Short Story Contest 7

[Grey Nightmare]

Well... It's complicated.
Say for e.g. in a modelling contest.

If there was no theme and someone made a box, yes a plain old doodad box and someone else made a pretty fail unit model of some kind.

Whose is better? A HQ box - isn't hard to make. But then a poor unit model, is well poor.
It's really, really hard to compare and judge them comparatively.

If two people made a box, it's easy enough to say: There box is better!

A theme keeps everything in perspective

 

[Phoonix]

that might be so whit modelling, but writing is entirely different,a d so are the criteria on what they judge your work. (grammar etc...) in writing it's also probably more fun to judge no themed contests as, every story is entirely different that way.

 

[Cobra-Wolf-Demo]

That might be true, however, I, personally, am of the preference to take a set foundation and develop it into a work. I want to see what I can make by being restricted, and then bend those restrictions to make my own work. I want to join this short story contest to try making a story within set boundaries, and then compare it to what other people have written while they are being restricted by the same boundaries as mine.

 

[Dragonson]

that might be so whit modelling, but writing is entirely different,a d so are the criteria on what they judge your work. (grammar etc...) in writing it's also probably more fun to judge no themed contests as, every story is entirely different that way.

Well, if one contestant writes a horror story that is meant to be scary, and another contestant writes a love story that is meant to make you cry and laugh, how do we determine which one is best?

 

[Grey Nightmare]

^This.

And trust me, on the hive where a good majority don't speak English as a first language grammar/spelling criteria is a really bad idea.

 

[Cobra-Wolf-Demo]

I disagree. I, a non-native English user, prefer that grammar and spelling should also be a priority. If you want to write a story in English, then you should use proper spelling and grammar. Just my two-cents.

 

[Avator]

+1 to that.

If everiebodie most reed a storie laik dis, it is not very komfortabol to reed, is it naow?

I know it's an exaggerated example, but you know what I mean. Bad grammar ruins the readability of a story. To give you a realistic example: how annoying is it if somebody mixes up all there, their and they're words? It would be a nuisance to read!

 

[Dragonson]

Bad grammar makes the story harder to read and harder to enjoy.
This is already enough of a handicap.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

^

And hey, I say that as a first (and only) English speaker.
So it's not really for my benefit

 

[Vengeancekael]

Wow this thread is dead..................................... Just like my projects

Maybe we should add 2 options, it can either be first or third person view, cuz you know, maybe we should give the contestants a bit more freedom this time.
As for the theme, well I'm ok with it, but not everyone likes it apparently.
So I say, those who want the theme Space Opera, post below this comment and confirm it and those who don't want that theme and have a better idea, post a comment below this comment as well, but with their idea.

Also, I'd love to judge this contest.

 

[Dragonson]

I'm still up for this theme, yeah.
'specially if we dont have any restrictions beyond the basic theme.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Well seeing as TWIF is absent from thw - A new theme doesn't seem totally out of the question, it might even be a good idea - It'd be a task for someone else to implement his idea. But I am fine with the 'theme' - not a problem - it could be very interesting!

 

[Oziris]

Leave this one, it's really interesting.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Sounds nice, although the thread is missing a '#' before the '7' to make it look neater.

 

[Skycraft]

The theme itself is interesting. I'm anxious to see how people go with it.

 

[The World Is Flat]

LETS DO THIS SHYT.

cant BElive this whaznt hosted in my afkness't

 

[Drazhar]

I'll definitely participate, I like sci-fi themes, not my strongest area but i'll give it a go

 

[Dragonson]

LETS DO THIS SHYT.

cant BElive this whaznt hosted in my afkness't

Considering that the prizes from the last one still havent been handed out, it's not that hard to beleive.

 

[Skycraft]

Considering that the prizes from the last one still havent been handed out, it's not that hard to beleive.

Speaking of which, I was just recently poking Pyritie about it and he said if anyone has a good image for the award icons then just send them his way.

 

[WhitePhoenix]

We should get this rollin' whilst it's still summer. You know more submissions and activity and all that.

 

[Avator]

I don't know how you came up with a phrase "while it's still summer" in the current situation, because I've got exams next week and I'm sure there are plenty of others who have theirs in the upcoming weeks.

Besides, it's not even certain if it's going to be WC3/SC2 only or both allowed and I don't know who counted the potential participants, but I doubt it'll be a lot. Especially since it's been a few weeks since people said they would or wouldn't participate, a.k.a. a dying thread. So it would probably be best to discuss which games may be used while people are finishing this semester and once that's done, we can check if there are enough people still willing to participate with those rules (if those rules are restricting).

 

[Phoonix]

what games? This is a writing contest my friend, limiting it to a certain game would be bad, very bad in my opinion.

 

[Avator]

Oh shit, sorry. Damn, I'm confused. I got this one all mixed up with the cinematic contest that people wanted to get hosted a while back.

Forget my post. Or at least the part about the game difference

 

[Phoonix]

no problem. anyhow, as Drag said. before the rewards of the previous contest are finally made and given away I see a low chance of this getting started.

 

[Vengeancekael]

It's best we start this contest in mid july, when most of the exams are over.

 

[WhitePhoenix]

@Phoonix, the rewards were given out yesterday.
@VengeanceaKael Really? I thought everyone was done with the exams, like back in May.
Well, if a majority of people are still working towards exams though then yeah you're right.

 

[The World Is Flat]

lets start this shit.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Well then start it already

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Oh, I didn't... I thought some of us had to work like nearly 24-7.. and didn't have any free time at all you know... like ... *sigh*

Yeah, w/e just start it already.

 

[The World Is Flat]

I'm back. start this.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Inform Pyritie about it :<

 

[Dragonson]

I had to 'inform' pyritie of the last contest's being-stuckness THREE TIMES, so it would be nice if someone else did it this time around.

Imean, honestly. I've been having my 'Ironbound Angel' story developing in my head for ages now and i was tempted to write it outside of the contest 'cause i thought this thing wasnt getting anywhere.

 

[Bugz]

So lets start? i actually wanted to make a idea about another one when i saw this, i would love another story contest