| Satai Delenn | Chicago v. New York City... |
    13,730 / 50,000 Joined: Oct 7, 2008
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Nov 3, 2009 - 21 59 |
OK everyone... I was just over at NYC's forums and checked their word stats... Houston, we have a problem! They are currently beating us by about 200,000 words or so. We MUST do better! We MUST beat them in Word Wars!!!!!! Keep writing and updating everyone!!!!!! |
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40,000 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 22 13
lol, i am doing my best! I am up to 10,435 words already! Can you believe that? This thing will be written in no time! I've found that this one has been way easier than my previous attempts because I'm writing based on true adventures that I have had at Wrigley as opposed to fantasy plot lines that I tried to create in NaNoWriMos of the past. Not only that, but it's about a subject I'm passionate about--- baseball! So I guess my words of encouragement are to that if you get stuck, go to incorporating some personal or true stories that are easy to write about, and go to themes you enjoy or are passionate about.
Good luck everyone, keep it up! Let's go Chicago!
10,851 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 22 58
Is anyone else amused that we're losing to New York and yet seriously kick Toronto's ass? I told you guys that we should have taken them on!
751,043 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 03 40
...seriously?
We're losing?
Ugh.
----------2005: 50.7K
2006: 100.2K
2007: 326.5K
2008: 686.4K
37,093 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 07 50
it's still early in the game. There's a pretty fair chance that we have a lot of un-updated words right now, so I'm not going to take our "losing" too much to heart. In the meantime, WRITE LIKE LUNATICS! If you need a little help staying on track, do a google search for a program called "Write or Die." It's making my NaNo happen ^_^
----------2009: Paper in the Water
31,017 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 09 32
Current stats, as of 11:30 CST this morning:
Chicago: Wrimos in this region have written 2,291,445 words (3,793 per Wrimo with wordcount)
NYC: Wrimos in this region have written 2,431,863 words (3,618 per Wrimo with wordcount)
So yes, while they're beating us overall, we ARE beating them in average wordcount, which is more important!
KEEP UP THE WRITING, FOLKS!
----------Michelle
ML for Chicago, IL
Moderator, "Character & Plot Realism" forum
ml-michelle AT chiwrimo.org
64,226 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 17 09
Yeah - we're doing well on the average word count, and managed to close the gap a little bit more today. We *will* kick those New York butts, just give it time. And, you know, use your rage to write a little more tonight!
40,002 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 19 11
We need to fight harder! Call to arms, or rather, pens, men! New York may have more people than we do, but that's okay! We will take it to them! They are nothing but a bunch of illiterate punks!
Write! Be as prolific as if your name was Robert Jordan! Just, you know, quicker! And less dead...
Anyways, write my friends! Write until you see the whites of their eyes!
Dale
13,730 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 21 19
Um, sorry if I'm being stupid, but, who's Robert Jordan? I've heard of Michael Jordan...
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Here's to hoping I don't flop at this!
25,237 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 22 25
Why are we even focusing on total word count? New York has three times as many people as Chicago--they've probably got dozens if not hundreds more people registered than we do. Even if they had only one more person registered, they'd theoretically be 50,000 words ahead of us at the end of the month. Mathematically speaking, they have an immensely unfair advantage.
We're beating them in the average! That's all that counts :)
----------2004 - My Last Knight - 20,000 Words
2005 - Cylunia - 50,124 Words - WINNER
2006 - Losing Lives - 80, 290 Words - WINNER
2007 - The Harvest - 68, 586 Words - WINNER
2008 - Worse Than Mere Death - 50,130 Words - WINNER
2009 - Mere Death (Take 2) - 16k
64,226 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 58
They actually have 93 more people registered than we do... So go, us!
Oh - and Robert Jordan is the guy who wrote the Wheel of Time stuff - which is either much loved or hated, depending on who you talk to. Regardless, there was a lot of it.
31,017 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 07 27
Hey guys, regarding to overall participant count, don't worry about it! When we decided on this word war, Chicago actually had almost 50 people more than NYC, so they obviously did a major drive to get people to join! But also keep in mind that those numbers aren't necessarily accurate: just because they have however many people doesn't mean that all of those people are actually writing! The same goes for Chicago, though.
But remember to update your wordcounts, please!
----------Michelle
ML for Chicago, IL
Moderator, "Character & Plot Realism" forum
ml-michelle AT chiwrimo.org