EVE General Discussion

Considering how much isk you probably have, why don't you donate a few plex's :)

Maybe speak to Chribba to see if would be willing to act as a go between and then get people in general to donate what ever they can.

I would be more then happy to throw a plex towards this.

cool , can you win shiny ships who where giving from ccp to some gambling site wich at is what it seems a sponsor?

facking awesome! who needs actully events with spaceships

sorry for bad english

The fiction contest is an entirely separate event, put together by an individual player (myself). Somer Blink is just one of the prize donors. I call all of the donors "sponsors," but their only input is to distribute prizes to the winners at the end.

If people want to donate prizes, here's how it works:
-You can donate any ISK amount. 1bil ISK, 50mil ISK, any amount is good. Our writers are needy, they can be persuaded to accept any extra amount. The donation doesn't have to be in PLEX form. You could also donate a ship or ingame item. Figuring out how to award an item prize is a little trickier, but we can work it out.
-Donors and the amount donated are listed and linked on the contest announcement/rules page.
-Ideally donors would just transfer the prize directly to a winner at the end of the contest. But due to the risk of trolling (pledging a donation, but not delivering it in the end), we'd better have them deposit donations with a third party.

(BTW, for last year's contest, I asked Somer for about 1bil for prizes. When they saw that devs would be judging and it was a legit contest, they gave me the 1bil, plus 9bil more. No conditions, just an outright gift to the writers. Just mentioning that for the record).

Anyway, if you'd like to donate, just send me a mail and we'll work it out. o7

I will hit you up later tonight as I would like to donate to this.

Cheers

I suppose I can squeeze something out in my next spasm of hypergraphia.

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I don't like that conflict of interest stuff, but this sort of thing just doesn't happen without people taking initiative and pitching in. If its the acceptable norm for participants to contribute, ill pitch in as well.

1 plex to the cause

Though if it came down to it I would chose competing over donating

8,000 Suns - The story doesn't have to be about something that's already in lore, it just has to fit into the general backstory. As long as you don't contradict a fact that's stated in the canon, you should be OK. Using the biggest pumpkin on the planet example: We have Wheat, Spiced Wine, and Tobacco in the Item Database, which makes them a part of the official canon. So there are agricultural products (presumably originally from Terra) in the canon. Pumpkins aren't specifically mentioned in the lore (that I know of), but It's conceivable that people brought pumpkin seeds (along with wheat, grapes and tobacco) through the EVE Gate. I don't see that adding pumpkins would contradict the canon. You might want your story to give some little explanation of why there a pumpkins on that planet, or you might not. The story just has to convince the reader that it fits into the New Eden world.

Example of a lore violation: Your story says that Jamyl Sarum became Empress of the Amarr Empire because she won a pumpkin-growing contest. Here you're directly contradicting facts that are stated in the canon, and the judges will consider that a violation and deduct points. You could say that in the Day in the Life category and not be penalized for a lore violation, though. (But your story might get low scores, just for not having a very good premise).

Day in the Life - Their aren't any rules for stories in this category, really. You can write anything you want, as long as it's a story and it's somehow related to EVE. The story doesn't have to be about player characters or things that could happen in the game. It can be a regular fiction story about something happening in the New Eden backstory world, as in the 8,000 Suns category. I suppose you might put that kind of story in this category if you weren't sure that it didn't have a serious lore violation. The drinking contest and biggest pumpkin in the world stories could go in this category, no problem.

Edit: For an idea how much you can do and still not violate the lore, check out last year's winning entries here. The stories have a lot of original ideas, and aren't bound by what's just mentioned in the prime fiction.

...aaaaaaand Somer begins damage control and image rehabilitation. Oh, EVE, your meta game never ends!


Rare is the post that makes me laugh out loud

THX for the clarification!

/me proceeds to drop in out of nowhere, gank all contestants, steal the drafts, and toss them into the Fiction-O'-Matic.

THE DRAFTS ARE NOW DIAMONDS.