The Authors' Hangout National Nude Day Support Thread

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Okay all you whiners, let’s close up this thread and move the discussion over to the Summer Support Thread. We’re going to have to get going if we’re planning on hitting the numbers this one did.

The QUEEN wants growth...

And hopefully some of our Sci-Fi writers will get lost on the way ...

Gabrielle L.
President
Association of Independent Readers

 

[D_K_Moon]

Scouries, the success of the contest and of the thread had absolutely nothing to do with you. It seems to me that you were virtually ignored and panned.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Evening authors! I just got home. Congratulations to the real winners and to the Last Place Winner, too! I'm thankful that it wasn't me again, but I'm happy to pass on the award jpg for the loser's profile. Give me a shout. If I get a chance tomorrow to catch up on all the postings in this thread, I will. Looks like its been busy since I've been gone.

 

[D_K_Moon]

Evening authors! I just got home. Congratulations to the real winners and to the Last Place Winner, too! I'm thankful that it wasn't me again, but I'm happy to pass on the award jpg for the loser's profile. Give me a shout. If I get a chance tomorrow to catch up on all the postings in this thread, I will. Looks like its been busy since I've been gone.

It really was a good contest. You're back just in time to get tuned up for the next segment of the travelling road show!

 

[m_storyman_x]

I have never been a complainer or whiner...but a question..

is it my imagination, or did a lot of the nude day contest entries not really treat nude day as the theme?

I mean the winner, was to be honest, not all that sexy. Nice Sci-Fi story, but kind of flat on eroticism... How did that end up winning?

 

[littleblackdress50]

I have never been a complainer or whiner...but a question..

is it my imagination, or did a lot of the nude day contest entries not really treat nude day as the theme?

I mean the winner, was to be honest, not all that sexy. Nice Sci-Fi story, but kind of flat on eroticism... How did that end up winning?

It's all in the reader's votes.

 

[theravenfox]

Is it my imagination, or did a lot of the nude day contest entries not really treat nude day as the theme?

I enjoyed your entries quite a bit, Storyman.

Nude Day didn't have to be the theme. Nakedness, exhibitionism, voyeurism, etc was the way most entries handled it. One of my stories featured nudists and outdoor sex. The other featured just the outdoor sex.

 

[littleblackdress50]

I enjoyed your entries quite a bit, Storyman.

Nude Day didn't have to be the theme. Nakedness, exhibitionism, voyeurism, etc was the way most entries handled it. One of my stories featured nudists and outdoor sex. The other featured just the outdoor sex.

Where did I leave my train ticket and how come (or is that cum) my GPS won't find the ravenfox train station?

 

[sr71plt]

I have never been a complainer or whiner...but a question..

is it my imagination, or did a lot of the nude day contest entries not really treat nude day as the theme?

I mean the winner, was to be honest, not all that sexy. Nice Sci-Fi story, but kind of flat on eroticism... How did that end up winning?

Theme is often given short shrift in the thematic contests (making them a misnomer). Of course, an independent judge of the stories would include it as a criterion.

 

[theravenfox]

Where did I leave my train ticket and how come (or is that cum) my GPS won't find the ravenfox train station?

I think you should be looking for the New Orleans train station.

You can reach me by railway, you can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab (wo)man
I don't care how you get here, just- get here if you can

We're going to have an orgy on the Summer Lovin' thread. You have to join.

 

[oggbashan]

I have never been a complainer or whiner...but a question..

is it my imagination, or did a lot of the nude day contest entries not really treat nude day as the theme?

I mean the winner, was to be honest, not all that sexy. Nice Sci-Fi story, but kind of flat on eroticism... How did that end up winning?

It's National Nude Day. It doesn't apply to us outside the US. It's also France's Bastille Day.

The official themes (from the post that started this thread) are

themes: public nudity, exhibitionism, etc.

However, if authors push their story too far beyond what readers expect, then low votes can happen.

Og

 

[andtheend]

It's National Nude Day. It doesn't apply to us outside the US. It's also France's Bastille Day.

The official themes (from the post that started this thread) are

themes: public nudity, exhibitionism, etc.

However, if authors push their story too far beyond what readers expect, then low votes can happen.

Og

What happened to the last place trophy?

My 1984 story has a score of 3.09 and 11 votes, as of the end of the Nude Day contest.

 

[oggbashan]

What happened to the last place trophy?

My 1984 story has a score of 3.09 and 11 votes, as of the end of the Nude Day contest.

This was the best (and only) claim for the Authors' Hangout National Nude Day 2010 Last Place (tm) Contest.

By my formula: 3.09 x 11 / 25 = 1.3596 or 1.36

It would be difficult to have a score lower than that. No one else claimed lower than andtheend so...

andtheend​

is declared

WINNER ​

of the

Authors' Hangout National Nude Day 2010 Last Place (tm) Contest.​

Og

 

[littleblackdress50]

Congrats to andtheend..... for ripping the coveted last place trophy right out of my fingers... sigh I had so wanted that award!

Treat it well.

 

[mynameisben]

Congrats to andtheend..... for ripping the coveted last place trophy right out of my fingers... sigh I had so wanted that award!

Treat it well.

So, what does the highly coveted last place trophy look like, anyway? I'm thinking a gilded cow pile on a pedestal with a crossed scroll and quill pen thrust through it.

 

[oggbashan]

So, what does the highly coveted last place trophy look like, anyway? I'm thinking a gilded cow pile on a pedestal with a crossed scroll and quill pen thrust through it.

It looks like whatever the winner wants it to look like.

The traditional UK trophy for coming last is a Wooden Spoon with the nature of the momentous achievement branded into the bowl of the spoon.

But since the organisers of the renowned Authors' Hangout Last Place (tm) Contests are devoid of cash, the winner has to arrange to provide their own trophy and pay whatever cost might be involved.

So the winner can choose an appropriate trophy of their choice.

Most are content with the esteem of their fellow authors and a modest claim in their signature.

Og

 

[TxRad]

It looks like whatever the winner wants it to look like.

The traditional UK trophy for coming last is a Wooden Spoon with the nature of the momentous achievement branded into the bowl of the spoon.

But since the organisers of the renowned Authors' Hangout Last Place (tm) Contests are devoid of cash, the winner has to arrange to provide their own trophy and pay whatever cost might be involved.

So the winner can choose an appropriate trophy of their choice.

Most are content with the esteem of their fellow authors and a modest claim in their signature.

Og

Or you can go up to the artist thread and see what they can whip up for ya in the way of a trophy AV or sig button.

 

[andtheend]

It looks like whatever the winner wants it to look like.

The traditional UK trophy for coming last is a Wooden Spoon with the nature of the momentous achievement branded into the bowl of the spoon.

But since the organisers of the renowned Authors' Hangout Last Place (tm) Contests are devoid of cash, the winner has to arrange to provide their own trophy and pay whatever cost might be involved.

So the winner can choose an appropriate trophy of their choice.

Most are content with the esteem of their fellow authors and a modest claim in their signature.

Og

Two last place wins in a row. I'm on a roll.

For me, since I'm a woman, I think the last place trophy should look like a big, gold penis. What do you think? A golden penis standing tall, just like Oscar to match my ex-husband's penis that I have floating in a pickle jar.

"Oops, too much information. Sorry. Disregard that."

 

[djserani]

A golden penis standing tall, just like Oscar to match my ex-husband's penis that I have floating in a pickle jar.

My ex-husband's was so small it would have gotten lost in the smallest of the baby food jars...

 

[mynameisben]

Two last place wins in a row. I'm on a roll.

For me, since I'm a woman, I think the last place trophy should look like a big, gold penis. What do you think? A golden penis standing tall, just like Oscar to match my ex-husband's penis that I have floating in a pickle jar.

"Oops, too much information. Sorry. Disregard that."

Too late! Now I'll never be able to eat a pickle again without thinking about your ex-husband's floating bimbo bonker.

I think it would be more symbolic if the golden penis were limp rather than standing tall. Or bent. Or cracked with a vein dangling.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Congrats, Andtheend! I'll PM my trophy file to you for your sig. I'm the winner of two of these myself. Maybe we should form a club--The Two-timer Club. Funny, but I used to call my boyfriend two-timer. He was always good for a second time around. I miss him.