edonil Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) Welcome to the new round of the Iron Quill. If you haven't yet, check out the music video, it's quite awesome. Well, it's summer here this side of the pond, and with that, it means people are getting out of school, so here's hoping we see some new people along with our stunning crew of Iron Quill veterans! Important New Information:So, Doctor Loxley, the person behind the Maliquest project, is looking for people to write fluff for his modified ruleset of the game we all know and love. Because the timing is just way too perfect, we're going to have an additional thing for anyone who wants to participate in it. If you would like to do the Iron Quill and help out Loxley, feel free to combine the two! In order to do this, have the setting of your story be in New Fairbank, The Crypts, or the Last Light Tavern. More information about Maliquest and this fluff project can be found here. Here's our standard set of affairs:The Rules: 1. The list of participants will be brought together in the starting thread as people sign up. Participants may sign up at any point in time, by posting their interest in this thread, or by posting up a story. The Mystery Ingredient will be announced in the starting thread for each round. When you post up your story, please include the name of the round in the title. 2. The Mystery Ingredient will be two of four things. The Ingredient may be a character, a phrase, an item or a more generic theme. The Mystery Ingredient should be used in each entry, but doesn't necessarily have to be literal. Be creative here! (As an example, the Character: The Black Knight could be an armored knight in black, or a villain with a code of honor. It's up to you as the writer to interpret!) 3. All entries must be set in the universe of Malifaux, or a recognizable Alternate version thereof. 4. Entries should be no more than 1,500 words in total, and should be complete self contained stories. Try to stick to this length as much as possible, a reasonable overage will be allowed at the Judge's discretion, but stories that are too long by the deadline will be disqualified. If your initial draft is too long at first submission but, through author feedback, is brought to the word count, that's fine. 5. Participants will have three weeks to complete their entry and post it on the forums in a new thread using a format that identifies easily that the story is an entry and what round. For example: Iron Quill Round 1: The Dark of the Night (or something).ON EDITING: All stories can be edited as much as people would like. If a story is going to be modified to such an extent that it no longer matches the original story, please start a new thread. WIP will not be necessary in the title, but it is requested that any story that isn't completed have it at the top of the post. When the story is finished, please remove WIP from the post. Edits can be made up until the deadline, but any edits made on the deadline or afterwards will disqualify the entry from the competition. (As an editorial note- please don't make me do this.) 6. The winner(s) of each round will be determined by a blind score from a public and a private poll. The public poll will be a thread created in which anyone who reads the stories can vote. The private poll will be for Judges and Authors who have weighted votes they can hand out. Each Judge/Author can award each of the following to different stories: 3 votes, 2 votes, 1 vote. At the same time, the Judges/Authors are requested to leave criticism and feedback. These polls will be open for one week, at which point the winner of the round will be announced. Any Judge/Author votes that have not been submitted by that point will be spoiled. You cannot vote for yourself.Most Improved Award: Now that we have some competitions in the bag, I want to start a 'Most Improved' award for each round. When you give me your weighted votes (or any readers who want to join in on this one), name the author you think has improved the most this round, either from last round or from the beginning of the competition. 7. When you put up your story, put up a post in here saying so. That way, we have a central location that is being updated as time goes on, which lets people subscribe to the thread and keep track of what's going on. I'll have a central list here as always, but please take the time to do this, it'll make life easier for me and other writers to give you feedback when we know the story is up before the round end.MYSTERY INGREDIENTS: Continuing from the last round, you've got four options to pick from. Pick two or more of these. Because of this, you're going to need to put in your entry, either at the beginning or the end, which Ingredients you used. And with that out of the way, here's what you're all waiting for anyway:THEME: All is Dust CHARACTER: One-armed Man LINE: "You sure you want to do this?" ITEM: Violin Starting Date For This Round: May 10th, 2013 at 00:00 EST. Ending Date For This Round: May 31st, 2013, at 23:59 EST.Authors: StormLordXIII mephiston cybogoblin Paddywhack Mako tldanon ScrewedUpDice The Godlyness Ryu LordZombie eatenbypotchky Edited May 15, 2013 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Looking forward to participating! I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I intend to put something together for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybogoblin Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ideas are already forming. I'm in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I missed the last couple, but am going to give this one a go. Hhhmmmm.... ideas, ideas... Oh - nice cover too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 You know, I may actually be back in this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tldanon Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Awesome! I'm going to do my best to get something in for this! I think it's great that you guys do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Count me in. Hopefully I'll get something finished before the last day this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godlyness Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 can new people join in this shenanigans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryu Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'll be in again, maybe I can actually devote more than 1 hour to writing my story this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Awesome! I'm going to do my best to get something in for this! I think it's great that you guys do this! can new people join in this shenanigans? Absolutely, new people are always welcome! Welcome to the Iron Quill, and welcome back to all our veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordZombie Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Ok, I am going to really try and give this a go this time around. I got to work my writing and what better place to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatenbypotchky Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Salutations, Authors of the Iron Quill. The rumors of my death have been mildly exaggerated. I got better. And I wish to throw my hat into this particular round. Best Wishes, Noxweiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 In that picture, which one are you? :-P Looks like a big crowd, guess I'd better get something written soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Hey, welcome back, Noxweiler! And best of luck to all of you guys tossing in for this round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnderFaux Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for this one too, if I may. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 I'm gonna say that won't be a problem, deadline isn't til Friday and everyone's always welcome. No doubt edonil will be along some point to say that too *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnderFaux Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Excellent, thanks Mako. I'd better get to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Entry completed! Sorry - I created the thread but forgot to post the link here. Thanks! http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?42907-Iron-Quill-Ashes-to-Ashes-A-Symphony-of-Ash-and-Dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 I'm gonna say that won't be a problem, deadline isn't til Friday and everyone's always welcome. No doubt edonil will be along some point to say that too *grin* Yep, Mako got it in one. Welcome to the Quill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnderFaux Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Here's the link to my entry. Best of luck to all! Ashes To Ashes - Unquestionable -Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) Well, I actually got something sorted this time, shock horror. And because I found out it's a pain to have to type out each author for the voting thread, I'll put my link down like this: Mako - To feed the soul And now, I'm off to find the others to read later... Edited May 29, 2013 by Mako Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender101 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 A last minute challenger approaches. Sorry I missed the last one. Facades: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?43054-Iron-Quill-2013-Ashes-to-Ashes-Facades&p=555153#post555153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tldanon Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Ugh...I'm out. It's 22:55 and I'm still trying to edit my work down to 1500 words from about 3000. Sorry, guys, next time for sure. I'll still upload what I have but, eh well. SCRATCH THE 'I'M OUT' PART!!! Below is the link to my post, thank you!! http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?43055-IronQuill-Ashes-to-Ashes-Mary-s-Sweet-Children g'luck everyone! Edited May 31, 2013 by tldanon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted May 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looking forward to what you put up, tldanon. It's a tough word limit, that's part of my problem with it myself! Still, good on you for trying. You do still have 24 hours if you want to give it a go, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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