survivor: Off Topic & Chatting Thread
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Noira
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I would love to recruit anywhere between 2-5 people to make some chain stories to kill that category! If I can get two people, if we each start a chain that will contain two subsequent chapters, we'll all complete chain stories level one. If I can get say, four people, we can each start a chain that will go on for five chapters, and get level's one and two. The sections I feel most uncertain about pinning down are the audio stories and the chain section. I mean, I guess there's some open-ended chains anyone can jump into but I'd love to be able to make a few complete chains with some fellow Survivorians.
My first submissions to Lit are now pending.
My first submissions to Lit are now pending.
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I would love to recruit anywhere between 2-5 people to make some chain stories to kill that category! If I can get two people, if we each start a chain that will contain two subsequent chapters, we'll all complete chain stories level one. If I can get say, four people, we can each start a chain that will go on for five chapters, and get level's one and two. The sections I feel most uncertain about pinning down are the audio stories and the chain section. I mean, I guess there's some open-ended chains anyone can jump into but I'd love to be able to make a few complete chains with some fellow Survivorians.
My first submissions to Lit are now pending.
I hope you know you can only enter one story per year in any one chain. I entered into the "Lustful Lyrics" chain last year, and again this year. I would probably be willing to participate in a new chain that gets started.
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Exactly why I said I'd like to get at least two people to join up with me. Because if we each start a chain, then we have it covered.
I start Desert Nights, Joe starts A Time of Mourning and Amy starts Just Fuckbuddies? and then we each participate in each one of those chains and we've covered the first tier of chains. ^_^ Or something like that. I hate the idea of jumping into an openended chain I know nothing about too... I'd like to be able to work with a few people to make a chain story and complete it.
Anyone?
I start Desert Nights, Joe starts A Time of Mourning and Amy starts Just Fuckbuddies? and then we each participate in each one of those chains and we've covered the first tier of chains. ^_^ Or something like that. I hate the idea of jumping into an openended chain I know nothing about too... I'd like to be able to work with a few people to make a chain story and complete it.
Anyone?
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There are basically two kinds of chain stories. One is a group of authors writing stories based on something in common. Examples are "Modern Fairy Tales" and Lustful Lyrics." I have contributed to both these chains, and I might write another "Modern Fairy Tale this year.
The other kind is a single continuing story written by a succession of authors, each completing one chapter. I have never written in one of these chains, and I would be reluctant to do so. Mostly, I write stroke stories, and I would feel ill at ease about dropping one of them into the ongoing literary works of some other authors.
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Yes, I know that. I'm looking for people who want to do a continuation of chapters, or a series of connected stories in a chain, where each story is from the point of view of a different character or something. Like say, I write about Laurel. Laurel goes to her friend Amy and asks what to do about her and her husband's relationship. Amy gives advice. Sex occurs. Chain part two: Amy watches her friend's relationship change and realizes she's unsatisfied with her own sex life. She starts indulging in exhibitionism. Chain part three: The owner of a sex club needs a new dancer and has to chose between Jill, Amy... and... LAUREL?!
I just want to find some people who will co-write a short chain. I'm mostly pretty literary but I'll even do some strokey stuff if you want to make a chain. But I don't know a lot of authors here so I don't have go-to people to co-write with and I'm definitely not familiar with any of the ongoing chains as I don't read that category! So really, I'd rather start with something new.
I just want to find some people who will co-write a short chain. I'm mostly pretty literary but I'll even do some strokey stuff if you want to make a chain. But I don't know a lot of authors here so I don't have go-to people to co-write with and I'm definitely not familiar with any of the ongoing chains as I don't read that category! So really, I'd rather start with something new.
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A must read
History of the Survivor Contest
For all of those who are participating in the Survivor Contest for the first time and for all those who are regular Survivor participants, as am I, PrincessErin, God bless her, wrote an in-depth, detailed expose, a 785 word manifesto, of the history of the Survivor Contest.
An amazing literary work, it's a must read for all those competing in Survivor. Matter of fact, if you haven't already, before you even write your first Survivor story, you must read PrincessErin's History of the Survivor Contest.
Whatever you need to know is there in those 785 words. You may have to read through the lines, of course, reread the rules, do more research, ask questions, and double check facts, but it's all there.
Thank you so much PrincessErin for making the effort and taking the time to help all of us better prepare for the 2011 Survivor contest. I sincerely hope, after reading this in-depth piece that I can win the Survivor contest this year, instead of only finishing 2nd place 3 years out of four.
I shall await to read your other contest stories with great anticipation. For sure, reading all that you write in such brevity makes me a better writer. If only I could somehow get my 6,000-8,000 word stories down to a mere 785 words. Wow.
History of the Survivor Contest
For all of those who are participating in the Survivor Contest for the first time and for all those who are regular Survivor participants, as am I, PrincessErin, God bless her, wrote an in-depth, detailed expose, a 785 word manifesto, of the history of the Survivor Contest.
An amazing literary work, it's a must read for all those competing in Survivor. Matter of fact, if you haven't already, before you even write your first Survivor story, you must read PrincessErin's History of the Survivor Contest.
Whatever you need to know is there in those 785 words. You may have to read through the lines, of course, reread the rules, do more research, ask questions, and double check facts, but it's all there.
Thank you so much PrincessErin for making the effort and taking the time to help all of us better prepare for the 2011 Survivor contest. I sincerely hope, after reading this in-depth piece that I can win the Survivor contest this year, instead of only finishing 2nd place 3 years out of four.
I shall await to read your other contest stories with great anticipation. For sure, reading all that you write in such brevity makes me a better writer. If only I could somehow get my 6,000-8,000 word stories down to a mere 785 words. Wow.
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What the Hell is going on here? Look at this place. It looks like someone had a drunken party and then trashed the place as would a rock 'n roll band trash a hotel room.
There's beer bottles and empty whiskey bottles everywhere. I've never seen such a sight in the Survivor thread, that is, since last year, 'round this time.
Here it is March 3rd with an immunity lottery posting yesterday and there's not an immunity thread for March.
Not only that, three months into the contest and the scoreboard isn't updated. Further there are people who have joined who don't even have a scorecard.
For sure, as the one in charge of Survivor, I could do a better job. I'd update everyone's scorecard with their story scores weekly and would always have a fresh immunity thread in time for those to check their winning number.
Even then, the winning immunity numbers aren't posted for weeks at a time and it's up to go looking for our own winning numbers.
I ask you, what the Hell kind of contest is this?
I, Andthenend, BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, CarBuffStuff, PositiveThinker, WmForrester, and now SuperHeroRalph, hereby officially volunteer to take over the Survivor contest as moderator.
I've volunteered my help several times before, but my Literotica community service just goes ignored.
If you're too busy to moderator the contest Crim, maybe pick someone else who realizes the importance that we all share with the continued and timely updates of contest scores and immunities.
And being that it's nearly Earth Day, clean this place up and recycle all of these empty bottles and beer cans. Moreover, the pizza boxes are attracting roaches. Eww. Gross.
There's beer bottles and empty whiskey bottles everywhere. I've never seen such a sight in the Survivor thread, that is, since last year, 'round this time.
Here it is March 3rd with an immunity lottery posting yesterday and there's not an immunity thread for March.
Not only that, three months into the contest and the scoreboard isn't updated. Further there are people who have joined who don't even have a scorecard.
For sure, as the one in charge of Survivor, I could do a better job. I'd update everyone's scorecard with their story scores weekly and would always have a fresh immunity thread in time for those to check their winning number.
Even then, the winning immunity numbers aren't posted for weeks at a time and it's up to go looking for our own winning numbers.
I ask you, what the Hell kind of contest is this?
I, Andthenend, BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, CarBuffStuff, PositiveThinker, WmForrester, and now SuperHeroRalph, hereby officially volunteer to take over the Survivor contest as moderator.
I've volunteered my help several times before, but my Literotica community service just goes ignored.
If you're too busy to moderator the contest Crim, maybe pick someone else who realizes the importance that we all share with the continued and timely updates of contest scores and immunities.
And being that it's nearly Earth Day, clean this place up and recycle all of these empty bottles and beer cans. Moreover, the pizza boxes are attracting roaches. Eww. Gross.
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Just my opinion, of course, but I'm disappointed. I am. I really am. I thought, I hoped, this year's Survivor's Contest would be different.
Last year, it seemed there was a lack of interest from both the contestants and from the moderator. Now, this year has just started and the lack of interest is not from the contestants, but from the moderator.
I don't understand. If you're going to have a contest, Crimson, make it so that it's a contest. At least make the effort.
We're all writers, including the moderator. We write for free. For free, we spend hours, days, and weeks to craft a story. For free, we sit in front of our computers creating stories, characters, lines of dialogues, and plots. We all hope to win a few dollars in the only contest on Literotica that is somewhat fair. Yes, there are still those favored writers who get away with writing anything and posting it anywhere, but that's not what this post is about.
This post is about this Survivor's Contest not having an immunity thread posted for March, when it's already March 5th, past one immunity and heading for another that still is not publically announced. The same thing happened last year, two and three weeks went by without a new immunity thread being posted.
I couldn't help but notice that some of the writers, who write here for free, have wanted to join since early February and have been patiently waiting for a Survivor scorecard and are still waiting.
It still bothers me that people don't have to post to their scorecards until after the contest is over. What is that about? It bothers me that the Survivor scoreboard is only updated three times a year. What is that about? If I was moderating the contest, I'd update it weekly.
"What's the score?"
"I dunno, the game is not over, yet."
This may be the only game, the only contest that the score is not constantly announced so that other players know what they need to win.
I hate the fact that the same one writer, PrincessErin, under the guise of the rules that are different for some and not the same for all, is allowed to write nonsensical 750 word stories to score a point in Survivor. Why bother? Does she need the money that badly for her to miss the point and the passion of writing a good story for the sake of writing a good story, instead of earning one Survivor point. I don't recall her ever writing a story with a beginning, a middle, an end, with dialogue, plot, tension, and sex? Why is she here, other than Survivor?
In the Mafia, we have a saying that the fish rots from the head. That applies here. If the moderator is not taking the lead and is not showing any interest in running and moderating this contest, then there is no contest. Game over. Go home. There's nothing to see here.
Now, I've volunteered my time for the past few years to moderate this contest and I've been ignored. If you don't have the time, if you no longer have the interest and joy of moderating this contest, Crimson, then step down and allow someone else, who is as excited as the writers that participate in the contest moderate the contest.
It's just my opinion, but it's sad that such an exciting contest is not as exciting as it should and could be.
Last year, it seemed there was a lack of interest from both the contestants and from the moderator. Now, this year has just started and the lack of interest is not from the contestants, but from the moderator.
I don't understand. If you're going to have a contest, Crimson, make it so that it's a contest. At least make the effort.
We're all writers, including the moderator. We write for free. For free, we spend hours, days, and weeks to craft a story. For free, we sit in front of our computers creating stories, characters, lines of dialogues, and plots. We all hope to win a few dollars in the only contest on Literotica that is somewhat fair. Yes, there are still those favored writers who get away with writing anything and posting it anywhere, but that's not what this post is about.
This post is about this Survivor's Contest not having an immunity thread posted for March, when it's already March 5th, past one immunity and heading for another that still is not publically announced. The same thing happened last year, two and three weeks went by without a new immunity thread being posted.
I couldn't help but notice that some of the writers, who write here for free, have wanted to join since early February and have been patiently waiting for a Survivor scorecard and are still waiting.
It still bothers me that people don't have to post to their scorecards until after the contest is over. What is that about? It bothers me that the Survivor scoreboard is only updated three times a year. What is that about? If I was moderating the contest, I'd update it weekly.
"What's the score?"
"I dunno, the game is not over, yet."
This may be the only game, the only contest that the score is not constantly announced so that other players know what they need to win.
I hate the fact that the same one writer, PrincessErin, under the guise of the rules that are different for some and not the same for all, is allowed to write nonsensical 750 word stories to score a point in Survivor. Why bother? Does she need the money that badly for her to miss the point and the passion of writing a good story for the sake of writing a good story, instead of earning one Survivor point. I don't recall her ever writing a story with a beginning, a middle, an end, with dialogue, plot, tension, and sex? Why is she here, other than Survivor?
In the Mafia, we have a saying that the fish rots from the head. That applies here. If the moderator is not taking the lead and is not showing any interest in running and moderating this contest, then there is no contest. Game over. Go home. There's nothing to see here.
Now, I've volunteered my time for the past few years to moderate this contest and I've been ignored. If you don't have the time, if you no longer have the interest and joy of moderating this contest, Crimson, then step down and allow someone else, who is as excited as the writers that participate in the contest moderate the contest.
It's just my opinion, but it's sad that such an exciting contest is not as exciting as it should and could be.
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I do sorta agree with Ralph. I would've liked to see the scorechart updated, and a March immunity thread, and I dunno... more enticement for competition. I thrive on competition, and not being able to see the numbers...
Sure, Ralphy might be at the top, but there's others on the docket that are also crazed writers, I'm sure. Like me.
It does seem that Survivor is currently very user-driven. But, you know, we don't need the mod thread to keep up an unofficial scoreboard. We just really need our mod to update the immunities and post the new scoreboards for the newbies.
So.
For the record...
THE UNOFFICIAL SCOREBOARD OF SURVIVOR.
Here. If you've updated your scorecard, indicating interest in Survivor, I have tallied your points.
We presently have nine people with posted scores, and a handful more with 0 points who have posted their scoreboards.
I have not counted the people who have not taken the time to update their scoreboard even with just the basic sheet. If it's all right with the mods, I can post the unofficial scoreboard in the scoreboard thread and keep it updated so we have something to go by.
EDIT: Also, if anyone is interested, I can make signature graphics to indicate SURVIVOR PARTICIPANT. Having little badges would spread the Survivor love throughout the site.
Sure, Ralphy might be at the top, but there's others on the docket that are also crazed writers, I'm sure. Like me.
It does seem that Survivor is currently very user-driven. But, you know, we don't need the mod thread to keep up an unofficial scoreboard. We just really need our mod to update the immunities and post the new scoreboards for the newbies.
So.
For the record...
THE UNOFFICIAL SCOREBOARD OF SURVIVOR.
Here. If you've updated your scorecard, indicating interest in Survivor, I have tallied your points.
We presently have nine people with posted scores, and a handful more with 0 points who have posted their scoreboards.
I have not counted the people who have not taken the time to update their scoreboard even with just the basic sheet. If it's all right with the mods, I can post the unofficial scoreboard in the scoreboard thread and keep it updated so we have something to go by.
EDIT: Also, if anyone is interested, I can make signature graphics to indicate SURVIVOR PARTICIPANT. Having little badges would spread the Survivor love throughout the site.
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Well, you know what to do! Get your candles, some massage oil, and a willing body... I can tell you haven't written much, though, because your scorechart is zeroed out! Sometimes you have to suck it up and initiate the chatting, you know. But hey, I'm here, you're here... I've written a lot more than I've posted, actually. I'm currently 1900 words into a horror story called Nightside, which is a dreamworld red light district...
And I'm also a ways into some story which I can't even figure out what sort of sexy genre it'll be... two people read the zodiac and discover chaos in their perfectly orderly world and then eventually get thrown out for it.
As well as the writing fetish story I started in a post-apo world... slightly fetish fodder... the governent has BANNED ALL WRITING!
Then I have a small handful of other starts... a wife discovers her husband's porn, a poem that I was thinking about making audio, a non-con sci-fi, some sci-fi BDSM... I just need to sit down and write away and finish some. I think Nightside will be my next submission. I have one up for approval right now... satire BDSM... Pink is the New Black. It is very fluffy.
Would you want Survivor participant badges, Erin?
I can tell you haven't written much, though, because your scorechart is zeroed out! Sometimes you have to suck it up and initiate the chatting, you know. But hey, I'm here, you're here... I've written a lot more than I've posted, actually. I'm currently 1900 words into a horror story called Nightside, which is a dreamworld red light district...And I'm also a ways into some story which I can't even figure out what sort of sexy genre it'll be... two people read the zodiac and discover chaos in their perfectly orderly world and then eventually get thrown out for it.
As well as the writing fetish story I started in a post-apo world... slightly fetish fodder... the governent has BANNED ALL WRITING!
Then I have a small handful of other starts... a wife discovers her husband's porn, a poem that I was thinking about making audio, a non-con sci-fi, some sci-fi BDSM... I just need to sit down and write away and finish some. I think Nightside will be my next submission. I have one up for approval right now... satire BDSM... Pink is the New Black.
It is very fluffy.Would you want Survivor participant badges, Erin?
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Well, you know what to do! Get your candles, some massage oil, and a willing body...
And I'm also a ways into some story which I can't even figure out what sort of sexy genre it'll be... two people read the zodiac and discover chaos in their perfectly orderly world and then eventually get thrown out for it.
As well as the writing fetish story I started in a post-apo world... slightly fetish fodder... the governent has BANNED ALL WRITING!
Then I have a small handful of other starts... a wife discovers her husband's porn, a poem that I was thinking about making audio, a non-con sci-fi, some sci-fi BDSM... I just need to sit down and write away and finish some. I think Nightside will be my next submission. I have one up for approval right now... satire BDSM... Pink is the New Black.
Would you want Survivor participant badges, Erin?
I suppose you're addressing everybody in the contest, not just Erin. I don't know what kind of badge yu have in mind. Would that be something to include with an AV, or something to go in a sig line? I wouldn't mind having some kind of identifying emblem, but I'm not going to pine away for lack of it.
I think most people work on multiple stories at a time. I have about thirty going on, and I an having a hard time finishing them. I get plot bunnies and put something down on my HD and it sometimes sits there for years.
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Yes, I was addressing that to everyone. I mentioned it in my generic post that wasn't replying to Erin too, I was also just specifically asking Erin there.
Oh, I just mean a little tag to go in the signature. Y'know, something maybe 20 pixels high... something little. Something to link to your scorecard if you want. I may have snuck it into my signature. If you want the image, here is the code. You'll have to add the image tags yourself or host it on Lit's sig uploader, because for some reason hotlinking isn't working here. (Even though it's hosted on my site. D: )
Thanks for the compliment on my writing, Erin! My Earth Day story... will be epic. Steampunk BDSM is the plan.
Oh, I just mean a little tag to go in the signature. Y'know, something maybe 20 pixels high... something little. Something to link to your scorecard if you want. I may have snuck it into my signature. If you want the image, here is the code. You'll have to add the image tags yourself or host it on Lit's sig uploader, because for some reason hotlinking isn't working here. (Even though it's hosted on my site. D: )
Code:
http://betweenplaces.spiderforest.com/images/extras/litsurvivor.jpgThanks for the compliment on my writing, Erin! My Earth Day story... will be epic. Steampunk BDSM is the plan.
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Well, now I feel bad. I had no idea that this was going on behind the scenes, I didn't even know there was such rivalry between Igor of Voyeur Web and Laurel of Literotica. Who knew? I surely didn't.
I don't know why they sent it to me, maybe because I finished 2nd place in the Survivor Contest in 2007 as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, in 2008 as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, and in 2010 as AndTheEnd. I dunno.
Actually, now that I think about it, I used to write for My Story Board on Voyeur Web back in 2005 and 2006. Maybe because of my connection back then, Igor felt that he could trust me.
Anyway, I'm in receipt of a ransom note from Igor of Voyeur Web. They've kidnapped Crimsom Maiden and are holding her for Ransom.
I know, I'm as shocked as everyone else. She's a nice woman, that is, from what I've seen of her backside. Oh, and she has hot lingerie. My mother always taught me to speak well of others.
Fortunately for me, I'm not included in their ransom note, thank God. I'm so glad I'm just an uninspired hack. Honestly, I'm not one to give in to terrorists, but in this case, since it's our beloved Crimson Maiden, we should give Igor and Voyeur Web whatever they want.
Allow me to read you the ransom note.
"We have Crimson Maiden. We are holding her hostage. Unless you meet with our demands, you'll never see her again and the Survivor Contest will be over for good."
Wow. I've read this ransom note a dozen times and I still can't believe what I'm reading. I don't want the Survivor Contest to end. Do you?
"Unless you give us your very best writers, writers who will only write for us and will never write for Literotica again, we will not release Crimson Maiden."
Gees. This is unbelievable, isn't it? Then, they list the writers they want. Now, personally, I can see why they'd want these writers, kind of, not really, not at all, but I think we should meet their demands and give them these writers. They've listed the writers in alphabetically order. Either Igor must be another English major or he once worked for the Post Office.
Below is the list of writers that appears on Igor's ransom note.
"Bakeboss, Boxlicker, PrincessErin, Sr71plt, Scouries (thank God), and TxRad."
Now, in all honesty, I didn't know that the above listed six writers were Literotica's best writers, but I say we give them these writers, get Crimson Maiden back, restart the Survivor Contest and in 4 or 5 years or never, we negotiate to get these writers back in the fold. Just my opinion, I think we're getting out of this cheap.
What do you think?
Be strong Crimson. We're going to pay the ransom and get you back. We'll get you out of there, wherever you are.
I don't know why they sent it to me, maybe because I finished 2nd place in the Survivor Contest in 2007 as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, in 2008 as BOSTONFICTIONWRITER, and in 2010 as AndTheEnd. I dunno.
Actually, now that I think about it, I used to write for My Story Board on Voyeur Web back in 2005 and 2006. Maybe because of my connection back then, Igor felt that he could trust me.
Anyway, I'm in receipt of a ransom note from Igor of Voyeur Web. They've kidnapped Crimsom Maiden and are holding her for Ransom.
I know, I'm as shocked as everyone else. She's a nice woman, that is, from what I've seen of her backside. Oh, and she has hot lingerie. My mother always taught me to speak well of others.
Fortunately for me, I'm not included in their ransom note, thank God. I'm so glad I'm just an uninspired hack. Honestly, I'm not one to give in to terrorists, but in this case, since it's our beloved Crimson Maiden, we should give Igor and Voyeur Web whatever they want.
Allow me to read you the ransom note.
"We have Crimson Maiden. We are holding her hostage. Unless you meet with our demands, you'll never see her again and the Survivor Contest will be over for good."
Wow. I've read this ransom note a dozen times and I still can't believe what I'm reading. I don't want the Survivor Contest to end. Do you?
"Unless you give us your very best writers, writers who will only write for us and will never write for Literotica again, we will not release Crimson Maiden."
Gees. This is unbelievable, isn't it? Then, they list the writers they want. Now, personally, I can see why they'd want these writers, kind of, not really, not at all, but I think we should meet their demands and give them these writers. They've listed the writers in alphabetically order. Either Igor must be another English major or he once worked for the Post Office.
Below is the list of writers that appears on Igor's ransom note.
"Bakeboss, Boxlicker, PrincessErin, Sr71plt, Scouries (thank God), and TxRad."
Now, in all honesty, I didn't know that the above listed six writers were Literotica's best writers, but I say we give them these writers, get Crimson Maiden back, restart the Survivor Contest and in 4 or 5 years or never, we negotiate to get these writers back in the fold. Just my opinion, I think we're getting out of this cheap.
What do you think?
Be strong Crimson. We're going to pay the ransom and get you back. We'll get you out of there, wherever you are.
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Maybe it's just me
I dunno, maybe it's just me but...
I can't help but feel that I'm standing in the crowd waiting for a parade to march by me and no one comes.
I can't help but feel I'm there on the 4th of July waiting to see the fireworks, but it rains.
I can't help but feel that I've arranged to meet a person of interest I met on line but now am unsure if the person wrote to meet at Henry Street, Henry Avenue, or Henry Road. Now what?
The limousine scheduled to pick me up for my prom never showed.
The chocolates that I was saving to have later went bad, along with the champagne that went flat with not so much as a fizz, when I popped the cork, and the roses never bloomed.
When I went out to my driveway, I had a flat tire. Then, I locked my keys in the car and couldn't get in the house, and didn't even have my cell phone on me.
Coming home from work, my house had been burglarized.
My dog that I let out in the backyard to pee escaped through a hole in the fence and was gone, but where?
I had a sinking feeling all day that I forgot to turn off the burner on my stove and my house burned down.
The vacation I was so excited about, had saved so long for, and was waiting to take aboard the pleasure yacht left without me.
The Survivor Contest that I felt such excitement and that inspired me to write stories in nearly every category is a bust, when even the moderator doesn't show up to post an immunity thread, update the scoreboard, and to give new participants their scorecard.
Why are we all gathered here, if not to participate in the Survivor Contest?
It's kind of like that...
I dunno, maybe it's just me but...
I can't help but feel that I'm standing in the crowd waiting for a parade to march by me and no one comes.
I can't help but feel I'm there on the 4th of July waiting to see the fireworks, but it rains.
I can't help but feel that I've arranged to meet a person of interest I met on line but now am unsure if the person wrote to meet at Henry Street, Henry Avenue, or Henry Road. Now what?
The limousine scheduled to pick me up for my prom never showed.
The chocolates that I was saving to have later went bad, along with the champagne that went flat with not so much as a fizz, when I popped the cork, and the roses never bloomed.
When I went out to my driveway, I had a flat tire. Then, I locked my keys in the car and couldn't get in the house, and didn't even have my cell phone on me.
Coming home from work, my house had been burglarized.
My dog that I let out in the backyard to pee escaped through a hole in the fence and was gone, but where?
I had a sinking feeling all day that I forgot to turn off the burner on my stove and my house burned down.
The vacation I was so excited about, had saved so long for, and was waiting to take aboard the pleasure yacht left without me.
The Survivor Contest that I felt such excitement and that inspired me to write stories in nearly every category is a bust, when even the moderator doesn't show up to post an immunity thread, update the scoreboard, and to give new participants their scorecard.
Why are we all gathered here, if not to participate in the Survivor Contest?
It's kind of like that...
SuperHeroRalph
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Alas...
Alas, is this the end of the Survivor Contest as we know it? It's a slow and agonizing death.
I've had some disppointments in my life, as has everyone else, of course. Yet, the end of the Survivor Contest brings all of that back to me, as if he all happened yesterday.
I remembered when my Dad told me there was no Santa Claus. Of course I didn't believe him and asked my Mom but she confirmed. I figured he was in a horrible sleigh accident and died enroute to my house, only he never existed, just as this contest never existed.
In all honesty, they could have waited to tell me there was no Santa Claus, until next year, my 18th birthday. I would have handled it better.
"Wow."
That was just too much, after finding out the truth about the Easter Bunny. My entire childhood was a lie, just as was this contest. I had no idea if I should even believe them, when they told me where babies came from.
"No way! You're lying. Get outta here."
Then, my dog, Buster, died. Talk about heartache.
Isn't that all so much like not having a Survivor Contest, after they wrote we'd have one?
I remember being with a woman that I really liked, probably loved actually, and everything was working out well, that is, until she told me that she didnt' do oral sex.
"What? Seriously? Every woman gives blowjobs."
I wonder whatever happened to her.
Then, I met a woman who gave blowjobs but didn't allow me to cum in her mouth.
"What? Seriously? Ever woman allows a man to cum in her mouth."
I wonder whatever happened to her.
It's easy for me to draw the parallels of those life incidences with the end of the Survivor Contest.
It's sort of like finally getting a balloon and having someone pop it. You buy another one, but it flies away, before you can grab it, after losing your ice cream cone and wondering if anyone saw it fall, so that you can still pick it off the ground...and lick it.
"Wow."
...and then, she told me she didn't love me, never loved me.
"Seriously?"
"I want to thank you for making me the woman that I am today," she said.
"You're welcome, I think," I said. "By the way, what kind of woman are you?"
"I'm a lesbian."
"I turned you into a lesbian?"
"Yes, but not all the credit is yours. I still like cock."
"So long as it's not my cock?"
"Yes."
See? It's kind of like this Survivor Contest.
It's like getting that new car, after waiting 8 weeks from the time you ordered it and it doesn't start.
"Are you kidding me? Warranty? I don't give a shit about the warranty. Obviously, the car is a lemon. I want another one, a brand new one."
Only, it's not the same. The excitement is gone. It's ruined. It's all ruined. Up one minute, down the next, and then weeks later, when there's no one there to moderate the Survivor Contest, you feel so foolish writing all of those stories.
What did I do that for? As it is, I'm writing for free and there's no one here to receive my stories. This really sucks.
"Hello? Is there anyone here? I just posted my stories and a couple of poems. Hello? Where'd everyone go? This is Literotica, isn't it? This is the Survivor thread, isn't it? Where's all the confetti? Where's all the balloons. There's not even a sign that reads, 2011 Survivor Contest. Can someone please turn on a light, so that I don't trip over these empty beer cans and bottles?"
Alas, is this the end of the Survivor Contest as we know it? It's a slow and agonizing death.
I've had some disppointments in my life, as has everyone else, of course. Yet, the end of the Survivor Contest brings all of that back to me, as if he all happened yesterday.
I remembered when my Dad told me there was no Santa Claus. Of course I didn't believe him and asked my Mom but she confirmed. I figured he was in a horrible sleigh accident and died enroute to my house, only he never existed, just as this contest never existed.
In all honesty, they could have waited to tell me there was no Santa Claus, until next year, my 18th birthday. I would have handled it better.
"Wow."
That was just too much, after finding out the truth about the Easter Bunny. My entire childhood was a lie, just as was this contest. I had no idea if I should even believe them, when they told me where babies came from.
"No way! You're lying. Get outta here."
Then, my dog, Buster, died. Talk about heartache.
Isn't that all so much like not having a Survivor Contest, after they wrote we'd have one?
I remember being with a woman that I really liked, probably loved actually, and everything was working out well, that is, until she told me that she didnt' do oral sex.
"What? Seriously? Every woman gives blowjobs."
I wonder whatever happened to her.
Then, I met a woman who gave blowjobs but didn't allow me to cum in her mouth.
"What? Seriously? Ever woman allows a man to cum in her mouth."
I wonder whatever happened to her.
It's easy for me to draw the parallels of those life incidences with the end of the Survivor Contest.
It's sort of like finally getting a balloon and having someone pop it. You buy another one, but it flies away, before you can grab it, after losing your ice cream cone and wondering if anyone saw it fall, so that you can still pick it off the ground...and lick it.
"Wow."
...and then, she told me she didn't love me, never loved me.
"Seriously?"
"I want to thank you for making me the woman that I am today," she said.
"You're welcome, I think," I said. "By the way, what kind of woman are you?"
"I'm a lesbian."
"I turned you into a lesbian?"
"Yes, but not all the credit is yours. I still like cock."
"So long as it's not my cock?"
"Yes."
See? It's kind of like this Survivor Contest.
It's like getting that new car, after waiting 8 weeks from the time you ordered it and it doesn't start.
"Are you kidding me? Warranty? I don't give a shit about the warranty. Obviously, the car is a lemon. I want another one, a brand new one."
Only, it's not the same. The excitement is gone. It's ruined. It's all ruined. Up one minute, down the next, and then weeks later, when there's no one there to moderate the Survivor Contest, you feel so foolish writing all of those stories.
What did I do that for? As it is, I'm writing for free and there's no one here to receive my stories. This really sucks.
"Hello? Is there anyone here? I just posted my stories and a couple of poems. Hello? Where'd everyone go? This is Literotica, isn't it? This is the Survivor thread, isn't it? Where's all the confetti? Where's all the balloons. There's not even a sign that reads, 2011 Survivor Contest. Can someone please turn on a light, so that I don't trip over these empty beer cans and bottles?"
YoursSINSerely
Still East of the River
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You're talking about me, again, Freddie. Gawd! Is nothing sacred with you?
Is the contest really over? Not going to happen? Kaput? I haven't even posted my first story.
Gawd! Is nothing sacred with you?Is the contest really over? Not going to happen? Kaput? I haven't even posted my first story.
Noira
Literotica Guru
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(points down at signature)
There's your sign!
It's all yours if you want to use it.(erects VOTE FOR ME signs) Give me Survivor mod powers and the list will be updated; the scorecard kept decently up to date, the beer bottles cleaned up and the immunities posted!
Yeah, I get that it's frustrating to you but half the point of such a contest is personal satisfaction at beating challenges for yourself. Maybe you need to add a degree of challenge besides 'writing tons of words in short story form'... for me, every year, I add something new to NaNoWriMo. Year one, I did the 50k challenge, the next year I aimed for 100k (between two stories), the next year a finished story (failed) and 100k (won), the next year the same... and I beat that challenge for myself. If you can't attain personal satisfaction from what you're writing and from knowing you're creating so many stories for people to garner enjoyment from... then you need to add another level of challenge. I feed off of competition too and I would LOVE to see more mod involvement, maybe some mini-challenges throughout the year... but for me the challenge of every category is still sufficiently challenging to hold my interest. It's clearly not for you (why would it? You've beat it so many times!) so I encourage you to work on challenging yourself as a writer... so that even if Survivor isn't hitting the wank buttons all the right way, something you're writing is.
And that goes for everyone.
What will it take for us, with no moderator, to pump some excitement into the place? Mini-challenges, anyone? I'm up for it!
SuperHeroRalph
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I think you misjudge my humor for seriousness, Noira.
Challenge myself as a writer? I don't think there's a writer here who not only writes more words, and more stories but also who is more creative than me.
I've been writing in every category for years. If writing was about winning contests, especially here, I would have given up years ago. Winning contests is not why I write. I write because I must write. Writing is my passion, as it is with many of those who write stories here.
Many of my stories, too many of my stories were better than the stories that won many of the theme and monthly contests. Yet, the story has little to do with winning a contest here. The most popular writer generally wins the contest.
I challenged myself when I wrote all the above posts. I thought they were all pretty damn funny and creatively clever.
I dunno, maybe because I'm from Boston and those not from the Northeast don't get my humor. I'm a pretty funny guy. I've lost count how many women I've made pee themselves.
Nonetheless, the Survivor contest is more fun and more challenging when there's an electricity and an excitement that there was in previous years, before they changed the rules. I think it was better when we were allowed to write up to 10 stories in each category. I don't like the contest the way it is now, so layered, and judging by the lack of participation now as opposed to before, I'd say that the players don't like it either.
I've made my suggestions, but they were all not taken well. Still, I play the game, and write my stories. To me, it's all about the story. To me, it's growing as a better writer every year and when I compare the stories that I write now to those that I wrote in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, maybe because I'm so disciplined and write every day for a minimum of six hours a day, I develop every year.
Now, for the first time, when I get a thought, I'm able to write a complete story within an hour or two. Then, over the next several weeks, I'll go over and over that story, along with dozens of others that I've created in the same way. I never work on less than a dozen stories at a time. I had 30 stories for the Valentine's contest. That was a little crazy trying to get my head back in the story, but I did and I wrote some amazing stories for that contest. I thought my Yellow Rose and the Angel of Mercy stories were the best of the bunch, better than some that placed in the contest. No matter.
I can't wait for next year. I figure, in 40 years, by the time I'm 80-years-old, I'll be a wicked good writer.
I just appreciate having a place to post what I write.
Challenge myself as a writer? I don't think there's a writer here who not only writes more words, and more stories but also who is more creative than me.
I've been writing in every category for years. If writing was about winning contests, especially here, I would have given up years ago. Winning contests is not why I write. I write because I must write. Writing is my passion, as it is with many of those who write stories here.
Many of my stories, too many of my stories were better than the stories that won many of the theme and monthly contests. Yet, the story has little to do with winning a contest here. The most popular writer generally wins the contest.
I challenged myself when I wrote all the above posts. I thought they were all pretty damn funny and creatively clever.
I dunno, maybe because I'm from Boston and those not from the Northeast don't get my humor. I'm a pretty funny guy. I've lost count how many women I've made pee themselves.
Nonetheless, the Survivor contest is more fun and more challenging when there's an electricity and an excitement that there was in previous years, before they changed the rules. I think it was better when we were allowed to write up to 10 stories in each category. I don't like the contest the way it is now, so layered, and judging by the lack of participation now as opposed to before, I'd say that the players don't like it either.
I've made my suggestions, but they were all not taken well. Still, I play the game, and write my stories. To me, it's all about the story. To me, it's growing as a better writer every year and when I compare the stories that I write now to those that I wrote in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, maybe because I'm so disciplined and write every day for a minimum of six hours a day, I develop every year.
Now, for the first time, when I get a thought, I'm able to write a complete story within an hour or two. Then, over the next several weeks, I'll go over and over that story, along with dozens of others that I've created in the same way. I never work on less than a dozen stories at a time. I had 30 stories for the Valentine's contest. That was a little crazy trying to get my head back in the story, but I did and I wrote some amazing stories for that contest. I thought my Yellow Rose and the Angel of Mercy stories were the best of the bunch, better than some that placed in the contest. No matter.
I can't wait for next year. I figure, in 40 years, by the time I'm 80-years-old, I'll be a wicked good writer.
I just appreciate having a place to post what I write.
Boxlicker101
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There has never been a ten story limit. There did used to be a ten poem limit on each of the four poetry categories, but not on stories. There used to be a bonus of five points upon reaching ten in any category, but ten did not otherwise mean much about stories.
Some people used to pile up the stories in a single category, or a few categories, maybe sixty or more. This was actually contrary to the idea of the contest, which is to encourage versatility, so the cap idea is beneficial there.
I have never written an illustrated story, but I have written in every other category, including illustrated poems. In 2003 and 2010, I did not fill all categories, but I did so in every year in between, sometimes using immunities.
I also write here because I like to write dirty stories, but I also want to try to make a few bucks at it. I don't know if I have written more words than you or not. I know you have written more stories under your various names, but I have written a lot also, and I believe mine tend to be longer, so the total words might be more. I'm not curious enough to take the time and effort to find out for sure.
