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| V4 BKA and BDA Voting: October '10!; Day Two | |
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| Topic Started: Oct 6 2010, 01:32 PM (3,679 Views) | |
| MurderWeasel | Oct 6 2010, 01:32 PM Post #1 |
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Alright, guys. It's that time again. Time to pick the best kill and death of the month! If you don't know the rules, they're right here. Of specific note:
That means that, if you were late on your death, weren't Away at the time of rolls, and didn't request an extension, you're not on here. Sorry, guys, but we really need these to be on time. Also, please note that, for BKA, there is a time limit to claiming prizes:
So, now that that is out of the way, we can get on to voting. Remember, first and foremost, to read all the deaths and kills before voting. It wouldn't be fair to handlers you haven't had time to read to discount their efforts. Remember, log out to vote. Don't vote for yourself. Don't vote for people just because they are your buddies. Pay close attention to the following, since several votes were disqualified last time, and more would have been had we not been lenient: Do not vote without giving an explanation. "For reasons already stated" is not an explanation. Righto. Here we go. BEST KILL AWARD Staffan Kronwall for killing Brent Shanahan Jacquard Broughton for killing Maria Santiago Colin Falcone for killing Antonio Russo Kris Hartmann for killing Amber Whimsy Reiko Ishida for killing Tobias Elwin and Raina Morales RJ Lowe for killing Eva Lancaster Maxwell Lombardi for killing Augustus MacDougal and Harold Fisher Ericka Bradley for killing Frankie Watson Sarah Atwell for killing Eve Walker-Luther Maria Graham for killing Francine Moreau Hayley Kelly for killing Steve Barnes Rachel Gettys for killing Theodore Behr Madeleine Smith for killing Jonathan Jarocki David Matson for killing Vanessa Struthers Nick Reid for killing Tom Guthrie William Hearst for killing Trevor Duncan BEST DEATH AWARD Wheeler for the death of Brent Shanahan Solomir for the death of Antonio Russo Rocky for the death of Dawne Jiang Wicked Icon for the death of Rose Codreanu Lawther for the death of Tobias Elwin KingKamor for the death of Eva Lancaster GeneralGoose for the death of Augustus MacDougal VinnyMcQ for the death of Frankie Watson CorruptDropbear for the death of Eve Walker-Luther Blastinus for the death of Harold Fisher Chib for the death of Steve Barnes Stark for the death of Charlotte Cave T-Fox for the death of Chadd Crossen Blastinus for the death of Tom Guthrie Tythanin for the death of Violetta Lindsberg VinnyMcQ for the death of Trevor Duncan Geno for the death of Raina Morales Hollyquin for the death of Maria Santiago Edited by MurderWeasel, Oct 6 2010, 04:52 PM.
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| ʇsǝnb | Oct 6 2010, 02:08 PM Post #2 |
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For BKA, I'm gonna have to go with Maxwell Lombardi. Excellent writing on Fiori's part combined with refreshing pragmatism from his character not only made those two kills entertaining to read, but in my mind, established this as the defining moment he became the villain to watch out for in V4 for at least the first few days. As for BDA, well, this was a tougher decision, as the field for good deaths was thicker than the field for good kills. However, all told, I have to give my vote to Augustus MacDougal. Sure, this seems a bit biased considering who killed him, but Maxwell's kill might not have had the same impact without Goose's assist. As far as less speculative matters are concerned, Dougal's mindset in his final moments was well done, believable, and nicely summed up the futility of trying to survive the game, and his final defiant actions, though they set up his own demise, really had you pulling for him, whether you knew how it would end or not. |
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| T-Fox | Oct 6 2010, 02:20 PM Post #3 |
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Best Kill Award: Maxwell Lombardi Maxwell's kill here feels like one of the early game kills I can seriously see happening on the island. Someone gets tough, fires a shot to scare people (whether or not that was it's intention), and one of the people NOT holding the gun gets royally pissed off (and rightfully so). Maxwell is already a bit of an ass on the island, so his fired up reaction of strangling Augustus just kind of made sense. I mean granted, it appears more as Maxwell finally snapping under the stresses of the game, manifesting itself properly for his personality. From now on, I'm expecting to see Maxwell one wrong word from blind rage. Also, the writing behind the kill. It's so gritty. You can almost feel Maxwell's sheer anger glowing off of your screen. The rest of the world has been shut out for him as he exacts the kill on Augustus. Excellent work Fiori. Best Death Award: Antonio Russo I know I was personally involved in this death. But still, this is one of the very few deaths this version that have pulled so many emotions out of me so strongly. Seriously, reading through Joe's posts, I was brought to the brink of tears on two separate occasions throughout the entire downward spiral that lead to Tony dying. Joe's writing portrays the emotions of a dying man who is stronger than any of us could ever hope to be so incredibly well. I'm honestly not how much more I can say except go read this death yourself. The flashbacks flow flawlessly into what is happening to the boy in his last moments, and even Tony's death follows the pattern of his life, from Pre-Game and his biography. Tony was a great character I would have loved to have RPed with more than just Colin and Tony's brief interactions in the tunnel. You deserve this Joe. |
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| Guesty | Oct 6 2010, 02:22 PM Post #4 |
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BEST KILL AWARD My BKA vote is towards Maria Graham for killing Francine Moreau, I mean...flare, just...A FLARE. I thought the reaction was pretty legit, although to be honest if I got shot with a flare I'd probably crumple to the ground straight away and pee myself but that's a different story, this kill kind of grasped me, and all I can say is that it was my favourite out of the choices. Other reasons would be because of Maria actually trying to beat it out, the sheer heat making the pain of the thing going into her chest dwarfed and the strange sort of realism that came with it. I haven't actually seen anybody be shot in the chest with a flare mind you, but I have feeling it'd go something like that. BEST DEATH AWARD In my opinion it should go to Tyathin for the death of Violetta Lindsberg, I haven't read her at all, in fact, to be honest her deathscene is all I have read. However, the deathscene, even though it was a suicide by collar and a "talk angry at the cameras" cliche that I heard some guys talking about (well not directly about Violetta, I just heard about kids talking up to the cameras and associated her message with it) I thought it was pulled off well. I can't say it was good writing because I'm not overly sure what good writing is, being clueless beyond exam questions, but all I can say is I really, really liked it. |
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| Guest | Oct 6 2010, 02:43 PM Post #5 |
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BKA: Sarah Atwell This one, for me, was simple. While there were many kills this month, only one truly shown out as something different, something that stopped me in my tracks. That kill was Sarah Atwell's murder of Eve Walker-Luther. Quite simply, it was an incredibly difficult scene to pull off, and Fanatic did so masterfully. Sarah tortured Eve to death. No way around it. However, the really nasty stuff, the really icky violence and so on, was all handled offscreen, as it were, allowing the reader to make it as awful as necessary. All that was included was what had to be. It was a scene which, handled differently, would have been an utter disaster, but, given its tasteful execution, is, for me, the most chilling killing of V4 thus far. BDA: Augustus MacDougal This one was a bit tougher. The deaths this month, on the whole, have impressed me. Tony's death was sad and quite well handled, as was Violetta's, but Dougal's death stands out for a few reasons. First off, Dougal did not die with dignity. He died fairly slowly and horribly, and yet, all throughout, we were rooting for him, hoping he'd pull through, even though he had, in fact, just attempted murder. Dougal's last thoughts were a wonderful touch; he goes out satisfied that his killer will soon face an equally awful fate. He remains sympathetic, even as he gives in to desires for vengeance and emotions that, on the whole, are quite negative. Another thing I must take into account, as with Sarah's kill, is the craft seen here. Dougal's death has no fancy stylistic tricks, no witty or moving quotations. It doesn't need them. Goose sticks to simple, powerful writing, and, in my opinion, that's by far the best way to go at the end of the day. |
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| The Ghost of Contestants Past | Oct 6 2010, 03:39 PM Post #6 |
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BKA goes to Sarah Atwell for legitimately giving me nightmares. It was something new. Something icky. Something that made my skin crawl. I honestly thought some of the other deaths were better written, but damn, can you imagine how much Danya must have loved watching Sarah's antics? No way he wouldn't give it to her. Torture is kind of his thing, after all. BDA goes to Violetta Lindsberg. Cliche? Maybe a little, but for me, at least, her suicide on account of her girlfriend's death was a huge tearjerker for me. There were a lot of good deaths this round, but none made me emotional like this one did, and for me that's the real mark of a good death, particularly because I hadn't been all that interested in Violetta as a character before her death. The death post made me want to go back and read the character, and that's the mark of a good death, for me, at least. |
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| MurderWeasel | Oct 6 2010, 04:56 PM Post #7 |
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Alright, everyone. There's been a slight mix-up here, and so there are two new deaths in the BDA category. Specifically, Geno's Raina Morales and Hollyquin's Maria Santiago. I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone of a couple of things. First off, if you're going Away, please give a specific time frame for your absence, so we don't have misunderstandings. Here, it's fairly minor, but for something like inactivity, it could be a big deal. Next off, if you PM a mod or admin for an extension, and they don't get back to you quickly, post in the thread. We're human too, and sometimes PMs aren't noticed or responses are forgotten. In fact, best to post in the thread any time there is a delay, so everyone knows what's up. If anyone wants to change their vote to one of these two, post again, giving the number of your previous post and your new post, with rationale. We'll verify your identity via IP address. Thanks for bearing with us. Here's hoping next month's a bit smoother. |
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| Guest | Oct 6 2010, 07:52 PM Post #8 |
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In my not-so-humble opinion, the best kill this month was easily Colin Falcone putting Tony Russo out of his misery. That wasn't even a figure of speech, either, that's exactly what happens. Unlike 99% of other kills, this kill is really depressing in the realm of both the killed as well as the killer. The sadness in accordance to Russo is obvious; he died. But why feel sorry for Colin Falcone? Because it was all just an accident, a misunderstanding that went horribly, horribly wrong, far beyond what could have been. The poor guy felt TERRIBLE about what happened and, to make matters worse, Russo didn't just die right away. No... he calmly asked for Colin to finish him, to which the poor boy had no choice to agree. Just... one of the most emotional kills we're going to see. For best death, I vote Maria Santiago. She just missed the cutoff last time, and it's a good thing as I probably would've voted for somebody else over her, but here she just shined. Maria's death has one of the best uses of flashbacks I've ever seen, and will go a long way to develop her now-repentant killer, Jackie. Holly really showed that she knew what she was doing and yes, she CAN write a goddamn death. Good freaking job! |
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| Guest | Oct 6 2010, 08:11 PM Post #9 |
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Best Kill Award Holy crap, this was tough to really decide upon. A lot of the kills were simply amazing to read, but the two that really stood out the most were Maxwell's and Sarah's. Unfortunately, there can't be two Best Kills, so I'm going to have to say that Maxwell Lombardi won it for this one. The whole thread in itself was fairly award winning, but Maxwell just had that right amount of douchebag in him to make reading it all just...I dunno, I just really, really liked reading it. I can't really think of anything else to say beyond that, but I'll be following Maxwell and Sarah as the game goes on and I'm looking forward to even greater kills from the both of them. ...Is that a bad thing? Best Death Award There really should be the ability to vote for more than one person. Pretty damn tough to choose only a single one for this award too, but I'll have to give it to T-Fox for the death of Chadd Crossed. The whole thing started from a misunderstanding and then the feeling of helplessness he had at the end as his death slowly ticked towards him? I dunno, I thought it was pretty damn well written and I enjoyed reading it. |
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| Guest | Oct 6 2010, 08:15 PM Post #10 |
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BKA Maria Graham. True, that half of the kill was made by SOTF Help, but Llama handled the job really good as well, and the follow up post after the kill was just hilarious. Also, I would like to see Danya mocking Maria while giving her the award. BDA Uhm... Actually, I have a question here: Didn't you miss anyone? Because I see Rachel Getyss in the BKA award list, but I don't see Killer Moth and Theodore Behr in the BDA list, and that's the one I would like to give my vote to. I'm kinda tired of all those 'Oh, I'm dying, but what a beautiful death it is. I'm mentioning my parents, my old friends and whatever was important to me' etc. Teddy's death, while still wrapping up most of the things, was interrupted by death in the mid sentence. And I just love that, because it shows that death comes suddenly, and sometimes you just wont wrap up your thoughts. Sometimes You'll just die. If for some reason, this death is unavailable in the voting, I'll think of another one. |
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| Uncluevara | Oct 6 2010, 11:50 PM Post #11 |
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Best Kill: I'll go with Nick Reid as Danya probably has a sick fetish with rock deaths seeing as there has been so many. The kill itself is brutal and looking at it from the cameras I feel viewers would wince muchly at the 'sickening crunch' of rock on skull. The very thought gives me a headache. Best Death: Tony Russo. Solomir did a great job here, not just in the deathpost but the lead up as well. This death is different as it is a mercy killing in a way. It makes sense that Tony has time to draw out his thoughts and Solomir holds up his side of the death well (as of course does T-fox). |
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| Guest | Oct 7 2010, 06:21 PM Post #12 |
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Best Kill Maxwell Lombardi was one of those characters that we all sort of knew was going to be a player, but my hat is off to Fioriboy for making that come about in a way that makes complete sense for the character. Maxwell (thus far) is a great template for anyone who's trying to create an actual villainous player. He isn't a psychopath, but neither are his kills going to be justified nor will he be wracked with self-doubt, and that's a very hard balance to pull off. Out of all the killer characters thus far, Maxwell's the one I believe has the best chance to last a long time. Best Death This was a very hard decision to make, but I'm voting for Augustus MacDougal, where Goose wasn't afraid to kill off his character without being either too quick or too obviously epic, and without any kind of silver lining at all, really. It was fairly nasty work, but it was very well done. |
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| Guest | Oct 8 2010, 12:41 PM Post #13 |
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Sarah Atwell had the most disturbing, well-written, utterly horrifying kill this month. By a huge margin. The mental breakdown (she would play her part), the deception with the drugged water, the extremely unsettling torture, and... the words. Jesus, her dialogue to Eve was just the most disturbing thing I've read in V4 so far, and that alone would have made this kill. But that wasn't alone. There were also so many great touches, like her camera, like taking a break to munch on some bread, like some of her little thoughts and gestures... damn. This one is gonna stay with me for a while, and it deserves a huge amount of praise. Maria Santiago had the best death post. I don't like songposts. I don't like colorposts. I don't like deathposts that throw a lot of touching flashbacks at the reader in attempts to elicit some sympathy. So why the hell do I like Maria's death so much? Because Holly can fucking write. Yes, there are some pretty obvious attempts in this death to tug at the reader's heartstrings. But they work. They really, really work. Because Holly absolutely knows how to perfectly hit all her emotional notes. There's a point in reading this death where it just becomes impossible to remain a pretentious SotF critic thumbing his nose at a colorsongflashbackdeathpost, where it becomes impossible to analyze everything intently and shake out all the literary techniques. You just get lost in the beautiful prose and the beautiful emotional reactions that this post makes you feel. |
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| AGUEST | Oct 8 2010, 11:34 PM Post #14 |
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Sarah Atwell gets my BKA vote because... jesus christ. I'm going to have nightmares after reading that scene. Fuck. A few deaths have made me cringe but this literally scared me. I could go on about how the writing was great and the buildup was perfect but frankly I don't think I'll need to. If you read this and think this isn't worthy of the award, you must have read the wrong kill. Fan, you are a sick, depraved man who must have taken pleasure from this and I think you're going to make it far in SOTF. The BDA goes to Maria Santiago. I had completely forgotten about her death. I feel really bad because I absolutely loved Maria's death. Not a big fan of song posts. However Hollyquin is talented. She really is an amazing writer. Damn good. There are no poodles. A big chunk of the post is Maria's mental monologues in her final minutes. It is absolutely soul crushing. I can tell alot of work went into this and Hollyquin deserves this award. |
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| MurderWeasel | Oct 8 2010, 11:39 PM Post #15 |
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Shoot, sorry for the late reply. Theo's death was past the cutoff date, and no extension was requested. |
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