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Contest July-August 2019 Short Story Contest Reading and Voting Thread

Discussion in 'Fluff and Stories' started by Scalenex, Aug 1, 2019.

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Which Story or Stories Do You Like Best? (choose up to three)

Poll closed Aug 30, 2019.

  1. Story One: "The Polar Warpgate"

    2 vote(s)
    12.5%

  2. Story Two: "Kroxigor's Magic"

    6 vote(s)
    37.5%

  3. Story Three: "A Friend for Hard Times"

    11 vote(s)
    68.8%

  4. Story Four: "Got Your Gear?"

    2 vote(s)
    12.5%

  5. Story Five: "The Coward's Weapon"

    6 vote(s)
    37.5%

  6. Story Six: "Peals of Thunder"

    4 vote(s)
    25.0%

  7. Story Seven: "Two Strengths"

    5 vote(s)
    31.3%

  8. Story Eight: "Tzlatoc and the Gate Warden"

    2 vote(s)
    12.5%

  9. Story Nine: "The Mythology of Ghur"

    6 vote(s)
    37.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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  1. Scolenex
    Ripperdactil

    Scolenex Well-Known Member

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    I award Killer Angel the Scolenex Cup for the cuddly wuddliest story.

    Honorable mentions to "Kroxigor's Magic" and "Two Strengths"
     
    Scolenex, Aug 26, 2019
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  2. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl Eleventh Spawning

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    Congrats to @Killer Angel for winning the contest twice in a row now! Have we ever had that before?

    I’m honestly so pleased that my three favourite stories were three of the best entries - I voted for ‘A Friend for Hard Times’, ‘The Coward’s Weapon’ and ‘Kroxigor’s Magic’ which came first, second and joint third respectively - but all the stories were very well written as usual. Should have known that @Warden wrote ‘The Mythology of Ghur’ as he loves his in-universe written lore pieces, and I’m very impressed by the sequels @thedarkfourth and @pendrake wrote to previous short story contest entries of theirs.

    I look forward to seeing what the next contest theme is in October (and hopefully I will actually enter next time :p)!

    EDIT: @Scalenex, I don’t think you’ve awarded the Scalenex cup this contest yet!
     
    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl, Aug 26, 2019
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  3. Killer Angel
    Slann

    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    That would be extremely cool, but the last comp's winner was @Scalenex . I only provided the theme for this one. ;)
     
    Killer Angel, Aug 26, 2019
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    Slann

    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl Eleventh Spawning

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    Of course I remember now...
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    Sorry, don’t know what happened there with my memory. I’m surprised though that @Scalenex delegated the choosing of the theme to someone else.
     
    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl, Aug 26, 2019
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  5. Killer Angel
    Slann

    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    He was just short of ideas. ;)
     
    Killer Angel, Aug 26, 2019
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  6. Paradoxical Pacifism
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    Congrats to @Killer Angel for a fun story :) (I really loved the minor characters; they were done very well). I guess it's pretty cool that I somehow envisioned this theme roughly half a year prior, albeit with a Slann instead of a skink priest. Can't wait for the next one then - this one was enjoyable!
     
    Paradoxical Pacifism, Aug 26, 2019
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  7. Scalenex
    Slann

    Scalenex Keeper of the Indexes Staff Member

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    The pieces were excellent this season, but I'm not sure any of them are dark enough to qualify for the Scalenex Cup this season. That's why I asked Scolenex to give his own award this cycle.

    Yup.

    Indeed.

    Killer Angel may want to consider delegating the next contest theme to someone else, or not.
     
    Scalenex, Aug 26, 2019
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  8. Killer Angel
    Slann

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    Yep.
    I've got a unusual theme that could be nice for the next comp, but i think i will send a couple of PMs in the next days. ;)
     
    Killer Angel, Aug 27, 2019
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    Slann

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    Congrats!
     
    Aginor, Aug 27, 2019
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