Monthly Writing Competition : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:09 am

*moot
I can't write anything for this one, sorry.

I meant moot. I was occupied with the post above.

Well try harder.

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:32 am

I meant moot. I was occupied with the post above. :wink:

Well try harder. :tongue:

Fie you!
Not this time.

» Fri May 04, 2012 8:14 am

Just an idea. Why not make it more of a community event by letting everyone to vote? No judges needed, just a minimum requirement for the number of posts in the forum required to vote, to avoid someone creating new accounts for that purpose. You know humans, they're evil like that

» Fri May 04, 2012 9:57 am

how many posts do you need to be allowed to vote?

» Fri May 04, 2012 8:22 am

how many posts do you need to be allowed to vote?

I'm thinking something like 100 would be enough.

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:19 pm

I'm thinking something like 100 would be enough.

I'm not sure that a number of posts equates to respectability or good judgement.

» Thu May 03, 2012 7:57 pm

Take a look at the skyrim board :tongue:

» Fri May 04, 2012 10:22 am

Take a look at the skyrim board :tongue:

I was actually thinking of us.

We've got a fair few posts and we're still immature as hell.

» Fri May 04, 2012 1:16 am

The point of the number of posts wouldn't be to equate the votes to respectability, it would only discourage cheating.

"Good judgment" is a very subjective thing to define. Posts would win by how many people they resonated more strongly with.

Of course, if you intend to weed out what you'd call "bad judging", having preselected judges you trust is the way to go.

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:01 am

The point of the number of posts wouldn't be to equate the votes to respectability, it would only discourage cheating.

"Good judgment" is a very subjective thing to define. Posts would win by how many people they resonated more strongly with.

Of course, if you intend to weed out what you'd call "bad judging", having preselected judges you trust is the way to go.

You really think that the people in this forum are that desperate for affirmation that they would cheat just to win a monthly writing comp?

That's exactly my point.

Everyone is open to leave their critique in the thread but ultimately I think it should be the judges who make the decisions.

» Fri May 04, 2012 6:51 am

You really think that the people in this forum are that desperate for affirmation that they would cheat just to win a monthly writing comp?

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. Regardless, I just included that in because I thought that could be an objection to my idea.

EDIT: Also, I'm thinking that maybe the rules shouldn't change anyway, now that there is an entry since the author only agreed with the rules in the OP.

At least this month

» Fri May 04, 2012 10:30 am

Think I'll wait a couple of months before I write anything. See how this goes becaus, to me, it is being made into something far more complicated than it needs to be lol.

OP with said judges names
Post a story
Judges vote
Judges announce winner
Done.

IMO anyways :wub:

» Fri May 04, 2012 11:22 am

that's what I thought aswell.

» Fri May 04, 2012 12:58 am

Right then, I'm stepping down as a judge so that I can handle the anonymous submissions. Personally I feel that we should stick the original format (the one Cobra posted) but to maintain fairness and stick with precedence we will keep the Anon submission system.

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:19 am

This could be fun. Any ideas on word limit?

» Fri May 04, 2012 10:21 am

Not written anything for a while, and nothing TES, but this sounds interesting enough to give it a go.

On an unrelated note; Sir Jeff, like the avatar. I used to love watching Dogtanian.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:15 pm

I think I have never been so severely ninja'd. Before my internet was horrifically murdered I was writing up to put this thread here after I posted to my RP's, and then my internet goes and has a stroke and dies on me for a month, and I come back to this....

Hanging my hat for now, :wallbash: