So I lied. It's up on Sunday. You guys are gonna have to forgive me pretty hard for this one, though.
I can't read all these fics. It's just not possible. You ponies are full of words. I wasn't expecting the length per story, nor the sheer number of them. Good ones, even. I love reading these as much as you guys love writing them, but this would literally take me days to really go over. I did the math. So, I'm going to have to forgo Cereal's Favorites this time in lieu of actually getting these submissions compiled for Sunday.
Another thing to apologize for- I went pretty simple on these. Half of them didn't have titles and/or author names attached to them (because I never asked for either), so I did my best and tried to give everypony at least a name. Next time I'll ask for a simple title and author tag. I wasn't organized enough for this because I wasn't expecting the explosion of material I got.
At the time of writing this particular paragraph, there are 144 full-length submissions about Rainbow Dash trying to cook. From what I did manage to get through, you guys sure did include Fluttershy a lot! I was expecting more Pinkie Pie, to be honest. Maybe I just didn't get to those. Also, a few of you need to get back to me about Docs permissions and stuff.
I'm still contemplating making this a bi-weekly thing. You'll know for sure by next week, depending on how much work it is to make these posts. I wouldn't expect them to work much differently from this one, if I do more of them.
Anyway, all entries are after the page break!
If there's broken links anywhere, let me know with the specific number of the submission and the correct link.
Alright, enough babbling. Here we go:
1) Andre Hiroshima's entry
2) Inkwell's entry
3) GreatSnapper's entry
4) Nicolette's entry
5) Viridian's entry
6) Omega Master's entry
7) Prentice Osborne's entry
8) Makototakino's entry
9) Eheroflareneos' entry
10) Wanderer D's entry
11) Avery Strange's entry
12) Nanaki119's entry
13) Geldon's entry
14) Jon's entry
15) Aquaman52's entry
16) Sunshine&Khan's entry
17) Northern's entry
18) Sagebrush's entry
19) Chopper's Top Hat's entry
20) Crystalcabbit's entry
21) Sparklepeep's entry
22) Fight_or_die21's entry
23) MITiRamzor's entry
24) The Dread Pirate Roberts' entry
25) 7hesama's entry
26) Arcel's entry
27) Roack 16's entry
28) Ctoonfan1's entry
29) Dr. J. Orbital Death-Ray's entry
30) Streak.cosby's entry
31) Jbraveboy's entry
32) R1NGmasterJ5's entry
33) Benmanbrony's entry
34) Ihatenietzsche's entry
35) Pillowmint's entry
36) Kitonin's entry
37) Projectelijah's entry
38) Arbiter.vs.obiwan's entry
39) Helio Pause's entry
40) Adrian Brony's entry
41) Nuki_mouse's entry
42) Peppermint Jam's entry
43) Mr. B's entry
44) Raz_Fox's entry
45) Lisamariefan's entry
46) An Inebrated DJ's entry
47) ProBrono's entry
48) AZ_mad_scientist's entry
49) NickNack's entry
50) Olivercooper3's entry
51) Zaquanimus's entry
52) Shoobiedoodoopdoobiedoo's entry
53) Colklas' entry
54) Nat.fry's entry
55) Paulo_barutti's entry
56) James.hanna's entry
57) Yellowfireyoshi's entry
58) Chad Rocco's entry
59) Garnot's entry
60) Macon Mixx's entry
61) Theelinker's entry
62) Captain Gamer's entry
63) Sohumb's entry
64) Daffodil's entry
65) SirLeandrea's entry
66) Hanan123x's entry
67) Yomandude's entry
68) Ambaloh's entry
69) Vintage VCR's entry
70) Malachite's entry
71) Foohba's entry
72) Rex Ivan's entry
73) Spanito's entry
74) Hookshot.umbreon's entry
75) Celebratory Flamethrower's entry
76) Fiddler 2134's entry
77) Akrizak's entry
78) Present Perfect's entry
79) Scootawho's entry
80) Yappy's entry
81) toonboy92484's entry
82) Rad Lass' entry
83) The Linker's entry
84) Sunset Rose's entry
85) Fooby_kamikaze's entry
86) Strobe's entry
87) MehPlusRawr's entry
88) Commissar Pinkie's entry
89) C Groebler's entry
90) Kosh's entry
91) Grif's entry
92) A Terrible Person's entry
93) D. Shadows' entry
94) Saddlesoap Opera's entry
95) Northland Pony's entry
96) Nekoneko918's entry
97) Fluffy's entry
98) Dashukta's entry
99) David13ushey's entry
100) Dancinninja's entry
101) RPmasterweaver6's entry
102) Dalex11235's entry
103) C. Beran's entry
104) Wehpudicabok's entry
105) Chicken Vortex's entry
106) Laurence Na- Brown's entry
107) ThatOneBrony's entry
108) Chris's entry
109) Manny Baker's entry
110) Narwhals' Bend's entry
111) Dashaliciouss entry
112) Robotech_Master's entry
113) Pony Express Hotel's entry
114) Greki's entry
115) Several Alpacas' entry
116) Chromadancer's entry
117) Magicalponyrangers' entry
118) Gamerlord's entry
119) H.P. Lovecolt's entry
120) Conner Cogwork's entry
121) Lurkingear's entry
122) FRiNKEL's entry
123) Davey's entry
124) Melionos' entry
125) Horizon Bound's entry
126) D. Mayo's entry
127) Gali1of1the1sea's entry
128) AEG's entry
129) Hellfish's entry
130) Bmbgosh's entry
131) StarmanTheta's entry
132) Fire Esper's entry
133) Blinky's entry
134) Fenix's entry
135) Sire Moof's entry
136) Shadow Scrub's entry
137) Cap'n Ninja's entry
138) Rainbow Dashing's entry
139) Xtra Limey's entry
140) Mwolek Zenith's entry
141) Blacky Love123's entry
142) PD's entry
143) Zogger568's entry
144) Derpybrony's entry
145) Surogunner's entry
146) Lord Fortune's entry
147) B. McNatt's entry
227 comments:
SO MUCH PONY.
ReplyDeleteIf you make this a recurrent event think about us poor european bronies when you set the time for it :3
ReplyDeleteWat? I made it in time? That's unexpected. Yay for me!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have this show up again. Also, is there ever going to be another 300-word challenge? I missed submitting mine for the last one by hours, and was terribly sad.
ReplyDeleteFollow up e-mail sent.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. I have to wonder whether we'll get Cereal's favorites eventually, though...call me lazy, but I like it when people point me towards all the good stuff from the get-go.
ReplyDelete#2 here. Even though it sucks, I hope someone likes my story.
ReplyDeleteTwo things: I auto-opened a few off this list due to past success, namely Saddlesoap Opera (the Pony Psychology series) so I'm looking forward to read most (maybe all) of these.
ReplyDeleteAlso, @Cereal, #107 had an author tag, see my post name,
Good job, everybrony, looking forward to future installments of the speedfic challenge
#117 here you should read mine it has a 300 foot tall derpy hooves and a G3 MLP Cossover
ReplyDeleteYES!!! YES!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Mine actually made it! Oh Luna yes!!! And at number 42!? My story is the meaning of life!!! I love you all!!
ReplyDeleteOh damn! There's one from Chris "Robotech Master" Meadows! It's been ages since I last heard that name. One of the creators of Undocumented Features is a brony? Now this just makes my day!
ReplyDeleteI proofread #119! Admittedly I suck at proofreading, but I did it anyways!
ReplyDeleteWee!!! #51!!
ReplyDeleteI made it in time!! :D
@Terrible Fanart Brony
ReplyDeleteI giggled - win! :-D
Like someone earlier said, you might want to entertain the idea of a better time for the event, esp. for us Euro bronies. I got a submission in, but my hours are more than a little strange.
ReplyDelete@Ponyabridged
ReplyDeleteomg what did i just read?!!! (it was fabulous btw)
@Ponyabridged
ReplyDeleteomg what did i just read?!!! (it was fabulous btw)
#91 here.
ReplyDeleteHuh, guess we'll see how bland my story is in comparison to others.
Hint - implement a word cap next time. Like, no more than 1,000 words.
ReplyDeleteAlso European times please :)
#134. I tried to make this almost episode like, trying to take a break from the utter insanity that is 'Hoennshy'. I'll probably read a lot of these over the next few days.
ReplyDeleteNumber 31 here
ReplyDeleteMy own entry was about 2000 words. What was the average? The contest was only 2 hours long, so I'd expect the mean entry to be about 1000 words.
@Kennet Brent
ReplyDeleteI second that. The whole thing happened while I was sleeping.
My story got dubs.
ReplyDeleteIt's number 122.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAnd you've made my day in turn. :) I hope you liked my story.
I've got another FIM fanfic at my profile on fanfiction.net, as well as this one. I submitted it to ED, but Sethisto felt it was too short to post. :(
Wouldn't call myself one of the creators of UF, though. More like one of the first of many hangers-on. :)
I've written a few other things since then, fanfics of one form or another, and done a little podcasting too. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
Wow mine is quite awful compared to the others
ReplyDelete64 is a good number.
ReplyDeleteMy terrible entry is #77.
ReplyDeleteThe odd thing was, I had been having random thoughts of somehow incorporating Iron Chef BEFORE learning what the prompt was.
If only I had been able to write faster, I had so many ideas for it...
#106 here!
ReplyDelete@ Cereal: LOL!! Well played, good sir, well played!
I have to read them all O.O
ReplyDeleteMay I make a suggestion?
ReplyDeleteSince the main problem is that there is WAY too much pony here (if you can consider that a problem), then why not COMBINE the speed write event with the 300 word event? That way we can plausibly read all of them.
#87 if anyone cares. :D
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the attention span to read them all...I don't have it for one atm though.
ReplyDelete#26 reporting in... it starts out alright, and then it gets crappy... then it doesn't have a proper ending... =( I hope people like it enough so I have a reason for eventualy finishing it...
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ReplyDelete129 here.
ReplyDelete@Chryssalid
2000?? average :O
I didn't count mine but i think its about 800.
2000 is 1.5 sentences per minute.
Eh, #126.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine it being any good.
130 here, and i must say, thats a lot of pony.
ReplyDelete@Laurence Brown
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd appreciate that joke.
Also, yes, next time, word cap. For sure.
oh and if anyone cares, mine is #21. it's a sequel to fall weather friends. =)
ReplyDeleteAs a suggestion...instead of making is a 2 hour challenge, make it a 1-2 day long challenge. We'll end up with fewer throwaway stories and time zones become far less of a problem. Granted, it'll probably massively inflate the number of entries, but making the contest itself monthly and giving yourself a week-ish to sort through the stuff should keep pacing alright.
ReplyDelete@Vsin
ReplyDeleteI can write an epic in two days. Two days is not 'speedfic'. Two hours really pushes you to write quickly, which was the point.
This is the second fic I've ever competed, and I think my problem is the discipline of ideas. I sit there and toss them around in my head instead of just writing them and fixing them later.
ReplyDelete*deep breath*
ReplyDeleteyay.
Mine made it in at #35!
I HOPE IT'S NOT TERRIBLE
Right. Time to read EVERY SINGLE FIC. And comment on them all. Hopefully I'll survive.
ReplyDelete@Arcel
ReplyDeleteYour story is alright, however, it does have an unhappy ending... I'd be really happy to see you finish it and create a happy ending out of it! =D
My story is Rainbow Dash's attempt to impress Pinkie Pie by creating one of the most impressive cupcakes yet: the Flaming Rainbow. But, it requires tough work and is hard for a pony who can't bake: it even includes setting the cupcakes on fire like a flambé... Again, number 122 if anypony is interested...
#62 here! This event is GREAT for the brain muscles, and to remember what being productive is like. I wrote five pages in an hour! I can't even do that in two days unless it's a full moon.
ReplyDeleteI mean, uh, the next Cutie Mark Clash chapter is totally almost finished! 95%! Yeah...
#26 again... if anyone has any comments toward my fic in particular... you can find me on dA at the adress that my name should be linked to... ya... shutting up now... *hides in shame of horrible non-endness of my fic*
ReplyDeletei can proudly say that from what I've read so far of the other stories that my story #117 is defiantly the most far off and outrageous of them all
ReplyDelete#47 here. This is the fifth MLP fic I've attempted to write, and the first one I've actually completed. Although the time limitations made the writing a little awkward towards the end, all in all I felt the event was a good excuse to be as crazy as possible, and I had a lot of fun writing the fic, whatever the quality of the end results.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing more speedfic events in the future. In the meantime, I will continue to work to make my other fics presentable. Maybe I'll actually send one in someday~
Now to check how everyone else interpreted the theme. Perhaps I will count the number of explosions involved (mine featured at least one).
I do have to say that this made me feel lazy when I write 'Hoennshy'. Three and a quarter pages in an hour and 15 minutes compared to six pages in three days.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a lot easier to work under a time constraint compared to none at all.
Number 93 here. I didn't think a 3000+ word fiction would be easy to get in but I set my completion time at the end of the fiction.
ReplyDeleteIt's took and hour and less than thirty minutes to write and between ten to twenty minutes more after to alter and send.
It's not good but It has Pinkie and death like I initially promised.(Within the first two sentences really, I couldn't draw that out like I wanted too.)
I know how to half bake a story in a relatively short amount of time, I hope someone likes it well enough. (I know baking, I make living evil cupcake armies. Pie isn't easy to make and neither is a complicated cake.)
Plus for my inspiration I was listening to this upcoming link on a loop and imagining Pinkie in the main characters place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jCgVfDhH3A
I should get an award for doing things in and incredibly bat-guano insane way.
Yes, I made it in! 8'D #97, if anyone cares. I really wish I had time to proofread but it was 7:45 by the time I finished so I didn't really get to. I might polish it after this is over and turn it into a real fic. Ah, well...
ReplyDelete102 here. I usually go by Al-1701, but my email is dalex11235.
ReplyDeleteI hope you guys like my scribble.
#32 here. Mine really freaking stinks. Quoting from the author's note:
ReplyDeleteAN: This is what comes out when I write for an hour, get called names for being a Brony, try to defend myself, then try to finish the last half of a fanfic with fifteen minutes left while still trying to put my trademark Fluttershy-shark hybrid somewhere in the story.
Woo, I made it, #76 here. Worked real hard on it, while getting support from the IRC.
ReplyDeleteDarn. I thought I was on time. :(
ReplyDeleteOh well. My story went no where and ended quite abruptly...
@Cereal Velocity
ReplyDeleteAw, c'mon, why? If we can write it in two hours, and we can make for a better story that way, what's wrong with writing it as long as we can?
Number 120 I MADE IT YAAAAAY Appfelpfankuchen!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm #9 up there!
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I don't think mine turned out as well as I had hoped. At the start, I had much bigger ambitions for it and it was flowing like an episode of the show in my head. However, the time constraint started creeping up on me and I only had 20 minutes left for the ending. I really wish I had been able to come up with a better middle and end.
Anyway, I hope at least someone likes it. I'm not expecting anyone to become a fan of it.
#53 here. This was my first fanfic attempt and I bit off more than I could chew attempting to write an episode fic, so I just slapped a "To Be continued" on the bottom of the page when there was 5 minutes left XD
ReplyDelete...holy haleakala.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had time to read 'em. I don't. mind-->blown.
@FRiNKEL
ReplyDeleteWhoa, thanks, and ya, I know the ending sucks, it was going to be longer, but when I got to that, I only had 5 minutes left to email it in so I couldn't finish.... Shame on me... anyway, read your fic and it was really awesome =D
My click lied to me! it told me i was late for 1 minute!
ReplyDeleteIm the 27th entrey and god... fastest ending ever written with my hands... feels bad pony...
/plug
ReplyDeleteMine's #15. It involves brownies, Rainbow Dash doing math, Playmare magazine, and two separate explosions. I have no idea whether anyone here will like it, but I had a blast writing it and I'm actually really surprised by how happy I am with the final result. If anyone does end up reading it, drop me a comment somewhere if you have the time. I'd much appreciate it.
Oh my, I want to read them all! Confound my love of ponies and bronies. I was going to work on my motorcycle today, but I suppose I can do that anytime, I got some Dashfics to read!
ReplyDeleteI just feel bad that I know I'm going to skim some of them, and I truly do want to give everypony's work a full read; I feel that they worked hard for them and on them, and it wouldn't be right to just skip past some. I think I'll book mark this entry and read as many as I can a day until I've gone through thme all.
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ReplyDelete♥
#96. I don't know if it sucks or what :/
ReplyDeleteA guy who live on the same dorm floor as me wrote #117 apparently... He was really bored.
ReplyDelete#19!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cereal for getting me writing again! I haven't written much of anything pony-related since Today, Tomorrow and Forever, which was (holy crap) three months ago!
...well, anyway, I promise this one isn't sad. ^__^
I'm #112 – since this thing uses my Blogger account, I end up posting here as Chris Meadows rather than Robotech_Master. My story can also be found on my Fanfiction.net page, for those who find it easier than Google Docs. (And perhaps people could even review it there and stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a really fun challenge. For the first five minutes, I had no clue what to write about, but then it was like <Rarity>i-DEEEEA!</Rarity>. And off I went.
Looking forward to the next one.
#123 here.
ReplyDeleteI was feeling pretty good about getting a 600 and something word story in, only to see that some of you had 2,000+ words.
I'll try harder next time, I guess.
Woo! #36!
ReplyDeleteStarted 20 minutes late, churned out exactly 1600 words and in my rush to get it submitted on time I only got to do a quick scan of a proofread, so there's a couple errors in there XD. I really wish I had those 20 minutes I missed to proofread.
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ReplyDeleteHooray! I made it in at #37! It took me almost half an hour to finally settle on an idea, but I like how it turned out. Rainbow Dash + Chili Cook-Off = shenanigans galore. :D
ReplyDelete#44 here.
ReplyDeleteI feel like my story is a Brandon Sanderson story in disguise - it moves semi-normally until the climax, when WHAM! Everything happens really quickly. Of course, that's probably because I only had two hours to hammer something out in my rambly style. If you want, you should go read it, because it's got Rainbow Dash affecting Hoity Toity's accent and using vanilla ice cream as part of Pinkie's cupcake recipe.
Oh, I should mention that I'm fanfic #45. :P
ReplyDeleteAlready a bunch of these on FF.net.....but man, 140 fics to read, even if mostly short? Kill me now x.x
ReplyDelete(Disclaimer: Don't kill me until I'm done)
Yes, mine made it in on time! Even though there is very little cooking involved. This is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide where to begin though. In the future, would it be possible to have everyone write a quick one-paragraph summary or hook so we can check things out before hand?
I didn't finish mine on time, I got to the part were Dash caught AJ's kitchen on fire and brought an entire cloud inside the house to put it out...and then it was times up...crap :(
ReplyDelete#24. Wow, I haven't written a fanfic in ten years, and that one was for Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers. I'd forgotten what a pain it was to write for a large ensemble cast. That said, I had fun, I made only a couple of really stupid mistakes (that I can see), and managed to turn out 1287 words of fairly consistent narrative. The last two sections are a bit rushed (deadline looming) and I didn't get a chance to tack on a letter to Princess Celestia like I wanted (DEADLINE HERE! CRAP! SAVE! SEND!). If I had remembered the time I wouldn't have wasted the first half hour off fooling around somewhere. Ah well. I've started reading everyone else's work, and I have to say there are some truly talented writers in this bunch! Hopefully I'll have the time to read them all. The creative output of this community continues to astound me!
ReplyDelete# 10.... had a tough time veganizing a traditional fancy french dish (usually made with fish, but, as far as I know ponies don't eat fish, go figure.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, hope whoever reads it enjoys it! I'm already reading other entries! You guys are awesome writers!
#59 Reporting in. Hopefully you folks like it. It's not by any means good or anything like that; two hours isn't a lot of time to actually post something decent, but I had fun, and that's what matters.
ReplyDelete@B-Man Really, brah? Really? Ideas are like fine wine! You have to let them brew in your head for a while, 'cuz once you get them down on paper you begin to focus too much on fine-tuning the grammar and whatnot. At least, with respect to your individuality, that's what I think.
ReplyDeleteAlright, No. 71's mine. Two hours of effort for three pages about absolutely nothing. There is no story! There is no plot! The only thing I think is unique is that it has Trixie, but I am not going to try and find if that's true...
ReplyDelete#70 here. This was an amazing contest. Some of these are awesome :D
ReplyDelete@The Dread Pirate Roberts You know what, now that you remind me of it... yeah, I had also wanted to send Celestia a report... oh well.
ReplyDelete#67! W00T! Represent! Et. al. By Celestia's hoof, this event was SEW AWESOEM! Another one A.S.A.P. would be absolutely wicked, Cer, but I'm not gonna make you do any more work than you want to.
ReplyDeleteI managed to add a letter to mine. I actually managed to write a story with a moral.
ReplyDelete#48 here. I actually tied this speedfic into the fanfic that I just submitted to the site. Had a ton of fun and I'm looking forward to the next one!
ReplyDelete*continues to bask in the afterglow of someone recognizing his name and enthusing about how awesome it is he is a brony*
ReplyDeleteI can't read all this. :(
ReplyDelete#145 here. It's been a very long time since I had to speed write anything. About 10 or so years, but this time it actually felt like a story unlike that high school assignment.
ReplyDeleteThrough with the first ten (except #3). I'm surprised at the scarcity of trash so far. All these different writing styles are keeping things interesting!
ReplyDeleteDang it. I wrote an entry for this, and I spelled equestriadaily wrong on the e-mail address. Oh well.
ReplyDelete#99 here. Hiss... why does it have to use my real name? Hiss Hiss...
ReplyDeleteOh well. I was 2650 words, cause I can't do anything short.
14) 700 words => Prompt plays a major part AND stays true to the "completely inept" part => Light hearted tone => I know the pain involved all too well, but repeatedly calling characters by their names subtracts from the opening. => Final verdict: Enjoyed reading it!
ReplyDelete28) 1300 words => Prompt plays a major part AND stays true to the "completely inept" part => Light hearted tone. => Some of the sentences felt a little wooden. => Final verdict: Enjoyed reading it!
45) 2000 words => Prompt plays a major part => Light hearted tone => Misspelling butt in the first paragraph confused me, as I immediately went "but what?", and if the Tarts where both the Cakes' cousins then that implies inbreeding. Oh, and Derpy comes across as a terrible pony in this, which makes me sad... => Final verdict: Enjoyed reading it!
57) 1300 words => Prompt plays a major part => Light hearted tone => Could do with some editing, and I wasn't sold on the "Rainbow dash wins at everything" ending. => Final verdict: Enjoyed reading it!
99) 2600 words => Prompt plays a major part=> "Happy" Apple Acres!? On the upside, paragraph ending "inverse was true"
nearly made me fall of my chair! I do wonder where all the pies went though... => Final verdict: Favourite one I've read that stuck with the prompt.
110) 1000 words => Token inclusion of the prompt => Light hearted tone + Shipping. => Got a little confused with who was saying what in the beginning. => Final verdict: Enjoyed reading it!
Random number generator ftw! Now to sleep, and then wake up at a sensible time to read some more... I might even attempt to right my own, as silly American time-zones and the desire to sleep prevented this European brony from entering :P
I just read a bunch of random ones (27,35,65,79,80,87,109,127 to be specific), and they were really good! I was pleasently surprised. I liked how goofy most of them were, and how I could tell that they'd been written quickly (but not poorly).
ReplyDelete125 Here. Buck up Ponies, this wasn't about writing a Pulitzer winner. This was rapid creativity. I know mine isn't the best, but I'm proud of it. Particularly because it is the first time in years I've written fiction. Stop berating yourselves, we have a huge cross section of samples here and you probably did a lot better than you think.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun, thanks for the opportunity!
@Kennet Brent
ReplyDeleteHey! I, #137, stayed up until 2AM to write mine.
I also thought it was a one hour deadline.
Actually yeah. Eurobronies represent! We need to not make silly, sleep deprived mistakes!
opened a few at random, they're all good. I've got to make a note somewhere of which ones I've read and work thyrough them.
ReplyDeleteEuro pony here so I couldn't contribute :-p
#55 here.
ReplyDeleteHad ro rush a bit in the end but i think i did pretty well. I may try writing a new extended version later.
Now that I've taken the time to actually open and read a few of these, five in particular stand out. I REALLY like #11, Avery Strange's entry, it was heart-warming. #15 Aquaman's entry was good silly fun too, and don't get me started on #94 Saddlesoap, who pratically glowed with theirs. #112 Robotech Master's piece left me grinning, and finally, #146 itself, Lord Fortune's entry made me jealous that I wasn't able to add the exact kind of silly detail to mine that he managed to squeeze into his!
ReplyDeleteSo much caked Dash and burning muffins! Looking forward to the NEXT challenge!
#80 here. I'm a UK brony, so this was a 2-4 A.M. job for me!
ReplyDeleteI'm a touch disappointed not to get any Cereal-flavoured commentary on the story, but I can understand. Would love to see this event appear regularly, though.
22 here
ReplyDeleteread mine or fluttershy will cry :"(
side note, i think mine came out good for about an hour of typing.
#38 is me.
ReplyDeleteSpecial thanks to about.com
Am I the only one annoyed by people pushing their entries? Just saying what everyone's thinking. :/
ReplyDeleteAnon, not because I fear the retribution, but because I would be pushing MY OWN entry through reverse psychology! TAKE THAT!
Okay, time for mini-reviews! In the interest of streamlining this process (and with this many stories, it's gonna need to be streamlined), I'll forego commenting on editing and instead give each story a plus or minus, minus indicating that I noticed 2 or more spelling/grammar errors in the story when I read it. Also, I will be starring entries that are especially awesome, since Cereal didn't bother to pick out the best of the best. I'll be especially looking for stories that are, well, STORIES, rather than merely being amusing scenes without any plot. Without further adieu, on we go!
ReplyDelete1) Andre Hiroshima's Entry: A Pinkie+Dash entry without any sinister undertones! I hope this kind of lightheartedness is the rule and not the exception going forward. EDITING: + (but some weird choices with comma placement)
*2) Inkwell's Entry: Starring it just for the last line. EDITING - (but still very readable)
3) Greatsnapper's Entry: Was unable to access. Moving on!
4) Nicolette's Entry: When a new pony speaks, start a new paragraph. I can't tell who's talking half the time, even by looking at the accents. EDITING: -
5) Veridian's Entry: Dash being in a contest already seems to be a popular theme. But who was the brown pony? EDITING: -
*6) Omega Master's Entry: I LOVED the ending. Trollestia is bestia. Editing: +
7) Prentice Osborn's Entry: Pff. Everypony knows that the ORIGINAL Iron Hoof was a hundred times better than the Equestrian version. Not all the ponies seemed to stay in character very well. EDITING: -
8) Makototakino's Entry: What, another Iron Pony one already? ...Nice to see Dash pull one over on the competition there. EDITING: +
9) Eheroflareneos' Entry: I wouldn't think it'd be possible to mess up pizza, but this IS Dash we're talking about... EDITING: +
10) Wanderer D's Entry: Wow, Psychoshy makes a return appearence! EDITING: +
*11) Avery Strange's Entry: Jesus Christ, long enough? Feels like an actual episode (other than the bit about Lyra & Bon-Bon's purchases, but maybe that's subtle enough to slip past the censors...) EDITING: +
12) Nanaki119's Entry: Ah, the first of what I suspect will be many stories to reference a certain infamous gore fic--albiet in a very light manner. EDITING: +
13) Geldon's Entry: And another Cupcakes shoutout, this one much more obvious. Another contest for Dashie--surely even she's getting tired of these constant challenges by now? EDITING: -
14) Jon's Entry: NEW PARAGRAPHS FOR NEW SPEAKERS. Also, pick a tense and stick with it. EDITING: - (and really I hate to say this, but it was almost unreadable)
*15) Aquaman52's Entry: I'm sure this will be the first of may stories today where Dash ups the temperature in an attempt to make her confections cook faster...I'm enjoying a mental image of Ponyville being blanketed by Playmare centerfolds. Won't somepony think of the children? EDITING: +
Alright, we'll continue as soon as I can read through 15 more stories!
#61 here. Little more than a script, really. That's really all I enjoy writing; dialogue. And maybe clever metaphors (not that there's any in this particular piece).
ReplyDelete@Chris
ReplyDeleteI wish you luck in your reviews. Like the 300-words contest, one has to have big brass ones in order to actually sit down and read each one.
@Chris when you get to mine, rip it to tiny little pieces. It's what I'm honestly expecting for not sticking to the prompt to make the story Rainbow Dash centered.
ReplyDelete@Chris
ReplyDeleteYou just had to stop before #16 didn't you.
135 here. just proud to have made the list
ReplyDeleteI've been reading random entries just out of boredom, and I have to say that #13 was very good, not just for a speedfic but for a fic in general. The characters were written very well (especially Pinkie Pie) and the whole thing had a very episodic feel to it. There were some grammar mistakes, but I understand that the author probably didn't have the time to proofread it extensively. Probably the best one I've read so far.
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ReplyDeleteI stubled on this half an hour after it started, got in at #92. I... am overwhelmed. This is a LOT of fics to read. Every single one of us is insane. I can't really blame Cereal for not wanting to sort these out, but... I don't know if I can handle reading them all myself.
ReplyDelete#78 here. I wonder if I can ever read all of these. I will try.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Cereal, you should totally go through these when you can and post about it then. It's good to have them all up for now, at least! :D
Also also... bi-weekly? @_@ Nonononononono. Bi-monthly maybe, once a month at most. Whatever you do, at least switch up the times a bit.
#70 here. Random Number Generator told me to read a couple of these.
ReplyDelete2) Spot on. Very intelligently done and not overly long or drawn out. Great stuff, Inkwell!
14) Brisk and fun pace in a well-written, self-contained story. Syntactic errors do detract from meaning, though.
64) The first page was amazing. It was very good storytelling and the overall story was great, as well. However, it was... uh... incomplete, I think? Time constraints. They annoyed me a lot as well.
Whoo, thassa lotta fics. And a lot of them are really good! How do you people manage this level of quality in two hours, I'll never know.
ReplyDeleteChris, I wish you the best of luck, but I also think you're insane :p Rip #63 to shreds, willya?
#16 here, glad to have somehow made it, and glad to have stuff to read for the week.
ReplyDeleteSo far what I've read has done nothing but amuse me.
And we're back with more mini-reviews!
ReplyDelete16) Sunshine&Kahn's Entry: Well, that was...random. Couldn't follow much of it very well, but it looks like you had fun writing it. EDITING: -
17) Northern's Entry: Aww, that was sweet! Still, you'd think that Spitfire might be a little less understanding about the weather, given that Dash is head of the Weather team and all... EDITING: -
18) Sagebrush's Entry: Here we have the first fic that combines Iron Pony AND a Cupcakes reference. More to come, no doubt... EDITING: +
19) Chopper's Top Hat's Entry: A poem, eh? You sure get an A for creativity! Has a whimsical, Seussian feel to it. EDITING: +
20) Crystalcabbit's Entry: That was tough to read, though I think I could make out a promising bit of comedy under all the questionable punctuation and capitalization... it's clear that the 2-hour deadline gave you some trouble. Oh well, that's what this experience is all about, right? EDITING: -
*21) Sparklepeep's Entry: An all-purpose alphabetization spell sounds awfully handy, albeit in fairly limited circumstances. A lot of good humor in this one! EDITING: - (but you get a free + for the letter to Celestia at the end)
22) FlightorDie21's Entry: Another hard one to read. New paragraphs for new characters...I've said that already, haven't I? EDITING: -
23) MITiRamzor's Entry: Unable to access. ONWARD!
24) The Dread Pirate Roberts' Entry: Couldn't access this one, either. Hope this doesn't happen too much more tonight (Though I admit it makes the reviewing process go faster).
*25) 7hesama's Entry: Huh--I always thought Pinkie was the 4th wall-aware one. You get a star for 'most meta story'--at least, I sure hope it is. EDITING: +
26) Arcel's Entry: Is a bake sell a thing? I've only ever heard of bake SALES (I'm not being sarcastic here--is that a regional thing, or just a mistake? I don't know). I'm guessing there was going to be more to this story, but time constraints didn't permit. EDITING: -
27) Roack 16's Entry: Wow...no offence, but it looks like you wrote this in your native tongue, ran it through babble fish, and hit 'send.' EDITING: - (it hurt to look at)
28) Ctoonfan1's Entry: I really hope that some enterprising person makes a video of themselves fixing Dash's cupcakes, a la the baked bads videos we've all seen...you've given us a very 'interesting' recipe! EDITING: -
29) Dr. J. Orbital Death-Ray's Entry: Very cute. How DO you deep fry a snowflake, anyway? Or steam steam, for that matter? EDITING: +
30) Streak.cosby's entry: Nice sequel hook at the end there. All Dash's failures were very much in-character. EDITING: -
Back to reading...
Oh cool, mine made it in at number 3! Cereal I expect you to hand deliver me a bronze medal with Rainbow Dash's face on it.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I fixed the permissions again, so anyone who cares to should be able to read it now.
Been reading some of these. They are pretty freaking awesome I have to say. Is there a way to comment on them individually or just in here? I might be missing it if there is, I'm not so good at noticing things like that.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYeaaaaaaaaaah. I had a lot more scenes in mind, then looked at the clock and was like "Shit! Four minutes! CONCLUSION TIME GO GO!"
Can't access? Figures. The interwebz hates me. Hang on...
ReplyDelete*checks permissions on document*
Public - so it's just the internet playing silly buggers. Yep, the interwebz hates me. Ah well - validation shall have to wait some other day then...
@Chris
ReplyDeleteVery carefully.
@Chris
ReplyDelete*blinks*.... Crap! How could I have made such a massive mistake... thank you for pointing that out to me and I will fix it soon.
Yes, there was supposed to be more, and I am in fact writing the upgraded version right now, taking small breaks to look back at this...
*peers at Chris's review posts*
ReplyDeleteArgh, why'd I have to be #114. Will look forward to the...8th review post. Hope he makes it that far.
Oh, yeah, random minireviews!
ReplyDelete#11 mmm, averystrange. That is all.
#16 There were spelling errors throughout :( but it captured the speed quite well! The ending, from RD's disappointment on, was weird, though. And I'd love to see a full fic based on RD interacting with the cores...
#77 Nicely written, and I get why you had to lampshade Dash's involvement, but... the opening scene to a story does not a story make. I'd love to see it continued, though!
#94 Daaaaaaaaaaaw. Though there's no real story to it, it hits the emotional buttons just right anyway!
#95 Heeee. Your dialogue and characterisation is awesome! (I was so tempted to pull out quotes from yours...) But the ending feels a bit off - rushed? Sudden? I get why, of course.
#100 Short and sweet, and involves muffinsplosions! I like!
#142 Squeeeee @fillydash and enjoyment/word was really, really high!
@Chris Fucking hell, brony. You're machine.
ReplyDeleteMine's now up on fanfiction.net if anyone wants to comment on it
ReplyDeleteThis challenge was pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteWhy not make a combo for next challenge? A 300 word fic in... 20 minutes or something like that?
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYay, somepony read mine.
#101 here, asking a stupid question: would all the comment/reviews on my fic be in this comment list, or is there some way that I don't know of where they get on the google doc?
ReplyDeleteDon't stop before at least #30! Mine is rather unique I think... >w>
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThey'd be here, if they exist.
But you can always pull a Kkat and just go into the public doc yourself as the author, and then ask everyone who's there what they think of it in the viewer chat.
@greki
ReplyDeleteHee hee. Giant burnt apple pie.
Aquaman52... um... what did you just say? GOOGLE DOCS ARE MY KRYPTONIIIIIIITE!
ReplyDeleteAnd now we return you to your regularly scheduled mini-reviews:
ReplyDelete*31) Jbraveboy's Entry: Dash's cooking sounds a lot like my own, right down to the love/hate relationship with Cap'n Crunch- erm, 'Munch.' Mission Accomplished! EDITING: +
32) R1NGmaster5J's Entry: That was very strange. EDITING: + (but still very strange)
*33) Benmanbrony's Entry: Dash+Scootaloo...why didn't I think of that? It's such an obviously perfect combination for hilarious failures! Although...aren't the ponies supposed to be vegetarian? EDITING: + (but you get a warning for the terrible pun at the end. Just kidding, I love terrible puns!)
34) Ihatenietzsche's Entry: Me? I just dislike the people that obsess over his writings (Nietzsche, I mean. The famous one, that is). Syrupy sweet story. EDITING: +
35) Pillowmint's Entry: There ought to be a law against Twilight title-dropping. She's just so BAD at it! The bit about eating the 'chicken' cracked me up twice. EDITING: +
*36) Kitonin's Entry: Dash belongs to the Homer Simpson school of culinary expertise, I see. A lot of flame-based comedy here! EDITING: -
37) Projectelijah's Entry: You are aware that cinnamon is a common ingredient in many chiles, right? Oh well, funny read anyway. EDITING: +
38) Arbiter.vs.obiwan's Entry: Well you can't just leave us hanging there! What happened next? EDITING: +
39) Helio Pause's Entry: It started out pretty run-of-the-mill, but the radioactive cakes and exploding factories and all really make this one stand out. EDITING: +
40) Adrian Brony's Entry: Not bad for 20 minutes work. On an unrelated note: I assume your name is a play on Adrian Brody, but whenever I read it I think of Adrian Paul of 'Highlander' fame. I can only assume you're him. EDITING: -
41) Nuki_mouse's Entry: While I appreciate the attempt at rendering Dash's voice, it was a bit excessive. The stream-of-conciousness idea was interesting, but passage of time was hard to judge. EDITING: -
42) Peppermint Jam's Entry: Welcome to the wonderful world of ficwriting! Not a bad first effort, especially considering the time constraints. As for your 'brutal' review: there was no plot to speak of (that is to say, nothing interesting or noteworthy happened during the story to make me care about how it would resolve or conclude), and your sentences had an unfortunate tendency to run on. The ponies were all pretty much in-character, though. EDITING: -
43) Mr. B's Entry: New paragraphs for new- you know what I'm going to say, don't you? Dash handled losing with a lot more grace in this story than in most of the others. EDITING: -
44) Raz_Fox's Entry: Ah, I was wondering when we'd get a 1st-person entry--Dash's ego really shines through! EDITING: -
45) Lisamariefan's Entry: Dash and...Derpy? Haven't seen that yet. Very cute. EDITING: -
Alright, I'm gonna go get a late supper, so there'll probably be a bit of delay before I come back and do some more. Sorry, entry number 46!
Alright, I redid my story up all pretty now, first part is the same, but now it doesn't go all... sad ending that petered out....
ReplyDeleteAnyway... here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GvjGDwm1HwyO0l76R-VSWvAO9wqr7KxgpZdi6bEeyWg/edit?hl=en_US
I hope I did that right... umm... not sure how to submit it directly to the site if I even should... perhaps I can scrounge up my old FFnet account and post it there...
You know, I'm really glad that all of these stories were submitted at the same time. Given the similar elements in some of them, I'd hate for people to be able to accuse other people of ripping them off. There's basically only so many bad-cooking gags you can use, after all. :)
ReplyDelete@Chris.
ReplyDeleteChris,
I'm Nuki Mouse, #41, thanks for the comments. I realized I had many errors in this story, including going overboard on Rainbow's speech. My computer was unavailable so I tried to write this on goggle docs using an iPad. It didn't work out to good, since the mobile version was NO editing features. Plus I ran out of time and ended up deleting a lot of the ending to submit it time. I hope to improve and finish this story.
At entry #13, I'm not the luckiest pony.
ReplyDeleteAt least, I would say that, if I didn't skim a significant amount of entries and found so many excellent writers there.
Best. Fandom. Ever.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAll public Google Docs have a little blue box in the upper right corner that shows how many people are currently viewing the document. If you click on that box, it opens up into a chat window, where you can type in messages that will appear on those visitors' screens.
At least, that's how it works with me.
#131 here. Hope someone enjoys it.
ReplyDelete@Aquaman52 Does anyone know how to turn that little blue box on? Most of my docs don't have it, and I'd like to activate it on all of them but have no idea how.
ReplyDelete#60 summary, since Chris hasn't gotten to it yet:
ReplyDeleteRainbow flashes Fluttershy, falls asleep, gets glued to the floor, is doused in scalding water, and nearly drowns in a stream.
Sure, it's shameless self-promotion. But now you want to read it, right? lol
@Chopper's Top Hat
ReplyDeleteI've never had to activate anything myself...if the blue box doesn't show up, I think that just means there's no one viewing your document at that time.
/awkward Gummy
And I'm back! Funny story: after reading all these 'Dash fails at cooking' stories, I didn't feel much like cooking myself. So, I'm having a big plate of various cheeses, washed down with a coke. Dinner of champions! Anyway, on with the mini-reviews:
ReplyDelete46) An Inebriated DJ's Entry: Wow, if you hadn't told me you were drunk when you wrote this...okay, it was REALLY obvious you were drunk when you wrote this. ESPECIALLY the ending. You had a good time, I hope? EDITING: -
*47) ProBono's Entry: MAN...46 entries in, I was starting to hope I was the only one who wrote a story about Dash getting AJ's help to bake a pie for Soarin'...I mean, it seemed obvious to me, but then no-one else wrote it...oh well, this story was absolutely hilarious! EDITING: +
*48) AZ_mad_scientist's Entry: I really ought to be keeping track of how many of these entries involve a competition--it's way more than half so far. Also, deep-batter-fried twinkies dipped in maple syrup are superior. EDITING: +
49) NickNack's Entry: As someone who once used a beer stien as an improptu mixing bowl, I appreciate the creativity Dash shows in this story. EDITING: +
50) OliverCooper3's Entry: I like the way you alternate between the cooking instructions and Dash. The improper use of double negatives and tendency to switch tenses made this a little hard to read, though. EDITING: -
51) Zaquanimus's Entry: That was awfully sweet! I think any story with Scoot in it instantly becomes 20% more adorable. EDITING: -
*52) Shoobietc.'s Entry: Man, I thought the vanilla ice cream thing was pretty creative at first, but this is like the 4th fic so far that uses it! Great minds think alike, I suppose. EDITING: +
53) Colklas' Entry: Well, that's an ominous setup... will we be seeing the rest of this story someday? EDITING: +
54) Nat.fry's Entry: If I was Dash, I'd have argued the point a little longer. After all, AJ didn't say she needed to make a GOOD cupcake... EDITING: -
55) Paulo_barutti's Entry: Even a prompt as innocuous as 'Dash can't cook' was sure to spawn at least one PinkiexDash shipfic. Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy. EDITING: -
56) James.hanna's Entry: There was a very obvious change in quality from the point where you ran out of time to edit. Oh well, time management is tricky. Good plot hook, none of the previous 55 stories had Dash actually HOST a party. EDITING: - (but + for the first page, the one you actually edited)
57) Yellowfireyoshi's Entry: Aww, happy ending for Dash! I was glad to see Evil Spike make at least one appearance tonight. EDITING: +
58) Chad Rocco's Entry: Very cute. At first I thought maybe the fruit was fermented and the CMC were going to get a completely *different* kind of treat, though... EDITING: +
59) Garnot's Entry: Any story that has an 'up to 11' joke in it is okay in my book. On an unrelated note, when are we gonna get another chapter of PonyNoir? EDITING: -
*60) Macon Mixx's Entry: Hmm...Vegan Dash is about 20% less cool than before. Pretty sure everything after page 2 is blatant cheating, but that's on your concience, not mine. EDITING: + (star for funny story, but you get the obelus ÷ for your time management)
Also, we're gonna visit some previously locked-out stories!
3) Greatsnapper's Entry: 'Mistakes were made' indeed... I believe that pushes the number of buildings Dash has destroyed so far into the double digits! EDITING: +
24) DreadPirateRoberts' Entry: While I certainly don't fault you for using the phrase (ponies use human phrases all the time in the show, after all), the 'beyond the pale' line got me wondering if there were Roman ponies battling Pict ponies somewhere, and if Princess Hadrian had to build a wall to keep them out... my mind works in funny ways like that. That was a sweet ending. EDITING: +
Now back to the grind--almost half done!
And now for the Equestria Daily speed read challenge. Whoever can finish all the fan-fics first wins.
ReplyDeleteStartingRightNowGO!
@Chris
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I think you are amazing and deserve a medal for reading all the fanfics and providing mini reviews on them, Big ups to that son!
To your comment on mine, yeah I had a blast, tbh Im amazed I wrote 2.1k words in 2hrs, really gave me some good motivation on my own proper fic!; It means when I release my proper fanfic under my actual author name, it's going to be great! I might even rewrite the "Spicy Curry Love" Fanfic as a more fleshed out and with less crack-ficciness.
To the ending, i'm very wtf at my ending as well, the Mouth-to-mouth foodswapping had be rather OHGODWHY.
You know, reading only a handful of these 'fics made me swear never ever to let Dashie near my kitchen. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow... How am I going to read all of these? It wouldn't be fair to just read a couple...
ReplyDelete@Chris
ReplyDeleteHey, this is the author of #53. Thank you so much for reading all of these! When you say my story was set up ominously, by ominously do you mean "Oh god, somepony is going to die" or "I wonder what will happen next?" Just asking because I threw a few cupcakes references in there and I'm not sure what effect it gave. Either way I will probably finish it off at some point.
@Chris
ReplyDelete#55 again here!
Thanks for the review!
Actually, when i first read the theme the first thing that came to my mind was PinkiexDash, i even expected more people to do this to be honest.
As for the editing, i'm not sure if this is an excuse but i only finished it 5 minutes from the deadline and english isn't my native language.
I will try to be more careful next time.
Some random reviews! Click the link at the bottom of this post to get your own set of random numbers to read and review!
ReplyDelete65) A - Rainbow remembers her past cooking experiences. "Special" PB&J sandwiches. Ha! Kind of a tacky ending, but still among the best of the bunch.
76) A - Dash asks Pinkie Pie for help, not knowing that her request will transform her friend into Drill Sergent Pie! A great piece I recommend to anypony.
15) B - Cute story, lots of Pinkie Pie. Though, I always thought that Rainbow would have a hidden box of Playcolt, not Playmare!!
53) B - Rainbow Dash does an entire day's baking in ten seconds flat, with no ingredients! Funny setup, well developed for a speed-fic.
71) C - Speed fic about ponies on speed. An interesting idea, but the voices were overwritten. Also, it seemed like the author couldn't decide if they wanted to be funny or dark. Doesn't really make for a fulfilling story.
41) C - Dash was poorly characterized in this story. By the end, she sounded more like Applejack than herself. But it's a cute read, and very short.
117) F - Don't waste your time reading this. There is no story, every character is out of character, and the dialogue is mostly ponies shouting cuss words at each other. This isn't the "ironic" kind of poorly written. It really just sucks.
Get Random Numbers: http://www.random.org/integers/?num=5&min=1&max=147&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new
#20 That was the best piece of vegan infotainment since Stephen Still's recipe for vegan shepherd's pie in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (comic book not the movie).
ReplyDeleteWill any of these stories get ranked. Just wondering
ReplyDelete@Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review bro. Though it's far from perfect, I still like the way it came out, plus it was fun to write. I'll get to cleaning up later.
As for when the next chapter of Ponynoir is coming? Well, it will be out when it's truly ready. No need to rush and have it be bad when extra time can make it really shine.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteIf you get the chance, could you read the rewrite of mine... if you need the link, just let me know... I took care of the non-ending part and the Sale thing...
#46 here again. Thanks for the star, Chris! (hooray validation from strangers!)
ReplyDelete@Chris
ReplyDeleteawwwww an F that's not very nice i thought that bornies were nice to each other
Onward and onward we go! Mini-reviews, HO!
ReplyDelete61) More vanilla ice cream. *yawn* I kid, I kid, I'm doing my best to read each fic with fresh eyes, but they do start to blur together after the first 50 or so. I loved the ending! EDITING: +
*62) Captain Gamer's Entry: Man, I love Trollestia! 'Dramatic Effect,' indeed. EDITING: +
63) Sohumb's Entry: Dash's address to her 'soldiers' was adorably silly. By the way--does anyone know when/how the fandom decided that her middle name was Miraim? Just curious. EDITING: +
64) Daffodil's Entry: It's nice to see a competition story where AJ and Dash are on the same side, for a change. Seriously, I don't get the appeal of American Iron Chef-I mean, Equestrian Iron Pony-at all. It just lacks all the charm and character of the original. Maybe I'm just a fuddy-duddy. EDITING: +
65) SirLeandrea's Entry: Man, how come homeless ponies never give me any 'special herbs?' I like how you gave us Dash's failures through the ages. EDITING: - (How dare you accuse me of skipping to the end? I've read every $%@-ing word of 64 fics so far, I'll have you know!)
66) Hanan123x's Entry: Was unable to access. On to...
67) Yomandude's Entry: Congratulations on writing your first ever fanfic! I personally hold that editing your work after the 2-hour mark is cheating, but I won't judge you for that. Not a big fan of OC ponies, but Sweet Stuff was fairly unobtrusive. The line about Dash's dad being a 'masculist' just about killed me. EDITING: - (One last thing: it's P.P.S., not S.P.S. Post-Post-Scriptum, in full.)
68) Ambaloh's Entry: Did...did Rainbow Dash just get some heterosexual plot? Boy, it seems we can fit ANYTHING into a Dash cooks speedfic challenge (though oddly enough, no grimdark yet. I kind of figured a 'cupcakes' knockoff was inevitible, but all we've gotten so far are a few tongue-in-cheek references. Too obvious, maybe?). EDITING: -
69) Vintage VCR's Entry: More ponies eating meat. I'm a carnivore at heart, but turkey-eating ponies just throw me for a loop...hey, weren't carnivore horses one of Herc's 12 tasks? I'm picturing some muclebound human bursting in and wrestling all the ponies into submission now...ANYWAY...I loved the Cuisinomicon, and the fact that Dash's mom knows about shipfics. EDITING: -
*70) Malachite's Entry: Aww...that was the sweetest story I've read all night! Really, really excellent job. EDITING: +
71) Foohba's Entry: Can't say I'm a big fan of emoticons in stories :(. I DO like Trixie, though...but I can't see her and Dash together. Can you say 'incompatable personalities?' EDITING: +
72) Rex Ivan's Entry: Well, that took a really depressing turn...I guess I'm not surprised that Dash does a little 'cooking' on the side, though. EDITING: +
*73) Spanito's Entry: Ooh, two dark ones in a row! Short but pleasently disturbing. EDITING: +
74) Hookshot.umbreon's Entry: Another fire-centric fic. Poor Dashie can set ANYTHING alight, can't she? EDITING: +
75) Celebratory Flamethower's Entry: How many stories used the Cupcakes song? It's got to be at least a dozen so far... Pinkie's monologing at the beginning was perfect.
Oof...Well, I'm gonna keep going, but first I'm gonna take a hot shower and try to clear my mind. 75 stories about Dash 'baking' is a lot, and I've got almost as many more still to read. More mini-reviews when I return!
@chris
ReplyDeletemine certainly has a story is does not make any sense at all but is still has a series of events that happen with a clear beginning and a clear ending which i believe classifies it as having a story
My story is now public. Totally forgot about that lol
ReplyDelete@ Chris:
ReplyDeleteOh, number 75 should have EDITING: + tacked on the end. Derp. While I'm here, might as well take the opportunity to answer a few questions:
@Cole
I just meant that, between Pinkie and Celestia, there's a lot of ways for Dash to end up horribly mutilated and/or banished to the moon. I'd like to see an ending, though I'm not sure whether I'd rather see a dark one or a totally innocent one.
@ Garnot:
Fair enough, I don't want you to sacrifice quality or anything. I'm just impatient is all.
@ Arcel:
Sure, sometime after I finish all the rest of these. Just drop me a link at madethisjusttopostponies@gmail.com and I'll give it a thorough once-over.
Okay, now I'm going to go unwind for real. Be back soon!
@Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading! Kinda disappointed, though—I thought you were taking requests on the severity of the reviews :p
I picked up "Miriam" from Fair Feather Friend, which is by Bobcat. It seems to be slowly spreading - there's seven results for "Rainbow Miriam Dash" on el goog.
...Doesn't look like my entry made it in time :<
ReplyDeleteGood job everyone else! ^_^ *Looks on with a smile shrouding my crestfallen reaction.*
Alright, I'm back and feeling refreshed! Time to take out a few more of these puppies. Mini-reviews, let's go!
ReplyDelete76) Fiddler 2134's Entry: Apparently Pinkie's got quite the clean freak in her, when she lets it out. EDITING: -
*77) Akrizak's Entry: FINALLY, an Iron Pony fic that takes the original and not the bastardized American version! Spot-on parody. EDITING: +
78) Present Perfect's Entry: I was prepared for PinkiexDash. I was ready for ApplexDash. I was not expecting to see both in the same story. EDITING: +
79) Scootawho's Entry: WTF did I just read? EDITING: + (but seriously, what happened?)
80) Yappy's Entry: Pinkie's reality-warping ways never fail to amuse me. It was nice to see a story where Dash is at least nominally competent, but can't perform a specific task. EDITING: -
81) toonboy92484's Entry: I imagine that's how most of Dash's culinary experiments end. Good thing she was using a butter knife on the beans, or this story could have taken a turn for the gory really fast. EDITING: +
82) Rad Lass' Entry: Man, I'm really starting to get sick of that 'cupcakes' song. It's been in what, 20 fics now? This story could have used a bit more editing, but I suppose that's what happens when you only have 2 hours to write, isn't it? EDITING: -
83) The Linker's Entry: This looks awfully familiar...turns out it's the same story as #61! See previous comments, in that case.
84) Sunset Rose's Entry: Wow, even Gilda makes a guest appearance in this challenge! Is there any character that WASN'T included in at least one of these stories? Glad to see that you didn't try to make her too sympathetic, either. EDITING: -
85) Fooby_kamikaze's Entry: Re: the last line: after reading through all these stories so far, I'm not so sure... One of the better excuses for putting Dash in the kitchen, I thought. After all, it was that or admit what she was REALLY up to with Pinkie and AJ... EDITING: +
*86) Strobe's Entry: Wow, Dash takes her love of pie to Soarin'-like levels in this one. Consistently funny. EDITING: +
87) MehPlusRawr's Entry: Serves Dash right for blowing Pinkie off like that! I especially liked Dash's approach to cooking the noodles. EDITING: +
88) Commissar Pinkie's Entry: Now that seems like something right out of an episode. Take some time to fill it out a bit, and you could have a real story on your hands. EDITING: +
89) C Groebler's Entry: The way Dash just keeps adding a little more of everything that sounds good reminds me of my own cooking style. "Eh, chocolate's good--let's just dump in the whole bag!" and all that. I figured Dash's house would burn down in somebody's story, but that building's probably been torched a dozen times or more already! EDITING: +
*90) Kosh's Entry: Wow. I'm not usually much for sad pony stories, but that was really, really well done. It's hard to believe it's the product of just two hours' work! EDITING: - (but read it anyway, it's seriously well-done)
Alright, time to read a few more. Is anyone else still up? Ah well, if not maybe you'll see these tomorrow.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteStill up, but going to have to sleep... just before you get to my entry. Ah well, I'll see what you have to say in the morning.
On a completely different note, I've made up my mind. I am totally going to read all of these myself. Sometime. It will probably take weeks or months rather than Chris' hours or days, but I will prevail!
Will you be going back to check out the ones that were previously locked?
ReplyDeleteJesus, do ANY of these not have Cupcakes references?
ReplyDeleteIma comin' for ya Chris, hang on to your hat:
ReplyDeleteI kinda think mine (#13) was ignored a bit (except for Fluffy - thanks for the shout out!) on account of how I tried to go for a standard episodic feel and did a little too good of a job of it. So you were reading it and were like, "oh, look, a competition between Rainbow Dash and Applejack - how typical - NEXT!" And I'm like, "that was the idea, brony, make it feel natural!"
(Or maybe #13 was overshadowed a bit because a lot of these bronies are damn good writers, hmm?!)
I do agree with the call on my editing... my style of writing is... haphazard. I probably spend six times as long improving my work as I do initially writing it.
In my defense, I don't agree with that as being a major criteria. This is a "speedfic" competition, after all, and I'd say the best entries should be the ones that rapidly convey a good and coherent idea under the time limit. Consequently, they need to be readable, not perfect.
However, lets say we were to grade on that: shouldn't frequency of mistakes be a factor? From what I gather, the +/- came from "more than 2 errors were found", and you'd think there should be a wider margin of error allotted to a 2000 word work versus a 300 word one.
Anywho, if I'm going to sit here and whine about Chris's valiant efforts, bravely sacrificing his mind and body, the least I can do is read a few fics and provide feedback of my own...
@Chris
ReplyDeleteNot alone at all, good sir!
Let me say right now that I am impressed by your level of support to the community; this isn't the first event like this that you've this for either.
Seriously, Cereal should hire you on in some capacity. You deserve more recognition than what we give you here in the comments.
(Looks at his entry # again) Of course, mine if a multiple of 15... plus ONE! LOL! Let me warn you right now, mine will be one of those receiving a minus on the editing; by the time I got to a half way palatable conclusion, time was too short to edit it to my liking, and all I did was fix anything Firefox's spellcheck alerted me to on the way.
Okay, more mini-reviews! Let's start with a make-up review for a previously unaccessable document, then continue on our regularly scheduled course!
ReplyDelete66) Hanan123x's Entry: Although the punctuation was lacking, I thought you captured the voices of Dash and AJ pretty well. For some reason, the fact that you typed out "Awful Story Break' instead of just, you know, putting a story break in, made me crack up. I think I've been at this too long. EDITING: -
91) Grif's Entry: Competition: check. Burning down buildings: check. Dash learning a lesson about following directions and/or slowing down: check. Okay, I HAVE been reading these too long. The bit with the CMC was a nice twist--I'm not much for shadenfreude, but I kind of want to hear how that 'beekeeper' bit went. The cannon tie-in at the end was also a nice touch. EDITING: +
92) A Terrible Person's Entry: Wait, why don't Dash's friends believe that she can bake? Have they been reading these fics too? Granted, they were right to be skeptical, but still; have a little faith, guys! EDITING: +
93) D. Shadows' Entry: As per your request, I'll see what I can do about ripping this story a new one: I don't mind grimdark, but dropping the roof on Pinkie in the first sentence is just tacky. Also, while I realize you were under a time limit, it would have been nice to have SOME explanation for how two mares can have children. Finally, the pony hell bits didn't really fit with the IRL bits--it was like two seperate stories that were hastily jammed together. All that said, I still kind of liked it. EDITING: -
*94) Saddlesoap Opera's Entry: I admit, I wasn't expecting something quite so pleasant and sweet. Color me surprised (and very glad). EDITING: +
*95) Northland Pony's Entry: Soarin' and Hoity-Toity play off of each other really well. At this point, I think it would be easier to keep track of the stories where Dash DOESN'T set something on fire. EDITING: +
96) Nekoneko918's Entry: I loved the Paula Deen mockery. Very short, but effective for all that. EDITING: +
97) Fluffy's Entry: Dashie really needs to work on her time managements skills--it's lucky for her that Pinkie's reality-warping, deus ex machina powers are present to ensure a happy ending. EDITING: -
98) Dashukta's Entry: More fires! It's clear to me that the authors in this fandom are a bunch of unabashed pyromaniacs! Did a good job of leaving things to the readers imagination without leaving out so much that the story became confusing. EDITING: +
*99) David13ushey's Entry: Aww, that was silly and sweet and I loved the last paragraph! EDITING: -
100) Dancinninja's Entry: That was extremely random, but I can't argue with the humor. Nice and short, too--nothing wrong with writing a 500-word fic if that's all you need to tell your story. EDITING: -
*101) RPmasterweaver6's Entry: Hey, another Gilda story! Man, Pinkie's antics never get old. It's hard to believe she used to be my least favorite character (hey, the first few episodes were pretty weak for her). EDITING: +
102) Dalex11235's Entry: It's nice to take a step back from all the 'Dash sets everything she touches on fire' stories and read one that I can really relate to: mixing up teaspoons and tablespoons. EDITING: +
103) C. Beran's Entry: It's a reasonably sweet vignette. The swearing does seem a bit out of character, though. EDITING: -
104) Wehpudicabok's Entry: Very good. The moral at the end was better than half the ones from the show itself. EDITING: -
*105) Chicken Vortex's Story: Well, everything worked out for Celestia at least. She got dinner AND a show! I kind of like jerkass Dash, and this story hit all the right (wrong) notes with her. EDITING: +
Man, there's still so many stories left, and it's so late! No choice but to press on now, though. The end is in sight! -ish.
@Laurence Brown
ReplyDeleteHah, glad that you (and everyone else who put in a thank you) like reading my reviews! I enjoy seeing what everyone wrote (even the not-so-good ones), and I hate for anyone to put in the time to write something and not get any feedback. Not that I provide very much, but I figure at least it's something.
@ Geldon Yetichsky:
I can see what you're saying about the editing bit. I was hoping it would give me a quick and easy way to denote which stories were fully polished and which weren't. Hopefully people aren't taking a - to mean that a story is unreadable or (heaven forbid!) not worth reading. Heck, even a few of my favorites got a -. Oh well, maybe I'll come up with a better system next time.
Did I say "competition?" I think I was confused by what "challenge" meant. Does that mean I can edit my entry even further? (Implying that could have even been regulated in a Google Doc.)
ReplyDeleteSpoiler-free comments about stuff I read so far. It's late, I'm quasi-skimming here (I read these more in depth earlier on the day, probably should have written down my thoughts then):
1 - I have to say, Colt.45 writes one of the best Pinkie Pies I've ever seen, heck of a lot better than I have yet. Also, the description of a mixer disaster was very visceral, I liked it.
2 - Very much a tale that focuses on Dash's persistence. It has a novel twist ending and a neat thing to visualize at the end.
3 - Short, but those are some impressively formidable pyrotechnics.
4 - The content is good. The story is good. The characters have a fair treatment considering there's a lot of them. Flow would be better if you broke up those paragraphs, though.
5 - Hello, OC. Brash Dash is canon Dash. Again, excellent pyrotechnics.
6 - Nice camaraderie between Dash and Pinkie Pie. That's so how I'd expect it to go when Rainbow Dash tries her hoof at cooking. The ending rocked, both in terms of the shock humor and surprise content.
7 - I like the effort put into this to achieve the "Iron Chef" parody. (I'd probably appreciate it even more if I watched that show.) Nice camaraderie.
8 - Dash sort of surprised me with an ending like that. Story flows well.
9 - Lots of content! A good treatment overall, and I like camaraderie at the end.
10 - I think the characterization was good. Just love how this leverages Fluttershy to a likely conclusion.
11 - Bon Bon to the rescue! I like this portrayal. Also flows rather well, and with a conclusion I feel is very appropriate with how Rainbow Dash feels.
12 - Lots of content, a lot of it effort spared towards capturing their mode of speaking here. I also like the secret ingredient, which is right up Dash's alley.
13 - (Skipping on account of how this is mine.)
14 - Nice flow and better-than-usual characterization. To be a canon cop, though, I'll point out that the Baked Bads weren't Appejack at the top of her game. (Also, they were muffins.)
15 - Another case of excellent pyrotechnics. Not sure if I'm on board with the idea of Dash having a certain collection but, on the other hand, I suppose that would suit an athlete. I like the back-and-forth in the dialogue.
I'm throwing down this gauntlet now: if I had the audacity to call out Chris on his noble endeavor, I must walk the same path he is in repentance. However, at the moment, it's past 2am and I have *got* to hit the sack. Suffice to say, I'll have a full day tomorrow.
105 mini-reviews down, 39 to go. Let's knock another 15 off, shall we?
ReplyDelete106) Laurence Na-Brown's Entry: Twilight and Dash seem to be getting a lot of play together this competition! Not as much as Pinkie or AJ, but they're more natural fits for a cooking story, it seems to me. Very realistic kitchen problems (i.e. ones that I may or may not have committed at various times myself) EDITING: +
107) ThatOneBrony's Entry: Man, that ending came out of nowhere. Um...right. Anyway, I liked the bit with Zecora (one more side character checked off for the competition. Lesse, who haven't I seen yet...Snips and Snails? Prince Blueblood? Man, we're really covering our bases tonight) EDITING: +
*108) My story. Starred because it's the greatest work of colorful equine-based fanfiction ever to grace God's green earth. EDITING: unimpeachable, naturally. (not really)
109) Manny Baker's Entry: New paragraphs, yadda yadda. Even when you did split it up, the dialogue was rather hard to follow. Tense changes, too. EDITING: - (really needs some cleaning up to be readable)
110) Narwhals' Bend's Entry: Shipping, shipping everywhere! Hey, cooking potions is still cooking. EDITING: +
111) Dashaliciouss' Entry: Man, Food n' Stuff sounds like the best minimum wage retail job ever! I've never actually seen Inception, but I the dream bits were quite funny. EDITING: +
*112) Robotech_Master's Entry: More explosions! I loved how Dash 'juiced' and 'zested' the lemons, and the whole story was well-paced and fun to read, even after reading more than 100 other stories with suspiciously similar plots. EDITING: +
113) Pony Express Hotel's Entry: Man, some people just can't leave well enough alone. "Dash failing at baking, huh? I'll bet I can work a Pinkie cloning apocalypse into that." Seriously it was a funny read, but where did that come from? EDITING: +
114) Greki's Entry: I think this might be the only story I've read so far where Dash promises to make an x in 10 seconds flat...and actually comes through. EDITING: -
*115) Several Alpacas' Entry: The dialogue was a bit hard to follow at times, but damned if I didn't love this story. I don't even know what I liked about it so much (maybe it's just the sleep deprivation talking), but take your star, you earned it. EDITING: -
116) Chromadancer's Entry: Man, Derpy's taking one for the team right there. After reading all these stories, I don't think you could pay me enough to eat a Dash-made muffin. EDITING: + (but some non-ideal comma usage)
117) Magicalponyranger's Entry: There's random zanyness, and then there's just plain chaos. This story falls clearly into the latter category. EDITING: -
118) Gamerlord's Entry: Welcome to fanfic writing! Your first lesson: make sure the colors you pick for your text are easy to read and won't strain your readers' eyes. New speaker, new paragraph, yadda yadda. I did not see the ending coming, even with the title giving it away. EDITING: -
119) H.P. Lovecolt's Entry: Hmm...I don't know that we've actually had a story yet where Dash's kitchen incompetence goes totally undetected. It's kind of amazing how many minute variations on the same theme writers can come up with. EDITING: +
*120) Conner Cogwork's Entry: For some reason, I started giggling uncontrolablly when Dash exclaimed "It needs more lube!" that's me, a sucker for juvenile humor. The rest of the story was well-done, too. EDITING: -
Wow, it's late. I'm gonna finish this tonight, though. Lucky I don't have anywhere to be tomorrow morning!
@Chris
ReplyDeleteHa, thank you for reviewing my cliche story. Even if it was the same old triad of competition, pyromaniac Dash and moral lesson tacked on.
On a bright note, CMC beekeepers gives me an idea.
This is Hanan123x. Thanks for the review Chris. I was wondering what else you had to say about my story aside from the spelling and punctuation issue. It was my first fan fic attempt so I want to know what I did wrong. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteNumber 136 here!
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's hard to get your name in the credit tag when your E-Mail address is a username you stopped using years ago... Even though my FA and DA pages are still named such.
Yeah, I'm feeling the burn... bed calls, but so do MINI-REVIEWS!
ReplyDelete121) Lurkingear's Entry: It would have been easier to read if you'd used quotation marks instead of dashs. Nice save by Fluttershy at the end. EDITING: -
122) FRiKNEL's Entry: Newspeakernewparagaph. Moving on... Rainbow Dash: secret cooking genius. I can dig it. EDITING: -
123) Davey's Entry: If I never hear that damn cupcake song again, it'll be too soon...In a way, I'm glad that Derpy's a chicken. At least now Scootaloo will have a friend! I'd like to see this story expanded a bit, as you mentioned it might be--it's crying out for an explanation of 'plan B.' EDITING: -
124) Melionos' Entry: I wouldn't have gotten the symbolism without your note at the bottom, but that adds an extra layer to the story (get it, layer? Hahaha...whew). EDITING: +
125) Horizon Bound's Entry: That was terribly, horribly out of character. But I admit, it was pretty funny. EDITING: -
126) D. Mayo's Entry: I'd be lying if I said that at this point, it isn't almost a relief to see a 1-page story. Not bad for a quick vignette. For some reason I imagined Dash as Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), shuffling around the kitchen and grunting as she tried to carry out Pinkie's orders. EDITING: -
127) Gali1of1the1sea's Entry: I'm too tired to think of a good 'pie' pun. Still, funny story. EDITING: +
*128) AEG's Entry: Man, I love Dash and Scootaloo's dynamic. Though I'm pretty sure this qualifies as 'Scootabuse.' THe ending was very sweet. EDITING: +
129) Hellfish's Entry: Seems like Dash's only cooking problem is a certain wall-eyed pegasus...Some the voices were a little off, but the story was well-knit. EDITING: -
130) Bmbgosh's Entry: Has there been a muffin-based story yet that didn't have Derpy? I suppose there'd be no point in making it about muffins, then. I like the fact that Dash learns exactly nothing at the end. EDITING: -
131) StarmanTheta's Entry: I wouldn't think that Pinkie would be the type to hold out on her friends, even in the face of such a vital disagreement. AJ's accent was a bit overdone, but still very readable. EDITING: +
*132) Fire Esper's Entry: Let me start by saying that I LOVE the first line. This story is just the right kind of absurd. EDITING: -
133) Blinky's Entry: Another 1st person story! I think it would have read a little better as a diary entry, especially given that the last couple of paragraphs practially scream to be put in that format. That's just my opinion, though. EDITING: +
134) Fenix's Entry: Wait, Dash gets free cooking lessons AND half-price meals? Sounds like a heck of a deal to me. EDITING: +
*135) Sire Moof's Entry: Congratulations sir, even after reading all those other stories you've still come up with several new and creative ways for Dash to screw up. Honestly, I'm surprised we didn't see more fics where Dash utilized that last ingredient... EDITING: +
Man, I'll tell you one thing: if we do an event like this again, I'm not sitting down to review everything in one go. But I'm so close now! Just a few more...
Alright, the final dozen. No doubt the best and/or least fortunate authors. I really hope I'm not the only one who reads these bottom entries! On to the mini-reviews:
ReplyDelete136) Shadow Scrub's Entry: Very nice. I like how the rage of failed cooking gives Dash the fuel to perform her patented trick. EDITING: +
137) Cap'n Ninja's Entry: Ooh, a euro competitor! Yeah, I can see how 3 am isn't the best time for pumping out quality lit. It had some very funny moments. EDITING :+
138) Rainbow Dashing's Entry: It was a little distracting the way it shifted from light, 'show-quality' tone to things like Dash using the word 'retard.' Not a bad story, but pick a tone and stick to it. EDITING: +
139) Xtra Limey's Entry: See entries 4, 14, 22, 43, etc. It really makes things a lot easier to read. Somehow, I'm not surprised that that's how Pinkie cooks. EDITING: -
140) Mwokek Zenith's Entry: I long ago lost track of the number of 'cupcakes' shoutouts scattered throughout these stories... suffice to say, it's a lot. There are a couple of well-written, albiet short, scenes in her. EDITING: -
141) Blacky Love123's Entry: Nothing wrong with a nice little straightforward entry. The writing was a bit stilted, but I imagine that that was at least in part a result of the time constraints. EDITING: -
*142) PD's Entry: I'm starring this because you've distilled the challenge down to its essence: in less than one page, you made me laugh repeatedly with your tale of Dash's culinary incompetence. EDITING: +
143) Zogger568's Entry: Another challenge fic, but this time she's competing against Twilight! And explosions, of course. Can't have a good challenge fic without explosions. EDITING: +
144) Derpybrony's Entry: I can see Twilight spending hours on end on her 'dish.' Everypony seemed well in character. EDITING: -
145) Surogunner's Entry: Man, I hate those self-checks. I can never get them to work, either... I would've pegged her for a 'frozen waffles' pony, myself. EDITING: -
*146) Lord Fortune's Entry: The cooking scenes were well done, and the ending was perfect. I liked this a lot. EDITING: +
147) B. McNatt's Entry: Yes, that certainly is one of the more random entries I've read. I loved the Pinks Sisters, though! EDITING: -
Thank Celestia, we're done! And not one Cupcake knockoff in the bunch! Even though it took me 14 hours to read every story (I don't even want to know how many words that was), it was totally worth it. There are some real gems in here, and every writer who submitted something should be proud.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pass out. I've never had a dream about ponies before (at least, not one that I remembered upon waking), and if reading almost 150 pony stories right before bed doesn't do the trick, I don't know what will.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteYou read them all, Nice!
That's amazing
@Macon
ReplyDeleteWriter of #72 here.
In the interests of keeping everything fair, your review of #71 was actually referring to #72. You must have clicked on the wrong link. I read #71 and it was an sweet cheery tale. :)
I'm glad you reviewed my story but I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it much. It is more or less my style to mix humor with dark settings, in the hopes of having people not take the dark too seriously. It just didn't blend together well here, due to lack of time to work it in right (not to mention editing). I was gonna throw some pun-alicious horribleness in there too towards the end, to lighten it up, but the clock ran out.
@Chris
Holy cow! You're a wonderment, and I totally love you for it. I'm glad we have so kind of a person as you to review EVERYTHING that was entered, no matter how good or bad. Maybe you will have pony dreams tonight (or day as the case may be). Thank you once again.
I personally think every writer who was able to construct a readable piece in under two hours gets a plus. Constrained writing, especially under a time limit, is a fun yet difficult challenge. Of course, all of us could create even better stories with more time and freedom, but it was all about the race against the clock. Good work, everybody!
ReplyDelete@Chris Aww, thank you kindly!
ReplyDelete...Jesus Christ, man, how do you do it?
@Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words!
And yes, it was a more friendly piece than my usual fare - I don't want to seem like a *one trick pony* after all... :P
Chris. Holy Christ. You make me feel terrible I didn't have the time to review these myself.
ReplyDeleteGold star. Fuckin' gold star, brony.
Thanks so much for getting through all of these. I have to wonder though, if you had to recommend the top five, what would they be?
ReplyDelete@Cereal Velocity Feature, maybe? "Chris's picks?"
ReplyDelete(Not just saying that because he kindly starred my story... Or am I?)
Chris, glad I could blow your mind a little. You set a good example for us all!
ReplyDeleteOk I hate to admit but I won't read all of these.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for some "favourite" list or something. I just don't have the time for 144 entries O.o
Sure didn't see that one comin'.
I mean comooon. I already have a list of fanfics to read, I'm terribly behind, and now comes THIS.
ReplyDeleteI have managed to read about every fanfic every day during the april's fool competition and that was already weary towards the end.
And now you folks virtually deliver a killing blow. NO. This is a friggin overkill. Like, 10 times.
If I only take 4 pages per entiry, that's...
576 pages of Rainbowdash cooking.
This fandom is crazy I tell you, CRAZY !!!
*mind blown*
Aw, dammit. I think I got an "EDITING: -" simply for playing with my typography. Ho hum.
ReplyDeleteAnon to avoid further embarrassment. Thanks for the reviews, though, Chris.
@Ewyndall
ReplyDeleteIf you want favourite stories, go through Chris' mini-reviews and read the starred ones! That's why that wonderful, insane brony went through all that trouble, after all.
I wish I had enough free time to follow suit and go on a reading binge right now, but alas it will have to wait.
#16 here
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris and Sohum for tearing my story apart, it's much appreciated and gave me insight on what i need to work on
(aka the random factor and working on the ending)
but it seems the link to #16 broke, mainly because it was a google docs demo. This may seem stupid but how do i get it onto googledocs and not on a demo of docs?
@Chris
ReplyDelete#69 here,
Thanks a lot for doing all those reviews, and I'm sorry about the editing, or lack thereof, but I was down to the wire, time and patience of people IRL wise, if I had been alone with my thoughts I probably could have taken a sweep, but thanks for your opinions, they're really helpful.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks, bro, I appreciate it. It was my first time trying to do an accent so I wasn't entirely certain how I should go about it, but I'll try to tone it down in the future. Also I wanted to imply that Rainbow Dash was the one holding the grudge and that Pinkie didn't give a shit, but I suppose I didn't make that clear.
112 here. Thanks for the kind words, person also named Chris!
ReplyDelete@A Terrible Person
ReplyDeleteOh thanks :P
I saw the long lists but I thought they are just some casual reviews of the stories.
Respect to Chris :P
@Chris
ReplyDeleteHey thanks for reviewing my story (#110). I really didn't want to do the same thing as every fic here.