Forum:Addition of a Fallout 4 Competition?

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Hello, fellow Nukapedians, and welcome to my forum!

Today, what I would like to discuss with this wiki, is a rather large competition that will be released fairly soon (on the 10th of this month after GamesCom 2015). We are hoping to get Nukapedia directly involved; however, because of a few details, it has been decided that a discussion should be had.

Since these primary details need to be discussed, I have decided to make this a full-blown forum for the competition, as there are a few other topics that should be gone over, as well. These topics include, but are not necessarily limited to:

1. Legal rules
2. Nukapedian judge
3. Entry format
4. Sponsor
5. General information
6. What makes this competition so S.P.E.C.I.A.L.?

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General Information

To help make this forum more concise, all of the specific details regarding this competition can be found here. It is important to read this sandbox in advance, as certain subject matters being discussed in this forum, will require having a bit of existing knowledge that I will not be directly covering on this particular forum.

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Sponsor

I am not going to beat around the bush, as this is the topic that warranted this forum's creation in the first place. While I started this competition as an independent Strategic Nuclear Moose (SNM) project, Curse jumped on the chance to personally host it, which means that this competition will technically be a Curse competition. This has raised a few very legitimate concerns, as to whether or not this competition will be advertising Wikia's competition.

I fully understand this concern, and I want to work with Nukapedia on this concern. However, external events such as this one will be, have been considered as note-worthy news on Nukapedia before in well established precedents, and so I am here to convince this wiki's community as to why Nukapedia should act as a co-host, and what we will do from our end to make this a collaborative and fair experience for everyone involved:

1) There will be no discrimination:

A) Judges have been chosen from each of the most involved communities, to ensure an even playing field.

B) All prizes are the same, regardless of which community one comes from.

C) We will be hosting mini-challenges for our International competitors, for the chance to earn digital prizes since they cannot compete for our physical prizes. These mini-challenges will extend to Nukapedia, as well.

D) All competitors have the chance to showcase their communities by adding the name of their community onto their entry's header. So when we add each entry to our public directory, across each of the communities involved, all of our competitors will be recognized as to where they came from.

2) We will not blatantly advertise.

A) It will be mentioned that this is a joint Curse & SNM competition, but these will only be a passing mention in a single line of text. A single logo will also be given on the very bottom of the competition blog - we feel that this bare minimum advertisement is justified because of the effort and money we put into the competition. We will be going through pains to make sure that none of this is distracting from the actual point of the competition.

It should also be mentioned that we will be using a Gamepedia E-Mail for sending entries in through. Normally, I would have avoided this, however, since we will be doing critiques and interviews, it will be necessary that we have each of the competitors' E-Mails available. We are also legally obligated to have an E-Mail that is easily traced back to the host.

B) Unlike other involved communities, in which their competitors have to put forth their entries directly onto The Vault, Nukapedia can put forth their entries on... Nukapedia! This means that users will not have to travel to The Vault in order to compete. We feel that this is a fair and unique compromise for Nukapedia's sole benefit.

3) We will be advertising Nukapedia!

A) When the 10-20 finalists are chosen in October for the final stretch of the competition, the judges will begin critiquing each of the entries. These entries will be showcased across each of the communities involved. So if Nukapedia manages to get in a bunch of finalists, then that means we will be advertising quite a few of its members!

B) Similar to the critiques, we will be running interviews on the 6 winners. As before, these interviews will be showcased across each of our involved communities.

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Legal Rules

The second largest concern, is making sure that this competition has been legitimatized. We have dedicated our time into making sure that we can deliver everything we promise, to the point where we have legally bound ourselves to fulfilling all that in which we have promised.

The legal jargon is a bit hard to read, but the details can be found here. Should Nukapedia join us as a co-host, we will be running a slightly re-written copy, so that we can get a Nukapedia standard ready for the competition.

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Nukapedian Judge

To help show that we want to collaborate with Nukapedia to the fullest extent possible, I will be going ahead and using this forum as a chance to ask for a Nukapedian judge, to fill in our #5, and final judge slot! If the competition is ultimately denied, the community pick can still be used - we are still looking for a tie-breaker judge, so Nukapedians are absolutely free to join us.

We will have a section of this forum dedicated specifically for a community-pick! Self-nominations will be allowed, so long as they are seconded by another member of Nukapedia.

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Entry Format

I will make this short, but I still want to go ahead and clarify how entries will need to be sent in. The necessary guidelines can be found in the link within the opening paragraphs of this forum, for further relevant information:

1. An entry can be created through either a user: sandbox, blog, or forum.
2. Once an entry has been created using one of these mediums, the entry needs to be linked to on the competition's blog (not this forum).
3. We will skim over an entry to make sure that it is professional enough for consideration. Stuff like all-caps will disqualify an entry. A good example as to what we are looking for, can be found here.
4. Once an entry has been accepted, we will ask some basic questions. If the information is not already found on an entry, we will be asking for: where one lives (to make sure that you eligible), a nickname that we can identify one with concerning the E-Mail step after this step (we will not ask for your actual name, but a real-name can still be given), and which community one hails from (mostly redundant on Nukapedia).
5. Once this process has been finished, the competitor simply needs to send in their entry to FalloutTheories@Gamepedia.com! Technically, entries can go ahead and be sent in before being accepted; however, by using step 4, we will easily be able to pick out which entries have actually been accepted or not.

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What makes this competition S.P.E.C.I.A.L.?

Hoo... where do I start?

Prizes:

We are offering a ton of high-quality prizes! Stuff that one cannot even get anymore outside of high-priced secondary sources, as of the time this competition is released.

1. Fallout 4 -or- its eventual Game of the Year (GotY) edition
2. The Fallout: Anthology collection
3. The Fallout 4 Collector's Edition Prima Survival Guide
4. The Fallout 4 Prima Survival Guide
5. A Fallout vinyl of one's choosing
6. Either a Vault Boy plush, or a Fallout bobblehead of one's choosing

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Exposure:

We have a ton of high-profile communities involved! We are also speaking with the Fallout sub-Reddits, but we are not 100% about their participation as of this very moment.

1. The Nerd Lair
2. Fallout: Keepers of the Lore
3. Fallout Fanatics
4. The Vault
5. Curse
6. No Mutants Allowed
7. The Escapist

This is not to mention, that we currently have some insiders at GamesCom 2015 hyping the competition even further, with Curse running a Fallout Hype Week segment to garner additional attention.

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F.U.N.:

This competition is promising to be huge. And with that, the competition itself has a vague criteria, that means Fallout fans can write about anything they want! Want to write a theory on how there is a vault on the moon? Go for it! Want to create a theory on how ghouls date? Why the hell not! Your theories can be zany, serious, or so outlandish as to boggle the mind - the only limitation is one's own imagination!

As well as the main competition, we feel for the International competitors that are not eligible for our offered physical prizes. As the competition progresses, at the end of each of the 3 months that we will be running, there will be a mini-competition, specifically tailored for our International users, in which I will be offering digital prizes. Some restrictions may still be present, but unlike the physical prizes, digital prizes can easily be exchanged for something different to help accommodate for such situations.

These mini-challenges will be revealed at the end of each month. However, as a teaser, the first challenge will involve... drawing. ;)

Support

This is not a vote! These sections are simply to gain a community consensus

1. Naturally, I support bringing the competition here. I think it will be a ton of fun, and I have done my best to offer collaboration between each of our communities. User:Sarkhan the Sojourner 03:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
2. I also support having Nukapedia participate in the competition. It could act as a last "hurrah!" before Fallout 4 comes out and we're forced to "hate" each other again in the way that Pepsi hates Coke. Good spirited competition, just gamers throwing head canon around and having fun. This is a fun idea! --Kastera ^(talk) 17:04, August 6, 2015 (UTC)

Oppose

This is not a vote! These sections are simply to gain a community consensus

Neutral

This is not a vote! These sections are simply to gain a community consensus

Nukapedian judge - Community pick

If your choice has already been proposed, please second the already existing choice instead of adding a redundant choice!

1. Danny has expressed interest in joining the competition, yet is not eligible. It is because of this, his fair nature and his neutrality, that I earnestly support having him on board as our 5th judge. User:Sarkhan the Sojourner 03:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Comments

Please, feel free to discuss this competition with us further! We are 150% open to all criticism/feedback/suggestions that you can think of! We want to make this an enjoyable experience for everyone, so do not be shy in giving your opinions. All I ask, is to please be respectful in your comments. User:Sarkhan the Sojourner 03:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)