Comments | citizenwind: Necromancer II

citizenwind

Necromancer II

Oct 20, 2007 11:59

After five time penalties between prelims and finals, I still managed to squeak out a win by cheating* in the last round of finals. But still. Five time penalties? What's that?!?

EDIT:
10th place Aaron Johnson (because he went for a food run and got disqualified.)
9th place Johnathan Standifird
8th place Kat McCoy
7th place The Klute
6th ( Read more... )

Comments 20

brazencaucasian October 20 2007, 19:30:30 UTC

you got 5 time penalties?

citizenwind October 21 2007, 00:27:07 UTC

1 for Tiger Woods, 2 for To My Hair, 1 for Full Moon, 1 for English. I had the organizers look at the tape for the last two, and they said "it was really close."

But really, 3:19 for tiger woods? I was smoking something.

theklute October 20 2007, 19:54:16 UTC

Congratulations again... I wish I had been more competative in the finals, but it was nice to see someone win who didn't just have to spend 10 bucks in gas to get to the venue. :)

citizenwind October 21 2007, 00:28:15 UTC

Thanks bro.

I was annoyed at the finals format. Three random draws is NOT how you run very competitive events, as demonstrated by the unfairness of your 4,2,10.

theklute October 21 2007, 04:41:29 UTC

Well, Mesa's always done random draw do I'm used to it. Never got screwed exactly as hard as I did last night though.

citizenwind October 21 2007, 04:44:35 UTC

I guess it's just I probably slam a lot more than the average person in high-pressure slams, so maybe I just notice the effect of shitty draws more.

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jomar_h October 20 2007, 19:57:13 UTC

How did you "cheat"? It's damn near impossible to cheat in a poetry slam. What the poop is going on?

citizenwind October 20 2007, 22:35:35 UTC

Oh, cheating is what I call "For the Breakdancers."

smyley October 20 2007, 23:36:05 UTC

lol, who said that was cheating?

citizenwind October 21 2007, 00:29:30 UTC

It was the nickname that poem got after I won the Amnesty Invitational last year, Nigel threatened to break my legs before the last round.

Thread 6

shadowprison October 20 2007, 23:13:33 UTC

I didn't see the finals, but I remember that I did enjoy the Tiger MFer Woods piece, at the prelims.

bobdapoet October 21 2007, 16:47:37 UTC

Even with 5 time penalties, you won. That says you are THE BOMB. Congratulations on winning, your reads both nights were excellent.

citizenwind October 21 2007, 16:50:37 UTC

Thank you, I appreciate it. It just really shook me ... I've gotten maybe one time (non-purposeful) time penalty in six years, and to get five over the course of six poems just blew my mind. Kinda unprofessional, but I need to stop complaining before I look like a sore winner.

Thank you so much for having us, it was a great slam and hopefully we put on a good show.

bobdapoet October 21 2007, 17:49:38 UTC

Sharon said something to me Friday that really made me step back- "duh! you are giving away $1,000, the fact that everyone took it that seriously is the way it should be." She then threw something at me and told me to quit being a baby :-)

It was good to have you, and it will be good to have you again next month!