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#15
September 21, 2006, 10:07:15 AM
Bubblegum and jizzcakes!

Including the standalone fiction, the tags, and some of the elaboration on the various technologies, Dystopia barely breaches 25'000 words!

I have a lot of work to do...

PS: By "original", does that mean that we have to create an entirely new setting?  I hope not.

Wensleydale

#16
September 21, 2006, 10:25:49 AM
What Salacious said.

I doubt Kahtar, even with its many subsettings, has more than 25,000.

*points at SDragon's emphasis*

So basically, we don't get a prize, and they delete the new stuff afterwards?

Elven Doritos

#17
September 21, 2006, 11:31:53 AM
Quote from: Epic MeepoUm... I don't get it. How is creating a 50k setting at HarpingMonkey different from creating a 50k setting at the CBG? (Well, different color scheme, I suppose...)

But then again, I see a new member "Ishmayl" over at HarpingMonkey, so maybe the real story here is the secret, unofficial collaboration/cross-spammination of two similar message boards. In that case, I'm behind it all the way. 200-or-so-member message boards unite!

I think Ishmayl was trying to figure out what the hell that site is.

As am I.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Epic Meepo

#18
September 21, 2006, 01:57:19 PM
Quote from: Elven DoritosI think Ishmayl was trying to figure out what the hell that site is.

As am I.
As far as I can tell, it just looks like a small community of folks discussing various geeky topics via forums and blogs. They count some gamers as members, they go to at least one con, and they have a recurring newsletter-type-thing. There doesn't seem to be a central theme to their content beyond self-proclaimed geekiness and they appear to sell advertising space on their site, meaning they might be a commercial enterprise. But they do have photographic evidence of at least one cute gamer girl amongst their membership, so they can't be all bad.

That's a biref run-down about what I've been able to gather thus far. As for the contest itself, I'm still not too clear about who else is going to be submitting entries, who might read those entries, how much feedback entries will get, etc.
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#19
September 21, 2006, 02:08:59 PM
Quote from: Epic MeepoThat's a biref run-down about what I've been able to gather thus far. As for the contest itself, I'm still not too clear about who else is going to be submitting entries, who might read those entries, how much feedback entries will get, etc.

Then you're ahead of me-- I'm missing the point altogether.
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#20
September 21, 2006, 02:13:05 PM
Quote from: GolemWhat Salacious said.

I doubt Kahtar, even with its many subsettings, has more than 25,000.

*points at SDragon's emphasis*

So basically, we don't get a prize, and they delete the new stuff afterwards?

all that for just 1.6k+ words per day :D
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SA

#21
September 21, 2006, 02:32:13 PM
With a deal like that, who could possibly refuse?

Elven Doritos

#22
September 21, 2006, 02:34:48 PM
Quote from: Salacious AngelWith a deal like that, who could possibly refuse?

No joke. I can usually barely eke out a thousand words every week or so before I get some serious creative burnout. There are excpetions, but overall, the premise seems...
:dots:

Well, let's just say I'm thinking what most (I hope all) of you are thinking.

  :stupid:
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
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SA

#23
September 21, 2006, 02:38:36 PM
On a good week I can nail a good 10K, but then, like you... the burnout.

Elven Doritos

#24
September 21, 2006, 02:39:35 PM
I did a little research on the "NaNoWriMo" this is based off of.

Jeez.

I wouldn't want to be involved with either.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Wensleydale

#25
September 21, 2006, 02:43:04 PM
Quote from: lemonjoe, FKA sdragon
Quote from: GolemWhat Salacious said.

I doubt Kahtar, even with its many subsettings, has more than 25,000.

*points at SDragon's emphasis*

So basically, we don't get a prize, and they delete the new stuff afterwards?

all that for just 1.6k+ words per day :D

Such a GOOD deal.

Wensleydale

#26
September 21, 2006, 02:43:53 PM
NaNoWriMo - oh... god... that's sad! Sad I say!

Elven Doritos

#27
September 21, 2006, 02:47:41 PM
Quote from: GolemNaNoWriMo - oh... god... that's sad! Sad I say!

It's like telling Da Vinci, "Okay, I'm going to give you a thousand canvases, no goals, and a month. Do whatever you want with them. Oh, and don't bother making them any good, the only thing that matters is how much paint you use."
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Wensleydale

#28
September 21, 2006, 02:50:40 PM
Sadly, yes. I'm just glad I don't have to judge it...

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#29
September 21, 2006, 04:40:17 PM
It is odd... I spent about 45 minutes surfing around on the site, and saw 2 things:  one, no central theme to the site (which isn't, in-and-of-itself, necessarily a bad thing), and two, lots of "projects" that ask for a lot, but offer nothing in return.  Well, you guys are welcome to post your 50,000 word settings over there then; I give you permission ;)
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