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RPGC: General Discussion

Thanks for your input so far :)

@BrokenPromise, the dimensions for images are: max 231 px wide and around 110px tall. If you could make something I would appreciate that.

Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

Benjamin rubbed his face. How could this have happened? What medicine had this effect on people? But they had to deal with this. There wasn't anything they could do for Ari, except hope the doctor really did want to help her breath again.
"Hello Ray," Benjamin said to her. "I'm Benjamin. I'm a friend, so you don't have to be afraid of me, okay? This is Dia, she's a friend too, just like Ari is. I just want to know what you remember, about yourself and this place."

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The doctor noticed the changes and lowered the needle. "Calm down," he said to Ari. "Are you feeling okay with just the extra oxygen? Are you experiencing any other side-effects from your pills?"
He took a stethoscope to listen to her heart and lungs.

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"No, you are helpful. Thanks for telling me." Marc flashed a smile and looked at the book. "So, were you planning on buying that?" he asked her.
That was what the conversation was about before it had turned into the dark possibility people never got better in the asylum, a thought that made him shudder, and he was more than happy to return to that and more light-hearted topics of conversations. He did promise himself one thing: the next day he would look more closely into the files of the people that were listed as discharged for transfer or returning home.

RPGC: General Discussion

I'm going to take a vote here.

In the past RPGC was done in two ways.

1: Entries were handled anonymously: they were either sent to the RPGC account or to the contest mod hosting the contest and then collected in an entries thread by a contest mod without adding their name.

2: Entries were not anonymously: they were posted in the thread and collecting in a new thread for voting.

I see upsides and downsides to both methods, so I am curious about what the general writing contest participant prefers.

RPGC #27: To the sky! (Prompt and Discussion)

Please PM @Calle the entries and give it as title RPGC#27 - Title, this tread will be used for the prompt and the discussion only.

RPGC: Contest Discussions

RPGC #27 is now live! The sky is the limit! (as long as the sky is under the 5000 words)

If you have any questions about this contest, feel free to ask here.
For general conversation, please go to the RPGC: General Discussions Thread

RPGC: Contest Discussions

Instead of creating a new discussion thread for every contest, in the Prompt and Entries post, I will link to this post where all questions about the RPGC can be asked. Make sure to add the number of the RPGC you're asking a question about in your post. I will also announce in this thread when the new RPGC is live.

Please keep this post only for questions about the specific RPGC's, for general conversation and discussion about them, please go to the RPGC: General Discussions thread.

And there is also a thread specifically for suggestions regarding RPGC's: RPGC Suggestions

RPGC: suggestions

Here you can leave your suggestions for the RPGC's. Both suggestions for contest themes and suggestions about the technical aspects of the contests (like the rules, word count, duration, etc.).

Please keep the posts here relevant to the topic. Suggestions only.

For general conversation about the RPGC's, please go to the RPGC: General Discussions thread

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These suggestions have been noted and one of them will soon be used. Both a maximum word count and a minimum word count have been added:

I can write this better: Find a prompt made by someone else. And write the same thing better, using the same/lesser wordcount. The compare/contrast possibilities are endless.

See it from my side: Where you write the same main story twice, but from a different person's perspective in the story. Obviously, better if the two side oppose in some way. Another that could be quite fruitful with possible plot lines.

Memento Plotline: Where you have to write your story in non-chronological order, yet it still actually has to make sense and be understandable in the end. Just another challenge that sounds enjoyable.

And just for general ideas I'd like to see:
Time Travel.
Murder Mystery.
Paradox.

(Also please, please add a minimum and maximum word count rule again and enforce it. One can at least hope right?)

@SleepingSilence

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This suggestion will be added:

I'm the last person who should be posting here, probably, but never mind.

Simple idea pitch. Story of the week, say, 200-500 word entries with a voting system? One week to write, one more to vote 'n stuff, and start the next cycle after that. Stuff along those lines so there's a point for this forum to exist, as compared to grand writing entries.

@ArenaSnow

RPGC #27: To the sky! (Prompt and Discussion)

To the sky!

From da Vinci to the Wright Brothers, from Icarus to the Dragon Riders; flight doesn’t come natural to humans, but we always longed for it. It is our dream to conquer the sky with paper airplanes or spaceships, with a gift from the gods or by taming the winged beasts. It doesn’t matter how, but we will fly.

Spread your wings, my fellow writers, because for this writing competition I invite you to write a story about flying.

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Core rules:

• At all times follow the Fundamental Rules of the Guild and the Moderation Policy for Forum Contests.
• After reading the above this should be obvious: No plagiarism and respect copyright laws.
• The story you submit must be written by you and specifically for this contest.
• This is a place for original fiction, no fanfiction allowed.
• No explicit sex, but you may fade to black.
• No excessive violence or gore.
• Please subscribe to this thread.

Contest rules:

• For this contest there are no restrictions to the theme.
  Just like the freedom that comes with flying, be free in what you want to write about, as long as it is about flying in one way or the other.
• There will be a minimum word count of 500 and a maximum of 5000
• Please PM @Calle the entries and give it as title RPGC#27 - (Your Title).
• Your entry can be anonymous or carry your name. Let me know what you want in the PM. If you don't specify, your entry will be posted anonymously, but you may always claim your story during or at the end of the voting round.
  Even for anonymous entries, the name of the writer will be added to the entry in the Hall of Fame.
• The deadline is June 30th, 9:00 GMT+1, which is 7:00 game time (both times are in a.m.)

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Number of entries so far: 2