[Sahova OOC Thread] Rest in Peace

by **Pandaemus** on November 9th, 2013, 7:32 pm

Go Sahova! I'm eager to see what sort of awesome plot we can weave out of this NaNo.

by **Annalisa Marin** on November 10th, 2013, 4:16 am

Oh Panny, I certainly cannot wait until your Judgment is done, I simply must thread with you after reading some of your work! Not sure what the subject of the thread would be exactly, but I'm confident it would be a tale for the ages.

by **Mirage** on November 11th, 2013, 2:56 am

Attention Sahova!!

I have been thinking for a while now, on a lot of things about my wonderful city and my wonderful players. I have discovered that my little 'contest' has caused far more negative vibes than positive ones, and there are a few who have hurt because of it one way or another. I cannot help but take responsibility for this, as I never intended it to go the way it did. It's all been worked out and everyone is good once more, but I have decided to scrap my previous contest idea... For a new idea! Bwahahahaha!

Lol never say something cannot be recovered from the brink of disaster, because I have a new proposition for you all. I am no longer going to focus on these word counts, or this competition between players. Instead I want to offer you all something else instead, something I am going to call Sahova's First Storycrafting Challenge! (Nano edition!).

This came to me after talking with a fellow ST who is very close to Sahova as well, and she knows who she is

. I hate to watch players fight with one another, so instead I wanted to create a challenge that would instead push players to write TOGETHER and build something amazing. Basically this challenge will be to create a story filled with all the epicness a story can hold. There is no one way to do it either. It does not have to be action packed, does not have to have huge amounts of Drama, or magic (*gasp* did Mirage just say that?) or anything in particular. What it DOES have to have is very real character development, character driven plots, and be very true to your characters in genera. Lol I said character like 3 times in a row, but you get the point. These stories do not have to have anything, except to be very true to your characters and their individual stories.

Now the rules for this challenge will be very open ended. A single player can have up to 1 solo thread, and 1 cooperative thread entered into this contest. There are no rules on the contents, or the number of players in these cooperative threads, however modded threads WILL NOT COUNT. So you guys will have to get to know each other very well

. Threads entered into the challenge will then be read by your fellow Sahovans, and through anonymous voting by you, the players, PMed directly to me a winner will be decided. The winner's thread will be placed in the Sahova Announcements thread, along with some of the excellent reviews given by players as to why they loved the thread. It is my hope that with this challenge you, the players, will grow as writers, form stronger connections with each other, learn to appreciate one another's works, AND build amazing plots and stories all in one go! So lets do a quick breakdown of this paragraph shall we?

Challenge Rules
1. A Player may submit one solo, and one cooperative thread for voting
2. Players who do multiple cooperative threads will only be entered in the contest for the one THEY submit themselves for. This basically means a player can be in multiple cooperative threads, but only the one they choose to put up to represent them will be used in the voting. A player who is in a cooperative thread that won, but did choose the thread as one of theirs for voting, will not win the challenge, but may receive a consolation prize (just to be fair since your awesomeness went into the thread as well

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3. There is no set parameters for these threads. The only rule is that they must be true to your character in some way. The best threads are ones that bring your character to life, so in every thread you do try and breath life into your writing

4. This contest is NOT meant to promote competition. It is to promote collaborative storytelling, and to allow players to meet and connect in new and interesting ways.

So that is the baseline of it all. I will probably edit it a bit and put some more work into the rules and such depending on the feedback I get. So now I give it to you, the players. Would you be interested in a challenge like this? If you like it we could make it into a seasonal/biseasonal thing, depending on the enthusiasm that is shown. Again let me emphasize that this is not meant to make players compete or fight with one another. It is a way to stretch your writing muscles, practice your story telling abilities, and then see what the other players in Sahova think of your work. I would not be involved in the voting at all, besides being the official counter lol. The prizes themselves will vary in type, size, and importance. Some times the challenge prize will be miniscule, othertimes it may be something completely unexpected! The point of this challenge is not to win a prize though. It is to develop your stories here in Sahova, and to breath passion and life into each and every thread that you do. THAT is what I want Sahova to represent. Not the competition. Mizahar is not an RPG GAME. its a collaborative writing site. That is what I want Sahova to excel in. Deep, innovative plots with well developed characters. I think it would be very fun to do these challenges and have your thread and names put up on the forum forever, so future players may look back at these stories you create and give them something to strive for.

So once more, my wonderful players, what do you think?

by **Mirage** on November 11th, 2013, 3:04 am

And on a completely unrelated note, I will be gone from the forums for the next day or so (save for posting to the OOC thread and responding to PM's). I will not have much time to sit down and write replies for a little bit, but do not worry I will be back in full swing really soon! Pan, I know your waiting on me. For you I shall ride with the speed of a thousand wind eagles ^.^

by **Annalisa Marin** on November 11th, 2013, 3:07 am

Strokes chin.

I like this. I like this very, very much. A fun way to promote threading with other players, and to encourage the collaborative writing effort. It also eliminates any pesky competitive effects quite nicely.

Character sheet · by **Celeste Arumen** on November 11th, 2013, 4:34 am

That sounds wonderful. I would love something like that!

by **Mirage** on November 11th, 2013, 4:46 pm

I would love to hear everyone elses opinions as well. This is something I want to create for my players in Sahova, so every player I feel should make their oppinion know ^.^. Do the rest of you like it? Is this a direction you would like to go? I would love to see what everyone could accomplish with this, but at the same time I want to make sure its an idea everyone can support

by **Morvale Barrows** on November 11th, 2013, 4:51 pm

It sounds good to me too, I like the idea of cooperative threading opposed to competitive. I feel like it promotes exactly what we want on the island, more character interactions, story's and plots.

by **Fubuki Kouri** on November 11th, 2013, 5:16 pm

I like it.

I really hope it will result in solidarity and teamwork rather than unhealthy rivalries.

by **Mirage** on November 11th, 2013, 5:20 pm

That's 4/5! Pan I would love to hear your thoughts as well

P.S. you will all be my test subjects with this, so you will all have an active role in deciding how this challenge will play out for the future Sahovans. So give me any and all feedback you might have about the set up

. I was thinking of having our first challenge, in the spirit of Nano, to be threads completed in the month of November to help you all bring your word counts up for your own individual challenges! So I start off with a question, would you like to have the test challenge this month, or start fresh this coming december?