Pre-battle speech contest

[Peasant Phill]

Men! I could bore you with a long, rousing speech, but that would just cut into our killing time. So, if you are ready, let's attack now and save the speeches for the campfire tonight! They'll sound much better with lots of sake anyway. - Gregoshi



We all love a rousing speech. Getting riled up by inspirational words, a few arrogant quips or the almost tangible description of the spoils.
Here is your chance, be the general in those last few calm moments before the battle. Fill the men's hearts with duty, their heads with greed, and their eyes with hate for the enemy. Proclaim them invincible for they'll only recognize the lies when it's far to late.

The rules

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- Everybody, from Junior Members to Org staff, can submit one speech and one speech only. Further editing isn't possible once the speech is submitted. All submissions must be original and unpublished.
- The speech mustn't be more than 150 words and must be set in the sengoku jidai (Shogun 2 period).
- The standard Org rules regarding language apply for the contest.
- The submission period will run from now until September 11th, 00h00 GMT+1. To submit your entry, PM your story to me, Peasant Phill. From that time on all speeches will be anonymous. Please, do not tell others your submission; violating this rule results in immediate exclusion from the contest.
- Spelling mistakes or grammatical errors will not be taken into account. It's the spirit of the speech that counts and what it conveys to the audience.
- A panel of staff members will make a broad selection of the submitted speeches and the final vote will be up to the entire Org. Panel members aren't allowed to enter a submission.

The winner gets a unique badge and perhaps a following of a few worshipers
There will be plenty of honorable mentions for members who wrote something ... surprising.

And remember, it's only a few lines. Have fun with it.

[Major Robert Dump]

150 words?????????????????

[Peasant Phill]

Yep 150 words.

I kept it short to make it accessible for those who aren't native English speakers.

[Fragony]

TODAY my men we fight, not for lives but the promise of a furute. We will nor all survive but we will have all the time in the world romourn the dead, their legacy won't go untold FOR GLORYYYYYYY

[Peasant Phill]

And another one who didn't read the rules to closely. ;p

Fragony, would you be so kind as to delete your post and PM your entry to me, we're going for anonymous here.

[Fragony]

And another one who didn't read the rules to closely. ;p

Fragony, would you be so kind as to delete your post and PM your entry to me, we're going for anonymous here.

Well I was pretty drunk, I'll write you speech that will make you attack anything on sight including teh children. But not now

[Montmorency]

I challenge anyone to write a speech that surpasses this:

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"Listen to me. I will not lie to you. The Nansur can afford no quarter, because they can afford no Truth! We all die this night!

He let these words ring into silence.

I know nothing of your Afterlife. I know nothing of your Gods or their greed for glory. But I do know this: In days to come, widows shall curse me as they weep! Fields shall go to seed! Sons and daughters shall be sold into slavery! Fathers shall die desolate, knowing their line is extinct! This night. I shall carve my mark into the Nansurium, and thousands shall cry out for want of my mercy!

And the spark became flame.
Scylvendi! they roared. Scylvendi!"

Note that this is published material.

[Fragony]

Screw rules it's pretty good

Today my friends, we fight. Not for ourselves but for our wives, for our children, but most of all for eachother. Look at the man next to you, remember his face and know you fought together, right here, right now. Know that is the face of your brother, know that it is because of him that you can rest your head on the waist of the mother of your children. Look around you, these are all your brothers, willing to fight and die at your side, their wives are also your sisters, from this moment on.

It is us who will define our faite, it is us who will define their future, OUR future, and together we will.

I won't be able to bring you all back home, but if home is heaven I'll promise I will meet you all there, in this day or another, we will meet again, and we will dine together, drink together, laugh together. Your sacrifice will be remembered, it will be written in the inct of the fabrics of history, and you will not be forgotten.

My men, allow me to lead you CHAAAAAAAAAAAARGE

[Gregoshi]

Men and Women of the Org! 'Tis time to lay down your katana, your yari, your bows, your guns, and your little fan-like signal thingy you use to give orders! It is time to lay them all down but for a brief time. But it is NOT time to lay down your life. No! It is time to compose a rousing pre-battle speech to encourage your men (and women) to lay down THEIR lives - and more importantly, to "encourage" your foe to lay down their lives in greater numbers! So strap on that desk chair and wield that keyboard! Laptop user! Strap on that sofa, recliner, floor, table (library or dinner), toilet or whatever you sit on when wielding your laptop with hopefully a fully charged battery! Compose those deadly words that make men (and women) do terrible things for the rightness and glory of your side!

AndremembertosubmititviaPMtoPeasantPhillandmakesureitis150wordsorlesswhichiswhyI'mrunningt hissentencetogetherasonewordbecauseI'mat149wordsri ghtnow. Charge!

[Fragony]

Wut no compliments for my call for bloodshed? My cat Nero barely got away after I reread it, and I really like my cat

[Ibrahim]

men:
today, we will fight the Shingen clan. their numbers are great, their position heavily entrenched, and arquebuses powerful. you can follow me if you like. or you can choose to stay here. I don't care. I will charge into their positions and I will defeat them. But either way, I will expect you to watch me take it-alone! arrows will bounce off me! the lead balls will swerve away from me! their Katanas and yaris will snap and dissolve way before my flesh!
But if you follow me, I expect you to do your duty. If I advance, follow me. If I run, you can kill me. And If I fall, you must avenge me! FORWARD!!!



ok, that was influenced by Napoleon, but it should still fit the rules.

[Peasant Phill]

So far for only PMing me the speech. Oh well

[Gregoshi]

What part about PMing the speech to Peasant Phill doesn't anyone understand?

[Fisherking]

What part about PMing the speech to Peasant Phill doesn't anyone understand?

What makes you think anyone follows instructions?

Who even reads them?

At least until it is obvious that you can’t get something to work with out them…

[Peasant Phill]

You can vote now in the mead hall for the best speech.

Give your support to the speech that inspires you or just make you snort soda all over your keyboard.