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==Wyrmling Wrangle - 24th November 2007==
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==Golden Quill Poetry Competition==
  
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[[Image:Wyrmling-WrangleNov2007.png]]
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'''Eligibility:''' Any IoW Citizen Group Member
  
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Come for the Chase!
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'''Requirements:''' Submit a poem with a theme of hedgehogs and/or dragons
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We will accept poems in any of the following languages:
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English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese
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The poem must be PG. Offensive language or content will be disqualified.
  
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Who says hatchies have all the fun? Bring out your wyrmlings and prepare for a chase! The Isle of Wyrms is hosting a Wyrmling Wrangle - in which humans or anthros chase and capture a wyrmling. Wyrmlings and
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'''Categories:'''
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Wyverlings will be released for the chase wearing a scripted target device.  Chasers will carry a scripted shooter so they can catch a wyrmling.  Who will you be - the hunter or the hunted?
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* Haiku; Limerick; Short Poem; Long Poem
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* Either Free Verse or Rhyming
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Photos to accompany poems are welcome but not required
  
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Wyrmlings and Wyverlings will meet in the gazebo on Lethe, register and be given their target devices and prize certificates to carry.  Chasers will meet in the glade at Tir na Lir, register and be given
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'''Judging Criteria:'''
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their shooters.
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*Theme
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*Creativity
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*Poetic Skill
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*Appropriateness for IOW publications
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Each criterion will be judged on a 10 point scale
  
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Chasers will hunt down the wyrmlings or wyverlings who will be running and hiding across Tir Niva, Tir Infernis, Tir na Lir, Cathedral and Limbo.  They must successfully hit a wyrmling or wyverling target to
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'''Prizes:'''
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make the capture and get a prize.
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* The golden quill trophy for first prize
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* Top 3 poems will be published in the IoW Herald
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* Each participant will receive a golden quill medal showing their participation
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* Top poems will get placed in the IoW Poetry Book!
  
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Dance party madness after the hunt!!
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'''Schedule:'''
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* Poems Due by: March 1st 2008
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* Winners Announced on: March 2nd 2008
  
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===Schedule===
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'''So How Do I Enter?'''
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'''Registration at:''' 11:00 am SLT<br />
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Simply write your poem in a notecard and place it into any of the poetry competition boxes around the IoW, or give it directly to Jorden Allen or Ragitake Takakura. The notecard needs to be titled as follows:
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'''Wyrmling and Wyverling Release at:''' 11:45 am SLT - At the Gazebo on Lethe<br />
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["Your Name". Poetry Competition. "Category."]
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'''Chaser Release at:''' 12:00 noon SLT - In the Glade at Tir Na Lir<br />
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'''Chase ends/Dance starts at:''' 1:00 pm SLT<br />
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Contact Ragitake Takakura if you have questions about the event--
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If you have questions: Contact Jorden Allen
  
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==Monster Build Competition - 28th to 31st October 2007==
 
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There exists part of us that even society denies exists.. the part of us that hides in the shadows. In that part lives monsters. I call upon that part to come forth and be seen in the Sandbox!
 
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In all hallows eve style, a Monster build contest will be held
 
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L$3300 - Scariest
 
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L$3300 - Most Creative
 
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The Contest will be held between Sunday the 28th and Tuesday, the 30th.
 
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Like the last build contest, you must build within a few rules,
 
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* Build a Monster
 
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* Use up to 50 Prims
 
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* Build within a 10x10x30 meter space
 
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* Up to three small, non laggy, special effects (fire, lightning, Poseballs)
 
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* Follow Isle rules for content restrictions, (PG)
 
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* Members of, Council of Wyrms, Council of Wyrm Hatchlings, Council of Wyrmlings, Isle of Wyrms Citizens and the HC can vote. You can vote once for Scariest and Once for Most Creative.
 
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* All builds must be in by 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday so equal voting can start
 
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* Winners will be announced shortly after voting closes on the 31st at 11:59 PDT.
 
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Look for the Orange rings in the Limbo Sandbox.
 
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Coordinator: Ryu Darragh
 
  
 
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[[Category:Community]]

Revision as of 11:05, 10 February 2008

Golden Quill Poetry Competition

Eligibility: Any IoW Citizen Group Member

Requirements: Submit a poem with a theme of hedgehogs and/or dragons We will accept poems in any of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese The poem must be PG. Offensive language or content will be disqualified.

Categories:

  • Haiku; Limerick; Short Poem; Long Poem
  • Either Free Verse or Rhyming

Photos to accompany poems are welcome but not required

Judging Criteria:

  • Theme
  • Creativity
  • Poetic Skill
  • Appropriateness for IOW publications

Each criterion will be judged on a 10 point scale

Prizes:

  • The golden quill trophy for first prize
  • Top 3 poems will be published in the IoW Herald
  • Each participant will receive a golden quill medal showing their participation
  • Top poems will get placed in the IoW Poetry Book!

Schedule:

  • Poems Due by: March 1st 2008
  • Winners Announced on: March 2nd 2008

So How Do I Enter? Simply write your poem in a notecard and place it into any of the poetry competition boxes around the IoW, or give it directly to Jorden Allen or Ragitake Takakura. The notecard needs to be titled as follows: ["Your Name". Poetry Competition. "Category."]

If you have questions: Contact Jorden Allen

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