Circle of Greed by Jon Lord - An old church in Detroit hides a valuable secret 5 pages - Short, Action

The Fool by Andrew Irvine - Failing to follow the rules of your profession can be fatal. - Short, Action

Deities of the Apocalypse by Mr. T Card - In a post apocalyptic world, a mother battles new and unusual religions in return for the life of her daughter. - Short, Action, Comic, Animation

Street Cinema by Anonymous44 - In a world obsessed with Social Media, a young man is willing to risk everything to be noticed. - Short, Action, Social Realism

A Place of Worship by Mr Meyer - An avid collector needs just one more signature to complete his collection. - Short, Action

Deciphering Fenn by Penned by Forrest - Forrest Fenn created a riddle hidden within a poem that details his buried treasure.  Harry wants to crack the code but encounters trouble along the way. - Short, Action

Sanctuary by Anonymous46 - Two young boys seek an escape from the horrors of the world around them. - Short, Action, Drama

Black Mamba by Upper Deck - For one gladiator, church provides neither solace nor sanctuary. - Short, Action

Saints and Sinners by Your Eminence - An epic battle ensues between the Heavenly and the Fallen for the life of his Holiness. - Short, Action

A Warrior's Anguish by Anonymous 60 - A warrior returns to his village only to find it ransacked. - Short, Action

Card Chase by Anonymouse 50 - Nathan's most prized possession, a limited-edition Detective Pikachu card, has been stolen. Will his detective skills be up to the challenge of chasing down the culprit? - Short, Action, Family

Redemption by The Last Action Writer - A dirty cop finds redemption while helping a teen girl survive the new world order. - Short, Action

Crucified by Michael Sam - An old man is angered by the football cards a young boy brings to a church gathering. - Short, Action, Drama

Skate The Church by Anonymouse 48 - In a gothic church, a skating rooster fights a bully with a baseball bat. - Short, Action

Red Wedding by Little Sister - When a supervillain pulls the EARTH card, only the Cretes, long-time protectors of our planet, stand a chance at stopping her. - Short, Action

Awesome, Don and Blondie

15 scripts, guessed it :)

Thanks, Don and Sean!

Thanks for letting me slide in a couple of minutes late. You're the man, Don!

You too, Sean. So so manly. ;D

I'd like to apologize in advance in for my terrible title and logline. Today was supposed to be my free day to write, but I had a killer headache all day. Literally wrote this beast in the final hour before the deadline. I was in full on panic-mode.

Anyone else having trouble opening some of the scripts?

Quoted from Warren Anyone else having trouble opening some of the scripts?

Warren,

I'm having server issues.  I've just confirmed that all scripts will now open.  

For now.

Don

Quoted from Don Warren, I'm having server issues.  I've just confirmed that all scripts will now open.   For now. Don

Roger that :)

In this list Card Chase is linking to Skate The Church. Not a big deal, just for awareness. Everything else seems good.

Congrats to all who got one in this round

I got an idea too late. Yes, I know, excuses, excuses.
Hope to see you all in the final round. :)

Looking forward to reading.

Quoted from Don Warren, I'm having server issues.  I've just confirmed that all scripts will now open.   For now. Don

Maybe it needs a reboot?


Ah, upon saying that, I did that once and everything stopped working. I had a partly broken MySQL database and I needed to create a new one. I'm not an expert and had to use Google to talk me through it. Including study it took me around 6 hours to do what to an expert would be a ten-minute job.

I like how the the thread title has (4) in brackets like that... just in case.

15 entries, not bad considering we are in round 4.

Apologies in advance, I'll be slow at reviewing this week - I've been slacking at work for the last 3 weeks and the work has built up, I should probably get to it before I get the sack.

A few interesting log lines though

Quoted from Warren In this list Card Chase is linking to Skate The Church. Not a big deal, just for awareness. Everything else seems good.

I've noticed this too.
Will notify Don

Quoted from Warren In this list Card Chase is linking to Skate The Church. Not a big deal, just for awareness. Everything else seems good.

Skate the Church has the most thread reads and Card Chase has the fewest, so people are using Don's table-of-contents post.

Don't often get a chance to measure the awesomeness of Don... :)

My reading and reviewing will come over the weekend this time. Probably a big push on Saturday. Thank God for the extended read/review time.

Quoted from Zack Thanks for letting me slide in a couple of minutes late. You're the man, Don!

WHAT!! DQ surely!!

...I'm kidding, glad you made it in Zack  ;D

Woa great showing for round 4. Havent expected to see so many scripts. You people are such writers

Quoted from Matthew Taylor WHAT!! DQ surely!! ...I'm kidding, glad you made it in Zack  ;D

I'll be honest, after re-reading my script on the way to work this morning, I kind of wish I was DQ'd. Lol. Serves me right for waiting until the last hour to write and submit it. This is definitely a survival round for me.  :P

Quoted from Zack I'll be honest, after re-reading my script on the way to work this morning, I kind of wish I was DQ'd. Lol. Serves me right for waiting until the last hour to write and submit it. This is definitely a survival round for me.  :P

I’m stringing together about five survival rounds  ::)

For everyone's bitching early on about their entries, so far they've been pretty decent. Nice work!

Quoted from JEStaats For everyone's bitching early on about their entries, so far they've been pretty decent. Nice work!

From this I deduce that you haven't read mine yet.

There is no DQ. Bravo to Sean for that.

Quoted from JEStaats For everyone's bitching early on about their entries, so far they've been pretty decent. Nice work!

Just wait. ;D I've reached a new low with my round 4 effort. I'm honestly embarrassed by it. Lol.

Quoted from Zack Just wait. ;D I've reached a new low with my round 4 effort. I'm honestly embarrassed by it. Lol.

Should I have prefaced "so far"?

Oh wait, I did.😀

5 left to go but the ones I have read haven't been too shabby to be honest - The trading card stipulation has been used well in quite a few.

I don't think mine will do too bad in the scoring - although in one of the reviews, someone pointed out a rather stupid mistake:
Me: "No, that can't be right - I wouldn't have done something so stupid"
*Checks script*
Me: *face palm* "Dammit!"

Quoted from Matthew Taylor I don't think mine will do too bad in the scoring - although in one of the reviews, someone pointed out a rather stupid mistake: Me: "No, that can't be right - I wouldn't have done something so stupid" *Checks script* Me: *face palm* "Dammit!"

It’s a 72-hour vomit draft.

At least that’s what I’ve been telling myself when this happens to me... every round.

Quoted from FrankM It’s a 72-hour vomit draft. At least that’s what I’ve been telling myself when this happens to me... every round.

Yeah I know - doesn't stop my eye from twitching at the thought of not being able to change it for a week lol

Quoted from Matthew Taylor Yeah I know - doesn't stop my eye from twitching at the thought of not being able to change it for a week lol

I hear this. Many times I'll do rewrites during the week because I just can't stand some of the stupid stuff I do remaining on the page.

But, having that script sitting out there... knowing my name will be on it soon... ugh. I hate that feeling.

It's pretty quiet around here considering we are in the middle of the WT.

Quoted from Warren It's pretty quiet around here considering we are in the middle of the WT.

Been jammed up at work. Will be doing my reads this weekend. I'll see if I can't squeeze a couple in tomorrow on break.

Quoted from Zack Been jammed up at work. Will be doing my reads this weekend. I'll see if I can't squeeze a couple in tomorrow on break.

I'm in a similar boat. Had basically another full-time job heaped onto me, and no one is doing my day-to-day job so that takes up a lot of the evening. Will sneak reads in as I can, but the reviews may come in another late burst.

Quoted from Warren It's pretty quiet around here considering we are in the middle of the WT.

I was thinking the same thing. Then again, I'm in that boat too. My boss had to go away for a family emergency and I had to take up the slack, and she came back sick. I need to read more!

Quoted from ReneC I was thinking the same thing. Then again, I'm in that boat too. My boss had to go away for a family emergency and I had to take up the slack, and she came back sick. I need to read more!

I detect the plotline of your Round 5 entry... :)

I'll be active here on Sunday.

I'm kinda running out of steam to be honest. Been a bloody hard challenge. Tough scripts to write, constantly creating, reading, or reviewing.

I think everyone has done pretty well to go the distance. One more round, it's going to be a great feeling to type FADE OUT on that bad boy!

Quoted from PKCardinal I'll be active here on Sunday.

By then we'll have the fifth prompt, which will be something like

Genre: Sci-Fi

Location: Fotomat Kiosk

Object: Ballet shoe

Quoted from FrankM By then we'll have the fifth prompt, which will be something like Genre: Sci-Fi Location: Fotomat Kiosk Object: Ballet shoe

Geez, Frank, I thought I was the only one around here old enough to remember Fotomat. I thought you were going to make the object a Green Stamp book.

I’m determined to get back to my time travel feature when this is done   Have heaps done just need to knuckle down and finish it  

Waz, I haven’t written fade out on any tourney scripts lol as I haven’t had room  ;D

I think this is the first round where I genuinely have no idea who wrote what.

I really should have sat this one out.

Quoted from Warren

You forgot the airplane crashed through a billboard for hand sanitizer.

I'm in a similar boat to others, called away for work for a couple of days so only just back, hopefully get some reading done over next day or so.

Found this round a real toughie, just the combination of criteria really, ended up writing it in 4 hours on deadline day and I think it shows... but hey I got one in ;-)

Well done to all for sticking with it.

It's understandable that it should die down after 4 weeks - it's a tough ask for anyone. I'm genuinely surprised so many people are still in this thing.

Quoted from Matthew Taylor It's understandable that it should die down after 4 weeks - it's a tough ask for anyone. I'm genuinely surprised so many people are still in this thing.

Agreed, today was a particularly quiet day though, so I was just poking fun :)

Quoted from stevie Waz, I haven’t written fade out on any tourney scripts lol as I haven’t had room  ;D

Haha fair call. Be hypocritical if I didn't after calling people out about it.

The reading this time isn't as enjoyable. A lot of action doesn't leave room for story, and it's the story that engages me. Other rounds I could read four or five scripts in a row, this time I'm choking on three.

Quoted from ReneC The reading this time isn't as enjoyable. A lot of action doesn't leave room for story, and it's the story that engages me. Other rounds I could read four or five scripts in a row, this time I'm choking on three.

That's interesting because I have only read three scripts thus far that are genuine action scripts. The rest concentrate way too much on story.

Those of you outting yourself on the Week 3 scripts. Don sent a PM saying there was still a scorecard still outstanding for week three so you really should back and delete your post (maybe copy it somewhere so you can post it back once the scores are posted).

At this point, maybe no one cares though.

Quoted from Gary in Houston Those of you outting yourself on the Week 3 scripts. Don sent a PM saying there was still a scorecard still outstanding for week three so you really should back and delete your post (maybe copy it somewhere so you can post it back once the scores are posted). At this point, maybe no one cares though.

Good point, Gary. Not sure what I was thinking. My bad.

Gary's correct.

Let's stick to reveals when we have the go-ahead, or chaos may ensue.  ;D

There haven't even been any guesses for Round Three yet.

Matthew, I've cut and pasted your script notes for when the time is right.
Zack, did you delete your reveal? I'll check.

No need for further apologies but let's just be patient a bit longer.

Are we there yet?




Are we there yet?




Are we there yet?

Quoted from PKCardinal Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

If you don't settle down, I will turn this Challenge around and take you back to week one!

Quoted from LC Zack, did you delete your reveal? I'll check.

Yeah, I deleted mine. Although, I'm fairly certain most of you know what script I wrote anyways. lol

Quoted from Gary in Houston If you don't settle down, I will turn this Challenge around and take you back to week one

Haha, very funny! That'd be some torture.

Quoted from Gary in Houston If you don't settle down, I will turn this Challenge around and take you back to week one!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Whose scorecard from round 3 still needs to go in? Be good to see some scores.

More interesting, for me.
I tanked R3, taking it on the chin. :)

Can't wait to see what's in store for R5. Doesn't mean I'll be able to take the challenge, but I sure am curious.

Quoted from LC More interesting, for me. I tanked R3, taking it on the chin. :) Can't wait to see what's in store for R5. Doesn't mean I'll be able to take the challenge, but I sure am curious.

I'm not expecting great things, but it would be nice to see them.

Actual picture of me at work waiting for the last person to put their scores in.

(P.s I hope it's not me your waiting on lol)

Quoted from Matthew Taylor Actual picture of me at work waiting for the last person to put their scores in.

I see the diet is working.

And it's friday again. Ready for the final chapter right in the midsummer (at least for the northern hemisphere)?

wow. Almost 80 scripts reviewed and 4 shorts written.

What a boot camp  :o

I learned a lot of stuff.

Quoted from PrussianMosby What a boot camp  :o

Damn straight.

Just post the standings without that one person’s score. Revise when the last score comes in.

Quoted from Gary in Houston Just post the standings without that one person’s score. Revise when the last score comes in.

Oh, Dustin, you do post gifs now?

What's up with you anyway?

You haven't yet declared your motive to hang around here during the challenge. Definitely volunteer of the year but why you give yourself that torture :-)

Quoted from PrussianMosby Oh, Dustin, you do post gifs now? What's up with you anyway? You haven't yet declared your motive to hang around here during the challenge. Definitely volunteer of the year but why you give yourself that torture :-)

I have no work to do until Monday. My partner is at her mother's hospital bedside as she has terminal cancer. So, I'm at home with my 3-year-old daughter who sings constantly. You wouldn't believe the song she's singing right now...

'Kiki, do you lub me, are you widing...'

Sorry to hear that about your mother-in-law.

Well, you're a dad and need to be strong and positive. And you are.

Is the song of your daughter annoying or funny? I cannot understand colloquial language.

It's really funny listening to her. She's playing Roblox, so if I wanted to I could put on my headphones and listen to music. I like hearing her happy.

I rarely get annoyed at anything. I think it might have something to do with all the weed I smoke. Believe it or not, I'm a very chilled person.

Good. I think the girl was what you needed… If I ever got kids, I want rather girls and let the boy be the last, or the first…

Idiotic, my vision is.

I had my years with weed and now I only need one drag to be high. And I do it four to six times a year. At the moment I wish for another life, no tobacco, no alcohol, no drugs, nothing. But I'm the youngest in my family and need to eat the ****. The stress is killing me.

There was a clause from Sean that I think to remember. You need to read 10 scripts to be eligible to vote. Correct me cause I'm wrong.

Quoted from PrussianMosby There was a clause from Sean that I think to remember. You need to read 10 scripts to be eligible to vote. Correct me cause I'm wrong.

I think it was half of the scripts in a given round, but the Round Three didn’t even have a choice for did-not-score. That basically raised a he requirement to (at least pretend to) read them all.