Week 9 Results

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you make a mistake, and sometimes that mistake works out better than you could have ever planned.

The half-way point (numbers wise) for this season was 120. After this elimination, we were scheduled to be down to 119. HOWEVER, I'm an idiot.

There was someone placed in the wrong tribe. About as far from the right tribe as possible. She came in last in that misplaced tribe and thus is NOT going to be penalized for that.

Congratulations chalkolitlover and please accept my apologies.

That means that we *will* be at the even point between how many are in the game, and how many have left us. . . *after* this announcement.

As usual, I will come back in a bit to add some personal thoughts to each of them.

For now though, we are saying goodbye to

jennilee_rose: You are extremely fortunate to have found your "better half". It truly is a wonderful thing and I'm glad to see that you so clearly cherish it. Especially after your Empty Gestures entry I thought this week was a nice counterpoint and I thought really showed how far you have come over the years.


Just glancing over the entries again I would say, taking the emotional impact of your first entry out of the equation, that the entry about your visit to Hiroshama really stood out to me. Again, it's another one where there was a lot of raw emotion, but I thought you captured that moment well.

kate_spencer: After your Winter Wonderland entry I do have to admit that I'm a little surprised to see you here. Of course you started off the entry admitting that you were having a difficult time with the topic and had already deleted 5 different versions, so I probably shouldn't be *too* surprised. But there's still a part of me that is. I've already commented on the Winter Wonderland entry during the free topics commentary, so I won't repeat myself, but I thought there was just so much promise in your writing, and that you really showcased that in that entry.


I would love to have seen what you discarded, since that nagging voice that tells us "this isn't good enough" is often enough full of it.

monologuewithin: I miss the hat. Can I say that now? Too bad, I just did. I do. :)
I think the monologues were an interesting experiment to go with this time around. Of course then you went and broke it with POETRY. *shakes head* Yes, sometimes you will get away with one. But you can't count on it! I think you were building a base for this account and a bit of a reputation. But it just goes to show, one misstep on the wrong week is all it takes sometimes.

Go over to the corner for a bit and think about what you did young man. ;)


nikki_kp: You've been FIGHTING to stay in for quite some time now. Just every step of the way, every time I would think you were able to leave us, wham, you would get to that next stage! I think with enough runway you might have found a way to take off and land even further down the strip! I think I've been fairly clear on my love for seeing someone bear down and defy the odds and you certainly did that.


I noticed it at the time, but had to just go back to confirm that you really seemed to strip your entries down after Week 3, tearing away a lot of the fleshy bits and I think in some cases grabbing some of the bone as well. I don't know how deliberate that was. But when it worked, like in Bearing False Witness, it really worked.

quoting_mungo:Oh my foreign scarecrow, I think I will miss you most of all. :) As a writer you are one of those people that folks either warmly embrace or go "what the hell?" I have the feeling that applies to you as a person as well!! Since you are a returning veteran I can threaten you!! Don't you dare leave here!! We need you in the Green Rooms, and we certainly need your Home Game entries. Or at least I do. I don't know about the rest of these &(O&O)$s, oh um... was my mike still on? Um. . . hi, you nice wonderful people. How are you doing?

Thank you so much to all of you for coming out this season. I really hope that you will continue to play the Home Game, show up in the Green Room and of course continue to support your personal favorites. You never know what is going to happen next.

I hope you had fun. I know that I have enjoyed having you here.

Comments

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I am shocked to see some of those names there...but I guess everyone has to go sometime (well everyone except one person that is). It is going to get harder and harder since we are starting to lose some great writers in the next half of the competition...

And yay I am first to comment this time!

[nikki-kp.livejournal.com]

It was awesome. :3

Maybe now I won't be so shy about commenting/socializing since not in the battle anymore.

Good luck everyone!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good time and are planning on sticking around!!

[pricelessone.livejournal.com]

Yay, chalkolitlover! That's exciting!

And, congrats to the others on a game well-played!

[chalkolitlover.livejournal.com]

I was so sure I was done. I wasn't even CLOSE to not being in the last two. That's part of the reason I didn't check on voting last night...I was delaying the inevitable. So...yes, I'm happy.

Just make sure I'm in the right tribe this time, Gary! ;-)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I can guarantee it. :D

bwahahahahahhahahaha

[onda-bianca.livejournal.com]

Golly, while I'm always sad to see anyone go, I am especially sad for monologuewithin. :(

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

Me too. :(

[jennilee-rose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kinda figured this was it for me. But the dreaded real life (in the form of dental surgery) kinda killed me. Oh wells at least I can say I tried.

PS: Thank you Gary. Seeing that the Empty Gestures and the Hiroshima entries meant something to you really helps me feel better. :) those were probably my toughest ones to write.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

When someone pours a piece of themselves out into their writing, it might be hard to write but they always stand out.

I know what you mean about the dental surgery woes and how they almost kill you. I hope everything is all right for you soon.

[sonarvampress.livejournal.com]

As always, I'm sad to see people go, but congrats to everyone who's made it to the half-way point.

[lostin-thestars.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was surprising. I didn't expect a lot of these people to be leaving. :(

[islandman.livejournal.com]

Sad. I really enjoyed

monologuewithin

...damn poetry not getting the credit it deserves.

[monologuewithin.livejournal.com]

*thinks about it* Honestly? My other idea (which would have been prose) was worse. FAR worse. I don't think it would've affected the results any.

(As an aside, this year's topics were much, much tougher than last year's. Even though it meant I was eliminated, that's a good thing.)

I'll definitely be playing the Home Game, though. Thanks to everyone who supported me.

Apropos of nothing: Friending Frenzy time! (http://monologuewithin.livejournal.com/3074.html) This is, in part, to build an audience for next season. :)

Mike

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Far worse than going with poetry? Now I'm frightened! ;)

The topics are going to vary. What's tougher for one person is going to be easy for another. But hopefully there's a good overall mix, and the mix gets better every season. That's my goal at least.

[copyright1983.livejournal.com]

It would've been less a monologue and more a ramble about which half of our lives is better-the half we spend by ourselves, or the half we spend with others. (Which is similar, but not quite, to what I ended up doing anyway.)

True enough on the topics--I had to burn both of my byes early, because I just couldn't crack those particular topics. (This, incidentally, is why I'd be much better on The Amazing Race than on Survivor. I can tackle (most) individual challenges just fine; it's the metagame that gets me.)

And just for you, Gary, one last time...the hat. :)

Mike

[quoting-mungo.livejournal.com]

This season's topics have been absolutely murder. But that's alright, it's still fun, and that's the whole point of it, to push your boundaries.

Though looking back and comparing last season's entries by this season's, the difference may lie partially in trying to write something worth reading this time around, instead of making very personal long-winded ramblings.


-Alexandra

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

Wow, 120? I can't believe I am as far as I'd thought I'd get, but it is a pleasure to still keep going... now ... free / open topic. I'll have to mull over this one.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Open topic! Dastardly!!

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Saying goodbye sure doesn't get any easier. I hope you all hang around and write HG entries.

I didn't imagine making it this far. Hard to believe we are at the half way point.

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Sad to see this particular group out of the game. I am hoping to see home entries from all y'all!

[jennilee-rose.livejournal.com]

Sadly I won't have time. New semester has started and I really need to focus on my schoolwork. But I might be back for next season.

[quoting-mungo.livejournal.com]

Aww, what a shame, I missed the spectacular tie that almost was! ;) So it goes. I've been on my way out for weeks, so it's no grand surprise. But, hey. I'm a bitch, and the only people who'll ever like me are the ones who embrace that. I'm fine with that, and fuck the rest of them, they don't know what they're missing.

I don't think I can go "I'll do better next season!" at this point. I jumped from getting eliminated in week 2 to getting eliminated in week 9. Lasting to week 10 seems kind of daunting.

Anyway. I should shut up now and go fiddle with a proper goodbye entry. Maybe I'll call that my Open Topic home game entry, who knows?


-Alexandra

[sherriola.livejournal.com]

I'll miss those who are leaving us. I have enjoyed reading their work very, very much.

[chalkolitlover.livejournal.com]

I didn't *think* I had that many friends, but I thought maybe this was your way of kicking me out because you had gotten tired of me. ;-)

I'm very happy to still be in. I'm actually looking forward to this open topic...I have something I've been wanting to write for a while, and none of the topics have seemed quite right...yet.