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Challenge The Fanfic Gamblers’ Den: the TLJ Betting Pool (plz tag all spoilers) | Challenge over

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction and Writing Resource' started by Chyntuck, Oct 30, 2017.

  1. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    The Fanfic Gamblers’ Den
    a.k.a. the TLJ Spoilers & Speculation Betting Pool

    PLEASE TAG ALL SPOILERS FOR TLJ WHEN POSTING IN THIS THREAD
    INCLUDING SPOILERS FROM OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL

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    Welcome to the Fanfic Gamblers’ Den, the only place on the boards where you can gamble your future on plot points that you expect to find in TLJ!

    Why should you gamble, you ask?

    Because you’re a scoundrel who has no time for the odds, you enjoy sipping contraband booze in the company of smugglers and bounty hunters in seedy cantinas, and you’re greedy for fic-gifts, cover art, e-books and anything else you could win by participating in this challenge.


    HOW TO PARTICIPATE
    By placing a bet on a specific plot point in TLJ and announcing your stakes​
    Example:​
    Luke Skywalker says: “I’m betting cover art that Rey is revealed to be my daughter in TLJ. The Force is strong with her.”​
    OR
    By countering someone’s bet and announcing your counter-stakes.​
    Example:​
    Snoke counters: “I’ll see Skywalker’s cover art and raise him a fic-gift that Rey isn’t his daughter. She can’t possibly be a Skywalker! My preciousssss!”​


    DEADLINES

    All bets and counter-bets must be placed by 09 December 2017
    (i.e. the world premiere of The Last Jedi.)​
    Winners and losers will be announced in this thread on 15 January 2017
    (or earlier if all participants have seen TLJ before this date.)​


    WINNINGS

    Once winners and losers have been announced, the losers must deliver the stakes they wagered.​
    Depending on the nature of the stakes, this may take some time. You know the drill.​
    The pair who placed the best/wackiest/riskiest bet will be awarded 72 hours of colours by the mods.​


    MORE DETAILS

    1. You can place as many bets and counter-bets as you want.

    2. You can’t modify your bet after it’s been countered.

    3. Bets are between two people. Once a user’s bet has been countered by another user, it’s locked, meaning that no one else can take it up. First come, first served! You’ll find a tally of bets and stakes in post 2 of this thread.

    4. The wording of bets matters. For instance, “Rey is Luke’s daughter” is a different bet from “Rey is a Skywalker” (her surname is Skywalker, wherever it is she found it), which is different from “Rey is a descendant of Anakin Skywalker” (she could be Leia’s daughter, or the daughter of Anakin’s secret child.)

    5. Counter-bets can be as general or as specific as you want. For instance, you can counter “Rey is Luke’s daughter” with:

    - “No, Rey isn’t Luke’s daughter” – in which case you win as long as TLJ tells us that Luke isn’t her father, even if we still don’t know who her father is;​
    OR​
    - “No, Rey is Obi-Wan’s granddaughter” – in which case you win only if TLJ tells us specifically that she’s Obi-Wan’s granddaughter and that Luke isn’t her father;​
    OR​
    - “No, Rey is revealed to be another character’s daughter” – in which case you win only if the identity of Rey’s father is revealed in TLJ and it’s not Luke.​

    6. If a plot point that was wagered upon isn’t addressed in TLJ, both bettors have to deliver the stakes they committed (in the example above, this would be the scenario where TLJ maintains the ambiguity about Rey’s parentage). The same goes for bets where both bettors turn out to be right or wrong in their assumptions.

    7. You can offer anything you’d like as stakes: fic-gifts, cover art, advertisement space in your signature to give a few examples. The sky is the limit.

    8. Please don’t discuss the contents of bets in this thread. If you want to argue about who Rey’s father is, there are plenty of threads for that in the New Films forums.

    9. Please PM me if someone places a bet on something that was already revealed in officially released material as of the day the wager was issued, so that I can ask the bettor to withdraw it. If the plot point is revealed in later material (e.g. a TV spot that comes out in December) but before the TLJ premiere, the bet still stands.


    SPOILER POLICY

    Please read the Fanfic Spoiler Policy before posting in this thread.

    Out of courtesy for your fellow fanficcers, please announce the theme of your bet in open text but put the details behind a spoiler tag. This is an ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT if the contents of your bet are based on leaks.

    Here is what your betting post should look like:
    And the counter-bet:

    Now place your bets, and may the Force be with you!
     
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  2. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    INDEX OF BETS AND STAKES

    Bet #1 – OPEN: Who says "I have a bad feeling about this" in TLJ?
    Chyntuck's stakes: A week of advertising your fic in her signature that it will be
    Finn

    Bet #2 – LOCKED between Cowgirl and BookExogorth
    Theme: Rey's family ties.
    Cowgirl's stakes: A week of advertising your fic in her signature and a poem that
    Rey is related to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
    BookExogorth's stakes: A week of advertising that
    Rey won't be revealed to be related to Obi-Wan in TLJ.

    Bet #3 – LOCKED between brodiew and Chyntuck:
    Theme: Kylo Ren/Ben Solo's character growth
    Brodiew's stakes: a fic-gift that
    Kylo will return to the light by the end of TLJ
    Chyntuck's stakes: a fic-gift that
    Kylo not only doesn't return to the light, but is actually responsible for the death of a major character among the good guys.

    Bet #4 – OPEN: Planets in TLJ
    BookExogorth's stakes: a small fic-gift that
    We will not see Jakku, Takodana, or Hosnian Prime ( :p) in TLJ. To clarify, those planets will not be visited by the main characters, though they could be mentioned.

    Bet #5 – OPEN: DJ's identity
    Chyntuck's stakes: cover art from existing images that
    DJ is Cardinal from the "Phasma" novel.

    Bet #6 – LOCKED between BookExogorth and Ewok Poet
    Theme: Character death
    BookExogorth: a week of advertising that
    Leia won't die in TLJ
    Ewok Poet's stakes: A small fic-gift that
    Leia will die in TLJ

    Bet # 7 – OPEN: Reylo
    Lady_Misty's stakes: a sneak peek for a series of upcoming one-shots that
    Rey and Kylo Ren become romantically involved/implied that they are going to be a couple
     
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  3. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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  4. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    And to get us started:

    I’m betting a week of advertising your fic in my signature over who will say “I have a bad feeling about this” in TLJ.
    It will be Finn.
     
  5. Cowgirl Jedi 1701

    Cowgirl Jedi 1701 Force Ghost star 5

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    I'll bet a week of advertising your fic in my siggy, and a poem that Rey is
    related to Obi-Wan Kenobi
     
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  6. brodiew

    brodiew Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I will bet a fic gift that Kylo Ren/Ben Solo
    will return to the light by the end of TLJ.
     
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  7. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    brodiew You want to type this:
    Code:
    [spoiler]Your text goes here[/spoiler]
     
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  8. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    What happens if neither person wins, Chyntuck?

    P.S. Awesome thread. I'm watching this one.

    Edit: This just looks so fun that I want to try this. I'll just have to think of a good bet.
     
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  9. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    BookExogorth If neither person wins, or if both win, or if TLJ doesn't tell us who won, both have to deliver the stakes they committed.

    EDIT:
    Thanks :) Don't forget that your bet can also be used to counter a bet that was placed by someone else.

    -----------------------

    brodiew I'll see your fic-gift and bet one in return that Kylo
    not only doesn't return to the light, but is actually responsible for the death of a major character among the good guys.
     
  10. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    I'll bet a small fic gift that
    We will not see Jakku, Takodana, or Hosnian Prime ( :p) in TLJ. To clarify, those planets will not be visited by the main characters, though they could be mentioned.
    How's that?
     
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  11. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Sure thing! I'm fixing it straight away, can you please edit your post too?

    (Also, it's hard to disagree with one of the items you listed :p)
     
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  12. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Okay, in light of something I noticed in one of the TLJ TV spots I'm placing a second bet about DJ's identity (DJ is the character played by Benicio Del Toro). I'm betting cover art from existing images over it.
    DJ is Cardinal from the "Phasma" novel
     
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  13. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    So tempted...but I am not sure if I will get it right. :/ I need to RTFM again.

    Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
     
  14. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    I bet a week of advertising regarding a possible character death.
    Princess Leia will not die in The Last Jedi.
     
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  15. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    I want to lock that bet with you. Small fic-gift?

    Chyntuck, please, tell me if I did this right - and be gentle, I beg you!

    Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
     
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  16. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    Chyntuck Ewok Poet
    So you're saying...
    (a) You think that Leia will die
    (b) If you win, you get advertising and
    (c) If I win you give me a fic-gift?
     
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  17. Lady_Misty

    Lady_Misty Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I bet a sneak peek for a series of upcoming one-shots if

    Rey and Kylo Ren become romantically involved/implied that they are going to be a couple
     
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  18. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Ewok Poet Yes, that's fine. As long as you don't add any specifics, your counter-bet is just a negation of what BookExogorth said.
     
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  19. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    LAST CALL! The world premiere is in a few hours, so if you want to place a bet now's the time [face_good_luck]
     
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  20. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    I'll take that bet and wager a week of advertising.

    To clarify, I don't think Rey will be revealed to be related to Obi-Wan in TLJ.
    Chyntuck
    Acceptable?
     
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  21. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Puur-fect :) I'm updating the index now.
     
  22. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Yes, but our bet is listed wrong way round, a pal just let me know.

    Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
     
  23. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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  24. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    It's listed the other way round - as if I had said what you said and vice-versa.
     
  25. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    (double post - server lag again!)