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DAL Writers' Challenge: Week II
The first week of the WC saw us kick off with some great articles. In the end, TemujinBC managed to beat Muglack by a mere 0.5 score from one judge. Hence, TemujinBC wins the 15 GOLD for his article AD module lost, a better world?. Congratulations to Tem and to all the competitors!
Of course, there is a new contest, Week II, starting Monday at midnight (just minutes from this article's publication time). The prize money for this week will be 10 GOLD. As with last week, any article published between midnight eRepublik time on Monday and midnight on Thursday with the [WC] tag in the title will be evaluated by our panel of judges:
-Plugson
-Dominik
-Addy Lawrence
-Banach
-Acacia Mason
If any of my judges won't be able to get their marks in on time, please message me as soon as possible.
Now, onto the topics for this week:
TOPIC 1: Do real life Canadians make better eCanadians than foreigners?
TOPIC 2: Vote buying for articles: is it degrading our standards or is it simply a useful tool?
TOPIC 3: Age: How does the age of a player affect their style? Is the "over 30" group inherently more rational than the rest?
TOPIC 4: The military aspect: What exactly makes role-playing military organisations so appealing?
Couple of things to keep in mind:
-Word limit has been raised to 900 words and will be more strictly enforced. Articles that go over will be penalised.
-Bought votes or plagiarism get you an automatic disqualification.
-Articles should stay on-topic and there is no leniency on the deadlines.
Judging criteria is as follows:
Treatment of topic: 30/50
Clarity and Layout: 20/50
Total: 50/50
Each judge gives a mark out of 50. These are averaged out and your total mark comes into being.
So write away! Get those [WC] tags out there! 10 GOLD awaits.
Of course, there is a new contest, Week II, starting Monday at midnight (just minutes from this article's publication time). The prize money for this week will be 10 GOLD. As with last week, any article published between midnight eRepublik time on Monday and midnight on Thursday with the [WC] tag in the title will be evaluated by our panel of judges:
-Plugson
-Dominik
-Addy Lawrence
-Banach
-Acacia Mason
If any of my judges won't be able to get their marks in on time, please message me as soon as possible.
Now, onto the topics for this week:
TOPIC 1: Do real life Canadians make better eCanadians than foreigners?
TOPIC 2: Vote buying for articles: is it degrading our standards or is it simply a useful tool?
TOPIC 3: Age: How does the age of a player affect their style? Is the "over 30" group inherently more rational than the rest?
TOPIC 4: The military aspect: What exactly makes role-playing military organisations so appealing?
Couple of things to keep in mind:
-Word limit has been raised to 900 words and will be more strictly enforced. Articles that go over will be penalised.
-Bought votes or plagiarism get you an automatic disqualification.
-Articles should stay on-topic and there is no leniency on the deadlines.
Judging criteria is as follows:
Treatment of topic: 30/50
Clarity and Layout: 20/50
Total: 50/50
Each judge gives a mark out of 50. These are averaged out and your total mark comes into being.
So write away! Get those [WC] tags out there! 10 GOLD awaits.
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thank you for your valuable info friend.vcs done
Voted.
Voted x2
I see Rigour wrote about #3:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/hard-lessons-in-ethics-and-life-1660783/1/20
I did, but it was by accident. I wasn't aware of this, at the time.
I'm neither a WGC not a DAL member. That said, I support efforts to encourage people to write on topics like these, and I may do so myself as I think they are excellent "seed" ideas.
You don't have to be either a WGC or DAL member. WGC is all but defunct and it's only called the DAL WC because the DAL provides the prize money. Actually, your article is one of the main inspirations behind Topic 3. In fact, if you'd like, I can enter it into the contest?
Dumb question: By role-playing military organizations, you mean militias like the CAF and TCO, correct?
Yes. Basically, I want to know why people are attracted to that aspect of the game.
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Ooo... all good topics...
what if an anonymous player buys votes for the articles of the some writers in this contest? Will the writer still get disqualified?
No. However, the anonymous player will be tracked down, chained to a fence, raped by a polar bear, have his fingers sliced off with a katana and his chest shat on by a rhinoceros before being left to the vultures.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
You don't need a katana to slice off fingers; you can use it to slice off limbs.
\o/
"You don't need a katana to slice off fingers; you can use it to slice off limbs."
How barbaric!