The Bet (scenario)

:For other uses of The Bet, see The Bet
The Bet was a scenario devised by Gregg Sharp and later adopted by other authors.
==The Bet==
The first few stories were devised prior to the scenario (Wishcraft: The Ring of Toltiir, Neutral Ground, 3 ½'s Company, and Dragon's Destiny) and grouped with the non-Bet-fic The Art as "alterniverses", with Neutral Ground establishing the concept of two deities placing a bet on the possible outcome of Ranma Saotome's life after a minor change. The name "The Bet" was then tagged to the stories Neutral Ground and Dragon's Destiny on June 30th, 1998.Post at FFML - Retrieved 09-Nov-2023 In October of the same year Sharp opened "The Bet" up to a week of voting, the winning story being written till completed. Voting was weighted at 5 marks for a voter's first choice, 3 for second place and 1 for third. The poll closed on October 16th and the following results of the top scorers were posted with an instalment of Featherbrite's Tale:Post at FFML - Retrieved 09-Nov-2023
*Featherbrite's Tale (82)
*Grand Tour (57)
*Ranma Muyo (56)
*A Different Art (48)
*Civil War (32)
*Purple-Haired Mountain Majesty (32)
*Crippled (24)
===Timeline===
*[scene/q&a] 30/Jun/98 - "The Bet" given its name
*Notes&Votes & "ending" the Bet 08/Oct/98
*bet-notes&votes (added stuff) 09/Oct/98
*Notes&Votes (corrections) 09/Oct/98
*the bet-notes&votes(corrected) 09/Oct/98
*(no subject) 13/Oct/98 - Voting Update
*bet-RANdom 16/Oct/98 - Voting Closes
*Featherbrite's Tale 1b 17/Oct/98 - Winner Announced
==The Bet Fanfics==
Date 	Title 	Contestant
Setting-the-Scene-fic	Setting-the-Scene-fic 	Setting-the-Scene-fic
30/Apr/98 	Wishcraft: The Ring of Toltiir	(non Bet entry)
The Original Bet-fic 	The Original Bet-fic 	The Original Bet-fic
30/May/98 	Neutral Ground 	Rumiko Takahashi
The Winning Bet 	The Winning Bet 	The Winning Bet
03/Oct/98 	Featherbrite's Tale 	
===Sharp's Other Entries===
Date 	Title 	Contestant
16/May/98	3 ½'s Company 	(not a proper entry)
20/Jun/98	Dragon's Destiny 	Rumiko Takahashi
01/Jul/98	Dragonbrawl ½ 	Lukan
??/??/98 	Role Paying Game 	TBC
06/Jul/98	The Doll 	
11/Jul/98	Mushroom Madness 	Morgan Shade
16/Jul/98	Now Printing 	(Unknown)
18/Jul/98	Addiction (To Love) 	(Unknown)
22/Jul/98	Heir Today 	
25/Jul/98	Young at Heart 	
31/Jul/98	Civil War 	Toltiir's aesthetic clean up
03/Aug/98	Grand Tour 	(Unknown)Listed as an entry in The Bet but does not feature Toltiir or the 'well' set-up.
09/Aug/98	Future Tense 	
10/Aug/98	For the Love of P-chan 	
13/Aug/98	Iinazuke Sankai Suru 	
14/Aug/98	Kimiko's Legacy 	Christopher J. Angel
15/Aug/98	Little Orphan Kasumi 	Grey
31/Aug/98	Cat-Scratch Fever 	
03/Sep/98	An Opponent 	
07/Sep/98	Changing Plans 	
07/Sep/98	Crippled 	(Unknown)
07/Sep/98	Purple-Haired Mountain Majesty 	
11/Sep/98	Suddenly Susano 	's official entry
23/Sep/98	A Bitter Pill 	Juan Valdez
24/Sep/98	Saint Akane 	An apprentice troll/Akane fan
24/Sep/98	Study in Scarlet 	(Unknown)
25/Sep/98	Happosai's Big Adventure, or Betting on the Future 	(Unknown)
29/Sep/98	Children of JuraiBegan life as two separate Bet-fics, Ranma Muyo and the non-Ranma ½ entry Children of an Alien God.	' and Nabiki Tendo's separate entries
29/Sep/98	Christmas Cake 	' 2nd entry
01/Oct/98	Early Warning 	Nabiki Tendo
03/Oct/98	Illegal Aliens in Nerima 	
08/Oct/98	Demon from Japan 	
09/Oct/98	A Bet Too Much 	Rolling-Golden-Orange-Red
09/Oct/98	Ranma ½ by Night 	
10/Oct/98	A Different Art 	(Unknown)
13/Oct/98	An Amazon Named Tendo 	A wood nymph
16/Oct/98	Ranma's Father 	(Unknown)
TBC 	Kami No Ko Wa Kami 	
==="Aftermath" - Sharp's Post-Bet Bet-fics===
Date 	Title 	Contestant
19/Oct/98	Man Among Men 	
23/Oct/98	Ragnarok 	' unofficial entry
29/Oct/98	Devil ½ 	
27/Nov/98	Spring of Drowned Hero 	Loki
05/Dec/98	Angel ½ 	Hel
09/Dec/98	A Very Scary Bet 	Grey's entry fixed by Toltiir
12/Jan/99	Fourth Option 	Hel
16/Jan/99	Apprentice Option 	Hel
23/Jan/99	Highwaymen 	(Unknown)
14/Feb/99	Four Wishes Gone Wrong 	TBC
22/Feb/99	Fist of Orion 	Mixed bets
14/Mar/99	Musk Ranma 	
02/Apr/99	Nekokenesis 	TBC
14/Apr/99	Genma Ascendant 	, the Watcher of Worlds (actually Toltiir's entry)
07/Jun/99	Ranma ⅓: Source of Pride 	and 's entry
28/Jun/99	The Gemini Effect 	Shadow6865
20/Jul/99	Force of Impact 	Edema
21/Jul/99	Spring Forward! Fall Back?	Edema
21/Aug/99	Rune with a View 	(Unknown)
25/Aug/99	Lovestruck 	
22/Sep/99	When You Wish Upon a Sword	Grey's professional entry
===Sharp's Other Bet-fics===
Date 	Title 	Contestant
Non-Ranma ½ Bet-fics	Non-Ranma ½ Bet-fics 	Non-Ranma ½ Bet-fics
17/Aug/98 	Ah, Megumi-sama aka Megumi's Big DayRetrieved 23-Jul-2024 	
17/Aug/98 	Setting Moon: Tsuki Ga ShimizuFeatures a brief cameo from Kasumi Tendo in 'potential future scenes'. Retrieved 23-Jul-2024 	Lord Talon
22/Aug/98 	Rei of HopeRetrieved 25-Jul-2024 	(Unknown)
03/Oct/98 	Children of an Alien God 	(see Children of Jurai)
Addenda 	Addenda 	Addenda
19/Jun/98 	The Art NOT 	(none)
17/Sep/98 	Paradigm LostThis was a proposed mega-crossover that would have featured Ranma ½ more beyond the minor scene in the "teaser". Retrieved 03-Aug-2024.	Lian'Ascot
25/Sep/98 	X-Scape NerimaA potential Ranma ½ entry in "The Bet", but the "teaser" does not feature any of the characters from the cast. retrieved 03-Aug-2024 	, God of
21/Nov/98 	"The Bets that Didn't Make it Fic" 	(entries by Varros, , Skuld and other unknown entities)
===Fics Adapted from Sharp's Bet-fics===
Date 	Adapting Author 	Title
Addiction (To Love) 	Addiction (To Love) 	Addiction (To Love)
02/Aug/98 	Christopher J. Olsen 	Addicted to Love
Apprentice Option 	Apprentice Option 	Apprentice Option
 	Tomas Megerson 	Ranma: The Apprentice
A Bet Too Much 	A Bet Too Much 	A Bet Too Much
 	Celeste Byrd 	Amethyst
08/Nov/99 	Jared Ornstead 	Astrild's Restaurant
Crippled 	Crippled 	Crippled
30/Dec/98 	Kevin D. Hammel & Bryan T. Neef 	Body and Souls
 	Arthur Hansen 	Body and Souls - Counterpoint
11/Nov/98 	Dale Ratner 	Crippled
24/Jan/99 	Frederick Dean Herriot 	Phoenix from the Ashes
04/Nov/05 	Chris McFadden 	Silver Nemesis
Dragon's Destiny 	Dragon's Destiny 	Dragon's Destiny
20/Oct/98 	Sean Murphy 	Dragon's Destiny
Future Tense 	Future Tense 	Future Tense
 	Eric W. 	Future Tensed
15/Oct/98 	Sean Murphy 	King of Fighters - Is this Trip Necessary?
Genma Ascendant 	Genma Ascendant 	Genma Ascendant
22/Apr/99 	Larry W. Fontenot 	Genma Ascendant
Heir Today 	Heir Today 	Heir Today
 	Eric W. 	Heir Today
Man Among Men 	Man Among Men 	Man Among Men
23/Oct/98 	David L. Battley & Long Ngo 	The Few, the Proud, the Male Gender
Ranma's Father 	Ranma's Father 	Ranma's Father
21/Oct/98 	Hitomi Ichinohei & Jessica Samolson	Ranma's Father
Spring of Drowned Hero	Spring of Drowned Hero 	Spring of Drowned Hero
12/Jan/99 	Hitomi Ichinohei 	Spring of Drowned Hero
Study in Scarlet 	Study in Scarlet 	Study in Scarlet
23/Dec/99 	Dave Menard 	A Study in Scarlet
Young at Heart 	Young at Heart 	Young at Heart
26/Jul/98 	Long Ngo 	Young at Heart
===Other Uses of the Original 1998 Scenario===
Date 	Author 	Title 	Contestant
10/Aug/98 	Scott K. Jamison 	Starcrossed Lovers 	Bill
15/Aug/98 	Brian McGee 	Shattered 	Brian McGee
16/Sep/98 	Ukyou Kuonji 	Turning the Tables 	Loki
21/Oct/98 	Scott K. Jamison 	Mutatus Mutandis 	TBC
22/Oct/98 	Sean Murphy 	All Mixed Up 	
22/Oct/98 	Scott K. Jamison 	Flower of Fire 	TBC
05/Nov/98 	Video Game Addicted Person 	Moon Martial Marital Melee 	
24/Nov/98 	Robert Thomson 	Twin Fates 	Shelly the Polynesian Turtle spirit
18/Jan/99 	Shade 	Bard's Stone 	Bard
18/Feb/99 	Shade 	Eternal Night 	TBC
25/Mar/99 	Shade 	"Private Bet 10" 	TBC
26/Mar/99 	Mike Allen 	A Cold and Windy Night 	
14/Apr/99 	Shade 	The Prince of Pigtails 	TBC
20/Jul/99 	Jack Reed Staik 	Another Approach 	Xanthine
22/Aug/99 	Harvey Torrance Griffin 	Little Girls Lost & Found 	TBC
08/Nov/99 	George S. Browne 	Hibiki Found 	Azwyldevania
07/Mar/00 	Jeremy Evans 	Unexpected 	TBC
20/Apr/02 	Dragon Claw 	A Late Bet Attempt: War on the Main Line 	Anoth Vortex
03/Apr/04 	glazedlookineyes101 & Madhat886	Suikoden ½ 	TBC
01/Mar/05 	ssaffr01 	Ranma -n- Setsuna 	
04/Mar/05 	ssaffr01 	A New Beginning 	TBC
01/Jul/05 	Robert Delaney 	The Horrors of My Line 	TBC
14/Apr/07 	Shade 	Any Less a Man? 	
 	Jim Robert Bader 	Best of Iinasuke 	TBC
 	David Houghton 	The Bet 	Asi
 	Jim Robert Bader 	A Different Take 	TBC
 	Jason Kong 	Dragon of Chaos 	TBC
 	Shade 	Genma Gets It 	Kharon
 	Brian Huang 	A Good Deed 	
 	Jim Robert Bader 	Kami No Baka! 	TBC
 	TBC 	Kasumi's Secret 	Chaos
 	Jim Robert Bader 	Knights and Warriors 	TBC
 	Jim Robert Bader 	La Blue Ukyo 	
 	Jim Robert Bader 	Lum Sum Purple 	TBC
 	Pat Hope 	Sweat and Blood 	Ares
 	Deric Wilson 	Uncles Again? 	Deric Wilson
 	TBC 	The Way of Heaven 	TBC
 	Josh Green 	When Alterverse Collide 	
 	P.H. Wise 	Why Sailor Pluto Hates the Bet 	
 	Jackie Hernandez 	The Wish Giver 	
Non-Ranma ½	Non-Ranma ½ 	Non-Ranma ½ 	Non-Ranma ½
01/Oct/98 	Robert Kelk 	The Dukes of El-HazardRetrieved 04-May-2022 	(Unknown)
30/Oct/98 	James Holzhauer 	Shattered Dreams 	
09/Nov/98 	Robert Kelk 	Deep Space Nene 	(Unknown)
Addenda 	Addenda 	Addenda 	Addenda
21/Sep/98 	Sean Murphy 	An Extra Set of Winners!Features "The Bet" scenario and mentions the Ranma ½ cast, but is otherwise not a work of Ranma ½ . Retrieved 03-Aug-2024	
==Second Bet==
A "Second Bet" was begun by Zac Wendler in 2001. Entries were divided into 'fusions' and 'crossovers'.
Date 	Author 	Title 	Notes
Scene-setting fics	Scene-setting fics	Scene-setting fics	Scene-setting fics
25/Apr/01 	Zac Wendler 	A Second Bet 	(non Bet entry)
16/May/01 	Zac Wendler 	The Opening Bet 	(fusion - 'fusions' first place winner)
The Winning Bet 	The Winning Bet 	The Winning Bet 	The Winning Bet
 	Foxgrad 	The Sorcerer 	(fusion - overall winner)
===Entries===
Date 	Author 	Title 	Notes
23/Jun/01	Luke Green 	Teenage Mutant Martial Artists 	(crossover)
30/Jun/01	Merc-for-Hire 	Ranma and Hobbes 	(fusion)
30/Aug/01	Deep Quote 	Silent Water 	(fusion)
10/Sep/01	Alex D. White 	Ai No Senshi Wild Honey 	(crossover)
08/Oct/01	Zac Wendler 	Roshi's Story 	(crossover - 'crossovers' third place winner)
07/Dec/01	Tannim Murphy 	Lone Dragon 	(crossover - 'crossovers' first place winner)
17/Dec/01	William F. Rose 	Into Dreams 	(crossover)
27/Mar/02	Rei Inverse 	Infertia's Son 	(crossover)
25/Jul/02	Dave Menard 	Totems 	(crossover)
04/Oct/02	Dave Menard 	Aoi Ikazuchi - The Legend of Blue Thunder	(crossover)
04/Oct/02	Dave Menard 	Mavericks 	(crossover)
22/Nov/02	QuickSilver Knight	eXtreme Measures 	(crossover - 'crossovers' second place winner)
 	Nathan Huss 	Aberrant Martial Arts 	(fusion)
 	TBC 	Ayeka Muyou! 	(fusion - 'fusions' second place winner)
 	TBC 	Convoy to Nerima 	(fusion)
 	Black Dragon 	Freaking Out 	(fusion - 'fusions' third place winner)
 	TBC 	The Lost Bet 	(crossover)
 	Foxgrad 	My Two Dads 	(crossover)
 	Foxgrad 	Ranma Palantir 	(crossover)
 	Foxgrad 	A Starlite in Nerima 	(fusion)
 	TBC 	TransRanma 	(crossover)
==Ranko's Bet==
"Ranko's Bet" was run in 2005 on the Temple of Ranma's Sailor Senshi Seifuku forum.
===Entries===
Date 	Author 	Title
19/Jul/05	WarGiver 	Forbidden
06/Aug/05	Thomas Greenslade	Dreams Left Unopened
16/Aug/05	The DCG 	Sailor Jurai
21/Feb/06	migele 	Senshi, Onsen People and Ranma
22/Feb/06	Peter Gallagher 	Power of the Senshi
 	TBC 	Ranko, Master of the Clow
 	TBC 	River Bonds
 	TBC 	The Silent Master
 	TBC 	Wait for Sleep
==See Also==
*Elseworlds
*The Butt
==External Links==
*The Bet community at Fanfiction.net - Retrieved 20-Sep-2019
*The Bet at the Internet Archive record of The Ranma ½ Superhighway - Retrieved 20-Sep-2019
==References==
Category:Scenario
Category:The Bet