Campaign Creations

Campaign Creations is proud to present their next contest: The StarCraft Campaign Contest. Your prize pool this time? Third place receives an outstanding StarCraft poster, second place receives the greatly reviewed StarCraft: Novel Trilogy Set, and first place receives an epic copy of StarCraft: The Board Game. Want more!?
That's right, we're offering TWO (2) Beta Keys for first, second, and third place each! Thanks to the support of Blizzard Entertainment, they've help sponsor this contest officially by offering a pair of beta keys for each winner. Think you can handle the ultimate accomplishment in StarCraft mapping? Then here's what you have to do:

Contest will be a campaign creation contest, with no limits other than using lore; to present a story as to what occurred four years between the Brood War and StarCraft 2 storyline. It may be portrayed through one, two, or all three of the races. Style can be crafted in any sequence, such as episodes, intertwining, etc. and may revolve around main characters or spin-off fan-created characters. Judgment will be based on ability to portray story via in-game text and triggers, mapping ability, and overall professionalism of the project. Additional extras such as music, vocal work, or artwork adjustment will not directly ultimately affect judgment but may aid in help of a tie, as well as how early you announced your project and how many updates you perform in your thread. The contest will be based off a scoring system, where one can acquire up to ten points based on each criteria: Text (Spelling, Grammar, Formatting, Dialogue, etc), Triggers (Complexity, Functional, Usage), Mapping (Categories: Layout and Beauty), and Professionalism (Attention to detail, lore, updates, and presentation).

You have eight weeks from this day to complete a total package campaign revolving around the StarCraft storyline. Let's make your vast knowledge in both lore and mapping finally come of good use, and show that YOU deserve those keys! Head on over to our forums and visit the contest subforum to get started!

Source: Campaign Creations StarCraft Campaign Contest

Must you make the campaign by yourself, or can you make it with others?

This is exciting! Thanks for another opportunity to create and play great stuff!

One question (and this may be more due to my illiteracy than anything else): Should the campaign connect the two games, or can it just be a random story within the boundaries of lore during those four years between BW and SC2?

WedgeAntilles wrote: Must you make the campaign by yourself, or can you make it with others?

You can create the project with others, however the prizes will not alter and you must distribute them amongst yourselves.

BadManners! wrote: This is exciting! Thanks for another opportunity to create and play great stuff!

One question (and this may be more due to my illiteracy than anything else): Should the campaign connect the two games, or can it just be a random story within the boundaries of lore during those four years between BW and SC2?

It must connect the two games, perhaps that's not mentioned enough. It doesn't have to be every day and waking moment, you can easily state "Two years pass as Kerrigan's broods grow stronger" etc. somewhere in the project.

Lavarinth wrote:

BadManners! wrote: This is exciting! Thanks for another opportunity to create and play great stuff!

One question (and this may be more due to my illiteracy than anything else): Should the campaign connect the two games, or can it just be a random story within the boundaries of lore during those four years between BW and SC2?

It must connect the two games, perhaps that's not mentioned enough. It doesn't have to be every day and waking moment, you can easily state "Two years pass as Kerrigan's broods grow stronger" etc. somewhere in the project.

What exactly do you mean by 'connect' the two games?

What else, Wedge? Create a story that filles in the line between point A, Brood War, to point B, StarCraft II.

Look at the latest post in the Details thread for more information.

wow, you roused me from my mapping grave. congrats. I might actually have time for this.

Steeldragon wrote: wow, you roused me from my mapping grave. congrats. I might actually have time for this.

That's great news, Steeldragon.

WedgeAntilles wrote:

Lavarinth wrote:

BadManners! wrote: This is exciting! Thanks for another opportunity to create and play great stuff!

One question (and this may be more due to my illiteracy than anything else): Should the campaign connect the two games, or can it just be a random story within the boundaries of lore during those four years between BW and SC2?

It must connect the two games, perhaps that's not mentioned enough. It doesn't have to be every day and waking moment, you can easily state "Two years pass as Kerrigan's broods grow stronger" etc. somewhere in the project.

What exactly do you mean by 'connect' the two games?

http://www.answers.com/topic/connect

Oh wow... These sort of prizes are epic. Too bad I fail at anything even remotely complex so I'll just have the pleasure of playing all these campaigns that will be made.

If this was a general UMS contest, then maybe I might have had a small inkling of a chance to win.



lol i r r-tard

Aweome!  Time for some brainstorming!

Oh well, the lore restrictions totally throw out the idea I had planned...but I'll think of something else!

Awesome contest. Won't enter, but I do wish those that do a lot of luck.

Great Contest and super prizes!  Gluck to all the contestants.