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The Official NeoGAF General Poetry Thread: Challenge #8
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Intro
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Welcome to the General Poetry Thread. If this is your first time, this is basically a two week competition thread open to anybody on NeoGaf; all credit goes to Zephyrfate for creating this off-shoot to the Creative Writing Challenge thread.
If you want to enter: read the rules, stick to the theme D), try the secondary objective, and vote! If you don't want to enter, you don't have to. Because you don't have to enter to vote, so just enjoy the poetry on offer, and if you think you can help or offer advice to a poet, feel free to comment or provide a critique.
If you're from the writing thread, remember that 1, our deadline is on a Friday, 2, we vote over the two following days till Sunday night, 3, you can enter two pieces in this thread. Cheers.
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Theme: Mirrors Edge / Games in general
Interpret this theme however you like. Whether it is just the inspirational starting point for your poem or entirely consistent to the theme is up to you.
Optional Secondary Objective: Rhymes
Yeah, so this is one of the most unappreciated forms of Poetry. Just write a poem with rhymes to complete the secondary objective. Speaking about Rhymes, I didn't realize that there was quite so many types of rhymes. See here...
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Poetry thread Rules version 1.2:
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1. This thread is not merely for winning or losing, but for critiquing and improving your own craft.
2. This poetry thread 'contest' will end on a Friday, and voting will last until Sunday at midnight. You cannot win unless you vote. Although you don't have to submit a piece to vote.
3. The winner must then provide the next challenge theme for the following two week period. Some weeks like during E3, this may not be possible, so we will have an interim one week period until normality is resumed. As a general rule, we like to keep this on the alternate week to the Creative Writing Thread.
4. There are no word count limits, make it as long or as short as you want.
5. Optional secondary objectives are not mandatory, you can include them or not.
6. Further addition to rule five: you can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such.
7. Vote for your favourite poems. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. Don't vote for the same author twice. And watch out for pieces that are labeled ineligible. Comment on these pieces are welcome but you just can't vote for it.
8. During the count, First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point.
9. In the event of a tie, the tally will be counted again with first place being allocated three and half points. If it isn't resolved then, it will be up to the OP (most likely the previous winner) to decide to how to go about things.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such. After which Rule 3 is in effect and we start a new thread.
Deadline: Friday, August 6th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific. (7am GMT Saturday)
Voting will then begin.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific. (7am GMT Monday)
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Space reserved for Final Entries list
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Space reserved for Results
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Previous Threads:
Poetry Thread #1; Reflection
Poetry Thread #2; Making the Blind See & 5W poems
Poetry Thread #3; Interior & Incorporate a song or album title
Poetry Thread #4; History & Dream Song poems
Poetry Thread #5; A View From Afar or Within & Clerihew poems
Poetry Thread #6; The Surreal and the Fantastical &haikus
Poetry Thread #7 - Expectations versus Reality
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Good luck everyone.
The Official NeoGAF General Poetry Thread: Challenge #8
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_______________________________________________________
Intro
_______________________________________________________
Welcome to the General Poetry Thread. If this is your first time, this is basically a two week competition thread open to anybody on NeoGaf; all credit goes to Zephyrfate for creating this off-shoot to the Creative Writing Challenge thread.
If you want to enter: read the rules, stick to the theme D), try the secondary objective, and vote! If you don't want to enter, you don't have to. Because you don't have to enter to vote, so just enjoy the poetry on offer, and if you think you can help or offer advice to a poet, feel free to comment or provide a critique.
If you're from the writing thread, remember that 1, our deadline is on a Friday, 2, we vote over the two following days till Sunday night, 3, you can enter two pieces in this thread. Cheers.
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Theme: Mirrors Edge / Games in general
Interpret this theme however you like. Whether it is just the inspirational starting point for your poem or entirely consistent to the theme is up to you.
Optional Secondary Objective: Rhymes
Yeah, so this is one of the most unappreciated forms of Poetry. Just write a poem with rhymes to complete the secondary objective. Speaking about Rhymes, I didn't realize that there was quite so many types of rhymes. See here...
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Poetry thread Rules version 1.2:
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1. This thread is not merely for winning or losing, but for critiquing and improving your own craft.
2. This poetry thread 'contest' will end on a Friday, and voting will last until Sunday at midnight. You cannot win unless you vote. Although you don't have to submit a piece to vote.
3. The winner must then provide the next challenge theme for the following two week period. Some weeks like during E3, this may not be possible, so we will have an interim one week period until normality is resumed. As a general rule, we like to keep this on the alternate week to the Creative Writing Thread.
4. There are no word count limits, make it as long or as short as you want.
5. Optional secondary objectives are not mandatory, you can include them or not.
6. Further addition to rule five: you can also try the secondary objective as a secondary piece. Just make sure you label it as such.
7. Vote for your favourite poems. Voters should award first, second and third places to their favourite three poems. Don't vote for the same author twice. And watch out for pieces that are labeled ineligible. Comment on these pieces are welcome but you just can't vote for it.
8. During the count, First place is allocated three points. Second place is allocated two points. And third place is allocated one point.
9. In the event of a tie, the tally will be counted again with first place being allocated three and half points. If it isn't resolved then, it will be up to the OP (most likely the previous winner) to decide to how to go about things.
10. Winner gets a round of applause and will have the records stating it as such. After which Rule 3 is in effect and we start a new thread.
Deadline: Friday, August 6th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific. (7am GMT Saturday)
Voting will then begin.
You should get your votes in by: Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 11:59pm, Pacific. (7am GMT Monday)
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Space reserved for Final Entries list
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Space reserved for Results
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Previous Threads:
Poetry Thread #1; Reflection
Poetry Thread #2; Making the Blind See & 5W poems
Poetry Thread #3; Interior & Incorporate a song or album title
Poetry Thread #4; History & Dream Song poems
Poetry Thread #5; A View From Afar or Within & Clerihew poems
Poetry Thread #6; The Surreal and the Fantastical &haikus
Poetry Thread #7 - Expectations versus Reality
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Good luck everyone.