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Alexander
post Apr 3 2008, 11:50 AM
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Well, as mentioned, this is the place to discuss anything you want to regarding the competition.


For the record, the complete list of rules and a small FAQ;

This is an extract from; http://competition.chorrol.com

The Rules

1. Any work entered has to be written by yourself.
2. There is a limit of one entry per writer per category.
3. Any entry has to be a completed work.
4. Any entry has to be written in English.
5. You may, if you wish, enter your story anonymously.
6. Any entry sent in, has to comply with the guidelines listed below
7. The maximum word count listed below, is the absolute maximum. A single word over the maximum will place your story in a different category.
8. Any entry has to be written about The Elder Scrolls universe, non ES related stories will not be allowed to enter.
9. By entering your stories into the contest, you're granting participating fansites the license to use the stories in any way they see fit within the confines of this contest.
10. The final deadline for entering a story in this competition, will be April 30th. Midnight April 30th is the last time for submitting a story.


Guidelines for submitting stories

1. All entries are to be sent to the following email address; Competition@chorrol.com
2. Make sure all entries are either in .doc, .txt or .pdf format.
3. Each entry has to be in a separate, but single file. If a story has 30 chapters, please send me all 30 chapters in a single file.
4. Please specify for each entry you're sending; 1. For which category you're entering it and, 2. What name, if any, I should mention wrote it.


The Categories

Short stories; Can be no longer then 2500 words
Medium sized stories; must be longer then 2500 words but no longer then 20000 words
Long stories; any story longer then 20000 words falls under this category, this category has no maximum word count.

The title of the story and the name of the author do not count toward the maximum word limit.


Judges and Judging

1. Each category will be judged by a panel of 3 members of the Elder Scrolls scene. In total there will be nine judges.
2. The panel of judges is pre-selected and will have the final say in everything.
3. All decisions of judges are final and cannot be appealed.
4. In a situation where the above rules do not apply, the ruling of the majority of judges (either in total or for a specific category) will be deciding.
5. Judges are selected before the start of the competition and their names are published on this site.
6. The final results of the competition will be published before June 1st, but if possible, sooner.


The judges;

Alexander -> Chorrol
Apy -> Planet Elder Scrolls
B -> The Imperial Library
BSD-IES -> Chorrol
Dark0ne -> TES Nexus
Gstaff -> Bethesda
Haplo -> Tamriel Rebuilt
Ratwar -> UESP
Reaver -> Elderscrolls.net


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post Apr 29 2008, 08:58 PM
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well 00 and 24 both are exactly the same, so I don't see the problem. I think the due date is basically 23:59:99 April 29. Midnight is the first second of April 30. Now you just gotta figure out which time zone they're working with, which I believe is one of the European time zones.


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Alexander   Elder Scrolls Community competition   Apr 3 2008, 11:50 AM
Alexander   Q. Can I submit more then one story? A. Yes, but n...   Apr 3 2008, 02:03 PM
Olen   Exciting... Say I were thinking of reworking the ...   Apr 3 2008, 04:25 PM
BSD-IES   Exciting... Say I were thinking of reworking the...   Apr 3 2008, 05:24 PM
redsrock   Are we allowed to know who the judges are?   Apr 3 2008, 05:50 PM
BSD-IES   Are we allowed to know who the judges are? Look...   Apr 3 2008, 06:14 PM
Alexander   Are we allowed to know who the judges are? I ju...   Apr 3 2008, 07:25 PM
redsrock   Thanks, Alex.   Apr 3 2008, 07:32 PM
Alexander   Thanks, Alex. Np :)   Apr 3 2008, 08:45 PM
redsrock   Sorry, BSD. I read the original announcement after...   Apr 3 2008, 06:20 PM
BSD-IES   Sorry, BSD. I read the original announcement afte...   Apr 3 2008, 06:33 PM
-20-lee-06-   Just wondering what kind of criteria the judges wi...   Apr 3 2008, 08:54 PM
BSD-IES   Just wondering what kind of criteria the judges w...   Apr 3 2008, 09:10 PM
The Metal Mallet   Woo hoo! Time to see how "Bloodlust...   Apr 3 2008, 09:33 PM
jack cloudy   I'm in. Now I've really been neglecting my...   Apr 3 2008, 09:43 PM
The Metal Mallet   I'm in. Now I've really been neglecting m...   Apr 4 2008, 07:46 AM
minque   Crap! Got a chance to be in on this....and don...   Apr 3 2008, 10:43 PM
Alexander   Woo hoo! Time to see how "Bloodlust...   Apr 3 2008, 11:25 PM
redsrock   Perhaps you can come up with a short or medium s...   Apr 3 2008, 11:40 PM
canis216   I'm doing something almost entirely new, thoug...   Apr 4 2008, 01:20 AM
Geraldduval   so, I had just a quick question. I wrote a story f...   Apr 8 2008, 05:29 PM
BSD-IES   so, I had just a quick question. I wrote a story ...   Apr 8 2008, 06:11 PM
minque   I think we're a little nervous about spacesh...   Apr 9 2008, 12:31 AM
Geraldduval   haha, certainly. If one were to pretend that the 3...   Apr 8 2008, 06:21 PM
0rimus   I just jumped in on this one earlier today with no...   Apr 12 2008, 04:55 AM
BSD-IES   Can the end date be extended? No, I'm afrai...   Apr 12 2008, 07:09 AM
Alexander   And names. There are obvious traits of names for...   Apr 12 2008, 10:05 AM
LeTren Thundakk   Can I submit a story that is stand alone, yet othe...   Apr 14 2008, 04:44 AM
0rimus   I was also wondering about what Thundakk brought u...   Apr 14 2008, 04:53 AM
Sephary   ooooh. interesting. I shall have to see what I com...   Apr 14 2008, 07:47 PM
Alexander   Can I submit a story that is stand alone, yet oth...   Apr 15 2008, 08:46 AM
0rimus   A stand alone story about an existing character,...   Apr 16 2008, 12:13 AM
LeTren Thundakk   That's good to hear, as I sent it in before I ...   Apr 15 2008, 05:22 PM
0rimus   Okay. It's been awhile and things are for the ...   Apr 21 2008, 06:57 AM
BSD-IES   Okay. It's been awhile and things are for the...   Apr 21 2008, 07:32 AM
0rimus   Finished and sent in. Whoooo. Long catagory with 3...   Apr 28 2008, 04:09 AM
The Metal Mallet   I sent in "Bloodlust" today after fixing...   Apr 28 2008, 04:14 AM
0rimus   I sent in "Bloodlust" today after fixin...   Apr 28 2008, 06:37 AM
jack cloudy   Sent it in yesterday evening. (Well, it was like h...   Apr 28 2008, 08:58 AM
The Metal Mallet   Yes, Orimus it is. It was a story that I had work...   Apr 28 2008, 08:52 PM
0rimus   I only got 49 pages, all in size 12 font Times New...   Apr 29 2008, 01:55 AM
The Metal Mallet   Indeed. I wish you the best of luck.   Apr 29 2008, 02:02 AM
paragenic   :salute:   Apr 29 2008, 08:47 AM
paragenic   :salute:   Apr 30 2008, 10:46 AM
Chiglet   well 00 and 24 both are exactly the same, so I d...   Apr 30 2008, 11:36 AM
paragenic   :salute: ...   Apr 30 2008, 12:11 PM
BSD-IES   Be careful!!! on http://chorrol.com/f...   Apr 30 2008, 02:57 PM
minque   I'll just wish you all good luck! I'm ...   Apr 29 2008, 09:01 PM
Chiglet   Sounds like quite a few stories are being entered ...   Apr 30 2008, 06:34 AM
0rimus   I've never posted anything anywhere before thi...   Apr 30 2008, 06:43 AM
Jordy   This is all very exciting. It's nice to see su...   May 2 2008, 12:33 AM
paragenic   :salute:   May 2 2008, 06:00 AM
paragenic   :salute:   May 2 2008, 05:38 AM
Chiglet   I get a 404 Not Found when opening http://competi...   May 2 2008, 10:06 AM
raggidman   I get a 404 Not Found when opening http://competi...   May 2 2008, 10:35 AM
0rimus   I agree with raggidman, I caught at least two miss...   May 3 2008, 06:49 AM
raggidman   :blink: was suggestin' that even with error...   May 3 2008, 11:15 AM
Alexander   I get a 404 Not Found when opening [url=http://co...   May 3 2008, 06:23 PM
0rimus   It's been awhile, how are things going?   May 25 2008, 04:56 AM
Alexander   It's been awhile, how are things going? Alm...   May 25 2008, 06:57 AM
Alexander   Ok, the results are in; http://chorrol.com/forums/...   May 25 2008, 10:16 AM
redsrock   Even one didn't win anything, will they still ...   May 25 2008, 02:40 PM
Alexander   Even one didn't win anything, will they still...   May 25 2008, 03:01 PM
redsrock   Even one didn't win anything, will they stil...   May 25 2008, 03:33 PM
Alexander   Yes, I most definitely would. Thanks. :) Medium...   May 25 2008, 03:46 PM
treydog   Wow. Um... I am actually kind of speechless. Fir...   May 25 2008, 03:53 PM
redsrock   Can I see the scoring system on which you judges w...   May 25 2008, 04:17 PM
Alexander   Can I see the scoring system on which you judges ...   May 25 2008, 04:40 PM
redsrock   Yes, please PM me. We have a lot to discuss....   May 25 2008, 04:45 PM
Alexander   hm, a slight misunderstanding might have occurred,...   May 25 2008, 04:59 PM
redsrock   I'm still not clear. For the long stories, ho...   May 25 2008, 05:05 PM
Alexander   I'm still not clear. For the long stories, h...   May 25 2008, 05:09 PM
redsrock   Oh, I get it. So if one of the judges didn't p...   May 25 2008, 05:17 PM
Alexander   Oh, I get it. So if one of the judges didn't ...   May 25 2008, 05:25 PM
redsrock   I understand (concerning the last part of your pos...   May 25 2008, 05:30 PM
Alexander   I understand (concerning the last part of your po...   May 25 2008, 05:37 PM
Kiln   I understand (concerning the last part of your po...   May 25 2008, 05:37 PM
redsrock   but no matter how much you argue the points are n...   May 25 2008, 05:41 PM
Chiglet   <:) :) Congrats to those who won! :) ...   May 25 2008, 06:03 PM
HaploTR   Redsrock - The entries were judged against each ...   May 25 2008, 06:41 PM
0rimus   I'd like a PM, I'd also like to see all ei...   May 26 2008, 12:03 AM
HaploTR   Technically if you didn't get 1st, you lost, s...   May 26 2008, 12:34 AM
redsrock   So really, you have more of a right to gripe th...   May 26 2008, 01:11 AM
0rimus   Technically if you didn't get 1st, you lost, ...   May 26 2008, 01:13 AM
MstrOfPppts   Hi everybody! I'm Andraž from Sloven...   May 26 2008, 12:36 AM
Jordy   I'd like a PM, I'd also like to see all e...   May 26 2008, 12:55 AM
BSD-IES   Yeah, of course it does. In all honesty I did incl...   May 26 2008, 01:06 AM
Jordy   Fine, BSD-IES, thanks for the clarification :)   May 26 2008, 01:09 AM
redsrock   Exactly, Orimus. Well said...   May 26 2008, 01:17 AM
0rimus   [quote name='0rimus' post='105579' date='May 26 2...   May 26 2008, 01:27 AM
redsrock   Yeah, I totally agree again, Orimus. It's like...   May 26 2008, 01:31 AM
0rimus   More analogies. You're in court, you state you...   May 26 2008, 01:39 AM
BSD-IES   Oh for God's sake. We can't give you a spe...   May 26 2008, 02:03 AM
redsrock   Yeah, I understand that, BSD, but I still don...   May 26 2008, 02:12 AM
BSD-IES   Yeah, I understand that, BSD, but I still don...   May 26 2008, 02:28 AM
redsrock   Fine, whatever. I do happen to have respect for yo...   May 26 2008, 02:31 AM
0rimus   I wrote with no thought of reward. My 90+ hours of...   May 26 2008, 02:34 AM
BSD-IES   The bridge between daedra and deadra is not so ba...   May 26 2008, 02:46 AM
0rimus   The bridge between daedra and deadra is not so b...   May 26 2008, 02:51 AM
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