edonil Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) Sorry about the lack of a round in November, folks, things have been rather hectic here on the forums and at home. But, with people asking about it, I think it's definitely time for another round. Many apologies over things. Well, here we are with a new set of ingredients and themes. We're going to be running a longer round because of the holidays, so please join in! There's some great things to try out in Malifaux, and I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with! 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: The DescentCharacter: The Iceman Line: Welcome to the greatest show in Malifaux! Item: UnderwearStarting Date: December 6th, 2013 00:00 EST Ending Date: December 31st, 2013 23:59 ESTAuthors: StormLordXIII ScrewedUpDice Mako Edited December 16, 2013 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm in! Good to be back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordZombie Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I would put my name in, but then I would never get it finished. One of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Posted up my story Icebound WIP for now, as something is bound to occur to me before the 30th. If anyone has feedback I'd be glad to hear it. Hope everyone else's pieces are going well, and I've not stolen an idea out from under anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Oh yeah, I had an idea for this. Maybe I'll even get chance to finish it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Okay, I will give this a shot! Here's mine! Edited December 17, 2013 by Hateful Darkblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 Think I might have a germ of an idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I'm all done. Can I get rid of the WIP in the thread title or am I stuck with it? If so, do you want a fresh post, or shall I just leave it as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I'll sort that out for you. Looks like I'm going to DNF, travelling has really soaked up the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) deadline is approaching... I'll have mine up by tomorrow. This one is a close call, but I think I'll make the deadline alright. Edited December 31, 2013 by StormLordXIII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Thanks Mako. Sorry to hear you won't get finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hi all! My entry is up! Happy New Year, hope everyone has had a nice holiday season! Sorry I haven't written for so long, I've been swamped lately and haven't had a chance to participate until now. Also, sorry to hear you are busy Mako, hope your travels went well! Here's the link: (Please ignore the first thread, it's formatted weirdly and I can't edit or delete it for some reason) http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?50270-Iron-Quill-%28Falling%29-Broken-Final&p=667604#post667604 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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