Weekly article-writing contest

[Gondorian]

EDIT: The articles I've published so far can be found here.


Hello.

As you probably know, I have/am a website :-)

I would love to populate it with great Shadow Era content, but I am terrible at finishing things and so never get any content ready to publish. I'm more of an ideas man than a finisher (it's a miracle that the ladder and league websites are up), so I came up with an idea:

I will give 500 Shadow Crystals to the writer of the best Shadow-Era-related article submitted each week. (I will judge the articles myself, but will take input from whoever wants to give it.).

The small print is that I can put any submissions on my site, but you still own the copyright (you are just licensing me to display it) and so you can still post the articles on your site or on this forum and you will always be credited as the author. Feel free to nominate any previously written articles or forum posts that you think are still relevant - the articles do not have to be written during the current week, but being topical is a good thing!

While I've got your attention, I'd also like to hear from anyone who has their own content hosted elsewhere that they would like me to link to.

Please submit your articles (or nominations) by posting them on the forums and sending me a link. Post questions on this thread.

Thanks for reading, now get writing!

[Gondorian]

Change of rules:

Anyone can nominate a forum post that they think is worthy of winning or write a post and nominate themselves.

The winner only gets the 500 Shadow Crystals if I can reproduce the article on my website, however.

[Padawan Pete]

I nominate this one : http://www.shadowera.com/showthread.php?p=95058

[Gondorian]

I nominate this one : http://www.shadowera.com/showthread.php?p=95058

Are you GS693 in disguise?

[Padawan Pete]

Ha ha, why dont you just suggest a topic you want covered (your an ideas man) then a few "reporters" can try cover the topic and get their article submitted?

[Gondorian]

Ha ha, why dont you just suggest a topic you want covered (your an ideas man) then a few "reporters" can try cover the topic and get their article submitted?

I didn't want to constrain anyone, but here are my ideas from which people can pick, if they want:

1) Guide to the 1.27 Allies - which decks they work well in (if any)
2) Evaluation of all the possible draw engines in the game - which decks to put them in, how many in a 30-card deck, etc?
3) Things you should bear in mind when choosing your allies - e.g. Supernova, Boris, Now You're Mine, Fireball, etc
4) Know Your Enemy - a guide to the main strengths and weaknesses of each Hero you could face

There ya go. I got lots more ideas, of course, but they are staying in my brain for now.

[CodeDomination]

Change of rules:

Anyone can nominate a forum post that they think is worthy of winning or write a post and nominate themselves.

The winner only gets the 500 Shadow Crystals if I can reproduce the article on my website, however.

I nominate any of the articles in my sig.

[Gondorian]

I nominate any of the articles in my sig.

OK. I read them. You are currently in first, second and third place in the contest.

[CodeDomination]

Lol, well I'm glad I beat out the competition.

[Gondorian]

Lol, well I'm glad I beat out the competition.

Three-way mirror match!