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A Gossip Contest! [With real video game prizes]

Lords and Ladies,

Kings and Queens,

Peasants… and well more peasants.


In celebration of State of Elyria; The Church of Mann and the House of Crows will host a contest.

We have a fine selection of video games to give away

For our first contest – Glorious Gossiping

Make up a myth or rumor in the form of a fiction such as an Elyrian news article, song or even a poem about the family line of our current crop of pledged kings and assorted nobility. For those of you who do not yet know of our current player kingdoms please consult this scroll .


*Some ideas to get you started. *

Word is that the King of Vornair is actually three Hrothi in a tall coat. How was this discovered? And what might Vornair’s official Bard of the Press say when issuing an official statement?

Or, maybe the Demalion Empire is secretly being ruled by the son of a lich. What might the commoners abruptly stop or possibly start singing any time the king’s men walk into the tavern?


Now the reason you’re actually interested in this contest.

The PRIZES

First place will receive their very own copy of Stellaris

Second Place will receive Armello

Third place will receive (my personal favorite) The Stanley Parable


Rules:

  • One entry per user
  • Contest runs will run from 7/29/17 to 8/03/17 with the winners chosen 8/4/17 so that we can send you your prizes in time for the weekend.
  • Points will be awarded along a scale of 1 through 10 on: Lore / Aesthetics / Creativity with the winner being the largest combined score from our beautiful judges who will be revealed in the contest thread.

Lore: How well the entry builds upon existing lore of Elyria so that it feels like it would belong in the game.

Aesthetics: This is purely on look and formatting of the entry. A newspaper article entered an image showing the text on a scrap of paper would look better than an just a forum post.

Creativity: This is scored on uniqueness of the idea for the rumor or gossip.

On 7/29/17 around 11:00AM [MST] a new thread will be created for users to submit their entries to.

Please limit this thread to questions and discussions about this contest

Click here to go to the submissions page


7/27/2017 5:09:40 PM #1

Is there a word limit?

So it can vary from a one line pub-gossip quip to a sprawling newspaper article?


7/27/2017 5:13:07 PM #2

Posted By Maulvorn at 10:09 AM - Thu Jul 27 2017

Is there a word limit?

So it can vary from a one line pub-gossip quip to a sprawling newspaper article?

There is no word limit.

However, a one line entry will not garner many points from our judges.

Though, if the entry was written as a descriptive passage with that one line as the only spoken part it would still garner points depending more on descriptive prose and creativity of the rumor and scene.


7/27/2017 5:30:28 PM #3

I am super excite~


7/27/2017 5:33:41 PM #4

Posted By Cheshireone at 6:13 PM - Thu Jul 27 2017

Posted By Maulvorn at 10:09 AM - Thu Jul 27 2017

Is there a word limit?

So it can vary from a one line pub-gossip quip to a sprawling newspaper article?

There is no word limit.

However, a one line entry will not garner many points from our judges.

Though, if the entry was written as a descriptive passage with that one line as the only spoken part it would still garner points depending more on descriptive prose and creativity of the rumor and scene.

I was planning to make some kind of Gossip paragraph that could be heard if you stumble into your average tavern,


7/27/2017 5:58:14 PM #5

Posted By Maulvorn at 10:33 AM - Thu Jul 27 2017

I was planning to make some kind of Gossip paragraph that could be heard if you stumble into your average tavern,

That sounds great, we look forward to reading it.


7/27/2017 8:54:22 PM #6

I would like to add for public awareness that the Church of Mann and the House of Crows will be hosting further contests as well further on down the line. So if you don't win now, there's still plenty of prizes coming up.


8/5/2017 1:50:58 AM #7

Oh, different Cheshire. Neat.


8/5/2017 9:18:43 PM #8

The original. xD

We're pushing back the deadline for the contest so that we can get some entries.


8/6/2017 5:46:31 PM #9

Countess Rheika, of Hartland County, of the Kingdom of Vornair, has engaged in which witchcraft of the darkest sort. A patron at the Dagger and Crone Inn and Tavern witnessed the countess enter the basement of the Inn, empty-handed, but as she left she had a burlap sack, cinched off with a rough twine.

The bag was moving, as if there were a small animal attempting to break free.

This witness, followed the dubious Countess many miles to a hilltop where a coven of old hags waited.

Rheika reached into the burlap sack and pulled out a common barn owl, alive and flapping its wings. The gathered hags began to chant an ancient and cursed muttering.

Lifting the bird-of-prey over her head, the Countess screamed as she bit the bird's neck. She slurped greedily at the blood as the chants grew louder and louder. The witness warily retreated from the scene, as no good can come from a coven of witches.

~ Paddy Bardic