Hey everyone, been a while. I have decided to sort-of fund some spading.
There will be two prizes for spading discoveries which I will award every two weeks. One unearthly coin will go to a newbie (joined less than six months ago, first major spading discovery or generally giving me the impression they are new to the spading game) and one sum of twenty thousand credits will go to someone else.
The winner will be picked by me, with the criteria being significance, effort put in and awesomeness , in that order.
Rules:
*You may not nominate yourself.
*The same person may be nominated multiple times in a two-week contest period. Each entry is judged separately, however.
*Spading for newly released content (especially unearthly items and events) is not rewarded unless the find was particularly out-of-the-way or was impressively fast.
*If the showings for a two-week contest period are weak, I may pick a non-winner entry from a previous contest period instead. This means even if you don't win this time, you may win later.
*The discovery must have been recent. Use your judgement. Discoveries from before the start of the context period are eligible.
*Winners of the newbie half of this contest can elect to receive 40000 credits in lieu of the coin.
*Winners must be active at the time of the contest end in order to be rewarded. This means their most recent activity must have been at most four days ago.
*Nominations may be seconded, but this is not a vote.
Also, I'm going to admit right away I am slightly biased against Fractured Reflection encounter spading, since as someone without access or interest, I have no frame of reference as to what is important and what is not.
The first prizes are given out on August 21st.
Let the games begin.
Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.