Lugubrious

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Can cripple be applied to anything? Say a blind or deaf person?

@Prince of Seraphs

MMM got it right. For the purposes of this contest, 'cripple' is completely open to interpretation. Ah, thanks, Forsythe.

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Will the winning character be featured in the RP? Also for the contests we could have submissions posted in the IC and new contest topics as well as the winning submission posted in the OOC.

@Prince of Seraphs

Yes. Good idea.

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Contest #1 - Overcome

Judge: Lugubrious Type: Character creation Deadline: February 27th Your task is to create a character using the provided sheet that satisfies the following information. Categories that do not appear on the character sheet are open to interpretation. Categories that do appear on the character sheet must be followed, but can and should be further expounded upon if able. Motif: Crippled Age: 21 Specialty: Tricky; unfair Personality: Calm exterior Additional info: Character is a member of a senior team at Beacon, and is as such a proficient warrior just about ready to become a fully-fledged huntsman. This character may or may not be the team's leader.

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"Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character."

Welcome back, students of Beacon! Before we begin, a quick word: if you're not enrolled -that is to say, not a member of our little community, you're perfectly welcome to take a look here but it would be rather superfluous of you to participate. Participate in what, you might ask? We have before us a series of contests and challenges, each meant to test our creativity, earn some credits to be used for character progression in the main thread, and just have some fun. There's not much more to explain then that, other than some official rules. 1. The winner of a contest or challenge receives two credits, and a single runner-up receives one. If the judge is so conflicted over two entries that the only conceivable option is a tie/draw, both entrants get one credit and no runner-up position is awarded. 2. There are no express inhibitions on a single person winning multiple times except for that person's choice to participate, though a judge may very well take repeat performance into consideration when judging. 3. The person who creates a contest acts as the judge and cannot compete in it. 4. Yes, other people aside from me can create contests. If you have an idea, PM me or post it in the original thread. 5. This thread is to be used for challenge announcements, submissions, and results announcements only. No discussion, no feedback, no suggestions. Put that stuff on the original thread's OOC. 6. If you're not a member of Heroes of Beacon and still, for some reason, want to participate, you may do so, but only members can win anything. Some links you will undoubtedly find useful: The original thread's OOC The RWBY wiki Have a character sheet, since some of the contests will deal with characters. Just remove the *'s in the brackets to make them functional. [b*]Name:[/b*] (Preferably a color or something strongly evocative of a color) [b*]Age: [/b*] [b*]Sex: [/b*] [b*]Race:[/b*] (ex. Faunus) [b*]Profession:[/b*] (Remove this box if your character is not an adult out of school. Please do be specific, like 'Electrical engineer' or 'chemistry professor') [b*]Weapon:[/b*] (if I see any more swords-and-shields, double daggers, or double handguns that transform into small melee weapons...I might sigh) [b*]Specialty:[/b*] (Fighting style, or the sort of role you fit into in combat. Using the archetypes Warrior, Mage, Gunslinger, Tank, Assassin, and/or Scout can help, but there must be more explanation than that) [b*]Semblance:[/b*] (Unique to everyone, must derive from their personality) Personality: (Ah, characterization. It has the potential to be as infinitely complex as the human mind itself, but short and sweet will do too. Your character's motivation should ideally go here. And it can't hurt to have some quirks!) [b*]Color:[/b*] (Searching 'shades of <insert color here>' on wikipedia is helpful) [b*]Emblem:[/b*] (Pictures or words are acceptable) [b*]Appearance:[/b*] (Pictures or words are acceptable, but if using an image, please don't just give me a face) [b*]Bio:[/b*] (Three paragraph maximum, for the sake of concision. And no, paragraphs aren't four hundred words long)

We're not going to be using this section. All business will be done on the OOC tab unless otherwise specified.

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Past Contests

#1 - Contest – Overcome
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to create a member of Beacon's senior ace team, who has overcome their crippling affliction.
Winner: Tentaclelord
Runner-up: McFazzer
Addition to HOB canon: Rika Thorn

#2 - Contest – Driven
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to create the lancer of Beacon's senior ace team, a controlling fighter driven by his or her obsession and features a paper motif.
Winner: Prince of Seraphs
Runner-up: Tentaclelord
Addition to HOB canon: Avendell Hallins

#2 - Challenge - Takedown
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to write a story about a comrade's betrayal.
Winner: NarayanK
Runner-up: Prince of Seraphs

#4 - Challenge - Under Lock and Key
Judge: Forsythe
Task: to write a story about your character's abduction.
Winner: NarayanK
Runner-up: Lugubrious

#5 - Challenge - Opposite Day
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to write a 'filler episode' about your character's world, and those in it, humorously turned upside down and backwards.
Winner: Forsythe
Runner-up: Guess Who

#6 - Contest - Legendary
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to create a weapon worthy of legend.
Winner: Prince of Seraphs
Runner-up: Scarifar
Addition to HOB canon:

#7 - Challenge - Elementary My Dear
Judge: Prince of Seraphs
Task: to write a miniature Beacon murder mystery
Winner: Multi_Media_Man
Runner-up: Guess Who

#8 - Contest - Test Your Might
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to envision your RWBY OC as a fighting game character.
Winner: Agent B52
Runner-up: Multi_Media_Man

#9 - Contest - The Cursed Few
Judge: Agent B52
Task: to create a Grimm monstrosity to fill the world with dread.
Winner: Guess Who
Runner-up: Pyrodash888
Addition to HOB canon: The Reaper

#10 - Challenge - Echo of the Self
Judge: Cavalier639
Task: to write about an encounter the character has with their own child from the future.
Winner: Multi_Media_Man
Runner-up: Forsythe

#11 - Contest - And Yet a Hero
Judge: Cavalier639
Task: to create the leader of Senior's ace team, who is focused upon a Mantra
Winner: Forsythe
Runner-up: Eklipse
Addition to HOB canon: Impara Fueza

#12 - Contest - Poetry!
Judge: Multi_Media_Man
Task: to write a poem that encapsulates the character's theme
Winner: Lugubrious
Runner-up: Prince of Seraphs

#13 - Challenge - 2D
Judge: Forsythe
Task: to draw a splendid comic featuring HOB characters
Winner: Lucius Cypher
Runner-up: Lugubrious

#14 - Survey
Thank you for your participation!
Embedded plans: pending...

#15 - Contest - Knights of the Round
Judge: Prince of Seraphs
Task: to write a short story with Beacon characters transcribed into an Arthurian setting
Winner: Lugubrious
Runner-up: Crimmy

#16 - Contest - Create an Organization!
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to do exactly what the title says
Winners: Sho Minazuki & Crimmy
Runners-up: HereComesTheSnow
Next Best: Shadowkiller912
Booby Prize: Guess Who and Pyrodash888
Additions to HOB canon: the Summit of Fists, Ad Arbitrarium, Animam Bonam, Praetorian Guard

#17 - Contest - This Must Be the Work of an Enemy Stand!
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to create a Stand for your character, a la Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Winner: Harinezumikouken
Runner-up: Pyrodash888

#18 - Challenge - Once Upon a Time
Judge: Prince of Seraphs
Task: to create with your HOB character an original fairy tale
Winner: Crimmy
Runner-up: NarayanK

#19 - Contest - Get Ready for the Next Battle
Judge: Kaithas
Task: to reimagine your character into a fighting game
Winner: Krayzikk
Runner-up: Lugubrious
Next Best: Crimmy

#20 - Challenge - Spooky Scary
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to write a spooky scary story
Winner: Prince of Seraphs
Runner-up: Krayzikk
Next Best: Write

#21 - Contest - It's Good to be Bad
Judge: Lugubrious
Task: to turn your character into an evil villain
Winner: Onarax
Runner-up: Crimmy
Next Best: Abillioncats
Last Place: Nytem4re

#22 - Challenge - Hello Darkness my Old Friend
Judge: Write
Task: to make a story about your character's death

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http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/77164-heroes-of-beacon-contest-of-champions/ooc The contest thread is up, and our first contest is about to be underway!

Heroes of Beacon - Contest of Champions

"Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character."

Welcome back, students of Beacon! Before we begin, a quick word: if you're not enrolled -that is to say, not a member of our little community, you're perfectly welcome to take a look here but it would be rather superfluous of you to participate. Participate in what, you might ask? We have before us a series of contests and challenges, each meant to test our creativity, earn some credits to be used for character progression in the main thread, and just have some fun. There's not much more to explain then that, other than some official rules. 1. The winner of a contest or challenge receives two credits, and a single runner-up receives one. If the judge is so conflicted over two entries that the only conceivable option is a tie/draw, both entrants get one credit and no runner-up position is awarded. 2. There are no express inhibitions on a single person winning multiple times except for that person's choice to participate, though a judge may very well take repeat performance into consideration when judging. 3. The person who creates a contest acts as the judge and cannot compete in it. 4. Yes, other people aside from me can create contests. If you have an idea, PM me or post it in the original thread. 5. This thread is to be used for challenge announcement and results announcements only. No discussion, no feedback, no suggestions. Put that stuff on the original thread's OOC. As for submissions, put them into this thread's IC. 6. If you're not a member of Heroes of Beacon and still, for some reason, want to participate, you may do so, but only members can win anything. 7. It is encouraged but not necessary for a judge to explain the rationality behind their decisions. Even then, only a severe completionist need justify every decision, instead of the winner alone. Some links you will undoubtedly find useful: The original thread's OOC The RWBY wiki Have a character sheet, since some of the contests will deal with characters. Just remove the *'s in the brackets to make them functional. [b*]Name:[/b*] (Preferably a color or something strongly evocative of a color) [b*]Age: [/b*] [b*]Sex: [/b*] [b*]Race:[/b*] (ex. Faunus) [b*]Profession:[/b*] (Remove this box if your character is not an adult out of school. Please do be specific, like 'Electrical engineer' or 'chemistry professor') [b*]Weapon:[/b*] (if I see any more swords-and-shields, double daggers, or double handguns that transform into small melee weapons...I might sigh) [b*]Specialty:[/b*] (Fighting style, or the sort of role you fit into in combat. Using the archetypes Warrior, Mage, Gunslinger, Tank, Assassin, and/or Scout can help, but there must be more explanation than that) [b*]Semblance:[/b*] (Unique to everyone, must derive from their personality) [b*]Personality:[/b*] (Ah, characterization. It has the potential to be as infinitely complex as the human mind itself, but short and sweet will do too. Your character's motivation should ideally go here. And it can't hurt to have some quirks!) [b*]Color:[/b*] (Searching 'shades of <insert color here>' on wikipedia is helpful) [b*]Emblem:[/b*] (Pictures or words are acceptable) [b*]Appearance:[/b*] (Pictures or words are acceptable, but if using an image, please don't just give me a face) [b*]Bio:[/b*] (Three paragraph maximum, for the sake of concision. And no, paragraphs aren't four hundred words long)

Let's get down to business

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congratz to Ben for utterly brutalizing a Grimm :D On another note, @harinezumikouken might have stirred the pot a little too hard. Here's hoping that all goes well. Just a quick question though; Grimm Studies class isn't over, right? (it seems kinda short if it just ends there, so im just making sure lol)

@NarayanK

Not remotely. With fifteen minutes down for Port's story and another five for the fight, we easily have forty minutes left.

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If someone is good enough to make a winning entry multiple times in a row, I kinda feel like they deserve the reward. I'm not a fan of saying something like "you've won once, now you can't win again, everyone's gotta be a winner". It will definitely be a consideration, but I'm not going to flat-out deny it. I suppose a good deal of it rests on the shoulders of the participant; if someone wins, they can decide whether they want to try to rack up more wins or give everyone else a better shot.

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So, before I get us started, were there any more questions or concerns about the contest system?