So, You Want to be an Imagineer Season 18 HYPE THREAD!

[DashHaber]

@NigelChanning09 , for a first-time player it was awesome to watch you grow as a competitor. You definitely had more than a 0% chance to win the game before tonight, and you did a great job arguing your case during that fateful podcast. You are a legend.

@DashHaber , sorry for putting you through that.

No worries about it, @Outbound . And yeah, Nigel was a great competitor and teammate in this series.

 

[goofyyukyuk]

BLAME THE JUDGES

 

[mickeyfan5534]

BLAME THE JUDGES

#ProducerShenanigans

 

[mickeyfan5534]

Question of the Day
What is the greatest movie ever made?

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Question of the Day
What is the greatest movie ever made?

@AceAstro knows I'm right

 

[AceAstro]

@AceAstro knows I'm right

Pi it is hard being the only two CATS fans on the forum...

I wish we had been on a team more this game! We would have made the best CATS attraction ever!!

 

[Suchomimus]

Question of the Day
What is the greatest movie ever made?

I'd go with Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. That end speech man...

 

[mickeyfan5534]

@TheOriginalTiki, @AceAstro, and I will be going live momentarily

 

[mickeyfan5534]

 

[Suchomimus]

 

[LittleGiants'16]

Since I have no where better to say this, did I ever tell any of you about how much I loathe the One Sentence competition?

Nothing against those who play in or run it. As an aside, it’s a challenge to run any contest. My brief foray into the now-defunct Elite Eight gave me immense respect for the creativity needed to run something of any scope. (Which, speaking of, I may have a competition idea to bounce off you old heads still lurking about.)

Back on point: my heavens, the writing is atrocious.

I suppose the competitors have no choice—there is always more to say than space in which to say it. Maybe it should be the three-sentence challenge. At least then we might see some proper punctuation.

Okay. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[JokersWild]

Since I have no where better to say this, did I ever tell any of you about how much I loathe the One Sentence competition?

Nothing against those who play in or run it. As an aside, it’s a challenge to run any contest. My brief foray into the now-defunct Elite Eight gave me immense respect for the creativity needed to run something of any scope. (Which, speaking of, I may have a competition idea to bounce off you old heads still lurking about.)

Back on point: my heavens, the writing is atrocious.

I suppose the competitors have no choice—there is always more to say than space in which to say it. Maybe it should be the three-sentence challenge. At least then we might see some proper punctuation.

Okay. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

I try to treat it as an elevator pitch of sorts, but yeah. Some people definitely push it to an extreme.

Also, welcome back. Please stick around.

 

[TheOriginalTiki]

Tiki's current mood

 

[TheOriginalTiki]

Since I have no where better to say this, did I ever tell any of you about how much I loathe the One Sentence competition?

Nothing against those who play in or run it. As an aside, it’s a challenge to run any contest. My brief foray into the now-defunct Elite Eight gave me immense respect for the creativity needed to run something of any scope. (Which, speaking of, I may have a competition idea to bounce off you old heads still lurking about.)

Back on point: my heavens, the writing is atrocious.

I suppose the competitors have no choice—there is always more to say than space in which to say it. Maybe it should be the three-sentence challenge. At least then we might see some proper punctuation.

Okay. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Yea, as someone who wrote a literal novella as my final project in Sorcerer's Apprentice, I have to agree that OSC is simply not for me. I think it's a cool creative writing excercise but the run-on sentences should be more moderated. I think in order to make the game live up to its full potential and challenge factor, some sort of grading scale for grammar and puncuation should be implimented. Just my two cents, of course Also great to see you back. Please feel more than free to float any comp ideas you have past me. Right now I'm toying around with what we could do for a fall tentpole comp since both Sorcerer's Apprentice and SYWTBAI have been such big hits this year, but I don't want to be the focal point of two comps in a row.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Yea, as someone who wrote a literal novella as my final project in Sorcerer's Apprentice, I have to agree that OSC is simply not for me. I think it's a cool creative writing excercise but the run-on sentences should be more moderated. I think in order to make the game live up to its full potential and challenge factor, some sort of grading scale for grammar and puncuation should be implimented. Just my two cents, of course Also great to see you back. Please feel more than free to float any comp ideas you have past me. Right now I'm toying around with what we could do for a fall tentpole comp since both Sorcerer's Apprentice and SYWTBAI have been such big hits this year, but I don't want to be the focal point of two comps in a row.

The tough thing with that approach is that the one sentence comp isn't meant to be a serious competiton. More of a fun game. That's why you get points just for participating and it often runs side by side with other "serious" competitions. That also helps it be accessible to newcomers. It isn't about the writing, just the ideas and if you can communicate them.

 

[LittleGiants'16]

I try to treat it as an elevator pitch of sorts, but yeah. Some people definitely push it to an extreme.

Also, welcome back. Please stick around.

I’m always “around”, Jokers. Now, the extent to which I am around is a separate matter.

Yea, as someone who wrote a literal novella as my final project in Sorcerer's Apprentice, I have to agree that OSC is simply not for me. I think it's a cool creative writing excercise but the run-on sentences should be more moderated. I think in order to make the game live up to its full potential and challenge factor, some sort of grading scale for grammar and puncuation should be implimented. Just my two cents, of course Also great to see you back. Please feel more than free to float any comp ideas you have past me. Right now I'm toying around with what we could do for a fall tentpole comp since both Sorcerer's Apprentice and SYWTBAI have been such big hits this year, but I don't want to be the focal point of two comps in a row.

I tend to agree. The run-ons drove me batty. There are ways to string together multiple independent clauses. Semicolons for one. Em dashes for another. Stream of consciousness musing, however, is not.

Still, I blame the rules. Or rather the conceit of the competition developed however many years ago.

P.S. - Faulkner is annoying. Don’t @ me with how influential he is. The man couldn’t punctuate.

 

[LittleGiants'16]

The tough thing with that approach is that the one sentence comp isn't meant to be a serious competiton. More of a fun game. That's why you get points just for participating and it often runs side by side with other "serious" competitions. That also helps it be accessible to newcomers. It isn't about the writing, just the ideas and if you can communicate them.

Of course. The game is silly in concept—purposefully opposite to the standard offerings. But can we really divorce the writing from the “communication?” Perhaps you can. I cannot.

This is, after all, a text-based medium.

 

[Outbound]

Yea, as someone who wrote a literal novella as my final project in Sorcerer's Apprentice, I have to agree that OSC is simply not for me. I think it's a cool creative writing excercise but the run-on sentences should be more moderated. I think in order to make the game live up to its full potential and challenge factor, some sort of grading scale for grammar and puncuation should be implimented. Just my two cents, of course Also great to see you back. Please feel more than free to float any comp ideas you have past me. Right now I'm toying around with what we could do for a fall tentpole comp since both Sorcerer's Apprentice and SYWTBAI have been such big hits this year, but I don't want to be the focal point of two comps in a row.

Petition for the Sole Imagineer revival?

The tough thing with that approach is that the one sentence comp isn't meant to be a serious competiton. More of a fun game. That's why you get points just for participating and it often runs side by side with other "serious" competitions. That also helps it be accessible to newcomers. It isn't about the writing, just the ideas and if you can communicate them.

I agree OSC is just a simple game. I prefer it this simple. I was reading through some other seasons of it and found all these complicated rules like bonus prompts and three-sentence caps and it just doesn't make much sense. It's way simpler as is, although I'll admit, I oftentimes find myself wanting to expand out my concept beyond the one sentence cap!

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Of course. The game is silly in concept—purposefully opposite to the standard offerings. But can we really divorce the writing from the “communication?” Perhaps you can. I cannot.

This is, after all, a text-based medium.

I've never seen grammar mistakes or run on sentences that made it difficult for me to understand the idea that was being presented. And as the "Elevator Pitch" competition its always been pretty clearly stated that the idea is what counts.

Of course, I understand some people have issues with reading comprehension or issues with taking casual games too seriously that causes it to become more difficult to read single sentences.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Of course. The game is silly in concept—purposefully opposite to the standard offerings. But can we really divorce the writing from the “communication?” Perhaps you can. I cannot.

This is, after all, a text-based medium.

Side note: "Silly" gives off the impression you look down on the game. Just wanted to give you that heads up in case you didn't know. I'm not sure how much time you've spend studying writing and story telling to know the connotations of words you use. Thought you'd appreciate knowing before you accidentally belittled one of the longest running games on the forum that gave much of the current generation their start here and many of them stay playing because of how enjoyable and enriching the game can be.