Winter Writing Competition '14

Woo! Good job guys, and congrats Ash! (What a feat!) Claiming 3k

 

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cash

 

I'm being rewarded for participation?
This is like elementary school all over again.

Claiming 3,000

 

River Devereux and the Secret of the Pyraxian Tribe + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 11
Sacrifice + 3 + 3 (+3) + 3 + 3 = 15

Sacrifice by HKim will be leading us into the final round!

Here we have two phenomenal stories that raced neck and neck to the finish line. Both writers are obviously of extreme talent - Clash King Dan is a new writer here and absolutely blew away the audience with his tale of twisted adventure. Harry's tale of lasting love in a dying world captured and captivated our hearts, forever and ever. Major thanks to you voters, the survivors of these heart-shattering stories. Please claim your well-deserved 3k:

@Soulmaster; @Peaceful Giraffe; @HKim; @Jack of Clovers; @Shroomish;

We're here.

And we've been lead here by so many factors - the culmination of hours of work, thousands of characters written and impressed upon the brain, words of courage and encouragement from friends. The writers need you now more than ever. Their everything balances on the line here.

Welcome to the final round.

This is it.

Final Round

The Hour is Nigh by AceTrainerLiam
hiraeth by Elysia
Spirit of the Dice by WinterVines
The Life and Lies of Kyle Weedle by Ash K.
Sacrifice by HKim

Votes are due to me by 11:59 P.M. CST on Saturday, March 21st.
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Survivors of the stories being right.

Congrats, Harry!

Anywho, claiming monies.

 

Forgot to vote, but I read and loved those stories! Good luck in the next round!

 

Congrats and good luck to all those who've made it this far, and great job to those who didn't as well- every story I read for this contest was great in its own way.

also claiming money

 

Oops, I forgot to vote. Congrats Harry! Woo last round!

 

Thanks guys and congrats to Dan for such a great story!

I wish good luck to all of the other finalists! You all have amazing stories and deserve to be here.

 

WWC RESULTS​

AHHHH we're here, we're finally here! So many months of dreaming and reading and voting have finally come down to this: the results of YOUR 2014 Winter Writing Competition! Before we begin with the results, I just want to extend a major congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's competition. From the writers to the voters to the people standing by and cheering inbetween, we really had a showing of SO much love for the word. The enthusiasm was always welcome, and the community supporting each other through this competition was unreal! Kudos to all of you, URPGers!

Now, let's begin the ending.

In 3rd place, we have...

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+ 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 (+3) = 13 for The Hour is Nigh by Ace Trainer Liam!

WOW WOW, this man's a great writer and battler to his very bone! His haunting tale really captured our hearts as we floated in beautiful descriptions and quite the riveting storyline. For his excellent story, Liam may now claim a Hard-ranked Pokemon of his choosing and $5,000, on top of his voting money! WOOHOO!

In 2nd place, we have...

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+ 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 17 for hiraeth by Elysia!

Ely's stories are always a complete joy to have at our community. She shocks her audience every single time with the intensity of her themes, descriptions from a beautiful, terrifying planet unknown to silly mortals like us, and phenomenal characters that never quite leave us. And for her amazing piece, Elysia may now claim a Complex-ranked Pokemon of her choosing and $8,000! YEEEE!

Inspiration is the art of breathing in.

Take a deep breath with me now as we venture into a beautiful world of suffering, heroism, and unconditional love.

Three... two... one...

And now...

In 1st place, we have...

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+ 3 + 3 + 3 (+3) + 1 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 22 for Sacrifice by HKim!

Where do I even begin in describing how incredible this story was to our readers?... HKim took us to deep places in our hearts that we never knew existed. We all grew a little through his story of Pokemon's relationships and their harrowing adventures together. It was so HKim, in that the art piece was moving, committed, beautiful, and utterly outstanding. And it's no surprise that HKim may now claim a temporary Legendary Pokemon or his choosing or a demanding-ranked Pokemon, as well as $10,000 on top of his voting money! WOOOO! Congratulations, Harry!

Voters, come close: this competition would not be possible without you. And you all inspired me every time I opened a wonderful message in my inbox to hear about how much somebody loved a story. I love you all. And now voters, come to claim a scrumptious 3k from this final voting round:

@Soulmaster; @Prince Vultan; @Shroomish; @Jack of Clovers; @HKim; @Peaceful Giraffe; @Truly; @Ace Trainer Liam; @Seppe;

But that's not the end of the story.

There's a special kind of voter, who manages to make it to every single round with a smile on their face and words of encouragement for stories. And now these voters may claim a lovely 5k on top of their voting money for this round! Thanks so much, everyone!

@Soulmaster; @Shroomish; @Jack of Clovers; @HKim;

AND so with that, the snow melts away. The path clears once more and we see the sun so we too can bask in the joy of a new story and a new day. Let's set foot on a new adventure together, in new regions with new characters and brand new plot-twists to boot. Let's continue the legend for those to come in the summer, when perhaps you'll have a new voice narrating the story for you!

Now I bid you good-night until we see that sun, my friends.

ALSO TL;DR GOOD JOB EVERYONE I LOVE YOU

AND THANKS FOR WWC 2014 <3

POKEMON x URPG FOREVER.

FIN​

 

Congrats guys and cheers for putting up with us all Smiles

3k claimget

 

And here I was thinking the URPG was just a good place to play text-based Pokémon battles.

This was surprisingly awesome.

Cheers for the writers! Cheers for the voters! Cheers for my 3,000!!!

 

Aaaaaahhh!! Yus! Thanks guy soooo much! This was exactly what I was hoping for!! Claiming my 8k total and a bran new little SKRELP! Thanks so much Smiles, this was great, can't wait to do the next SWC! I already have some ideas in mind and plots written down! Woo!

 

Congratulations Ely, Harry, and Liam, and thanks to everyone else for also writing lovely stories because stories are great and I make money off of grading them. I didn't win, but I wasn't expecting to. I'm just happy to have been part of so much creativity.

Also claiming 3k.

 

All as planned.
Claiming 3k.

 

Congratulations Liam, Elysia! You guys wrote amazing stories and I thought you had a good chance of winning!

Honestly, the stories that people have written in past writing competitions have really inspired me. I think we have some of the best Pokemon writers here in the community and I look forward to reading what everyone has written for SWC!

 

We're half-way there guys!

 

OI Champion position is open too.

 

Well, he still has to go through me. I know he's missing the Kumquat badge. I'll hold the line for us!