May / June 2019 Anonymous 100 word challenge discussion thread

[farntfar]

My apologies, Parson, for being a bit slow.
Here is a list of the authors: (+1 extra)


Ashleyne
Victoria Silverwolf
Ian Fortytwo
Parson
elvet
chrispenycate
Daysman
farntfar
Cathbad
MikeAnderson
dannymcg
june47th
Peter V
M. Robert Gibson
johnnyjet
mosaix
Starbeast
Hummus

And here is a list of the entries in order of publication. (Which is not necessarily the order in which I received them.)


Fill Yourselves
Clone in Law
Double Cross
Evil of Me
Supertrooper
Only the best will do
The Me, Myself, and I Mafia.
THE CLONE EXPERIMENTS: WHAT WENT WRONG?
It's Only Natural
Pay Attention!
The Changeling
The Dark Side of the Mirror
A Strange Bus
Switched at Re-birth
No One Is Free Until the Clones Are
Master of the World
Science Wins through.

I'll give you marks as soon as I see your guesses.
Have fun.

(For those of you new to the game, try to match the entry to the author.
After each guess, I'll tell you how many you've got right. (You can try several times.)
Use your knowledge of the authors' styles, and any previous guesses as guides.

The usual prize (Bog all) is on offer for getting them all right.))





oh! Please make your guesses in this thread.

 

[elvet]

Fill Yourselves - Ashlene
Clone in Law - Cathbad
Double Cross - Dannymcg
Evil of Me - Hummus
Supertrooper - Ian Forty-two
It's Only Natural - Parson
Pay Attention! - Mosaix
Switched at Re-birth - Victoria Silverwolf

 

[Peter V]

Pay Attention has Mosaix written all over it.

I will now look pretty silly if it isnt

 

[farntfar]

Elvet has 2 right. Well done.

I'm afraid I'm not prepared to mark single guesses, to keep it interesting.
I think at least six guesses must be made at any one time.

 

[Cathbad]

My guesses:

MikeAnderson - Fill Yourselves
dannymcg - Clone in Law
farntfar - Double Cross
Peter V - Evil of Me
Hummus - Supertrooper
Starbeast - Only the best will do
Victoria Silverwolf - The Me, Myself, and I Mafia.
Daysman - THE CLONE EXPERIMENTS: WHAT WENT WRONG?
Ashleyne - It's Only Natural
Ian Fortytwo - Pay Attention!
elvet - The Changeling
mosaix - The Dark Side of the Mirror
june47th - A Strange Bus
johnnyjet - Switched at Re-birth
Parson - No One Is Free Until the Clones Are
chrispenycate - Master of the World
M. Robert Gibson - Science Wins through.

 

[farntfar]

Cathbad,
Well done. You have 2 correct authors.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Well I don't know about everyone else, but I found it really difficult to pick one. Every entry had some merit that made it worthy of getting a vote.

So what I'm saying is that every entry was on my shortlist, so I just went with the one that tickled my fancy the most

 

[Cathbad]

Cathbad,
Well done. You have 2 correct authors.

MY PERSONAL BEST!!!

 

[Danny McG]

Elvet has 2 right. Well done

I appreciate farntfar won't mark single guesses but we all know Cathbad is entry number two as guessed by elvet.
Cathbad is always entry number two in anon challenge

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Now for my guesses

Ashleyne = A Strange Bus
Cathbad = Clone in Law
chrispenycate = Double Cross
dannymcg = Evil of Me
Daysman = Fill Yourselves
elvet = It's Only Natural
farntfar = No One Is Free Until the Clones Are
Hummus = Master of the World
Ian Fortytwo = Only the best will do
johnnyjet = Pay Attention!
june47th = Science Wins through.
M. Robert Gibson = Supertrooper
MikeAnderson = Switched at Re-birth
mosaix = The Changeling
Parson = THE CLONE EXPERIMENTS: WHAT WENT WRONG?
Peter V = The Dark Side of the Mirror
Starbeast = The Me, Myself, and I Mafia.
Victoria Silverwolf

The more perceptive of you will realise I've simply listed the entrants alphabetically and matched them with the entries in alphabetical order

 

[farntfar]

Cathbad is always entry number two in anon challenge

And here is a list of the entries in order of publication. (Which is not necessarily the order in which I received them.)

Danny
I invite you to consider the two quotes above.

I then refuse to confirm or deny whether they have anything to do with each other.

 

[farntfar]

Robert.

You have successfully guessed none of the authors.

The more perceptive of you will realise I've simply listed the entrants alphabetically and matched them with the entries in alphabetical order

As strategies go it was not very succesful.

 

[mosaix]

Robert.

You have successfully guessed none of the authors.




As strategies go it was not very succesful.

Last time this happened didn’t we discuss some kind of special award? That’s got to require some kind of special skill.

 

[farntfar]

I think you're right, Mosaix. It takes a special skill. (Or in this case technique.)
Maybe it would be wise, however to make sure we don't have to split such a prize for several similar achievers.

 

[Parson]

Clone in Law ------ Virginia Silverwolf
Evil of Me ------- Cathbad
Supertrooper ----- Mosaix
The Me, Myself, and I Mafia. ----- Elvet
THE CLONE EXPERIMENTS: WHAT WENT WRONG? ---- Johnny Jet
Iwitched at Re-birth ---- Dannymcg
Science Wins through. ---- Starbeast

 

[farntfar]

Another contender for the Nul Point prize I'm afraid, Parson.
But not as prestigeous as Robert as you only made 7 guesses instead of the full 17.

Nevertheless a worthy effort.

 

[scarpelius]

I'll be amazed if I hit at least one

Parson​	The Dark Side of the Mirror​
johnnyjet​	Only the best will do​
june47th​	Evil of Me​
elvet​	A Strange Bus​
Ian Fortytwo​	Pay Attention!​
Hummus​	Supertrooper​
Ashleyne​	The Me, Myself, and I Mafia.​
Cathbad​	Fill Yourselves​
mosaix​	Double Cross​
chrispenycate​	Master of the World​
Starbeast​	Clone in Law​
dannymcg​	Science Wins through.​
MikeAnderson​	It's Only Natural​
Victoria Silverwolf​	The Changeling​
M. Robert Gibson​	Switched at Re-birth​
Peter V​	THE CLONE EXPERIMENTS: WHAT WENT WRONG?​
Daysman​	No One Is Free Until the Clones Are​
farntfar​	​

 

[farntfar]

I'll be amazed if I hit at least one

Well you got that bit right at least, scarpelius.

Hey Mosaix,
I think we'd better rethink how difficult it is to not get a single Author/Entry match right.
Scarpelius has managed it too.

Well at least there's plenty of data about non-matches now, if anyone feels like making this a logic problem rather than a writing style problem.

 

[scarpelius]

That's prove that randomizing results might not get you anything. No lottery for me ))

 

[Danny McG]

That's prove that randomizing results might not get you anything. No lottery for me ))

As has been said before, the lottery odds are very good.
50% chance, you either win it or you don't win it