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damned_institute!!!As some of you may have noticed, the community
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damned was created exactly six years ago today, October 1st, and has been going strong since then!
I think you veterans know what
that means...
No, it has nothing to do with liederhosen or German beer festivals, but it does have a lot to do with
FIC-WRITING and
IN-GAME PRIZES!!! (It's also a good warm-up for NaNo!)
Basically:
EVERY PARTICIPANT WHO WRITES A FIC FOR OKTOBERFEST WILL EARN ONE OF THEIR CHARACTERS THEIR OUTFIT FROM THEIR CANONRULES FOR THE FIC1) Your fic must be over 2000 words in order to be eligible. We want to make sure people make a genuine effort to earn the participation prize!
2) Your fic must take place in the Landel's Damned setting. Your characters must either be in the Institute or the established area around it. Now, take into account that when we say "area," we mean the entire world--so a fic where the characters have escaped and are searching through the same
world as Landel's is okay. The furthest from the setting you could get would be an ending where the characters make it back to their own world, but you couldn't write the entire fic in that setting.
3) Your fic must include characters who are actually at Landel's. While you can include characters who aren't on the Landel's roster on a sort of what-if basis, your fic should primarily focus on characters who are or have been in the RP.
4) As long as it meets the above criteria, your fic may include any plot and characters you want! So let loose! Stay on topic, but have some fun doing it!
5) If your fic, when posted, doesn't meet all of the above criteria, the mods can and will consider you ineligible to receive the participation prize. Just giving you fair warning here!
6) While it isn't mandatory, we strongly encourage you to write about characters other than the ones you play. After all, this is a chance to write about things you normally couldn't!
DUE DATEIn order to be eligible for a prize,
all fics are due at 0:00 AM PST November 1st--that is, midnight on Halloween. However, you may post them whenever you want throughout the entire month of October.
FORMATWhen done with your fic, please post it with the following format to
damned_lounge.
Subject Line: Oktoberfest '12: [Title of Fic] by [your name/username]
Title: Author: Beta: (if applicable)
Word Count: Rating: Character(s): Pairing(s): (if applicable)
Summary: Notes: (if applicable)
( Text of fic under a cut. )
Find the code here:
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Any widely applicable questions that people ask in comments or that have been posed during past Oktoberfests can be found in the FAQ below. (Please check it over before you ask something!)
( FAQ )We're so grateful for everyone's support over the years and we can't fully express how overjoyed we are that the game has lasted this long and that we have so many awesome players to thank for it. We will continue to try our best to make
damned_institute a fun place to be and here's to another happy year for the game.
♥ ♥ ♥Also, we realize that the game might not necessarily be around for much longer, but the support you all give and the enthusiasm you show is what inspires us mods to keep this ship sailing! So thank you so much, again.
Have fun with the ficathon! With any luck, we might just make it to another October.
♥
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