This Thread is the place for people from different regions can get together and offer one another gentle 'encouragement'. :-) Please emphasise that this thread is supposed to be light-hearted and a certain amount of jibes and name-calling is to be expected, but participants should still follow the main site rules about behaviour on the boards and the use of smileys to emphasise the jovial nature of insults should be actively encouraged.
I will be watching and I expect you all to play nice. The basic site rules apply.
However if you plan to call the competition a bunch of candle wasting Sassenachs, be sure to follow it with a *grin* or :)
I throw down the gauntlet, prepare to be clobbered.
Your Fearless Leader,
Anastasia
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Important things to remember during NaNoWriMo:
You can still do this! Trust me, I know you can.
You don’t have to spell check
Grammar is optional
Editing comes later
And a plot is used for gardening
107,359 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 02 19
Sorry for my tardiness here, family issues basically stole the last week of my October :(.
Here's the regions who've RSVPed to say they're taking part:
Edinburgh
Derbyshire
Glasgow
Ireland::NorthWest
Leicester
Dundee
York & Leeds
Lancs & Cumb
England::Elsewhere
Isle of Skye
Scotland::Else
Newcastle
Darlington
Nottingham
Dublin
Ireland::Elsewhere
Northern Ireland
Cambridge
They should all have banter threads of their own so feel free to head over there and give 'em hell. :)
Any others will be added it/when I hear from them.
Good luck everyone.
107,359 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 02 23
Argh! Wrong forum! Sorry. :/
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 02 53
This one is right. It is Scotland Elsewhere.
I hope things quiet for you.
107,359 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 03 42
Thanks :)
Are you having a separate Isle of Skye sign-up thread or are you joining the elsewhere bunch?
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 17 56
I've just discovered that there is a big table ranking all our regional efforts! Who knew? (Can you tell this is my first time?)
So the news is - Scotland: Elsewhere is at No 96 for total word score
Isle of Skye is waaaay down at No 371
Conversely; Elsewhere are waay down at No 270 for average word count with 2,256 words apiece, while Isle of Sky are way up at No 71 with a healthy 3,052 per Wrimer :)
Edinburgh are at No 128. though their average is a scary 3,334. Glasgow are logging in at number 176, average 2,292. The Granite City are labouring away down at No 275 but have an average of 2,731.
:D
4,300 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 14 46
Dundee isn't worthy of a mention? D:<
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 17 53
Oops, sorry must have missed them on my scan down the list. I've just checked and it seems the answer iss, yes they are worth a mention, just ;-P. Dundee stands at No 417 in the rankings with an average of 2,568.
Fife are at No 388 with a paltry 1,341 words apiece and Perth log in at No 397 and 2,042 per Nanoer.
So the full order of Scottish wonderfulness is currently:
Elsewhere
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Skye
Fife
Perth
Dundee (aren't you glad you asked?)
if I have missed anyone else, I don't wanna know! :D
107,359 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 03 04
The first leader board can be found here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3095947
It's being done manually at the moment because I haven't got my arse in gear yet. :o
107,359 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 03 19
oops :)
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 02 49
The Scottish Roll Call of Wonderfulness currently stands at :
No-------Region---------Average word count
78-----Elsewhere ------ 5,470
122 ---Edinburgh -------6,396
165 ---Glasgow --------- 5,362
269----Aberdeen --------9,420
370----Skye---------------8,878
391----Perth -------------6,872
392----Dundee ---------5,667
398 ---Fife ---------------3,571
What *are* they putting in the water in Aberdeen!?!
And Fife? Stop worrying about the Glenrothes by-election and being dazzled by the unaccustomed media spotlight, and get writing ;-P
3,000 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 06 41
Some of us Fifers haven't been able to access the site until today so we are bit behind but we will catch up in the rankings soon enough :)
50,333 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 06 49
No-------Region---------Average word count
78-----Elsewhere ------ 5,470
122 ---Edinburgh -------6,396
165 ---Glasgow --------- 5,362
269----Aberdeen --------9,420
370----Skye---------------8,878
391----Perth -------------6,872
392----Dundee ---------5,667
398 ---Fife ---------------3,571
What *are* they putting in the water in Aberdeen!?!
What's in our water? That would be whisky...
Laura [not drinking whisky at the moment as she's at work, and she's not NaNo-ing either, oh no! honest, really, she isn't, that's just a figment of your imagination]
They say write what you know.
They don't know anything.
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 08 10
Wow, this is great. You folks are all doing a brilliant job.
I'm trying not to feel guilt for going out kayaking this afternoon.
Keep up the good work.
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 12 56
I've got feet in many of the Scottish camps, as a former pupil of Bell Baxter and with a sister in 'Muchty I count myself as an honorary Fifer, as well as former Glaswegian, Edinburgher and all round gad about. So I only really lose when the honours start going to the likes of tipsy old Aberdeen or Dundee ;-)
Don't know why Marie Rex is fretting about her kyaking time though with the scary word count she has going. I've only done about 500 or so today [but, boy were they good!], might manage a few more after 'Heroes'!
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2008 - 15 10
Folks Scotland Elsewhere is at the TOP of this word war.
Keep typing people!
50,152 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 14 30
Ooh! And Edinburgh has pulled ahead!
3,000 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 15 47
Fife will begin to catch up this week, as finally my evil muse has settled to what my task in hand is to be so can start soon full steam ahead and not the dribs and drabs i have only managed so far.
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 16 14
yeah, by a margin of less than 200 words apiece. If I'd posted my update earlier you would be toast! ;-)
Lets just see what tomorrow brings, shall we? :D
In the meantime, what are we going to do about those pesky Lacemakers who've snuck into the lead? ;-)
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 16 23
Have Fife joined the Word War, you aren't in the ratings, have you fallen through the gaps?
2 Ireland:NW 18937 (2)
3 Edinburgh 17910 (16)
4 Scotland: Else (inc. Skye) 17721 (12)
5 Cambridge 17182 (18)
6 Lancs & Cumb 16984 (15)
7 England::Else 16876 (9)
8 Wales 16616 (16)
9 York & Leeds 16328 (12)
10 Derbyshire 13966 (6)
11 Brighton 13807 (19)
12 Ireland:Else 12132 (9)
13 London 12041 (29)
14 Dublin 11669 (11)
15 Darlington 11419 (10)
16 Leicester 10250 (12)
17 Dundee 10141 (2)
18 Glasgow 9656 (15)
19 Northern Ireland 9204 (9)
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 16 21
We've slipped :(
Can I interest you in another 10,000 word challenge, Boss? I'll send you some earplugs to keep your brain from running out of your ears this time :D
50,152 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 16 38
In the meantime, what are we going to do about those pesky Lacemakers who've snuck into the lead? ;-)
Send some ovine wrath down their way.
91,585 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2008 - 15 49
Extracted from the World Wide Leader Board
Ranking---Area--------------Average
88 --- ------Elsewhere ----8,837
134---------Edinburgh-----10,091
176--------Glasgow--------7,767
274--------Aberdeen-------13,774
372--------Isle of Skye-----17,611 (!!!)
381--------Fife----------------6,485
398--------Dundee----------8,140
404--------Perth--------------9,183
can I just say.... Isle of Skye...........have your fingers not fallen off yet? _boggles_
50,152 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2008 - 02 01
Ranking---Area--------------Average
88 --- ------Elsewhere ----8,837
134---------Edinburgh-----10,091
176--------Glasgow--------7,767
274--------Aberdeen-------13,774
372--------Isle of Skye-----17,611 (!!!)
381--------Fife----------------6,485
398--------Dundee----------8,140
404--------Perth--------------9,183
can I just say.... Isle of Skye...........have your fingers not fallen off yet? _boggles_
But when you sort the list for average word count, as opposed to total word count, Isle of Skye comes in 4th place. In the world!
55,835 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2008 - 02 25
Come on Aberdeen. I know we're up against the mighty Marie Rx but we can catch up.
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2008 - 02 49
Quisitor, I've got a wee small crew. Which means I have a slight advantage. But at the same time. I've got a 16 year old first year that is seriously kicking butt.
This is great fun.
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2008 - 02 47
Nope, just getting warmed up. *grin*
55,835 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2008 - 08 39
It's getting awfully quiet in here. Is that the sound of loads of people hitting the wall?
Well I'd like to say that I am tremendously proud of how well the Aberdeen crew are doing at breaking through that wall. Keep up the good work.
105,240 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2008 - 10 07
We are slipping down the board as well. Need to get some serious cheering going.
50,150 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2008 - 10 13
I am doing my 2k a day for Dundee, but I think I am the only one doing it for Dundee now :(
good luck everyone. Back to doing my 2k.
50,150 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2008 - 12 19
Yaa dundee is 8th with it's mighty 1 writer.