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RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 12-11-2016
And so, Grindstone #167, give or take, is concluded! We had a respectable 56 people turn up for combat in Fesca's Wash and we're happy to have encouraged a decent series of conflicts!
Of course, once all is said and done there can only be one winner! After nearly four hours of brawling, we turned up a champion in the Sergeant Gervesin Redsteele, a BRASS BLADE?!?!
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As a small aside: I'd like to once again point out that the Grindstone is maintained by viewers like you a determined set of volunteers who turn up each and every week to make sure this event runs smoothly. The number of competitors outnumbers the amount of healers and overseers by magnitudes, and we try our best to make everyone's experiences smooth and devoid of troubles or bumps. Sometimes that's not possible, and we're sorry when that's the case!
The folks who make the Grindstone run on time (I am easily the least of them) appreciate your understanding!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 12-18-2016
Grindstone #168 (give or take, but holy shit that's a number!)
55 fighters!
4 districts!
1 champion!
Congratulations to first-time competitor Laurienna Eclipse, for blocking out the rest of the fighters to capture yet another debut win!
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As a reminder to everyone: We will be hosting Twas The Fight Before Christmas next week! If you've got time to spend on the eve of the holiday, we have a venue for you! Turn up in your festive brightest and see what comes about! You might even end up fighting Santa himself!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 12-25-2016
Happy holidays, friends! Starlight Grindstone is at an end just into the early Christmas morning! Our new festive champion is Isaac Jachym!
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As reminder, the Grindstone WILL be happening next week, on New Year's Eve! I will unfortunately not be able to make it, but the Grindstone staff is determined to host!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 12-29-2016
Forgot to show this sooner... But I took a screenshot of the Rock.
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RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 01-01-2017
Grindstone continued on, and we Beat our way into the New Year!
47 entered, only one came out on top.
Congratulations to Takeshi Satoshi on being the Last victor of 2016, and the First of 2017. Hey, it was nearly 2:30 EST when we ended afterall.
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Special thanks to Togy Brandmakt for coming back to help with the Grindstone this evening and to Gegeruza Xixiruza for offering the Grindstone assistance before we even started for the evening. Help me out in more ways then just showing up.
Of course thanks to everybody for showing up and helping, fighting, or just plain watching the Grindstone unfold.
Now if you excuse me... Bed's calling...
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Star Lin - 01-01-2017
Glad it went well. Sorry again about missing the grindstone but with that bug, I was feeling awful. At least the fever broke last night so I should be back in game after work tonight. Though I probably won't get into any RP since I'm still feeling crap.
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 01-08-2017
Forty Three fighters came, Forty Two left the field wounded leaving us with this weeks Grindstone Champion, Dishel Dinwell!
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RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 01-15-2017
WHAT'S UP BITCHES, I'M BACK FROM VACATION AND THE HELL THAT IS TRYING TO FLY OUT OF FLORIDA A DAY AFTER A SHOOTING THAT KILLS 5 PEOPLE. ASK ME ABOUT IT SOMETIME.
The Grindstone hosted 59 fighters tonight! Our champion ended up being a repeat offender again, congratulations to Percival Turner on his like 154th win! He bested his clonetwin Orwin Lannis to take home the crown and purse.
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Bonus screenshot: This is what happens when two people select the same character in a fighting game.
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And as a warning reminder heads-up! The next fight auction will be held February 4th! Get excited the the Saint Valentione's Massacre II!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Leggerless - 01-15-2017
(01-15-2017, 03:30 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: WHAT'S UP BITCHES, I'M BACK FROM VACATION AND THE HELL THAT IS TRYING TO FLY OUT OF FLORIDA A DAY AFTER A SHOOTING THAT KILLS 5 PEOPLE. ASK ME ABOUT IT SOMETIME.
Oh, you dealt with that too I see. Literally flew back in from Florida on Grindstone day.
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 01-22-2017
Another Saturday night, another Grindstone! 60 people packed the Wash tonight to beat the shit out of each other and ultimately, as always, there can only be one winner! Tonight it was none other than Honus Himself!
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Tonight marked the return of GRINDSTONE BINGO! I'm taking suggestions of what to place in the panels and it turned out to be a spot of fun for both fighters and spectators. I'm going to revise the cards in the future and maybe we'll do some kind of prize for them? Let me know what you think!
As a reminder! February 4th is our next stop in the Grindstone fundraiser challenge! The Saint Valentione's Massacre II is just waiting to come to fruition, and we have some fun in store!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 01-29-2017
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As you can see, we were one muscular Highlander family down this evening, but the show had to go on! Tonight we had the Crystal Chronicle newspaper watching us and recording the events as they transpired. More on this when they put their findings to print! Without further ado, Fifty people entered the fray, but only one person came out on top! Congratulations to the winner of the 174th Grindstone; Livicette Rillemont!
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AS A REMINDER; The Grindstone coffers are running low, so it's that time again! That's right, it's time to bid for your first fights, or bid to face the Overseers! Information on next weeks Grindstone can be found HERE and we look forward to seeing you all there!
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 01-29-2017
The Grindstone has indeed been added to written work in a newspaper! Should you wish to read about what they wrote on the Grindstone, or see more works by the Crystal Chronicle, please visit: http://news.thecrystalchronicle.com/
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Nodem - 02-05-2017
I swear, I take ONE NIGHT OFF because it's my anniversary and the Grindstone gets EIGHTY FOUR FIGHTERS! Geeze! People weren't even fully rendering on my screen!
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RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 02-05-2017
Courtesy of someone else:
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A complete circle. Praise be to display limits.
RE: The Grindstone - Saturdays at 10 PM EST (9 PM Central) - Warren Castille - 02-05-2017
As I write this the end of the Saint Valentione's Day Massacre II: Massacre Harder is coming to a close. The formal tournament had a raucous 84 people show up to fight in what is now recorded as the largest Grindstone tournament ever.
The community continued their incredibly outpouring of support for our/their event and brought in over 20,000,000 gil to further the winnings for future champions in the months to come. I can honestly say that I've never seen anything to this degree in an MMO before, and we'll have managed something like 50 million gil once this haul is distributed.
Congratulations to our winner of the tournament tonight, Mathias Renderra! He's the reigning champ of the biggest set of competitors ever.
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Additional special thanks:
The wonderful folks over at The Crystal Chronicle who have been working hard to cover numerous events and going-ons about the server! They're looking for any brave souls who might be willing to join their staff and help cover the numerous combat sports that have cropped up around the server, so please check them out and support them!
The wonderful team of healers and overseers that do all of the hard work at the Grindstone! I beat this drum a lot but it cannot be overstated: The Grindstone runs smoothly because of the dedicated volunteers who donate their time and attention on the weekend to making sure the environment continues to provide room for those interested.
That leaves, obviously, all of you: The fighters, the spectators, the people who stumble on the giant army in Central Thanalan and the people who turn up in mass each and every week to support, take part and help make the Grindstone what it is. I will continue to sing the praises of everyone who comes out and spends time with us. And we hope to continue to give everyone a space to beat the shit out of each other at the behest of people yelling from atop horses, stones and hills.
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