Ancient Rome: 200th Tale of the Week Competition

Ancient Rome



7 Keywords:
Betrayal
Legion
Greek
Citizen
Roman
General
Service


Rules and awards

In anticipated celebration for the arrival of Rome 2, the theme is set in accordance to the game, with an increase in words to 1,500 maximum, with only two additional words added to the normal competition guidelines.


- 7 keywords that have to be used in the story (please place these words in bold so they can easily be seen by the moderators).
- The word minimum is increased to 500, with the maximum increased to 1,500, INCLUDING all titles, footnotes or any other part deemed part of the submission, in a spoiler
- The Deadline is the Saturday, August 24, 2013 (14 days).
- Minimum 3 submissions to start the competition.
A vote thread will go up for 7 days, at the competition's submission portion's conclusion.
- If you are a contestant you are honor bound to not read other contestants' writings until you have submitted yours.


Please note that all rules including word count and key words will be strictly enforced. Rule breakers will be disqualified from the vote.
When using the keywords you may change nouns into plurals and the tenses of verbs only.


Contestants are not allowed to do direct advertisement of there story or asking for votes.

Example

Please vote for my story in ToTW.

Please vote for your favorite story. (allowed)

Special Event Awards

With Rome 2 only one month away from release, and this special event celebrating the 200th TotW competition will have a breakdown system as such:

In the case of three submissions, the points awarded will be 2 for the winner.
In the case of four submissions, the points awarded will be 2 for the winner and 1 for the runner-up.
In the case of five submissions or more, the points awarded will be 3 for the winner, 2 for the runner-up, and 1 for third place.

So from scratch points, effectively winning this competition will get you halfway to achieving the first medal!
For those of you with points already, this competition could push your total point count to achieving the first, second, or third medal!

6 points - bronze medal
12 points - silver medal
24 points - golden medal





​Additional Prizes:


The first place winner will also receive 30 reputation points as an additional prize.
The second place competitor will receive 25 reputation points as an additional prize.
The third place competitor will receive 20 reputation points as an additional prize.
The fourth place competitor will receive 15 reputation points as their prize.
Good luck to all competitors! May Apollo guide your way!