09-01-2003 06:23									#1
	Story Contest Round 15: Nominations Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Please feel free to nominate away!

Remember you CAN nominate or second your own story.
But it MUST be finished. (we are working on developing that rule, however, so hold tight- further details on that rule will be shown later in the thread)

*Remember the reward is a discount at the Apolyton Store!

*Stories which are seconded will be bolded; and a story must be seconded to move into the Semifinals.

So- Let the Stories begin!

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The Spearman by Cingis Kahn
"Postmortem 2000 Years" by vovansim
The Salina Gambit by Samuel Johnson
""A Cradle of Thorns" by Lazarus and the Gimp
Crossing the Rubicon by Civ3King
Illusions of Victory: Dangerous Games V by cbraund
Pax Americana by Centauri18
My Dinner With Xerxes by Jeremy 2.0


ONLY 8 TOTAL SPOTS

ONLY 0 is STILL OPEN!

Thanks to all who wrote/nominated!

Last edited by DarkCloud on 25-01-2003 at 06:53

	09-01-2003 07:48									#2
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Devil of Nakwalini by Unscratchedfoot ""A Cradle of Thorns" by Lazarus and the Gimp

Ummm, I haven't read any finished stories outside the previous contest yet, but I am curious what are those two? Your nominations or what? The one by scratch, ta least is pretty old. And besides, IIRC he didn't want to participate in any contests, is that still so?

	09-01-2003 08:12									#3
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Yup

	09-01-2003 20:24									#4
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I haven't even seen the one by scratch.

	09-01-2003 20:29									#5
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And is anyone even reading "Pax America"?

	10-01-2003 05:05									#6
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I would like to nominate the next masterpiece by Chingis Khan, The Spearman. Just be sure to sit tight in a chair, when reading it, or you'll fall off laughing

	10-01-2003 05:34									#7
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Second 'The Spearman.'

"HOW ABOUT A NICE VEGETARIAN CURRY! AHHH HA HA HA HA!"

	10-01-2003 08:12									#8
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quote: Ummm, I haven't read any finished stories outside the previous contest yet, but I am curious what are those two? Your nominations or what? The one by scratch, ta least is pretty old. And besides, IIRC he didn't want to participate in any contests, is that still so?

Those were carryovers from the last contest. That's part of the old rules and de facto they are part of the new rules.

I'll try to find the links to the stories.

...Give me time...

Thanks for the continued interest!

	10-01-2003 08:56									#9
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Don't put any of my stories in a vote. That includes the devil story you have listed above.

	10-01-2003 22:16									#10
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	11-01-2003 01:52									#11
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Third "The Spearman" and as no one as yet done so I would like to nominate "Postmortem 2000 Years" by Boris Karlof er I mean vovansim.

	11-01-2003 02:52									#12
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I second Postmortem

	11-01-2003 02:54									#13
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Thanks, Centauri and Chrisius.

EDIT: So that you don't have to search over the boards for my story, DC, here is the link:

Postmortem: Two Thousand Years Later

	11-01-2003 02:55									#14
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Well, it is a very cool story.

	11-01-2003 03:30									#15
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Postmortem is gonna win. Well, it ought to. But then my own story ought to, but it isn't even close to finished, so...

	11-01-2003 03:39									#16
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Well, we'll see what other stories will be in the competition, though I do hope that my story does well. And thanks for your confidence, Centauri.

I also just noticed that the thread id of my story is 66675. Is that symbolic or what?

	11-01-2003 04:13									#17
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If it was all 6's, then I'd be worried.

	11-01-2003 07:56									#18
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Thank you vovansim.

Devil removed.

	11-01-2003 19:43									#19
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Per the rules of this forum, I nominate my story -
The Salina Gambit

	11-01-2003 20:52									#20
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Thank you kindly for mercifully removing the devil story from the clutches of the devil.

I'll second The Saliva Gambit so you can use it to replace my little story.

	11-01-2003 21:46									#21
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Thank yeh. Thank yeh var' mush.

TCB baby...

Sam

	11-01-2003 21:51									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Samuel Johnson TCB baby...

TCB??

Let's see, Acronym Database....

TCB
Task Control Block ... I don't think so...
Trusted Computer Base ... Probably not...
Takin' Care of Business (Elvis) ... Ahha, izzat it? elvis?

	12-01-2003 05:32									#23
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I secon Cradle of thorns.

	12-01-2003 05:37									#24
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Second this:

	12-01-2003 06:30									#25
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Yes, the Elvis reference is because unscratchedfoot has an Elvis icon (not to mention Civ II's famous culture advisor).

TCB stood for "Taking Care of Business" and each member of Elvis's inner circle or "Memphis Mafia" had a gold pendant with these initials and a lightenbolt. The Memphis Mafia was famous for fronting for Elvis's drugs and combing the audience for girls who would be brought back after the show for "The King" to enjoy. And that is today's Bicentennial Minute.

	12-01-2003 06:55									#26
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Who pi**ed in your cornflakes scratch?

	12-01-2003 07:21									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Samuel Johnson Yes, the Elvis reference is because unscratchedfoot has an Elvis icon (not to mention Civ II's famous culture advisor).

I see. What a pity that I have avatars turned off. As for the civII advisor, I somehow found him the most annoying of all. The military advisor was da man

As for scratch, I see he puked all over the latest stories... Should he clean up the mess himself, or maybe it's time to buy him a ticket to mingapulco?

	12-01-2003 08:23									#28
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Probably some jerk signed on as Scratch.

	12-01-2003 09:07									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Centauri18 Probably some jerk signed on as Scratch.

Well, in that case, I am sure he will edit the stuff out, and replace it with something more appropriate.

	13-01-2003 00:35									#30
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I hope for pie!