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Galactic Midden · Feb 10, 2015

Right! That's it. Fantastic Drabbles everyone. We've met our quota so the chance of making it to the poll with a full 20 drabbles are now significantly better than 2 to 1

If you've missed the cut don't worry, you can still submit your drabble below for us all to dream of what might've been.

This Week's Theme

Goose4291 · Feb 10, 2015

I was lucky there... I barely snuck in!

Galactic Midden · Feb 10, 2015

Goose4291 said:
I was lucky there... I barely snuck in!

You need to learn to keep your clothes on Goose. We like to keep a modicum of decency here

Frank · Feb 11, 2015

I hope it doesn't cause you any hassles, Midden. I've made a slight change to my Drabble to make it easier for Psykokow to read.

Galactic Midden · Feb 11, 2015

Frank said:
I hope it doesn't cause you any hassles, Midden. I've made a slight change to my Drabble to make it easier for Psykokow to read.

Making it easier to read huh. Does that mean you've changed the font size to massive and put it all in lower case?

No worries, I'll hoist the poll tomorrow.

@_JustinPinner · Feb 11, 2015

Ha! I just caught up with the readings of Roman Dwarves. I got a universal BOO and set off the pun klaxon. Now I'm one of the gang

Frank · Feb 11, 2015

When we're sure we got you hooked on the game, we just let rip

Galactic Midden said:
Making it easier to read huh. Does that mean you've changed the font size to massive and put it all in lower case?

It would be quite a thing to write one of these tales of a ton of words, with just the small words with one blob of sound in them.

Bleke · Feb 11, 2015

Goose4291 said:
In the Shadows of Conquest

The cohort of Imperial legionnaires had been patrolling the mines below Harrier’s retreat for well over a week now, hunting the few remaining guerrilla fighters.

The Principale’s radio crackled in his ear. “2-1 this is 2-0. Send Sitrep. Over.”
Wearily, he responded “2-0, passing first waypoint. AMCAS state green. Negative contacts. Over.”
“Received 2-1, Out.”

They continued to advance, weak light from their rifles torches illuminating the tunnels rough cut edges.

Suddenly, the Legionnaire on point raised his hand, giving the signal to stop “Principale, I think I’ve found...”
An incandescent fireball erupted and engulfed the soldier, initiating the ambush.

I bet he found the roman dwarves' secret stronghold.

Bleke · Feb 11, 2015

Six word stories

Might be of interest to the drabble crowd: http://io9.com/an-eerie-collection-of-short-off-world-tales-for-you-to-1685039088

psykokow · Feb 11, 2015

And also the competition for Michael Brookes Elite: Legacy

http://laveradio.com/category/competition/

Ian Phillips · Feb 11, 2015

What? All 20 places are taken? < goes into a corner, sniffling >

Philip Coutts · Feb 11, 2015

Blimey! I haven't even had a chance to think about a Drabble yet and all the spaces are gone. Good work.

Galactic Midden · Feb 11, 2015

No excuses now, get those drabbles in. Or should we call them dribbles? We'll love to read them anyway, and you never know, perhaps Psykokow will create a separate contest for the dribblers. Winning dribble is the one that gets the most boos or something

Edit: my ISP is doing maintenance so I'll put the poll up this evening for yous.

CdrTwisted · Feb 11, 2015

It's almost as if we need two competitions. If you don't get your drabble in on Monday, you're banjaxed.

DocStone · Feb 11, 2015

Declare the topic on the Monday morning, close entrants on the Thursday morning, then split them into two polls. Vote as normal on the two polls, and then have a final poll on the Saturday through Sunday comprising of the top drabbles from each poll, however limit it to one vote each.

That way everyone gets the same chance, there will be no limit on the amount of entrants and the Friday Night Drabblecast will still cover all the entrants, as well as lasting about 12 hours

Erik Marcaigh · Feb 11, 2015

DocStone said:
Declare the topic on the Monday morning, close entrants on the Thursday morning, then split them into two polls. Vote as normal on the two polls, and then have a final poll on the Saturday through Sunday comprising of the top drabbles from each poll, however limit it to one vote each.

That way everyone gets the same chance, there will be no limit on the amount of entrants and the Friday Night Drabblecast will still cover all the entrants, as well as lasting about 12 hours

OMG, too complicated! And some people can't vote til the weekend. Or, like 'Kow, like to wait til after he's read all the Drabbles to make his choice!

Alternatively, we could petition BrettC to change the max# of polling options from 20 to 30! (I wonder if he could set that limit on just this forum, or if it's global only? He's the one who's been reprogramming our bulletin board...)

And my segue takes me straight into a certain person's new blue-hued posts. Midden, a new mod! I have the following words of encouragement for you:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHA *cough*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH *wheeze, gasp*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA... *pants*

Frank · Feb 11, 2015

Congratulations Galactic Midden. With your new Super Mod powers hosting the poll should be a doddle

Remember with great power comes great responsibility.

psykokow · Feb 11, 2015

Frank said:
Congratulations Galactic Midden. With your new Super Mod powers hosting the poll should be a doddle

Remember with great power comes great responsibility.

and cheating... yes cheating

Crystal K · Feb 11, 2015

Delayed response but thanks for welcomes... pointed here by paauggie (pronounced "podgy" by the way).

Galactic Midden · Feb 11, 2015

Erik Marcaigh said:
And my segue takes me straight into a certain person's new blue-hued posts. Midden, a new mod! I have the following words of encouragement for you:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHA *cough*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH *wheeze, gasp*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA... *pants*

Thank you very much Erik, I'm going to hurl my bright new blue cape right at you

psykokow said:
and cheating... yes cheating

"Right that's it, nobody vote for 'Kow..."

Drat, he didn't enter

"Right that's it, everybody who's not entered submit a really hard to read drabble".
You know one with words like 'fish shop sauce', 'muttered' and 'cacophony'"
Oh and a tip for everyone wanting to watch an extra humour version of Psykokow's drabble reading -- watch the youtube video with Subtitles switched on.
Google interpretor has a bit of problem with some of the words - "the if you feel that a jingle then for the little boy's legal" being an example of it's garbled understanding

Anyhoo, why was I posting.... Oh yes of course, The poll is up!! You'll find it here.