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Greetings Fellow Americans,
Are you tired of a boring Media Module?
Do you want more entertaining material to spend your time with?
Are you on the verge of stabbing the next person who publishes a Congressional article that's exactly like the last 112 that other insignificant hopefuls posted?



If you answered yes to all of these, then there's just more more thing to consider...
Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was?

The Media Department is sponsoring a new Contest for Writers across the nation. The goal of this contest is to foster constant activity within the Media Module, by pitting writers against each other in fights to the death gentlemanly duels displays of writing prowess.

The contest will be conducted in the following manner...

Entry Round
Beginning today, Day 1275, hopeful writers will be allowed to enter into the qualifying round of the contest. Writers must prepare an article, of their choice of topic, that they believe most aptly displays their writing talent. Entries will be judged on Creativity, Interest, and as the rounds progress, Activity. Of the original entries, a minimum of 10 will be picked to move onto the next phase of the contest.
Some things of note,
- Writers can only submit articles created on Day 1275 or later, and they cannot be reposts of old articles in any form. If it is found that you reposted an article, you will be immediately disqualified and laughed at.
- The Entry period will last from Day 1275 to 0:00, Day 1282. Any entries after this time will not be entered, and you will also be laughed at.
- No articles will be judged on subscriber count, vote count, or previous frequency of articles. Everyone has an equal chance in this contest.
- The panel of judges reserves the right to increase the number of finalists from 10 to whatever is needed.

Battle Rounds
After the Finalists are picked, writers will be assigned topics and will be given three days to submit their articles on said topic. After each battle round, one day will be used for voting purposes. Votes will be cast via a google document form that I will supply, and should be added onto each article. The Writer, or writers, who receive the least votes will be eliminated, and then the next round will begin. This will progress until only three writers remain, after which point, we will enter the Final Countdown.
More things of note,
- Topics can range from things as ambiguous as Politics, to deep psychoanalytic theory of the trauma undertaken by new players once encountering eRepublik. In short, I can pick any topic I want to give you. Deal with it.
- Some battle rounds will be Speed Rounds. A speed round is a round where everyone will have only One Hour to write, edit, and publish an article. Speed rounds will still last 3 days, however, each writer will be assigned a different topic via IRC. Writers will be allowed to choose which hour they would like to take to write, and can begin their hour at any time where I am on IRC, or I can be otherwise contacted.
- All vote counts will be secret until the end of a round. Asking me about them is equivalent to asking me about my life story. The end result will be painful for you, physically and emotionally.
- The amount of writers whose heads are on the chopping block per round will be announced at the beginning of the round.

Epic Final Showdown of Epicness
The three remaining exemplars will be presented with some form of writing task that will put their skills to the test. Giving any more information out would spoil the surprise of the Final Round. Let's just say it'll be cool, alight? Trust me.

The final victor will be chosen by populous vote, and be crowned the Ultimate Media Mastermind and American Idol, adored by all of their opposite sex, or possibly of their same sex, if they swing that way.
Oh, and the 1st place winner will receive 12.5 gold, 2nd place gets 5 gold, and third place gets 2.5 gold. But I'm sure none of you care about those silly material possessions anyway. Didn't think so.



Now, to all the people who just read these ridiculous and anal rules thinking, "Civil, you crazy Anarchist, how can I possibly expect to win against some of the great Media Giants of today's Media?"
Well, I'd be the first to tell you, rather ambiguous nay-sayer, that there's a secondary reason that I chose to call this contest 'American Idol', and it's not just because I have deep manly love for Sanjaya.
The reality of American Idol is the fact that if you made it into the finals, you're pretty much set as a singer. You do not have to get 1st place in American Idol to come out significantly better than you were before. And this contest works the same way. No matter what, you're going to get national exposure for your thoughts and ideas, which equates to subs, and everyone knows, subs = POWER.

So why not give it a shot? Be honest with yourself, what do you actually have to lose in this endeavor?

Click on the link below to enter the contest. A shout of either the article or the link would be a great help as well.
http://tinyurl.com/eRepIdol - Enter Here

So, have at it America.
Do you have what it takes to be the next American Idol?
I think you do.


Signing out,
Civil Anarchy, just a Crazy Radical.