Contest July-August Short Story Contest (September 4th)

Hmmmm... well, this is one of the rare times where I find myself in agreement with you. You have correctly read the battlefield. I cannot refute your observation.


Let's break it down:

Scenario #1 - I enter the contest and my entry manages to win

• Scalenex [Victory] ⟹ you broke me and got me to join an SS contest! Increased SS engagement
• NIGHTBRINGER [Victory] ⟹ you broke my resolve to abstain from the contest, but I won and go on a Chaos Dwarf self-congratulating tour

Scenario #2 - I enter the contest and my entry loses

• Scalenex [MAJOR VICTORY] ⟹ your best case scenario! You got me to join an SS contest. Increased SS engagement. You get to enjoy watching me crash and burn. It's a good day to be Scalenex!
• NIGHTBRINGER [MAJOR DEFEAT] ⟹ my worst case scenario. Everything from above... but against me.

Scenario #3 - I do not submit a SS contest entry. No Chaos Dwarf story is submitted.

• Scalenex [Neutral] ⟹ Status Quo. You have peace and quiet, not having to listen to me prattle on about Chaos Dwarfs, but SS engagement remains limited.
• NIGHTBRINGER [Neutral] ⟹ I have no interest in the contest and go about my merry little way.

Scenario #4 - I do not submit a SS contest entry. A Chaos Dwarf story is submitted, and it wins!

• Scalenex [Minor Victory] ⟹ Increased SS engagement, but you must listen to my Chaos Dwarf proclamations.
• NIGHTBRINGER [MAJOR VICTORY] ⟹ my best case scenario! Chaos Dwarfs are the greatest, let's celebrate. There is no escape from Chaos, it marks us all.

Scenario #5 - I do not submit a SS contest entry. A Chaos Dwarf story is submitted, and it loses. (a rare but not an impossible event)

• Scalenex [Victory] ⟹ Your second best scenario. SS engagement is increased. You are supplied with evidence to combat my promotion of the Chaos Dwarfs
• NIGHTBRINGER [Defeat] ⟹ I hate to see my Chaos Dwarfs take an "L". Counter evidence has been built against my beloved Dawi-Zharr.

Taken together, if we throw out the neutral result, from my perspective it is in my best interest not to submit an entry.

• No NIGHTBRINGER submission = MAJOR VICTORY or Defeat
• NIGHTBRINGER submission= Victory or MAJOR DEFEAT

 

Now you are just being silly.

For a Chaos Dwarf, anything other than winning is losing. Hashut does not reward second best.

Your best case scenario would be a tie with an exciting run-off election but my piece was not among those that tied and instead finished dead last. With zero votes, in a scenario where even myself and @Mrs. NIGHTBRINGER did not vote for my piece.

 

But was this constructive?

It was just an analysis into the win/lose scenarios that each of us faces. The only thing it provides is one more reply to the thread. It isn't even about the stories.

 

It amused me. That is constructive, yes-yes.

 

But is it constructive as it pertains to the entries of this iteration of the short story contest?

 

Wait, you mean I was supposed to get money when I won the previous contest!?

Gosh dangit to heck, I've been sustaining myself on good feelings, when I could have been buying actual food with real moneys!

 

This got me thinking. I'm betting if there was a cash prize, a lot more people would be including Chaos Dwarfs in their stories!

I thought you knew. Your winnings were donated to help fund the development of Scarterra.

 

Boo!

I need to donate my winnings to my stomach and keeping it from being empty.

 

You'll have to take that up with upper management (@Scalenex ).

 

Then we need to investigate potential corruption in the Lustria Online Short Story contest because @J.Logan claims to have never received any funds for his victory: