Hi all,
This thread is primarily for me to post info about the Word War to all competitors, so it's being cross-posted to all the regions taking part. If you want to make any comments, however, feel free. :-)
ETA: Here's the link to the leader board: http://www.annelyle.com/projects/scoreboard.html
The regions currently signed up are:
Birmingham
Brighton
Cambridge
Darlington
Devon & Cornwall
Essex
Gloustershire
Lancaster & Cumbria
Leicester
London
Manchester
Newcastle
Norfolk
Oxfordshire
York & Leeds
Dublin
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Eng: Elsewhere
Scot: Elsewhere
Wales
Only one region has given a definite No, so we may get a lot more before the 10th. Here's hoping. :-)
All those regions that are signed up should have a Banter thread, so feel free to go over and give them hell (but in a nice way). :-)
There may be a slight delay in the War starting up, as we're reliant on the site API working and the site is notoriously slow during the first few days of Nano, plus we're running it in a slightly different way this year and I'm not sure what problems will crop up because of that. In addition, one of Anne's cats is very seriously ill at the moment, so she may not have time to work on it. I'll be in touch with her and will let all the relevant MLs know if we have to make other arrangements at all. I'll also be in touch when I know the URL of the leader board. :-)
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Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 07 45
Yay!
Here's the link to the Devon & Cornwall Banter thread for ease of access: Devon & Cornwall Banter, all welcome
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Oct 31, 2009 - 09 58
Here's the Essex banter thread: Essex Word War Banter (all welcome).
Go Essex!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 51
Heya London!
Toronto ML, here! Since you're going up against us this year, too, and will inevitably be invaded by well-intentioned but overly exuberant Toronto Word War participants, I thought I'd drop in and invite you to visit our boards (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/102) and our completely awesome Toronto NaNo word war stats page and chat room - http://www.torontonano.org/WordWar/
We're a noisy bunch but we don't bite - promise!
Ready for a word war to go down in the history books?
----------Victoria Anisman-Reiner
Co-ML for Toronto, Canada
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Nov 1, 2009 - 07 03
Um, I think she meant to post this in the London forum but it also landed in the Dublin forum.
Anyway, I would like to extend the invite to you Dubliners as well to visit me and my fellow colleagues over in the Toronto forum.
Maybe we can both bring down London at the same time??? After all you are also competing against London via the Britain/Ireland Word War.
Lillian
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Nov 1, 2009 - 07 11
The Glasgow Banter thread is up! http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3360332 (Took a bit because of midnight kickoff prep, but hey, it's there now!)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 07 18
Thanks Lillian - I hadn't realized this thread would cross-post across Europe until AFTER I posted the note, by which time it was too late :P
Consider the invite officially extended, and sorry for spamming your thread.
----------Victoria Anisman-Reiner
Co-ML for Toronto, Canada
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 12
Aw, Canadian spammers are so polite, :-)
Back to UK word war stuff:
I'm having problems getting hold of Anne at the moment. She's having non-Nano issues right now which is taking up a lot of her time and energy so it's not her fault at all, however, it may mean that I have to make alternative arrangements with regard to publishing the current state of the word war. This may mean the MLs having to take a couple of minutes to provide me with some information so I can sort it out myself.
Hopefully it won't be necessary, but if it is, I'll get in touch tomorrow evening.
Many apologies for the delay.
Lottie
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nov 2, 2009 - 15 59
The Edinburgh Banter Thread is up! http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3322110
----------Elysse in Edinburgh
ML for Edinburgh, Scotland
Eight-Year Veteran
"Adorable and Terrifying"
60,007 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 02 26
Okay,
The leader board is up and can be found here: http://www.annelyle.com/projects/scoreboard.html
No surprises to see who's in the lead. :-)
I'm going to investigate why the Devon & Cornwall team currently have a 0 word count, I doubt if that's actually the case so I'll try and figure it out later today. I'll also double check the figures for the other teams and make sure that all the data's being pulled from the server properly.
If your region doesn't appear yet, don't worry about it, it's mostly likely because your ML hasn't found the time to add the participants or hasn't managed to make contact with Anne yet.
MLs: if you've e-mailed Anne and haven't heard back from her yet, please let me know, or if you're having problems adding your participants let me know too. If push comes to shove I can add then for you. :-)
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
53,720 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 02 28
Hi Lottie,
I'm going to investigate why the Devon & Cornwall team currently have a 0 word count, I doubt if that's actually the case so I'll try and figure it out later today.
I only added our participants this morning (I only just got the emails) so I think our word counts haven't been lifted from the site yet, (does it happen at the end of each day or some such?) that's probably why! We certainly do have more than 0 *g* I was almost tempted to sit and work out where we placed for yesterday, but decided to be patient and let it update itself in due course. (I needed the time to get writing anyway!!) :D
Cheers
Natasha
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Nov 3, 2009 - 02 59
I only added our participants this morning
That would probably explain it, yes. :-)
We'll wait and see what happens tomorrow morning and see if anything further needs to be done, but it sounds like that was the problem.
I've just worked it out and you're actually just ahead of Newcastle, so third place overall. :-)
Happy writing.
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 03 19
Here's the Manchester banter thread! http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3337246
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Nov 3, 2009 - 04 12
Here's the Darlington Banter thread: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3297380
but please be nice to us because our MLs are feeling a little fragile right now! :-P
Where is Darlo on the scoreboard??? Surely we can't be that far behind as to be ungraded???? HELP!
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Nov 3, 2009 - 04 28
Where is Darlo on the scoreboard??? Surely we can't be that far behind as to be ungraded???? HELP!
Breathe ... breathe ... that's better, you've turned a much healthier colour again. :-)
This will be because you haven't contacted Anne and been given access to the database, so none of your people are on there yet. I sent you her address in a PM the other day. If you can't find it, PM me and I'll send it again. She'll then let you have access to the database and you can get started. :-)
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 05 05
Here's Newcastle's: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3337220 - but be warned, you may not be heard over the friendly infighting!
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Nov 3, 2009 - 05 56
And from Dublin http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3401371
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Nov 3, 2009 - 06 16
I see Manchester highest word count is 7,477...where do I sign up so mine can be added to our total?
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Nov 3, 2009 - 06 28
In the sign up thread in your region: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3337233
Your ML will add you to the database
----------Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.
83,377 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 07 35
Your ML will add you to the database
Yeah I have signed up now :D
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Nov 3, 2009 - 10 24
Essex has an 0 wordcount as well, and that's definitely not right! :( I hope it can be sorted out so that we can see where we really rank. xD
Oh, and for that matter, so does England Elsewhere, and they're near the top of the Word Count Scoreboard for the whole world! (Well done England Elsewhere =D) Mind you, that's in total wordcount as opposed to average... but still!
60,007 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 10 41
Essex has an 0 wordcount as well, and that's definitely not right! :( I hope it can be sorted out so that we can see where we really rank. xD
Oh, and for that matter, so does England Elsewhere, and they're near the top of the Word Count Scoreboard for the whole world! (Well done England Elsewhere =D) Mind you, that's in total wordcount as opposed to average... but still!
That's because the Essex and England Elsewhere MLs have only just uploaded the participant names to the database. The word counts only update once a day, so it won't pull the numbers for those participants until tomorrow morning. Everything should update properly then. :-)
Hope this helps,
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 10 56
where cna you see the word coutns and stuff for everyone?
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Nov 3, 2009 - 11 17
You can see your regional word counts here:
http://www.annelyle.com/projects/scoreboard.html
To see the status of the word war with Toronto vs London, check here:
http://www.torontonano.org/WordWar/
----------60,007 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 14 23
And this is our banter thread: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3318173
----------Lottie
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nov 4, 2009 - 11 37
Hey! I have words. I know other people who have words too. And yet, according to Ms Lyle, Norfolk has no words. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
I think something fishy is going on...
Oxford, are you cheating?
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53,720 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 13 11
Yay! Norfolk!
(I'm a Norfolk 'Broad', born and bred ;)
It's just because Norfolk participants were added today, so it will be tomorrow morning that the wrod counts update for the first time. Don't panic. :)
33,368 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 13 39
Hey! We're up to 6th place :happy dance: I'll try to write faster.
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134,114 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 13 53
I reckon that by the end of the week, we can be in first place and steaming ahead of everyone else :D
195,024 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 13 54
*Frowns* I refuse to believe that Glasgow is only in 7th place. Well, I signed up a few more people today, but...*sits back and cracks her knuckles* Well, we'd just better to get to work to get higher up there!
----------Glasgow ML 2009
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2008 How Not to Get the Girl of Your Dreams-165K
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83,377 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 14 15
tapping out my words as fast as possible to get us up there :D