RPGC #1 -- Inspired By A Song

[RomanAria]

I haven't even started yet. You can bet I'll be frantically doing it all day on the 15th.

[Keyguyperson]

I haven't even started yet. You can bet I'll be frantically doing it all day on the 15th.

@RomanAria

I'll still be doing that, because I have no sense of time.

[Psyga315]

I'm already done with the story. I literally finished the story a day or two after the contest was announced.

[Keyguyperson]

I'm already done with the story. I literally finished the story a day or two after the contest was announced.

@Psyga315

So jealous.

[Henzukaya]

All you people starting the stor now, and here I am desperately trying to finish mine after starting on the first day.

@Keyguyperson

lol, I finished two of mine within an hour of starting them ^_^ I'm not too sure how they'll end up however. Practice makes perfect, and I may have rushed xD

[Keyguyperson]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh God.

Welp... my story is going to end up in the Gallery.

[RomanAria]

Nay, 'tis going to end up in the contest, because after I get my screenshot of Pi, you and I are going to start cramming and get our stories done before tomorrow, right, @keyguyperson?

[Henzukaya]

If you need help or suggestions, I would love to hear what you story is like as well as the song, see how well in my opinion they mix. Then again, just my opinion, not sure if it'd help, but *shrug* option is still there

[Gwynbleidd]

So, I assume this is to be submitted by 11:59PM Sunday. Welp, frantic story writing here we come.

[RomanAria]

I think it is, Dark Wind. I hope it's not tonight or I'm screwed.

[Keyguyperson]

I think it is, Dark Wind. I hope it's not tonight or I'm screwed.

@RomanAria

If it's tonight... well... it's actually morning for me now.

[PlatinumSkink]

So... how many submissions are there? Just interested.

[mdk]

We've got around 20 entries at the moment, with a bunch more in my inbox -- and GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! The deadline is being extended!!

Here's what happened. We've obviously been building this for a while and we set things in motion a while back. The timeline is heavily based on WOTM submission and voting periods, because those worked and made sense. Something came up this weekend -- my ailing grandfather passed about a week ago and I had to fly home for the funeral, and thus I'm quite busy with family things during the heavy contest-admin period. So while the crew is all ready to go, and we've gotten *loads* of great entries -- plenty to put the contest up right this instant if we wanted to -- I simply don't have the time to get everything pretty right now. I'm pushing the deadline back to Wednesday, by which point I should be back in my own house on my own schedule, and I can get it kicked off in style. Delays like this aren't gonna be regular, it's just a special circumstance that happened to pop up on the first run.

So to take advantage of the extra time, let's talk real quick about what you can do. If you're still working on your entry, keep going! We'll get you in. If you've already submitted, but you haven't heard back from me yet, you can continue to make changes and edit the submission up until the deadline (maybe you didn't think you had time to proofread real carefully -- now you do!). If you've already submitted and I've sent you a preview of the formatting, that means that someone on the crew, right now, this very instant, may already be reading your submission (along with any formatting changes we talked about) and writing a review based on that -- but you can still use these extra days to refine it further, if you like, thanks to the cool new PM system Mahz set up. If you make any further changes you'll just have to add a reply to the private conversation, letting me know that it's changed.

So when are submissions due?

Wednesday, the 18th. I'll be creating the voting thread super-late at night, in that grey area between Wednesday and Thursday. As long as you get your entry in before that thread goes up, you're in.

I do apologize for the confusion, but the delay should work out to everyone's benefit, so let's keep the entries rolling for a few more days! Everything's shaping up to be a pretty special contest, and that's the best way to kick off RPGC.

Additional note: We're going to adjust the voting period as well to make sure there's enough time to read and appreciate all the great work you've all done. Based on the volume of entries I've received we may have an extra weekend in the works -- which is fantastic, I think. Anyway plan for a little flexibility in this first run. Things won't always be this loose, but special circumstances are, after all, special.

[Enarr]

I entered one of the WOTM before Guildfall, I lost by a long shot, but enough people said they liked mine the best after the voting was done that their votes would've snagged me the victory. Not bragging, not complaining, just sharing an experience. I may try thIs contest out though while there is still time. It's only #1 once.

[RomanAria]

Oh score. I may yet be able to enter this.

[Hank]

I entered one of the WOTM before Guildfall, I lost by a long shot, but enough people said they liked mine the best after the voting was done that their votes would've snagged me the victory. Not bragging, not complaining, just sharing an experience. I may try thIs contest out though while there is still time. It's only #1 once.

@Nightrunner

This is technically a reboot of the very first writing contest that was hosted on RPG, so it's #1 twice!

_{friendly reminder that i won the very first contest and never participated again; quit while you're ahead, right?}

[mdk]

<Snipped quote by Nightrunner>

This is technically a reboot of the very first writing contest that was hosted on RPG, so it's #1 twice!

_{friendly reminder that i won the very first contest and never participated again; quit while you're ahead, right?}

@Hank

I'm just glad there's someone who remembers WOTW before it became WOTM. There can't be many of us left.

[PlatinumSkink]

... What was it before it was WOTM? Just asking. Haha.

[Henzukaya]

Huh. this means I can do that third story then. Its a little long though, I think well over the 3000 word suggestion...

[Keyguyperson]

Huh. this means I can do that third story then. Its a little long though, I think well over the 3000 word suggestion...

@Henzukaya

*Sheepishly hides behind pile of 5,000 words*