Acrophobia #11 - Animal Life in Westeros Round Won by Dolorous Gabe

[Starks of Winter]

1) # 12. With Targaryen incantations, dragonbinder lore succeeds This is excellent!!

2) # 10. Warging!! Training is daunting, link spiritually

3) # 6. Wait 'til it's distracted. Lasso snout.

[Fragile Bird]

ROUND 1 VOTES

So...just how do you train a dragon?

1. Wizards train incendiary dread lizards stealthily. Lady Blizzardborn

2. Wild, tumultuous, irrepressible! Dragon's legendary status! Starks of Winter [1st - Whitefinch, Dany L]

3. Wise, towering individuals. Dragons learn swiftly. Lord Lyman

4. Winged terrors inflame Dornish lords. Surprise! Howlin' Howland [3rd - HC]

5. Wean them imaginatively: digestible lady sheep! northern warg [1st - Leave/Goat], [2nd - How How], [3rd - ReekH]

6. Wait 'til it's distracted. Lasso snout. Leave it to your goat [1st - Castellan, SNA], [2nd - Emmit], [3rd - How How, nwarg, Dol Gabe, Lord L, lil' ghost, SoW]

7. With T-bones in dramatically large servings Castellan [1st - Woofless], [2nd - lil' ghost], [3rd - Dany L, Lady B]

8. Wildlife threats include dainty lianas, starkly. Whitefinch [1st - nwarg]

9. With thirteen irascible dwarves... Listening, Smaug? Emmit [1st - ReekH, Lord L], [2nd - Dany L, SNA], [3rd - Woofless]

10. Warging!! Training is daunting, link spiritually. lil' ghost [1st Dol Gabe], [2nd - Castellan, HC, nwarg, Lady B, SoW], [3rd - Bronn]

11. Weapons thoroughly ineffective. Dragons love soaring. Honeyed Chicken

12. With Targaryen incantations, dragonbinder lore succeeds. Dolorous Gabe [1st - Bronn, lil' ghost, SoW], [2nd - Whitef, Woofless], [3rd - Emmit, SNA]

13. Warging. Taboo, illegal directives... legendary savagery. Dany Lannister [3rd - Whitefinch]

14. Write to:- International Dragonian Learning Systems Woofless [1st - HC, Emmit, How How, Lady B], [2nd - Bronn, Dol Gabe, RH, Lord L], [3rd - Castellan]

15. Weary trainers ignite; dauntless lessons succeed. Reek Havoc [3rd - Leave/Goat]

16. Wyvern "training's" incredibly dangerous. Like... sexually. Ser Not Appearing

17. Winterfell's Tossed Invalid Doubtless Learns Swiftly Bronn Stone [2nd Leave/Goat]

STANDINGS

1. Woofless 1+1+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+4 = 27

2. Dolorous Gabe 1+1+3+3+3+2+2+1+1 = 17

3. Leave it to your goat 1+1+3+3+2+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 16

3. lil' ghost 1+1+3+2+2+2+2+2+1 + 16

4. Emmit 1+1+3+3+2+2+1 = 13

6. Castellan 1+1+3+2+1+1 = 9

7. northernwarg 1+1+3+2+1 = 8

7. Starks of Winter 1+1+3+3 = 8

9. Whitefinch 1+1+3 = 5

10. Bronn Stone 1+1+2 = 4

11. Dany Lannister 1+1+1 = 3

11. Howlin' Howland 1+1+1 = 3

11. Reek Havoc 1+1+1 = 3

14. Lady Blizzardborn 1+1 = 2

14. Lord Lyman 1+1 = 2

14. Honeyed Chicken 1+1 = 2

14. Ser Not Appearing 1+1 = 2

Woofless takes the early lead with a very popular entry, 4 first and 4 second place votes, and the 4 point bonus for most firsts! Dolorous Gabe is in the hunt as well, taking second place but with lil' ghost AND Leave it to your goat both nipping on his heels in third, with Emmit and Leave it to your goat a pretty close fourth. [i showed Leave/goat with 2 1st place votes but only had one in the score]

I am actually surprised at how very popular the top four entries were, obviously striking a chord with the voters. I was expecting the votes to be much more spread out. As I said from the start, I thought all the entries were very good, so keep sending in those great entries! It's only Round 1!

:cheers:

Please double-check my count, this took a while to post because I was pretty nervous, but I think it's right. :)

Round 2 entries coming up!

[Fragile Bird]

Round 2 Voting

A Black Cat

1. Never fear! Legacy offspring with lonely Tommen.

2. Nice fishie. Lady 'owled whilst 'Lerion took.

3. Nine. F***ing. Lives. Outlasted wolves, lions, Targaryens.

4. No fear. Little owner warged, lives twined.

5. Naked felines! Landing's ostentatious "whiskered ladies" tantalize.

6. Nimble, fearless. Leaps on walls, loves trouble.

7. Nightly foraging, Lived on water, leftover turnips.

8. Now for liberty - opulence worthless, liveliness treasured.

9. Never forget latches over windows, little Tommen

10. Notorious feline lords over walls and 'Landing's towers.

11. Nicked feline's listening organ will look tattered.

12. Nasty fish. Longing over wasabi lemon trout!

13. Never fails. Lions overtake Westeros. Leaving tomorrow!

14. Nighttime favors loving other wicked little tomcats :leer:

15. Naughty farking Lannisters. Others will love Targaryens.

16. Now? Flea-bitten loner. Once was littlest Targaryen.

17. Navigated flight lithely.... object won - Lord tripped! :smug:

DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 29, 10:00 pm Toronto time

[Fragile Bird]

ROUND 3

Warriors' Horses

Letters - SPHFR

From southernmost Westeros to north of The Wall, from King's Landing across to Casterly Rock, and especially across the sea to the grasslands roamed by the Dothraki, a horse is one of the most important components of a warrior's ability to be successful, whether in battle, or at a tournament, or on routine patrol, or chasing the enemy. What does a soldier look for in their horse?

DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 29, 10:00 pm Toronto time.

Good luck!

[Castellan]

#1 2. Nice fishie. Lady 'owled whilst 'Lerion took.

#2 3. Nine. F***ing. Lives. Outlasted wolves, lions, Targaryens.

#3 16. Now? Flea-bitten loner. Once was littlest Targaryen.

[Woofless]

Yaaay!!! :lmao: :commie: :commie: :commie:

Thank you HC, Emmit, How How, Lady B, Bronn, Dol Gabe, RH, Lord L, Castellan

Can we stop the game now? While I'm ahead! :D

[lil' ghost]

Can we stop the game now? While I'm ahead! :D

I agree!! Best start I've ever had. and I won't be surprised when I keep going down the list :lol:

but, anyway. THANK YOU DG, Castellan, HC, northerwarg, LadyB, Starks of Winter and Bronn Stone! :cheers:

i don't think i've had so many people vote for one my entries before either :D

[honeyed chicken]

Yaaay!!! :lmao: :commie: :commie: :commie:

Thank you HC, Emmit, How How, Lady B, Bronn, Dol Gabe, RH, Lord L, Castellan

Can we stop the game now? While I'm ahead! :D

I agree!! Best start I've ever had. and I won't be surprised when I keep going down the list :lol:

but, anyway. THANK YOU DG, Castellan, HC, northerwarg, LadyB, Starks of Winter and Bronn Stone! :cheers:

i don't think i've had so many people vote for one my entries before either :D

You earned the votes - they were great entries!

Surprised (shocked really) that I was the only vote for HowHow's. Goats was excellent as well, but I'm glad that I voted for HowHow's instead since he would not have gotten any votes otherwise (as mine didn't, but it was uninspired).

[Ser Not Appearing]

Yeah, I had nothing. Asked about "lessons+sex" but technically that's an illegal way to use a symbol and even more technically... it'd probably not have gotten votes anyway.

[Lady Blizzardborn]

You're welcome, people for whom I voted!

This round's votes were slightly easier, but still high quality round!

1. 17. Navigated flight lithely.... object won - Lord tripped! :smug: Love this one.

2. 4. No fear. Little owner warged, lives twined. Lovely thought, hope it's true!

3. 9. Never forget latches over windows, little Tommen Funny! I don't think anyone would blame Tommen but still...

Honorable mentions to 2, 13, and 16.

[Fragile Bird]

I have just to my horror realized I actually provided an "h" in my horse set of letters. :p

My bad, my bad...

[lil' ghost]

1st - 3. Nine. F***ing. Lives. Outlasted wolves, lions, Targaryens. :thumbsup:

2nd - 6. Nimble, fearless. Leaps on walls, loves trouble. sounds about right for a kitty.

3rd - 13. Never fails. Lions overtake Westeros. Leaving tomorrow! HA!

[Fragile Bird]

For my next round, I could either go very short, 4 letters, or try to go long, 8 or 9 letters.

What do you think, long or short?

[Dolorous Gabe]

For my next round, I could either go very short, 4 letters, or try to go long, 8 or 9 letters.

What do you think, long or short?

I vote short. Not for everyone but encourages creativity.

[honeyed chicken]

I have just to my horror realized I actually provided an "h" in my horse set of letters. :P

My bad, my bad...

I did kinda noticed that . . . :lol:

[Dolorous Gabe]

1). 17. Navigated flight lithely.... object won - Lord tripped!

2). 8. Now for liberty - opulence worthless, liveliness treasured.

3). 3. Nine. F***ing. Lives. Outlasted wolves, lions, Targaryens.

[Reek Havoc]

first - 2. Nice fishie. Lady 'owled whilst 'Lerion took. - If cats could talk, I kind of always imagined they'd talk like this... plus it actually answers the question posed.

second - 10. Notorious feline lords over walls and 'Landing's towers. - awesome and accurate, according to the series.

third - 6. Nimble, fearless. Leaps on walls, loves trouble. - very catlike :)

[Fragile Bird]

About 22.5 hours left until the voting and Round 3 deadlines. :)

Go get 'em!

[Leave it to your goat]

First: 5. Naked felines! Landing's ostentatious "whiskered ladies" tantalize.

Second: 14. Nighttime favors loving other wicked little tomcats

Third: 1. Never fear! Legacy offspring with lonely Tommen.

#13 is excellent as well.

[Fragile Bird]

I have made a change in the scoring - Leave it to your goat noticed I showed 2 first place votes in the results, but only had one first place vote in the scoring.

Thank-you for noticing! I double-checked my spreadsheet (which I scored from) and somehow did not put 2 check marks in the first place column. The 2nd and 3rd place columns had all 17 votes, so I don't think there are any other errors. :)

Oh, it bumps up Lityg to a tie for 3rd with lil' ghost with 16 points, so 2 people nipping at DG's heels.