Reimagining Contest / Discussion

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Announcement Post

thedeadlymoose 03 Feb 2015 08:20

And here… we… go.

A couple extra points for the helpful few who saw this draft beforehand and helped proofread it. No need to read this if you didn't see the draft version.

• The traditional SCP format may be only used once per entry.
• No collaborations. You can share ideas and help brainstorm, but one writer per entry. (If you help each other with minor things that's fine.)
• The contest submission period has been shortened; it's now two weeks long. The start date is the same, however.
• Some Series 2 SCPs are okay to use for the central concept. This is because we got mixed up and forgot that Series 2 started in the middle of 2011.

Agent MacLeod 03 Feb 2015 08:54

*cracks knuckles*

Biopunk tank people can wait. 049 is getting all rewritten in this motherfucker.

Doctor W White 20 Feb 2015 00:59

funny you should say that. That's exactly what I was going to do. (look at me, 049 cosplayer, what else would I do?)

Decibelles 03 Feb 2015 08:59

This contest was proposed by TwistedGears. The hub was written by Reject, thedeadlymoose, and TroyL.

Now we know who to blame when all Hell breaks loose :3

AnOverallContext 03 Feb 2015 10:25

Oh shit, didn't actually think this would be a thing, I thought it was just a joke. Guess I underestimated the staff.

That being said, SCP-668 is getting a narrative overhaul. I've wanted to do this for quite a while.

Dr Hysteria 03 Feb 2015 11:14

Mary Sue is an actual person who hates that she is being associated with bad writing.

Either that, or SCP-087 will have an elevator.

Smapti 03 Feb 2015 16:06

I didn't see anything in the hub itself specifying who to direct questions to, so I'll ask here; would it be kosher if I solicited another site member to create an original picture to use in an entry otherwise written completely by myself, or would that be against the "no collaborations" rule?

(account deleted) 04 Feb 2015 02:40

There's no reason it shouldn't be. I've done it for every contest so far. This is about writing.

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thedeadlymoose 04 Feb 2015 08:45

Yes, you can do this.

Djoric 03 Feb 2015 16:43

Damn your temptations, contest.

Communism will win 03 Feb 2015 16:49

REIMAGINATION CONTEST WHEN

oh hey it's up

Dibs on SCP-699.

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if your reading this your gay

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Ihp 03 Feb 2015 17:01

This part of the rules confuses me:

You may not have more than one SCP format portion in your entry, and if you use the SCP format at all, you must have at least three distinct, substantive documents within your entry in any format. Relying exclusively on the familiar is discouraged. If they are found not to have sufficient content, your entry will be disqualified.

What does it mean by "Three distinct documents"? Does it mean the SCP has to have supplements? Do we have to write three SCPs?

E: Also, 3:00 AM what time zone? Pacific? Eastern? GMT?

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Crayne 03 Feb 2015 17:05

Also, 3:00 AM what time zone? Pacific? Eastern? GMT?

Your timezone. ;) *points at the line about the times being local for the reader*

Rejekyll 03 Feb 2015 21:38

Three distinct documents means that if you use the SCP format, you also need at least two other tabs. You can write an experiment log, or a tale, or an MC&D catalog — whatever you want, really, as long as each document has substance. The rule's in place to stop people from just rewriting an SCP in the SCP format.

Logan Armstrong 03 Feb 2015 17:17

Part of me wants to make Able a man capable of annoying every single soul in the world and his name would be Consuable, but part of me wants to make an entry that could get actually voted.

Awesome contest, by the way. Great idea from TG.

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