FINAL FANTASY XI Stratics Hosts a Creative Writing Contest! (06/10/2009)

[Asgon]

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The team over at FINAL FANTASY XI Stratics is hosting a new contest that will be of special interest to those of you with literary aspirations.Would-be scribes are tasked with creating their own fun-filled quest for a chance to win shiny new FINAL FANTASY XI goods. Stratics is offering up coveted prizes such as the ever-popular Shadow Lord statue, the new Star Onions "Sanctuary" album, and much more! Grab your ink quill and sheet of parchment, and let your very own adventure begin!

Visit FINAL FANTASY XI Stratics for more details.

Thoughts?

[Darus Grey]

I like how there's no writers guidelines at all.

It all started with a chance encounter on firesday, a mithra "Notadude" and a curious TaruTaru...and a dildo.

[Maxxthepenguin]

rofl stratics

[The Blackrose]

I think you could replace this title with "Hey look, FFXI Stratics is trying to exist for once!" and you could still walk away with the same feeling.

[BRP]

They want us to tell a story through the format of a quest, but are not concerned about the technical aspect of it? Why not just make it a short story submission?

[Gergall]

I didn't have the balls to post this announcement here yesterday, when it first appeared on the playonline homepage. Kudos, Asgon.

[Classikmage]

In before SE is running out of ideas and and subtley trying to get our help for new ones, lol.

[Null]

I'll write half a sentence and then tell them to wait for the next version update.

[Izzy]

I didn't have the balls to post this announcement here yesterday, when it first appeared on the playonline homepage. Kudos, Asgon.

I thought the same thing when I saw this yesterday. I don't think anyone in advanced really gives a shit lol.

[Priran]

Zzz

in before elphaba jokes

[Silenka]

I think you could replace this title with "Hey look, FFXI Stratics is trying to exist for once!" and you could still walk away with the same feeling.

Just this.

[Ruuz]

Go go lemon fics!

[Narol]

I like how there's no writers guidelines at all.

This. There's even a post on the forum thread they link to asking like, "So is this just a short stort contest or what?"

That said, I probably should enter just for shits and giggles.

[Asgon]

I didn't have the balls to post this announcement here yesterday, when it first appeared on the playonline homepage. Kudos, Asgon.

lol ^

I read like half of this and laughed. There isnt much to be said about this one

[Darus Grey]

I might for the hell of it as well, get me that statue!

I can already picture the premise.

"I have a settlement or annuity and I need cash now". Already more epic than Rotz and CoP combined...this will be a breeze.

[Silenka]

I sent in an entry. It involved a main character being thrust into a dangerous situation, and thus being forced to gather together allies, travel to a giant castle, battle his way through many sub-bosses, and then fight a main boss for an epic reward.

I was notified today that my entry was disqualified because it is not in the form of a quest.

I hope you're not joking, cause I'm loling.

[Kaeko]

Someone should write an entry that requires you to trade a sin of (anything) somewhere in the quest as a joke and see if the people at stratics actually play this game.

[Meian]

Is the guidelines just making a quest of any kind you want or does it have to tie to something in the game already? Guessing theres no restrictions toward length either? Hmm...

[Narol]

Better not be any restrictions on length, or mine will be DQed pretty quickly. It's not quite as bad as the Three Paths mission, but several cutscenes are eye-gougingly long.

Also, I'm not going to say which of my characters are original and which aren't, just to see if they can tell who's who. Also because the most major non-original character in mine is Tosuka-Porika.

I'm not explaining who that guy is. Go look him up if you care.

[shukudai]

Did anyone read this, and think "This is your story..." ---> YouTube - FFXI "This is my story" or was it just me?