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EVE-Online RP Discussion and Resources => EVE Fiction + Fiction discussion => Topic started by: Mizhara on 06 Dec 2014, 09:35
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So I've been thinking about a story I have been wanting to write for a while now and it occured to me that it would make for a great contest. Still, I do not have the isk to spend on it nor do I have the time to arrange judges etc etc, but I do have the time to read stories.
So, a writing prompt instead.
New Eden in ten thousand years. That is all.
No other rules or limitations. Use your characters, other peoples characters, use earth, use aliens, Space Magic, elves and orcs, tyranids, time travel, your real life, whatever and whoever you can think of. As long as it is set in New Eden ten thousand years from current in-game time.
It will obviously not be canon nor usable ic in any way, so where I would normally demand to see pwrmission granted for using other peoples characters or some adherence to pf, this is entirely free for all.
In about a month, 15th of january to be precise, I will pick the one I liked the most and give the author something shiny through a disposable alt in case there would be ic issues with the author.
So yeah, Little bit of a contest, but nothing big or official. No judges panel or guarantee of unbiased judging etc. So get writing, guys. If you want to be eligible for whatever little token I bestow on my favorite pick, you may want to ensure I have seen your entry by linking it in this thread.
If someone wants to make a proper contest out of it with a panel and huge prizes etc, feel free. I would appreciate this original prompt being credited though.
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Sounds super interesting. Unfortunately with the Holiday Season approaching full swing I'll be spending a lot of time with my various family extended or otherwise so I'm not sure how much time I'd have to dedicate to it.
But l definately give it a shot!
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I enjoyed the story quite a bit, but I recommend making a separate thread for your story and linking that gere so there can be discussion and comments on both the individual stories and the prompt/story without the thread getting hard to follow.
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brain suddenly melting and overflowing with idea. I'm rather excited to write something for this. :D
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About one month to go, ladies and gents. Looking forwards to seeing more entries in this not-quite-a-contest.
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who won ?
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More importantly, how the heck did I miss this?
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Sorry, was going to do this thing right and then I was in a fairly severe car accident and spent some time in a hospital, got back home only to have to go back in due to a nasty infection almost leading to a septic shock and blah blah. Couldn't work for a while, and recuperating struck at the same time as a depression severe enough to require medication and my doctor quite literally ordered me to stay the fuck off Eve and other such things that tend to worsen depressions and... well... Been a while, but I'm starting to get up and running again, literally.
Bit swamped getting stuff together but give me some time and I might be back online to finish this little unofficial "contest" thingy.
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Ouch, a car accident? I hope you're alright now, Miz. *hugs*
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Yeah, pretty much fine. The good thing about sticking to the shittiest/no painkillers is that you don't tend to over-exert yourself so you heal faster and better, and don't run the risk of addiction. The obvious downside is spending more time in pain, but I've gotten down to just twinges during exertion now so pretty much back to standard 30+ year old functionality. Hell, went on mountain trips with a couple of dogs I'm dogsitting for a colleague and was no worse for wear when I came back down so pretty much fine.
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Was wondering where you went...get well soon Mizzykinz <3
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Damn, that was tough. I hope you are better now.
Now that you are back it is time to confuse people as there are suddenly 2 Miz here now :P I have already been confused with you atleast once.
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And I've been confused with you as well. Not sure who had the earliest Miz, actually.
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-hir is from summer 2010 IIRC. She was named after my wow druid which is even older. How old is -hara?
Another funny thing is that I had been considering if Miz's actual IC name should be Mizara.
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This one's 2008, based on an older player character archetype I've used in a lot of games. Had an older Miz in Eve, but that account is ancient and inactive. My Miz is a character archetype I can plonk into pretty much any setting and the fine-tune all the details depending on the lore, the interactions etc. Over time they grow very unique through different experiences, but with a similar base.
I'm actually thinking of a somewhat meta story where they grow aware of this and each other, depending on their age and development.
Anyway, seniority established. Claiming the Original Miz name.
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Another funny thing is that I had been considering if Miz's actual IC name should be Mizara.
Because Mizara's Doll, right?
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Another funny thing is that I had been considering if Miz's actual IC name should be Mizara.
Because Mizara's Doll, right?
You wut mate?
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Mizara is an NPC in the SSoE epic arc.
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ohh lol. Need to find another name then :P
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Fuck it! Adding another month to the contest and since I've lost track of the previous submissions I ask that any that have already written one link it in this thread.
New finishing date is 2015.08.15 and I'll spend one week after that determining the "winner". The prize will simply be a faction/pirate frig, cruiser or battleship depending on who the winner is and what I know about their characters' allegiance and playstyle.
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Am I late? I'm feeling late :lol:
I will probably write something up for this. If I win 1st Place though (seeing as I don't play the game anymore lol), you can give the prize to 2nd place. Or something. I don't really care.
One question, how long does the story have to be?
Also, hope you get better Mizhara! Or, better then better, or something :D
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Fuck it! Adding another month to the contest and since I've lost track of the previous submissions I ask that any that have already written one link it in this thread.
New finishing date is 2015.08.15 and I'll spend one week after that determining the "winner". The prize will simply be a faction/pirate frig, cruiser or battleship depending on who the winner is and what I know about their characters' allegiance and playstyle.
http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6281.0 was mine
http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6418.0 is written by Quintrala, don't know if they wrote anything more, maybe someone could poke them.
i think there were a couple others, but I can't seem to find them
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"Until we meet again" http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6308.0 by Saede Riordan was pretty awesome.
Q
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Today is technically the deadline, but since I promised a week to review them all, I'll let that be a bit fluid unless it literally is posted in one week.
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http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6778.0
My entry. Finally done. Ending's weak.
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Any others who wrote (or posts within the next couple of days) should add a link to their story in this thread. Going through a ton of posts to find NE10K entries is a bit of a PITA.
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so who won ?
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In the end, it was a difficult decision. There's been some great concepts introduced, some presented better than others and there's been some poor concepts delivered in a fantastic way. I've been teetering back and forth on a decision and in the end I was rather surprised at which one snuck ahead of everything else by a tiny bit...
Empyrean Technology (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6418.0) by Quintrala is the winner of NE10K.
Before everyone breaks out the pitchforks and torches, let me justify that.
It may have been flash fiction, but it told so much with so little. The others that were neck and neck with this one were in many ways stronger entries but needed so much more to do it, and they just kept making this one shine even brighter in comparison. I can so vividly see the Gods of New Eden being reduced to yet another skillbook, detailing the technology of the lost civilization we once considered the peak of human evolution. It really teases the mind and lets us imagine all manner of things.
Edited in: I'd like to also add that it made me emotional. I envisioned the humongous civilizations of New Eden, the knowledge, the huge causes, the desires and all the things New Eden's inhabitants considered so vital and important just... fading away, into irrelevancy. Being rendered just... a note in history. No one cares anymore, other than how the technology can be applied in the world ten thousand years from now.
It lends a bit of interesting perspective to the current state of New Eden and the people (and real life players) in it, and how much is invested in these things.
In three short paragraphs the spirit of NE10K was fully filled, and that has earned it the win here.
I do want to stress that every entry was in the running. There's been some very strong entries, more than I expected, and if this one hadn't stood out like it did, I'd still be wracking my head trying to pick one over the other.
Quintrala, send me a PM here on the site with your character's preferences in space activity, faction allegiance etc, please.
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(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/004355063/4719544930_i_m_ok_with_this__n1296497202304__super_answer_2_xlarge.png)
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Congratulations Quintrala!
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Still waiting for that PM. If someone could ping Quintrala in-game or elsewhere, that'd be great.
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Did have a talk with Quintrala in-game but I'm still waiting for that PM with the character information I need to tailor the prize.
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PM received. Stratios + completely random fittings (I have never fitted a Stratios and I just bloody winged it randomly) contracted to Quintrala. I would have added some small flavor bits, but I have to run from the keyboard for a minute.
Congratulations again on your winning entry. I think I'll have to make this a thing.
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Thank you Miz and thanks to everyone!
It has been a busy time of travelling and other RL things and I have not been able to keep up. I did not realize my entry had won until I was mid-chat with Miz, when I was apologising and she was congratulating me...
I cannot say much about the story. I like to borrow and steal ideas sometimes, and there is not much to steal from New Eden so far in the future. How do people look, what do they do, have they advanced, have they gone back to the stone age or what? We know nothing of the future.
The next best thing to try is asking ourselves about what we know today about those who came ten thousand years before us and still wonder how alien we must be to them. What do we know about about the Great Leaders of the Talocan, the plight of the Yan Jung, Takmahl art or Sleeper dreams? What do we know of the ancient people who built gates before that? ((About John Kennedy, François Miterrand, Taylor Swift or Christa McAuliffe?)) Not much. Could they have predicted us? Could they have understoo us?
Ah, but there is something left, if only a sliver, and that is what will be left of us 10K from now. We can recognise what is left in that book: space, war and immortality. Technology.
That being said, 10K from now the story will not be about us. It will be an entirely different world which will have taken shape by then. And my hat goes off to all of you who built those worlds in a jiffy of a time, to give us a view of an incredibly complex future and how it took shape.
Here is to you, who make worlds come alive. Thank you all :)
Q