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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Moogie on July 13, 2003, 11:51:41 pm

Title: The "Moogie the Generous" Competition Rules and Submission Thread
Post by: Moogie on July 13, 2003, 11:51:41 pm
The (un)Official \"Moogie the Generous\" Competition!  


Competition 1: Best GUI.
Rules:

Prize:
300 Crystals

Competition 2: Best Short Story.
Rules:

Prize:
300 Crystals

Competition 3: Best Crystal Blue Title Screen.
Rules:

Prize:
300 Crystals

After the prizes of these competitions have been awarded, the remaining 100 Crystals will go to the winner of some silly thing I\'ll think up later.

NOTE: ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER ENTREE! CONTEST ENDS JULY 30th!

Good luck!
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Post by: Moogie on July 13, 2003, 11:54:51 pm
Ah quick change of plan:

1. Short stories, submit them to mad_moogle@hotmail.com NOT HERE! This will avoid some clutter.

2. Please don\'t send your GUIs to my email- give me a link to download it, or post your screenshots here.

3. Post title screens here.

Thank you.
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Post by: Kiern on July 14, 2003, 01:45:29 am
Good competitions duck...just a question, can people submit old short stories that they posted before this?


EDIT: no...I don\'t know why I said duck
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Post by: Moogie on July 14, 2003, 02:00:09 am
Hmm... well, for the sake of keeping it fair for those who would have to write their story within the deadline, I\'d say create a new one specifically for the competiton. However, as I never read the storywriting section here I wouldn\'t know an old story if I saw one...

I\'ll rely on you all to be honest. :)
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Post by: lostprophet on July 14, 2003, 07:00:09 pm
When you say crystals, I assume that\'s rubies?

(P.S. Thanks for the comment Moogie it was kind of annoying but I couldn\'t figure out how to fade it.)

Edit: Are we allowed to make multiple entries?
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Post by: Moogie on July 14, 2003, 08:28:00 pm
Prophet: The prizes will be in all three kinds of crystal... it depends how many diamonds/emeralds/rubies I have to split up. The first prize will most likely be two diamonds + 10 emeralds, for instance.

If you like, I could edit the sig myself for you. Just point me to the URL and I\'ll download it and send it to you in a PM. :)

Lastly, no. One entry per person. If you make more than one, the first one posted is the one that will be considered in the competition. Saves time and makes sure it doesn\'t get too complicated, methinks.


[Edit: IMPORTANT: All those writing short-stories, please re-read the rules. The word length has been extended to 300 words as the original limit was deemed just too short. Apologies for any inconvinience.]
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Post by: lostprophet on July 14, 2003, 09:53:37 pm
http://www.xsi.co.za/buffyboy2001/lb.gif

If you wouldn\'t mind  :]

Edit: Can you diregard my first entry then, moogle, because I think I will make an even longer one now.
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Post by: Antity on July 15, 2003, 12:07:24 pm
hmm bump :)
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Post by: Jedi on July 15, 2003, 04:28:02 pm
As far as internet forum rules go I think bumping is illegal. ;) But I haven\'t read the PS board rules so I won\'t jump to any conclusions.
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Post by: Antity on July 15, 2003, 07:57:29 pm
oups sorry if it was, I must confess i didn\'t check , if it is then i respectefully ask that such a commandable initiative as this one be stickied until the competition is won by someone.
So as to give it the best possible coverage.

now i go back in game trying to get crystals to help make more quests and competitions available
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Post by: Moogie on July 15, 2003, 08:01:54 pm
Don\'t worry about the thread falling down the page. All I have to do is edit the first post, change nothing, click submit, and the thread jumps back to the top of the page. I\'ll continue to do this for the duration of the competition to keep it alive.

For further discussions, please use the other thread. I was hoping to keep this one purely for the submission of entries and I\'d like to keep it as clutter-free as possible to avoid possible confusion.

Thanks. :)
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Post by: Vengeance on July 17, 2003, 12:21:39 am
I vote that the stories be posted here.  I want to see them. :-)

- Venge
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Post by: Drilixer on July 17, 2003, 12:55:17 am
Aye! we all want to see them here, maybe we can vote on em too! please!! *imagine a Kran struggling to make a puppy dog face*
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Post by: Moogie on July 17, 2003, 11:19:53 pm
Buuut I already posted... *whine, complain*

How about I post the winning entry? Hmm but y\'all want to vote on it...

*considers*

Ok, what about this: People send me their stories as normal, then on the 30th when the competition closes, I\'ll post all of the entries in one post with the people\'s names. I\'ll number them. Viewers of the thread can then vote on it using a poll for, say, 5 days. The number with the most votes after 5 days receives the prize.

Sound good?
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Post by: Yann on July 18, 2003, 12:12:12 am
Sounds excellent !  :D
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Post by: Drilixer on July 18, 2003, 12:45:23 am
Woot!!!
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Post by: Skain on July 18, 2003, 10:22:25 am
damn, keeping to 300 words is harder than you\'d think :/ Im waaaay over.
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Post by: Jedi on July 18, 2003, 05:25:03 pm
How about everyone just upload their stories to a web host in .txt and link to them? Keeps the forums clean and allows for easy access. Plus .txt means they\'ll load fast and they won\'t have any clutter.
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Post by: Moogie on July 21, 2003, 11:19:44 pm
That\'s what I\'ll be doing on the 30th when the competition closes. Untill then, everyone should send their entries to my e-mail.

I\'ve had no entries for the GUI or title screen design. Somebody send me *something* and you\'re guaranteed to win by default if nobody else bothers.
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Post by: zaphar on July 21, 2003, 11:39:56 pm
hmm.... maybe I got a chance hehe if I can come up for something before the 30\'th which would be kinda pushing it.
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Post by: Moogie on July 21, 2003, 11:56:15 pm
You\'ve had weeks and weeks... =/
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Post by: Wolfmane on July 22, 2003, 01:35:30 am
Great I\'ll try my hand at the short story and vote a big yes for the popular vote on the stories!
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Post by: TJ_2000 on July 22, 2003, 02:35:35 am
(http://www.hostmysig.com/data/moogie2/worth%20a%20shot2.JPG)

Well as anyone who I\'ve spoken to probably knows my art skills are pants, bigger pants and the late barry white sized pants. I post this in the hope that others will actually take the insentive and do something better... do you really want *this* horror to win?
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Post by: shangralah on July 22, 2003, 02:37:52 am
hahahahhahahaahhaaha thats fuging ugly thats rosie odonnel pants
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Post by: Moogie on July 22, 2003, 02:39:06 am
It fits with the rules and is accepted as an entry. If you lot can\'t be bothered to do something better, that fat bag of 300 shiney crystals goes to Teejus and his... uh... lovely title screen. ;)
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Post by: shangralah on July 22, 2003, 02:40:13 am
Bobodar has no time Bobodar is sticking to sitting on his gazebo
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Post by: Wolfmane on July 22, 2003, 02:02:49 pm
Sheez TJ now I might even feel tempted to try  :D . I\'m neither good at pants, phallic symbols or any other blo*dy thing you can think of but I admire your courage and will see what I can do to make others laugh at us!

I was actually working on my short story last night and told Kluger about it in a post on a story he wrote (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=4862&boardid=19&styleid=3&sid=ce75ac476cba93d23c49512df351326b)  (I encouraged him to submit it here Moogie) and telling  about my ordeal which is copied below:

I\'ve been up till 2 am lying outside on my hammock, smoking my pipe and thinking about my short story for Moogies short story competition. It was going very well, an aquatic elf female surfacing in a huge lake near the shore to see a huge battle enfolding right in front of her etc. Then it started to rain (not in the story, though it might still do that, but on me in the hammock  X( ). My pipe went out, I went in and the story went out the door ...

But now I\'ll have to take on TJ as well now, a guy never get\'s any proper rest around here ...
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Post by: Moogie on July 22, 2003, 04:23:19 pm
Remember that you can only enter one part of the competition. If you think you might be able to write the story, go for it. I\'d much rather get some results for the other two sections though. =/
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Post by: Skain on July 22, 2003, 06:49:32 pm
doh, ill enter the gui bit then, just because noone else has, u can ignore my other emails.
gotta admit though, for me who struggles with english to start with, my story wasnt bad though eh moogie? :D
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Post by: Wolfmane on July 22, 2003, 11:59:01 pm
Ok moogie, I was not clear on the 1 section only entry. Now I\'m caught between the devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea here.

But my gutt tells me TJ is going to win the tug-of-war and then I might gladden you with another smile-provoking entry a-la-TJ (But with style  :D )

Btw Moogie, I went and saw Felines Liar\'s site today, very nice and I\'m impressed with the detailed and well thought through ranking system. Let me know when you\'ve finished to new coverpage.
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Post by: Kathmor on July 23, 2003, 01:09:16 am
Ok, I decided to give making a crystal blue title screen a shot. It is a picture of  Talad\'s hand holding a blue crystal ball. In the crystal ball is a picture of the city. Also in the background is a bigger picture of what is shown in the ball. Hope you guys like it. It might have a little too much going on it it. Please give me your comments and suggestions and If you think it needs changing I will try to do whatever you suggest.

[Guess I didn\'t really need to describe it when you can see it for yourself but incase you don\'t get the picture.]

(http://www.bloodlines.indiahigh.com/crystalblue.jpg)
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Post by: seperot on July 23, 2003, 01:20:02 am
bah! i was just about to post one then a saw the gratnessof that one o well
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Post by: Moogie on July 23, 2003, 01:34:26 am
Post it anyway Sep, the amount of entries for this competition is pitiful.

Kathmor, that\'s beautiful. :)

In other news, for those who don\'t already know, the short-story limit is highly, highly relaxed now. I just need entries, so I don\'t care how long you write it, just as long as it gets to me by the 30th! :P
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Post by: shangralah on July 23, 2003, 01:59:10 am
wow that nice kathmor
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Post by: Drilixer on July 23, 2003, 02:05:31 am
hmmm... It\'s been a while since I wrote any short stories - I suppose I might as well submit something - any winning could complement my character\'s only posession - one ruby :)
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Post by: sashok on July 23, 2003, 06:22:39 am
wow, that\'s pretty nice.  I am hesitating to post mine.
But anyway here it goes.  First I started out just drawing scenary for fun, but then decided to do this thing.  Anyway, hope this is worthwhile.

(http://www.hostmysig.com/data/sashok20/crystal%20blue.jpg)
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Post by: Jedi on July 23, 2003, 04:15:54 pm
Hmmm...I prefer the very first Crystal Blue one. ...jk :P

Those are pretty nice. I might just try my hand at it.

But, Moogie...Where did this \'one contest only\' garbage come in? If someone pwnz at everything shouldn\'t they be rewarded? Besides, it\'ll motivate the other people to try harder.
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Post by: Moogie on July 23, 2003, 08:07:50 pm
If someone pwnz at everything I think that\'s all the more reason for the restriction. People need some kind of chance or they won\'t enter. Besides, the pwning person in question would seem pretty selfish, don\'t you think? :P

Indeed the very reason I split this up into three parts was that many more people have a chance in winning. Those who are not good at art can write stories... those who\'s storywriting skills are lacking can perhaps try to design something.

7 days to go everyone. Keep them coming!
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Post by: Caldazar on July 23, 2003, 08:27:01 pm
Not 300 words anymore? And Im going away for a couple of days... GAH!  ;(
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Post by: Moogie on July 23, 2003, 11:01:52 pm
Don\'t worry Cal. It\'s quality, not quantity. :)
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Post by: Sharaz on July 24, 2003, 01:36:59 am
Ok, then maybe I\'ll start on another story instead of my 300w (No amount of praying) version. I wasn\'t really satisfied with that one.

Problem is, the one I\'ve got in my head at the moment is more like a couple of chapters :)
So if I have the time. I\'ll probably write that one and send it just for fun. Give you something to read and maybe earn me a tiny prize for best \'not-so-short\' story.
BTW, I mentioned this contest to the other members of the BISM last night, so I hope some of them try their hand at writing/art as well.
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Post by: Moogie on July 24, 2003, 02:51:11 am
Thank you! Make sure they know the closing date. :)

I\'m looking forward to another story. I actually really liked \'No Amount of Praying\', it was extremely good and almost exactly the style of story I wanted people to send.

Good luck. :)
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Post by: Caldazar on July 24, 2003, 10:06:45 am
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Originally posted by Sharaz
Ok, then maybe I\'ll start on another story instead of my 300w (No amount of praying) version. I wasn\'t really satisfied with that one.

Tell me about it. :rolleyes:
Title: HP + ME = TOTAL PRONESS
Post by: Tok'ra on July 24, 2003, 01:44:39 pm
Here\'s my HP bar 8o
(http://hostmysig.com/data/eliecassat/hpbar.jpg)
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Post by: Tok'ra on July 24, 2003, 02:01:40 pm
my intro picture. i\'m usre it will war myour hearts. 8)
(http://hostmysig.com/data/eliecassat/HappyPS.jpg)
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Post by: Djaggernaut on July 24, 2003, 04:22:44 pm
Unless the game will use cel-shading I\'m not sure this GUI is ok... ;)
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Post by: Sharaz on July 24, 2003, 09:45:38 pm
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Originally posted by Mogura
Thank you! Make sure they know the closing date. :)

Good point, I\'ll post that too
*edit*
  done, I hope people react.
*/edit*

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I\'m looking forward to another story. I actually really liked \'No Amount of Praying\', it was extremely good and almost exactly the style of story I wanted people to send.


Thanks, glad you like it. One good part about the 300w limit is that I actually finished the story. I have a completely overactive imagination, which makes it very easy to start a story, but I often lose interest half way. My current tactic is to just type when I get the urge and read through all I\'ve got every once in a while to see if I want to continue one. I\'ve only recently started that, but I hope it works. :)
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Post by: Drilixer on July 25, 2003, 06:58:56 am
Woot! I was just writing in my Planeshift City\'s wishlist thread (see link below) and I got the perfect idea for a story - sorry i already submitted a rough rough version of it there - but I hope you like it Moogie (EDIT - it is very much over the limit - Edit Again - um I just finished part 1 and it is two pages... would you want just that or both parts moogie?)

(PS *pokes devs* how about looking at the planeshift cities wishlist it is shaping up really well - I (with help from some uber-secret forum buddies) would be able/happy to develop any city that yal like to the Nth degree if asked - EDIT: we are working an another project now but in the future we would be able to - although some of us might have time to start now...)
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Post by: Moogie on July 25, 2003, 07:30:20 pm
The limit has been relaxed... write as much as you want, as long as it\'s in by the 30th and no later.

P.S. Shameless advertising can go elsewhere. This is for competition submissions and queries. ;)
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Post by: Drilixer on July 25, 2003, 08:03:41 pm
Shameles!! *scoffs* I do say... alright I\'m power hungry *sigh*... I\'m sending you part one now moogie
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Post by: Sharaz on July 26, 2003, 02:47:14 am
Ok, I had another attack of writing fever and it was a biggie. :)
It started with a single idea and kinda grew into a whole chapter. Looking at it when it was finished, I noticed that it was really a small story all by itself. So I\'ll look it over again tomorrow (it\'s 3am right now in Holland) and take off the rough edges. When I\'m satisfied, i\'ll send it on to you.

I really like some of the possibilities of this story. Hopefully it will keep me interested long enough to write a lot more chapters. I have a very cool idea for an epic battle, but it\'s still a lot of storywriting away. :)
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Post by: Vengeance on July 26, 2003, 03:42:00 am
Whoever heard of a writing contest judged by someone who \"hates to read?\"  :-)

I suggest making in a haiku contest, and here is my entry:

  Seems like forever,
Making a world exist.
 Coding in the dark.

- venge
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Post by: Moogie on July 26, 2003, 04:00:28 am
LOL! That\'s the only Haiku that\'s ever made sense to me. :D

Anyways, at first I wasn\'t going to judge the story-writing aspect myself. TJ offered to do that... he likes reading. I didn\'t expect it to be the most popular, to be honest, I expected far more people try their hand at the title screen option. Well, stories are going to be voted by you guys, so don\'t worry about that now.

If nobody enters the GUI *ties Seperot up and places cellotape over his mouth* then I\'ll be able to split that into the other two categories, meaning the two winners will receive 500 crystals each instead of 300! :)

That\'s enough for a nice big jug. You know you want a pair like mine... ;)

4 days to go.
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Post by: Drilixer on July 26, 2003, 04:04:00 am
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Originally posted by Mogura
LOL! That\'s the only Haiku that\'s ever made sense to me. :D


OMG - I was right about to post that exact same thing but then I decided not to since I couldnt think of anything else to type!
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Post by: thundar on July 26, 2003, 04:58:00 am
heh well i ussually keep away from forums and hardly post (heh never :\\) but i made a \"cute\" <-har har gui,
made a screeny and dl link belowski.

(http://www.ikainc.com/images/screen.jpg)


and url is here
 edit: i updated it new kitty face look below a post for a glance.
 http://www.ikainc.com/files/gui.zip

to install goto your planeshift/art folder, rename old gui ie gui-default and paste the new one in there may have to rename the folder to just gui for it to work

btw the mean yellow thing on the exit, <- I have no idea what it is ;)

-Thundar
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Post by: Drilixer on July 26, 2003, 05:22:34 am
I like it !  but - is there something wrong with your cat-person???
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Post by: thundar on July 26, 2003, 06:31:34 am
yeah cat-person has abit of a problem eye area and needs to be abit more yellow, i\'ll see what i can do :]

edit again ;):
  i like alot (used it in-game) goin with it, updated dl link above aswell.
        (http://www.ikainc.com/images/newcat.gif)

-Thundar
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Post by: Abemore on July 26, 2003, 08:25:57 am
I thought the thing above the \"exit\" was a moogle--some sort of ode to Mogura, but I could be wrong.

Nice GUI thundar! :))
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Post by: Skain on July 26, 2003, 10:06:48 am
looks very good thundar, gah, i better go and do a propper gui then if im gonna stand a chance, doh!

oh seeing as im going to enter gui heres my story =)




It was a dark and stormy night... \'well actually it wasnt, it was kind of overcast and damp, but it should have been a dark and stormy night.\' thought Misaohl Sh\'Omal as he lay staring at the sky. Tonight was the night the his rogue section would strike the Emporium, It would have been an easy target had that idiot Seriefl not sent them a note, \'sigh, the truely evil like to gloat\' thought Sh\'Omal \'It had not been meant as a warning but more to scare them, plus it was like...advertising their group.\' Sh\'Omal looked to the sky as thunder broke and it started to rain, \'thats more like it\' he thought as smiled and took another tug on his pipe.
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Thunder broke^ A cart rolled toward the village of Hydlaa, and a lightning flash lit the sky.
Boralis, a red faced beared man with a temper to suit was holding a sheet of tarpaulin over his wife when the cry came.
\'Stand and deliver!\'
\'Whos there?\' shouted Boralis into the dark
\'What kind of questi....look your being robbed stand over there!\'
\'And if i refuse!?\'
\'Is it really necessary to shout stand and deliver boss?\' Shouted young Seriefl from the dark.
\'Shut Up! And you! If you refuse we\'ll kill u..and your pretty wife\'
\'I mean hes already standing, and he doesnt really deliver anything\'
\'I said shut up! You really dont get the point of these things do you?\'
\'Hey boss hes gettin away!\'
\'After him!\'


^Thunder always breaks in the begining of scenes like this, I guess the gods have some artistic vision of how the narritive should go.


*****************************************************************
?hey!?


?HEY!?


?Hey are you alright??
Boralis found himself being shuck violently, as he attempted to open his eyes.
?Hey guys hes alright too! Get them both into town!?
?wh..who are you..?? Spluttered Bolaris
?heh? smiled the stranger ?I guess you can call me Zak... just Zak.?
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Post by: Havena on July 27, 2003, 03:30:22 am
hahaha sashok20! I don\'t think I would pick up that crystal - looks like a trap!

Nice pic  :)
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Post by: Wolfmane on July 27, 2003, 08:38:18 pm
Ok TJ_2000 you threw down the gauntlet with that magnificent first entry  :D  and I have decided to take you up on it and cross my own Rubicon into the world of graphics-making  8).

Moogie, this is not my official entry unless I can be convinced by the applause from the adoring crowds that it will be a shoe in.  :D

I will try doing an official version and play catch-up with Druke.
[EDIT Oops 640x480  ?(  8o  I\'m clueless in more than one respect obviously. Thanks Havena for making me aware, wish I could say it was part of the \"joke\" of this entry that the size is waaaay out.]

(http://koti.mbnet.fi/syvis/public/Moogie_comp_winning_smile.gif)

[Edit]
But here is the official size version. The first one is how races with normal vision will see it. The second images is how those with night vision will see it and the third is my entry as seen by those with infra-red vision  :P .

(http://koti.mbnet.fi/syvis/public/Moogie_comp_winning_smile_large.gif) [/Edit]

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I suggest making in a haiku contest, and here is my entry:
Seems like forever,
Making a world exist.
Coding in the dark.


I really had a good laugh at your pouring-your-soul-out post. I have no idea as to whether this would qualify as a haiku, am clueless as to what it is, but maybe the text I put in my banner entry here could be used as my attempt at an entry into this unofficial category as well.

Planeshift,
Only Planeshift,
and nothing but Planeshift,
So help us Laanx ....
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Post by: Havena on July 28, 2003, 06:43:18 am
For an image to meet entry criteria, it must be 640*480 minimum  ;)
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Post by: Havena on July 29, 2003, 06:45:24 pm
Woohoo i\'m so excited  :D  It\'s the 30th here in NZ now. can I read the stories Moogs  :P ?

I can\'t wait to read all the tales of PlaneShift - it\'s going to be so much fun.


Thank you Moogie :))
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Post by: Skain on July 29, 2003, 07:41:50 pm
wa? 30th?!? um..... damn i thought 30th was thursday.... isnt it? stupid adrenilin needles messin me up, im enterin story section moogie k, stupid gui i might post what ive done so far so u can see anyways, i wouldnt have finished on time to enter anywho.
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Post by: Havena on July 31, 2003, 07:12:32 am
You can now read and vote for the winner of the story-writing entries, and see the winning entries for the other two categories.

Go back to the General Discussion forum, and then into Poll for Moogie\'s Comp

http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=5011&boardid=13 (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=5011&boardid=13)
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Post by: Icebreaker on July 31, 2003, 07:58:11 pm
me too late :(...

thats Klugerrrr with his arm around Katerin who is holding hands with  Acalex ;)

(http://www.glacious.net/cb_vsm.jpg)
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Post by: Abemore on August 01, 2003, 04:07:30 am
Neat, Icebreaker, we should give you some Rubies.  
I also think sashok20 should get some Rubies for his entry.

What are your in-game names?