Ambrosia Software Web Board: Chronicle of the month- July - Ambrosia Software Web Board

It's finally time to choose our first ever chronicle of the month. The contenders are, in chronological order:

[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=52&forum=*Cythera+Chronicles&DaysPrune=25&article=000091&startpoint="]The Shadow Prophecies, Chapter Four[/url] by Katerei
[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=52&forum=*Cythera+Chronicles&DaysPrune=25&article=000092&startpoint="]Collusion, Chapter Eight[/url] by Bryce
[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=52&forum=*Cythera+Chronicles&DaysPrune=25&article=000093&startpoint="]New Horizons, Part Two[/url] by Cache 22
[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=52&forum=*Cythera+Chronicles&DaysPrune=25&article=000094&startpoint="]A History of Cythera's Mysteries, Part One: Lost Abydos[/url] by Mr. Somebody
[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/newsdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=52&forum=*Cythera+Chronicles&DaysPrune=25&article=000095&startpoint="]Collusion, Conclusion[/url] by Bryce

Vote now! The winner will have his or her named engraved permanently in Slayer's Guide to Cythera. In addition, Glenn Andreas himself informs us that he will create a small patch for the winner. Tentatively, the deadline for voting is one week, but as this is our first chronicle of the week, I may choose to extend the deadline if necessary.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

I'll vote for Katerei's Shadow Prophecies.

Its a fun story and easy-to-read if you have a few minutes of spare time. She worked hard on it and deserves the credit.

cache is a good chronicle writer, and puts a lot of time and effort into his work. In most cases he would've taken my vote, but I'm just not very fond of the storyline in New Horizons Part 2 and I couldn't really enjoy it like I enjoy most of his other works.

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"I hate that! Your answers are always short, precise, and utterly useless!"
"Yes."

[This message has been edited by Avatara (edited 07-31-2002).]

I feel that it would be most beneficial if we post explanations of our votes, but I'll not impose a strict requirement that we do so.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

Hrm -- for Glenn Andreas' offer, shouldn't it be whoever submits Chronicles in July, not just the released ones?

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pipeline: I like your nostrils.

With the exception of a chronicle submitted by Mr. Somebody, all chronicles submitted this month have been released this month. Since Mr. Somebody has already had a chronicle released this month, I think things are completely fair as they are.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

Besides, we'd have to wait until all chronicles submitted in a given month were released before voting, and that could take quite a while, sometimes (hey, I can dream, can't I? ) It could also lead to some extremely sparse months, since we might get a glut of chrons in one month and only one or two the next. If we base it on released chrons instead, it gets smoothed out.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be voting this month, since I've got one in the running.

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The e-mail of the specious is deadlier than their mail

Well, I was planning on submitting some this month, that's why, Slayer.

I suppose I'll content myself with not having a chance at my own player in Cythera. :sniffle:

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Legends fade and die.
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Thinking for yourself is a wonderful thing.

I vote for cache's "New Horizons, Part 2"

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Wer denken kann, ist klar im Vorteil.

-No comment.-
[edit]Say, I wonder if the winner would ever so kindly put that patch on the addons part of the Cythera boards... (HINT HINT!)[/edit]
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"To listen, one must be silent." -Ogion, A Wizard of Earthsea

[This message has been edited by Mr. Somebody (edited 07-30-2002).]

I'll vote for Collusion, conclusion... although it doesn't matter whether I vote for that or chapter eight.

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Bronze: the other gold metal.   | |   And so the space toaster hardened the outer layers of the doughy, ooey-gooey ancient Earth...
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url].

I vote for Shadow Prophacies By Katerei

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AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE WORLD IS GOING TO END THE SKY WILL FALL.... oh there's my left shoe

I vote for "New Horizons, Part Two" by Cache 22. An incredible amount of time, effort, and talent must have gone into that chronicle, and it shows. I'll admit, though, it was tough to decide between that one and Katerei's. I think that most other months, Katerei would be the winner almost without contest.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

[This message has been edited by Slayer (edited 07-31-2002).]

As requested, I've added an explanation for my vote above.

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"I hate that! Your answers are always short, precise, and utterly useless!"
"Yes."

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Ahhh, middle-chapter syndrome.

"It's always darkest before the dawn." (Who said that, anyway?)

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The e-mail of the specious is deadlier than their mail

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You did.

I think I'll probably not vote, either, since I have a released chron here. (Don't want to jeopardize myself. )

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Arrogance and ignorance walk hand in hand.

[This message has been edited by iKaterei (edited 07-31-2002).]

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Heh. Actually, it's a fairly well-known saying. I did a little digging and found widespread reference to it, but I still have no idea who said it first.

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The e-mail of the specious is deadlier than their mail

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Well, you never specified.

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Arrogance and ignorance walk hand in hand.

If I counted correctly, the votes are as follows:

The Shadow Prophecies, Chapter Four- 2 Votes
New Horizons, Part Two- 2 Votes
Collusion, Conclusion- 1 Vote

So we need a tie-breaker. The next person to vote may have the power to decide who wins this month. Or, if Glenn Andreas agrees, both Katerei and Cache could be winners.


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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

[This message has been edited by Slayer (edited 08-05-2002).]

Hmm, ordinarily I would not vote for myself, but just to make it more interesting (3-way tie, and not give the victory to either cache or kat), I'll vote for Collusion: Conclusion.

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"Why do these candles say T-N-T?" - (famous last words 104)
     
Where do you want to [url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/tricks/rJade.htm"]teleport[/url] today?
  

Won't work, Bryce - if you vote, then Kat and I might as well vote, and we're back to a cache/Kat tie

I suspect the deciding vote will be Ody's. I understand he's trying desperately to catch up on his reading

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The e-mail of the specious is deadlier than their mail

[This message has been edited by cache22 (edited 08-05-2002).]

I'm going to have to go with Cache on that one. We've already gone into overtime, so we'll need a tie-breaker, not a three-way tie.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

fine, then my vote is for cache's New Horizons.

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"Why do these candles say T-N-T?" - (famous last words 104)
     
Where do you want to [url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/tricks/rJade.htm"]teleport[/url] today?
  

There were four contenders, but only 1 complete loss! ME! I lost the first chronicle of the month! If I lose so much consecutively, maybe I will get my name down too, seeing as how I can never beat Katerei, Bryce and Cache!

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"To listen, one must be silent." -Ogion, A Wizard of Earthsea

You never know, Mr Somebody. Your work's improving quite a lot, so you might yet be surprised, one of these months Sorry I haven't commented on your last one yet, I've been a bit short on time. I hope to get to it tonight.

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The e-mail of the specious is deadlier than their mail

Well cache, now that everyone has voted you the best writer of the month, you can get working on that KL post.

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"I hate that! Your answers are always short, precise, and utterly useless!"
"Yes."