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Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to host my first competition after looking at the surprising lack of adventurous pirate/sailing on the sea maps. In lieu of observing such an ordeal, this competition came to mind.

Objectives: Through the ten or so rounds of this competition, you'll essentially create a story from beginning to end - one that involves pirates, ships, and the mother of all roadways: the ocean. You will be judged for each week individually and as a story in the end.

Process: I'll try and make this as simple as possible (and it really is).
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• I will assign a portion of the story every week to be completed (it'll be in chronological order, of course).
• Create a map that conforms to the theme. Keep in mind that the map should transition from the previous week if you want to flow well with your story in the end. NOTE: Maps can be designed anyway you want them, extremely simple, overly complex, unbearably difficult, no gold, all gold - it's your story (Your story can consist of N-art if you want as well). Do what you think will help you in the end. You will have a week and a half to complete the map.
• I will rate the map on the given criteria. (See below for rubric)
• There are no eliminations. We wouldn't want to cut your story short, would we? However, if need be, you may drop out by PMing me or posting this this thead.
• Your score will be tallied up and kept in total here on the second post here.
• After however many total rounds we have, I'll put together a slide showcasing your story. You will be judged using a different set of criteria on the final tale (See below).
• Winner will receive a prize (see below).

Rubric
Individual Weeks
Theme (how well it follows the assigned theme): /10
Gameplay (or Design if it is N-art): /10

Final Storyboard - I'll explain these more when we get to this point.
Flow (how well the story progresses, gameplay-wise): /50
Appeal (how well the story looks as a storyboard): /50

Prizes
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First place: A custom wallpaper + Sigatar set + Ded map
Second place: Sigatar Set + Ded Map
Third Place: Sig

Contestants
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Scrivener - Black Beard
Tunco - Captain Atlantic
Leaff - Calico Jack
Erik_Player - Iron Hook
Southpaw - Sea's Cruelty
SeventhSpirit - Black Caesar
Daikenkai - Privateers Howl
PALEMOON - The Dishonor of the South
ChrisE - The Foul Corsair
Amadeus - Black Bart
squibbles - The Fear of the Serpent
BrassMachine - Cervantes de Leon
Furry Ant - Pacific Poseidon
Riobe - The Rage of the Shark
Brainstone - The Pirate of Dark Water
el_devo - Red Rackham

Any questions, please ask.

Week #1

Um. Okay!

aye aye, cap'n
you'll be signing me up if it floats yer boat, sir

I will join. Can we create our pirate names now? If so, mine is going to be 'Tuncargh' or something.

Tunco wrote:I will join. Can we create our pirate names now? If so, mine is going to be 'Tuncargh' or something.

I choose your name. And your ship's name as well.

When do you plan on starting this? It looks like a great idea, but depending on when it gets going, I dunno whether or not I'll have time.

Pheidippides wrote:When do you plan on starting this? It looks like a great idea, but depending on when it gets going, I dunno whether or not I'll have time.

I'm planning on starting Wednesday or Thursday. I'm really lenient on deadlines, by the way.

EDIT: To be honest, I don't really care when we start. "When I feel like we're all ready to roll" is a better answer.

Sign me up.

ARRRRRRRGH

You knew I wanted to. D: Anyways, I'm in.

COUNT ME IN.

My pirate will be Sunsettar

in.

participatin'! :D

IN.

Fantastic! I love all this interest. Now get your friends to join! And your friends' friends! And their cats!

I am in. Unfortunately, I have no cat.

Aw, palemoon's in?
I've already lost.

EDIT: sign me up anyways

In.

Prepare yourself for some weird boats. :/

Awesome awesome awesome. I'm capping the number of contestants for this season at 20. So if you wanna get in, post now! Also, I'll PM everyone once the first round begins.

Awesome. I'm in.

This sounds better than awesome. Sign me up please. <3

Contest starts tomorrow; sign up will end tomorrow as well.


I'll PM everyone just in case when it is time.


SO SIGN UP.

INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE TECHNO

I want my pirate name already. :3

Pirate Names:
Yanni - Red Rackham
Scrivener - Black Beard
Tunco - Captain Atlantic
Leaff - Calico Jack
Erik_Player - Iron Hook
Southpaw - Sea's Cruelty
SeventhSpirit - Captain Aegir
Daikenkai - Privateers Howl
PALEMOON - The Dishonor of the South
ChrisE - The Foul Corsair
Seneschal - Guybrush Threepwood
Amadeus - Black Bart
squibbles - The Fear of the Serpent
BrassMachine - Cervantes de Leon
Furry Ant - Pacific Poseidon
Riobe - The Rage of the Shark

I'm currently in the process of writing up the first round, so check your PMs for that. :D