Lol. I knew you'd give in and do another one of these.

No c or g (or eyes) --> no CG(I) --> nothing requiring VFX??

F(led) + X + with a vengeance + Zero CG = Special Effects but no computer generated images.

It's a splash gore fest with no green screen!

Quoted from JEStaats It's a splash gore fest with no green screen!

My kinda' tournament.  

Oh, man... now you guys are getting into algebra, this is nucking futs. I got nothing... so far. Is that Morpheus? Hmm... interesting; probably way off. Nope got nothing...

Tournament?

We are gonna be put into two's again?

Final clue is live.

A three round in the tournament?

Three BIG rounds!

I seriously don’t have time for a multi-round Writer’s Tournament. Which of course means I’m in and will have no sleep in the foreseeable future.

Quoted from FrankM I seriously don’t have time for a multi-round Writer’s Tournament. Which of course means I’m in and will have no sleep in the foreseeable future.

Wow what confidence! Yes you’ll make all the rounds! Nice

Bumping for excitement factor...

Anything else to tell us yet, Sean?

Whatever it is, I'm going to try my damnedest to be in. It's likely to be nothing more than an exercise in blowing out the cobwebs but I really need to start writing again. I haven't really knuckled down since the last WT.

Quoted from LC Bumping for excitement factor... Anything else to tell us yet, Sean?

No need for excitement. Plenty of time to build. But...

I got it!

Write an X-rated revenge script about Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin competing in the Olympics without using C's or G's in their dialogue!

Ah, wait, that isn't the Olympics logo... fuck...

Ah! So, characters who are inextricably linked together, like in Fled and Die Hard With A Vengeance.

The Borromean rings kind of give that away.

...or maybe it's the writers who are linked together...scary...

Quoted from ReneC ...or maybe it's the writers who are linked together...scary...

That prospect terrifies me.

Three C's and Three G's. We are going to be put in three then.

You'll have to participate too, Sean. We have to make you! Someone has to start the movement

Quoted from khamanna You'll have to participate too, Sean. We have to make you! Someone has to start the movement

Nope, I refuse. The Writer's Tournament is my annual opportunity to punish you all for the sins of writing. So it is written... Lol. =)

The only clue I understand is the no C.G. one. Still thinking about how a black-on-white X is two clues in one.

Quoted from FrankM The only clue I understand is the no C.G. one.

Is that what the clue is?

Mr Blonde

You got issues...

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Mr Blonde You got issues...

And, just think, they gave me a soapbox for the next **?** weeks. =)

More clues! This is a request

Quoted from khamanna More clues! This is a request

I'm all out, Khamanna. There are none left.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde I'm all out, Khamanna. There are none left.

Was it another clue?

Quoted from khamanna Was it another clue?

Nope. I wouldn't hide a clue in here. They're all on the front page and I have no others that would fit, without intentionally throwing anyone off.

Ok, interesting

I knew I was away a while but I’ve not come across these tournaments before

Seems cool

But, damn ...is that 48 hours to write them. Man, some readers will be in for a load of bollocks from me with that limit.

Hell, could be worth a stab.

Let’s see what the twisted mod comes up with  

Oh Jeez. I may already have a script in the works that is composed of these "guessed clues."

For the record, there have been a couple successful guesses thus far, dealing with certain aspects of the Tournament. I think, deep down, you guys are going to like this. =)

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Ok, interesting I knew I was away a while but I’ve not come across these tournaments before Seems cool But, damn ...is that 48 hours to write them. Man, some readers will be in for a load of bollocks from me with that limit. Hell, could be worth a stab. Let’s see what the twisted mod comes up with

Yep, it's punishing if the past is anything to go by.

I think it was 72 hours for the 2019 Tournament, and I for one would need that with my free time restrictions at the moment.

Bill, here's the link to 2019, 2018 is in the thread above.
https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-Tourney19/

Also, just thinking... X is also a Roman numeral. Was that mentioned already?  Just sayin'.

Quoted from LC Also, just thinking... X is also a Roman numeral. Was that mentioned already?  Just sayin'.

Hmm, do you know something, Libby?

No, Kham. I'm completely in the dark on this one cause hopefully I'll enter.

This is Blondie's show.

Quoted from LC cause hopefully I'll enter.

Yes, hopefully you will. But I'm starting to think I'm too pretty for all this. Let's see.

Quoted from khamanna Yes, hopefully you will. But I'm starting to think I'm too pretty for all this. Let's see.

Well, there's no doubting you're pretty, Kham.
Are you talking about your delicate sensibilities?

Quoted from Mr. Blonde I think, deep down, you guys are going to like this. =)

Deep Down, eh? Oh, oh… we’ve heard that before, something about the American Dream, but… not all is what it seems.

Folks, I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream. About me. About you.
The way our American hearts beat down in the bottom of our chests.
About the special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts,
Maybe below the cockles, maybe in the sub-cockle area.
Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the kidneys. Maybe even in the colon,
We don't know.

~ Denis Leary ~

Curious, his drummer has a big ‘X’ on the bass drum. Another coincidence…? I think not.



It’s ALL about Denis Leary this time around, and the incessant need to load our scripts with huge full page dialog rants, like this Denis Leary rant from the Demolition Man:

“You got that right. You see, according to Cocteau's plan... I'm the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, the freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy who likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of BBQ ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I wanna run through the streets naked with green Jell-O all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Mayer Wiener." You live up top, you live Cocteau's way: what he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other choice: come down here... and maybe starve to death.”

It's about green Jell-O, which is eerily similar to Soylent Green. A movie about a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect, resulting in suffering from pollution, poverty, overpopulation, euthanasia and depleted resources.

It’s also a Buddy/Buddy movie? I’m probably still way off…

Quoted from LC Well, there's no doubting you're pretty, Kham. Are you talking about your delicate sensibilities?

Lol. Yes and how all that writing would be a dsitraction to my busy schedule of sitting on the sofa drinking teas and thinking important thoughts  .

One last clue to tide everyone over. =)

I'm way too pretty for this shit!

Quoted from Dreamscale I'm way too pretty for this shit!

I'm sorry, Jeff. I can't hear you over the thunderous laughter coming from all over the site. Lol.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde One last clue to tide everyone over. =)

Ha! Tell us something we don’t already know.

You guys are very mean.  I feel so deflated.  I'll get over it, but it will require Jager and other such inebriants.

Quoted from Dreamscale You guys are very mean.  I feel so deflated.  I'll get over it, but it will require Jager and other such inebriants.

You'll really need it if you decide to enter. This won't be Fun & Games like past years. This'll be pure Dark Night of the Soul the whole way. =)

Quoted from khamanna Ha! Tell us something we don’t already know.

Don't disregard Clue #6 so quickly. That may be the second-most important clue I gave. Or, third. Or, a red herring. But, still... =)

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Don't disregard Clue #6 so quickly. That may be the second-most important clue I gave. Or, third. Or, a red herring. But, still... =)

So looks like the X was a ten.

Could also be any of dozens of Mac operating systems, though that would conflict with the no C.G.  clue.

Edit: or maybe the important bit is “previously published as ‘And Then There Were None’”

Edit II: The first and second images also convey “black and white” which combined with no C.G. might indicate old-school filming. Or I’m way off-base

Oh. I got it. We will be put in threes. One would start, and next round the other will continue the started work. This is really twisted even for you, Sean

Quoted from khamanna This is really twisted even for you, Sean

Is that dissent I sense? Since nothing has officially been announced, there's still plenty of time to make it worse. Lol. =)

But, I wouldn't do that...