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(Yes, as a matter of fact, the title IS meant to stir up a smaller storm. It's also somehow relevant/appropriate to the meaning of this thread.)

Greetings ladies and gentlemen!

In an effort to increase you modern gamers' interest in the classical arts, I have decided (with some ideas from the artists themselves) to offer a reward for doing something so uncouth with regards to these "games" as READING (gasp!). Now, for anyone who did not faint at such an outrageuous suggestion, I must admit that I do not have the means available to validate that you actually read any of the entries, only that you have voted for some of them (which means, you could just throw a die a few times to decide the scores you give).

Sadly, not everyone who gives their vote will gain a reward as I simply do not have the financial means of doing so. Instead, everyone who votes (except the artists whose entries you are voting for, and me) will be eligible for a random draw with no less than TWO winners.

Rules for voting:
Everyone gets 7 points to distribute at will across at most 3 entries (no negative points), you are free to vote for yourself (it's fair, the other contestants can do it too). The five entries with the most points will get glorious prizes.

Voting will end on Febryary 28 (evening-time in Europe). No extensions.

The entries, in order of submission:
* dandi8
* RaggieRags
* GoJays2025
* Titanium
* Stelis: Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak.
* MoP: Scratched memories.

The current votes are as follows:
* dandi8:
* RaggieRags: 8
* GoJays2025: 2
* Titanium:
* Stelis:
* MoP: 4

That's from the votes of only MoP and RaggieRags.

I won't update this post with current post counts, but will instead do a new post whenever I decide it might be a good idea (at the very least, once more when voting is over).

Titanium: Sorry, about not getting back to you earlier. I don't know why I didn't tell you at once (you may kick me for that, if you wish), but you voted for 4 entries which is one too many. Due to that, I did not include your votes here.

Prizes:
The prizes for the writers are clearly outlined in the original post, and copying the list here serves little purpose. However, two of the voters will be randomly drawn to recieve one $5.99 GOG each.
Post edited February 20, 2011 by Miaghstir
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Miaghstir: Titanium: Sorry, about not getting back to you earlier. I don't know why I didn't tell you at once (you may kick me for that, if you wish), but you voted for 4 entries which is one too many. Due to that, I did not include your votes here.
Hey, no problem. That's a quick mend. Here you go:

Four (4) points: dandi8 (Awesome man. Really enjoyed reading that)
Two (2) points: Stelis (It just sucked me right in)
One (1) point: RaggieRags (I guess we all did something similar when we were kids, thanks for sharing that)

Also, I'm handing out a helping hand. I'll donate a game worth $9.99 for the peole who vote, so you don't have to put both games up by yourself.
dandi8: 3
dandi8, I like that you just went for it with that grand concept. I feel like it could have been more intricate and greatly expanded upon but I am definitely happy with what you accomplished within the limitations of such a writing contest.

Stelis: 4
Stelis, as Titanium said, the story definitely sucked me right in as well. The kind of thing I can envision happening to myself, very relatable.

I would have voted sooner if I had realized that no one was voting. How dare we let such a great contest fall by the wayside! I'm also rather sorry that I didn't contribute... If I'm drawn for a game, I would be happy to donate it forward to the next creative contest and try to win it in a more exciting fashion.

EDIT: I didn't talk about the stories!
Post edited February 20, 2011 by PhoenixWright
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Miaghstir: Rules for voting:
Everyone gets 7 points to distribute at will across at most 3 entries (no negative points), you are free to vote for yourself (it's fair, the other contestants can do it too). The five entries with the most points will get glorious prizes.
dandi8: 3 - Nice Story, I enjoyed it
RaggieRags: 2 - Its always nice to see my kids fall in love with games
GoJays2025: 2 - How many times have we just left it hanging ;-)
Post edited February 20, 2011 by Lou
As for my own votes:

MoP: 3, because playing together with your family is awesome.
RaggieRags: 2, because that cardboard computer story is adorable (though mine was built from wood instead).
GoJays2025: 2, because I want to play that game.
Okay... finally got down to do it. It was pretty tough. I tried to rate each story individually, and they all came pretty close together, but I can only give out points to 3 of you, so based on that...

RaggieRags: 4 points - Very adorable.
dandi8: 2 points - Just a nice story, enjoyed reading it.
Titanium: 1 point - Kind of long, but well-written and really made me want to play Baldur's Gate by the end :D. I wonder how many people actually read it due to the length.
Titanium: 4 points.

dandi8: 3 points.
Stelis: Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. 4 votes
Former WuW player so I understood some of what the author talked about, such as not wanting to let down his comrades, though I never went as far as he did...

RaggieRags 3 votes
Cardboard PC sounds amazing, and it's awesome how it carried on to her niece


Liked the personal stories more so than the fiction ones, which I found a bit surprising as I normally dislike non-fiction.
I thought this was going to be about taking an academic approach to games like Duke Nukem and post-modernizing the fuck out of them. I'm kind of disappointed. Oh well.
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Miaghstir: In an effort to increase you modern gamers' interest in the classical arts, I have decided (with some ideas from the artists themselves) to offer a reward for doing something so uncouth with regards to these "games" as READING (gasp!).
I thought you were talking about classical arts like the works of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, or perhaps Agatha Christie (if the latest can be counted as classic already), in which case I am definitely interested :-)

Anyway, it will take some time to read the entries, so I am going to cast my vote later. I am reserving this post space and will edit it later once I have read them.

EDIT:
Alright, here goes:
dandi8: 3 points
GoJays2025: 2 points
Stelis: 2 points
Post edited February 20, 2011 by tarangwydion
I used to read all the time in the 90s but the internet broke me.
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tarangwydion: I thought you were talking about classical arts like the works of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, or perhaps Agatha Christie (if the latest can be counted as classic already), in which case I am definitely interested :-)
Another one cleverly caught in my trap then. But I do believe you may be confusing specific pieces of classical art with the craft itself.

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StingingVelvet: I used to read all the time in the 90s but the internet broke me.
That's what I assumed. Seems the same happened to games other than a scarce few stalwart ones.
5 days.
(2) Stelis: not so bad ;-)
(3) dandi8: Awesome
Stelis - 3
dani8 - 2
Titanium - 2

Would have given GoJays2025 another 2, but sadly only three votes are allowed, so I decided to distribute to the ones that had no points yet.