Okay, we're still a whole month and some days away but it's time to begin preparing for Lobster Fest 2011.
The event begins at 12:01am on Feburary 1st and ends 11:59pm on Feburary 8th.
This is the time of year to spread the word of the lobster and its kin, among which we count many additions. Dash Guster, Ricky Sterling, the Dark Sun character I can't remember the name of, BA Baracus, and a host of others have joined the hive within the last twelve months, each of whom is reason to rejoice.
Once again, I will host a competition to favor the lobster god. The rules have not changed and as follows:
0 ) All RPPR listeners are eligable for the contest. Specific exceptions to this are noted below.
1 ) You need to do more than just drop a name. You should use a theme which is connected with Coddowalshagoth or one of his avatars and have them be part of the plot.
2 ) You are allowed to create new avatars if one of the existing ones doesn't work. You are also allowed to use other names for existing individuals in the 'pantheon' if the names don't mesh with your setting.
3 ) The event needs to be time stamped (figurativly speaking) between February 1st and February 8th of the year 2011. If it's a game it should be run that week, if it's a piece of art or writing then it should be done within the time frame.
4 ) Submissions are due in on February 15th, though they should be completed by February 8th. They will be made publically available for consideration on that day. In the case of session recordings you may send in a sample rather than the entire recording, if file size is an issue.
5 ) Submissions are counted as "in" when they have been either sent to my e-mail, which can be found in my profile here on the forums, or when they have been made publically available. Public availability through the forums is acceptable as is posting on an external section of the web to which everyone has access and providing a link.
6 ) The final winner will be selected my popular vote on the criteria of most entertaining and most fitting the themes of the Cathardic Lobster. Voting will close on Feburary 22nd, one week after all submissions are due.
7 ) The Grand Prize, which is also the only prize, will be a horror game core book or suppliment of their choice. Delievery of the prize will be arranged between myself and the winner. Speaking of which, Maze, sorry you haven't gotten your book from last time yet. I am extremely lazy and short to anger with online shippinh programs.
8 ) Tadanori Oyama, as the founder of the contest, is not eligable for 1st place in this event.
9 ) Cody Walker, as an avatar of Coddowalshagoth, is considered eligable for this event. However, he is not allowed to be his own entry, by which I mean Cody can not simply take a picture of himself and submit that since, technically, he already existed before February 1st, 2011.
