Contest [Issue 30] Describe This in 100 Words!

[melekmnif 2]

                                                                               An unusual battle !                                                                                 

It was double battle fund  and i was playing for more than an hour, it was a crazy match there was over 95k crystals to win and my team was winning but it's already midnight so my parents ordered me to sleep.So i closed the lights, stopped all the sounds and pretended to be asleep and when my parents' bedroom  was closed i jumped over my pc. Unfortunately the other team has already equalized and only  2 minutes remaining .Yet we should win so i put all the supplies and with the help of two isida i got the flag then captured it ten second before the end .

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

A Wandering Spectator

I am a revenant, a phantom throughout the three-hundred million year old Ural Mountains that are famous for containing a variety of minerals and resources. However, today I find a different kind of treasure.

As I approach Kungur, a town in Perm Krai, Russia, I hear engines, grinding of metal, and warfare. I enter the fray unbeknown, to see Hornet hoisting a Blue flag. A shot from Railgun whispers death behind him. 

This timeless moment captures a picture worth a thousand words. On the Red, Freeze and Thunder guard the left flank, as Ricochet prowls the center and sniper remains incognito in shrubbery, stalking its next prey. Another Freeze courageously defends the right flank. It features teamwork at its prime.

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(edit) Had a fun time writing this. I thought the Skybox looked great, so I looked up what Kungur actually was, and saw that it was a town located in the Ural Mountains which holds strong resemblance to the Skybox. Nice, eh?

Edited January 19, 2015 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[Kevred 1,586]

Would you still be giving preference to entries that are closer to a 100 words? This contest revolves around that concept, and to say otherwise, would lead me to suggest you change the contest altogether, and just call it, "Describe this in as many words as you so care to...".

 

And to quote Remaine:

I think I said somewhere that entries closer to 100 words will have better chances, yes.

Edited January 19, 2015 by Kevred

[snipe3000 678]

I think I said somewhere that entries closer to 100 words will have better chances, yes.

yeah it seems like if somebody did 100 words it would be better then 199 words

Edited January 19, 2015 by snipe3000

[Kevred 1,586]

Contest ends in 3 days. 

 

So get writing if you haven't yet!

Edited January 19, 2015 by Kevred

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

199 words, lol.

My original concept was a total of 176 words, though I cut it down to exactly 120 I believe.

And I think it sounds better at 120 words as well. ^_^

Especially since I didn't use the determiner "a," when referring to turrets/hulls.

 

Though I think I should have posted my entry later. . . .

Oh well. It wouldn't have changed it anyway.

Edited January 19, 2015 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[Kevred 1,586]

To be honest, I find 100 words to be a bit short to be able to write a quality entry.

 

"Describe this in 300 Words!"

 

:D

Edited January 19, 2015 by Kevred

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

True, but unfortunately that's what the contest is : 100 words. :P

Maybe in the future whoever makes these contests can raise the word cap?

 

(edit) Although it does present the contestants with a good challenge. Not to mention help with the judging.

I doubt anyone wants to read a 300~500 word blob, and try to distinguish it from other 300~500+ word blobs as well? :D

 

Basically a synergy between quantity and quality.

Edited January 19, 2015 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[Kevred 1,586]

True, but unfortunately that's what the contest is : 100 words. :P

Maybe in the future whoever makes these contests can raise the word cap?

 

(edit) Although it does present the contestants with a good challenge. Not to mention help with the judging.

I doubt anyone wants to read a 300~500 word blob, and try to distinguish it from other 300~500+ word blobs as well? :D

 

Basically a synergy between quantity and quality.

But if the minimum word quantity is raised, I bet there'll be less contestants ;)

[andydan1017 2]

It is year 3000 where robotic tanks are placed in the "tanker games"

According to the new satellite, humans were able to spectate the vicious battle between the robotic tanks they spent hours on, endlessly working for this day. Each driver was in his tank. The clocked ticked to 2 minutes.

 

Me: Rico! Kill off the railgun beside us! 29 meters in front of flag!

I drove toward the flag as the railgun tanker took his aim. My hands found the trigger of my gun, the new thunder m3, a future model of the rocket launcher, what the humans called it 1000 years ago. 

Blast! a railgun bullet pierced the skin of my tank and knocked the wheels off. Next thing I knew, the engine was malfunctioning. The rico kept blasting away at the railgun as I pulled my throttle to capture a flag. 

 

Something hurt. Blood trickled from my mouth but I was still determined to capture a flag. My friendly tanker, the rico, had been blasted to pieces by the railgun, and I only had a few seconds to capture the flag. 

 

The intense part began. A ball of plasma formed in the railgun's front. I knew it would decapitate me and blow my tank into pieces. I raced through and captured the flag as the beam of plasma struck my tank. I was a hero, and my legacy lives on. 

Reporter: Give the hero a proper burial. Let his legend live on! 

 

                                                                                                                                          (Last part written by reporter) 

                                                                                                                                                            by: Andy 

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

Bro. Microsoft says that's 245 words.

And oh I get it. The "Reporter" is a separate character in the story.

Edited January 20, 2015 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[Kevred 1,586]

 

                                                                                                                                     (Last part written by reporter) 

                                                                                                                                                            by: Andy 

Last part written by reporter? Are you saying that someone else wrote that, or that, like DYKT suggested, the reporter is another character?

[Hilary_Clinton 0]

**Yes its not really accurate but that shouldn't matter

 

"How did he miss that!", the commentator said. The Capture put Noobest one flag ahead of Scorpions with a little less then 30 seconds left. The miss would  make from page news on Tanki's Newspaper the next day. Questions would flood Messi_Barca's inbox swearing and threatening, for the miss was one that cost thousands of tankers 30,000 crystals. For many, it caused great joy and happiness, but Messi_Barca's famous miss would haunt him for the rest of his days. That fateful day would soon coin a phrase used to this day by tankers of all ranks, despite not knowing the origin. It was known as the Messy Miss.

 

Hilary_Clinton

[delnina2 1,570]

sorry ...

Edited January 20, 2015 by delnina2

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

@delnina2: What are you talking about?

They stop accepting entries at the 22nd.

The "Can You Contribute To the Wiki" contest ends on the 20th.

[journeythroughtime 6]

‘Watch out Journey!  There’s a mine near our base!’ 

‘Alright James!’ said I, and streaked through the enemy base. With their flag. We really needed to capture their flag. We had reached so far and losing now wasn’t a good option. I had sixty seconds more to go. Our flag was 410 m away. If I use a nitro I could do it in 57 seconds approximately. I switched my nitro on and dashed, like lighting to our base. Unfortunately, one of my enemy tankers saw me, and charged towards me. Alright I can handle that. He was a Railgun m3 and Wasp, so escaping him won’t be that easy. Still.

45m away now! And that Rail-gunner 25m near our base! I used another nitro, rushed to our base which had a cement ramp as the entrance.

And then everything happened. I was in the air. The Rail-gunner shot me at the exact time when I landed down. He missed the shot by 3 inches! We won, but I realized only one thing,

 

It’s not winning that matters, it’s the way how you play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anything over 200 words will be disqualified,as said by Remaine.But mine is 184 words.Please accept this. :)

So, anything over 200 will be disqualified for a contest in which the central theme is for the entry to be around 100 words. Just clarifying.

Pro.

 

[delnina2 1,570]

 

Anything over 200 words will be disqualified,as said by Remaine.But mine is 184 words.Please accept this. :)

 

Im sorry but he said around 100 This is not around 100 this is around 200 . I hope they wont accpet it .  

 

Fix it or I will reporte . 

P.s 1000 posts :D

Edited January 20, 2015 by delnina2

[Kevred 1,586]

Anything over 200 words will be disqualified,as said by Remaine.But mine is 184 words.Please accept this. :)

I'll accept the entry, but it'll have less chances of winning than ones closer to 100 words.

[rothro3 50]

The Thunder-Hornet

So large, strong and powerful

Rushes to the flag

 

A nimble rail-wasp

Fires his very last shot and,

Misses terribly

 

But no matter, cause

Picasso and Prodigi

Protect from Railgun

 

The Thunder drives on

Unfazed, unhurt, dignified

He captured the flag

 

The sky is still blue

The velvet clouds remain white

The game is finished.

 

Note: this entry was written in the form of five Haiku poems strung together.

[dunes555 368]

The Kungur Summer Battle. Once a year. Twelve tanks. Two flags. And one almighty contest. The losers would get nothing but disappointment and shame. 

 

Frustration was setting in as 25 seconds remained  before I heard a noise. The enemy flag had been taken! I rushed out of position with Nitro to aid the Hornet. I finished wandering enemies in their base for him whilst he dashed, hurting himself twice with splash damage. Then I went right, but he went left. We had practised this! I was close to biting my nails, realising one was glued to the Up Arrow. I cleared the ramp before seeing a charging Railgun aiming at our damaged Hornet! I had one shot to make him miss with three seconds left...

 

Boom.

 

I opened my eyes.

The Railgun had missed and we had won! 

Edited January 20, 2015 by dunes555

[falcosenna1 8,320]

To be honest, I find 100 words to be a bit short to be able to write a quality entry.

 

"Describe this in 300 Words!"

 

:D

Writing it in 100 words really is an extra difficulty. You shouldn't raise the maximum word quantity too much. 100 is a good amount in my opinion. :p

[Grit27 15]

I had nothin' to worry 'bout. Leisurely shootin' enemies from our Kungur base, I glanced at the scoreboard; we had a comfy lead and ten minutes left. My emerald-equipped viking was invincible, and life was good.

 

“Flag-carrier coming! Guard the base! Repeat, guard the base!”

 

Ahh, someone’s runnin’ scared with the enemy flag. Calm down, young’un, we got this. Four shots and there goes an enemy hunter. Three more, buh-bye incoming hornet.

 

“Enemy wasp rail attacking! Get him you incompetents!”

 

Hold it right there, whippersnapper. I ain’t  incompetent. In fact, I…Oh, that wasp. Blast! Railgun is warming up. Cannot...turn...fast enough...

 

So_and_so has captured enemy flag

 

“Yeah! Nice job guys! You’re the best!”

 

So.. we ain't incompetent?

 

Kids these days.

 

(121 words)

-Grit27

Edited January 21, 2015 by Grit27

[bombardier1999 45]

Two enemyes are keepeing an eye for their flag because they knew that the thunder will gonna make it.A freeze was guarding the emerald thunder while he was taking out as much as he could from theyr army...

The freeze and his viking friend were keeping the other enemyes away and  they were trying to slow them down,the thunder was trying the same thing while the flag keeper was hit by a fury of a rhino coming from a boiling railgun and the ricochet was trying to flip him but the picasso thunder managed to capture the flag after a deadly jump to his flag.

 

 

 

                                                                         bombardier1999

[Kevred 1,586]

Writing it in 100 words really is an extra difficulty. You shouldn't raise the maximum word quantity too much. 100 is a good amount in my opinion. :P

I'm thinking about making people write exactly 100 words entries...problem is I'll have to count each entry to make sure they didn't cheat  :wacko:

[falcosenna1 8,320]

I'm thinking about making people write exactly 100 words entries...problem is I'll have to count each entry to make sure they didn't cheat  :wacko:

Or you can copy the text to word. :P It'll tell you how many words are written. Making a text of exactly 100 words will be the ultimate challenge. :p