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Author Topic: Forum Grand Opening event or contest - a request for ideas.  (Read 10250 times)

Silver Night

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Long, self explanatory title. I've talked it over a little with a couple people already, but I would like ideas for an event or contest to celebrate the opening of Backstage@Inspiracy.

Help organizing and running such an event is welcome too.

I would prefer something that wouldn't - just as an entirely hypothetical example - require me to read 125 stories averaging 1-2k words each. Ideally whatever we come up with would help raise awareness about the forum, too, to get us some new blood. That means that, at least for this event, something that is probably pretty OOC. I do hope to have IC events in the future.

Anyway, amaze me with your ideas!

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No ideas yet, but I can help with promotion or whatever else. Already been advertising the place on Twitter and even plugged it on my blog.

What kind of events do you think would work for a forum promotion? Suggesting content, like the DYK bits, or other submission stuff? Or something more interactive perhaps?
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Slogan competition? Good PR both short term and long term, or something...  :)
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Well, I would like something that brings people to the forum. The fiction contest, for example, did that very effectively - purely as a side effect - on Chatsubo. As I said, though, I don't think I would want to have to do the judging part solo on something like that again. I had thought maybe something like 'Describe x in 500 words or less'?

'Describe where your character comes from in 500 words or less'

'Describe a holiday, from any of the factions, in 500 words or less'

etc.

Then maybe dump most of the judging on someone else.  :D

I would also like to do something to encourage IG events. That might be a separate thread, though.

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1k-2k words is quite a bit, which will drive down participation.

Other than that I like the idea  :) IMO there should be a defined subject which the stories are about, or is that just me being too 'amarrian' here?
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1k-2k words is quite a bit, which will drive down participation.

Other than that I like the idea  :) IMO there should be a defined subject which the stories are about, or is that just me being too 'amarrian' here?

The 1-2k words thing is what I don't want to do. I recently did a story competition where I gave away some pretty decent prizes, and set the max word count to 3k. I got around 125 entries, it was a bit of work to do the judging.  :P

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Give Ashar A Sansha Faction Battleship, Post About It On CAOD.

Wait, no.

How 'bout something like Natalcya's Project Future, or whatever it was, where she posted on IGS about giving away lots of free frigates to rookie capsuleers? It brings in a lot of newer roleplayer attention, anyhow.

Aside from that...

Alt forum logo competition with a hueg prize, to create a rotation. Might see if EVE-Artists.com is still alive.

Deprecating Admin title competition. Better than slogans, any day.

I dunno, man.

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The "describe something of your choice in x words" is a classic where I come from.
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Ok, so far I've got:

- Describe x in 500 words or less

- Forum logo competition

- Forum slogan competition


Need more ideas, people!

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Everyone give Lillith 1mil isk! \o/

No really in all seriousness I would go with the description in X words thing.
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Favicon too!
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I would like to call for volunteers to judge a 'Describe x in 500 words or less' contest. Figure if we have 5-10 volunteers (assuming we get enough entries) each can pick 1, and then we can have a poll here to see which wins from those nominees. How does that sound to everyone?

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Yo. Volunteering to give opinions. Gonna get passed over because I eat babies :D

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I'd volunteer.
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Guess I could help with it, as I volunteered earlier. :P
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