The City of Heroes Freedom Tell a Story Contest!


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The City of Heroes Freedom® Tell a Story!

Submissions open every Friday only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between November 11, 2011 and February 3rd, 2011).


Welcome to “Tell a Story!”! Every Friday (except holidays), a member of the community team will post the beginning of a story on the Official City of Heroes® Message Board that you can continue. To participate you will have to continue the story with one single sentence. To do that you will create a Reply post to the previous post and include the story content of that post before adding your sentence. You are allowed a maximum of 3 different posts in the thread, any more and you will be automatically disqualified.
Please note! For a Tell a Story thread to qualify and for a win to be validated, the story must have at least 5 posts!

You’ll have until 5:00PM Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 1AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) on the applicable contest date to post your submissions. After that time, the judging made by members of the Paragon Studios community and/or development team will commence.
The individual who posts the final story-continuing post at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time sharp or the last qualifying post made before 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time if there is no post made at the cutoff time will receive their choice of one of the following Convention Costume Codes (Please note, they are costume powers and NOT costume pieces) and the Forum Title "Story Teller 1/13/12":

  • Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
  • Freakshow Tank Boss
  • Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
  • Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
  • Knives of Artemis Lt.
  • Praetorian Clockwork
  • Praetorian Police Department
  • Rikti Mentalist
  • Vahzilok Meat doctor
  • Coralax
  • Victoria MK VI
  • Olympian Guard
Thus begins this week's Story:

Valerius, an Arachnos Soldier, is on his way to an apartment complex in Cap Au the Rikti War Zone, where his grandmother lives, stubbornly refusing to leave despite the war going on around her.

Rules:
  1. Reply in this very thread created for each weekly Tell a Story Contest with your addition to the Story.
  2. Your reply must continue where the last reply left off, include the story content contained in the previous post and carry on the story with one single sentence.
  3. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
    If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
  4. To enter the contest weekly, as of November 11, 2011, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
  5. Please note, only 3 (three) posts per forum account will be accepted. If you post more than three times, you'll get disqualified!
  6. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Freedom™ Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
  7. If you win the City of Heroes Freedom® Tell a Story Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 6 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. You will be able to win in a different game but the same 6-week restriction will apply to each of the 3 games separately.
  8. The use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Your submission must not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.


Kevin Callanan
Community Specialist
Paragon Studios

 

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Valerius, an Arachnos Soldier, is on his way to an apartment complex in Cap Au the Rikti War Zone, where his grandmother lives, stubbornly refusing to leave despite the war going on around her.

He was sure he'd convince her this time as he had brought along a very special advocate - Max the super powered puppy, who he'd taught to speak!


- J

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/
/ AIL - Celebrating five years!

 

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He was sure he'd convince her this time as he had brought along a very special advocate - Max the super powered puppy, who he'd taught to speak!

Max indeed spoke, Rikti:Speak. He hoped the additional annoyance of "Squirrel: bark" and "Time: play?" might persuade her to move to safer grounds.


If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister.
--The Question, JLU

 

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Max indeed spoke, Rikti:Speak. He hoped the additional annoyance of "Squirrel: bark" and "Time: play?" might persuade her to move to safer grounds.
Or as they called it in Praetoria, community college.

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/
/ AIL - Celebrating five years!

 

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Or as they called it in Praetoria, community college.
Ramona looked sadly at Valerius and Max and sighed heavily, saying "I'd be happy to move Val honey, but you know I just signed a 2-year contract with SH&T Cellular and this is the only neighborhood in the state that gets their 4G service."


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If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


 

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Ramona looked sadly at Valerius and Max and sighed heavily, saying "I'd be happy to move Val honey, but you know I just signed a 2-year contract with SH&T Cellular and this is the only neighborhood in the state that gets their 4G service."
"That's OK, Meemaw," Valerius said, "once you move out of Cap Au the Rikti War Zone, you'll qualify for the Arachnos Triple Play plan."



If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon

 

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"That's OK, Meemaw," Valerius said, "once you move out of Cap Au the Rikti War Zone, you'll qualify for the Arachnos Triple Play plan."



If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
"And the best part is, you won't have to deal with that 'Can you hear me now?' guy ever again."

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"And the best part is, you won't have to deal with that 'Can you hear me now?' guy ever again."
Meemaw smiled at Val and promptly offered candies from her pockets, because that's what Grandmas do - even grandmothers of Arachnos.

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Meemaw smiled at Val and promptly offered candies from her pockets, because that's what Grandmas do - even grandmothers of Arachnos.
Val reluctantly accepted the candy and thought to himself, "Man... Soldiers of Arachnos don't suck on candies - I hope Lord Recluse doesn't see me."

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Val reluctantly accepted the candy and thought to himself, "Man... Soldiers of Arachnos don't suck on candies - I hope Lord Recluse doesn't see me."
Which, ironically and disturbingly, was when Lord Recluse walked out of the bathroom, asking Grandma why she didn't wake him up if they had company.

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.


Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/
/ AIL - Celebrating five years!

 

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Congratulations Joshdex! You have won the Tell a Story Contest! Please send me a PM with your desired costume code, and whether or not you want the forum title!

Thank you all for participating!

~Freitag


Kevin Callanan
Community Specialist
Paragon Studios

 

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Congratulations Joshdex! You have won the Tell a Story Contest! Please send me a PM with your desired costume code, and whether or not you want the forum title!

Thank you all for participating!

~Freitag
To think, I was only setting out to make sure someone won this time.. finally a winner and it only took reducing the requirement by 90%.

It was Fun! I'll PM you now, Frietag.


Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/
/ AIL - Celebrating five years!

 

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Which, ironically and disturbingly, was when Lord Recluse walked out of the bathroom, asking Grandma why she didn't wake him up if they had company.

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
Gotta admit, this made me LOL

Congrats on the win!


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Gotta admit, this made me LOL

Congrats on the win!
Good, glad ya liked!


Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/
/ AIL - Celebrating five years!