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Literature Prize [Winner: killmanic]

Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:27 pm

Literature Prize
EVERYBODY WITH 1 OPEN SLOT IS WELCOME

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Have you imagined writing a book? Looking for a publisher? Getting it published? Getting famous and known by everybody? I canā€™t give you all that but if you imagine hard enough then we can travel through all of it with this tournament. The winner of it will be the owner of his/her published book and called CC Literature Laureate.

This tournament will consist of 4 steps/rounds, each of them have different settings. Weā€™ll start with 36 players, after every step thereā€™s a bunch of drop-outs. All games are Casual, Standard, Sequential.


Step 1: Writing a book
Only way to get a book published, is to write it. A lot try it but not all succeed. Thereā€™s a party you canā€™t miss, you go on a date, you brake a hand... things disturb you, you lose your concentration and wonā€™t finish the book ā€“ first eliminated person in each game drops out.

Games: six 6-player games put together according to rank
Map: CCU (perfect place for mind work, Iā€™d say)
Settings: Escalating, Unlimited, FoW

Step 2: Finding a publisher
Youā€™ve finished writing the book ā€“ wonderful. Now the tough part begins, you have to find a publisher who finds your book good enough to get it out to public. Not everybody find the right person - first eliminated person in each game drops out.

Games: five 6-player games put together according to rank
Map: 8 Thoughts (you have to think how to find a publisher)
Settings: Flat Rate, Unlimited, No FoW

Step 3: Publishing a book
You have the contract and preparations have started for the book to get finally published but... there are unseen things that stop the process and your dream for your own book will come true ā€“ only 5 books will get published: winner of each game.

Games: five 5-player games put together according to rank
Map: Madness (publishing is madness...)
Settings: No Cards, Unlimited, No FoW

Step 4: Selling the book
Congratulations, youā€™ve survived all the hard steps and now you are ready for your final task. Itā€™s time to set up advertisements, start talking about your book and hope that you can make the best impression and sell your book the most. For that, a 5 game series will be played and whoever sells the most books (gets the most points) is the winner of this tournament.

Games: one 5-games series of 5 people games
Maps and settings: each finalist picks settings for one game
Scoring: 1st place - 5 points, 2nd place - 4 points, 3rd - 3 points, 4th - 2, 5th - 1.


***FILL THIS FORM TO SIGN UP***
Your name (pick a writer, make up one or use your username):
Book's name (pick an existing book or make up one):


Notes
*I'm your Goddess ( :lol: ), the organiser, and if I feel that something needs changing then I have the right to do if it's fair to everybody and is in the benefit of the tournament.
*Ignore list is ignored in my tournament. If there's anybody that's in your IL then you have to remove him/her while playing in my tournament.
*For any questions, problems etc you have this thread or you can PM me.
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SCOREBOARD: LITERATURE PRIZE

Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:27 pm

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Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:27 pm

Sign ups (? by ?)

  1. mushin (Catch 22 by Joseph Heller)
  2. Natewolfman (The Walking Dead by Nate Wolfman VIII)
  3. madman7 (conquer club for dummies by madman)
  4. lord voldemort (lord voldemort: An AuotBiography by Amanda Hugnkiss)
  5. manoman (A Tale of Two Cities by manoman)
  6. vampir2124 (WHO SHOT J R R TOLKIEN? by THE DALLAS HOBBIT)
  7. Mr. General (101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw)
  8. Chadwick31 (Diplomacy by Chad Nash)
  9. Clericgs3 (Patriot Games by Tom Clancy)
  10. Lobster Crush (Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie)
  11. anamainiacks (The Life and Lies of Oprah Winfrey by Dr. Phil McGraw)
  12. Erland (The Green Pearl by Jack Vance)
  13. daydream (People with blue hair are better lovers by Olaf Mitender)
  14. RoOkAz (? by ?)
  15. seeso (three goats and a lamp by rudolopho sinsetakis)
  16. Gozar (Conquering the World and Other Recipes by Chef Art Vandalay)
  17. brendan man (CC In Danger by brendan man)
  18. graulenst (Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson)
  19. StormFront (Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss)
  20. dittoeevee8888 (The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White)
  21. lalaland (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey)
  22. joshsoccer7 (Taking Over the World by Joshsoccer7)
  23. AtreidesHouse (Dune by Frank Herbert)
  24. gdeangel (The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi)
  25. Bones2484 (The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams)
  26. Drunk_Idiot (Double Whopper w/ Cheese Large Fries Large Onion and a Small Diet Coke to go Please....Autobiography by Jared from Subway)
  27. kbman (The Do's and Don'ts of Dictartorship by King KBMan the Third)
  28. Kotaro (Empty Streets by Kotaro (Fuma))
  29. jennifermarie (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
  30. killmanic (Li Chang Ho Jingjiang Weiqi Sihuo by Li Chang Ho)
  31. cougfan82 (Playing for Pizza by John Grisham)
  32. Lufsen75 (How to pick the right girl by Lufsen75)
  33. topper (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig)
  34. DimnjacarStef (How to lose 700 points in 3 weeks by Dimnjacar Stef)
  35. White Moose (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho)
  36. Nerva (the norwegian folklore book by nerva)

Reserves

1. tstoweschnell (Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby) [replaced Mr. General, Round 1]
2. MEK (Beach Music by Pat Conroy) [replacement in Round 2]
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Postby mushin on Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:00 pm

I always wanted to write...if only I could read. Count me in.
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Postby Natewolfman on Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:25 pm

but im already an accomplished writer, you may have heard of me, look under the fiction area under King, Stephen 8) lol

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Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:33 pm

And neither of you used the form :roll: I'll consider letting you in :lol:
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Postby Natewolfman on Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:37 pm

amazzony wrote:And neither of you used the form :roll: I'll consider letting you in :lol:
lmao, but my smartass comment had to come first, and the joining was an afterthought :P

Your name (pick a writer, make up one or use your username): Nate Wolfman VIII
Book's name (pick an existing book or make up one): "The Walking Dead"
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Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Natewolfman wrote:
amazzony wrote:And neither of you used the form :roll: I'll consider letting you in :lol:
lmao, but my smartass comment had to come first, and the joining was an afterthought :P

Your name (pick a writer, make up one or use your username): Nate Wolfman VIII
Book's name (pick an existing book or make up one): "The Walking Dead"


:lol: In that case, welcome :D
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Postby mushin on Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:33 pm

Whoops forgot the writer and book:

How bout:
Author: Joseph Heller
Book: Catch 22
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Postby madman7 on Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:40 pm

im in--
conquer club for dummies---written by madman
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Postby lord voldemort on Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:50 pm

Author name : D.K.I.C.D. Clark
Book Name : lord voldemort: An AuotBiography
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Postby manoman on Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:51 pm

Im in

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Postby vampir2124 on Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:59 pm

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Postby amazzony on Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:18 pm

Welcome, all you great writers! :)
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Postby Mr. General on Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:22 pm

i am in

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( It is a real novel)
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Postby Chadwick31 on Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:51 pm

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Postby Clericgs3 on Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:08 am

im in, have always wanted to write... lets see how far this goes huh?

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Postby Lobster Crush on Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:21 am

Hell, I'm a book sales rep by trade...count me in.

Might as well pick the Booker of Bookers, and a damn fine novel:

Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children

(don't even think about laying a fatwa on me...it'll only backfire!)

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Postby anamainiacks on Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:34 am

i'm in :D

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Postby Erland on Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:39 am

Your name (pick a writer, make up one or use your username): Jack Vance
Book's name (pick an existing book or make up one): The Green Pearl
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Postby daydream on Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:50 am

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Book's name: People with blue hair are better lovers
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Postby amazzony on Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:42 pm

All of you have been added :) Glad to see new faces among other :D
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Postby lord voldemort on Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:45 pm

i wanna change my author name to Amanda Hugnkiss
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Postby RoOkAz on Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:10 pm

im in
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Postby HannibalSmith on Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:32 pm

im NOT in

cuz im not at all familiar with madness or 8 thoughts, but i just wanted to say i think the Olympics one is great but this one is absolutely brilliant!
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