katespencer1

A few words from

Welcome to the long dark teatime of your soul, a place that will haunt your nightmares and amuse your hopes and dreams until they realize that we know exactly where they are hiding, but they are safe there - Idol isn’t going to take them out (kill!), at least not for now.

No guarantees on later though. For the moment it’s only your nightmares who are in danger. Because I am the only nightmare in your life. All of the others need to cede ground and acknowledge when they are in the presence of a professional!!!

It’s that time in Week 1 where I say a few words and post a poll.

So - here are the words:
One of you will be randomly selected to receive an email. So be checking your Inbox. If you don’t receive one, then the wheel didn’t pick you. For now. Once you receive it, you will have a couple choices to make. Your game may be decided on what you choose, and without any doubt other people’s games definitely will be impacted by it as well.

Nothing quite like a vague sword hanging over everyone’s head to get things started off right!!!

So now, some other words - Thank you to everyone who has come out. It means a lot to me for you to be here. It’s a small group, but it promises to be a fun one, filled with weeks of great writing! Probably even more “cursing my name” sessions, but also great writing!

We aere off to a solid start with Week 1 and I want to encourage everyone, especially those new here to do the 4 important things over the next few days.

Read. Part of the fun of this whole thing is getting to read other people’s work. Do it!!
Comment on their entries. Everyone loves feedback! You like it. I like it. I think it’s fair to say that no one wants their work to just go out into a vacuum. Give them some love!
Vote for your favorites!!! You can cast votes for as many (or few) entries as you want. Yes, for participants you CAN vote for yourself. Honestly, if you’re not vouching for you, why would someone else? But I know people feel differently on the subject, so I’ll just say you can if you want.
Tell other people to do these things. SPREAD THE WORD! That’s the only way this thing keeps going. We’ve kept Idol going for 19 years with just word of mouth, friends telling friends about it! It’s your turn to be the one to tell people about it! They don’t need to participate to read, comment or vote!

All of this said, there will be (spins wheel) 1 contestant leaving us this week! (the options were 1-3)

The contestant with the fewest votes will be sent to the Dungeon of Chaos to rot for the rest of eternity. (or at least until the wheel gives them another shot)

The poll closes Wednesday June 25th at 9pm ET.

Good luck to everyone!

Note: Fausts_dreams link should be https://fausts-dream.dreamwidth.org/6729.html - my apologies. Obviously this week he is safe as a result of my mistake.

Poll #33276 ’Wheel

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 6

Vote For Your Favorites!

adoptedwriter's entry
3 (50.0%)

adore's entry
2 (33.3%)

alycewilson's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

autumn_wind's entry
1 (16.7%)

bleodswean's entry
2 (33.3%)

drippedonpaper's entry
1 (16.7%)

eeyore_grrl's entry
4 (66.7%)

erulissedances's entry
3 (50.0%)

fausts_dream's entry
2 (33.3%)

flipflop_diva's entry
1 (16.7%)

garnigal's entry
1 (16.7%)

gunwithoutmusic's entry
2 (33.3%)

hafnia's entry
2 (33.3%)

halfshellvenus's entry
2 (33.3%)

i0ne's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

impoetry's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

inkstainedfingertips's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

kizzy's entry
2 (33.3%)

krispykritter's entry
3 (50.0%)

legalpad819's entry
2 (33.3%)

marjorica's entry
3 (50.0%)

matsushima's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

muchtooarrogant's entry
1 (16.7%)

murielle's entry
2 (33.3%)

oxymoron67's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

rayaso's entry
3 (50.0%)

roina_arwen's entry
2 (33.3%)

serpentinejacaranda's entry
2 (33.3%)

simplyn2deep's entry
2 (33.3%)

static_abyss's entry
4 (66.7%)

swirlsofpurple's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

talonkarrde's BYE WEEK - Votes Do Not Count
1 (16.7%)

tonithegreat's entry
1 (16.7%)

used_songs's entry
2 (33.3%)

vik_thor's entry
1 (16.7%)

wolfden's entry
3 (50.0%)

xeena's entry
2 (33.3%)

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

The deadline for sign ups AND for people to get their entry in are Saturday! So if you know anyone dragging their feet on either of those things, now would be the time to kick them!

Sign Up: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html

Week 1 Prompt: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1184469.html

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How is everyone doing with the first prompt? I haven't heard too much crying, but that could just be because I've long since learned to tune out your suffering! ;)

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

What did you end up doing this weekend?

Anything fun?

I started (and finished) season 3 of The Traitors US. With Rob Cesternino (Survivor) and Kristen Kish (Top Chef) being in Scotland filming season 4 right now, I thought it was a good time to catch up!

I also finished the new season of Top Chef. Which may have had me crying a bit at the finale. Maybe. Or maybe you were the one who was crying. Yes, that seems more likely! ;)

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Speaking of crying - the first prompt is up: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1184469.html

The Sign Up Sheet is still open as well: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html

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I'm going to warn you ahead of time that the poll for Week 1 is going to not come out right away. Not only does the first poll usually take more time to set up, I also have an unexpected funeral to attend that day. One of my coworkers from my previous job passed away. I'm just glad that I received multiple messages from people who wanted to make sure that I knew. That was very kind of them to reach out.

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and yes, "The Wheelhouse" is the "special event" version of the Green Room, for those more use to that name. A lot of special events have their own specific gathering place names, and I just liked this one.

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

I have a master list of unused prompts. Some didn't end up being used in previous seasons. Some are new. All are now on a wheel of chaos.

I will not know what the week's prompt is until a couple minutes before you do!!

For anyone new here - or who hasn't been around for awhile, just a couple reminders:

Use the prompt as a jumping off point for your own creativity. The only limits are those you place on yourself and your work!

ONLY POST YOUR LINK to this thread. Any non-link comments posted here will be deleted. It makes it more difficult to keep track of entries for the week if everyone comments here. Comment to people on their entries or in one of the other spaces provided. This is solely for links. Not reactions.

With all of that now being said - and I reminder that if someone HASN'T signed up, they still have another week to do so, therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html

The prompt for Week 1 is

Quality

You have until Saturday June 21st at 2pm ET to link your entries back to this thread. So much longer than usual, but it's the first week so I'm giving you a bit of a break. Enjoy it while you can!

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

During each week, I will spin the wheel and reveal the twist. Sometimes it will be before the prompt is announced, sometimes before the voting.

As I said before, I was feeling merciful as we got closer to starting, so I added another wheel. We're calling it the first wheel. 2/3 of the spots on it read "Twist" and the other 1/3 are "No Twist". Obviously "No Twist" means that the second wheel will not be spun that week and you will get a break from the normal level of chaos. You will get to breathe with only the normal amount of Idol chaos, more or less...

That first wheel it did spin and it came up that there WOULD be a twist on Week 1.

I was very happy that we were starting off this event right.

So I spun the second wheel, the one with the master list of twists on it, hoping for something delightful. After all, some of the list are quite twisted and some are quite twisted in other ways. :) This one turned out to be one of the latter.

It's probably the first "first week" twist that there could be, because it might as well be a "No Twist":

Anyone who was previously eliminated from the competition is automatically back in the game.

Being that no one has been eliminated yet, it means nothing. But since twists are NOT removed from the wheel once selected, it does reveal what one of those spots is, and you now know that it is out there, and the possibility exists.

So, I guess that's a good thing for you...

Week 1's prompt will be posted soon.

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

Anyone want to guess who the murderer was, what was the weapon and in which room did it take place?

The first wheel spun tonight and I didn't love the result. But it is what it is.

The first topic is going up, and the results of the first spin, will be announced tomorrow night. ,

Just wanted to make sure you have something to speculate on when you wake up in the morning. IF you wake up in the morning. *cues music filled with dread*

Sign ups are still happening - so tell a friend! Or even better, tell someone you want to see tortured!!! https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

Hello Dear Friends!!

and the rest of you.

I just wanted to say hello to dear friends in case any of them ever read this. I doubt they will. It's mostly you scoundrels and hippies, and hippy scoundrels. ;)

Sign Ups are still happening and I've seen some familiar faces. https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html So welcome back! Just checking - you know this isn't the 20th anniversary event right? That's next time. That's going to be a joyful celebration. This is going to be me torturing you... which, to be fair, to me, those two things are the same!!! <3

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So, what's new with you? Set fire to anything or anyone? Or is that what you have planned for this weekend? The wheel might have a few things to say about that... I've heard a rumor that it might spin soon.

(Full disclosure, I've actually been softening my stance and a second wheel might be introduced to even further add to the fun!)

clauderainsrm posting in

therealljidol

While we are waiting for things to start, I spun the wheel for the first time to determine how many byes there would be for this "special event".

For those new to the concept, a "bye" is a skip week. Maybe you're sick, or busy or whatever. Maybe you just don't feel like writing that week. You can use a "bye" (that's B-Y-E for those listening to this.) and survive another week without being eliminated.

I put the options 0-3 (3 being the most byes we've ever had in a season. Pretty sure that was when we had over 300 contestants. Pretty sure this isn't going to get anywhere close to that, especially since I've been pretty clear that if you don't like the craziness and random, this time around might not be your thing!)

The wheel landed on 2.

So there you go - you have 2 byes to use between Week 1 and whenever we have 5 contestants left in the competition, Granted, right now there aren't a lot of people anyway, so that might not take very long! But I'm hoping that once the word starts spreading more people will show up!

The link to sign up is: therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1182845.html

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So, how are you doing?

What are you watching? Reading?

I'm currently not reading anything. But I did just pick up The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, so hopefully I will be starting that soon.

I'm catching up on some shows - Shogun, Squid Games and Vice Principals.

Reading

Vote - Week 1

The Wheelhouse - Week 1 - Day 5

The Wheelhouse - Week 1 - Day 2

Prompt - Week 1

Twist Reveal - Week 1

The Billiard Room of Chaos - 3

The Library of Chaos - 2

The Waiting Room of Chaos - 1

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