What is this about an actor challenge? I can't find a thread on this.

Quoted from eldave1 Not sure we're supposed to pick the actors or a pair of actors - there have been no parameters as of yet.

There are a plethora of different tournament formats, so it doesn't do much good to guess. But if it is a bracket with seeds, my starting position would be low enough that I'll be paired against someone with an Oscar on their shelf  

Quoted from Steven What is this about an actor challenge? I can't find a thread on this.

It's a completely separate, really elaborate thing over here.

Quoted from FrankM It's a completely separate, really elaborate thing over here.

Thanks.

Im so confused.

Quoted from Warren Im so confused.

Indeed.

My guess (just pulling it out of my ass) is that somehow these two unrelated things will end up being related.

First - we got the "It's coming 3-13-18

On 3-13-18 - We got the Character Actor Bracket. Simply a voting for your favorite actor thing

Then - same day - a mysterious writer's tournament.

Ergo: me thinks:

The parameters (themes, genre, pages) etc. of the writing challenge will be announced soon.

Rather than traditional voting - the scripts will be listed in a bracket format much like the actor one and we will vote on who advances to the next round, then the next round then ultimately the finals.

Somehow the character actors ultimately winning in the other contest will somehow end up linked to the parameters of the writing challenge.

That's all I got

Quoted from eldave1 Indeed. My guess (just pulling it out of my ass) is that somehow these two unrelated things will end up being related. First - we got the "It's coming 3-13-18 On 3-13-18 - We got the Character Actor Bracket. Simply a voting for your favorite actor thing Then - same day - a mysterious writer's tournament. Ergo: me thinks: The parameters (themes, genre, pages) etc. of the writing challenge will be announced soon. Rather than traditional voting - the scripts will be listed in a bracket format much like the actor one and we will vote on who advances to the next round, then the next round then ultimately the finals. Somehow the character actors ultimately winning in the other contest will somehow end up linked to the parameters of the writing challenge. That's all I got

Love the idea of a knockout writer’s tournament (anonymous I assume?).

Not so fussed on the actor voting thing.

Quoted from Warren Love the idea of a knockout writer’s tournament (anonymous I assume?). Not so fussed on the actor voting thing.

Would be cool - like I said - just a wild guess

Quoted from eldave1 Somehow the character actors ultimately winning in the other contest will somehow end up linked to the parameters of the writing challenge.

Mr. Blonde has agreed to pay out-of-pocket to hire the Final Four of the actor tournament to do a table read of the winner of the script tournament.

I think. I had just read an article about how easy it is for fake news to spread on the Internet

Quoted from FrankM Mr. Blonde has agreed to pay out-of-pocket to hire the Final Four of the actor tournament to do a table read of the winner of the script tournament. I think. I had just read an article about how easy it is for fake news to spread on the Internet

good one

I'm in for a writing challenge. As long as I'm able to come up with something to write

May not be on the right track at all, but the more I think of it a script vs. script knockout tournament would be pretty awesome.


Oh unless you come up against Mark or Dave in the first round, then you’re f@#ked.

One of the possible ways to make the two related is - the scripts will be judged on the merits of two main characters created by a writer. Just a guess - to connect the two.

So, the first round is not a script against a script, but characters independent of plots against the characters of another script.

I'm so sorry for leaving all of you guys in suspense yesterday. To catch you up, I was putting the finishing touches on the first round of the March Madness tournament as a blizzard was starting to ramp up. I kept losing power for the briefest of moments (5-30 seconds at a time). By the time the whole losing power thing was done, my internet was knocked out and didn't come back online this morning. Now that I'm back, I can finally clarify exactly what's happening:

The two tournaments are separate entities that will run concurrently. The tournament on this board will be as follows: the tournament will be a multi-round writing contest where you, and the writer you are competing against, will be given a specific topic to write about in 1-5 pages. You will have 48 hours to write and submit your short, then they will be posted together (anonymously) and everyone will vote for the script they think is the best. The script with the highest score moves on to the next round. If you sign up and aren't able to complete a script in the given time, you will be eliminated and your opponent will move on, so at least put out something.

I will also be posting this in a more direct way on the OP, so it will be easier to refer back to.

Sign-ups are open until 11:59PM EST on Thursday, March 15th.

What sign-ups? I don't see the sign-up sheet/sheets(