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Chicken4dinner··2 votes·2,965 views

This was amazing... http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/fancreations/scnyLOw0-tall-tales-of-bilgewater-winners-fan-fic-contest-results However, I have a request (Don't bother paying us to do it :), just that you appreciate our writing and even comment to almost EVERY ONE is what makes us happy ;) ). Can you make this a regular thing if at all possible??

If need be I think the community (me included) can do most of the legwork in making it happen and I honestly believe we can make the boards a better place that we enjoy going to on a regular basis (enough of those f*ck you rito posts dominating the boards' "hot" section every bloody day).

For us and for league can we have a writing hub that can be completely community based but started off by you so that we may do what we love but also share our passions with others which I think is the greatest gift you can give (not expendable rp). We can build our universe of league together, us the community in hand with riot

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RiotBioluminescence3 votes

Hey, Chicken4Dinner - I'm supremely happy you enjoyed the little competition! It was a very spur of the moment idea to run one, and I was pretty humbled by the amount of entries and love it's had. Humbled and super impressed.

It did, however, consume almost all of my spare time for the duration and the judging/commenting period. (I tried not to spend too much work time on it, though I sneaked in a read or two in quiet moments). While I read fast, it took me a long time to consider, comment, and critique - especially when I knew people were eager to know the winners.

So while I enjoyed it immensely, I'm in a bit of a fan-fiction competition hosting hangover right now :) It will pass, of course, and I'll likely be enthused to run another, but in this downtime maybe you can help me figure out some ways of making it easier and better for everyone involved?

For example - what do writers like yourself find most important about something like this? You mentioned that a possible RP reward wasn't a major motivator - but that being read, appreciated, and commented on, was where more value was. I'd like to know if there are more players who feel the same way, and/or what would be most valuable to them if we were to run another of these. Maybe there are things that would really make players happy if it was part of a competition like this, that I've not even imagined! If you're volunteering legwork, maybe you could poll your fellow players and find out? :D

Again - thanks for your appreciation!

Valaran Nara1 votes

As lazy as I may be on churning out new work (Which makes me perfect for Narrative! kek :^) ) As a writer, one thing is just being recognized. Comments, critiques, accolades for things you worked on due to inspiration and driven by your imagination of how things could be is pretty much what a lot of writers strive for; that goes for both amateur and professional.

While it might be more than you can summon up, I would say a small spotlight would work. Maybe not as glorious as the Artist Spotlights we see every now and then, but just knowing that your work got even MORE light then what you originally threw it out for is nice.

EDIT: I just noticed a bunch of grammatical errors. Can't be asked to fix them. Sorry to the Grammar Nazis. Please, forgive me.

Rito Staff1 votes

{quoted}

Hey, Chicken4Dinner - I'm supremely happy you enjoyed the little competition! It was a very spur of the moment idea to run one, and I was pretty humbled by the amount of entries and love it's had. Humbled and super impressed.

It did, however, consume almost all of my spare time for the duration and the judging/commenting period. (I tried not to spend too much work time on it, though I sneaked in a read or two in quiet moments). While I read fast, it took me a long time to consider, comment, and critique - especially when I knew people were eager to know the winners.

So while I enjoyed it immensely, I'm in a bit of a fan-fiction competition hosting hangover right now :) It will pass, of course, and I'll likely be enthused to run another, but in this downtime maybe you can help me figure out some ways of making it easier and better for everyone involved?

For example - what do writers like yourself find most important about something like this? You mentioned that a possible RP reward wasn't a major motivator - but that being read, appreciated, and commented on, was where more value was. I'd like to know if there are more players who feel the same way, and/or what would be most valuable to them if we were to run another of these. Maybe there are things that would really make players happy if it was part of a competition like this, that I've not even imagined! If you're volunteering legwork, maybe you could poll your fellow players and find out? :D

Again - thanks for your appreciation!

A possibility that their idea would reach lore-writter Rioters, but that's not possible =c -- although it'd be a huge motivator I believe

Chicken4dinner1 votes

{quoted}

Hey, Chicken4Dinner - I'm supremely happy you enjoyed the little competition! It was a very spur of the moment idea to run one, and I was pretty humbled by the amount of entries and love it's had. Humbled and super impressed.

It did, however, consume almost all of my spare time for the duration and the judging/commenting period. (I tried not to spend too much work time on it, though I sneaked in a read or two in quiet moments). While I read fast, it took me a long time to consider, comment, and critique - especially when I knew people were eager to know the winners.

So while I enjoyed it immensely, I'm in a bit of a fan-fiction competition hosting hangover right now :) It will pass, of course, and I'll likely be enthused to run another, but in this downtime maybe you can help me figure out some ways of making it easier and better for everyone involved?

For example - what do writers like yourself find most important about something like this? You mentioned that a possible RP reward wasn't a major motivator - but that being read, appreciated, and commented on, was where more value was. I'd like to know if there are more players who feel the same way, and/or what would be most valuable to them if we were to run another of these. Maybe there are things that would really make players happy if it was part of a competition like this, that I've not even imagined! If you're volunteering legwork, maybe you could poll your fellow players and find out? :D

Again - thanks for your appreciation!

Hey, I am working at the moment but ill come up with a response tonight :) (Aussie time so its about 12:30pm here)

Chicken4dinner1 votes

{quoted}

Hey, Chicken4Dinner - I'm supremely happy you enjoyed the little competition! It was a very spur of the moment idea to run one, and I was pretty humbled by the amount of entries and love it's had. Humbled and super impressed.

It did, however, consume almost all of my spare time for the duration and the judging/commenting period. (I tried not to spend too much work time on it, though I sneaked in a read or two in quiet moments). While I read fast, it took me a long time to consider, comment, and critique - especially when I knew people were eager to know the winners.

So while I enjoyed it immensely, I'm in a bit of a fan-fiction competition hosting hangover right now :) It will pass, of course, and I'll likely be enthused to run another, but in this downtime maybe you can help me figure out some ways of making it easier and better for everyone involved?

For example - what do writers like yourself find most important about something like this? You mentioned that a possible RP reward wasn't a major motivator - but that being read, appreciated, and commented on, was where more value was. I'd like to know if there are more players who feel the same way, and/or what would be most valuable to them if we were to run another of these. Maybe there are things that would really make players happy if it was part of a competition like this, that I've not even imagined! If you're volunteering legwork, maybe you could poll your fellow players and find out? :D

Again - thanks for your appreciation!

I will be happy too :) Also to cut down on the amount of work in between event to event did you want to make a preset of guidelines we could have people follow when writing and responding to other people for each event specific to US?

Rito Staff1 votes

I had no idea about no contest. Did anything showed in the client?

Chicken4dinner1 votes

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I had no idea about no contest. Did anything showed in the client?

No, it was her individual contest. All prizes were out of her pocket

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

{quoted}

No, it was her individual contest. All prizes were out of her pocket

his*

RiotBioluminescence4 votes

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his*

her*

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

{quoted}

her*

I swear that i read somewhere in the forums that you where male, now my whole life is a lie D:!.

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