Baden

Just got up. I'm going to start marking and opening the identified submissions soon. And well done @"180 Proof"!

My next guess: "this little boy" and "Duct tape" = @"180 Proof" High degree of confidence. :strong:

Going to start opening up the discussions tomorrow at latest. Maybe even tonight if we get a few more confirms in the next few hours.

Dude is a master of styleguise.

Yes, well done, hypericin! I didn't peg that as yours. Thought Red, White, and Blue first.

We nearly done then?

:lol: You're welcome!

Thank you for writing it!

Noice. Love me Beckett :cool:

:clap: :clap: In my top two. Look forward to hearing more about it.

Oh, and poem "Sempre" (Really no idea on that).

If you get bored, you can just tell everyone. I can't figure you out btw. So, how about I guess wrong and then you tell me the right answer. So (takin...

Theoretically, you can, but I think a lot of us probably didn't as it seems odd to vote for oneself. Anyhow, well done again to all for participating....

I need to remove the polls before I open them. So, it's so folks can see the results match up. I'll open them as soon as authors have been identified ...

We wha...? Oh, OK :lol:

You got me. :clap:

Nope.

As soon as we have everything tabulated, we'll put that up here. In the meantime, thank you to the team, the writers, and the readers for making this ...

Are you the type of guy who asks at the end of the discotheque if it's time to start dancing? :brow:

Polls are now closed. Thank you!

Polls close in just over 15 minutes. I'm lining up the stories and poems now to close the discussions. These will be reopened for author talk once the...

Couple of hours left to get your final votes in. :up:

I concur with the general consensus that it feels like there's something missing / rushed / incomplete about the narrative. But... ... these two parag...

The feedback on the stories and poems has been superb. Thanks everyone for that. It's the most important aspect of the activity as far as I'm concerne...

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It might indeed turn out to be. But just so as there is no confusion, polls are open until tomorrow at 6.00pm UTC.

Read it a few times and I like it more, the more I read it, so yes, enjoyed it. It's one of the best and most consistently written. As mentioned above...

Funny, it's so obvious that it ought to be a double bluff.

Evidence suggests he was @"John Harris", @"Thanatos Sand", and @"Thanatos Sannd".

Banned @"Jack Rogozhin" for being a returning banned member.

The problem is less in the system we have and more in thinking any system will deliver some magic balance of fairness, efficiency, and complexity that...

*Waits to be accused of Satanic levels of complacency, laziness, and, possibly, sexual perversion.*

My thoughts are everything is fine the way it is except the reading and polling period is a bit too long.

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It's one of the better written stories. The writing flows easily and naturally. When you've got a nice engaging style like that though, you probably o...

Or maybe not? I'm in transit today, so I'll have to leave you to it for now.

I see some disagree. I don't mind either way. Doesn't seem like much of an issue.

All good. :up:

This.

:lol: I mean, I hardly ever do that. :monkey:

Forever + :kiss:

I read it again and I want to say the writing and atmosphere are very solid. There is talent here. Just would like a bit more work on it as per: :up:

Yes, comments will remain open. Posters can talk with the authors about the stories for as long as they want.

Just that the last line seems a bit weaker to me because it's somewhat basic or possibly cliche compared to the rest of the poem rather than anything ...

Yes, it's kind of like "I have more water than pencils".

I read that as "I think I have more pancakes than hair", which is plausible.

I like it more the more I read it, so I'm loathe to suggest changing anything, but I kind of feel the last line is not as strong as the rest. The writ...

It's good to hear your thoughts. I know you're genuine. I'm going to take all that in and try to use your feedback positively for the next time. :up:

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