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[BansheeOwnage]

xD

I dare someone to submit The Wondrous Chastity Belt - +500 to all stats as long as Inquisitor stays un-romanced ;P (no flirting too!)

Oooo, this would be fantastic for my canon Inquisitor!

[midnight tea]

For a contest like this, maybe the prize should have simply been having your gear in the game? Then anyone could participate.

 

It also has to do with intellectual property rights and laws - which, in this case would be a unique description and story for the item. These laws are different across the nations.

[BansheeOwnage]

It also has to do with intellectual property rights and laws - which, in this case would be a unique description and story for the item. These laws are different across the nations.

I'm not an expert in this, but couldn't they just say "If you submit an entry, you agree to forfeit the description's IP", maybe? Not in those words, obviously. Aren't you forfeiting it anyway, having it go in EA's franchise?

[midnight tea]

Being an artist who either regularly has to deal with issues of stolen art (or having friends who do) I'd say that intellectual property (especially IP on derivative works) rights right now are a big mess, therefore it's likely safer even for as big company as EA to not make this contest international.

[Heimdall]

I was under the impression that it had less to do with IP laws and more to do with laws about running contests like this in different countries (+Quebec), especially where prizes are concerned.

[BansheeOwnage]

Being an artist who either regularly has to deal with issues of stolen art (or having friends who do) I'd say that intellectual property (especially IP on derivative works) rights right now are a big mess, therefore it's likely safer even for as big company as EA to not make this contest international.

Yeah, I'm not surprised.

 

I was under the impression that it had less to do with IP laws and more to do with laws about running contests like this in different countries (+Quebec), especially where prizes are concerned.

I believe that's correct.

[Thibax]

Someone who can participate in the contest could create an item - On Hit: Chance to spawn a toxic cloud at target location - for mages use?

 

It would be an alternative way of mages to have nature damage in the game.

 

 You could create items of skills from one class to another class to use.

Let's give some diversity between the classes.

[BansheeOwnage]

 

Someone who can participate in the contest could create an item - On Hit: Chance to spawn a toxic cloud at target location - for mages use?

 

It would be an alternative way of mages to have nature damage in the game.

 

 You could create items of skills from one class to another class to use.

Let's give some diversity between the classes.

 

Unfortunately we can only use stats from the list, which has no masterwork-style effects. I hope they add something like that as a masterwork if a new DLC adds new materials.

[London]

I hope someone makes a fun trinket from The Black Fox. I liked that little story since DAO.

Maybe if we ever go to Arlathan we'll find out what happened to him.

For the effect is like something that adds a crazy amount of in combat movement speed.

[Heimdall]

midnight tonight PST is the deadline for any last minute entries.

 

Then they announce the three winning entries "on or after" July 29th.

[coldwetn0se]

Quick question for those that have submitted. I have the PDF file with the contest entry rules, and I am a little perplexed by the wordage. It states that, "Entries must be submitted in text file format, sized no larger than 500KB and attached within your email Entry." My question is on the word "attached". I have no doubt I am probably waaay over thinking this, but I would hate for my entry to be tossed because I failed to follow the instructions. LOL!

So did those of you who submitted entries, actually add an "attachment" to the email, of your "idea", or did you simply just type your name/username, DOB, email address, and your idea (plus description), into the body of the email?

Thanks in advanced, and sorry for being thick-skulled.

[Heimdall]

Quick question for those that have submitted. I have the PDF file with the contest entry rules, and I am a little perplexed by the wordage. It states that, "Entries must be submitted in text file format, sized no larger than 500KB and attached within your email Entry." My question is on the word "attached". I have no doubt I am probably waaay over thinking this, but I would hate for my entry to be tossed because I failed to follow the instructions. LOL! :pinched:So did those of you who submitted entries, actually add an "attachment" to the email, of your "idea", or did you simply just type your name/username, DOB, email address, and your idea (plus description), into the body of the email?Thanks in advanced, and sorry for being thick-skulled.

Well, I attached word documents, though I almost did that too. As to whether or not that'll disqualify you... I don't know.

[Apollexander]

Quick question for those that have submitted. I have the PDF file with the contest entry rules, and I am a little perplexed by the wordage. It states that, "Entries must be submitted in text file format, sized no larger than 500KB and attached within your email Entry." My question is on the word "attached". I have no doubt I am probably waaay over thinking this, but I would hate for my entry to be tossed because I failed to follow the instructions. LOL!

So did those of you who submitted entries, actually add an "attachment" to the email, of your "idea", or did you simply just type your name/username, DOB, email address, and your idea (plus description), into the body of the email?

Thanks in advanced, and sorry for being thick-skulled.

I sent a txt file including the items, just for your information:)

[thats1evildude]

I just typed my entry into the body of the e-mail. That strikes me as a lot easier than writing a separate file.

[coldwetn0se]

Well, I attached word documents, though I almost did that too. As to whether or not that'll disqualify you... I don't know.

 
 

I sent a txt file including the items, just for your information:)

 
 

I just typed my entry into the body of the e-mail. That strikes me as a lot easier than writing a separate file.

Thank you all for the quick responses. I haven't sent my entries in yet, since I was hung up on the wording in the rules. One last question for those that included their ideas via an 'attachment' to their email: did you also add your name/username, DOB and email address, to said attachment? Or did you just type those things into the body of the email?

Sorry again for grilling, and thanks in advance.

[DragonRacer]

To be honest, I probably went above and beyond. I had 11 entries and, yes, I put them each onto their own word document and also included my name, DOB, and email address in each document. I then copy-pasted the documents' contents both into the body of each if the 11 emails I sent and attached the separate document file to each corresponding email.

 

I almost got paranoid enough to convert the documents into actual plain text files, but doing that made each paragraph of backstory into one gigantic sentence that you had to left-right scroll to read. I figured there's no way anyone wanted to read something in that format, so I hope a simple docx word document is fine and that it didn't need to be awful old-school HTML file-writing notepad text documents because... ew.

[Heimdall]

Thank you all for the quick responses. I haven't sent my entries in yet, since I was hung up on the wording in the rules. One last question for those that included their ideas via an 'attachment' to their email: did you also add your name/username, DOB and email address, to said attachment? Or did you just type those things into the body of the email?Sorry again for grilling, and thanks in advance.

I put that stuff in the body of the email, just each of my three entries got into the documents.

[coldwetn0se]

To be honest, I probably went above and beyond. I had 11 entries and, yes, I put them each onto their own word document and also included my name, DOB, and email address in each document. I then copy-pasted the documents' contents both into the body of each if the 11 emails I sent and attached the separate document file to each corresponding email.
 
I almost got paranoid enough to convert the documents into actual plain text files, but doing that made each paragraph of backstory into one gigantic sentence that you had to left-right scroll to read. I figured there's no way anyone wanted to read something in that format, so I hope a simple docx word document is fine and that it didn't need to be awful old-school HTML file-writing notepad text documents because... ew.

Thanks for the response.

If you used something like Wordpad, it should still convert easily to plain text. There is a "plain text" option, when clicking on File -> Save As -> Plain Text. You can also use Notepad, but just be sure to set to "word wrap", under "Format".

[coldwetn0se]

Aaaaaand sent!



Thanks to everyone who replied. Much obliged, awesome people!

[Thibax]

Good luck, everybody!

[dcal31]

Just beat the deadline. Described below, if anyone is interested.

 

Name: Shepard's Amulet

Type: Amulet

Effects: - +15% Maximum Mana/Stamina
     - Permaflame: All enemies around you are constantly burning and you have 25% bonus resistance to fire and     
       you gain 25% bonus fire damage.
     - Fire Enchanted: All weapon attacks deal Fire Damage
     - Guardian Spirit: Blocks one melee attach every 30 seconds.
     - Enhanced Basic Attacks: The end of your attack now drops 3 Electric glyphs in an area around you.



Backstory: The legend of The Shepard is told throughout Thedas, typically being shared by traveling bards over the
course of several nights. It is the tale of a hero, know only as The Shepard, who receives a warning of an ancient
evil preparing to invade. Recruiting a skilled and colorful band of companions, they adventure to many land on the
good ship Normandy, before ultimately defeating their adversaries. Beyond these events, the legend varies according
to the bard reciting it. The Shepard may be a man or woman, taking several companions or faithful to their one true
love, and their adventures limited only by the imagination of the storyteller. Each bard takes pride in telling a
tale unique to each audience.


Made of a strange, unidentifiable metal, the amulet glows with a strange blue magic. According to several versions of
the legend, it descended from the sky on a pillar of fire and was presented to The Shepard by their paramour before the
final confrontation. All attempts verify the authenticity of the artifact have resulted in raging debates between
academics, as each attempts to justify their own version of the tale. Coupled with the unsettling tendency of the
amulet to set its surroundings ablaze, all further debate concerning it has been banned in public forums.

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

So, winners should be announced tomorrow or soonish thereafter, right? Maybe they'll actually announce the content these items were for, as well...

[Heimdall]

So, winners should be announced tomorrow or soonish thereafter, right? Maybe they'll actually announce the content these items were for, as well...

Hopefully, though I recall the wording of the announcement being such that they left room to postpone the announcement as long as they want.

They probably already have most of these effects programmed into the game, right? Then putting them in should be as simple as attaching the effects to a name and an inventory pic. So they should be able to integrate it into new content quickly, or just throw it in a patch.

[DragonRacer]

Yeah, winners are supposed to be notified via email tomorrow-ish: "On or about July 29, 2015, three (3) potential winners will be determined and notified by an email sent to the email address specified on the Contest Entry". How long after that before they're officially announced to the public, I dunno. Potential winners have 14 days to respond or forfeit the prize and someone else is chosen. So, potentially as long as two weeks before public reveal?

 

I've been on pins and needles since entry. *keens*

[Owlfruit Potion]

I know some posters already shared their entries, but I hope lots of people will post non-winning entries here when we find out who won. I won't be surprised if whoever wins is asked to stay quiet about their accepted item (and maybe all of their entries, not sure how it'll work out), but I'd love to kill some time while we wait for DLC news by reading other people's non-winning entries and sharing mine.