**TO NEW PEOPLE SIGNING UP** Please read Errol's new post, "How to Get on the Word War Scoreboard" at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3401434
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Hey Everyone! Just a word from your friendly neighbourhood Word War Captain!
I'm just dropping by to set up this thread as promised. No, I haven't even left the Dominion yet, for those who are wondering.
For those of you who missed the kick off party and don't already know... this year we are taking on our long-standing rival... dum dum dum dum......
LONDON ENGLAND!!!!
Trust me, it sounded better in person than it did typing it. Anywho, now onto the rules of this year's Word War:
1) EVERYONE IS WELCOME, that being said there is no cut off as to a number of members that we can have on our team. The cut off date is the 10th of November at 11:59pm.
2) The winning team between the two cities will be determined by finding the average word count per person. For those of you who are mathematically challenged, as I am most days, that is calculated thusly: Total number of words written by the city's team divided by the number of members on said team.
3) You MUST update regularly. Anyone who does not update for 8 or more days will be stripped from the team.
4) Members may be dropped from the team per the decision of the two Word War Captains - in other words, we will probably choose a low word count (like 10K) and cut everyone below that by a certain date. We will give advance warning if this is going to happen, though!
5) You must have fun! While fun does include heckling the people from Team London, please remember to be fair and polite as they may be our opponents but we are ALL working towards the same goal and deserve the same respect!
That being said.....
Let's show them Londoners who's boss and - let the games commence!!!
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82,872 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 18 33
*waves hand eagerly*
Me! Me! I want to be on the Word War Team! *points at last year's total to recommend me* ;)
Yay! Got here in plenty of time!
Hope those of you who were able to go to the Kick Off had fun!
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NaNo '08: Search & Rescue - 104K/50K - in revision
NaNo '09: TFJ1: The Fox's Fight 57K/50K - finished; TFJ2: The Trickster's Trade ?K/50K - WIP
50,010 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 18 45
I am sooooo in for the word war!!!! Count me as there!!!! Yipeee!!!
----------~*Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem,
by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer:
Don't excite love, don't stir it up,
until the time is ripe—and you're ready*~
38,202 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 02
I'm in!
Even if I don't have any idea of what I'm writing yet...
(Yes, I waited around in the chat to find out all the details since I couldn't make it down there. The second I left, you posted!)
50,660 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 12
Ooh-Ooh! Pick Me!!
I'm all In
^_^
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"No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind." - Selma Lagerlöf
Happy Writing!
44,797 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 26
I'd love to take part, could use the extra thrill and pressure.
Besides, my goal is 200k or more - whatever it takes, cuz I plan on having a finished piece at the end of Nano! :D
----------72,088 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 33
I'm in! :D
----------50,095 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 46
Putting my left foot in and shaking it all about.
*does the hokey pokey*
----------TorontoNaNo: Serenity / Ren
Twitter: @serenemoment
Writing LJ: commit-to-paper
40,301 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 47
Oooh, I'm in. :D
----------33,378 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 47
I'm in, Alley! Put me on that list!
----------~Laur~
101,530 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 19 58
Can I be on the team, plz? :) I will write ever so much.
153,221 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 20 06
COUNT ME IN!! We'll show them who's BOSS! :D
hil
70,909 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 20 35
YES YES YES YES YES. This is what I Live for. This November seems so dauntingly hectic but I refuse to back down. I'm in. And this year Alley I plan on taking down London, you and York as well if I can manage it (don't worry if you don't get the last bit).
- Morbid
51,476 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 20 45
I do not know who Flynn is but I assure you that I am in like him.
58,052 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 20 54
Alright. Fine. I'm in. I am in if only to show the city where I want to eventually live how awesome the city where I currently live is.
I'll find out if any of my mates from London are involved in this...and then distract them with shiny objects.
----------Chasing the Muse (personal blog)
"Oh god, oh god, we're all going to die?"-Hoban Washburn, Serenity
41,047 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 20 58
Count me in for the team. Definitely want to be a part of this one (my novel is partly inspired by Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, so being against an English team is a neat coincidence).
It'll be interesting to see how this year's rules will affect the dynamic compared to last year.
Leaning on powerhouse writers might not pack the punch it has in the past, so we'll all have to work harder than ever.
7,696 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 21 22
I'd like to be in, if only so I can claim to have declared vendetta against a city. Especially London.
Also... hello other Toronto people!
50,038 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2009 - 22 30
I know I'm putting my neck in a noose since I'm a n00b, but what the hay. Count me in too.
"Alright chums, let's do this! LEEEEEEERRROYYYYYYYYY JEEEENNNNNNKIIIIIINS!"
----------"Here we are, born to be complete; We're the writers of NaNoWriMo..."
TorontoNaNo: Highlander_of_the_Bluffs
TorontoNaNo Chat: HighlanderBluffs
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101,530 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 03 40
"Alright chums, let's do this! LEEEEEEERRROYYYYYYYYY JEEEENNNNNNKIIIIIINS!"
Gawd dammit, Leeroy! :)
40,018 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 04 12
I'm in! This may be the push I need to attempt two novels this year.....
68,436 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 05 18
I think I can do it. Count me in.
26,634 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 06 52
I'm definitely in!!!
28,142 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 09 08
Count me in for the Word War team again!
----------Atmospheric Dark Fiction from Mary Rajotte | @MaryRajotte
55,128 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 13 16
I'm in too! :)
----------Nano 07 - The Black Monarch - about 11, 000
Nano 08 - Blood on the Snow - 70, 211
Nano 09 - Under the Sun - WON! :D
18,029 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 14 02
Count me in too! I'm not missing out this year! =D
----------Victoria Black has adopted See-See and Julubee from the Adopt-a-Pessimist forum!
Victoria Black has adopted Asai and Nobody Wins from the Adopt-a-N
37,517 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 14 12
I ARE DO IT TOO
197,541 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 14 26
Sign me up for the word war!!! :) I'm totally ready and i'll have a giant word count!
197,541 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 15 32
Sign me up for the word war!!! :) I'm totally ready and i'll have a giant word count!
111,658 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 18 27
You know I'm there, and you know we're going to kick London's butts!
Man, I might try writing two novels this year - the one for serious, and the one for WORDS WORDS WORDS!!!
43,273 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 19 02
me too! me too!
210,280 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2009 - 19 10
I'm in!!! Although you've probably already written me in whether I like it or not :P
SOOOO excited! I was hoping it would be London this year.
Guys... we have a job to do. That job is to PWN. London's probably got a lot more writers. I mean, it's a bigger city, and, well, it's London, England. Gods only know how much more inspired I'd be if *I* lived in London.
Besides which, you KNOW you want to be able to say you helped Toronto kick London's ass.
How often does Toronto get to be better than London? :P
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