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Hi all, this is a heads up for our Summer CYOA Writing Contest - which will officially start July 1st and run two months, ending the last day of August.

Yep a two month contest (hosted by yours truly)!

Look for the Official Post Friday, June 30th, which will reveal the Theme, Entry Rules, and Prizes to be won!

-BZ

Awesome, I was wondering what had become of this. Looking forward to it, Berka.

Nice, thanks for hosting Berka! I might actually complete a contest-CYOA this time. 

Another contest for me to lose points in :3

Chaos pt 2 incoming!

Thanks for confirming what I already figured as soon as you started posting, Negative.

My body was not ready.

A chance at a brand new life and that's the avatar you choose.

Shit, I need to finish Awful Rich Space Lesbians before this contest starts. 

Wait, are those awful lesbians or awful RICH lesbians?

Well, they're in space, so either way it should be good, right?

Same, but for Lizards Look at Space Wars.

 Nice, I know you'll do great holding the contest BZ! ^-^

Hopefully Ford won't commit suicide again...

Thanks for hosting this BZ. :)

Berka's contests are more dignified by the book affairs.

So no crazy stuff like betting insane amounts of points or your accounts this time.

Not like that really helped anyone anyway.

Yay, now I won't feel like a little bitch when others are betting thousands and I bet 100 or less.

Probably

Ha ha, there's no way in bloody Hell that I'd ever bet a high amount of points again. Hurray for dignity!

Cool, I might try my hand at this depending on how busy my summer is. Thanks for hosting BerkaZerka! What kind of themes have there been in the past other than chaos?

Hm, that's a tough question. Have you perhaps tried looking at some of the threads in News & Updates?

No, I haven't. Seeing as they don't seem to be held often, I assumed I'd have to go back through years. Then again, people probably don't post very often in that section; I don't think I've really ever looked through it.

Most of them should still be on the first page. Whoever would choose to answer your question would have to check anyway, unless they have a really good memory.
Just put in some effort yourself. You just need to press h a few times and listen ... oh right, you're not blind anymore. :P

Yeah, I checked and MinnieKing already rekt me. 

Bucky was hosting them regularly until a couple months ago. But this is the Berka show now so there's no telling what the theme will be.

Yesssssss! I look forward to it!!

:O This will get me writing again. I've written close to nothing since the Chaos Contest ended. Look forward to it, Berka! ^-^

Cool. Any hints as to the theme?

No hints (It would give certain members a slight advantage). Though you already know I'll be throwing my Trophy into the pot for the winner.

Ah, if you say. I guess it's writing about Irish history til then. I will have everyone here now, the trophy is mine, I'm on Summer Holidays and I'm finished school so I have a lot of spare writing time, I will decimate those who oppose.

Will the winner get your trophy AND the contest trophy?

That is Correct! (Presuming 3J eventually logs in to award the Contest Trophy part).

There's no need for that, I already have a contest trophy, it's not like I'll be able to get another.

However, getting 3J to update yours (to include this contest if you did win it) would mean that 3J would have to log on which would cause you to have the 3/4 majority (assuming you receive BZ's trophy). Therefore, I do think you'd very much need that, Steve. :)

I'm not bothered.

I disagree. I, for one, would like an updated contest trophy when I win. Especially since I already have Berka's...

You all understand I'm getting the trophies right?

I'm not sure why you're even having this conversation.

You do realise that entails writing an actual story, right?

Rather, writing and keeping a story up. We're rounding the end of the first half of the year. Number of stories she's written and kept up... *crickets chirping in background* That said, the stories she wrote (but pulled down) were fairly interesting.

The requirements for a 6/8 length story rated 5 or higher are laughable, I mean I've written things I wouldn't wipe my ass with that would still qualify. Maybe you guys will get to see some of them if I get really desperate and close to the deadline but it shouldn't be necessary, I've got this. :)

Ah shit, my mistake. BZ never clarified that we were supposed to submit half-finished entries with promises of fixing it. 

We'd all like a lot of things, but alas, we don't get them. You've only bested me due to End spitefully deciding not to pick me out of what I can only assume is a mixture of lust, childish adoration and jealousy combined in some dangerous brew, and that was in a short story written very quickly, and I'm willing to use all my time to create gold here. I remind you, speed and length are my strength. Ask your mother.

Edit: Should BZ go ahead and pick some incredibly shitty title, like "Poetry", this point is rescinded, and replaced with "Sure, have my scraps. I wouldn't wipe my ass with this contest if it had your mothers tongue attached." I need the mother insult either way, I'm taking this shit not only to the streets, but the motherfucking playground.

I do appreciate that you admit there's a decent possibility of me winning in certain categories, even though you also write that you're too afraid to submit a story in that case anyway. I guess it's therefore fair to admit that you have a pretty decent chance of winning if the category is something like 'protagonist with some sort of psychological issue', or 'most creative/excessive use of swear words'. Anyhow, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. 

By the way, since when are you allowed within 30 meters of a playground again? 

Not sure what Steve’s bitching about anyway considering I don’t like you any more than I like him. The pair of you are both eurotrash as far as I’m concerned.

This is all based on writing ability anyway, it’s not the fucking prom where I’m picking one of you to be queen based on whether you put out or not. So if Steve wants to win this contest, he's going to have to do it without kneeling for a change.

Yeah, you obviously don't like Romulus more than me, as I'm far superior. Hence, it's your lust, childish adoration and jealousy of me that painted your decision. Plus, you did state specifically that you knew you were going to go against expectations that I'd win in your post, clearly showing your extreme bias in a plea to get my attention.

Don't worry, it doesn't matter now that BZ's judging, as his entire attitude toward me is at the very best a faint disdain of my general character, so I don't fear the same happening again.

I'm not saying someone has daddy issues, but...

Unsurprisingly, I'm not one of the many people who refer to End as Daddy. I'd look to Minnie and Thara if I was you.

Correct, there is. For instance, poetry. Because poetry is for faggots, and I am no one and thus would be confused by the whole ordeal. However, if any topic worth being written about comes up, you're well and truly fucked.

Don't be so down on yourself Steve. Sure, you're not anyone important, but calling yourself 'no one' is so emo.

How are those six storygames going, dollface? Back in the kitchen.

Three Days till the Official Start! ^v^

Why not make those the official three days for outlining and give us the theme now?

Et Tu Mizal? ;)

Hang on, did I ask you to do that? I don't think I did. Ah, my memory's shot.

I don't know, when was the last Irish Drinking Holiday?

Leaving Cert and hence six years of school ended Friday. That gaffer will never end.

Two...

*rips at hair*

Will there be a limit to how many submissions we can put in? 

I think this information will be included with the actual contest thread.

There is a limit to the entry fee, but no restriction on the number of submissions.

I suspect however, that more might actually be less in this case - where time could be spent really polishing a single entry, rather than churning out a bunch of WC chapter ones.

teehee I will participate (and submit something this time i swear) again :)

End should just preemptively take away your points and SHAME you.

Et Tu Mizal? ;)

That response doesn't work there, you jack off.

So toxic. *shudders*

Fuck off, shit head. Some dumb fucks need to be poisoned with some toxicity to get rid of them. It's the basis of chemo.

One...

thumb twiddling intensifies

Oh, lord. So sooooooon? >_< *cries in corner*

Yeah yeah, it's already the 30th in Australia, tell us the fucking theme.

The Contest starts in July.

Damn, I'm already on the 30th. *cue scenes of lamentation*

jinx

Now I'm really curious. Maybe I'll join too this time. Of course that depends on the theme...

Also, you have any idea as to when you'll be posting it tomorrow? Perhaps in the morning when you've been posting the countdown? Or maybe at night so you can have everyone wait as long as possible? 

Probably around 1400 Zulu Time. ^v^

It's the 30th in Zulu Time dammit, give me details! I want to know if I'm going to have to stop my gloating because you've picked something awful like ballads!

it'll be the first "super restricted" contest: educational ballad that rhymes and can be no more than 100 words. Allowed 2 entries but both entries have to rhyme with each other if you do two.

Put me down for 500 points!

Dang, can't wait to see what this is all about. It's been the 30th for 21 hours here in GMT + 7. Not sure if I'm gonna write on this one or not, hehehe...

Oh boy it's June 30th!

Now, what is the theme, entry rules and prizes.....

Prizes include BZ's personal user trophy and a contest winning trophy (which has been said in these posts).  Points are also commonly given.

Also, the theme will be WC fanfiction which has all the site members in romantic pairings, as furries, and in poetic verse  (to annoy Steve)... trust me.

Okay, I'll trust you!

im going to participate in this contest!

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This is the third time you posted this message here. The contest thread is already up. Please go to this thread and post it there.

I mean it's only on the front page in giant red letters. Easy to miss.

I'm impressed myanana knows how to hyperlink but we still have members who can't fathom any other way of linking things than copy-pasting a plaintext url.

I do the latter when I'm on my phone and don't feel like inserting < br> into my post a bunch of times with auto-correct fighting me every step of the way just to save someone the dreadful inconvenience of copy and pasting once.

E: wow you are so patriotic today

sorry