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    Thumbs up GotWoot Story Contest [DISCUSSION]

    Signups for the story contest are closing soon. You only have 48 hours (06/01 midnight EST) left to sign up, so hurry and send Sapphire a PM on the forum if you want to join in on the fun!

    Rules:

    Write a fiction piece that’s between 500 and 2500 words. There’s no theme, so write about whatever you want, as long as it doesn't blatantly break forum rules. Have a title for your piece. PM your story to Sapphire when it's completed. No plagiarism. Attempt good grammar. Authors will stay anonymous to prevent favoritism.

    Authors who wish to respond to voters can do so through me in order to keep anonymity.

    You have until 6/21 midnight EST to submit your story. In order to remain anonymous until the final result, PM your story to Sapphire when you’re ready to submit it.

    Prizes are still up for debate. (Sapphire and the mods are willing to spend some green for something cool). Post any prize suggestions you have below.

    When voting time comes 'round, no voting for yourself. You MUST vote in rounds that you are not in.

    Voting process: 4 randomly assigned groups of 3-4 stories will compete against each other over a voting period of three days. Then the top stories will duke it out for first and second (and third?) prize.

    The top two of each preliminary bracket will move on to semi-finals, and the winners of those will go on to the championships for the grand prizes. Finalists/semi-finalists will have the chance to change/improve/expand and level up their story to keep their voters interest.

    # of contestants - 17

    All questions/comments/suggestions go here!

    PS - Sex stories/cursing is by Sapphire permitted, encouraged even.

    Sign-Up Thread

    Promo Story

    Preliminaries - Round 1
    Preliminaries - Round 2
    Preliminaries - Round 3
    Preliminaries - Round 4
    Preliminaries - Round 5

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    Semi Finals - Round 1
    Semi Finals - Round 2
    Semi Finals - Round 3

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    Championships

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    Tie Breaking - Round 1
    Tie Breaking - Round 2

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    WINNERS

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    Word limit for prelims: 2,500
    Word limit for semi-finals: 5,000
    Word limit for championships: 10,000
    Minimum: 500 words

    You can expand, edit, improve, rearrange, and add to your story, do nothing or anything, as long as its in the same universe as your first submission. You can also change the title.
    Last edited by Sapphire; Wed, 12-21-2011 at 03:25 PM. Reason: Rules updated
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    The artsy people got a increased forum signature for being especially artsy. So something with a plot would work for our writers. I'm thinking a book, movie, or video game of choice for the story winner?
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    Wow, actual prizes! This is getting interesting.
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    Yup. This contest is gunna be badass. I feel like I should cough up money for a figurine, but I'm morally against those!

    If I had the money, the prize would be a laptop. I love you guys that much. <3
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    I think 3 prize options with similar monetary value is ideal. People like different things after all.
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    Agreed. We just gotta decide what the prize options are. And depending on my resources, 2nd place should get something too. Writing an engaging story isn't easy, after all.

    I'm wondering if voting should be tournament style, or just put all the stories in one pot and have people vote?
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    Sign ups end in 8 hours! Hurry up and do so!
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    Any story, huh? I ought to crank up my thinking gears again.
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    Sign ups are now officially over!

    Number of contestants: 13
    Last edited by Sapphire; Fri, 06-17-2011 at 06:27 AM.
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    Proposed voting process: 3 randomly assigned groups of 4 stories will consecutively compete against each other over a voting period of four days each. Then the top three stories will duke it out for first and second (and third?) prize.
    Last edited by Sapphire; Thu, 06-02-2011 at 08:09 AM. Reason: Pinned down voting period
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    That means 12 people signed up? That's actually a lot more than I expected.
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    How many did you expect? 1?
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    Like 6 or so.

    Competition is gonna be tougher than I thought.
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    If you make a cyber story about Ani x Buff I will tots vote for you...

    Just kidding.

    But seriously.


    ....Someone make one...
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    12 more days and only one story submitted! Don't forget people.
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    Expect them to come in near the deadline. That's what I'm planning anyway.
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    Procrastinatorssss
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    TEN DAYS! And I will bust some kneecaps if you guys don't submit by the deadline.
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    This is going to be so exciting.

    Will the next Gotwoot project be making a manga based on the short story winner from this contest?

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