June Contest for Contests

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June Contest for Contests

Postby Ben » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:15 pm

While the amount of contests going on has been wonderful, there have been many that have been repetitive. Now, mind you, I'm not saying they are boring or that they are bad if they are things that have been done before... often it is a good idea to rehash old ideas that were highly successful.

HOWEVER, I am interested in seeing if we can branch out a little: are there any wildly NEW ideas out there? The game engine is, admittedly, a bit stale as far as what it will allow you to do... but that just makes this contest require more creativity.

RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS
1) This can be for a contest or event... anything that brings people together in Valorn and attracts a crowd made up of the public.
2) Your contest or event must be announced during this month (June) before June 12th and must take place during this same month (June) before July 1st.
3) Announce and describe your event or contest as normal, in its OWN THREAD in this forum. Then reply to THIS thread... put in your name, a link to your profile, a link to your contest thread, and the date and time that your event will be taking place.
4) Judging will be done by myself as well as by polling 2 other DG players, who I will select after I see who is not taking part in the contest as a contestant. "Overall success" of the event will determine the winner... this includes thing like crowd size, amount of participation by each person present, use of in-game engine or items, storyline or roleplaying encouragement, level and amount of organization, and, of course, ORIGINALITY: doing something that has not been done before, or at least having a very fresh take on something that might have been done before.

I'll add more info if I think of any that needs to be added. Good luck!

PRIZES:
If you are an enchanter or a cleric: a completely unique spell or prayer that nobody else has (or will have).
If you are a warrior or rogue: an enchanted weapon that casts a unique spell that nobody else has (or will have).


EDIT 1: multiple people doing one contest
I will award NO MORE than two prizes for any winning contest, so it is not advisable to work in teams of more than 2 people to enter this contest as then only 2 of you will get prizes and the others will be left out. If the two people are in the same profession, they will get the same prize (the same spell or the same weapon).
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Oobe Character # 84199

Postby oobe » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:30 pm

Valornian Jeopardy will begin promptly on June 12th and continue until there is a winner.

Contest link: http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... pardy.html

Profile Links:
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow84199.html - Oobe
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/showchar.php?char=112101 - Lela T.

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Valorn Idol

Postby skylsganin » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:31 pm

Valorn Idol.
contest first round . Sat 23rd June. Noon EST
final Sun 24th June, 2 pm EST

http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... Idol+.html

Mainly thought out by:
Azure . http://www.darkgrimoire.com/showchar.php?char=83729

with a little help from:
Skylsganin, http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow70488.html

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A knights Quest

Postby klowny » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:37 am

*walks in slowly and bows reverently before God Ben*if it is not a problem I would like to try my hand.my characer link is
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow44704.html

and the link to my contest is
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/viewtopi ... 4578#74578
I cannot take full credit for this contest.much of it was Xavax,He is a very wise warrior
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow79457.html

the date I would like to begin this contest is june 14 I will do my best to be here personaly to supervise those who I will need to help me,but there is a chance I cannot.if that is aproblem I can either try to find a date I can be sure of,or ask one of my officers if they would mind running it if I am caught up

*bows low*thank you for hearing me out
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Postby skylsganin » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:45 pm

Its an Idea I had a long time ago, just hope us mortals can pull it off.
your assistance on judging the most helpful player over all would be hugely appreciated.
the event : Team Scavenger Hunt Friday 29th June 17 00 EST. http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... +hunt.html

by Skylsganin: http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow70488.html
with a lot of help from:
Azure http://www.darkgrimoire.com/showchar.php?char=83729.

I thought about this when Xia was running her Sunday games, and bounced the idea around with a few others.
Atia, Edenn , Hojo , and Talisk .. maybe Remy.
and I hope I will have a number of others helping on the day.
Thank you
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Postby purazon » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:48 pm

Sand Sculpting day (well, it's Sunrifter's season,... allways nice to spend a day at the beach)
The event:
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/viewtopi ... 4590#74590

Purazon
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow12387.html

edit: spelling
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Postby Hojo Musachi » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:35 am

purazon wrote:To help you: (a clock)

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Postby ethiril darklight. » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:58 pm

ahh ok, thank you

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Re: Oobe Character # 84199

Postby Melevolent_Queen » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:36 pm

oobe wrote:Valornian Jeopardy!!!!!! will begin promptly on June 12th and continue until there is a winner!!!!!! :twisted:

Contest link: http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... pardy.html

Profile Links:
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow84199.html - Oobe
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/showchar.php?char=112101 - Lela T.


This Jeopardy that will be played on the 12th may be extended if necessary. The Jeopardy will be between Guild(s) and each Guild will have one representative. The Final winner will be given their prize at the end of the game. The Prize will be awarded by GOLD.
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Postby ansalan » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:55 pm

http://cluster.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftop ... hree+.html

Three contest has three challenges each one designed by three friends all level 53 enchanters that form a brethren of friendship that could not do this without the others....

1 a word search

2 a code that one can break by getting answers from the word search and matching the towns words and solving the code

3 a social event called F A R M S like Valoran bingo with heavy emphasis on role play

Posting for Matt Shadowsong char # 59543 , Derema char #50314, and Crow Wrathen char #57024

Crow and Derema will be the ones to get any prize if won

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Postby Sreip » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:42 am

Our Links:
Sreip Enudreklaw http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow55234.html
Hacken http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow5843.html

Our contests:
1) http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... trace.html
Saturday June 30th – 7pm GMT, 3pm EDT, 12 noon PDT

2) http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... r+Go+.html
Saturday June 23 - 7pm GMT, 3pm EDT, 12 noon PDT

3) http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... zling.html
Saturday, June 30th, 10pm GMT, 6pm EDT, 3pm PDT


Good luck to everyone and their respective contests!
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Re: Oobe Character # 84199

Postby oobe » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:11 pm

oobe wrote:Valornian Jeopardy will begin promptly on June 12th and continue until there is a winner.

Contest link: http://www.darkgrimoire.com/bb/ftopic88 ... pardy.html

Profile Links:
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/cshow84199.html - Oobe
http://www.darkgrimoire.com/showchar.php?char=112101 - Lela T.




As we have had no one sign up I wish to withdrawl our contest. It has been fun maybe next time.

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Postby Ben » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:34 am

Thanks to those taking part. Has looked good thus far. ;)
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Postby Ben » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:42 pm

Thanks for playing. I have to try to track down some player judges, but as soon as that is done we will pick a winner. =)
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Postby Ben » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:14 pm

Good stuff... talked to some other players to get some input, and picked our winner...

the winner is HENTEZ with his sandcastle contest. All the players who I asked who attended this event said it was very original, and was planned out well from a role-playing perspective. Somebody even mentioned that it was purposefully done during "daylight" hours.


Second place... or "first loser" (hehe), is Valorn Idol, which was also very creative and was well attended and appreciated by all.

I'll leave the rest unranked, so everybody else can be excited about coming in third... but thank you everybody for participating!

Hentez, your prize will probably show up this weekend sometime.
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Postby Viktor Blackheart » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:03 pm

The sand sculpting was Purazon's idea, wasn't it? Or was it Hentez's idea, Purazon's planning?

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Postby Topaz » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:56 pm

I think it was Purazon's from beginning to end.


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