If you consider yourself to be
quite the wordsmith, we suggest turning your attention to a recently announced contest from the PC gaming juggernauts at Blizzard. The developer
is currently asking literarily inclined fans to produce 3,000 to 10,000-word short stories set in the universe of the
Warcraft,
Diablo or
Starcraft series. The author of the judges' favorite novelette gets a free ride to Blizzard HQ to meet the team's writing staff, and will take home a replica Frostmourne sword with which they can behead their harshest literary critics.
You can check out
the official rules here. Yes, they're disqualifying entries containing any obscene or lewd activities -- so save your "throbbing" and "heaving" for your
breathtakingly erotic
Sonic the Hedgehog slash fiction.
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Obie @ Mar 15th 2009 5:33PM
Original story! Heck, let's write one right here!
"It was a dark and stormy night....
(continue)
Quiggy @ Mar 15th 2009 5:34PM
...so Jimmy actually had a good excuse to spend his Friday night inside playing WoW.
Ethan @ Mar 15th 2009 5:52PM
But alas, the Internet was down! Why could this be?
At that moment, Jimmy saw a shadowy figure flit past the window, rattling the drains...
rohan @ Mar 15th 2009 6:18PM
He goes to the window to check it out but to his surprise what should he see but a.....
Burzum @ Mar 15th 2009 6:26PM
Flying nun playing world of starcraft...to his surprise this gave him a huge boner... so he decided to talk to the nun.. he said:....
J.Goodwin @ Mar 15th 2009 6:27PM
"Hey, baby, it's Friday, and I'm looking for the Fish sandwich..." then he
Hyams @ Mar 15th 2009 6:31PM
died.
Great Golem+ @ Mar 15th 2009 6:36PM
and went to heaven. At the pearly gates he happened to stumble upon
Judd @ Mar 15th 2009 6:38PM
Jesus.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, the nun, ignoring the dead boy next to her, continued to play World of Starcraft. Suddenly, she saw the head priest from her church come out of the darkness towards the boy.
The nun inquired, "Father, what are you doing here?"
To which the priest replied, "Oh, Jimmy, well...um... me and him have a long history and I...uh...know his family really well...so I should probably bring his body back to them."
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 15th 2009 6:41PM
...And with the wonders of modern technology.....and a white mage....the preist had Jimmy riencarnated....in Micheal Jackson's new thriller video...
The Baron @ Mar 15th 2009 6:47PM
..but alas! It was in-fact Indian Thriller!
Jimmy pointed at the faux-MJ and yelled..
KingTorres @ Mar 15th 2009 6:49PM
"Three-dog , what are you doing here?" to which Three-dog replied, "Lone wanderer, i am here to take you back, back to ...
Saria the Cat @ Mar 15th 2009 7:00PM
...The Blizzard universe, since we're apparently in Fallout right now. So, Jimmy, now that we are in...
Foetoid @ Mar 15th 2009 8:15PM
the Blizzard Universe again, let me ask you something. How much spam do you think has littered Obies e-mail inbox, to which Jimmy replied...
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 15th 2009 8:34PM
"Hmm, let me count, 1...2....3....5...8...12..13 and this one which equals twenty", Jimmy smiled, feeling rather pleased with his astounding ability to to count, but before he could celebrate, the Lich King walked through the door spraying man eating snowballs across the ground and shouted.....
J-Link @ Mar 15th 2009 8:36PM
''Jimmy, have you ever seen a grown man naked?''. There was an awkward silence and...
Obie @ Mar 16th 2009 12:09AM
...he heard a voice : " Would you kindly, wake up", and then he did. He opened his eyes and realized it was all just a dream brought on by too much Mountain Dew Gamerfuel.
He looked over and saw his computer and gaming consoles as they always were.
Slipping out of bed, he smiled, and then turned on his computer..."Let's see what Joystiq has to say today"
The End......(?)
Markez @ Mar 16th 2009 12:33AM
*eyes widen
*stands
*starts slow clap
*sheds tears of joy
*thunderous applause
*roses rain down upon commenters
ZaxCG2 @ Mar 16th 2009 12:41AM
Screenshotworthy
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 16th 2009 2:19AM
Audience bgin to leave the astounding Joystiq play and there in the audience is good ol Jimmy smiling, good ol Jimmy Jim
sony boy @ Mar 15th 2009 5:42PM
sonic F's Amy or Blaze??
ttoadish @ Mar 15th 2009 5:56PM
Jimmy had seen this figure many times before, it was the spectre of his life which he so desperately needed to find.
BananaBoat @ Mar 15th 2009 6:07PM
You forgot yiffing. Yiffing is essential to a sonic fanfiction.
J.Goodwin @ Mar 15th 2009 6:26PM
In other news, EA is looking for short spories based on its games.
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 15th 2009 6:43PM
Don't do it! Blizzard wants to make money off of you!
Make your own stories and make millions yourself :D
Lets together kick Blizzard in its big businessy computerized shin :P
Mr Khan @ Mar 15th 2009 6:45PM
http://www.fanfiction.net/game/Warcraft/
http://www.fanfiction.net/game/StarCraft/
Saria the Cat @ Mar 15th 2009 6:51PM
Dear God, do they know that they've just proclaimed a deathwish? What sorry intern souls are going to have to wade through every single piece of poorly constructed fanfiction to actually get to a good story?
Good luck writers and readers! The prize is sweet for any Blizzard fan engrossed enough to write a good story based on the universe.
Batzarro @ Mar 15th 2009 6:54PM
"That alien fiend's plans won't go unopposed" will definitively be a line I'd use.
That's right, Blizzard...I remember the Task Force!
sinai @ Mar 15th 2009 6:56PM
the dark elf gripped her hair brusquely and gazed quietly into her eyes and whispered something that they and the moon would share. she gasped quietly and smiled and pressed her body against his tighter....
I WIN!
mazza_man @ Mar 15th 2009 7:17PM
I'm currently doing a creative writing degree. Da-mn...if I only I'd given into peer pressure when I was younger and got into WoW...sigh...
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 15th 2009 8:43PM
"This is for my father!" Mordineer shouted, slashing the disarmed Lich King, "This is for my mother and this, is for my village!" Mordineer screamed bringing the Lich King to the ground, there Mordineer stood above the Lich King. "Now you will die for all the people you have killed!"
"...Mordineer, you did it..." Selina gasped silently weeping as she lay on the ground close to death.
And just before Mordineer could drive his sword into the evil Lich King's heart, the computer lagged. When it resumed, Mordineer was dead, Selina was dead and the world was in evil's grip.
"Mwahahaha!" Shouted the Lich King, "Lagging is the most superior power!"
Ultron @ Mar 15th 2009 11:17PM
Damnit. The more people who know about this, the harder it'll be for me to win.
Would Mr. Franklin convince Joystiq to delete this news piece?
aj @ Mar 16th 2009 4:28AM
Most writers are very bad at writing.
All fan fiction writers are very, very bad at writing.
Does Blizzard know what it has done?
aj @ Mar 16th 2009 4:32AM
Stately, plump Arcturus Mengsk came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed....
Ian @ Mar 16th 2009 9:48AM
I'll be happy to send them my story, but I'll unnecessarily break into 3 parts first.
Ethan @ Mar 17th 2009 2:46PM
Segmented humans are more likely to win.