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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
           *If the images do NOT work for you, please send me a PM, I will link you to my photobucket album that contains them all.* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok mates this is a mystery writing event. You will not be following a list of predetermined clues to 'solve' this. It is up to you to create a story that solves the mystery. This event is open to everyone, and anyone can win any of the prizes. Rules: Your entry must be 1500 words or less. I will be using http://thecosmiccheese.googlepages.com/test.html to count the stories. Don't feel you have to write a long story to have a shot at winning. I just want to give a lenient word limit so your stories don't need to be shortened or have some of the 'good stuff' left out due to a shorter word limit. You must use at least one of our suspects, incorporating the suspect profile (the Notes part). Feel free to be creative but remember, the suspects are based on our beloved OMs so try not to slander them too horribly - they know how to find you. Yes, you may use more than one suspect in your mystery. Your setting must come from the game - any ocean. Use real buildings, islands, people (with permission) etc. I'm not going to be concerned with boat names so long as the weird ones "fit" into your story. You have the crime and the suspects, provide us with the who, what, where, when, why, and hows! - Your suspect/s must be apprehended in your story! (Who doesn't want to see an OM drug to jail kicking and screaming?) Plagiarism is grounds for disqualification from this event, AND any future events I host. I don't like cheaters so please don't try it. Each person may enter only once - this means one entry per forum account. You may work together with someone else, but only the poster is eligible to win prizes. Please keep all questions and comments to this thread. All entries must be posted to the Entry Thread. The deadline for this event is: 23 July @ 12 PM (noon) pirate time. Mark your calendars - there will be no concessions made for post-deadline entries! Please include your pirate name and the ocean on which you reside (and would like prizes.) Judging: I will be checking each entry for the following key factors: 1. Spelling and grammar - it is a writing contest after all. 2. Does it follow the rules: word count, suspect inclusion, and settings. 3. Does it answer who, what, where, when, why, and how? 4. Was the suspect apprehended? I will read through each entry and make sure its "legal" - if I come across any that aren't for any reason - I will send its writer one and only one PM (make sure your inbox has room - I wont try twice) saying its not eligible for judging - I will NOT tell you what I find wrong with it nor will I send another PM if its still wrong after you think you have fixed it. Something good to remember - any entries that have the booched punctuation and odd boxes from cutting and pasting from Word will NOT be considered judgable entries - please use your edit buttons!! (Yes, I hate the booched boxes and will not send your entry to be judged if you have even one little box after entry deadline.) -I will be sending the PMs within 48 hours of an entry being posted - if you post really close to the end of the entry period, you are depriving yourself of this last-chance opportunity. Any entries edited after the deadline will not be judged! I will attempt to get the thread locked to prevent post-deadline editing but no guarantees. I will make a post on the entry thread saying the entry period is closed, I will then reference edit times based on that post. I understand English is not everyone's first language, therefore I will not be a huge grammar nazi, but please try your best - if you have just a couple mistakes, I wont disqualify your entry but if you have a lot, its history. After I have checked, double-checked, and triple-checked each entry, I will send a list of legal entries to my judges. Once the judges have read all the entries, they will select their 10 favorite stories and score them. A score of 10 to their favorite, 9 to second favorite and so on down to a score of 1 point for least favorite of the 10. I will add up all the scores, and assign the winners. The judges will have one week to get their scores to me. What would a mystery be without some suspense? I am just evil enough do dish out a huge plate of it myself. Here is how.... As soon as I have the judges scores, I will post the 4th-10th place winners. A couple of days after that, I will post the 3rd place winner. A couple of days after that, I will post the 2nd place winner. Finally, a couple of days after that, I will post the 1st place winner. Evil enough? Yes! Ok, the real reason I am doing it this way is so my artist has time to render the winning entry. We all want to see the guilty OM/s behind bars! *I will personally break any ties that may occur for the 2nd through 10th placements. If there is a tie for 1st place I will confer with whichever OMs are depicted in those stories to select the ultimate winner. -This may extend the posting time for the 1st place winner. Prizes: 6th-10th: Mirror Trinkets (Representative of magnifying glasses - all good sleuths should have one!) 5th place: Mirror trinket and Golden Ticket for Booty or No Booty 4th place: Mirror trinket and Golden Ticket for Booty or No Booty 3rd place: Mirror trinket, choice of sleeping pig/piglet/turtle OR Golden Ticket for Booty or No Booty 2nd place: Mirror trinket, choice of sleeping pig/piglet/turtle OR Golden Ticket for Booty or No Booty 1st place: Mirror trinket and Monkey familiar - choice of color - no white! Color options - http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Monkey *Info for Booty or No Booty Thanks to Piplicus for the Golden Tickets! Speaking of my artist. I'm sure you have all noticed the super awesome artwork depicting our OMs in their suspect profiles. Evermind (Sky) to whom I am eternally greatful rendered all of them. She volunteered to do this for me even while she was working through her finals at the end of the school year. She has put a great deal of time and effort into the pictures and this event wouldn't be what it is without her extreme generosity. Please, everyone send her a great big PM thanking her for this awesome task. Oh ya, did I mention she did this out of pure kindness and generosity - she didn't charge me a single PoE. She does sell avatars; please check out her other works of art! http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=32186 Are you still reading? Get busy writing! Links to the rest of the event art.... Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper THE LIST in order of appearance (note: these are the qualified entries) In order of appearance.... trenterj lethallizord seaflame ponytailguy bloodnguts longjohnbone shazwilky icedisc7 latchhook alexus2005 satin11 capifox rotterbee tinytb kfree_81052 nirelka capt_ladybug greyfish shfiftyfive foxracinggg ally_pirate _aries_ kittenhugger zapphire_sky countrytheta nightorday somellerat jeni4274 tinkrbell empath charmedone19 killermojo haiavaha vikkiz smuggy4 bobbyjoe1337 ashmar wygfueg crazejw lauren_roz vixentango shikyo aldrovanda mnicolero rbbarker shallows talisker darkpheonix5 ilikeoe40s pfranderson3 ashman225 edtung dapiratedude prettypeabo supreem1 ebrophy woodmill deadlyevans karlimarie ruined_ashes splitmv squidink fallen_an9el zephosZ eggroll2 miserableshe andreazahn85 irelay jenloujen ppplushies bleusummers jimbo325 sottovoce tinanoodles drachelady wonderlander bilgeboxbety lizzie muffin2 temporary77 shandra (posted for nackk) 2cucry mandrew363 kshopper1 darkaardvark bisquick trinsic clairemink mongappyton drackaless cracka_jack2 _hello_ ksparrow412 seaside kitia pomfret jerze wohali piplicus_bno blackbeth fairtiki skyfox Prometheus (posted for Grampa) grim_hawk seastarx zanered dbavirt scarymuffin filterdose minsiem zombie_bunny emufarmers Lelantos (posted for Billyb) micklauer Lelantos (posted for vibhwu) **AND THE WINNERS ARE** **When you petition for your prize be sure to include the link to this event!!** http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?p=679705#679705 10TH - Micklauer - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! 9TH - Muffin2 - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! 8TH - Wonderlander - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! 7TH - icedisc7 - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! 6TH - fallen_an9el - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! 5TH - rbbarker - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! Please send a PM to Piplicus_BNO for information on your golden ticket. 4TH - mnicolero - entry - Please petition your nearest OM to make arrangements for your mirror trinket! Please send a PM to Piplicus_BNO for information on your golden ticket. 3RD - Irelay - entry - Irelay, please send a PM to Apollo letting him know which sleeping critter and mirror trinket you want (gem color) - if possible give him the location of a trinket case and house he can deposit your prizes in. If you have neither, let him know so he can make arrangements to meet up with you to deliver yer prizes. If you prefer a golden ticket instead of a sleeping critter, please let Apollo know that and PM Piplicus_BNO to make arrangements for the golden ticket. Taco's Booch Statement Changes to the winning lineup due to Taco's Booch: 6th - Irelay - linked above 5th - fallen_an9el - linked above 4th - rbbarker - linked above 3rd - sottovoce - entry 2nd - mnicolero - linked above What does this mean for you in way of prize changes - All 5 of ye still get yer mirror trinkets - And now, all 5 of ye get a sleeping critter! Irelay, I believe you have already made arrangements for yours... The rest of you, go ahead and send a PM to Apollo, let him know what ocean ye play on, which critter ye want and if ye haven't already gotten it, the gem color on your mirror trinket. He will stuff your prizes in your house if he can't catch ye online. On top of that, Apollo has authorized Golden Tickets for the 5 of you as well. This means, if you haven't already, send a PM to Piplicus_BNO to make arrangements for that. I want to extend a huge apology to you all and hope ye don't hunt me down and have a tar and feather party. Super special thanks again to Apollo! The rest of the winners will be posted on schedule. Dionysus doll - Ponytailguy - entry linked below Eurydice doll - darkpheonix5 entry Eurydice doll - Wonderlander - entry Demeter doll - shikyo - entry Demeter doll - supreem1 - entry Apollo doll - blackbeth - entry Apollo doll - zanered - entry Nemesis doll - woodmill - entry Nemesis doll - bobbyjoe1337 - entry Nemesis doll - lauren_roz - entry Nemesis doll - emufarmers - entry Nemesis doll - talisker - entry *Special Prize* from Artemis (not a doll) - drachelady - entry Hypnos said he is still sorting through entries. Better late than never! All of you - please send 1 PM (and only 1) to your respective OM, tell them what your pirate name is, the ocean on which you reside, and if you have one, the location of the house you live in. 1ST - Ponytailguy - entry Honorable Mentions (These entries are the ones that did receive a score from at least one of the judges. - In alphabetical order) 2cucry _aries_ ally_pirate bilgeboxbety bisquick Blackbeth capifox countrytheta dbavirt fairtiki filterdose jeni4274 Jerze karlimarie kitia lizzie Mandrew363 Piplicus pomfret ruined_ashes seaflame seastarx shazwilky shikyo splitmv talisker trinsic woodmill zanered ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 58 times, last edit by Shandra at Aug 13, 2006 9:13:23 AM] |
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sivius
Joined: May 22, 2005 Posts: 1209 Status: Offline |
One word: Wow. ---------------------------------------- Sivius Unretired, sort of. |
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jennygalaxy
Joined: Jul 9, 2005 Posts: 723 Status: Offline |
Nice ---------------------------------------- Jennygalaxy, formally Cobalt, now Meridian Ocean. |
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DolphineQ
Joined: Aug 9, 2004 Posts: 1006 Status: Offline |
Taco, I love you! This is an awesome event and if RL didn't prevent me from having the time (or brain energy), I'd so be in it. Man, we need more events like this! /me hugs ---------------------------------------- Finding someone with a valid opinion is akin to hitting an 'A' paper in your marking pile. So rare, but suddenly worth all the crap you had to sift through to find it. |
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kuframan
Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 269 Status: Offline |
Sounds awesome! I will definetly be entering this. ---------------------------------------- Dragonblade Vanguard Avatar by Anubiss! Saintdeath tells you, "Dude, to buy 20 million poe with CC is 4k dollars." Saintdeath tells you, "That's a lot of beer, man." |
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xFinniganx
Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 203 Status: Offline |
Wow! Awesome work Taco and Sky. ---------------------------------------- Avatar is made by Fenestra <3 |
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_Guillotine_
Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 75 Status: Offline |
Beautiful work, mates! Where's Bia? :( ---------------------------------------- Guillotine SO - Odin's Demise - Malachite Baguette! |
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CountCristo
Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 583 Status: Offline |
Simply amazing! Taco, once again you shown your event planning greatness. Also Sky, those pictures are incredible! I can't wait to start writing. ---------------------------------------- Cristo-Viridian and occasionally the rest. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by CountCristo at Jul 1, 2006 8:18:59 AM] |
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micklauer
Joined: Oct 16, 2005 Posts: 2269 Status: Offline |
I concur. Sky, how many times do i have to beg you, when are we gonna work together. And Taco...you know I looooove Tacos. We'll be thinking of you at the Garden.
Oooohhhhhh.....who "nose" where Bia might be...maybe THIS will shed some light on the mystery !!!! HAHAAHAHAHA (_K:P ---------------------------------------- Avatar by Kolibri Devout follower of Apollo d(-_^) Blackhat Approved |
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Latchhook
Joined: Aug 5, 2005 Posts: 197 Status: Offline |
Amazing! I can't explain in words how much fun this event will be! Keep an eye out for my story! ;) ---------------------------------------- Liue on Sage Avatar by Spoonio |
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SeaFlame
Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 90 Status: Offline |
Shandra...you are my hero!!! what an awesome contest!!! this sounds like so much fun...i am definately in!!! and Sky... THOSE PICTURES ROCK!!! you are such an amazing artist!!! ---------------------------------------- Retired on 3/7/2010.
-The Sandlot Deviously Deviant |
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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
As for Bia and the other OMs that are NOT included in this: I sent PMs to all of the OMs way back in the early planning stages (about 2 months ago) and asked them all if I could use them for this event. The ones that are featured are the ones that responded. ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. |
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Jerze
Joined: May 7, 2005 Posts: 2186 Status: Offline |
Oh my - I'm just going to have to have a small go at this - great idea Taco. Am dusting off my Poirot memories at once. And I was working down through all the clues thinking WHO is drawing these. Sky you do it just beautifully. ---------------------------------------- Jerze British Bandits' Ambassador - Midnight Ocean Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in. L Cohen 'Anthem' |
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taelac
Joined: Sep 17, 2005 Posts: 3762 Status: Offline |
Great contest idea, mate - thanks for hosting it! Now I just hope I can get something written in time to enter. Oh, and for those who have trouble with the crazy unrecognized character boxes, I find that writing in a plain-text editor, such as Notepad, saves me the effort of going back and fixing so many things. Saving as plain text before copying and pasting might also help, depending on what word processing program you're using. ---------------------------------------- ~Taelac ROMS XVII:Vanilla Filler Dead Thread |
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Piplicus_BNO
 Joined: Aug 17, 2004 Posts: 7311 Status: Offline |
Scupperin' awesome. ----------------------------------------
Like a bad penny. |
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ShockzTH
 Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 128 Status: Offline |
Hey, um, at this rate, I think less than 10 people will join, but, uh... People might make some climactic entries of greatness. |
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CountCristo
Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 583 Status: Offline |
I would wager quite highly that there will be a lot more than ten entries to this event. In fact last I looked there were already two entries submitted. ---------------------------------------- Cristo-Viridian and occasionally the rest. |
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metalnicka
Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 969 Status: Offline |
An event to win a monkey, and loads of other nice prizes... loads of people will enter. It's fun too! /me claps for Shandra! ---------------------------------------- Panteraa is drinking and might be too busy to respond. Formerly of Sage Ocean/Free Harmonica Lessons/Tea and Strumpets. Lovely avatar courtesy of the lovely Tilinka. |
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evermind
Joined: Jun 6, 2005 Posts: 383 Status: Offline |
Thanks for the props, but Taco truely deserves the credit. I drew these, but she was the one who organized, planned, and came up with the characters and schemes, not to mention the confidential notices. That being said, you people better submit entries. The monkey beckons you! =P -Sky Oh, and the ten Ocean Masters featured were the ones who replied back about participation. KP, drop me a PM if you have ideas. :P ---------------------------------------- [Art Commissions - Closed][DeviantArt] |
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nightorday
Joined: May 30, 2005 Posts: 68 Status: Offline |
does the scene have to be where the suspect was last spotted? ---------------------------------------- Laceymarie of midnight Eurydice says, "yar im i pirat" Sychopirate says, "I'm eating nuts. Anyone else want some?" Avatar by Chihiro |
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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
Veddy goot qweshtion glasshoppa - No. Actually, I just put that "last seen" part on all of them cause I thought it was cute. ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. |
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Say we have a question about an Idea we had, and didn't want to share it openly in the thread so that we wouldn't be giving our competition ideas (Cause when you're reading stories, a innovation is only clever if you're the only one doing it) Would you allow us to PM you then? Or do I... I mean... We have to Man (or woman) up and ask you here? |
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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
If you feel it would give away too much of your story, feel free to PM me. ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. |
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Framling
Joined: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 991 Status: Offline |
Ooh, neat. I shall endeavour to come up with something halfway legible. Do you accept entries in rhyme, or would you prefer straight prose? ---------------------------------------- Framling on Viridian Lolpirate says, "O.o Your ability to rhyme is unholy." Avatar doodled by Feesh! |
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LethalLizord
Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 1117 Status: Offline |
I've just started, and may I say, 1,500 words will be quite limiting! =x An awesome event I believe this shall be, have fun guys! ---------------------------------------- ~Viridian~ SnakeEye Captain of Devil's Playground, Pay for Play ~Sage~ SnakeEyes Officer of Hell's Angels, Hell's Wrath ~Hunter~ SnakeEyes Senior Officer of Black September, The Eye |
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SeaFlame
Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 90 Status: Offline |
i have a question. does it matter which point of view you write in? could you write in first person, or would you prefer to have the story written in third person? thanks *settles down to wait for a response* ---------------------------------------- Retired on 3/7/2010.
-The Sandlot Deviously Deviant |
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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
Whoa, um, if you want to go in rhyme more power to ye. So long as it meets the requirements.
At first, I thought 1500 was a rather large word limit, seems now most people are telling me they wish it was longer! My judges would kill me if it was longer, Im thinking they are going to have quite a bit to read as it is!
Totally up to you. ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. |
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SeaFlame
Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 90 Status: Offline |
excellent!!!!!! i'll get started now... thanks again!!! ---------------------------------------- Retired on 3/7/2010.
-The Sandlot Deviously Deviant |
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nyislenut
Joined: Jun 23, 2005 Posts: 275 Status: Offline |
Awesome event Taco, just one question.
Does this include the Ringers, or can we safely put Nemo or Cleaver in the story as a minor character without having to hope their PM box isn't full and they give permission to be used.? ---------------------------------------- Himo, Sage. OTR and PA
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Shandra
Joined: Feb 5, 2005 Posts: 1375 Status: Offline |
Im sure they can safely be used. -So far as I know they arent aware of this event though, so Im going to recommend NOT taking criminal liberties with their characters. ---------------------------------------- Taco - teh one and only Deer season hell, I'm waiting for stupid season to open. |
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