ACROPHOBIA 7: Fan Theories - Game Over

[DreamSongs]

Did you get my updated entry for next round?

[Dany Lannister]

I sent you a PM with the latest entry I had for this round.

[Lord Lyman]

First: 5. Lusty beefcake ensures sickeningly aromatic corpse.

Second: 10. Lion's bite excessive: Snake administered cure!!

Third: 2. Lethal bowels. Evidence? Shot astride crapper.

[Dolorous Gabe]

I gave an honourable mention to everyone. I stand by that as I still believe it was a high standard this round but I think I should have given special mention to number 10. It was hard to narrow down to three entries and 10 was the last one I cut out, but every time I read it I think it might be the best entry that didn't make my top 3. That's the trouble when there are so many great entries.

[Ser Not Appearing]

Still time to change all your votes to put me on top, folks.

[Dany Lannister]

Round 3 Results

Fan Theory: There's something rotten in King's Landing (Oberyn Poisoned Tywin)

Acronym: LBESAC

1. Lannisters' bane eliminates sire, administering... constipation??? -Reek Havoc 1st: FB 2nd: DolorousG 3rd: leek, Castellan

2. Lethal bowels. Evidence? Shot astride crapper. -Ser Not Appearing 1st: LadyB 2nd: nwarg, AssHat 3rd: LordL

3. Lion's bowels explode. Sister avenged chemically. -Howlin' Howland 1st: nwarg, leek, Reek, ghost 2nd: DS, LadyB, Castellan, Emmit 3rd: DolorousG

4. Loose bowels? Elia, siblings, avenged conclusively! -Emmit 1st: Evermind 2nd: leek 3rd: honeyed

5. Lusty beefcake ensures sickeningly aromatic corpse. -Lady Blizzardborn 1st: AssHat, DolorousG, LordL 2nd: SNA, ghost 3rd: DS

6. Legends bicker endlessly...stinks at cemetery. -DreamSongs 1st: oac 3rd: Reek

7. Lords bowels erupt sitting atop crapper. -Lord Lyman 3rd: SNA, Evermind

8. Long butt-aching expert sickening - arse closed! -Castellan

9. Lannister bowels emptied. Stink affirms contamination? -rhymeswithleek 1st: SNA 2nd: Evermind, Howlin' H 3rd: nwarg, AssHat, LadyB

10. Lion's bite excessive: Snake administered cure!! -northernwarg 1st: Howlin'H, Castellan, honeyed, Emmit 2nd: LordL 3rd: oac, ghost

11. “Lord Bowels,” Ellaria snickered. Achievement confirmed! -lil' ghost 2nd: oac 3rd: FB

12. "Lions bow," evidenced Snake. "Ask Castamerians." -ofacloud 2nd: honeyed 3rd: Emmit

13. Laxative (betcha) ensconces sonofabitch astride commode. -AssHat Ahai 1st: DS 2nd: Reek

14. Lion blighted enigmatically: sibling avengement = constipation! -Dolorous Gabe 3rd: Howlin'H

15. Lord's brutality earns serious anger, cousin. -honeyed chicken 2nd: FB

Scoring

Howlin' Howland came in first again -- this time sharing first place with northenwarg. Congrats to you both for great entries! Each received 2 points for tieing first place votes. Lady B came in next with her lusty beefcake reference! An honorable mention to newcomer rhymeswithleek for a strong first round!

Howlin' Howland 38+25=63

AssHat Ahai 30+7=37

northernwarg 15+20=35

DreamSongs 27+6=33

Ser Not Appearing 17+10=27

Lady Blizzardborn 6+16=22

Dolorous Gabe 18+3=21

Emmit 13+8=21

Reek Havoc 12+9=21

Lord Lyman 14+4=18

Evermind 14+1=15

Fragile Bird 13+1=14

honeyed chicken 10+4=14

rhymeswithleek 1+12=13

Castellan 10+2=12

lil' ghost 7+5=12

Turinqui-Calima 11+0=11

ofacloud 0+5=5

For scoring breakdown/details please see scoring spreadsheet. (Hopefully this can suffice so I dont have to type out +1+1+1 :))

If I have made any errors please let me know!!

[Dany Lannister]

Round 4 Submissions

Fan Theory: Secret Targaryens: A+J=T Cersei & Jaime Varys, etc. (excludes: R+L=J which is not in scope for this entry)

Acronym: HGOAWS

1. Hand's golden offspring? Aerys was sire.

2. Hour's guests on a westerosi Springer.

3. His Grace's orgasms are widely suspected.

4. Howland's grand obfuscation? Arya wasn't Stark's...

5. Horrific genetics. Obviously Aerys's wacko spawn.

6. His golden offspring always wank simultaneously.

7. His gets? Outrageous! Aerys: wedding screwer?

8. Heroes grown off Aerys’s wild seeds

9. Hilarious guesses originate at Westeros.org site.

10. Halfman's garish optics = Aerys' wicked secret.

11. Hair? Golden. Otherwise? Alas! Wrong seed.

12. Hairless gamer orchestrates a war. Shh!

13. Happily gains onlookers. Aegon(f) will survive?

14. Hatchling gets: obscurely, ancestrally...wyvern spawn?

15. Helping genes organize - Aerys Welfare Society

16. Hidden genealogy obsession abounds. Why? Secrets....

Remember, vote for your TOP 3 choices, in order (first, second, and third with their respective submission #). If I messed up your entry and need to make a correction, please PM me.

[Howlin' Howland]

1) 16. Hidden genealogy obsession abounds. Why? Secrets....

2) 8. Heroes grown off Aerys’s wild seeds

3) 9. Hilarious guesses originate at Westeros.org site.

[Dany Lannister]

Round 5

Fan Theory: Where do whores go? Braavos? LF's brothel?

Acronym: RUITQJE

Letters were randomly chosen using an online letter generator with the letters X and Z removed.

Fourth round voting and fifth round submissions will run until 9:00 pm EDT (New York, USA) on Friday July 25, please PM me your submissions!

[honeyed chicken]

Now THAT is a round. Holy cow man . . . I thought I had a good entry but mine is totally blown out of the water. Some great ones here.

Will edit my vote in tomorrow, let these percolate a bit.

oh heck! I'll vote now:

First: 1. Hand's golden offspring? Aerys was sire.

Second: 12. Hairless gamer orchestrates a war. Shh!

Third: 9. Hilarious guesses originate at Westeros.org site.

eta

interesting . . .I didn't know about those hypotheses (about Tysha). I can see some merit there.

eta #2

I'm having fun reading the voting explanations so I'm adding my own

First: Very elegant and airy.

Second: This was a whisker away from being my number one. As a gamer myself, it spoke to me immediately. Added that it was the only one that mentioned Varys = great stuff.

Third: I almost didn't include this because it wasn't to the topic, but I decided it's creativity overcame that logical quibble.

Honorable mentions:

4. Howland's grand obfuscation? Arya wasn't Stark's... Do you know something I don't? Arya secret Targ??

10. Halfman's garish optics = Aerys' wicked secret. I love that you worked in Tyrion's mismatched eyes. Brilliant!

2. Hour's guests on a westerosi Springer. Clever. On the Elimination game future topics thread we have a suggestion for ASOIAF reality shows. Jerry Springer on westerosi TV - Now there's a concept. "Our first guests, Jamie & Cersei Lannister . . . or should I say? Targaryen???"

and I like all the rest.

Don't see any bad ones this time.

[Reek Havoc]

First - 2. Hour's guests on a westerosi Springer. - points for putting an image in my head that I may never be able to get rid of :p
Second - 16. Hidden genealogy obsession abounds. Why? Secrets.... - my thoughts exactly.
Third - 3. His Grace's orgasms are widely suspected. - short, sweet, to the point, and well-articulated!

[Fragile Bird]

Ha ha, the submissions are great, but there seems to be an overabundance of one theme....

[Dolorous Gabe]

Now THAT is a round. Holy cow man . . . I thought I had a good entry but mine is totally blown out of the water. Some great ones here.

Will edit my vote in tomorrow, let these percolate a bit.

We are in agreement.

My spark is definitely gone. I'm being horribly outplayed.

[Fragile Bird]

First - 12. Hairless gamer orchestrates a war. Shh! Genius!

Second - 1. Hand's golden offspring? Aerys was sire. Love it!

Third - 11. Hair? Golden. Otherwise? Alas! Wrong seed. Precisely!

Honest to goodness, I had to flip a coin over those three. For that matter, over which three to pick! I also loved a bunch of others (including my own...)

[northernwarg]

First 5. Horrific genetics. Obviously Aerys's wacko spawn.

Second. 12. Hairless gamer orchestrates a war. Shh!

Third 3. His Grace's orgasms are widely suspected.

Echoing honeyed chicken, some brilliant entries. Don't think I'm going to do anything like last round. Btw thank you for all the votes. Equal first with the humongous HH, wow!.

My best ever placing. Sooooooo excited!!!

[AssHat Ahai]

Hey, wait a minute. It is a matter of record that references to bowels, toilets, and pooping in general are the sole intellectual property of one AssHat Ahai. Please contact Dany Lannister to have your royalties points transferred accordingly.

[Dany Lannister]

Echoing honeyed chicken, some brilliant entries. Don't think I'm going to do anything like last round. Btw thank you for all the votes. Equal first with the humongous HH, wow!.

My best ever placing. Sooooooo excited!!!

You both exchanged first place votes too! :)

Hey, wait a minute. It is a matter of record that references to bowels, toilets, and pooping in general are the sole intellectual property of one AssHat Ahai. Please contact Dany Lannister to have your royalties points transferred accordingly.

:bowdown:

Now THAT is a round. Holy cow man . . . I thought I had a good entry but mine is totally blown out of the water. Some great ones here.

eta

interesting . . .I didn't know about those hypotheses (about Tysha). I can see some merit there.

I actually came across this theory while doing research for this game. It was listed as a "favorite" and I found it's interesting, plus the answer of where do whores go has humorous potential.

[Howlin' Howland]

First 5. Horrific genetics. Obviously Aerys's wacko spawn.

Second. 12. Hairless gamer orchestrates a war. Shh!

Third 3. His Grace's orgasms are widely suspected.

Echoing honeyed chicken, some brilliant entries. Don't think I'm going to do anything like last round. Btw thank you for all the votes. Equal first with the humongous HH, wow!.

My best ever placing. Sooooooo excited!!!

I'm humongous? Anyway, I voted for you, I was pretty sure you would win the round.

[Dany Lannister]

I'm humongous? Anyway, I voted for you, I was pretty sure you would win the round.

You've got humongous points!!

[Howlin' Howland]

Hey, wait a minute. It is a matter of record that references to bowels, toilets, and pooping in general are the sole intellectual property of one AssHat Ahai. Please contact Dany Lannister to have your royalties points transferred accordingly.

My emoticon impression of you trying to collect those points:

:bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

Better luck next round :cheers: