Alpha Competitions

[Daeros]

What competitions would you like to see for alpha accounts? We've got very few competitions at the moment and not enough ideas for new ones.

There have been enough suggestions for site content, so ideally we'd not add any more of those. More writing competitions? Maybe drawing competitions?

[Pika]

Art would be great Of course, there are a lot of people who are better at art than others... xD I like competitions that everyone has a fair-ish chance in though? Perhaps there can even be a raffle for Alpha points XD So that one would be completely by luck :U~

[Harpy]

Maybe someone could submit a lineart we could get to colour. Doesn't have to be based on skill but creativity. Same as for an art contest. Could have a 'class' for advance drawing and a 'class' for beginners/not so advance drawing? xD

Sorry, trying to think of the word instead of class, but it is escaping me for the moment... =.=

[Ashkaztra]

I'd prefer a writing contest to an art contest, personally, but it tends to take me forever to finish writing something, so I wouldn't have anything done in time to submit it anyway. XD

[Maho]

Maybe there could be some sort of... Multi-category contest? As in... You could enter any type of "art" or something? Just an idea...

[i-i-indecisive !]

I'm all for a raffle. That's easy and requires absolutely no skill.

I also agree with Maho - a fanart competition, but not one that is limited to drawn art. For example, people could enter using a drawing, a poem, a short story, a manip...whatever. This could be a "big" contest, with a bigger payout than the rest of them.

I like the content contests, too, though. At the same time, though, it only really appeals to writers, which could be kind of unfair. -shrugs-

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[weregirl]

humm maybe u could hide a small pic somewhere on the site and whoever finds it and pms u the location first wins?

[i-i-indecisive !]

Ooh, yeah - a scavenger hunt sounds really fun

EDIT: However, finding a good time to that may be an issue, considering many people (including myself) have finals this week. Hmm.

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[Alphaeon]

Though I don't have any additional suggestions to add, I wish to say that I'd like to see a nice variety in these contests. I like the thought of having some like art/writing contests that take a certain level of skill and some like scavenger hunts/raffles that take no skill at all. To give everyone a fair chance at winning some points. ^^

[weby099]

The fan art idea sounds cool to me ;D

[firearia]

Hmm, what about a poem of some sort? Based off of dragons? Because therefore it's not as long of a thing to write and many people can try their hands at poems without being amazingly talented.

[kjakings]

There should be a competition for location art and writing, as well as NPCs.

I, of course, would go completely overboard like I did with the NPC writing *points at the Masters*

[Seska]

I like the idea of a scavenger hunt. Maybe you could have a point by just completing a 'web hunt'? You know, like a question leads you to an answer...oooh *doh*, a quiz...Dragon related of course. Depending on how many questions you had right, you'd get 1/4, 1/2 or a point each. You'd have to message the mods/admin with the answer though otherwise people would just copy.
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[thorfax]

Well, if we could have a music contest. I would be happy to submit a theme song for this.

[Demmy]

I don't know if this is a possibility, but there could an activity contest. I am not on other forums that much to tell people about the place, and I know not many people are honest. The referral contest is a good idea to test activity, but I am thinking of something different.

Why not have everyone enter this contest that is on the forum daily, but they will not post that they have entered. It is kinda like the staff watch and see the players that are most active on the forum, posting, helping players, or being nice in general to be given an account. As, this takes no skill at all, only to be online to check in once in awhile. Being nice to others is what is going to get more people to join. If the game has a nice community of players that can help new players, then more people will tell people about the game. Sometimes it is not the game itself that attracts people, it is the people that play the game that make others join. =)

I hope that all made sense. xD

Edit: Also, could I suggest a c-box or something of that instant message kind in the bottom of the forum so instead of spamming the boards with short messages, we could talk in there for a good deal of the small talk. Guests also like a c-box to get info quickly about the site. This can be a temporary thing until the site is ready.

It's just a suggestion, but I think it would be fun.