Posted by Kim on August 19, 2016, 12:55pm
Gimme your contest ideas!
Epic week is receding on the landscape of time behind us, but wait! For the first time ever, I still have two RP Repository totebags left to give away.So I want to know from you: What would be the most fun way to distribute these prizes? Should we run another diceroll tombola? Karaoke contest? Poetry slam? Pitch me your contest ideas!
Roleplay prompt of the week
Okay, I know we did one of these on Tuesday, but I'm going to try and aim for more of a Friday/Saturday schedule for these from here on out.
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Comments
I think karaoke would be cool 
Poetry slam would be amazing! I have the best slam that I could use!
a karaoke just for funsies would definitely be cute, yeah!
Maybe we can have a nerdy holiday karaoke sometime! 
HibariHaru
August 19, 2016
8:42pm
KAREOKEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
While I'd vote for the tombola, I'd also like to see more RP prompts like this! Anything that can encourage and inspire our creativity is always worthwhile, in my opinion.
I'd rather not suffer - or make others suffer - for our art. So I'd have to say 'no' to karaoke. xD
I'd rather not suffer - or make others suffer - for our art. So I'd have to say 'no' to karaoke. xD
I was mostly joking about the karaoke. Mostly. But I thought there was a chance someone would suggest some magically feasible way to do it. 
I also love the idea of the prompt contest; I do love a good content-generating contest that everyone can benefit from over time
I also love the idea of the prompt contest; I do love a good content-generating contest that everyone can benefit from over time
SCREECH.
i think a tombola or poetry slam would be most fair, yes! it'll give people without the confidence for karaoke/revealing their voice to strangers the chance too!
i do like crus0e's idea too though, perhaps it could be a future event.
i think a tombola or poetry slam would be most fair, yes! it'll give people without the confidence for karaoke/revealing their voice to strangers the chance too!
i do like crus0e's idea too though, perhaps it could be a future event.
PANGAEA
August 19, 2016
3:36pm
... Karaoke sounds really nice right about now. But how would we go about that? 
@Sanne I would say it should be more of a forum post thing, because stripping away flashy bbcode and layouts would make it more strictly about the effort put into the character and not a nice frame to stick it in, you know?
Karaoke you say?
@Crus0e: How would people without any free character slots do this? Or would it have to be posted in a forum post?
I'm just gonna throw this out there because I've been thinking about it lately, but I'm not sure how it could be implemented and I couldn't run it myself since I can't afford prizes...
What if we had a character creation contest? You could have a theme, or maybe even randomly generated constraints the entrants have to work within, and you could score them based on creativity, effort, how well they stuck to the theme and how well they twisted it around into something new and unique? It'd be a bit subjective sure, but with a handful of judges you'd be able to get a good spread for fair choosing. Maybe not the best idea for giving out the tote bags, but I like the concept a lot and I'm curious if other people find it interesting too.
For the bags though the tombola is probably the best idea, totally fair and no subjectivity whatsoever, plain old RNG win/lose.
What if we had a character creation contest? You could have a theme, or maybe even randomly generated constraints the entrants have to work within, and you could score them based on creativity, effort, how well they stuck to the theme and how well they twisted it around into something new and unique? It'd be a bit subjective sure, but with a handful of judges you'd be able to get a good spread for fair choosing. Maybe not the best idea for giving out the tote bags, but I like the concept a lot and I'm curious if other people find it interesting too.
For the bags though the tombola is probably the best idea, totally fair and no subjectivity whatsoever, plain old RNG win/lose.
I second the tombola. We don't have to do anything extra to enter, and it gives everyone a fair chance regardless of schedule or amount of effort that has to be put into the entry. C:
Oooooooh a diceroll tombola is definitely one that everyone can enter, so I vote yes to at least one contest for that.
What about a contest for more RP prompts? We've had something like that in the past and as we're all RPers who create stories from nothing every day, everyone is capable of contributing to that as well.
What about a contest for more RP prompts? We've had something like that in the past and as we're all RPers who create stories from nothing every day, everyone is capable of contributing to that as well.
Katia
August 24, 2016
7:05pm