Hello (...and welcome, people coming here from other regions)!
This thread is for light-hearted banter between participants in this year's Regional Word War. (You'll find similar word war banter threads in the regional lounges of other parts of the UK, which you may want to check out.)
Do please remember that while a certain amount of name-calling and so forth is to be expected, we do still need to follow the main forum rules; so use emoticons where appropriate to keep things from getting too heated, and keep in mind that swearing is strictly forbidden on regional lounges.
Have fun!
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Lily
Municipal Liaison for London, England
160,056 / 50,000
oct. 31, 2007 - 03 49
Hi y'all,
Hope you're all ready to be left behind in the dust by the awesomeness that is Cambridge! :-)
Just to let you know that the regions currently competing in the War are:
*Brighton
Cambridge
Darlington
*Ireland::Elsewhere
London
Manchester
*Oxfordshire
Please feel free to pop over to their forum and give them hell! :-)
We're still waiting on several other regions. :-)
Good luck!
*Edited to add.
160,056 / 50,000
oct. 31, 2007 - 04 43
And here I am again,
The regions competing so far are:
Brighton
Cambridge
Essex
Darlington
Ireland::Elsewhere
London
Manchester
Oxfordshire
Scotland
York & Leeds
We're still waiting to hear from a few others.
Good luck everyone. :-)
L
50,043 / 50,000
oct. 31, 2007 - 05 26
Hello, this is Danny P. the England:Manchester ML.
Seeing as though it's now less than 12 hours until NaNo begins, I just thought I'd apologize for how badly my region is going to win over London.
Now, The one time I've ever traveled to London, I decided to get off a bus at London Bridge to walk to Trafalgar Square, i got a little lost and ended up at the British Museum. So although I admire that you all manage to navigate your way around down there, I'm sure that all that time spent finding your way around the Labyrinth you call home will undoubtedly give us in Manchester an advantage! ;)
-Danny P.
50,978 / 50,000
oct. 31, 2007 - 06 03
Seeing as though it's now less than 12 hours until NaNo begins, I just thought I'd apologize for how badly my region is going to win over London.
Is winning badly the same as losing?
In which case - apology accepted :-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 2, 2007 - 14 38
Hi Everyone,
The first leader board is up and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010
L
50,978 / 50,000
nov. 2, 2007 - 17 47
Ok London - we can do better than this. It's time to talk word war tactics...
Huddle close everyone.
*whispers*
Let's write more words than the other regions...
34,435 / 50,000
nov. 3, 2007 - 06 14
Woohoo!
Hurrah for Municipal (NaNo) Darwinism!*
*makes sense if you have read Philip Reeves's Mortal Engines
50,382 / 50,000
nov. 4, 2007 - 15 21
Let's write more words than the other regions...
What a brilliant tactic. Let's hope none of the other regions think of it.
50,138 / 50,000
nov. 4, 2007 - 15 35
But I think that is the entire idea of all of this, is it not? Mehinks every other region beat you to this principle.
And have you seen how abysmal your word count is? It's terrible. Do you know enough words to do this outside your stupid rhyming slang?
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 4, 2007 - 16 04
Hi again,
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 7, 2007 - 04 37
Hi again,
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010
10,436 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2007 - 12 45
Us Londoners had better get moving...
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2007 - 15 12
Hi
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-262934
50,978 / 50,000
nov. 9, 2007 - 10 15
Last!
Come on London!
I hope everyone is busy cancelling their weekend engagements. Think of all the tube cancellations. And all that November coldness. You're much better off in front of that warm computer...
50,079 / 50,000
nov. 9, 2007 - 16 11
Awww London? Why you be so far behind?
My adoptive region of Darlington has the fewest number of word wars participants and yet we're still prodding your buttocks!
Lets hope it stays that way................. ;-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 10, 2007 - 17 35
Hi guys,
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-280789
The sign-ups are now officially closed.
You have until 8pm on the 20th November to drop out without affecting your region's word count. However, dropping out will affect your standing in the 'highest proportion of participants winning' prize, so think carefully before you do.
If you do need to drop out please PM either your own ML or me directly before the deadline.
MLs, you have 48 hrs after this deadline in order to inform me of someone dropping out, otherwise they will have to stay in until the end.
Good luck for the rest of the month! :-)
Lottie
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 13, 2007 - 04 40
Hi,
For those who haven't already found it, the Updated Leader board is here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-297099
Sorry about the delay in informing you but the site was sssoooooooooo slow last night. :-(
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 15, 2007 - 11 35
Hiya,
Sorry for the late post again (for some reason the people I work for expect me to actually do relevant things at work once in a while, which is a bit much, but still). :-)
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-312594
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2007 - 04 23
Hiya,
The leader board has been updated with the figures for the 16th and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-326391
L
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 18, 2007 - 15 30
Hi again,
The leader board has been updated with the figures for the 18th and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-336842
Also, I finally managed to get my act together for long enough to get redfox the info she needed to set up the automatic scoreboard and that can be found here:
http://www.annelyle.com/write/scoreboard.php
This scoreboard is updated using the Nanowrimo WordCount API which is only updated once a day so it may be using slightly different numbers than the ones I use, but it is updated every day rather than every other day like my manual one, so is likely to be more accurate overall.
I'll keep up with the manual scores as well, but if you want to know where you stand on the inbetween days (and how many winners your region has already, please see the automatic one).
Finally, a brief reminder that the deadline to drop out of the Word War is 8pm on the 20th November. The MLs have an extra bit of time to let me know that someone has dropped out, but consider 8pm on the 20th the absolute latest time to tell your ML (or me directly) that you wish to leave. After the 20th everyone left in will be in for the remainder of the competition.
Thanks,
Lottie
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 20, 2007 - 16 57
Hiya,
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-349563
Lottie
P.S. Drop outs are now closed, we're all in till the end folks! :-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 22, 2007 - 15 51
Hi all,
The leader board has been updated and can be found here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-359847
Looks like Wales are extending their lead!
:-)
50,179 / 50,000
nov. 23, 2007 - 08 12
Hi Lottie,
thanks for your leader boards. I am curious, how come the Welsh are doing so well? Any ideas?
Now that I have passed the 50000 mark I am going to leave my writing until after Christmas. I do see this as the first rough draft and am pleased with it.
I wish more people would give a ££ donation for all the help we have received.
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 24, 2007 - 17 40
Hiya,
The leader board has been updated with the stats for the 24th November and is here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-370099
Somebody must be threatening the Welsh with some sharpened leeks! :-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 24, 2007 - 17 48
Hi Aber,
You're more than welcome. The pretty one is all Anne's doing though! :-)
No idea why the Welsh are doing so well. Although I do know that they have at least one published writer on their team so that might explain it.
Congratulations on reaching 50k early. I hope you still like it after christmas.
(And I agree with you about the donations)
Have a great christmas and new year, and I hope we'll see you again next November.
:-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 26, 2007 - 14 15
Hi,
Well, we're in the final stretch now guys. Last chance to change up a gear and get those words written!
Expect daily updates between now and Thursday.
Friday's (ie the final one) will be calculated Saturday morning and sent out to the MLs for verification before it's posted, so it'll take a few days to appear.
In the meantime, tonight's figures are here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-380612
:-)
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 27, 2007 - 16 21
Hi
The updated leader board is at:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-386561
We now have five regions with an average count of 50k+! Keep it up, let's try and get them all there! :-)
Lottie
160,056 / 50,000
nov. 29, 2007 - 14 07
Hiya,
The penultimate leader board is at:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-397464
The final results will be posted once 7 or more of the regions MLs agree with the results. This may take a few days to acheive so please keep checking back to find out whether Oxfordshire have managed to retain their title for a third year running or if they've been pipped at the post! :-)
Lottie
160,056 / 50,000
déc. 4, 2007 - 15 08
Hiya,
The final results for the Word War have been calculated and approved by 8/14 of the regions MLs, and have been posted here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1042010#comment-415115
Thank you to everyone who took part, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, and I hope to see you again next year! :-)
Lottie