*NOTE*
There will not be any killing in the event, only writing! PvPers might not be interested!
"I saw his face when I entered the room. One could clearly say that he doesn't like visitors. That blue robe was somewhat confusing, but his eyes weren't blue, they were red. I began to think in what I had gotten myself into...
He's looking at me right now as I am writing my contest-text, I see his eyes, they are burning with passion, and not with wrath. After spending time in this small, library-ish room, I began to feel like I was.... home. Funny, even my tent doesn't seem to feel as strong as this place does. I'll finish this contest-text quickly now.
The other scribes present in this room aren't as intimidating as he is. The other scribes are calm, relaxed and supportive, but they don't show as much passion as the blue-robed man shows. Who is he? Why is he looking at *me*?"
A new topic in events sub-forum?? Amazing!
Since the original one (http://fodev.net/forum/index.php?topic=5672.0) was a huge success (not commercially, but the content is what matters), I've decided to make something similar, again.
The event isn't focused around killing and pew pew as most of the events are, it's about writing and storytelling. It is required from you to be able to write a good fan art story, focused in Fallout (or even FOnline: 2238 world, if you like) world. Having a good english skills is obviously a possible leverage over others, but an excellent story with a bit weaker spelling can still win the contest.
There will not be that much people participating, it will only make the event longer / you'll probably get bored.
How to participate?
Participating is a bit different also from the usual ones, you won't be gathering in vault 15 (or something), but instead of that, you will be sending me a private message (http://fodev.net/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=1967) with the following specifications:
- A small preview of your story, enough to make you earn a spot in the contest, but not telling much about the actual story.
- Why should you get to participate in the event?
But the holodisk is so dull, how can I write my long story in it?
You can use any 3rd party program for this. Notepad, word, IRC (IRC logs as story are not valid). As long as you are capable of writing the story elsewhere, and being able to copy it from there, and paste to the holodisk, everything is allowed.
when, when, When, WHEN?
(if) After getting enough participants, I will announce the date of the event.
Prices
First Place: A random blueprint of his choosing, winner will have to guess the ID from the list that will be given.
Second Place: 25 000 caps
Third place: Mystery crate.
Applying will close in 16.2.2012, make it fast! Applications sent after that will be ignored and not counted.
As a little help i wrote a small demo text. You can use this to test around a bit in first place (c/p on an empty holo-tape):
One day I found a holo-disc and didnt know what to do with it. This shiny little thing had some kind of wheel inside, embedded in some sort of electronic device. Im no expert in such things but I heard that one can store some data on it. But I was clueless how to do so. As a trader my only advantage over others is to collect and to keep important information and knowledge of all kind. Especially if its related to pre-war technology. This was the reason, why I couldnt just ask some scientist for help. I feared to lose the disc somehow. Information about goods of higher value seem to have their own physical laws in terms of travel speed and spreading in this wasteland. A thief in the night, while Im sleeping, some hired mercenaries blocking my way, while Im traveling. Whatever! I decided to better be careful. I had a good feeling about this thing and I already knew were to sell it later on but I had to get behind the secret of his functionality first. Two days and 2000 caps later I was on a trail with a caravan to Vault City. How I finally managed to get the information I was seeking for isnt really worth telling. Lets just say: Money can open many doors and I also found out, where I could get a lot more of them. I made a good profit by selling those tapes. But the most profit I made with the know-how of its functionality. This happened a long time ago and since nowadays these Holo-Tapes are well known throughout the wasteland Ill share my knowledge with you, dear reader. If you are a lucky guy and own a so called PipBoy you just plug them into it and you are able to read out the data or to write something on it. If not, well, then you need some computer, I guess. The limit of each tape is about 2000 chars. dont get fuzzy about the little input screen you have. Write down the text before and copy/paste it later onto the disc. Note, that the single quotation mark between letters (like I'm) will be ignored when you paste the text. And finally: Press play on tape! Run.
This text has exactly 2000 chars (including spaces), which is almost* the maximum number, which you are able to store on a holo-tape. This may also help you to compare it to your story and see if it has less or more chars.
* The exact max number of chars is somewhere between 2000 and 2010.