Minimalism Contest

Submissions

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The Minimalism Contest: Words, words, words. There're too many of them. Too much time is wasted slogging through 10k plotlines, convoluted crosslinks, and every slasher cliche in between. Flash fiction is meant to be efficient — impactful. You get in; you get out. Bing, bang, boom! So, for the end of the year, let's keep it simple.

Post a short article in two months: No theme, no format, and no strings attached. Lay off the custom code & the deep-lore documents. 1st Place goes to the highest-rated article. Most Minimalist Article goes to the highest-scored article (see "Points System" Tab). 1500 words are the goal, but there's a 3k word limit. The shorter the better. What's not to like?

Official Placements

1st Place ties between RPC-781 by MF_TOMB and RPC-155 by DrPierson, sharing a 4.7 star rating.

2nd Place ties between RPC-622 by JimmyBoyHaha and RPC-373 by Almarduk, sharing a 4.4 star rating.

3rd Place ties RPC-354 by Juiceoverflow and RPC-936 by Superspambot , sharing a 4.3 star rating.

Secondary Challenges

DoubleDenial is the Media Contest winner, with A Rudimentary Depiction of RPC-996 garnering 4.4 stars.

Last but not least, the title of Most Minimalist Author goes to… Juiceoverflow, netting a whopping 340 points!

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MinCon Entries

Writing Submissions:

• RPC-607 by Prototype_Toaster
• RPC-622 by JimmyBoyHaha
• RPC-512 by Fleshward
• The Late Doctor "Silicon" by 0ktober
• RPC-058-ARC by (user deleted)
• RPC-354 by Juiceoverflow
• RPC-155 by DrPierson
• RPC-781 by (user deleted)
• RPC-741 by EpicGamer42069
• RPC-385 by Bro dude
• GRP-077 — "Whispers Beyond Light" by Generic3
• RPC-844 by milkboy123
• RPC-535 by Logangreenjeans
• RPC-936 by Superspambot
• RPC-784 by (user deleted)
• RPC-373 by Almarduk
• RPC-919 by The Son of Man
• RPC-782 by (user deleted)
• RPC-371 by thatowldude
• RPC-809 by DoubleDenial

Art Pieces:

• A Rudimentary Depiction of RPC-996 by DoubleDenial
• 12 Subjects Injured By Flying Shrapnel by (user deleted)

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[+] Archived Contest Rules & Challenges

Contest Rules

SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING STREAMLINED: To enter, upload your contest entry as if it were a normal article and tag it using "MinCon2023"

Rules & Article Requirements:

• Articles do not have to be about minimalism, the contest is about quickly executing expressive ideas about any subject.
• Your article must receive two pieces of crit posted in the drafts forum. DO NOT COLD POST.
• Your article cannot exceed a 3k word count or use a custom theme.¹
• Multiple contest submissions and editing of already submitted contest entries are allowed. Furthermore, submitting reworked articles or pre-existing drafts that have gone unpublished before the announcement of the contest is also allowed.
• Do not excessively advertise, vote-hound, or request a vote change for your submissions.
• Using alt accounts or other deceitful means of vote manipulation will result in a life ban and disqualification from future contests.
• To qualify for Most Minimalist Article, article submissions must have at least four users vote on it and require a minimum rating of 3.2/5 stars or beyond²

Word count will be determined based solely on text printed directly on the website page itself, meaning that CSS and other invisible do-dads that show up in the Page-Source, or raw text, DO NOT COUNT toward the total.³

Point System

BONUSES: Writing Submissions can score points based on the following…

Most Highly-Rated Contest Article	100 Points
2nd Most Highly-Rated Contest Article	75 Points
3rd Most Highly-Rated Contest Article	50 Points
Less than 1000 words	100 Points
Includes ONE Image (Properly cited without staff)	50 Points
Newbie bonus: The author has never written for a contest/event.4	50 Points
No Format Breaks/Any formatting not found in Formatting Guide Content.5	50 Points
No Entities of Interest	25 Points
No Past-Event/Contest Involvement	25 Points

Penalties:

Word count above 1500	-100 Points
Word count above 2000	-150 Points
Includes offsets and/or supplemental pages	-50 points
Includes crosslink(s)	-25 Points
Includes footnote	-10 Points (per footnote)

Points will be tallied by staff after the submission period. The Article with the most points will be dubbed "Most Minimalist Article." This is a secondary challenge category separate from the top-three winners.

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MinCon Multimedia Contest: Upload your RPC-related art directly to the Site under the tags "MinConArt2023" and "art." The highest-rated art piece wins. Art, video, infographics, and audio are all good mediums.

• ART ENTRIES DON'T NEED TO BE MINIMALIST: but should deal with themes of abstraction, brevity, or minimalism either visually or thematically.

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Submission Dates:

Writing & Multi-Media Submissions Open: 9th of December, 3:30PM EST
Writing & Multi-Media Submissions Close: 17th of February, 11:59PM EST
Winners will be announced on February 24th, 2023

• Contact televisionist (!Zingo Zango Zalgo Zongo Bongo#6309#2181) for any questions/concerns.

1st Place with the highest-rated article will win the RPC-024 Slot and a 50k Toddbux Prize in the Main Discord. The Top Three Entrants will be featured on the front page. "Most Minimalist Article" will net its Author the "Writing-Challenge" Site Badge & Discord Role, a 50k Toddbux Prize. The Media Contest winner will also receive the Top-Artist Site Badge and Discord Role. So good luck!

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[+] Contest Credits

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A Special Thank You To:

Directed by televisionist (did both the poster and main title card as well),
And with creative input & idea brainstorming from: Superspambot, Almarduk, 8ismo, and Blairin

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Footnotes

1. Documents or tales from an Alt-Canon, AR, or EoI perspective can still be submitted and tagged as such.

2. To workshop or advertise your articles, consider posting them in the RPC Official Discord, linked in the sidebar (use #Discovery).

3. All offsets contribute to one grand word count.

4. Contact televisionist to receive the bonus.

5. Use Common Sense: This rule applies to sidenotes, hazard images, info boxes, etc. Adding section dividers, "archived containment protocols" or otherwise, or transcribing letters or shipment manifest in a blockquote are okay, just as long as it's not CSS-intensive or a massive GoI document. If you're on the fence, contact televisionist for a case-by-case clarification.