Contest October-November Short Story Contest reading thread

Discussion in 'Fluff and Stories' started by Killer Angel, Nov 1, 2021.

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Which story or stories do you like best? (choose up to two)

Poll closed Dec 1, 2021.

  1. Story One: "The Truth"

    3 vote(s)
    23.1%

  2. Story two: "Call for the Old Ones"

    3 vote(s)
    23.1%

  3. Story three: "The Future"

    4 vote(s)
    30.8%

  4. Story four: "Join the Army"

    5 vote(s)
    38.5%

  5. Story five: "The Sleeping Giant"

    3 vote(s)
    23.1%

  6. Story six: "A Better World"

    2 vote(s)
    15.4%

  7. Story seven: "Light and Darkness"

    5 vote(s)
    38.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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  1. Killer Angel
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    :D:D:D
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 3, 2021
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    This triggers me so much to write a really crap story and put Chaos Dwarfs in the title :p

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
    Imrahil, Dec 3, 2021
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    Yep, and then make fun of Nightbringer when he likes it. Make sure the content is really rage-inducing. :D
     
    Aginor, Dec 3, 2021
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    And then put up with NIGHTBRINGER's self-satisfied grin when he opens up 10 new accounts and pushes the story to victory anyways! ;) (lucky for everyone that I'm much to lazy to put forth such effort)

    That would only target those that read the stories, not those that lazily peruse exclusively story titles. Something akin to cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. :p
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 3, 2021
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    Apologies for the delay.

    Many congrats to the winner-meat! :D
    As always it was great to see such a high calibre of writing from all involved!
     
    Y'ttar Scaletail, Dec 5, 2021
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    Imagine if @Lizards of Renown had chosen Chaos Dwarfs as the theme for this contest. :wideyed: A missed opportunity :cyclops:


    Query for the curious at heart, do LO short story entries have to feature Lizardmen? And if so, to what degree?... (i.e. must be major character, minor character, simple mention, etc.). Has there ever been a story entry that purely featured other warhammer races without any reference/inclusion of Lizardmen? (@Scalenex , @Killer Angel )
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 6, 2021
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    The technically say that Lizardmen, Seraphon, Saurian Ancients, or Salamanders.

    There have been alt setting stories with other versions of Lizardmen.

    There are have been at least four or five stories where Lizardmen/Seraphon were conspicuous by their absence but at the very least Lizardmen are mentioned.

    When Age of Sigmar was relatively new, there were a lot of stories where Seraphon essentially beamed down to save a random human village from something bad. I have seen a piece or two where humans died waiting for Seraphon to save them that never arrived.

    I wrote a piece about a human protagonist that complained that after the Seraphon protagonist that complained about the Seraphon leaving a mess behind after

    There were a few pieces from the point of view of the Old Ones themselves. @Warden really wrote an awesome piece from the Fimir's perspective fighting the Old Ones. Some of these pieces didn't even mention the Lizardmen directly but the Old Ones are big in Lizardmen lore of course.

    People can and do write Lizard-free stories in the fluff forum in general, but not the short story contests.
     
    Scalenex, Dec 6, 2021
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    In the comp they must be featured, even if only by mentioning them.
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 6, 2021
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    There is no escape from the Lizardmen, they mark us all. :)

    Thanks gents.
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 6, 2021
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    In the meantime, we (me and @Aginor ) are thinking to the theme for the next comp.

    Which (as much as it could be fun), won’t be "Chaos Dwarfs". :p
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 6, 2021
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    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 6, 2021
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    @Killer Angel and @Aginor is there news already on the theme for next competition?

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
    Imrahil, Dec 27, 2021
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    That is a good point.

    I am retaking over the administrative role for the next contest, so if you can send me a new contest theme, I can post the next entry thread.
     
    Scalenex, Dec 27, 2021
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    We have a couple of candidates. I'll have a quick chat with @Aginor
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 27, 2021
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    you have a PM :)
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 28, 2021
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