RPGC #11: Heatwave!

[RomanAria]

Attention Residents: Voting is now Live!

Artwork by the lovely @Esoteric – Welcome to the team, Eso!

Are you keeping your cool?

Hello folks and welcome back to RPGC! Our theme for this month is hot off the press—so hot, in fact, that it’s a wonder it hasn’t started a fire.

The Prompt:

It’s summertime, and summer means heat. Temperatures are rising, and things might be close to boiling over…

Beating the Heat: Achieve the ultimate chill despite the summer heatwave.

Rising Tensions: The temperature isn’t the only thing that can rise unexpectedly…

Mm' Spicy: Some good ol' romance to kindle your fires of love. (NO 18+ ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Sorry to be a killjoy but 40% of our contest staff is underage.)

The Hero in the Smoke: Heat's not always bad, sometimes it can save the day!
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As ever, follow all forum rules in your entry, bonus categories are below, PM all entries to @RPGC Entry no later than Midnight on August 3rd. (Entries will be posted whenever Aria drags herself out of bed on August 4th.)

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Many thanks to @Mahz admin-sama, all the moderators, and @Terminal. The staff of RPGC is listed below:
@Darkwolf687
@Esoteric
@Keyguyperson
@mdk
@RomanAria

[PlatinumSkink]

... Hm. That makes me consider. I do not believe I've ever tried to write a proper romance.

... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm pretty sure I shouldn't try to, either. XD

[RomanAria]

@PlatinumSkink Do it! Do it! do it! do it!

Seriously, do it. ^-^

[Esoteric]

I -am- allowed to participate in this right?

[PlatinumSkink]

@Esoteric Oh, yes, absolutely, definitely. It's what it's here for, after all~!

[RomanAria]

@Esoteric yesyesyes. You can. Contest staff can -- heck, are encouraged to -- enter the contest. Just know that you can't vote for your own entry or nominate yourself for a bonus category. But the rest of the staff can, and will, as @mdk can attest to.

[Esoteric]

@PlatinumSkink@RomanAria

Aw yea. I'mma bring the FIRAGA.

[Chao]

@RomanAria I'd like to participate in this. But I've never been in a RPG Contest..

;-; I dunno how to participate in these types of things.

[Tyler Night]

this might be something I would be interested in.

[mdk]

@RomanAria I'd like to participate in this. But I've never been in a RPG Contest..

;-; I dunno how to participate in these types of things.

@Chaotic Chao

The basic gist is, write anything you like (though entries that conform to the theme generally do better), and when it's complete, send it via PM to @RPGC entry. We collect everything and post it in a big thread, where everybody can read your stuff, comment on it, and cast a vote for the winner. That's it! The 'challenges' are optional bonus things you can incorporate into your story/poem/entry -- the staff picks a winner for each challenge. The rest is up to voters.

OH, one more thing. All entries are treated as Anonymous unless you give us permission to sign your name to the entry. If you do sign your entry, it makes it easier to find reviews/comments on your work -- people can tag you in their post and you'll get a site notification, so it's pretty convenient. But that's up to you.

That's it, pretty much. There's a more complete explanation buried here, with various links to various longwinded threads.

[Ragenaut]

This sounds pretty fun! I'd like to give it a shot, is there a limit to entry size?

[PlatinumSkink]

@Ragenaut Once upon a time, there was a 3,500 word limit...

There isn't anymore. You can knock down an entire novel if you want to! XD
Just, er, don't expect us to necessarily have the time to read it if you actually write that much. Haha.

[RomanAria]

@Ragenaut We've taken entries that nearly break the character count on their own. Write us a paragraph, write us a paperback, we'll take it. And do our best to review it, though it might take us longer than the single week we typically leave for voting.

[Keyguyperson]

Oh good, I finally get a chance to use this idea I've been sitting on forever.

[RomanAria]

@Keyguyperson oh god it's a keyguyplot everyone runnnnnn.

jk. Look forward to reading what you come up with.

[Ellri]

We've taken entries that nearly break the character count on their own.

@RomanAria

Pretty sure someone arranged to have the character limit changed after that.

yes, changed to 2^17 february '15.

[Tokara]

Ooh, I'm always so tempted, but I never really get around to writing. Though, the fact that romance is a big part makes me more keen mmm. We will see.

[Ragenaut]

I'll get writing for next month's challenge. I discovered this too late. Hopefully my story wil still applie for next August's theme.

[Esoteric]

*excited squee noises*

[RomanAria]

@Ragenaut Why not write for this month? This is the standard length of all RPGC contests and you found it virtually a day after it was posted. Also our contest prompts don't follow any specific order. It's just... whatever prompt we feel like, whenever we feel like it, pretty much.