Writing Competition (Article of The Week) 1 ****[VOTING]****

Tomorrow night seems much better.

Forest wrote:Yeah, 1 week is kinda long.

How about this Jela. Voting ends at say 9 PM Sunday. A topic is then chosen and you need your entry in by the Friday. Then voting happens over a weekend and carries on like that etc etc

I'll give it a go.

If there is a lot of interest in the thread then you can keep it going, but I expect it will have fizzled out by tomorrow night. As long as number 9 doesn't win.

Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

Shit! I voted 9 instead of 8.

My bad guys :S Sorry.

IIBentII39 wrote:Shit! I voted 9 instead of 8.

My bad guys :S Sorry.

You're killing intellectualism, I hope you know that.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

What?

He's just putting his view point across. A bit childish if you refuse to enter because of it. I'll put a 100 word limit or something if you want.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

IIBentII39 wrote:Shit! I voted 9 instead of 8.

My bad guys :S Sorry.

You're killing intellectualism, I hope you know that.

Ahh, it was an accident.

Oh well just take one off 9 and add it to 8,


9 will not win.

It's fucking obvious RR's in 8

Ahh fuck it, I've got no votes on mine yet

I personally believe that Number 9 is a very insightful article into the thoughts of a loyal local fan. I get the sense that it is written through the thoughts of many others standing at their teams ground on a Saturday afternoon. The writing techniques outshine all other articles, with excellent use of personal pronouns to engage the readers and make them feel part of the piece with the direct addressing. It uses rhetorical questions most magnificently, and it's use of expletive language fits into the genre spiffingly. It is exactly the sort of language you would hear at a football stadium. The persuasive techniques used are 'top notch', and I for one was mesmorised by it. I voted for Number 8.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

What?

He's just putting his view point across. A bit childish if you refuse to enter because of it. I'll put a 100 word limit or something if you want.

I understand that, I'm just not interested in entering the competition if I'm going to put time and effort into writing a serious article and then James is going to write some bullshit about how you should eat and drink disgusting foodstuffs while watching inferior football. Don't take it as a slight on you or your competition, it's not, you can't control what people vote for.

Ben 10 wrote:It's fucking obvious RR's in 8

I can not confirm that, nor can I deny it.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

What?

He's just putting his view point across. A bit childish if you refuse to enter because of it. I'll put a 100 word limit or something if you want.

I understand that, I'm just not interested in entering the competition if I'm going to put time and effort into writing a serious article and then James is going to write some bullshit about how you should eat and drink disgusting foodstuffs while watching inferior football. Don't take it as a slight on you or your competition, it's not, you can't control what people vote for.

What if next time we have 2 topics to vote on? Quality & The one that you can relate to most or something?

I think it'd be best just having 1 set topic each week, but make it varied and not just PL Top 4 shit. That way, everyone has to write about the same thing and it will be easier to judge the quality of each article.

Just had this for the first week, I will let the winner choose the theme and see how it goes.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

What?

He's just putting his view point across. A bit childish if you refuse to enter because of it. I'll put a 100 word limit or something if you want.

I understand that, I'm just not interested in entering the competition if I'm going to put time and effort into writing a serious article and then James is going to write some bullshit about how you should eat and drink disgusting foodstuffs while watching inferior football. Don't take it as a slight on you or your competition, it's not, you can't control what people vote for.

What if next time we have 2 topics to vote on? Quality & The one that you can relate to most or something?

The format is fine as it is, it just depends how seriously people take it.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Yeah, if No. 9 is in the lead the poll should be carried on indefinitely. If a piece of shit like that wins all it will do is discourage further serious entries - I for one will not be writing another article if it wins the competition.

What?

He's just putting his view point across. A bit childish if you refuse to enter because of it. I'll put a 100 word limit or something if you want.

I understand that, I'm just not interested in entering the competition if I'm going to put time and effort into writing a serious article and then James is going to write some bullshit about how you should eat and drink disgusting foodstuffs while watching inferior football. Don't take it as a slight on you or your competition, it's not, you can't control what people vote for.

What if next time we have 2 topics to vote on? Quality & The one that you can relate to most or something?

The format is fine as it is, it just depends how seriously people take it.

We'll be voting on the true quality when everyone is writing on the same theme.

People must think Number 9 has some quality in it, seeing as it is currently in 2nd place. I can definitely see it's quality.

Pies.

Forest wrote:People must think Number 9 has some quality in it, seeing as it is currently in 2nd place. I can definitely see it's quality.

I voted for it because it reflects how passionate football league fans are.

Read through it. Number 8 is the worst. Not 4.

I have to agree with RR that number 9 is awful. Mine isn't exactly top notch, but I at least put some thought into it and tried it make it interesting. I know there is no set length, but how can 9 even qualify as an article? It is also very cliched and has been mentioned many times in the past.

Im guessing its too late to enter? I feel like I could write one better than a few up there.

XavIniesta_6 wrote:Im guessing its too late to enter? I feel like I could write one better than a few up there.

Yeh mate, you can enter the next one though.

Jela, I'd like you to copy and paste article Number 6 into Google, as I believe it is a copied article. For one, who would put the time and date at the bottom on a little forum competition. And two, the very last paragraph of Article 6, starts off as 'In the editors opinion'.

May I ask whom the editor actually is?

Forest wrote:Jela, I'd like you to copy and paste article Number 6 into Google, as I believe it is a copied article. For one, who would put the time and date at the bottom on a little forum competition. And two, the very last paragraph of Article 6, starts off as 'In the editors opinion'.

May I ask whom the editor actually is?

Never noticed that. You may have a point there.

cheesy wrote:

Forest wrote:Jela, I'd like you to copy and paste article Number 6 into Google, as I believe it is a copied article. For one, who would put the time and date at the bottom on a little forum competition. And two, the very last paragraph of Article 6, starts off as 'In the editors opinion'.

May I ask whom the editor actually is?

Never noticed that. You may have a point there.

If you feel you have a case, Then I would like you to PM me with some proof.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

cheesy wrote:

Forest wrote:Jela, I'd like you to copy and paste article Number 6 into Google, as I believe it is a copied article. For one, who would put the time and date at the bottom on a little forum competition. And two, the very last paragraph of Article 6, starts off as 'In the editors opinion'.

May I ask whom the editor actually is?

Never noticed that. You may have a point there.

If you feel you have a case, Then I would like you to PM me with some proof.

Forest noticed more of its flaws. I'm not too bothered, so I'm happy to leave it.

cheesy wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

cheesy wrote:

Forest wrote:Jela, I'd like you to copy and paste article Number 6 into Google, as I believe it is a copied article. For one, who would put the time and date at the bottom on a little forum competition. And two, the very last paragraph of Article 6, starts off as 'In the editors opinion'.

May I ask whom the editor actually is?

Never noticed that. You may have a point there.

If you feel you have a case, Then I would like you to PM me with some proof.

Forest noticed more of its flaws. I'm not too bothered, so I'm happy to leave it.

I myself have had a look but subsequently found nothing.