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This page contains all Strategy-based pages included in the strategy contest (found here on the Chaosforge forums), as well as any winners for them. It also contains information regarding the contest.

Contest Rules

Entries will be graded on the merit of the information given, rather than its sheer volume. While it is true that a large and informative entry will likely be marked higher than a small and informative entry (simply because it contains more amounts of useful information), the key factors that attribute to a successful entry are:

• Detail - either in having many possible strategies, or explaining the various considerations of a given strategy
• Originality - creativity, regarding both the strategy itself and how it is presented
• Accuracy - up-to-date for the current public version, and valid as a strategy itself
• Comprehension - one with basic knowledge of game mechanics (and, if necessary, an accompanying Game Data page) should understand the strategy
• Focused - keep to the scope of the topic at hand

All entries should be emailed to theuberhunter@gmail.com using the following format:

• The subject line should read "[WIKICOMP#X] Strategy:" (minus quotes, where X is the competition number), followed by the topic
  • example: [WIKICOMP#1] Strategy:Rocket launcher
• Write out the full extent of your submission in the body of the email, separate from the rest of the email. Do not attach a document file to the email.
• Include a username somewhere in the email. Your forum name is recommended (and necessary, if you want to get your prize) but any name will do. If no username is given, it will default to the email address of the submission.

After submitting the email, a reply should be added to the forum topic, stating that (in so many words) you have entered a submission for the current contest. If there is more than one topic for the current contest, also name the topic (or topics) for which you wrote an entry (or entries). While this is not required to enter, it is necessary as validation so that the prize is handed out to the appropriate member.

Prizes will be determined on a per-topic basis. Some topics will be worth more (in terms of their prize) than others. The contest judge (Game Hunter) reserves the right not to award a prize for a given topic in a given contest if none of the entries are of sufficient quality to be worthy of the prize given.

A player can submit an entry for each topic during a contest, and can potentially receive the prize for each one. Multiple entries should be submitted separately: one email per topic.

Each contest will accept entries for about one week: the deadline will always be Midnight GMT of that day (see here for the current GMT time). After the deadline is reached, there will be, at most, a one-week period during which submissions will be examined and a winner for each topic will be determined. After the grading period, prizes will be handed out to winners.

Regardless of the winner, all entries will have their strategies added to the Wiki. These will initially be posted immediately after the contest ends, ordered by date. After all entries are graded and a winner is chosen, the winner's strategy entry will be placed at the top of the page (with the others left unmoved).

Current Contest

Status

The contest is currently being judged. This process will last until (at the latest) November 23, 2011.

Topics

• Rocket launcher (prize USD10)
• Intuition (prize USD10)
• Demon (prize USD10)

Past Contests

None so far.