Winning is just part of the fun. I think I entered WOTM over 20 times, and only ever won it on a collaborative contest with Panda illustrating a children's book. The real reason we do this is because writers should write, and be read, as often as possible in as many ways as possible. Contests are a way to help make that happen. Still -- winning is fun, and we're trying our best to spread around lots of winning in sensible ways. Anyone with ideas should totally check out our suggestion threads, and/or join the staff for a round and help us put on a show!
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It's finally here!
Thanks to a lot of work by a lot of people, we're proud to revive the Guild's long tradition of writing competition by bringing you the first ever Roleplayer Guild Contest. Before we start, the crew of RPGC #1 would like to take a minute to recognize the teams that came before us. Many have moved on; many helped us either directly or indirectly (or even without knowing it) as we set up the groundwork for RPGC. Wherever they are, each of us are sincerely thankful for the many (MANY) months of hard work they put in for the community.
Now if you weren't here for the classic Writer of the Month contests, you may be a bit lost. Essentially, each month, the staff would supply a writing prompt, and anybody who wanted could submit a story, poem, script, or whatever they liked, based on that prompt. Then the entries get posted, and everyone votes for their favorite to pick the winner. We've preserved that backbone in RPGC, and on top of it we've added special prize categories on an optional basis. These winners will be picked by the staff running each contest. You can read more here, and as always, if you have any questions at all, feel free to ask -- we're here to help!
Thanks to a lot of work by a lot of people, we're proud to revive the Guild's long tradition of writing competition by bringing you the first ever Roleplayer Guild Contest. Before we start, the crew of RPGC #1 would like to take a minute to recognize the teams that came before us. Many have moved on; many helped us either directly or indirectly (or even without knowing it) as we set up the groundwork for RPGC. Wherever they are, each of us are sincerely thankful for the many (MANY) months of hard work they put in for the community.
Now if you weren't here for the classic Writer of the Month contests, you may be a bit lost. Essentially, each month, the staff would supply a writing prompt, and anybody who wanted could submit a story, poem, script, or whatever they liked, based on that prompt. Then the entries get posted, and everyone votes for their favorite to pick the winner. We've preserved that backbone in RPGC, and on top of it we've added special prize categories on an optional basis. These winners will be picked by the staff running each contest. You can read more here, and as always, if you have any questions at all, feel free to ask -- we're here to help!
Prompt:
Choose any song you want and write a story or poem based on or inspired by that song.Awards:
- People's Choice - The main prize goes to the winner of the popular vote. Depending on participation, runners-up may get prizes as well.
- Staff Picks - RPGC staff each select winners from the bonus categories
Bonus Categories:
These optional categories will be tied to special staff pick awards (of the same name) handed out for this month, so take on one (or more!) of the challenges if you want a chance to win another prize!- Story Bonuses:
- Inside Baseball - Most liberal use of obscure musical terms.
- Idlest Delilah - You deviated the least from the original story of the song.
- Poem Bonuses:
- George Co-stanza - Awarded for the shortest, angriest verse. *drops mic*
- Poetic Justice - Use the same rhyme scheme or cadence as the song.
Entry Rules:
- Follow all general contest rules.
- Send your entry to @mdk with an appropriate title (RPGC #1 Entry would work) by March 15th MARCH 18th EXTENDED DEADLINE!
- In the entry submission PM you must include the title and artist name of the song you used, along with a Youtube (or similar) link to that song. They will be posted with your entry.
- Be sure to mention any bonus categories you're hoping to win -- we'll consider everyone for everything, but it can't hurt to remind us!
- All entries will be posted anonymously on March 16th, after which everyone can read, discuss, and of course vote for a winner!
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Urgent Request! Help create a banner for the first RPGC writing contest!
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We're getting close to reviving RPG's proud writing contest tradition, and the first installment is just around the corner. To help kick things off in style, I'm looking for a friendly local graphics person who can create a banner for our first official thread. The exact details are something of a leak -- so I can only share those in a private message -- but generally speaking, it's a few words and a themed banner. You'll be credited and thanked, and literally trillions of RPG members will check out and compliment your work. Interested? Leave me a reply here and we can talk about the details via private message. Thanks!
What color is RPGuild?
BUT IS IT GOLD AND WHITE OR BLUE AND BLACK!? WE NEED TO KNOW!
In the southern hemisphere, there is a canyon running north-to-south, about 10*S through about 75*S lattitude. The chasm is deepest at about 60*S latitude, where a deep crevasse connects it to volcanic and seismic activity. Frequent gaseous expulsions from the planet's sulfuric core expel material -- usually a brownish sludge which runs off from the chasm walls -- out of the depths.
TLDR: The planet has a buttcrack.
Beatrix Kiddo! aka the Bride, from Kill Bill. Looks just like her, honestly, I couldn't tell the difference at first.
I know we're probably working towards this and all, but the one thing that'd just slay competition would be a full immersion VR. I mean, I don't mean the Oculus, I mean like we walk into a machine it scans for vital signs and we are physically transported into a game as like an avatar and we walk, run, etc. as the avatar and when our character is out if lives, we're removed from the game and come back into the conscious of now. The machine would kind of work like the scanners in Code Lyoko or the machine wired to the Matrix in the Matrix films.that actually exists; it's called Heroin, and it certainly does slay the competition.
<Snipped quote by Larfleeze> Quick, let's all tag/reference Hank because he's the only Dutch person we know.not just the ONLY Dutch person we know, but also our least favorite.
Tired, usually. I have a very expressive face, which tends to display precisely what I'm feeling, whether I want it to or not. Generally, I'm feeling awesome, or funny, or at least amused by something. When I'm truly 'neutral' it's because at that moment, I'm not actively thinking about anything really -- so everything droops a bit. Especially my eyes -- naturally a little droopy, but they perk up anytime I'm doing anything. If I'm really idle though, the lights kinda go out a bit. Also I've got like a gigantic lower lip -- I bit through it when I was little and it's almost like the swelling never went all the way down. So if I'm not making some other face, it just sorta weighs down my whole face. But again -- I'm, like, always making some other face. I don't even think about doing it, it just happens. My drama club teacher used to think I was getting into character when I read lines -- I wasn't, on purpose, my face just does that shit. Right now, while I'm typing, I'm making expressions like we were having a conversation.
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