Turtle Pope's Fortnight Review Sprint

Hark, my children. Perchance thou knoweth me as Miriel of the Elden Ring universe, but for this moment, I serve as the quite unofficial mascot for Ravena’s Fortnight Review Sprint.

Commencing this Sunday, at the dawn of November the 23rd, a great Review Sprint shall be hosted by Ravena. We shall embark and give it our all, and any who think thyself bold enough are welcome to join our endeavor, be it only to contribute one or two reviews of thine own. This sprint shall endure an entire fortnight—two weeks, in thy modern tongue—and draw to a close at the stroke of midnight, on December the 7th.

As this is a community-hosted affair, I regret to inform thee that there shall be no badges to claim, nor alterations to thy username hues. Yet, for each review dutifully logged, Raven shall shower thee with points, a gift, and an invitation to a so-called “pad party” on the final day of the Great Sprint.

Ah, and amid this aforementioned "pad party" of ours, Ravena shall bestow a special bonus to the first, second, and third knights who amass the greatest tally of reviews. This bonus is a choice between three gifts, which shall not be revealed until the day of the party.

To partake, thou must adhere to these instructions…

1: Pledge thy allegiance to the Turtle Pope. Forsooth, this is of critical importance…

2: Reply to this post to reserve thy place.

3: Update (edit) thy post, from November 23rd to December 7th, with any reviews concluded. A link is handy, but a mere title shall suffice as well.

4: Optionally—attend the pad party of December 7th, for a spot of fun.

That is all. Farewell, brave Tarnished knights of the Green Room, and may the winds of fortune guide you to good stories.


(**For safety’s sake—I claim no ownership of Miriel or any related art!)

I pledge allegiance to the turtle pope!!

"Society of the Young Writers" is so good hehehe

I pledge allegiance!

Oh, what the heck. I pledge allegiance to the Turtle Pope!

Here’s my log:

“What Makes You Human” by JadeAries
“Juggling Trains” by AlexWrites.

I pledge allegiance to the flag turtle pope!!!!

Alright, since I feel better now, I shall also embark on this quest

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24th Nov: So I did 22 reviews but I don't really understand what it means that a "name" suffices? Can someone explain? Thank you :3

25th Nov: Ok I add 25 more reviews to my list

26th Nov: And today it was ... Let me check. Uhm th-thirty-six? Sorry?

27th Nov: Only 17 today. Tsk, falling off

28th Nov: Who me? I haven't done much actually. Just dropping a casual 66 Reviews today~

29th Nov: Finishing off today with 40 reviews

30th Nov: 20 reviews

1st Dec: 20 reviews

2nd Dec: 10 reviews (but I do have the excuse of going over all my 300 November reviews to decide which ones I wanted to highlight xd It has been A LOT)

3rd Dec: 15 reviews

4th Dec: 10 reviews -- and 3 of them haven't been Green Room reviews. I was... weak.

5th Dec: 10 reviews --- and 4 of them aren't GR reviews. Uhm so. I guess I'm the only one who cares abt that but, shame on me XD

6th Dec: 7 reviews

7th Dec: 14 reviews with 3 of those not being GR Reviews.

Welcome aboard, @Tikaya, and good luck to all of you!! <3

@Tikaya that just means the name of the work you reviewed! But WOW, 22 whole reviews already!! O.o At that rate, I won't blame you for just giving us a number either lol!

We're off to a strong start, I'd say! For anyone looking for some fun objectives, or a way to find your footing in this sprint, keep an eye out tomorrow! I'll be posting something that may just help you along!

Oh? What have we here? Very well, let us learn together…

It seems some bounties have been posted. To be perfectly transparent, thou should not fret o’er completing one, much less every one of these bounties, for any is enough to warrant a YWS gift, as well as bonus points...This doth sound like just the right bit of motivation, for anyone in search of a goal in their reviewing. Bold knights, should you find yourself looking for a good place to start reviewing, seek out these rogue Green Room works and bring them to justice with a mighty review!

(click to see bounties!)

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Bounty 1: 3 poems by anyone


Bounty 2: 1 short story by anyone


Bounty 3: 1 novel chapter by anyone


Bounty 4: Something by a member newer than 5 months


Bounty 5: Something by someone whose name starts with L


Bounty 6: 2 stories by CreeperFeverDreams


Bounty 7: Something by Messenger


Bounty 8: Something by LovelyDove


Bounty 9: Something by KittyCursed


Bounty 10: Something by TheApatheticPurple


Bounty 11: Something by CATSRULETHEWORLD687


Bounty 12: Something by AlexWrites

As Ravena lacks the authority or attention span to keep track of thine specific reviews, please be sure to mention which bounty (or bounties) thou hast completed, in thine posts. Ah, and should ye have any questions, I implore thee ask here, or in a PM to Ravena.

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just tagging everybody! @thehoplessromantic @TheApatheticPurple @ToastK @Wolfi

Okay, I think I will claim only a single bounty. And since I'm most proud of my reviews for dragonight9's novel, can I have the novel chapter bounty? Let's go with this one: Chapter 9 Review

I think I will take you up on this Ravena and just give my review counts. If I slow down to less than... 5 reviews, I will give links xd

Edit: Wait a second, is it that the bounty can only be claimed by one person or can everyone get EVERY bounty?

You're doing so great, Tikaya, I cannot believe how many reviews you've done!!

Anyone can claim any bounty, regardless of what others have done it! And you very well CAN claim every bounty, if you qualify! Each one is worth bonus points, but the gift is universal (everybody gets one regardless of how many you do)

We're already seeing an incredible dent in our Green Room works, guys!! Every single last review counts, so even if you just have enough steam for one or a couple, don't be afraid to contribute! It helps that you have time—remember, December 7th is our deadline, where we can not only have some fun in the pad party, but I'll tally up allllll the numbers and dish out everybody's rewards (plus, you get to see the secret bonuses )

Alright then let this be my comment where I update the achieved bounties!
I'll add a * to highlight works where there's a second review missing! So, please consider reviewing those


And done. Done all the bounties ;3

Bounty 1:
Poem 1: work/SpunkyMonkey/purity-defilement-160891#c769793
Poem 2: work/creeperfeverdreams/Late-on-Halloween-night-161172#c769837 *
Poem 3: work/creeperfeverdreams/Jeffs-proxy-pledge-160178#c769841 *


Bounty 2:
Short Story: work/creeperfeverdreams/Let-the-fake-facades-rot-away-160676#c769716 *

Bounty 3:
Novel: work/creeperfeverdreams/The-monster-within--Chapter-Thirteen--Nicole-160544#c769707 *

Bounty 4:
Work from a new member: work/XxmattsheartxX/The-Red-Will-Never-Leave-161428#c769618

Bounty 5:
Work from someone starting with L: work/lalalucky/letter-to-you-161158#c769910 *

Bounty 6:
Creeper 1: work/creeperfeverdreams/Witchs-Wonder-Hells-Hate-Part-Five-160586#c769678 *
Creeper 2: work/creeperfeverdreams/Witchs-Wonder-Hells-Hate-Part-Seven-161022#c769680 *

Bounty 7:
Messenger: work/Messenger/Its-Finally-Fall-161166#c770239 *

Bounty 8:
LovelyDove: work/lovelydove/Girl-With-a-Rush-of-a-Crush-160978#c769906 *

Bounty 9:
KittyCursed: work/kittycursed/the-day-the-world-ends-Part-1-161243#c769909

Bounty 10:
TheApatheticPurple: work/TheApatheticPurple/Thread-161354#c769905 *

Bounty 11:
CATSRULETHEWORLD687: work/CATSRULETHEWORLD387/Shattered-Glass-161101#c769908

Bounty 12:
AlexWrites: work/AlexWrites/Summer-Artworks-161128#c769907 *
It did say "anything by AlexWrites" and this is certainly something. Let them know that this is definitely a deer XD

I pledge allegiance to the Turtle Pope!!!!

I hope I'm not too late to receive a bounty but anyway I would like to claim Bounty 6: two stories by creeperfeverdreams!!

review 1: work/creeperfeverdreams/Daddys-girl-160502#c770397

review 2: work/creeperfeverdreams/The-remarriage-of-Penelope-and-John-160500#c770396

another review i wrote during the time of this event: work/Tikaya/1-The-Previous-Mission-161450#c770047

You also get the bounty for new member, yoshi

Yay!! Happy to have you, @yoshikrab, and great work!

Last day to get reviews in, or to finish bounties!! Remember, I can't tell how many or what kind of reviews you've written on my own, so PLEASEEE log them, and whatever bounties you've completed, in your post here!

In the downtime, to celebrate and share some encouragement...Welcome to the pad party!

https://ravena.writerfeedpad.com/17

Password is: ReviewSprint

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tagging @thehoplessromantic @Tikaya @TheApatheticPurple @ToastK @Wolfi ^^ <3