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1) Forgot to say thumbnail size for the S&T Time Capsule contest (for those with imagery entries who opt to make their own thumbs) -- 128 by 128 pixels. :)

2) March 30 -- a Monday -- is probably going to be the Time Capsule entry period closing date. Will this be too soon for anyone? I'll reconsider if so, but probably by the end of the week the date will be set.

3) Swert and I have come up with something really cool for the future of the Expanded Universe. Look for more details and maybe some requests for advice soon (probably here on my blog). In addition to occasionally melding S&T contests with EU contests (like the Xian weapons ones) we will probably finally establish EU-only contests. These might also end up being more submission opportunities and less contests, not sure yet. Methinks yall will like it. :D

4) For the next S&T contest, I want to do another MU-related theme. After that, I'd like to leave the MU behind for the main series of S&T contests (maybe minor S&T/EU ones will return to the MU though) and do something with Bara Magna. So basically this is the last chance for a big Matoran Universe contest.

We've got two current ideas being bounced around and I wondered what youse guyses think. Note that at this point Greg has NOT approved these for officialdom, but I do want to ask for that for whichever we use.
  • Memoirs of the Dead -- basically you would write short stories (or maybe even short epics) in serial or blog format (kinda like the Takanuva Blog or the Mutran Chronicles) from any official MU character who is currently dead. I'm leaning towards this one.
  • Thousand Years Untold 2 -- same as last Thousand Years Untold contest, only for Mahri Nui and Karda Nui (and maybe a catch-all category for other MU locations). Idea there was to make an official-fitting short story that took place in 500 AGC (after Great Cataclysm, which is BTW what we have decided to use for the BRC Timeline) for Mata Nui, Metru Nui, and Voya Nui. So same idea, different locations. I do like this idea at lot too.
There's a chance we would do both and try to squeeze them into 2009's schedule somehow. I'll listen to arguements for that, but be aware that I'd probably need a lot of help -- both of these will require judges to make sure they fit with official (that's assuming Greg approves).

5) And don't forget about the current Bones Blog Blue MOCs contest! :)


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What happened to the PowerPoint Monster contest?! D:

 

-SK

YEAH

 

WE DIDNT RUSH THROUGH ENTRIES FOR NOTHIN' :o

 

Anyway, so where do we post the new thumbnails? Can we edit the post? Since official contests tend to have a no-editing rule. :P

 

EDIT: Speaking of which, can we edit entries after they've been posted? =P

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S&T 5 Closing date - Although March 30 is already very generous, could it be pushed back to the nice date of Easter? Voting on the entries would make a good Easter treat. :) Plus, if the contest ends on March 30, chances are you're going to cancel the contest the next day. :P

 

S&T 6 Topic - I really like the Thousand years untold story, even though Mahri Nui only has around 500. But it would be great if we could extend the entry format to other styles of presentations as well, like to comics. I've had a really good comic story idea based in Mahri Nui for a while now, and this contest would give me a great excuse to actually make it. Personally, I'm not too keen on the Memoirs of the Dead, because a retelling of a character's life could bring about a whole tonne of unnecessary storyline possibilities and events if a story gets cannonized. Also, it could revive the "Soandso died to save your somethingelse" fad again, which was kind of annoying. :(

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Well, considering the fact that 1000 years untold 2 was my idea, I'm kind of favoring that one. Yet, there's just something about telling stories about the dead. I'd like to opt for both, if that's all right. Maybe do both at the same time.

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What happened to the PowerPoint Monster contest?! D:

 

-SK

Is on my to-do list. :)

 

Anyway, so where do we post the new thumbnails? Can we edit the post? Since official contests tend to have a no-editing rule. :P

 

EDIT: Speaking of which, can we edit entries after they've been posted? =P[/b][/color]

Yes, you can edit the post -- it's just an entry form after all. Also technically there's no anti-editing rule for Time Capsule anyways. :)

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Ooh, Memoirs of the Dead sounds good to me, especially considering my current epic is called "Story of the Dead" and is essentially the same idea (meaning that if Memoirs of the Dead ends up happening, it could actually fit into my own personal canon). My entry for the original Thousand Years Untold was not very good though, so it would be interesting to try and redeem myself on that, lol. I think personally I'd rather see Memoirs of the Dead, though.

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They both sound pretty good to me. Memoirs of the Dead is fairly interesting, because anything about dead things has a certain atractiveness to it. But I never entered the original Thousand years untold ocntest, so it woudl be interesting to see how I could do in a second try.

As for Time Capsule, I haven't started anything yet but I'll see if I can cook something up. I had an idea for a game-type thing, but that would take to long to put together.

-M-

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If we were to do both, how would it happen?

One would come first, then I'd do the second as soon as I have time, and try to squeeze 'em both into 2009 if possible.

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I say the Blog idea would be much cooler.

 

And about that EU stuff, I'll need to talk to you soonish about it. Get on whenever, I'm always on. -Swert

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2) March 30 -- a Monday -- is probably going to be the Time Capsule entry period closing date. Will this be too soon for anyone? I'll reconsider if so, but probably by the end of the week the date will be set.

 

I love you, Bones. :3

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