Iron Poet XXIII

[Jormengand]

I swear we've been waiting for ages for this to be a thing.

Come on people! We have cookies! Join in, join in!

[GAAD]

Heck, since we're short on judges...
Count me OUT of the competition and IN on judging.
Should be fun.

[Lethologica]

write with ussssss
or write against us
it's a competition
we won't mind

[LordotTrinkets]

Want more contestants?
I will be happy to join.
Even though I'm green.

[Vaynor]

List updated! We just need 1-2 more judges and 2 more contestants! It's been so long.

[Lethologica]

i bump from the shadows

[FinnLassie]

Cheezwitz, this is taking incredibly long. I'd love to volunteer as a judge, but I doubt I'd have the time for that. At the moment I'm even on the brink of being able to poet.

[neriractor]

could I write my poems in spanish? honestly I can barely speak english and I wouldn´t know what words rhyme but this sounds really fun, if I can´t I´ll just stick to lurking and watch the competition.

[Lethologica]

could I write my poems in spanish? honestly I can barely speak english and I wouldn´t know what words rhyme but this sounds really fun, if I can´t I´ll just stick to lurking and watch the competition.

I suspect it will be difficult enough to find judges even without the bilingual requirement. Open to being proved wrong, though.

[neriractor]

I suspect it will be difficult enough to find judges even without the bilingual requirement. Open to being proved wrong, though.

that´s what I thought too, but I don´t think any potential judges would be deterred from joining just because one person who isn´t even in the list of players saying they would like to join in the off chance somebody talks his language. Besides a person has to have some hope right?

P.S: I could try to write a poem in english, assuming some judges appear but I don´t think my poems in spanish are all that great to begin with. My poems would be bad, but I would like to become better if I can.

[FinnLassie]

I think non-English poems are out of the question, but Vaynor will have to confirm that. Besides, isn't GitP an English-only forum?

[Vaynor]

Non-English poems are out of the running both because we can't accommodate them with Spanish-speaking judges and because non-English languages are against the rules on the forums.

[neriractor]

Non-English poems are out of the running both because we can't accommodate them with Spanish-speaking judges and because non-English languages are against the rules on the forums.

Ok, thanks. Guess I will just watch the poems if you get enough judges, also I had no idea that non-English languages are against the rules of the forum that seems... Odd, seems like a weird rule to have.

[FinnLassie]

Ok, thanks. Guess I will just watch the poems if you get enough judges, also I had no idea that non-English languages are against the rules of the forum that seems... Odd, seems like a weird rule to have.

English isn't my first language and I often really struggle with the poyems, but I still attempt my best. Definitely have a try with writing English! It's just a silly lovely light hearted competition (that I always take far too seriously, competitive me). You can at least try. I use the English dictionary, Thesaurus and rhymezone.com a lot when I work on this stuff as I'm not that fluent when it comes to anything but conversation and some academic writing.

[Lethologica]

I use those sites a lot when I'm writing and I'm a native speaker. (Then again, I can count the number of things I've properly written on my hands.)

[neriractor]

alright sign me up then, thanks for the support. If this gets off the ground I´ll be using those sites.

[Vaynor]

Ok, thanks. Guess I will just watch the poems if you get enough judges, also I had no idea that non-English languages are against the rules of the forum that seems... Odd, seems like a weird rule to have.

We need to be able to moderate all posts on the forums, not just some of them.

[neriractor]

We need to be able to moderate all posts on the forums, not just some of them.

That makes sense, guess it is for the best, my English has improved since I started on this forum and thanks to how effective the mods are this is one of the cleaner forums I've been on.

[Bulldog Psion]

If you still need 1 competitor, I'd like to put my name in the hat, please.

Don't have time for the judge part.

[FinnLassie]

Is this the longest recruitment process in the history of Iron Poet?

[LordotTrinkets]

Is this the longest recruitment process in the history of Iron Poet?

This being my first time, I'm not sure.

Also, is that a chicken sitting on a banana as your avatar? /

[Lethologica]

Also, is that a chicken sitting on a banana as your avatar? /

...or are you just happy to see me?

[LordotTrinkets]

I'm not sure if I'm annoyed by the fact that you actually went there or that I didn't do it first.

[Vaynor]

Is this the longest recruitment process in the history of Iron Poet?

Yes. By a lot.

[FinnLassie]

@Vaynor:

Also, is that a chicken sitting on a banana as your avatar? /

It's just a mummy taking care of its lil' babby.

[The Bandicoot]

If you still need a competitor I'm in!

[Lethologica]

That does seem to be something we need, judging by the OP. Welcome aboard.

Now we need another judge or two.

[Black Socks]

Is it too late to join as a contestant? If not, please put me down.

[Vaynor]

Assuming everyone who signed up is still interested in competing, we're actually full on spots. We just need 2 more judges now, so if anyone can switch to judging from competing we can get this show on the road.

[Szilard]

I can judge.