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Aug 28 2006 06:36pm

Mic Den Octela
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Mic Den Octela
I'm ending the competition 40 minutes early because I won't be here tomorrow.

This is the poll as it last was. As you can see Emm Son Margil is the winner! So everyone go give her a big hand. :)

Congratulations Emm, you've been awarded The Jedi Academy's Uber Oh My Gawd That Story Was Da Shizzle award.

Now of course the prize is still uncertain. I have to get in touch with Jaiko before I can accertain whether or not you actually get any shinies.

Well done to all our entries, all of them were a good read and personally I think "Losses" deserved more votes than it got.

I'll be holding another one this Christmas with a, you guessed it, Christmas theme! Get thinking now so that you're ready for the competition. Next time you will only get a week. :)


Just in case you were wondering, here are the links to the stories in case you missed them and still want a read. :)

Entries:

Emm Son Margil's "Remember"

Methos' "Losses"

ShadowKnight's "The Sanctuary"

Stig's "The Academy Tribute"

Trooper's "The Prodigious Apprentice"
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This post was edited by Mic Den Octela on Sep 18 2006 01:50am.

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Sep 11 2006 10:28pm

ShadowKnight
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 ShadowKnight

Uh, I voted for my own so... In the final count you might wanna take one off of mine or something. I wanted to see the results.
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Sep 11 2006 09:02pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

Alright, threads updated and ready for everyone to vote. I will vote only so I can view the results.
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Sep 11 2006 09:18pm.

Sep 11 2006 07:01pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

You've all got a bit longer, because I have to go now. So You've all got till 9pm tonight to get them in!
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Sep 11 2006 06:41pm

Stig
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 Stig

woo 20 minutes to go!:)
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Sep 11 2006 04:51pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

You've all got until 7pm GMT tonight to finish sending in all your stories. There will be other competitions coming early next year or maybe a christmas themed one so you can still wait for the next one if you wish.

Good luck!
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This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Sep 11 2006 06:34pm.

Sep 10 2006 05:56pm

Vaughn
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 Vaughn

Argh. The story I was trying to write is less of a short story and more of a "damn- this is getting long" story. Its to the point that the main action of the story hasn't been explained, and it still took a while to write... (I don't know how many pages, seeing-as it was in a text-editor I wrote it in). Gah. Ah well :(
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Sep 09 2006 10:14pm

Stig
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 Stig

mines called Tribute btw
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Sep 08 2006 06:43pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

Right!

Sorted...

Methos - Losses
ShadowKnight - The Sanctuary

Please people, don't forget to put your on-site name on your story and in the e-mail! To avoid further confusion could you also please send it to my hotmail account and not my Yahoo.

:)
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Sep 08 2006 06:49pm.

Sep 07 2006 10:28pm

ShadowKnight
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 ShadowKnight

It occurs to me I didn't put my screen name on my story, or in the e-mail... *Quickly e-mails details*

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No-one else has handed anything in yet.


try checking ur email...


And hey, Meth's taking part and I wasn't informed?!
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This comment was edited by ShadowKnight on Sep 07 2006 10:30pm.

Sep 07 2006 10:20pm

Stig
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 Stig

:) obviously
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Owner of DarthMike's 200th Comment, My paddy brother Grycen's 100th Comment, Raydoe_Mintaka's 347th Comment, TheDestroyer's 615th Comment, Jedifire_Mintaka's 66th Comment and My cool master Setementor's 7500th Comment!!! (Offer me more everybody!!!)


Sep 07 2006 07:07pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

Quote:
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No-one else has handed anything in yet.


try checking ur email...


Hey man, I hadn't any in my inbox AS I posted that.
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Sep 07 2006 03:19pm

^Methos
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No-one else has handed anything in yet.


try checking ur email...
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Sep 06 2006 01:29pm

Stig
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 Stig

ooh cool!:)
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Proud Padawan of Setementor
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Owner of DarthMike's 200th Comment, My paddy brother Grycen's 100th Comment, Raydoe_Mintaka's 347th Comment, TheDestroyer's 615th Comment, Jedifire_Mintaka's 66th Comment and My cool master Setementor's 7500th Comment!!! (Offer me more everybody!!!)


Sep 06 2006 01:32am

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

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i gave a it a shot, do i get a prize for last place:P


Don't be so hard on yourself. I'll let you in on something. No-one else has handed anything in yet. There's only 5 more days to go. There's a chance that you'll make it to top 3. Which then it's a public vote!
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Sep 05 2006 10:05pm

Stig
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 Stig

i gave a it a shot, do i get a prize for last place:P
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Proud Padawan of Setementor
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Owner of DarthMike's 200th Comment, My paddy brother Grycen's 100th Comment, Raydoe_Mintaka's 347th Comment, TheDestroyer's 615th Comment, Jedifire_Mintaka's 66th Comment and My cool master Setementor's 7500th Comment!!! (Offer me more everybody!!!)


Sep 03 2006 05:48am

Acey Spadey
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 Acey Spadey

it can't be smutty


damn... well I guess I can't enter then :P:P
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Sep 02 2006 05:28pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

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Is it ok if we send in stories we've already written?


Yeah. It's fine. But it kinda takes away the fun of a creative competition like this. Then again, it is a story competition and not a writing competition.
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Sep 02 2006 02:31am

ShadowKnight
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 ShadowKnight

Is it ok if we send in stories we've already written?
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Sep 01 2006 11:22pm

Mindrith Pride
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 Mindrith Pride

im lookin' forward to reading some of these <3
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Sep 01 2006 01:11pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

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Everbody who's read it seems to think so...


Then it's okay. :)
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Aug 31 2006 10:30pm

ShadowKnight
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 ShadowKnight

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Is 23 pages long okay? :P


Is it good?


Everbody who's read it seems to think so...
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To be yourself is all that you can do.

Aug 31 2006 04:40pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

Quote:
Is 23 pages long okay? :P


Is it good?
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Aug 31 2006 03:05am

ShadowKnight
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 ShadowKnight

Is 23 pages long okay? :P
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Aug 30 2006 10:24pm

Mic Den Octela
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 Mic Den Octela

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Okay, you've said no more than five pages with 12ish pt. font, but what about spacing? Do you want them single or double spaced? It makes a big difference, you know. Single spaced, five pages is about two-and-two-thirds thousand words. Double spaced, it's only a little more than one thousand.


Standard line spacing is fine. There's no use in making your work look like it's 700 pages when your story will only be chosen if it's a good story. Remember its quality not quantity. So spacing and number of pages don't really matter. It can be ten pages if you really want, in font size 2! :P

Good luck, i hope its a good 'un!
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-Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown)

Aug 30 2006 09:59pm

Trad Redav
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 Trad Redav

Okay, you've said no more than five pages with 12ish pt. font, but what about spacing? Do you want them single or double spaced? It makes a big difference, you know. Single spaced, five pages is about two-and-two-thirds thousand words. Double spaced, it's only a little more than one thousand.
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