Well, the first day of results have been tallied, and as expected by everyone except those silly people in SLC, Elsewhere has come out ahead. And that's /without/ a maxed wordcount for the day by any of our members.
So... rejoice, Elsewhere! We're showing our true colors. And they're very wordy ones!
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2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
7,905 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 00 12
Oh snap! Take that SLC! Yeah, that's right. Elsewhere is going to take you OUT!
----------Sexyfine: don't just admire us beautiful people, become one of us!
2007 - Triptych 5,026/50,000 +
3,278 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 07 13
just out of curiosity where did the hostilities come from between slc and elsewhere?
----------"Beauty determines power, and I determine beauty." ~Radha, my bitch elf.
2,528 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 07 20
would 1500 more words have made a difference? I wrote them last night but didn't update...
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 07 24
I wouldn't call them hostilities really... at it's heart, this is just a friendly competition. It spurs people on to higher wordcounts, and everyone wins.
And to make it clear: This is ALL in the spirit of fun. If I see anyone crossing the line into true nastiness, I /will/ be reporting their comments to the forum admins. Play nice people. Razzing and general smacktalk are okay, but no personal attacks, etc. I believe you're all adult enough to know the difference.
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
31,000 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 07 35
Hey, utoxin!
As the sticker says
"My word count is bigger than your word count."
I just didn't have a chance to update my word count last night after work.
90,466 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 08 18
You guys, they were just barely ahead of us at midnight and the web site was so slow yesterday that by the time I finally got my word count updated each time, it had gone up more. No wonder we had so many people without any words yet -- and now I know of at least three of us that didn't update from zero. And they stil think they're ahead. Ha ha ha! We'll bury those Elsewheres in words this year!
----------Banai
Co-ML in Salt Lake City, Utah
AIM, YIM, GTalk: banai47
2007 NaNo: The Gift
55,806 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 10 01
I haven't even updated mine yet. And I probably won't bother until later tonight when I've finished writing for the day.
13,096 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 12 25
Pshaw. You're going to have to start setting your standards higher over there. The first day is always easy.
----------Unofficial Musician: They Might Be Giants
121,015 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 12 48
updated my word count, or trying to at least. past 10K and on ward! wee!
152,672 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 13 10
Where do we go to get the tally sheet?
----------~J.
50,372 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 13 17
Oh yea? OH YEA??? Watch us SLCers BURY you in an AVALANCE of words! Ooooo! *z-snap formation* We will bury you SO DEEP that you can't reach your keyboard to even attempt fighting back. B)
----------Haiku are nice. But
Sometimes they don't make much sense.
Refrigerator.
;p
50,372 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2007 - 13 55
...doublepost.
._.
----------Haiku are nice. But
Sometimes they don't make much sense.
Refrigerator.
;p
50,101 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2007 - 01 35
Newbie question here:
What exactly does Elsewhere mean? Is that all the places that don't have their own Utah:: subgroup? Or is it everywhere except Salt Lake City? And does SLC refer only to the area inside the city limits? I affiliated with the SLC region because it was the closest one to West Jordan. Do I really belong in Elsewhere?
10,054 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2007 - 06 07
Yes.
And I think you just affiliate with the one that's closest. I'm in Millcreek, not actual Salt Lake, but I figure Salt Lake is what I use for my mailing address and if there's any meetups, it's the area I'd be able to get to. (Assuming my schedule ever works out, that is...)
3,278 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2007 - 06 36
i'm in ogden and i belong to elsewhere and ogden forums however i pretty much only participate in the salt lake forum because 1) i actually know some people and 2) they don't always flake out when we make plans. :) so anyway, i'm not from salt lake but the salt lake forums rock!!
and my comment about hostilites was mostly sarcasm :)
----------"Beauty determines power, and I determine beauty." ~Radha, my bitch elf.
10,013 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 11 38
Well not to blow my own horn, but I hit 10k words last night. YAY!!!
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Write, create your world, develop and love your characters, work hard. Just write!
13,096 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 12 51
Me too, Michelle! Individual cheers! :)
Elsewhere better fear. My migraine is finally fading, and I'm starting to catch up...
----------Unofficial Musician: They Might Be Giants
61,246 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 13 52
The way I understood it, the groupings for the challenge were Salt Lake County (even though the group says city) and not Salt Lake County, so West Jordan would still be in the SLC group. I'm a few blocks north of West Jordan.
----------Jerin
at-home mom to 4 under 10 (2 public school, 2 homeschool)
Winner 2006 NaNoWriMo "Sisters"
2007 "Anam Cara"
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 08 49
The wordwar tracking page is LIVE!
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
50,049 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 12 16
Ugh! Salt Lake is winning... We need to show SLC the true power of Elsewhere! Let's get that wordcount up and squash them. We have more members, right, so let's do it!
90,466 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 13 30
Excuse me, but why are you trying to "rally the troops" of Elsewheres from the SLC forum? The WE you are referring to in this forum are Salt Lake Valley residents. And WE are going to continue kicking your butts in the word war this year.
And yes, I know some of you Elsewhere stragglers read our superior forums instead of/along with your own. Why, there are even more posts and words in our forums than in yours. Just imagine if the forum word counts were added to our word counts, how much further ahead of you we would be than we already are....
----------Banai
Co-ML in Salt Lake City, Utah
AIM, YIM, GTalk: banai47
2007 NaNo: The Gift
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 16 10
Actually, Banai, this thread is linked to both forums. :) Pretty spiffy how this forum software can do that, even if the rest of the site sucks.
Edit: Oh... and actually, SLC has more forum posts than us. :)
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
50,049 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 19 30
Hey, banai, don't get too comfortable yet. We're not too far behind and if you let your guard down for even one second, you're as good as gone. I just got my second wind, so watch out. o_o
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 05 14
Oh, would you look at that... Elsewhere is ahead! Not by much, but that precious lead you were enjoying is /gone/. Time for SLC to eat some wordcount dust, Elsewhere. Let's do this.
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
90,466 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 13 22
Elsewhere was ahead exactly when? When you changed the update time to three hours so a few Elsewhere words showed up in the total before the SLC words did? I see SLC ahead by 9k.
----------Banai
Co-ML in Salt Lake City, Utah
AIM, YIM, GTalk: banai47
2007 NaNo: The Gift
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 14 16
Multiple times throughout the day. We keep alternating.
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
152,672 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 16 47
What happened to the TIL?
Was it not in Elsewhere's favor?
ooooooo big bad elsewhere is behind.
ooooooo don't start crying elesewehre.
SLC is kicking butt... who didn't see that one coming?
----------~J.
40,027 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 17 08
Pfft. So you've pulled ahead again briefly. We're hot on your heels, and we'll pass you yet. We have a stronger late-month performance than SLC, judging by last year's stats. (Which are up at http://devel.kydance.net/nanowrimo/wordwar_2006.php, by the way...)
So just keep gloating. You're going to wake up in week three or four, and find that we've got an insurmountable lead.
----------2003 Novel: Horrible Fanfic :: 50,000 words
2005 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Failed :: 25,000 words
2006 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 1 :: Complete :: 70,000+ words
2007 Novel: Dragon Gate - Book 2 :: Failed :: 40,000 words
90,466 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 23 09
You're forgetting that last year you beat us at the end because you ambushed. There are rules against that this year...
----------Banai
Co-ML in Salt Lake City, Utah
AIM, YIM, GTalk: banai47
2007 NaNo: The Gift
50,049 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 23 43
Is it just me, or does it look like our friends in SL are slowing down now that they have a few over the finish line. It also appears that there are a few more Wrimos over the "bar of doom" on the elsewhere side. This all seems to suggest that when SL's big writers are done, elsewhere will still be going strong while SL will slow to a snail's crawl. Not so smart wasting all your energy at the beginning, because the final sprint will be ours!