Contests: What do you want?

[Gift Giver]

Greetings everyone! Sorry for having disappeared for awhile. Just like Santa Claus did, I had to take a long rest after the Gift Exchange, and then all of those contests for the site birthday. But now... I'M BACK! And I'm ready to get some fun stuff set up for you. However, before we do that... I want to get your opinion. What kind of contests do you want to see?

Do you want them to be writing based, picture based, caption based, video based, music based, or Real Life based? What kind of ideas do you have? It was asked in the staff area for some ideas for contests, and the following was what they came up. Do you agree with these ideas, which do you like the most or the least?

• Profile Changes that are theme based (Such as the Halloween one that is often done, as well as maybe "Favorite anime character")
  
• RP post as your favorite character from any media (Book, Game, TV show, movie, etc.)
  
• RP Character Q and A (Asking a character a question, versus the one done before for Staff)
  
• Song writing, poems, short stories, written around a certain theme
  
• Video contest based on a specific theme (Similar to the how you came about NFRP videos from before)
  
• Description contests (Showing you a picture, you describe it as best as you would in a RP post)
  
• Themed photography (We give you a theme, you come up with something, take a picture, and submit it)

So what do you think of the ideas above? What kind of ideas do you have of your own? Let's get some ideas for some interesting contests flowing and have some fun! But don't bash on other peoples ideas. Don't say "Oh, this'll never work! You're dumb!", instead, if you see something that has a flaw, point it out and see if you can help figure out a way to make it work.

After about a week, I'll probably make the first contest, and then we can keep regular contests going to continue having some fun here. So let's see what you like. Share your opinion and lets get this going!

-Gift Giver

[rabble']

Ohh, maybe you could have people submit drawings from Paint (or some equally bad drawing thing) of what they'd want added to NFRP the most. With how strict the rules are here, I'm sure a lot of people have thought of things that they thought would be cool, but would never be accepted here. It could be an image of a weapon or some weapon or whatever else people think of... Idunno, I just think it could be fun. And limiting it to something like Paint means that the artists won't automatically win, seems like it'd be easy for people to do.

Also! There could be a fanfiction contest where you write about characters on NFRP. And maybe have it so you can't write about your own, I'd think.

[Deleted]

RP Character Q & A stands out for me. I would love to ask other people's character questions/have my own asked stuff. Hell I think it'd even be a good character-building exercise, maybe helping people understand their OWN characters better as well as others.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

But... I want all of the listed ones...

[Gift Giver]

Which is completely fine, Ayame! If you want to like them all, then like them all! This is just to get some ideas for what other people would like to allow for contests to be released on a regular basis. After all, most contests are OOC anyway, playing little impact on the character itself, aside from the prize given. But if you like what's already listed, then great!

[Deleted]

I like my contests more writing/RP based, if only because that's the hobby I'm best at. I would love to see some of those above contests like the Char Q&A or the Description contests. I mean we're here to write stories, having little contests doing just that seems...natural, right?

[The Bearer of Bad News]

I second both the RP Q&A (now that I actually understand what it means @-@) and the Fanfiction thing. Because fanfiction is lulzy. And yeah definitely don't make it about your own characters, that wouldn't be fair. It should in fact try to FAITHFULLY represent someone else's character, just to make it harder :F

[Raikou!]

Q&A sounds awesome. And I am also for a video contest of some sort because I am a narcissistic. ^__^

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Yeah I'd really like to see writing contests the most. Any sort of writing.

[Gift Giver]

Hey Everybody! Bringing this thread back as it got a little bit of help in terms of contests for the site, but I'm looking to add more.

Now as many of you might know, I recently did a "Who's That Canon" contest, allowing people to RP as a character following a certain prompt. That... didn't go over too well. So I'm of course looking for feedback on that. Perhaps there was something about it you didn't like. Let me know!

Next, the Monthly Awards returned and boy were they a big hit. I was glad to see so many people respond to those and so they will be sticking around for a bit. As I've said, they will go on through December at least. And if they continue to keep their popularity, then I will keep them going further.

Then we've got the usual Halloween contest. I'm debating how I want to do this this year considering... It's the same kind of thing every year. So what do you want to see to spice up the Halloween Contest? Do you suggest even having one? Let me know your thoughts on that.

And FINALLY! What do you want to see as Contest. All those listed in the first post are all possible ideas. But I want to see if any one will come up with more. So if you have an idea for a great contest, post it here! I want to add more OOC fun to the site as well as the IC fun that we already have. So keep your suggestions coming!

[Nira]

Mm...

To encourage activity...

Conditional Lottery: A condition (earn 100 TP, complete 8 missions, visit this place IC) must be met, then you're entered with a chance to earn a big prize!

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Theme writing would be nice, with a word limit so that the completed passages aren't a hassle for the judges to read. I'd say 300.

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Halloween always seemed more artsy to me. I'm sure there will be a mass Halloween event of some sort for the writers, so maybe a drawing or graphics event for that day.

Ooo... event idea

*sneaks away*

[acids]

wot

pics of tentacles and wet fleshy things would be so cool for this.. eek

#feedmetpplz?

[Celaena Kamyuja]

Sept 12, 2013 4:48:21 GMT -7 |Ayame Unbound| said:

But... I want all of the listed ones...

[Deleted]

I have to say I enjoy theme writing contests. Things like the Writring, the "Who is this Canon", and contests where you write about certain topics or are challenged to write in a way that you aren't used to, they're all contests I'd like. (It's only a lack of time or getting joke topics that prevented me from participating in either so far, although if someone throws me a SERIOUS topic in the Writring I'd try my hand for real)

Basically contests that challenge your ability to write and help you improve your skills are all good for me.

As for prizes. RYO IS NOT A GOOD PRIZE. There's lots of ways to get a good dose of Ryo, I don't think Ryo is a good choice to have for prizes for Contests. Events, Missions? Sure, that's IC and makes IC sense. Contests? they're a waste.

Instead I would suggest putting in more difficult to acquire things as Contest rewards. Character Scraps, Very Rare or Nearly Impossible Herbs/Animals, Rare Jutsu sealed in Books/Scrolls, various Skill books, other awesome things. Hell if you want to get crazy you can offer ATI slots (lasts only as long as the current character), One-use Miracle scrolls to avoid an otherwise unavoidable death, the non-BFS chakra weapons, a Handseal/Will Save/Movement bonus (again lasts only as long as the character). Stuff like that will have people CRAWLING into Contests; salivating at the awesome prizes that could be won. Ryo just isn't enough to draw out the lazy people, or interest those who want to focus on improving their character.

Anyway yeah. Contests that help challenge your writing skills, and better prizes. That's what I want~

[The Maker]

Please do the halloween one especially. OnO. And give scraps, or a free gadget/herb/animal.

[Toge Ikebana]

I personally love the idea of a Character Q&A. It seems really interesting, and some questions actually might help players think about new things for their characters, or also give them an idea for potential growth in some respect.