HUGE Writing Contest - Millions of gold, Hundreds of Platinum, a FORTRESS, and TONS More!

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  1. Hiji Zuru

    Hiji Zuru Well-Known Member
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    Awesome, I figured as much! no problemo
  2. Alex Caember

    Alex Caember Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I suppose, as long as you give them the opportunity to get the items back and are reasonable about it :) Just personally it is not something I would do, but hey, everyone is different :)
  3. Hiji Zuru

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    I have decided to write a guide with all I know about zoo keeper animal taming and tracking. Definitely going to be some undocumented stuff in there!
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    I was hoping someone would do something in regards to the zoo keeper animals :)
  5. sackcrete

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    This is such a fun idea! Well done, and A+ for creativity (puns intended).
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  6. Alex Caember

    Alex Caember Well-Known Member

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    With a bit less than two weeks left, wanted to give this a bump!

    There are some categories with a bunch of entries, and some categories with no entries, so someone could clean house and walk away with a LOT of gold and other prizes should they choose to tackle them :)
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  7. MikeK

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    I had some questions.

    So you don't mean in-game books right?

    Can you include pictures etc? Are these like the guides in forums? Or more of a novella.
  8. Alex Caember

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    Heya Mikek!

    It is all laid out under the Rules and Submissions section of the main post, if you want to double check those :)


    *When submitting your entry, include the following information:
    • Title of the Book
    • Author of the Book (this can be you, can be a character of yours, or fictional character within the game)
    • Your Forum/IRC names
    • the Category being submitted to
    • the Date
    *Submissions should be sent to me directly through Forum PM.

    *Submissions must be turned in to me no later than March 19th, 11:59pm EST.


    These will be made into in-game books afterwards, but for the sake of the contest and my sanity, it is far easier for everyone to simply send the writing directly to me in the forum (don't have to arrange in-game meetings, don't have to mess with the sometimes difficult to format in-game books, don't have to deal with technical issues associated with copy and pasting into in-game books, etc). I will take care of all that stuff myself afterwards :) Contestants just need to pick a category, write, and submit to me via forum PM. What contestants write about and how they write it is up to them.
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    How are you gonna fit them all in in-game books!

    Also I can't read. :(
  10. Alex Caember

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    Each in-game book has 40 pages, and if a story requires more than that, it becomes a multi-volume text.

    The Story of Bob Vol. 1
    The Story of Bob Vol. 2
    etc
    :)
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    Oh your in for a treat in a few days, just verifying did you get my first submission?
  12. Alex Caember

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    Yes sir, I certainly did!
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    BUMP! - Only one week remaining for submissions! There are still a ton of rewards up for grabs, some categories have no submissions at all which could be ripe for the plucking :)

    The more neglected categories:

    IRC/Forums
    Factions
    Platinum Rewards
    Tailoring
    Tinkering
    Inscription
    Roguish Behavior
    Holiday Events
    BoDs

    There are, so far, only 3 people qualifying for the Fortress as well!

    Don't miss out on this opportunity! :)
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    Coming up on the last few days - if you have been thinking of submitting some entries, now is the time :)

    The following categories are still a bit light on entries (potentially making winning the top prize fairly easy!)

    Factions
    Tailoring
    Inscription
    Roguish Behavior
    Holiday Events
    BoDs

    Of course, entries into any and all categories are still welcome, just those ones listed above are potentially low-hanging fruit ready to be plucked :)
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  16. Hiji Zuru

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    You know all the juiciest guides are going to drop on the final day.;)

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  17. Alex Caember

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    3 days left!

    If you were thinking about entering something but have not yet done so, now is the time :)

    Thank you!
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  18. Hiji Zuru

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    Wow I am in idiot! If I happened to write a tamer guide would it apply to any of the categories for this contest? I could have sworn there was a tamer category but I don't see it anymore.
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    I rejoice and agree in your claim of being an idiot, alas, I must plead guilty of idiocy as well since I made a fishing guide; but there never was such a category! I must've just presumed there were such a category due to the large amount of other skill guides!
  20. Hiji Zuru

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    Yeeup, its all good though. I will still post it to the forums in all its glory :)

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