Writers Academy (Previously Demonia)

[Prodigal Madness]

Positive rep because I was partially worried I'd lose due to not posting a second time...

So speaking to Toph about something means I cannot reply to point out the loophole you've made by saying tech is bad, but at the same time, it's modern so magic bending the laws of physics is as well?

Also, how is my argument changing...? The whole thing has basically been, it's biased to a degree that it's unfairly done, and parts of the judging don't make sense.


"For saying in a tournament that the best writer is suppose dto win whilst talking about bias in the same sentence."

And Hyz, before you give bad rep, learn to read. I talked of those in the same post, not the same sentence...and even had I done that, don't see how that's bad. I was saying the current judgments have been done by biased account. Then that the best writer SHOULD win and not be handicapped because of it.

[Hyzenthlay]

And you sent to me "You're complaining...bout someone else complaining... Honestly, c'mon..." when you are, quite franky, doing the exact same in even sending that.

Your arguement changes in the fact that at one point you talk about her deducting a point, as is a judges right. According to Aerif you had already complemented teh judgement. As soon as that is resolved you start on bias, then you speak about bias and say that the better writer should win, implying a bias. So basically, to me, your arguement makes absolutally no sense.

And flaming me by saying I cant read. Tut tut. I wont rise.

I dont want to argue about this anymore. I really am bored with it and it isnt going to change anything.

Anyway, whats happening with the second round? Will DH be judging?
When will we know when we are up next?

Aimee.

[Prodigal Madness]

Again, learn to read. That's not flaming. You seem to be ignoring portions of my posts. Aerif even said I gave good rep for the judgment, not that I complemented it. Which, if you'd read my post, you'd find out why I did.

No... Factually, the writer that is best should win a contest. That's like saying the better team should win in a sports event. How does that NOT make sense? Also, it's not like we saw the judging styles, and that the "worse" writer would be given a bonus in judgment simply for being less skilled...so yeah, I *DID* wait until it was posted before commenting on bias. Jeez, Hyz. Do you ENJOY provoking myself and Toph, or does it just come naturally?


Oh, also, next time I'll make sure to put "stop flaming" instead of explaining why.

[Hyzenthlay]

Okay. Whatever.
I never came in her eto argue with anybody, I dissagreed with the majority.

Well anyway. I thanked Dark, I thanked Aerif. I need to thank PM, I think, for the map.

Can you fill me in now Toph? =]

Thanks, Aimee.

[Mistress Sheena]

Fill you in on what, exactly..? You're not being very clear. Unless you mean the Inner RP? or... what? o_O;

Edit: Oh. The tourny. Right, right.

Next round is as follows:

Prodigal Madness vs Hyzenthlay
Toph Bei Fong vs Xeim

The where will be decided in a bit. Although to be sure of the accurate judging, I'm going to have someone else have a go at it. Preferably Spike or Syd.

[Hyzenthlay]

Okie dokie. Thank you Toph. Me and PM eh? Good stuff, I'll have to go all out eh?

Will be nice fighting you PM. Cant wait to see where.

Are spike and syd around enough to give us judging when we need it?
I just, I dont wanna be waiting weeks for a judgement.

When will the arena's be sorted? Though, isnt there only 2 left?

Aimee.

[Red]

how many times will this club have to be re-made until the fighting gets resolved
I blame bad leadership, but I dunno maybe that's just my oppinion.

anyway it appears that no major arguing is going on at the moment, however I think that soon enough more fights will arise. kinda sucks.

[Mistress Sheena]

Whoever said anything about remaking this club? Arguing will eventually happen because we're all creative individuals and we all like to see our ideas being used and whatnot. It's not uncommon for arguing to happen. Really, don't let it get to you.

Mistakes happen, leaders aren't all perfect. And it doesn't matter if they're around TFF enough or not. They're on AIM all the time. I can just IM them and they'll come around. Spike usually judges the TOA anyway. And Syd founded the TOA to begin with.

[DragonHeart]

I'd just like to point out on my behalf, it's been a long-standing allowance that in the interest of making a battle more interesting (especially in tournaments), the type of character control I did is allowed as long as it is not said that the opponent is injured by the attack. Toph could have chosen to take an injury that Kylista may not have noticed, but he did not. That was his decision.

And yes, I admit I made one minor spelling error. I noticed it later but I did not want to edit my post because I could then be accused of altering something, as no one set any allowances for mistakes such as the 15-minute rule held to in the official tournaments.

Good luck in the next round Toph.

~DragonHeart~

[Mistress Sheena]

Yeah, I was going to talk about that, too, DH, but I forgot all about it. And yeah, I also didn't make clear the editing rule. Hence why I'm getting Spike or Syd to look at it for a second opinion.

I have a feeling if Aerif knew about the allowance of that, you'd have won. And really, Grammar/Spelling shouldn't be a major grading point, even though this is a club to improve your writing.

Edit: Psychosyd says he will have it done by this Tuesday. So I will have the final matches and arenas ready by then as well. =P

[Hyzenthlay]

Are you saying you are having your match re-judged or that you are having another person look at it?
Tuesday, erm. Okay.

Well, this place dies everytime there is no argument going on. Lol, strange.

Aimee.

[psychosyd]

Originally Posted by Toph Bei Fong

And Syd founded the TOA to begin with.

You do me too much honor... man that was a long time ago ^^

Anyways, I got caught in some things and kind of forgot to get this done, so I'll throw a couple down now as I had a few minutes.

First off, i'm not going to go into SO much detail as maybe would be desired but I will add my 2 cents... you guys make me want to come out of retirement thats for sure.

In the match between Red VS Prodigal Madness I am going to have to agree with the decision made. The reason is I think Red still has some developing to do in his personal style and technique. I felt the overall flow of his posting was a bit rough and there was not as much interest in what I wanted to read.
Prodigal, I would personally recommend not using dark purple text to signify thought or word... it was a bit annoying to highlight because i'm using the TFF Dark skin... but that is more a personal opinion

In the match between DragonHeart and Toph Bei Fong, I found the match harder to judge for sure. I think styles were a lot closer and overall interest was there. That was a big deal for me. RPB is still text based and if the writing is not interesting to read you lose major points for that. I think both writers had some good ideas and solid approaches. I like the clones touch, and I also like DH's response to it. Personally I would overturn the decision and give the win to DragonHeart... again, I don't really want to get MUCH reasoning behind my posts just yet because I don't have time but one of the big ones is Toph's opening post just did not snag me right... that was what did it for me... as there was not a whole lot to work with, and lack of a 3rd post, the opening post just did not quite hit it for me. A different approach or entrance would have been better I believe. Its a shame it ended when it did though, I thought it had potential

Darkwolf and Hyzenthlay

Personally I will just say now there are a lot of good things going on in this battle. Both did some things well. I would also agree with the judgment on this one and say Hyzenthlay did a good job. Part of it was the drama Darkwolf put into his character. I think it was a bit over the top how many times I had to read Darkwolf's character got angrier... I had the idea the first and even second time. The conversation in the start of the battle was a bit silly as well... Hyzenthlay really lost a bit with the whole comrades comment, but I think Darkwolfs response hurt him more as it just continued the idea and seemed to be out of place for his character. I also agree the fireball with sword slashes seemed a bit over the top... Entrance into the actual fighting seemed a bit... odd as well. Again flow issues

So yeah, that's my 2 cents

Oh, and I am pro editing posts as long as its before your opponent posts... again with 4 cents now ^^

-Syd

[Hyzenthlay]

Originally posted by psychosyd:
Personally I will just say now there are a lot of good things going on in this battle. Both did some things well. I would also agree with the judgment on this one and say Hyzenthlay did a good job. Part of it was the drama Darkwolf put into his character. I think it was a bit over the top how many times I had to read Darkwolf's character got angrier... I had the idea the first and even second time. The conversation in the start of the battle was a bit silly as well... Hyzenthlay really lost a bit with the whole comrades comment, but I think Darkwolfs response hurt him more as it just continued the idea and seemed to be out of place for his character. I also agree the fireball with sword slashes seemed a bit over the top... Entrance into the actual fighting seemed a bit... odd as well. Again flow issues

Hmmm, thanks for the comments Syd. I think I get which ones are aimed at both of us, ha ha. Apart from the obviously named ones. Are teh ones in blue to me...? (I changed them to blue in the quote).

As for the conversation, I know exactly what you mean. My character is supposed to be taciturn in the first place so a cosy chat like that shouldnt really have taken place. In all honesty I didnt really paint my character as well in this on as I did in the fights against DH and Slim. I dunno wy I just didnt use about 3/4 of her personality, I'll just have to rectify that and cut out the blabber in the next round.

So uhmmm, what does Syds judgement mean? DH is in and Toph is out or what?

I'm not entirely sure where we go from here. Is it the next round now? I'm eager.

Thanks Syd, Aimee.